Road to Glory [Interstellar]

The sudden danger rescued Royce to a certain extent.The soldiers who had surrounded the square quickly formed a team according to the plan of the military area, and walked away at a uniform pace to the position they should stick to.In the end, only the general who spoke earlier and a group of sergeants who were still facing an enemy were left.

"Mr. Henry, you are really overreacting." Irene rubbed her arms awkwardly, and said in a friendly tone: "Royce and I are both your students, you should know what he is like. This guy has nothing but academics He doesn’t care about other issues, let alone collude with other countries. You know, if he does something shocking to the world—although it almost never happens—it must be for research.”

"For the arrival of mechas from other countries, no matter who the pilot is, the armed forces must stand ready. They must not cause panic among the people. What's more..." The aged general glanced at Royce and shook his head, "I believe you are loyal soldiers , I have nothing to do with the Principality of Ryan, but I can't influence other high-level decision-making. Erin, you won't play this time, but it's still okay to watch the battle with me. Now, you two, follow me to the control room. "

Get away with it for now.Erin was relieved, but not completely relieved.It was the best choice for the two of them to remain silent and obey at this moment, but she always felt that Royce had other plans.

There is another thing to worry about.

Gustav Melo is one of the two most skilled mech masters in the Ryan Principality, and the soldiers on the third planet have already seen this.However, Gustav, who came to provoke alone this time, was more menacing than ever: he actually drove the mecha under the clouds, heading straight for the location of the military area, as if he wanted to raze the buildings of the military area to the ground .

At this moment, just looking at the dynamic heat map displayed on the huge display screen, Irene can also feel how intense the chase and fight in the air is.She saw the dot of light on the screen fade away, it was her comrade who had been hit; it made her heart tighten.

"There are only two reasons for his aggressiveness. Kill me and take back Unit [-]." Royce approached Irene and analyzed softly, "If I go to fight, the matter will be solved."

Please don't make trouble!

"You're not a mech master! Besides, the commander won't let you go!" Irene reprimanded in a low voice: "The mechas of other countries have already caused panic to everyone. If you propose to participate in the battle at this time, maybe He will be considered a traitor who cooperates with the enemy internally and externally, and he will be dealt with on the spot!"

"Wait, you said... a traitor?" Royce felt that he had grasped the point.In fact, this point had been completely ignored by him before. "Will I be considered a traitor?"

At the moment of crisis, policymakers should choose the most immediate and effective solution—no matter how many alternatives there are.like now.The enemy is aggressive but has not lost his mind. In order to win in the battle, he can use the things that the other party cherishes to restrain the other party; and he is the one who can grasp the key things.

Royce, who was thinking like this, didn't think there was any logical error in his thinking; but he was a little confused after seeing the defensive posture of his compatriots and being reprimanded by Irene.

"I don't understand." Royce whispered.He found that he had been in a self-enclosed world for too long, and he could no longer understand the way of thinking of other people. "I am a citizen of the third planet and a soldier. How could I betray my country like this? No, but anyone who has the destination of 'mother country', when the motherland is in crisis, should Wouldn't turn your back on that land and flee alone, would you?"

Irene opened her mouth: she intends to break the other party's naive and simple theory.However, the originally prepared words got stuck in his throat.

The most difficult problem to solve is not the math or technology problem you are passionate about, but the human heart, because it cannot be judged by logic.

Human beings are creatures who can bow down to their enemies in order to satisfy their selfish desires, and completely sell out their close people and even their motherland in order to protect themselves.Even if they don't know how to do that, they will look at you who are ignorant of all this with this mentality, and treat you as an enemy to guard against.

Although it was the truth, Irene couldn't say it in the face of Royce, who was frighteningly smart and frighteningly simple.Sighing, she walked towards the commander, trying to make the other nod and turn Royce's plan into reality.Unfortunately, no matter how hard she talked, her chief did not let go.

It would be great if His Majesty the King could be invited, then it would be no problem to include the foreign mechas into the army immediately and Royce into the mecha division team; even Her Royal Highness would be fine.Eileen was delusional.

"The enemy is not here to start a war. You should let the instigator come forward and solve the problem."

This voice brought hope to the originally sullen crowd.Turning around in the direction of the sound, everyone in the control room bowed down and saluted respectfully. "your Highness."

Royce saluted almost purely by physical instinct.From the moment he heard the other party's voice, his mind went blank.

The person who came was the noble person in Irene's mind who could turn around the difficult situation in an instant, the only princess on the third planet, Christine.This elegant and graceful young woman has emerged from the beginning of politics, and her demeanor is far superior to that of her brothers. She is already a political figure with prestige second only to her father.

At this moment, Christine looked at everyone present one by one, and finally set his sights on Royce. "The matter this time is already very clear. The two countries have always been at war frequently, so there is no need to elevate this personal behavior into a national conflict."

Stared at by those jasper-like emerald green eyes, Royce felt his cheeks burning slightly, and could not help but lower his head.

Others just speculate, but Royce knows it: this beautiful and elegant girl will indeed become the queen, and the first thing she does is to clean the "worms" and "scum"; , Down to the ignorant mob were thrown into prison or executed instantly, even her own brothers were not spared.It was a rather bloody memory, and people around him even began to fear her and hate her.But Royce knew that the other party had dedicated everything she could to the third planet.

Now, the future queen came before him.Royce had to lower his head and close his eyes to avoid the other party's gaze, so that he could answer the other party's questions smoothly. "You...you know..."

