Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 963 - 199 Clear Thinking

Chapter 963: Chapter 199 Clear Thinking

Yuki was jolted awake by the vibrations and quickly pulled out the storage device from his wrist.

——That noise...was it from the mid-section mines?

Submarines, after all, have ballast tanks. The ballast tanks are located between the inner and outer shells, and they are quite thick.

Under normal circumstances, when enemies invade submarines, they use the hatches.

Of course, people who can easily tear through two layers of steel are exceptions. But in an underwater environment, the resistance of seawater is considerable, and most prosthetic bodies don’t have the ability to tear through two layers of steel at once.

And using gunpowder to blast a hole makes it hard to ensure "only the right-sized hole is created" instead of "blasting the submarine entirely."

Therefore, for intruders, "the hatch" becomes the most vulnerable spot on the submarine.

Naturally, laying mines here is necessary.

It’s a very logical thing to do.

If the mines are loaded properly, this approach would cause minimal damage to the submarine itself.

Oh, by the way, this era’s mines have already abandoned the designs involving steel balls and fragments. The light units among cyber warriors are equivalent to Homo sapiens in heavy armor. The slow speed of fragments and steel balls have low lethality against cyber warriors. Instead of adding steel balls to increase the range, it’s better to increase the explosive power, enhancing the blast effect. Shaped charges have quite a market in modern mines——of course, such armor-breaking tools are deemed unnecessary against Homo sapiens.

The Northern Hero is quite knowledgeable about this. Before heading underwater, Xiang Shan specifically exchanged knowledge on "how to defend submarines" with Solo Kill King and the others.

"Submarine mine placement" isn’t a very mainstream tactic——mostly because doing so would make a path unusable, and you would need to remove your own mines to leave. However, Xiang Shan still quite favored this.

The Martial Ancestor’s lineage dislikes mines, but that was due to the potential of "civilian casualties"——unless the surrounding area of the battlefield is strictly off-limits for development, there will always be a huge risk of "civilian intrusion."

But inside the submarine is different. There definitely won’t be any civilians here.

Thus, the tactic of "setting mines and ensuring our people never go this way" is quite effective.

And after much thought, Yuki considered it a feasible tactic.

The apprentices on this ship plan to stay inside the submarine until they reach Africa. The entrances can be completely blocked off. Luckily, the three entrances of the submarine are far from its propulsion system, which is very convenient.

Even if our own men were accidentally blown up, they would likely survive.

It’s just their bodies being blown apart, does that mean they’ll die?

But for intruders, "losing mobility" means failure.

It’s a tactic with low cost but high payoff—at least Yuki thinks so.

So, he set up a landmine formation here.

These research knight apprentices might lack actual combat skills, but their hands-on ability is reliable. They even came up with several ways to "hide pressure-sensitive devices under the floor without exposing them" and buried them beautifully.

On the floor, walls, and even on the vertical passage walls near the exit hatch, there are several single-directional explosive devices.

There’s also a similar mine formation at the rear hatch.

The only place without mines was the main entrance of the side hatch that connects to the cargo hold. No matter what, a quick escape route had to be kept open.

However, Yuki moved some of the cargo supplies to the crew quarters and then buried mines in the middle of the cargo hold.

On top, he fixed several empty boxes.

Moving the empty boxes or stepping on them would trigger the mines.

If it really came to a situation where escape from the cargo hold was necessary, everyone would walk by holding onto the walls.

With the limited number of people on the submarine, this tactic was quite successful.

"Hopefully it’s not our own people who triggered them..."

Yuki muttered, rushing out of his cabin.

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Rancheng C moved quickly by supporting himself with his left hand and right leg against the wall. Behind him, two sect members followed, one carrying the other.

Among the seven Six Dragons Sect warriors, only three remained with mobility, and the strongest Banner Leader’s body was battered and torn. Another had lost use of his legs, only using his hands.

Even the last one only appeared to be intact temporarily, who knows what kind of bullet holes and cracks were on his body.

The one with disabled subordinates complained angrily: "Why are these research knight apprentices so treacherous?"

"Banner Leader, we are quite lucky..." An optimistic subordinate remarked: "Once the partitions are released, we can..."

"They reprogrammed the system themselves, the emergency protocol didn’t activate..." Banner Leader sighed, "Didn’t you notice? We just passed at least two retracted partitions... They don’t intend to use the partitions at all!"

"This..."

The two sect members turned pale. They realized the strategy of these apprentices.

Passing through the landmine formation without any preparation, the external armor is most likely compromised.

For warriors with compromised external armor, water is the enemy.

Though the Banner Leader still had one leg and one hand mobile, he could stall at any moment.

The same for the other two.

"Change the environment, change the opponent, gain advantage... Such clear tactics..." Rancheng C marveled, "What sharp strategy..."

"Are they trying to sink the submarine?" Sect Defender A was very surprised: "Are they employing a tactic of mutual destruction right at the start?"

"Sinking the submarine doesn’t mean death for the people." Rancheng C replied, "Besides, they haven’t necessarily given up... As long as they ensure the deck is covered in water, and any action splashes water everywhere, they’ll put down the partitions, right? Afterward, they would slightly repair it, use equipment to slowly drain the water."

This submarine, belonging to the Scientific Knights, indeed had weapons equipped, but they were not powerful. They wouldn’t have much impact in naval combat.

However, dismantled and turned into personal weapons, their effects would be exceptional.

The map of the submarine floated in Rancheng C’s mind.

At that moment, dense gunfire exploded ahead.

A sect member was about to retreat, but Rancheng C shouted: "Don’t retreat, charge forward!"

The three Six Dragons Sect warriors dashed forward against the bullets. The intact sect defender extended his arm and spread a shield to protect his brothers. Ahead was a junction leading to another level of passage. Rancheng C dodged to the passage corner. The sect defender intended to dash to the other path via the junction. Rancheng C was quick to grab him: "Do you think there are no mines on this junction?"

In the distance, Inzewei Song listened intently: "Huh? Didn’t explode? I thought such sneaky mines would surely catch someone by surprise..."