nycdaug Chapter 200 Argument
Chapter 200 Argument
Shen Bei didn't mind the competition.
He also wanted to see what the national steam-powered individual soldier that Liang Zicheng mentioned was.
"Let's go, we have a special venue for sparring."
Liang Zicheng seemed to be a competitive person, and he left quickly with Shen Bei.
The two walked for less than ten minutes.
Then we came to the other side of the Titan's back, which was an arena.
The shape is similar to the Roman Colosseum.
In the middle is the venue.
There are audience seats all around.
But there are not many people in the audience now.
Most of the people here are from other shelters and use it as a resting place.
Not long after Liang Zicheng left, he came out wearing a set of individual armor.
As Shen Bei took a look, a strong steampunk style hit him in the face.
But see you.
Each component of Liang Zicheng's individual armor should have been made separately.
The style is somewhat different from what the guards wear.
Power arm armor, a set of leggings and armor shoes, with four independent small power engines.
Three explosive grenades are hung on the shoulders and waist, and there are four metal handles protruding from the steam box on the back, which are probably some other shooting weapons.
There are also four cannons, with harpoons and net shooters behind them.
The joint structures of the elbows and knees revealed holes, and small streams of steam were emitted. The ring-shaped armor plates bit and expanded, and even large movements would not be restricted by the armor. The knight's helmet with a hood and an iron net covered Liang Zicheng's eyes.
"how do you feel?"
Liang Zicheng showed off his armor and asked in a cloud of steam.
Shen Bei walked around and knocked on the armor, making a tinkling sound.
"What material is this made of? Are you sure it can withstand a single blow from my gun?"
Shen Bei asked with some amusement.
Although Shen Bei had never seen this kind of material, he thought it must be the outdated material abandoned by Chen Anzhi from the Mechanical Research Institute of Shelter No. 36.
After all, this was the steam age in the Mazu Shelter, and the technology in Shelter No. 36 was obviously far ahead.
Liang Zicheng laughed out loud when he heard this, and looked at Shen Bei as if he were an ant who didn't know what to do: "You can try to shoot me."
Shen Bei pulled out his revolver and replaced it with ordinary first-class bullets.
Standing at thirty meters.
He shot at Liang Zicheng's chest armor.
Bang~~
The bullet sparked on the armor and the remaining bullet body was blown away.
Liang Zicheng patted his chest and said, "See? Your bullets have no effect on me."
Shen Bei took a closer look and found that the first-level bullet did not leave any dents on his steam armor.
It was as if the bullet hadn't hit at all.
Shen Bei nodded in appreciation: "Not bad for defense."
This is no lie.
This kind of protection alone can resist ordinary bullets. Liang Zicheng was not bragging. It is true that steam soldiers are stronger than ordinary people.
Although Shelter No. 36 can also forge armor with this kind of defense.
But for ordinary people, price is a problem and weight is also a problem.
If armor is manufactured, cost is a problem, and energy consumption is also a problem.
This is also why the Mechanical Research Institute is not interested in armor and the like.
This problem does not exist in the Mazu Shelter.
The power comes from steam.
The steam is generated from the heart of the Immortal Shadow.
It's like free stuff, with unlimited supply of steam.
As long as there is no problem with energy, no matter how big the armor is, it will not be a problem.
"Come on, let me see your armor."
Liang Zicheng was eager to try.
Shen Bei replaced the revolver with level 4 bullets.
He drew his lightsaber again.
The mechanical arm on the back holds up the sniper rifle.
The shape is even more terrifying.
Liang Zicheng's eyes twitched, and he said in a surprised tone: "Wait a minute, I won't say anything about the mechanical arm on your back, but what's the matter with your lightsaber?"
Liang Zicheng was indeed shocked.
He'd been to the surrounding shelters and had never seen anyone with a fucking lightsaber as a weapon!
Is this something that should exist?
Why don’t you fly a spaceship!
Is this beyond the scope... Shen Bei smiled and said, "It's just a toy, don't be afraid, come on."
Liang Zicheng sighed and said, "Then I'll treat it as a toy. I believe you are not a liar."
next moment.
The red light on Liang Zicheng's steel spine flickered from low to high, lighting up red flame-like lines one after another.
He crouched down lightly, and the marble under his feet suddenly cracked into spider-web patterns, and the reverse impact force made him leap forward.
Like the most agile wild beast and the most fierce kung fu master, he pounced on Shen Bei.
The arm armor with steam rising from it smashed towards Shen Bei's head, and the series of movements were sharp and agile.
But the bright red arm armor still fell into the air.
At this moment, Shen Bei did not fight hard, but shot out an iron chain from his arm armor, hooked it onto a pillar, and soared into the air.
at the same time.
Shen Bei fired violently from the revolver in his hand.
Bullets roared.
Penetrates the steam.
Liang Zicheng shrugged and said, "There's no bullet..."
The words are not finished yet.
His eyeballs bulged out, and he involuntarily hunched over. The whites of his eyes were instantly covered with bloodshot.
He looked down at the hole in his belly armor.
The bullet was hot and scalding, embedded in the flesh.
In other words... the bullet almost flew into my stomach!
Liang Zicheng's eyes suddenly moved and his mouth opened slightly.
Confused.
Just now, his armor clearly blocked Shen Bei's bullets.
How come you can’t bear it anymore?
At this moment, Shen Bei fell to the ground, put away his revolver, and said calmly: "It seems that I don't need to shoot with my sniper rifle anymore, I'm afraid it will blow your head off."
