Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 1158 Cherenkov Radiation Medium, a sharp turn for the worse

Matsushima Hiroshi's brain was almost completely occupied by "martial arts". Countless moves were constantly decomposed and reorganized in his mind, and then derived the most suitable strategy group for the moment. Although most of the enemies he faced were low-level officers whose martial arts level was far inferior to his, the larger number of "obstacle" soldiers and the vast amount of intelligence on the battlefield overwhelmed him. This was the third time he used what he had learned in such a complex environment.

The experience gained from Songying City and Paradox City was refreshed quickly.

He seemed to have just fought a fierce battle with an enemy like Wu Zu and had forgotten everything.

Matsushima Hiroshi was even the last knight to realize that the enemy had retreated. He even blankly chased in the direction of the enemy's retreat.

Then he was caught by Nia Guti.

Nia Guti said: "Young man, come back to your senses! Focus on the battlefield!"

Hiro Matsushima looked around. The officers he had killed along the way formed a long path, a winding dotted line. Between the remains of two officers' cyborg bodies, there were often several soldiers' bodies scattered around.

Hiro Matsushima took a step forward, but forgot which direction he should go.

There was a loud bang, and a ball of flames fell from the sky and hit behind Matsushima Hiroshi and Nia Guti.

Tuoba Xuanyuan Shisi finally crushed the metal head of the senior military officer. The fuel leaking from the enemy's external auxiliary fuel tank stained him, making him look like he was surrounded by flames. Tuoba Xuanyuan Shisi didn't even bother to let go of the enemy's body, and ran towards the transport vehicle: "Coolant, coolant - I'm short of coolant! Hurry up!"

Nia Guti said to Matsushima Hiroshi, "You should also resupply, right? The previous supply was given to you by Brother Tolstoy on the battlefield. You only refilled the coolant and ammunition once. It would be better to replace your limbs a little bit."

Matsushima Hiro nodded: "You observe very carefully. I don't notice so many things on the battlefield."

"Hurry up. We can't confirm whether the enemy has temporarily retreated to organize a counterattack, or has really given up this place..." Niaguti looked at the kilometer-high pyramid-shaped base and the space elevator on top of the base.

Matsushima Hiro quickly walked to the supply point. During this process, he began to perform self-check procedures. The condition of the prosthesis was not very good. There were many overheating in the body. At the same time, the left leg and right arm, which had the most collisions, also had a significant decrease in power. Although he used his superb martial arts to make up for the decrease in the power of the prosthesis in the fierce battle just now, this was not a long-term solution.

Steam billowed from Tuoba Xuanyuan Shisi's body. He once again released coolant to quickly cool down. Another knight brought a fan that had been prepared in advance to assist him.

Tuoba Xuanyuan Shisi saw Matsushima Hiro standing in front of the supply vehicle and waved his hand: "How many times have you participated in such a large-scale battle, brother?"

"It happened a few times." Matsushima Hiro shook his head. "The concept of resource management is completely different from before... Not only in the arena, but also in those small-scale battles, and in this situation..."

"Damage management is a very profound subject that can be learned for a lifetime." Tuoba Xuanyuan Shisi said.

Matsushima Hiro nodded. Tuoba Xuanyuanshisi's performance just now was very telling.

Tuoba's fighting style seems very aggressive, and he needs to replenish coolant, propellant and ammunition frequently. However, he controls the "progress" of these losses. At the moment of the battle, Tuoba Xuanyuan 14 has just reached his limit and can complete the replenishment in a relatively safe environment.

The intensity and duration of the fight in the ring does not require the contestants to find opportunities to resupply during the fight. However, in an encounter, the intensity and duration of the fight are unpredictable.

Damage management and replenishment therefore becomes a science.

Some knights would use pre-buried supply boxes to resupply multiple times in a single battle, and sometimes even replace their limbs entirely. All of this could be accomplished in mobile warfare. The key to the problem was "how to create gaps in the battle."

