From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

Chapter 66 Welcome to the ‘Dismantle Mecha with Bare Hands’ Club
  "Level 5?! Wasn't it still level 3 just now?"

The angry look on Rudolph's face was gradually replaced by a kind of fear.

The conflicting emotions of discrimination and fear that natural people have towards psychics are most vividly reflected in Rudolph.

The Empire is no better than the Federation when it comes to treating psykers.

Even with the high popularity of genetic engineering in the empire, many people from the nobles to the common people agree with the so-called 'gene theory of superiority and inferiority'.

In their eyes, the appearance of 'dragon' characteristics in the body, and the natural and substantial increase in physical strength without undergoing modification, are the manifestation of optimized purebred genes.

Psionics, on the other hand, are nothing more than the product of failed genetic evolution.

Otherwise, why would there be only one psyker among thousands of people?

But at the same time, soldiers like Rudolph also saw the true strength of high-level psykers in some internal meetings.

Although with his authority, he had only seen information on level six psykers at best, it was enough to make him fear these 'genetic evolution losers'.

After all, level six psykers are also the ones with the second highest psionic level among the human psykers who have been active in the past hundred years.

That's why Rudolph fell into fear after seeing the warning of level five psychic fluctuations.

Moreover, the criterion for judging spiritual power level is not as simple as "adding one level".

Theoretically, with each level of psionic power, the psyker's strength increases exponentially.

Not to mention that Rudolph had been serving for so long, and he had never heard of a psyker being promoted to a higher level in an emergency, and it was also a case of 'skipping'.

This obviously abnormal phenomenon made him feel frightened and at the same time, he was ready to continue attacking.

Even though Rudolph's heart was almost filled with fear at this time, he never had the idea of ​​​​retreating.

Despite some 'minor flaws' in character and conduct, Rudolf never forgot his identity as a soldier, an Imperial Royal Marine.

He knew this very well and knew his responsibilities as a soldier.

Ordinary people can choose to retreat when facing a powerful enemy that they cannot fight against, but soldiers cannot.

"Even if we are completely defeated, we will regroup in hell."

Reciting the words that the instructor said on the first day he joined the Imperial Royal Marines, Rudolf controlled the HCP's right arm to hold the solid heavy sword and slashed at Amber, who had begun to float.

But the moment the blade was about to approach, Amber's figure twisted away in the air like a slippery fish.

Although Amber didn't know why he suddenly had a breakthrough, and he didn't know what his current spiritual power level was, the feeling of a constant burst of spiritual energy deep in his brain told him that he was not dreaming.

In the game of the previous life, Amber was a high-level psyker during her "Lone Ranger" period, so she was naturally very skilled in controlling this kind of power. She even felt like a fish back in the water.

After that, joining the 'Pink Rabbit' guild and becoming the main fleet commander is another story.

Amber was just getting used to the new burst of psychic energy, and he was shocked when he controlled his body to float.

"Damn it, you can levitate? Isn't this the sign of a fifth-level psyker?!"

"Good guy, I'm going to jump to a new level right away?!"

Before Amber could sigh more, she saw the 'Zealot's' physical heavy sword slashing towards her.

With a thought in his mind, the spiritual energy surrounding himself started to move, and then it drove his body very naturally to flash past the sword blade.

Amber, who dodged the sword, didn't stop and slipped directly between the 'Zealot's legs close to the ground.

After re-adapting to psionic powers, he had discovered that although he had truly broken through, he had not actually become a fifth-level psyker.

But because of some unknown reason, his psychic energy reserve and psychic activity reached the fifth level standard.

Just like a water bag filled with too much water, although it may appear to be inflated, it actually carries certain risks.

Naturally, this temporary breakthrough will not last long. Amber estimates that it may not take long before it will be reduced to level four standards.

So he must hurry up and use his current strength to kill the HCP in front of him.

"Try this."

When Rudolph controlled the 'Zealot' and slashed at him with another sword, Amber did not continue to dodge.

Instead, he directly raised his hands, and at the moment when the sword blade was about to fall, he used a pair of invisible hands condensed by spiritual energy to block the heavy sword's blow.

