The Death List Novel - Chapter 538
Chapter 538 Exclusive Soldier
“Vera, where are you taking us?” Seeing that the number of people in the group was gradually decreasing and that their companions had been led into the fork by the various beauty guides, Qin Lun looked curiously at the beautiful girl next to him.
After a full day’s rest yesterday, the Apostle have gradually cleared up the discord in their new bodies. This morning, Dong Yue led the Beauty Guys of Keith to wake up all Apostle and invite them to participate in the soldier training.
Apostle, who wanted to familiarize himself with the new fighting style as soon as possible, naturally didn’t have any objections and left the living area with their respective guides. However, the guides led Apostle into the forks one after another, as if they were going to separate them all alone.
“Sir, please don’t worry!” Although Vera was young, she was very intelligent. She smiled and explained, “Soldiers are the strongest warriors of the Faith. Each of them has a separate maintenance cabin. Even if it is tested on a battleship, strict supervision is required to prevent the soldiers from losing control.”
“Lost control?” Qin Lun only frowned. Vera’s words gave him an uneasy premonition. In his understanding, since the humanoid mecha was a man-made product, even if the operating system had some intelligence, it would not lose control unless the artificial intelligence produced a sense of self-help.
However, Qin Lun did not pursue the meaning behind Vera’s words, because at this moment, Gismet had already led him into a separate fork-shaped guide staircase and descended into the depths of the ship’s hull.
“This is a soldier?” Even though he had already seen the shape of this giant universe weapon on the shrunken projection, when Qin Lun saw this colossus with his own eyes, he still felt a visual shock.
The soldier in front of him was about sixty meters tall and ten meters wide. The overall scale was about the size of a human body. Qin Lun, who was 2.8 meters tall, stood in front of him. He was only about to reach his ankle.
Its appearance was similar to that of a human, but its facial features were ferocious. Its lower jaw protruded out, and its forehead was conical. Upon closer inspection, its mouth, which was tightly shut, revealed the outline of its teeth. It was like a silent beast.
Silver-gray armor plates were hanging all over the soldiers’ bodies, but the exposed joints had a distinct texture of crimson-brown muscles and bones.
“Vera, is the soldier a biological mecha?” Qin Lun stood on the porch bridge of the cabin and couldn’t help but ask.
“Let me answer that question, Sir Apostle!” Before Vera could speak, a friendly voice came from behind them.
Qin Lun turned around and saw a skinny young soldier standing behind him, smiling at the soldier in front of him. There was an undisguised sense of pride in his eyes, which could even be called fanaticism.
The young soldier made the same mistake as Vera and spat out a long and pleasant voice, causing Qin Lun to feel helpless as he looked at Vera for help.
“Sir, just call him … Shylock!” Vera chuckled and took out the small card from her pocket. She translated it for a while before speaking. In fact, in terms of names, this translation takes only a few of these syllables to form a similar Earthly name.
Shylock looked a little skinny amongst the Keith males. He was about the same height as Vera, and he didn’t have much muscle on his body. He wore a pair of optical glasses, and his face was young and tender, as if he wasn’t old either.
“Sir, Little Shylock is also a genius like me. Even though he is young, he has three master certificates in mathematical mechanics.” Vera whispered in Qin Lun’s ear. However, it didn’t seem like she was talking in private. She was teasing the Ordnance Officer youth in front of her.
“Hey, Little Vera, no matter how I put it, I’m still a year older than you, okay? You’re a minor!” Hearing Vera call him Little Sherlock, the sixteen-year-old boy immediately jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on and glared angrily at the beautiful young warrant officer with its waist crossed.
“A fifteen-year-old pilot, a sixteen-year-old ordnance officer … Such a young man, no matter how talented he was, shouldn’t be sent to the battlefield. It seems like Giese has put all his eggs in one basket this time.” Qin Lun’s eyes lit up as he muttered to himself.
“Well … Shylock, please explain this military mecha to me in detail. Please!” Qin Lun smiled and inserted himself between the two of them, separating two young boys and girls who were bulging their cheeks like fighting cocks.
“Oh, yes, sir!” Shylock regained his senses, took off his hat apologetically, and scratched his hair.
In Shylock’s explanation, Qin Lun learned that the soldier in front of him was indeed a semi-biological and semi-mechanical structure. When the soldiers were born, they were merely metal mechs. It wasn’t until the Galaxy of Giith attracted Jannamer’s attack that the soldiers produced a mixture of biological and mechanical mechs.
The war with Jannamer depended on the mobility of the soldiers. Using biological tissues in certain parts of the mecha would allow soldiers who were already highly mobile to have better flexibility and improve their body performance.