"That shouldn't be the case. Your bullet..."
Liang Zicheng did not finish his words, as if he was seeking confirmation of the answer.
"Just think of it as some strange technology."
Liang Zicheng: ...
I said this in the core room...
"Come, let me test your armor's flexibility."
Shen Bei wielded the lightsaber with one hand.
Liang Zicheng immediately moved the pull rod on the armor.
Trampling the ground, he rushed towards Shen Bei.
The speed is neither fast nor slow, and can reach 50 kilometers per hour.
But for Shen Bei, it was still too slow.
Shen Bei kicked his foot, activated the foot thrusters, and used the force to flip over nimbly, passing over Liang Zicheng's head.
He grabbed his armored helmet with his backhand, twisted his waist, and rode on his neck. He put the lightsaber on the neck guard and gently slashed it.
The armor was immediately cut open by the high-temperature plasma flow, revealing flesh and blood.
"You lost again."
Shen Bei yawned and jumped down.
Liang Zicheng: ...
"Your armor... is too light." Liang Zicheng made an excuse: "The defense must be very poor."
Shen Bei stood where he was and made a gesture: "Don't you still have shells? Let's try firing them."
Liang Zicheng was not polite either. A black hole suddenly appeared at the elbow of his arm armor, and a flame bomb with a tail flame was fired out crookedly.
Boom~~~
With a deafening roar, the H flame bomb exploded like a bomb, shaking the ground within a radius of more than ten meters. The ground shook violently and shattered into pieces! The violent airflow swept through, and smoke and dust billowed.
And in this dust.
Shen Bei walked out slowly as if nothing had happened.
"If the Mazu Shelter was filled with steam soldiers and no psychics, I feel I could easily destroy the Mazu Shelter." Shen Bei grinned.
Liang Zicheng: ...
It has to be said that the individual steam armor that Liang Zicheng was proud of was indeed remarkable.
This type of armor, which does not need to worry about its bulk and does not need to be stingy with energy, has a great advantage on the battlefield.
But his thinking is based on dealing with ordinary people.
But Shen Bei is not an ordinary person.
A typical example of looking down on armor and getting slapped in the face.
There is no combat intensity at all.
When it comes to sparring and fighting, bigger is not necessarily better; instead, dexterity is required.
But this steam individual armor did play a great role in promoting the development of the battlefield.
It’s just that the idea of the Mazu Shelter went astray.
In this day and age, there will be no large-scale wars at all.
Even humans can't stray too far from their shelter for long.
Liang Zicheng jumped out of the armor, and the two of them went to the leader's residence together.
Liang Zicheng asked tentatively, "Are the ordinary people in your shelter equipped with armor like yours?"
"Are you doubting your life?" Shen Bei asked back.
"That's not the case." Liang Zicheng said stubbornly: "Your armor will definitely consume crystal cores. From an energy perspective, it can't compare to a steam-powered individual soldier."
Shen Bei looked back at the huge square box that was getting farther and farther away, and said with a smile: "Not to mention my shelter, even in the whole world, the armor I wear is unique."
Liang Zicheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "That's good, that's good."
"Actually, I made that armor myself," Liang Zicheng said boastfully.
Shen Bei didn't seem to be interested and replied, "Nice craftsmanship."
"Sometimes I draw the blueprints, measure the dimensions, grind the parts, and piece together a vivid mechanical creation. I install steam power into the creation, and the moment I start it, I feel like an omnipotent creator."
Shen Bei's expression paused.
What annoys me most is the word Creator.
Shen Bei shook his head: "Impossible, a mechanical creation can never be like a living thing."
Liang Zicheng argued, "Of course it's possible. Humans eat and drink, but machines need to burn energy and excrete waste. Steam is like blood, and metal is like bones. As long as various structures conform to structural principles, machines can live like living things."
"But humans have corpses. Maybe all their organs are intact, but they're dead. How can we explain this in a machine?"
"When a person's heart stops beating, he dies. When the steam power in the machine stops working, his life span also reaches its end."
The two people seemed to start arguing.
Shen Bei asked, "What is the so-called core working principle of the box? Someone can answer that, right? If not, what's the difference between the science you're talking about and witchcraft?"
"The core is applied technology, not research and development. Its principles are like the boiling of water or the thunder and lightning in the sky. They are objective laws, facts visible to the naked eye, and natural laws that can be summarized and utilized. As for more abstract things, I don't know how to describe them to you."
"Diviners use the shapes created by burning tortoise shells to predict good or bad luck. This is also a fact visible to the naked eye. Is that also worthy of belief?"
"Your way of stating the question is meaningless. If, since ancient times, ripe apples no longer fall downwards but instead fly erratically, if flames can produce oxygen, and if iron in ice melts, then that's also a natural law. People have no reason to question it. In other words, if divination is always accurate, then it's science."
"Is this what you had in mind?"
Shen Bei asked.
Liang Zicheng spread his hands: “Since Mazu Asylum has the core, this is what everyone thinks.”
Shen Bei smiled silently.
This everyone does not include me.
All the science of the Mazu Sanctuary is based on the core, but the core is not theirs, and one day they will lose everything.
If there is no immediate worry, there will be distant trouble.
This "distant threat" does not only refer to the Mazu Shelter, but also to all people with special abilities.
So, think about it, there is only one thing you can hold in your hands.
That's science.
Shen Bei followed Liang Zicheng to visit the leader of the Mazu Sanctuary.
Unexpectedly, Liang Zicheng played a trick on Shen Bei.
Because Liang Zicheng's identity turned out to be...