"Of course I know you. You graduated first in the same class with full marks in many subjects, but because you didn't say a word during the self-recommendation session, you lost the opportunity to participate in the selection of mecha divisions, and you have been staying in the army for scientific research ever since. .I know that you know a lot about active mechs and have experience in test driving. But, you have never participated in combat."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"So, you think you can defeat the opponent when you have never fought the opponent before?"

"It is impossible for me to defeat Gustav." Having already fully assessed each other's strength, Royce quickly analyzed: "In terms of heavy mechs, he has more experience in driving; This mecha is not equipped with enough weapons, and its combat effectiveness is far inferior to the enemy's."

"Really. It sounds reasonable. But you seem to have a plan in your chest. It seems that you have already won the game." Christine said slowly.

"Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to defeat the enemy. However," Royce rolled his eyes, and his eyes suddenly radiated a compelling light, "I will use the defects of the enemy's mecha to make Gusta The husband's body is paralyzed."

Yes, flaws.When Royce was browsing the design documents of the No. [-] machine, he discovered a problem in the command program; it was a mistake made when the command was first defined.Royce had already corrected this point for the No. [-] machine when debugging the system, and planned to use this point to attack the No. [-] machine.

"In such a short period of time?" Christine raised her eyebrows and said in surprise, "But you have never fought against the other party."

"To understand this, you don't need to fight in person. As an armament technology innovation program, the designs of the two mechas are very similar, and the one I use is like an optimized version of the opponent's mech. The optimized There are still problems with the program, let alone the previous version."

"Then, let's knock down the pride of the Principality of Ryan. After the battle, I will talk to you in detail." Christine smiled, lowering her eyes slightly, and her thick and slender eyelashes covered the turbulent waves in her eyes.She was very happy to see that the other party was more intelligent than she had ever heard before, and she was also grateful for the other party's simplicity - which allowed her to fully control the other party when she reused it in the future.

With the order from Her Royal Highness, the commander had no choice but to let go.Soon, Royce changed into his driving suit, and under the eyes of everyone who was suspicious or worried, he was ready to go into battle.

***

Gustav pursued the bionic mecha that had been severely damaged by him and was retreating to the military base of the third planet, trying to cut it in half.He knew that what he did today was really out of style, but in order to eliminate the dangerous factors as soon as possible and regain the No. [-] machine, he could only temporarily put them aside.

There was a sudden noise in the communicator, which was caused by current fluctuations.Gustav knew that this meant that machine number ten was being activated.He began to sneer: he finally had the opportunity to teach the arrogant and ignorant thief a lesson. "Finally dare to fight? After hiding for so long?"

The other party didn't answer, but Gustav had already detected the signal: the mech he had hoped for was ascending under the control of the thief.

Staring at the data received on the screen in front of him, Gustav's expression became serious.

He can even write a system for the unfinished No. [-] machine and start it. The intelligence of the other party even makes him feel horrified. "Who the hell are you?" Gustav whispered to himself, ready to fight.

He was answered with silence and a bottom-up attack.The other party seemed to be proficient in manipulating heavy mechs, climbing from low altitude to the clouds in a short period of time.Successfully avoiding this blow, Gustav mocked: "Don't you dare to speak? Those who dare to openly take away the weapons of the Principality of Ryan dare not respond to me!"

This time, there was finally a response from that side. "I don't like chatting."

...and no one wants to chat with you.

The voice from the other party was as cold as metal, and a little dull; this made Gustav suspect that the other party was deliberately putting on a haughty posture to irritate him.Such thoughts made him put aside his personal emotions and concentrate on the current battle.

At first, neither of them used thermal weapons, but just swooped and rushed.Although the two did not take advantage of such close combat, Gustav still maintained a confident and optimistic attitude: the No. [-] machine he was driving was equipped with sufficient thermal weapons, and the No. [-] machine had better performance. But only the particle cannon is loaded.

"You know the principle of writing system programs. In order to maintain the overall coordination of the mecha, it is necessary to maintain multi-interface compatibility. How to achieve it, do you think?" When you chased me, Gustav heard his opponent Say so.

"This is a very simple problem. As long as you ensure that all objects can be executed when defining the method, you can achieve a single command to control the entire mech." Gustav, who started debugging the neutron cannon, thought of something. Eyes narrowed dangerously: "Sure enough, you know a lot about the technology we're using. This shouldn't have happened."

Again, Gustave heard no answer.But his opponent rashly activated the neutron cannon and missed it, only slightly damaging the Nine's shoulder.Seizing this opportunity, Gustav started a series of attacks.

First use the neutron cannon to make the opponent fall into a panic, and then use the particle lightsaber to penetrate the cockpit, killing the opponent while minimizing the damage to the tenth machine.This was Gustav's plan.However, after turning on the neutron cannon, he was shocked by the opponent's reaction: the opponent just faced the gunfire and drove the No. [-] machine straight to this side!

"Your method can simplify the operation, but it will lose safety. You see," the opponent, who is doing suicidal behavior, is still stating in a flat tone, "as long as more than two thermal weapon systems are activated, the mech center will The temperature will rise sharply. As long as you break the refrigerant placed on the shoulder and neck, you will not be able to cool down. You should split the use of thermal weapons into three system procedures."

Gustav was no longer able to listen carefully to his opponent's words; he widened his eyes in disbelief, watching the readings on the thermometer rapidly refresh, and the temperature in the center of the mech was close to the report.If this continues, the system will be paralyzed.

Gustav couldn't believe it.He has almost never been deflated in battle, but this time, when the combat performance of the mecha completely crushed the opponent, he was actually restrained by that weird thief!

After a bang, the bulkhead of the cockpit began to tremble.Gustav, who was trying to figure out what happened and save himself from the crisis, heard the calm voice sound again:

"It was a pleasure chatting with you, Gustave Mello."