Rudolf, whose movement was hindered, subconsciously wanted to withdraw the heavy sword, but found that the physical heavy sword seemed to be stuck in the hand of the psychic agent and could not be withdrawn at all.

Under the stalemate, Rudolf directly took a step forward, and then activated the deflection field despite the decrease in the output power of the subcritical reactor.

After the invisible electromagnetic field came into contact with Amber, it instantly transformed into countless electric snakes and attacked him. However, Amber did not panic at all, but activated his own psychic shield simultaneously.

Strong electric field and psychic energy, the two forces of materialism and idealism, started a duel between Rudolph and Amber.

"Lilith, remove the psychic suppression from the tactical visor!"

Seeing that the two sides were in a stalemate due to the large number of sparks, arcs, electromagnetic vortex and other "special effects", Amber decided to "increase the pressure" without hesitation.

The psychic suppression function of the tactical visor generally cannot be disabled, and even Amber herself does not have this authority.

But now that he has Lilith, it makes no difference to him whether he has this authority or not.
  "Understood, Master! The authority is being bypassed and the psychic suppression has been lifted!"

Lilith was completely unambiguous at this time. She knew that she and Amber were one now, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they would live and die together.

So for Amber's similar orders, she carried out all orders unconditionally.

When the built-in psychic suppression device in the psychic agent's tactical visor was turned off, Amber felt like Unit 1 whose restraints had been released.

The violent psychic energy even burst out uncontrollably, but it finally exploded through the psychic shield under Amber's guidance.

"boom!"

A chaotic psychic shock wave suddenly erupted with Amber as the center.

This shock wave, which made no distinction between friend and foe, not only shattered his exoskeleton and tactical mask, but also shattered the 'Zealot's' physical epee into several pieces.

Even various parts of the 'Zealot's' torso and a large number of sensors on the equipment were damaged to varying degrees.

Some small parts were shattered by the shock wave, and the electromagnetic muscle bundles of the limbs were also broken.

Rudolph only felt that the entire sky in the cockpit suddenly went dark, and the combat auxiliary AI 'Spikulus' that was originally floating in the air also disappeared.

In the entire cockpit, there was only an optical lens screen used in emergencies.

[Warning, psychic impact detected, system offline! ]
  [The core system is restarting, please wait. ]
  "It's over." An ominous premonition flashed through Rudolph's heart. He felt that the psychic agent in front of him, who had made a breakthrough before the battle, would never give up this excellent opportunity.

And Amber's next move did not disappoint him.

After the violent spiritual energy spurted out, he forcibly condensed it around his body.

Immediately afterwards, Amber "kicked her legs hard on the ground, and her whole body hit the 'fanatic' who was standing quietly like a cannonball.

"boom!"

It was as if a void hammer hit the front armor of the ‘Zealot’.

Rudolf in the cockpit felt as if he was hit by a heavy truck while driving his car.

The driver's seat belt tightened instantly, firmly fixing it on the seat.

Amidst the loud noise caused by the impact, the steel giant that was standing still was knocked backwards.

If there was no abnormality in the HCP at this time, Rudolph would be able to stop the tendency of falling backward and stand up again by relying on the thrust of the attitude compensation system and the plasma propulsion array.
  But unfortunately, HCP is currently being restarted and cannot complete these operations at all.

The height of the Empire's 'Zealot' is 9.6 meters, which is relatively tall among the current common HCPs.

The height of the 'Zealot' cockpit from the ground is about 7 meters, which means that the pilot almost always sits at a height of about two stories and fights.

This is not a problem under normal circumstances. The body's attitude correction system, plasma propulsion array, and vector nozzles throughout the body can prevent HCP from accidentally falling.

Even worse, it is also a common operation for HCP pilots to use the on-demand operating system to support the robotic arm on the ground for buffering.

Unfortunately, Rudolph can't do anything now, with the reboot's 'zealots' trapping him like a bulky iron box.

Using the feet of the 'Zealot' as the base point, under the influence of a moment of more than 7 meters, Rudolph fell backwards with the body.

