Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 418 - 62: Literary Fight

Chapter 418: Chapter 62: Literary Fight

I don’t really know how to describe it...

Nor do I know why, but at this very moment, Kiambang had a feeling that "Ah, so it has developed like this."

It is said that many old Heroes are polished by time until they are transparent. While maintaining their high-tier ideals, they can avoid being trapped by materialistic things, becoming one with the world, and viewing everyday affairs with the attitude of playing a game. This isn’t about living a dog’s life; it’s that these old Heroes have learned to maintain their passion through the joys of life.

And then they pour this passion into the "most critical" battles.

Moreover, the identity of old Heroes prevents the younger generation from disliking their transcendental behavior, instead bringing them closer.

He felt that perhaps... probably... maybe... he was facing such an old Hero?

This Great Hero’s martial arts prowess was unparalleled in his life. If he had encountered such martial arts in a dog of war on the battlefield, he would have died long ago; he couldn’t possibly have lived to discuss the distribution of spoils with Gaoqiao Ziyi now. This Great Hero probably belonged to the older generation.

This kind of behavior... tsk...

Gaoqiao Ziyi’s movements were a bit mechanical. Although her body was mechanical everywhere except for her brain, Kiambang still read a trace of stiffness due to "shock" in her actions.

Gaoqiao Ziyi simply ignored this Old Senior who didn’t even know about the Chaotic Blade Sect and had come straight over to "watch the fun." She continued, "External strength comparison, is it? I agree. Since Ai Tielang Senior is the Arbiter, let’s follow the Arbiter’s suggestions."

Kiambang also nodded his head and said, "Fine, then let’s have a Literary Fight."

Xiang Shan touched his forehead. The other disciples couldn’t help but look at him, wondering what shocking and outrageous words this passing Great Hero would say next. What surprised Xiang Shan was their distinction between "Literary Fight" and "Martial Fight."

——Managing external strength combat as Literary Fight, managing internal strength combat as Martial Fight...

——The culture of this era is really hard to understand...

Ai Tielang was also puzzled, not knowing what kind of person that Hero who couldn’t be figured out was, so he followed his Jianghu experience and nodded, "Then let’s have a Literary Fight. Both sides submit a force limit that they can accept, and submit their prosthetic bodies’ self-check parameters to me."

In these Jianghu skirmishes, the reason why external strength combat is called "Literary Fight" is because it aims for "no injuries" by limiting the force exerted by prosthetic bodies.

Submitting the "regular force" parameters is for simulation purposes.

That is to say, a third-party computer simulates "what effect my punch would have if it were regular force."

This too is a rule.

Of course, "simulation" can’t fully recreate real attack and defense. The upper and lower limits of a Natural Person’s physical body are very close, so the low-force simulated attacks aren’t too far off from actual combat. But it’s different for Cybernetically Enhanced People. Their limb forces are too high, and many moves are impossible to perform under low force.

For example, Earth’s gravitational acceleration is 9.8m/s^2. A stationary object released in mid-air will reach a speed of 9.8 meters per second in the first second, and accelerate to 19.6 meters per second in the second second. This speed is somewhat fast for a Natural Person, but very slow for a Martial Artist Cybermen. A Natural Person’s fight ends in an instant when one side loses balance, but for a Martial Artist Cybermen, "losing balance" to "re-establishing balance" reserves time for several rounds of attack and defense.

Based on this, sparring develops more rules to compensate for the limitations.

Take human swordsmanship as an example. Many swordsmanship competitions implement an "after-attack" rule. If one Swordsman hits an opponent during a sword fight, it’s considered a score. However, the referee will add a provision. If this Swordsman doesn’t successfully retreat after completing a strike and is hit by the opponent at the same time, then that strike is deemed invalid.

In competitions with protective gear, referee protection, and medical guarantees, players can freely use moves that involve "mutual destruction." But actual combat doesn’t encourage such risks.

The closer a competition is to actual combat, the stricter this rule is. And the more "athletic" the swordsmanship, the more lenient this rule is.

This can be seen as using rules to make up for limitations, making the fight closer to "actual combat."

Modern Martial Artists, then, can rely on even more powerful equipment to simulate actual combat.

Ai Tielang was seen sitting cross-legged in the center of the arena, lightly touching his forehead with his fingertip.

This wasn’t because there was some trigger switch on his forehead, but purely a self-suggestion based on cultural tradition.

"I’m relatively skilled in the Firearms Path... please don’t have too high expectations," he said.

As he spoke, Xiang Shan felt a new local area network signal appearing around him.

It was almost public.

Out of curiosity, Xiang Shan connected to it.

This was a temporary local area network with Ai Tielang serving as the server, temporarily connecting everyone.

Kiambang and Gaoqiao Ziyi were also covered in a layer of AR effects, albeit not very noticeable.

Because that layer of AR effects was almost the same as the two of them.

Gaoqiao Ziyi and Kiambang stood facing each other. The two slowly approached, Gaoqiao Ziyi with one hand pretending to hold something and Kiambang advancing with a bowed stance, each displaying their starting moves.

Then, several shadows immediately sprouted from their bodies.

Those were AR simulations, almost exact replicas of Kiambang and Gaoqiao Ziyi themselves.

The shadows were translucent and partially overlapping. They seemed to be moving in three completely different layers... well, they were moving in three different layers. Kiambang and his model wouldn’t interfere with each other, and the same went for Gaoqiao Ziyi and her model.

Each model only had one opponent and would only collide with the model of that opponent.

All phantom movements were similar—they were all developments of the initial starting moves.

The disciples from both Sects couldn’t help but gasp in amazement.

To be precise, they simulated a "hiss" sound—from the universally accepted "sound pattern emoticon," representing shock.

The moves used by Gaoqiao Ziyi and Kiambang were familiar to them. The martial arts of most Heroes are published online, and each Sect’s "style" of study is similar. Thus, the Sect disciples are familiar with the martial arts used by their fellows.

Most likely, they could perform the boxing techniques used by Kiambang and Gaoqiao Ziyi.

But there’s a huge gap between "being able to use" and "knowing how to use."

Those splitting phantoms represented the "possible developments" of that starting move. A posture can transition into many different moves. A mature boxing style requires seamless connectivity between moves. The application of techniques allows for endless combinations, and each stance can be performed differently according to personal style.

These were the variations they couldn’t imagine.

Even Xiang Shan couldn’t help but nod and remark, "Hey, not bad."