“Shylock, will adding biological tissue to the mecha reduce its defense?” Qin Lun asked curiously.
Shylock did not answer his question immediately. He glanced at Vera and said, “Sir, did you see the silver-gray pieces of metal on the soldier?”
“That’s an APB force field plate. It’s used to defend against long-range attacks from enemies!” Seeing Qin Lun nod, Shylock frowned and said, “At close range, the soldier’s defensive ability is no longer important … Judging from previous battles, as long as the soldier is captured by Jannamer’s surface tissue, the survival rate is zero. At this time, any defense is useless. Only high mobility can help the pilot.”
“Oh, really?” Qin Lun was slightly shocked. In a battle between soldiers, he couldn’t even touch Jannamer. This was the first time he felt the risks involved.
“By the way, you said that the enemy’s long-range attack? Does Jannamer still have the long-range attack ability?” After pondering for a moment, Qin Lun quickly realized another important point in Shylock’s words.
“Actually” Shylock and Vera smiled bitterly at each other, and Vera explained.
When Jannamer first invaded the Gith civilization, these creatures that roamed the universe did not have long-range attacks. But this creature has excellent mimicry. During the protracted war, Keith humans had many spaceships and aircraft, and even their early armor was captured by Jannamer.
These universe creatures slowly simulated something similar. Initially, the universe warships and armor they had transformed into were only empty tools, but they didn’t have any real capabilities.
However, over time, Giese discovered that Jannamer had actually simulated the various electromagnetic cannons and dead-light cannons of the universe warship, and even the various additional weapons on the armor of the soldier and machine had been cracked.
From then on, the hunting of primitive universe creatures by civilized humans had turned into a true cosmic war between warships and mechas. This was the main reason why the powerful Githian civilization, which had the entire Galaxy, was finally driven out of its homeland.
“That’s why!” Qin Lun let out a light breath and rolled his eyes. Suddenly, he smiled and asked, “That should be the past. It has been more than a thousand years since Giese and Jannamer met. You should be prepared for their characteristics, right?”
“Yes, sir!” Shylock and Vera looked at each other and smiled. “Actually, the AB force field and the bio-armor are the main masterpieces of our scientists in the past thousand years.”
“In the civilized language of the commander, the AB force field is the Anti-Biological force field. In our scientific tests, it can effectively resist Jannamer’s physical and mental contamination and prevent soldiers from losing their ability to fight after being captured by Jannamer.” Shylock explained with a smile.
“However, the AB force field has not gone through actual combat. The true effect is still unknown.” Vera wrinkled her little face and added worriedly, “Sir, if you ever receive an order to attack in the future, please be careful not to rely on it blindly.”
“Haha, I know!” Qin Lun was amused by Vera’s cute appearance. He smiled and rubbed her head, causing the beautiful girl to feel embarrassed and hide to the side to tidy up her messy hair.
“Shylock, since the AB force field is an anti-biological force field, what did you say just now that it can withstand the enemy’s long-range attacks?” Qin Lun remembered the conversation and asked doubtfully.
“Hey, sir, you must have confused the APB force field plate with the AB force field.” Shylock snickered. “Actually, the APB force field plate has two types of force fields. One is the AB force field, which is used to defend against Jannamer pollution at close range, but the effect is still unknown.
The other is the AP force field, the Anti-Particle force field, which is used to defend against the electromagnetic and dead-light artillery of enemy biological battleships. However, the AP force field and the AB force field cannot exist at the same time. On the battlefield, you must rely on the driver’s flexibility to convert. Once you use the wrong force field in an enemy attack … ”
Shrugging his shoulders, Shylock spread out his hands and pretended to blink innocently, “Sir, there’s no need for me to say anything else!”
‘”Indeed” Qin Lun’s heart was basically calm about life and death, but his face was still filled with disguised anxiety. After thinking for a while, he asked, “Is there anything that the AB force field can do to the biological organization of the Weapon-Machine Armor?”
Hearing Qin Lun’s question, Shylock’s eyes lit up and a mysterious smile appeared on his face. “Sir, once you personally sit on the soldier in front of you, you will immediately be able to understand this question. This is also the biggest difference between you and us Giese humans when you descend on Apostle …”
“Really? Then let’s begin!” Qin Lun smiled, “What should I do?”
“Sir, please wait a moment!” Shylock covered his right ear with the communicator and put away his smiling face. Finally, he revealed the rigorous expression of an Ordnance Officer.
[Attention everyone in cabin 032, activate the first test codenamed ‘Fallen Angel 17’. The mecha will begin charging and eject from the outboard soldier cockpit. Lower the pilot’s corridor bridge. Enter the cockpit in 30 seconds …]