Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 301 - 301 81 Breakthrough

301: Chapter 81: Breakthrough 301: Chapter 81: Breakthrough That happened a long time ago.

At that time, Borshu had just abandoned the name that marked his genetic information and had chosen a pleasing word from the internet as his new name.

His master was also a loner, who had never started a sect.

Perhaps it was because establishing a sect required an overwhelming amount of resources.

Reactor, Restoring Enzyme production line, and most importantly, a hidden base.

These things combined constituted the foundation of a “sect”.

But Borshu had always believed his master to be a grandmaster of Martial Studies.

He was very fast.

Even Borshu, who had a minor achievement in Martial Arts, sometimes couldn’t see his master’s moves clearly.

And in their sparring, Borshu never managed to land a hit on his master.

Often, his master’s hand would “strike later but arrive first” and intercept his attacks.

“You’re not slow, but being fast is all you have,” his master once sighed to the young Borshu, “The true essence of the Martial Arts Algorithm isn’t just about speed.

There are limits to the laws of physics, limits to material science, limits to your fists.

What’s most important is prediction, is to ‘strike later but arrive first’!”

To “strike later but arrive first” wasn’t something too enigmatic.

If one person’s understanding of Martial Arts was far superior to another’s, then all the strategies of the latter would be seen through.

The former could respond to the latter’s movements one or even two seconds in advance.

In this case, even if the former only used half or a third of the opponent’s speed, they could easily block the opponent’s attack while conserving energy.

The RX Pegasus system is a style of Martial Arts that prevails through speed.

However, energy consumption of the prosthetic body and additional heat production dictated by the second law of thermodynamics are unavoidable.

For a Martial Artist practicing RX Pegasus, the pressure of energy and cooling would be higher than that of their peers.

Therefore, a Martial Artist studying RX Pegasus must learn to conceal their edge, not always exerting their speed advantage but instead using the Neural Reflexes developed through speed to employ ‘strike later but arrive first,’ always making sure to keep energy levels above 80%, always conserving a reserve.

Borshu pretended to take his master’s words to heart at the time but still had some reservations.

With enough speed, could one not kill the enemy before reaching the limit of the prosthetic body?

If that’s not possible, isn’t it just about not being fast enough?

Borshu was also aware of the legend of the King of Godspeed.

How distant those memories were.

After becoming a Green Forest, the times spent wandering the Jianghu with his master seemed to be buried by mountains of corpses and seas of blood; they were completely forgotten.

Perhaps it was happier not to remember.

If Borshu had listened to his master from the start, would he have gradually gotten used to relying on repair shops due to the overwhelming logistical pressure?

If not, would he have ended up being incapacitated by a black shop and met this fate?

Borshu had no interest in knowing anymore.

His recollections of Martial Arts flashed by and vanished.

——I must see it…

Facing the fist that was closing in on him, Borshu’s Prosthetic Eye widened.

In his mind, the trajectory of the punch and three possible follow-up moves, along with eleven methods of applying Layered Strength, emerged.

He raised his fist and blocked it on the opponent’s wrist, while his tail gently tapped the waist of the Mobile Cavalry.

The cold-blooded rider’s punch missed, and they were spun around by the force.

Two gun barrels swept towards him.

——Can’t accelerate too fiercely.

Borshu dragged the Mobile Cavalry, whose punch had missed, to block in front of himself

The lines of the gun barrels recoiled as if they touched a live wire.

But a drill-tipped Long Spear grazed the waist of the cold-blooded rider in his hands, breaking Borshu’s newly replaced abdominal armor.

Borshu twisted the wheels on his feet, shifting three inches without moving his upper body and allowing the spear to miss its mark while tearing a rip in the process.

His knees and waist exerted force simultaneously, propelling the internal force through, and he charged forward with the cold-blooded rider in hand.

The girl cried out in pain from behind him.

After the damage to Borshu’s External Armor, the shock absorption greatly weakened.

But no matter what, his Prosthetic Body was still stronger than the girl’s flesh and blood.

But Borshu roared, “Hold on tight!

Or else I’ll kill you!”

Then, he broke the neck of the cold-blooded rider in his hands.

But the cold-blooded rider only slumped for a moment, didn’t hit the ground, and quickly regained mobility, retreating to the outskirts on their own initiative.

——Damn it, they’re all elites…

This wasn’t the first time this had happened.

On several occasions before, Borshu had broken the necks of these rangers, but they quickly stood up on their own and retreated to the edge of the battlefield.

Borshu realized that these rangers were well-trained, capable of instantly overcoming the pain of a broken spine and switching their control mode to wireless signals for their Prosthetic Bodies.

Although this made them less efficient, they were still able to command basic movements.

If it were one-on-one, none of these rangers could match him, but it was becoming difficult at three-to-one; at four-to-one, he would think of retreating.

At the moment, there were at least six rangers circling on the outskirts, and three others had switched to remote control looking for an opportunity to shoot.

