Cyber Heroes

There is no doubt that among the many disasters that have befallen all living beings, "burying alive" can be described as the most terrifying one.

The surrounding "darkness" is physical. They are like malicious plastic bags, blocking your breathing.

And directly above you are weights that are difficult to overturn manually—these weights isolate you from the interaction with the air.

There is no room to move.

There is nothing to sustain life.

The "imagination" and "creativity" that humans are proud of will become instruments of torture for themselves. In the darkness, "creativity" will predictably construct a "death" situation. Human beings would imagine that there is someone walking just a few meters away from them, but never know that there is a tortured soul here...

It was almost like this that Yuki woke up.

However, he could still hear the sound.

It was a cry.

He felt that his chest was soft, but his stomach hurt badly - it was caused by being beaten.

At the last moment when the corridor collapsed, Xiangshan protected the two children under him, and then propped his arms on the ground, forming a triangular structure with the inner wall of the corridor and the ground, creating a space.

Yuki fainted because he was placed on the ground and his head hit the rocks that bounced off the ground.

But the little girl who used him as a buffer was fine.

The girl seemed to be crying until she was exhausted. The intense fear made her almost faint. Even so, she was still kicking and hitting objects in front of her.

Hearing the "bang bang" sound of metal, Yuki realized that it was his master's outer armor.

Yuki hurriedly held down the girl - he was not worried about his master. Master is covered in armor that cannot be cut by any industrial machine, so what is there to worry about?

This little girl is always under stress and can easily hurt herself.

Yuki felt that this girl's heart was beating so fast.

This speed is not something a natural heart can withstand.

[Nod your head when you wake up, use the visualization method I taught you, visualize darkness, and suppress your brain activity] Xiangshan’s message appeared directly in Yuki’s mind; [Oxygen here is limited, and this little girl has the most biological parts. , oxygen is given to her first]

On the premise that the energy is not used up, Xiangshan needs almost no oxygen. Most of Yoki's internal organs, hands and feet are prosthetic, and his oxygen needs are relatively low. But the little girl's internal organs were natural, and her oxygen consumption was the largest among the three.

Xiangshan also noticed that Yuki was awake. He whispered: "Hold on for a while longer. The satellite patrols above are very intense now, so don't leave easily. You must hold on for at least an hour..."

It's just that you can't hold on for too long.

After a while, the government will definitely come and collect the trash that was knocked down.

Most of the materials that can be easily recycled in space have already been recycled. But the remaining materials are also resources - at least they are simpler than obtaining them from ores or enriching them from soil.

Furthermore, the government will definitely come to see if the targets bombed by space-based kinetic energy weapons are dead.

The only good thing is that, according to the impression Xiangshan got from the welfare officer, the asylum seekers have been in a state of "short human resources" - the Dyson principle prohibits individuals from being loyal to anything impersonal, and asylum seekers have no legal rights Direct orders are given to the people, so they may not arrive as soon as possible.

But you must leave before dawn.

Xiang Shan thought this way.

The little girl became restless again. Xiangshan was really annoyed - he didn't like children at all.

But he still sighed, lowered his head hard, and rubbed his head against the girl's face: "Don't be afraid... don't be afraid..."

The girl was slightly confused. The green forest people only regarded her as a toy, and the imprisoned natural people would not think of teaching her to speak. Even if a "language pack" is burned into a chip and inserted into her brain, she doesn't know how to use this knowledge or how to build a brain circuit.

However, there is only one sentence...

"Don't be afraid."

In the darkness, this sentence was repeated in her ears by many people.

"Don't be afraid."

Somehow, the little girl spoke with a cry in her voice: "Don't be afraid...don't be afraid...don't be afraid..."

She said the first words in her life.

Not "Mom" or "Dad" - she never used those words.

"Don't be afraid."

"Well, don't be afraid." Xiang Shan didn't know this and nodded.

After some time, the little girl finally calmed down.

Mukayama gradually increased the power of Yuki's prosthetic body.

"Okay, apprentice. Listen carefully." Xiang Shan whispered: "What happens next may be related to the lives of the three of us. Now, you take out the soil from behind me and fill it under yourself. You have to move quickly... …”

Yuki nodded with difficulty, then stretched out his hand, passed under Xiangshan's ribs, and used his hands to dig out the soil under Xiangshan's ribs.

Due to the movement caused by the landing of those space-based kinetic energy weapons, the surrounding soil is mostly soft. The occasional rocks are not a big problem. Youki's hands and feet were also replaced with minion-level warrior prosthetics before entering Dazhai, so he didn't have to worry about injuries.

Xiangshan only had one hand left at this moment. He only had half of his arm left on one side, and the hand on the other side was overheated due to the previous high-speed continuous beating, and its function was damaged. If he had to dig the soil himself, he wouldn't be able to support this small space.

Yuki followed Muangshan's instructions and dug out soil from under Xiangshan's ribs, waist, and neck - this was the ground he could reach.

The soil swished down like running water. Unable to see in the darkness, Yuki could not estimate the total amount of soil.

Several times, he thought he was going to be buried alive.