It was like being hit by a vehicle traveling at 100 kilometers per hour and then flying out from the second floor.

After detecting an abnormality, the hydraulic anti-load driving suit on his body immediately began to help offset the negative G.

But when the 98-ton Zealot crashed to the ground, the violent vibration caused Rudolph in the cockpit to almost vomit out the undigested food residue in his stomach.

Almost at the same time as the ‘Zealot’ fell, its core system finally completed its restart, and the avatar of the combat assistance AI also reappeared.

The airborne AI Spiculus quickly began to perform self-checks on the body.

But after the quick self-examination, the dense red marks on the schematic diagram of each module of the body made Rudolph despair.

In particular, the subcritical reactor also suffered a malfunction. The core temperature has been dropping since the restart, and the temperature cannot be raised again.

This results in the plasma thermoelectric converter being completely unable to convert enough current to operate the electromagnetic joints and electromagnetic muscle bundles in various parts of the body.

Rudolph moved desperately through the on-demand operating system, but the arms of the 'Zealot' never had enough strength to support the body.

"Spikulus, supply all the remaining energy to the propulsion unit, push me up!"

A blast of blue light immediately erupted from the back of the ‘Zealot’.

Just when he was about to make a desperate move, he planned to rely on the explosive thrust of the plasma propulsion array to forcefully push the body up.

Amber, who soared into the air, fell directly from mid-air and stepped on the front main armor of the aircraft body - which was also the hatch cover of the cockpit.

Level 5 psychic energy manifests, range gravity control!
  "boom!"

It was as if an invisible giant hand slapped down, and the 'fanatic' who had just left the ground was pressed back again.

The propulsion array on its back was completely destroyed by this brutal attack.

Rudolph was still making his final struggle, his eyes fixed on the federal psychic agent who was 'stepping on his head'.

The laser gun towers on both sides of the main monitor on the head immediately aimed under the guidance of 'pupil aiming'.

But before the recharging was completed, Rudolph saw the psychic agent raise his hands and then squeeze them hard in the void.

On the schematic diagram of each module of the body on the side of the main screen, there are two more red dots.

All attack methods were destroyed by the sudden burst of psychic agents in front of him.

The muscles on Rudolph's face twitched unconsciously a few times, and he was ready to use the last resort.

"Spikulus prepares for core dissolution."

"Sir, are you sure you want to perform this operation? Please note that this operation will cause irreversible damage to the body and may threaten the pilot's life."

"I confirm this action."

"Request received, please tell me the core meltdown operation confirmation code!"

"THK"

Just as Rudolph opened his mouth to say the confirmation code, he felt a lightning flash in front of his eyes, and then the psychic agent standing above the machine was suddenly knocked upside down and flew out.

"Fuck!"

Amber felt like her strengthened body was falling apart in mid-air.

Just now, a high-speed piercing rod from a distance hit the psychic shield hard.

Although Amber strengthened the shield at the critical moment and successfully twisted the high-speed penetrating rod away, the huge kinetic energy still knocked him backwards.

With the same level 5 psychic power, a 'puffy' guy like myself is still not as good as a serious level 5 psychic.

The latter can easily deflect the electromagnetic gun's direct fire.

After finally controlling her spirit to land on the ground, Amber rushed towards the woods on the side without looking back.

The sudden electromagnetic gun attack just now showed that the empire's follow-up support had arrived. If he tried to force the "Zealot" to last the damage, he might also be trapped in it.

Although not killing the perverted 'fanatic' pilot made Amber feel extremely uncomfortable.

But that’s life, not everything will be smooth sailing.

At the same time, after clearly feeling that her fifth-level psychic energy began to slowly fade away, Amber quickened her pace and rushed towards the location where Major Randall was before.

Just when he burst out with psychic energy to paralyze the 'Zealot', he actually sensed human vital signs in this direction.

PS: I will continue to close the chapter today and wish everyone a happy Christmas Eve~
  　There's a lot of artillery fire tonight. Let's continue to send out the chapters together. It won't affect everyone's fighting at night~
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)