But Borshu fought increasingly fiercely.

Borshu’s hands and tail formed an invisible wall.

He either intervened in the opponent’s offense, influencing it at will, or he used the force of those guys to accelerate further.

Facing the attack that came down like a torrential rain, he quickly adapted.

In his mind, those attacks were crystal clear.

He saw the “purpose” behind those attacks.

The Martial Arts Algorithm made his brain even more adept at calculating the “games” of combat.

At this juncture, he had grasped things he had never grasped before.

But the Martial Arts Algorithm was oblivious to this.

He kept trying to minimize “changing direction,” while slowly increasing his own speed.

If this encumbrance could not adapt to his acceleration, then he must adapt to the damned acceleration.

As long as the acceleration lasted long enough, Martial Arts Algorithm could still speed up to a relatively acceptable level without harming the girl.

——Persist…

——Persist…

However, the government officials were not fools.

They quickly realized that Martial Arts Algorithm was protecting the girl.

This was a very counterintuitive and unconventional finding, as Green Forest would absolutely never empathize with any “outside the stronghold.” They would not sympathize with bystanders, let alone peacefully coexist with other Green Forest members.

It was hard to imagine a Green Forest member protecting the flesh and blood of a Natural Person.

But as the Scientific Knights always emphasized, if a phenomenon occurred, one should believe in its existence, and then verify it, analyze it, and utilize it.

Soon, hand-to-hand combat and weapons were directed at the girl behind Martial Arts Algorithm.

The force of these people’s strikes was enough to tear the girl’s fragile natural skin.

Just one hit, and the girl’s life would end.

Martial Arts Algorithm’s defense crumbled in an instant.

Fear like never before suddenly surged through the Green Forest’s heart.

He was angry, but this anger was not the mountain-fire-like rage typical of the Green Forest, but was something purer…

even purer…

Martial Arts Algorithm no longer worried about the girl, and increased his acceleration.

He had to break through!

But there were still too many Rangers.

The three he had broken the necks of had already circled to his front, their spear points lined up, restricting his space to dodge.

Two Rangers advanced from the left and right.

Blows rained down upon the girl.

Desperately, Martial Arts Algorithm found he couldn’t block them all.

His tail whipped around in all directions, trying to block the fatal attack for the girl.

But it was no use…

“How dare you…”

“Dare you!”

A burst of furious shouting, followed by a brilliant, yellow-flower-like metallic stream.

In the nick of time, a white flame flame-tip spear whistled in from the side, piercing the chest of a Ranger, breaking the encirclement for Martial Arts Algorithm.

The astonished Rangers looked only to find another Hero standing dozens of meters away.

This Hero had not retreated but moved toward their base camp.

Of the ten Rangers that went after him, three were already down, and a Life-Chasing Cavalry was still nearby, seemingly looking for an opportunity to shoot.

The remaining Rangers didn’t close in, merely keeping him in a loose encirclement.

In the midst of such fierce combat, this Hero had found the opportunity to throw his long spear.

He launched the white flame flame-tip spear at supersonic speed.

The disposable spearhead itself could be considered an armor-piercing bullet, used in the Old Era as an anti-tank grenade.

It was only with the rise of Cyber Martial Arts in the New Era that it became a close-combat weapon.

What no one expected was that this Hero, who had originally come to hunt the Green Forest, ended up saving him in a critical moment.

Even the Rangers’ communication channels were in disarray for a moment.

The side attacking Martial Arts Algorithm accused the side surrounding Xiang Shan of mishandling the situation.

While the side surrounding Xiang Shan quickly communicated their intent, “The Hero is formidable, we will join you once our side is handled.”

Originally, Xiang Shan injuring the Rangers required only a few moves.

In several exchanges, five men were injured on this side; two had their necks broken but could still move.

However, the remaining three were struck in the head by gunfire, with one even taking a bullet to the brain; there was no telling if he could survive.

One Ranger who had used a flame-tip spear had his weapon snatched away — that same spear Xiang Shan had thrown.

Martial Arts Algorithm had been the primary target, and the Hero merely incidental.

Even when the Commander issued the order to kill the Hero, the core Rangers were already surrounding Martial Arts Algorithm, unable to disengage.

They could only spare so few troops.

Of course, it wasn’t a big problem.

In the eyes of these Rangers, they could take down any Martial Artist who hadn’t crossed the First Layer Heavenly Land at a minimal cost — a broken neck was at worst a matter of spinal replacement or treatment with an active enzyme, hardly a significant price.

If Xiang Shan had not intervened, Martial Arts Algorithm would have been killed in a few more exchanges.

But they never expected this Hero to be such a fearsome combatant, with martial arts that were incomparably profound.

They needed more manpower to take him down!

And Xiang Shan’s goal was much simpler.

He just felt that, at this moment, perhaps the Green Forest could be saved.