When the soil has been cleared to a certain extent, he exerts force on the mountain with his waist, abdomen and legs, and arches upwards. The soil above is separated and compacted, and the soil is lifted up two feet. And Yuki was almost actually buried. He struggled out of the floating soil and repeated the process.

The three people were like bubbles in the soil, slowly rising up.

Finally, after several hours, I tried my best to push up the mountain, but instead of feeling the weight of the mountain, my body felt empty.

Yuki breathed in a breath of air with extremely high oxygen content.

The three people finally came to the ground.

Yuki looked around, feeling dumbfounded.

The surrounding terrain changed completely. With Z organization's Dazhai as the core, all hills and giant rocks within a radius of several hundred meters have disappeared.

Only a pothole remains.

A large crater made up of many circular potholes.

At the bottom of the pit, a mass of water was gushing out of the ground. This is the underground river.

If the amount of evaporation is not too large, a small lake may be formed here.

Everything in Organization Z has disappeared.

Xiangshan looked at the sky. There are still countless satellites moving above.

We can't completely conclude that it's safe yet.

However, at least there was no sign of a space-based kinetic energy weapon coming down.

Xiang Shan breathed a sigh of relief and fell to the ground.

During the high-intensity exercise just now, his prosthetic leg was completely destroyed. The power system of the trunk part also overheated and many problems occurred.

However, at least he survived.

"Huh... haha... I finally remembered why martial arts is not suitable for bullying the weak." Xiang Shan sighed: "There are too many ways for the strong to attack the weak. Compared with martial arts, it is more cost-effective. A lot more, too.”

To massacre defenseless people, "many guns" are more effective than most martial arts.

No matter how many resources the Z organization accumulates in a large village, it can't compete with space-based kinetic energy weapons - and the bombing of this kinetic energy weapon is equivalent to cleaning up the debris of satellite orbits, just "taking out the garbage".

"Master?" Yuki immediately acted like he was "listening to Master's teachings."

"Let's drag Master to the donkey first. Before daylight." Xiang Shan sighed: "Also, check the pocket under your collar. I should have stuffed a hard drive into it just now. If so, If you lose it, I will expel you from the school."

"Ah?" Yuki was shocked: "You didn't say this before!"

"Stop talking nonsense, check to see if it's still there, and then pull."

Fortunately, the hard drive is still there. So Yuki put the little girl who was about to fall asleep on Xiangshan's chest, then twisted his clothes into a strip of cloth, tied one of Xiangshan's hands, and dragged Xiangshan forward.

Xiang Shan looked at the starry sky and said: "Humanity's 'weapons' have always been in a state of 'overflowing lethality'. To 'kill people', a knife is enough. All thermal weapons have 'overflowing lethality'. Even if Let's turn it into a prosthetic body. Most prosthetic bodies can't resist conventional thermal weapons, let alone what they are now - tell me, to what extent can you practice martial arts to ensure that you can survive a supersaturation bombing from a space base? And this is the cheapest kind of weapon. If they release self-powered nuclear weapons, tsk tsk."

Yuki nodded while pulling hard: "Yes, martial arts... is indeed very good! It's useless!"

"Yes. The cost of a supersonic warrior prosthetic body can buy an entire fleet of supersonic drones." Xiang Shan said: "So, the side with the advantage in resources will definitely not choose martial arts. Planting things is just a regular thing, right?"

"yes!"

"Actually, historically, only the side with the disadvantaged resources would place its hope on the 'elite warriors'. History has proven this countless times." Xiang Shan thought: "Well, let me think about it... the other side of the Pacific Ocean , about two thousand years ago, right? At that time, it was probably in the "Wasteland Age" of ancient society, when technology, organization, and culture were all disintegrating and regressing. At that time, The huge empire was divided into three kingdoms. One of them was called the 'Shu Han'. If you read the historical stories, you will realize that they...that style of painting is different from that of the entire era, very much following the classical The moral kind - at least the bottom line is a bit higher than others."

"If you are familiar with the story, you will find that in their records, you often win in wars, but if you win, you will perish - this is the consequence of elite soldier tactics. Because it takes a lot of time for an elite soldier or a brave general to grow. For a long time, it takes a long time to cultivate and replenish it after one death. But its enemy can be ten trained ordinary soldiers in exchange for one person's life. For elite soldier tactics, 'small victory means defeat'."

The tactics of elite troops must always lead to great victories and great victories until the final victory. If it is just a small victory and there is no extremely high exchange ratio, then the victory is almost the same as a defeat. And a big defeat is enough to determine the final fate of these elite soldiers and generals.

In fact, the ruler of the Shuhan Kingdom, Marquis Wu, one of the "Ten Philosophers of the Martial Temple", also pointed out this problem in his famous article handed down - that is, "these are all the elites from all directions who have gathered together in the past few decades. If the land of one state is lost for several years, two-thirds of it will be lost. Why should we use it to fight against the enemy? This minister has not yet solved the five problems." I haven’t solved the problem yet.”

National strength, or the amount of "resources" is by no means something that "elites" can reverse.

Humanity's military thinking for thousands of years has always been biased toward "those who control many resources." That is the "Sword of the Emperor" of the strong.

