Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 320 The Strength of the Ace Pilot (4000-word chapter)
"Valkyrie? A Valkyrie in Norse mythology who is in charge of the Valhalla Temple and collects the dead in battle?" Layton was slightly taken aback, and immediately said, "This name is good, and it is very emotional when you hear it. Champions should be like this name!"

"Stop dreaming, you're still the champion..." Chi Hanfeng said coldly, "People like you who have only watched the competition but never participated in it in person, don't have a real understanding of the strength of the contestants at all. …In my opinion, as long as we can make it to the Final Four, we are already lucky.”

"Hey, Lao Chi, aren't you trying to boost other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige? How can you say that? As a coach, you should encourage players more..."

"I don't want Valentina to be lifted off the field with serious injuries because of her bravado..." Chi Hanfeng sighed and turned to Valentina, "Since I can't sleep, why don't you try this one first?" Body?"

"Hmm." Valentina nodded, took off her jacket, and got into the cockpit of "Valkyrie" in her underwear.

"This is the latest 'Phoenix Type I' skeleton launched by Ye's consortium... No, this is not Type I. Only the one officially released after the competition can be counted as Type I. This skeleton should be called Type Zero. Yes." Chi Hanfeng gently caressed the Valkyrie's outer armor with his rough palm, as gentle as if he was stroking his lover's skin, "This is an engineering prototype, although there are still many design flaws. It has been resolved, but the materials used are much more solid than those mass-produced products.”

Among other things, the full-circle projection cockpit alone is much better than the limited-angle monitoring screen of the old-fashioned airframe. When the airframe was activated, Valentina felt that her field of vision was completely consistent with the The mechas were synchronized, and there was no feeling of being enclosed in a small cockpit at all.

"Pay attention to the parts of the limbs. The Phoenix skeleton has 22 more main movable joints than the Raider. Although it is a humanoid mecha, its mobility is not limited to the movements that the human body can make. In addition, the weapon system and the power system no longer use the same energy supply device, you can use the maximum output gear of the energy weapon while moving at high speed, and the shield is the same, so you don’t have to worry about conflicts and coordination issues.” Chi Hanfeng kept explaining to Valentina.

Valentina nodded silently, put her bare feet on the pedals, and reached out her hands to grab the horizontal joysticks on both sides of the seat.

At this time, a tiny electric current passed through her body immediately, and with a soft "beep", a holographic head-up display unfolded in front of her, and a mechanical arm protruded from the back of the seat. , put a pair of lightly fluorescent goggles on Valentina's head.

The goggles are ring-shaped, and a bundle of cables thick and thin are connected to the back. Valentina tried to shake her head. Although the mechanical arm will make corresponding adjustments with her movements, it will always Slightly restricts her.

"What is this? Can it be removed?" She asked aloud.

"'Vision Tracking Assist System', the standard configuration of the next-generation body, can correct and fine-tune your operation designation based on your binocular focal length and eyeball movements through AI calculations, so that the body's movements are more coordinated, and at the same time store A large number of preset actions can minimize the pilot's operational burden." Layton said.

Valentina glanced at the fighting dagger hanging on the waist of the machine, and gently pushed the joystick with her right hand. Her fingers even hovered over the button without falling, and the right arm of the machine had already turned around. , holding the hilt of the dagger.

"I don't like this, can it be changed to full manual?" Valentina frowned and shook her head slightly.

Although this auxiliary system is very convenient, in her eyes, this thing will actually reduce the reliability of the body-no matter how the AI ​​evolves, it is impossible to fully understand the human thinking mode. It can play an obvious role, but for experts who often perform unconventional operations, this thing is a superfluous existence, not only cannot help, but will also interfere with the pilot's own judgment.

"Of course it can be turned off, just press the orange button with eyes on the top of the cockpit." Layton replied, "Ha... I heard before that real masters like to operate manually, this is my experience arrive."

The railings on the maintenance bracket slowly opened towards the sides, and the one-eyed monitor on Valkyrie's head flashed a red light, and he stood up from the base.

"Pay attention to switching between maneuvering modes, don't use the high-power thrusters on your legs indoors, it will roast me and Layton!" Chi Hanfeng instructed Valentina loudly while stepping back.

"I'm going to prepare the target plane!" Layton only left a word, and then hurriedly ran towards the hangar - Valentina is not a new recruit who has just touched the mech, she doesn't need that kind of acceleration from front to back The basic operation tutorial for deceleration, if you want her to get familiar with this machine as quickly as possible, then the only way is to fight.

Accompanied by the slight vibration of the ground, an army-green painted body came out of the hangar—this was the "Striker III" modified by Chi Hanfeng before, but it was added to the outside. It is hung with foam metal armor specially used as a target.

"This guy, he doesn't care about waking up the people sleeping upstairs..." Chi Hanfeng shook his head helplessly, and entered a series of commands on the console beside him. It rose from the ground, wrapping the entire underground workshop inside.

It's just that, even if there is a soundproof wall, it can't completely isolate the vibration caused by the mecha's trampling on the ground... It didn't take long for those who were awakened by the shock to come to the underground workshop, but when they saw two mechas facing each other All the complaints disappeared when they saw the mechs. These people are all retired soldiers. There is nothing more enjoyable than seeing two steel giants fighting each other at such a close distance.

"Just click as far as you want, and move lightly, don't collapse the house!" Chi Hanfeng shouted to the two people sitting in the mecha.

"Come on, little girl, let me see the performance of the new skeleton." The Assaulter III stepped back with its right leg, pressed hard against the ground, then stretched out its right arm, facing Valkyrie provocatively He beckoned.

