Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 563 - 207 Upgrade

Chapter 563: Chapter 207 Upgrade

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The whole process was actually not long.

Xiang Shan, though he had sustained some injuries, had also "modified the environment," preventing the enemy from using the weapon that posed the greatest threat to him.

As long as he wasn’t carried away by a rocket due to a failure to dodge in time, then everything was fine.

In a battle that only allowed the existence of small-caliber long-range weapons, the advantage of "Inner Strength" was further amplified.

A dozen minutes later, Xiang Shan was carrying several large modules and dragging Guardian Zhi’s prosthetic body, limping towards the inside of the building.

While walking, he hacked into the building’s security system application and lowered the partition doors of each area. This could prevent reinforcements from arriving to a certain extent, given the difficulty of blowing up walls and breaking doors.

"It’s a pity that Cain didn’t come in with me; otherwise, he could help set up some landmines," said Xiang Shan, shrugging his shoulders as he approached his destination.

It was a maintenance instrument.

This place was the security armed forces’ maintenance and supply area within the building. It contained some ammunition and parts.

According to the pre-arranged plan, if a battle occurred nearby, the building’s armed security would rely on this supply point to launch an attack.

Heroes are skilled at assassination. Many heroes are adept at sneaking in unnoticed by gods or ghosts.

However, there were no living people here now—not because a hero had snuck in, but still, the security armed forces lay dead on the ground.

Judging from the traces, they were probably caught off guard and attacked at extremely close range without warning.

This state of affairs could be the handiwork of an extremely skilled stalker who entered silently and struck at the core.

But the more common scenario is...

"Betrayal...?"

Xiang Shan looked around.

The Six Dragons Sect was a deeply hidden reactionary force. To maintain secrecy, they did not blindly increase their numbers, so not everyone in this building was a member of the Six Dragons Sect.

Thus, in order to create the illusion of "an external armed force attacking this place," the Six Dragons Sect would surely have sacrificed these people.

Xiang Shan shook his head and looked around. He found the universal maintenance instrument, then limped over, sat down, and opened up Guardian Zhi’s prosthetic body with the repair tools he carried.

He had used the move "Invincible Wind Fire Wheel" to roll down from above, repeatedly using Guardian Zhi’s head to strike, in order to avoid damaging the prosthetic body.

This was a prosthetic body equipped with a Gang Qi Weapon System, which could separate out a complete Gang Qi Weapon System. Moreover, its other performances were also excellent.

Xiang Shan was in need of such a thing right now. His body housed a burning fission furnace, so he was not worried about energy sources, but he lacked the modules to convert that energy into damage.

The Gang Qi Weapon System was just right for him.

Not to mention, this time he also retrieved—or rather, reclaimed—a Martial Studies he often used in the past.

Xiang Shan created many kinds of Martial Arts for different situations. Different Martial Arts had different applications, and he had his own preferences.

The one he was most comfortable with was Mech Armor Iron Fist. Mystic Tortoise True Gang was also one of his "personal preferences."

There were other Martial Arts that used "Gang Qi" later on. [For example, David later created a technique called "Stardust Rotation Technique"] But Xiang Shan still felt the Mystic Tortoise True Gang was more effective.

Back then, Inner Strength was still in its infancy, and the person who first learned this technique was not the Great Hacker known as "Fire God," but someone quite close. Aqini was one of them. The "Usurper of the State" even recruited third-generation figures like "Kagutsuchi."

At that time, Xiang Shan didn’t have the luxury to "use medications to reset his own skills."

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If he encountered a hacker of sufficient caliber, Martial Artist would habitually start with the Mystic Tortoise True Gang.

However...

There was a slight inconvenience, Protector Zhi’s computational unit seemed to have suffered considerable damage.

After all, the series of collisions just now had almost turned Protector Zhi’s brain into tofu brain—even though the astrocytes in the brain of Protector Zhi were modified and specialized, they were not as fragile as those of an ordinary person.

If the brain was nearly shattered, it was understandable that the computational unit would be damaged.

"Thank goodness, it’s not a big problem," Xiang Shan sighed.

This particular Martial Art was not as... pathologically advanced at its inception as it is now.

To be honest, if you had told Xiang Shan two hundred and some years ago that "Mystic Tortoise True Gang requires using a high-tech knife to first make a hole in someone’s external armor, then use Fierce Wave to envelope the torrent, and have the torrent carry metal aerosol into the wound," the Xiang Shan of that time would have thought that person was insane.

The original purpose of Mystic Tortoise True Gang was "to pour metal aerosol into the intake vents of large weapons and standard military prosthetic bodies’ cooling modules." Back then, the intake vents of weapon cooling modules were quite evident and didn’t have as much protection.

Even if someone had this awareness at the time, they wouldn’t guard against it as strictly as they do now.

In the minds of the people from that era, "Martial Arts" were nothing like what they are today.

"Without realizing it, Martial Arts have transformed to this," Xiang Shan sighed, "Fortunately, the rank and file soldiers’ prosthetic bodies are not as perverted as those of Martial Artists."

Xiang Shan could efficiently inflict damage on soldiers approaching him with extreme cost and high efficiency. Additionally, the constantly changing magnetic field surrounding his body could quickly magnetize, deflect, or even capture some bullets.

All this didn’t require too high computational power.

And the Gang Qi Sphere that moved with his body could also conceal his form, effectively avoiding snipers in hiding.

This would further enhance the advantages of "elite troops."

Mystic Tortoise True Gang was very well-suited for "few against many" in combat.

After seeing Protector Zhi’s prosthetic body, Xiang Shan abandoned his original escape plan.

That escape plan might have exposed some unique features of his Inner Strength. The cost wasn’t great but was within an acceptable range.

But Mystic Tortoise True Gang could let Xiang Shan fight his way out directly.

Of course, before that, he needed to repair the lower half of his own prosthetic body.

Xiang Shan quickly disassembled Protector Zhi’s limbs.

Then, he turned to the Universal Maintenance Instrument. This maintenance instrument looked somewhat like a medieval torture device known as the "Iron Maiden," or perhaps like a golden coffin of the pharaohs positioned upright. Xiang Shan went around the back, opened the casing of the control section, and fiddled with it before pulling out a module.

Xiang Shan’s palm hovered over the sensor area at the front of the maintenance instrument. The instrument flickered twice, then a screen descended.

Xiang Shan entered some commands.

At that moment, the ground trembled slightly, and fragments of the wall tumbled down.

Xiang Shan was somewhat surprised, "It seems like it’s still... quite lively outside?"

Xiang Shan didn’t linger for long. The partition door he had set down was not enough to hold off enemy forces for an extended period. He needed to hurry to repair himself and complete the upgrades.

Xiang Shan stepped inside the Universal Maintenance Instrument.