Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 646 - 290 High Emotional Intelligence

Chapter 646: Chapter 290 High Emotional Intelligence

Hiroshi Matsushima tapped his own forehead, "Even your own brains are not spared by you top Martial Artists."

"Glial cells are only mentioned because there is a preference difference between Internal and External Martial Studies, which is why I specially brought it up earlier," TX-0 grinned, "But, but, when it comes to this last biological tissue of humans, there really are quite a few parts that can be modified. The myelin sheath cells and the synaptic structure of neurons can also be further modified to enhance conduction speed. This point is common to both Internal and External, so I didn’t mention it."

"Additionally, in the capillaries in my brain, some sections of the shell are conductive, which can also enhance the mechanical performance of the brain to a certain extent. At the level of cells and tissues, there are really quite a few modifications that can be done."

Hiroshi Matsushima clenched his fist and then relaxed it, "It seems I really am not up to par."

Though he said this, there was no hint of a sense of defeat in the old Boxer’s tone. He was merely stating a fact.

Matsushima also didn’t think that not being able to beat the King of Godspeed was such a serious problem.

"Then how do I compare to a general Hero?"

"Your Inner Strength is not up to par. That’s the first point. Inner Strength is not just about witnessing, hacking and the like for direct damage, it’s more about gathering intelligence and also using cameras. For a Hero, intelligence is too important."

Hiroshi Matsushima nodded. The feature of the arena match is that the information of both sides is transparent, with most data being public. Every competitor can study the other to their heart’s content.

But the battles Heroes face are not like this.

"Anything else?"

"Hmm, let me think... You don’t seem very good at escaping—I don’t mean ’increasing distance from the enemy during combat,’ but rather, disengaging and fleeing the battlefield. Do you know why the Martial Ancestor was The Only Defeat in Ten Thousand Battles?"

"Because..." Hiroshi Matsushima wanted to cover his face, "Because he was very good at escaping?"

The Martial Ancestor did not fight battles he wasn’t sure of winning. The vast majority of battles that could have led to his demise never actually took place," TX-0, who was very emotionally intelligent, said, "You have experience in one-against-many battles, but you don’t know what is the Battle Formation Martial Studies on the battlefield, nor do you know when you need to retreat temporarily. You simply can’t assess the situation on the battlefield."

"That’s really true," Hiroshi Matsushima nodded.

TX-0 suddenly became a bit wary, "On second thought, why are you asking this?"

Hiroshi Matsushima smiled, "You’ve been telling me before that I should become a Hero, but now you seem to have changed your mind."

"No, don’t think about such things now," Zero said, "Even if you want to switch to being a Hero, you’d have to go through learning, right? You need to master the techniques of surveillance and counter-surveillance, right? But this time around, the incident caused by that senior is really big, and it’s possible that a large number of surveillance and counter-surveillance experts will sweep through the area nearby, and high-level military officers will tighten controls under the orders from above. Either find an excuse to leave the city and lie low, or just hunker down obediently."

Hiroshi Matsushima nodded and then remembered another matter, "Should I tell Yuki, the boy, to leave?"

Hisss, there’s really no need for that. A cyberized kid who hasn’t maxed out hardly draws a second glance from the Mobile Cavalry," said TX-0, "Let him act naturally. But you must stay calm."

Hiroshi Matsushima waved his hand and then continued his meditation.

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After Yuki left the Martial Arts School, he skillfully walked down the street for a while.

Once Heroes decide to stay in a city for some time, they selectively destroy some of the surveillance cameras on the main streets. Although there are many surveillance cameras in the cities of this era, it does not mean that all the cameras are brand new.

Cameras themselves are prone to sporadic malfunctions. It’s perfectly normal to have one or two break down.

Occasionally, Heroes would also use low-power directional Electromagnetic Pulse weapons to fry a small portion of cameras or their signal transmission units, creating a few "blind spots" within the city’s monitoring system.

This sort of tactic makes it seem like the monitoring equipment has short-circuited on its own.

Heroes will not wipe out a whole area of surveillance all at once. That would only expose themselves.

If the failure rate of monitoring equipment stays within an acceptable range, then the government won’t make a big fuss about fixing it.

After all... if the government were to replace faulty monitoring systems every day, then a Hero just tinkering with a few systems daily could drain a significant amount of government resources.

In this era, a small directional Electromagnetic Pulse weapon could be completely disguised as a normal antenna at a very low cost.

Moreover, they didn’t even need to do it themselves; they simply attached the transmitter to someone with a high degree of cyberization and remotely controlled it from hundreds of meters away.

After all, most people in this era don’t have a sense of touch.

And these few blind spots were enough for Heroes to establish a base.

Yuki was living together with Ai Tielang, Liu Ri, and two other Northern Heroes, forming a group of five for mutual support.

They chose to rent a room in a three-story apartment near the Martial Arts School district. This area was full of apprentices and masters from the Martial Arts Schools, all with not insignificant degrees of cyberization. It wasn’t out of place for these fully cyberized Heroes to be living there.

Yuki swiped his palm on the room’s door lock, and it opened. Ai Tielang had taken another route and was already back in the room.

The rent for the room was not cheap, but there weren’t many extra expenses. Benchmark Men didn’t have high demands for "sitting" and "lying down."

Panic was also staying there. Yuki didn’t take her to the Martial Arts School every day. Sometimes, he just left some equipment with study materials for the little girl and then went off to Practice Martial Arts himself.

Seeing Yuki, the little girl ran over with a patter, her mouth wide open, "Liu Ri and the others went to fight again... without taking me."

The young Heroes were still fighting in underground arenas nearby, honing their Martial Studies through actual combat.

Besides the official Martial arts competitions like the Paralympics, there were also various small and large dueling arenas organized by the common folk. In an era with few rules, many civic matters could be settled in this way.

Furthermore, it served as a way for the populace to vent their stresses.

These competitions varied greatly in skill level; some allowed laymen on stage, and others were privately organized by disciples from Martial Arts Schools.

Of course, no matter the Rank of the underground competition, they did not fall within Ai Tielang’s division. If Ai Tielang wanted to find an opponent, he truly had to go to the official arenas.

But for a Hero to sign up for those official contests, it seemed like they were tired of living.

Ai Tielang was maintaining Firearms. Without looking up, he asked Yuki, "Are you a local?"