Valentina didn't speak, but it was Chi Hanfeng who was watching the battle from a distance: "Compared with the performance of the new machine, I think this kid's talent for manipulation will surprise you even more."

"Really? I haven't fought against an ace pilot yet, so don't hold back and show off your abilities to your heart's content!" Layton's voice was trembling, but it was not because of fear, but because of excitement... ...the kind of excitement that comes from a mecha fanatic, he feels his adrenaline rushing, every cell in that part of the body seems to be agitated...Although Layton knew that he would definitely lose, he could Having such an opportunity to fight with the top pilots in the top mechas, this feeling cannot be described in words.

The engine of the Assaulter III began to roar lowly. Before the battle even started, Layton had already pushed the output of the mech to the limit - he drew out the unsharp training heavy sword behind him, Aim the flattened sword point at the Valkyrie that is 30 meters away.

The onlookers were silent and stared at the two mechas with full attention. Although they were all infantry and had never piloted mechas, they had heard a lot of stories about ace pilots among the field troops. All the characters that can be called ace cards have terrifying strengths that can change the direction of small-scale battles.

But at this moment, Chi Hanfeng's face changed, and he shouted sharply: "Didn't I stop talking? You pushed your energy to the top before you even moved. When it's time to fight, you won't be afraid that the power furnace will explode? That one?" The airframe was specially modified by me for Valentina, and there is no safety limit valve at all!"

Power furnace overrun is an extremely dangerous thing for ordinary pilots, no different from dancing on a wire, and there may be a danger of self-explosion at any time; but for ace pilots, by lifting the limit valve to Squeezing the performance of the airframe to the greatest extent is almost like a routine... However, it is precisely because of this reason that the exclusive maintenance team of the ace pilot can almost be regarded as the group of people who scold mothers most frequently in the logistics force every day ...

"Don't worry, I won't explode—I admit that I'm far worse than the ace, but I won't be underestimated by you!" Layton's unconvinced voice came from inside the machine.

"You... Valentina, let this reckless man calm down!" Seeing that he couldn't persuade Layton, Chi Hanfeng simply put his hope on Valentina.

"clear."

As soon as the voice fell, Valkyrie directly turned into an orange streamer, and in a blink of an eye, it spanned a distance of more than 30 meters between the two machines. First, it smashed the head monitor of the Assaulter III with a swinging punch. At the same time, her knees pushed up violently, causing the entire Assaulter III to lose its balance. Then, she pulled out the fighting dagger, inserted it along the armor gap of the Assaulter III's waist, and cut off the weapon precisely. Main power supply cable on one side.

The Assaulter III suddenly became a paralyzed disabled person, and during the whole process, Layton hadn't even completed the action of retracting the epee to block.

"Good... so fast!" Layton, who was sitting in the tilted cockpit, said in astonishment. He pulled the joystick on one side forcefully, trying to fight back with the still moving side of his body, but his fist had just been thrown out. Valkyrie had already grabbed the wrist, and immediately after, the entire forearm of the Assaulter III was torn off forcefully.

"Stop! Stop! I admit defeat! Don't dismantle it! This target drone is still usable, don't rush to send it to the scrap yard—" Layton shouted again and again.

"4.6 seconds, you persisted for 4.6 seconds...now you know the gap?" Chi Hanfeng walked over, climbed onto the fallen Assaulter III, and pulled Layton out of the cockpit.

"It's too fast... and there is almost no error in the operation. If this mecha hadn't been modified by me, I would have thought it was a neural link mecha..." Layton grinned, his head There were bruises all over his body—he was so excited just now that he sat in the mecha without even wearing a helmet...

As for the neural link body that Layton said, it is a thing that is still in the experimental stage. It is the same as the literal meaning. It is to connect the human nervous system with the body and directly manipulate the mech through nerve signals—— Like the "blasphemer mech" that Ke Lan once rode.

According to the progress announced by the research institute, a small number of prototypes of this special body may have been equipped to the secret troops on the Ark, but there must still be a lot of defects and restrictions. A long way to go.

If Ke Lan hadn't thrown the blasphemer mech into the abyss, perhaps this "road" could be shortened a lot in an instant, but in this way, the secret of Experiment No. 1197 would naturally be impossible to hide. If someone really tried to get the big lizard's idea, it would very likely lead to a catastrophe for human beings...

"Tsk..." Layton rubbed his back, looked at Valkyrie standing next to the attacker, and couldn't help sighing, "Ace... is really strong..."

He is very aware of the gap between himself and the opponent, it has nothing to do with the performance of the mecha, he has not even completed the movement of blocking the opponent's first punch, the opponent has already made a series of quick and precise operations, You must know that she uses a purely manual operating system. If this is converted into the APM value in the video game, Valentina's effective operations per minute may have exceeded [-] times!
Moreover, among these [-] micro-operations, none of them were superfluous or unnecessary operations, and none of them made mistakes or deviations. What an amazing control ability!
"This little girl... is really a genius..." Layton held back for a long time, and finally spit out these few words.

"Her talent is indeed astonishing." Chi Hanfeng nodded, "Let's not talk about amateur pilots like you, even those veterans in the Strangler Squadron who had driven more than a thousand hours of real aircraft at that time, I was often defeated by her...and she was only 16 years old at that time, and the actual driving time had not reached [-] hours."

As he was talking, Chi Hanfeng suddenly sighed: "She had a chance to become a real ace, but it's a pity... oh, but it's good, at least she doesn't have to go to the battlefield... That's never a good thing place."

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