Cyber ​​martial arts is the "sword of common people". It will always be a sword for common people, because from the beginning of its design, it was more biased towards the side with "less resources".

If someone who has mastered many resources wants to use this method to kill the enemy, he would be stupid.

Yuki was a little discouraged. He stopped, letting his hands and feet that had just been running at high intensity rest for a while, and asked at the same time: "Then won't there be no hope for us knights?"

"That's not the case. We actually have another advantage - consumption. Is the consumption of resources on both sides also asymmetrical?"

"ah?"

"The garbage that was smashed down just now were originally satellites. Sending a satellite from the surface of the moon to the earth's orbit also requires a lot of money. This is just a space-based kinetic energy weapon." Xiangshan gestured to himself and his body with his head The little girl: "And you see, all the money they spent just now didn't have the desired effect, right?"

A huge army must mean huge consumption.

And saturated weapons mean greater consumption.

You know, even in modern armies that place great emphasis on "sharp shooters", most bullets are used for "fire suppression." It is common for thousands of rounds of bullets to kill or injure an enemy.

Yes, this is still "lethality overflow". In fact, most of the firepower consumed in the war did not affect the enemy.

The ultimate development of this line should be the beginning of the 21st century.

At that time, the "brave men" in Central and West Asia spent a few dollars to set up tents as false targets, and their modern enemies often had to use missiles worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to hit them.

And these "brave men" who seem to be living in the Middle Ages only earn a few dollars a week, far less than the hourly wages of their enemies.

Such a terrifying exchange ratio would naturally make the superpowers at that time feel overwhelmed - it was not that they couldn't afford the money, but that they felt it was not worthwhile at all.

"'Not worth it' - this is how the knights win." Xiang Shan looked at the starry sky and said with a smile: "Appearing in the industrial zone makes them unable to make up their minds and destroy the knights and precious production equipment together. Hide yourself and let Every one of their actions failed, allowing all their resources to be put into empty space. Also, use the absolute advantage of individual soldiers to accumulate advantages bit by bit."

Yuki gritted his teeth.

He seemed to realize something.

The only thing not considered in this idea is...

The value of life.

If life is priceless, then no matter how much resource exchange ratio one life is exchanged for, it will be a loss.

Xiang Shan nodded: "Yes, this thing is designed for people who are desperate and have only one life left - of course, our chivalry and morality also include many other things. For example, if you don't want to If you follow the concept of 'knowledge openness', you will be easily eliminated. That's the basic design."

“Only those who are desperate and willing to risk their lives and share everything with like-minded people can join the fight.”

At this point, Xiang Shan withdrew his gaze from the stars and looked at Youki: "Kid, the martial arts I designed are just this kind of thing. You understand now, your mother is right in thinking that you shouldn't be a knight. .”

Yuki's lips moved.

"How about it, do you regret it? It's not too late to quit now."

Without saying a word, Yuki turned around and continued dragging Xiangshan forward.

"What's wrong? You don't answer?"

Yuki said dullly: "I know...Master, you have good intentions. But! I! Still! Not! Revenge!"

He exerted force as if venting his anger.

"I want! Revenge against this world!"

Xiang Shan smiled.

good.

He continued to look at the stars.

"Of course, you don't have to be too disappointed. 'Chivalry' and 'Martial Arts', compared to 'resources', even though they have numerous weaknesses, they also have general strengths. When we designed it, we made it difficult to destroy. No matter what No matter how many times you fail, there will always be a little seed left..."

"A long time ago, I felt that if everyone in the world could perform their duties and do their jobs well, the world would naturally be a better place. Just like me, I, my friends, and I solved the problem of human beings eating. , solved the educational problems of mankind. We thought at that time, we are scholars, so we should do our job well and solve the technical problems that trouble mankind, and then there will naturally be other people... people from all walks of life and all kinds of people, one by one. Rise up and make this world a better place.”

"Innocent...so naive..."

Xiang Shan said this.

After calming down, he repeatedly looked at himself in his memory and came to this conclusion.

It seems that after that memory, I have experienced a long time and have a completely different experience.

Yuki stopped suddenly.

"Master, don't you remember the past?"

Xiang Shan smiled and scolded: "I suddenly remembered that I am a teacher, can't I?"

"Wait a minute, Master, are you a noble lord? Aren't you a knight?" Yuki was shocked.

"Tch, what's all the fuss about?" Xiang Shan shook his head: "In the distant ancient times, many of Ren Xia's ancestors were from noble lords. A person cannot decide his own origin, but he can decide the path he will take in the future. What you need to learn There’s a lot more, kid.”

Yuki breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes lit up: "Master, since you have recovered your memory, you must know a lot of things, right? You also know things in ancient times? What about your past?"

"That's a long, long story." Xiang Shan glanced sideways at his disciple: "I didn't ask you to stop. Keep pulling!"

Yuki said while pulling: "Master! Tell me! You! What happened in the past!"

It took several hours before they reached the donkey.

When the east turned slightly white, the "Donkey" started and moved forward.

The artificial stars in the sky also melt into the morning color.

[Volume 1: Alone as a Stranger in a Foreign Land, Ended]