Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 779 - 24: The War Begins

Chapter 779: Chapter 24: The War Begins

At this moment, Faulkner V, a trainee from the 67th class of the Martial God Special Operations Unit, was disguised as a guest, standing on the edge of a stall. He was hanging harmlessly in mid-air, one hand hooked on a steel cable, his gaze piercing through the small stall.

The Martial God Special Operations Unit was a special Mobile Cavalry that appeared during the era of the Fourth Martial God, known as the "Mobile Cavalry among Mobile Cavalries," and they were an elite squad specially cultivated under the command of King Aqini. They were capable of carving out their own domain in the Jianghu without support.

After the birth of the first true personality non-manmade Martial God, "Humanity’s Firewall," King Aqini keenly sensed a trend. An Undead was wandering the Solar System, ready at any moment to step into the Present World. Thus, he set about assembling this squad.

The sole mission of this squad was to identify Martial Gods. They specialized in observing Xiang Shan’s consciousness and were extremely sensitive to Xiang Shan’s personality profiles, allowing them to judge from someone’s movement whether they resembled Xiang Shan.

And after all, Xiang Shan was once the strongest and most creative Martial Artist in the world. His memories contained his perspective and way of thinking.

Members of the Martial God Special Operations Unit, if they managed to survive until reassignment, would have a higher chance of becoming senior officers.

Of course, the prerequisite was "surviving."

"Those killed by the Heroes" and "those who became Heroes" naturally would not enjoy this privilege.

But the memories of the Martial Ancestor Xiang Shan seemed to have a magical power.

Faulkner V’s direct superior once joked, "We are the guardians of civilization, but also a bunch of poor devils constantly fighting against danger and temptation..."

It is said that there was a large-scale rebellion among the trainees of the 66th class of the Martial God Special Operations Unit.

Some veterans in the military were greatly alarmed. Someone had warned Faulkner V, "Don’t trust those women... They can’t control their empathy... Women are more susceptible to contamination than men!"

Faulkner V always felt that this statement was hugely contradictory to the ideas in Martial Ancestor Xiang Shan’s memory. However, Faulkner V quickly adjusted his mindset.

Who to trust was clear from the beginning.

The large-scale betrayal of the 66th class was not fabricated by the officers, but a real event, and indeed, it was women who led the charge.

After all, the Martial Ancestor was a person from two hundred years ago, and he was always extreme. Many of his views might not be correct.

Of course, we should trust what Bao ze said.

After the massive betrayal of the 66th class trainees, the training camp was closed down for a long time.

After that, the serving Martial God Squad was mostly eradicated by the Eleventh Martial God.

This glorious squad gradually faded into silence.

It wasn’t until three years ago, when three of King Aqini’s disciples disappeared on Earth, that the human protector began to restart the training of this special force.

The Twelfth Martial God, Geng Sheng, had already emerged. The training camp, therefore, accelerated its process.

Now, the warriors of the 67th class have arrived at their actual combat training.

Reports indicate that in recent years, a betrayer from the 66th class has appeared among several Neutral City-States in the Asteroid Belt. It is suspected that this warrior has been contaminated with the Martial Ancestor’s memory.

This was a dangerous individual. She had undergone full Mobile Cavalry training, was steeped in the Martial Ancestor’s memory for a long time, and had an exceptional understanding of "Martial Arts" and "Technology." It was unknown how much of the Martial Ancestor’s memory she had absorbed since leaving the training camp.

In the worst-case scenario, this "Senior" might have already become a Martial God.

Everyone’s task was to find her, mark her, and preferably capture or kill her.

[All units, report status.] An encrypted infrared signal came through

[01 ready]

[02 ready]

[03 Ready]

...

Faulkner V immediately transmitted a message: [05 Ready].

Over ten Martial Artists had entered their combat positions.

Faulkner V looked at the Heavy Prosthesis below, a Martial Artist with a club-shaped giant hammer on his back.

That guy didn’t seem to have noticed them yet.

[Countdown five seconds... 4... 3... 2... 1...]

In that instant, the Magnetic Chain weapon behind Faulkner V suddenly thrust out.

.................................

Jeanne suddenly noticed something was off with the Mobile Cavalry.

Although they had surrounded her, they were not in the best formation. She could even find a visual blind spot in this encirclement.

She had one hand on her waist, quietly gripping her main weapon, the hand cannon.

[Something’s not right, girl...]

[Shut up!]

In that split second, a Magnetic Chain weapon suddenly extended from behind a Ranger. His whole body seemed to turn into a blind spider, instantly growing several slender, disproportionate "legs" relative to his body.

The Magnetic Chain weapon, legend has it, was a low-cost weapon developed by the Conquest Heavenly King during his days as a Hero. The bulk of its cost went into "weapon design"; it was purely a mechanical construct, pieced together by numerous metallic flakes and high-tensile cables. It’s said that the Conquest Heavenly King originally wanted to recreate the concept of "transformable weapons" that could freely switch between ranged and close combat.

But the thing was still less than satisfactory... It could indeed launch its parts like electromagnetic gun projectiles, but its power was still inferior to that of a conventional electromagnetic gun of the same specifications and cost, and as a melee weapon, it was also mediocre.

In a low-gravity environment, however, it revealed another use.

It could assist in movement.

Just a light tap of this thing, and a Martial Artist could move a great distance. Moreover, it was very cheap—much cheaper than a Prosthetic Limb. It didn’t matter if it got shot off by a Gunner.

Furthermore, this collapsible thing could dissipate forces by transforming and was not that easy to break.

Furthermore, it was equipped with a strong magnetic field. Many space cities, in order to control costs, would use a large number of ferromagnetic components. Within warships, it could also play an extraordinary role.

During the age of the Fourth Martial God, such weapons flourished in the Jupiter Universe, giving rise to many techniques and schools.

In recent years, the Heroes from the Jupiter Universe and the Asteroid Belt have been attempting to combine the use of this weapon with the mature magnetic trap weapons like "Yin-Yang Axes of Subsidiary Meridian" and "Dragon and Phoenix Rings," to counteract the methods of the Sonicon Blade.

The enemy suddenly closed in.

Then, a Chain Blade extended from the enemy’s arm, drawing an increasingly large spiral, enclosing several bystanders, including Jeanne, within the attack radius.

This thing’s power could propel an electromagnetic gun. If the Chain Blade contracted, even armored warriors would suffer. Body parts like fingers at the extremities could be directly severed.

Jeanne hesitated no longer.

She fired at an enemy below.

The recoil propelled her diagonally upward.