In addition, "what kind of combat effectiveness can one's prosthetic body exert when it is damaged to what extent" is also a question that every knight must learn.

When the enemy's attack cannot be avoided, you must take the attack in a manner that causes minimal damage.

Estimate the extent of your own damage before you are hit, and formulate tactics accordingly, such as finding ways to obtain supplies, retreat, or directly counterattack.

"Although I also know that I have not been exposed to this niche field in the past, it is normal to have some shortcomings." Matsushima Hiro glanced back. Nia Guti even replaced her upper limbs during the fierce battle just now - her prosthetic hand was somewhat different from when the battle started.

[You can't compete with these top knights right away, brother.] Ling said in Matsushima Hiro's consciousness. [And knights come in many varieties. There are knights who are proficient in everything, and there are knights who are not good at anything but have devoted themselves to a niche field.]

In just a few words, the knights had finished their repairs. They split into two groups tacitly. About one-third of them stayed behind to build simple fortifications based on the remains of the original shelter fortifications, while the vast majority of the first-level warriors continued to move towards the base of the space elevator.

The time of the enemy's counterattack is uncertain. The knights must leave enough time to enter the space elevator. After the space elevator rises more than a thousand meters, the knights can barely be considered safe.

If the enemy launches a counterattack before this, this unit will use its lives to fight for the main attacking force's chance of survival.

This was the first time that Hiroshi Matsushima had actually seen a space elevator. The base of the space elevator was a giant tower that vaguely resembled a pyramid, with countless densely packed cables extending from all parts of the tower and converging into one. From a distance, the top of the tower looked like a gloomy "bird cage" with countless thin iron wires converging into one...

But in fact, this so-called "thin as a thread" is a huge cable with a diameter of more than one meter. At the end of each cable is an independent giant elevator car.

This place is much busier than the busiest airport in the old days.

"How strange..." A knight looked around and muttered, "At least they can't all be dead - I mean the protectors. Why can't I see any resistance?"

“Maybe,” Niaguti said, “but without command, they can’t organize a counterattack—the remaining fighters may not even have the authority to view surveillance. They don’t even know we are coming.”

The knights happened to pass by the control center that was blown up by Xiangshan. The place was in a mess because of the bombs left by Xiangshan.

"An assassin actually came here early and solved the problem here?" A knight was surprised and looked at Tuoba Xuanyuan Fourteen, "Master Lion, you have this ability? When did you do it? I didn't even notice it!"

"Hahaha...it only has something to do with me." Tuoba laughed.

Nia Guti obviously had some knowledge of this place. She had some information about the space elevator. Nia Guti commanded the knights to split into three groups according to the original plan and take three different elevator cars to ascend. At the same time, three knights who were both good at both internal and external skills were left behind to forcefully start more elevators and release targets to confuse the enemy's firepower. At the same time, these knights were also responsible for annihilating any remaining enemy forces that might exist.

Only when the knights of the main attack team rise to high altitude will they send a signal and follow up with the members of the sniper team.

The several cabins that Nia Guti chose were all cargo boxes on the inner side. The tens of thousands of cables on the outside were a kind of fortification. To accurately snipe at the cabins on the inner side through these obstacles, a very high level of gunnery was required.

It was here that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Nia Guti kicked open the door of the car. She looked at the ground through the densely packed cables. The cables divided her vision into strands. Under everyone's feet, the ground was shrinking rapidly.

Before crossing the clouds, Niaguti took two steps back and made a gesture.

A warrior rushed out.

This warrior is an expert with guns and carries a large gun.

This is the means to deal with "the shelterers using high-powered weapons to directly attack the space elevator."

To put it simply... it means destroying the missile's warhead with a sniper rifle.

This is the so-called "gun artillery and air defense martial arts."

For those who occupy the top port of the space elevator, ultra-long-range weapons such as intercontinental missiles with extremely high maximum ballistic altitudes often have enough reaction time to intercept. Medium-range missiles that accelerate at low altitudes are more dangerous.

Niaguti had already arranged for knights to clear out several of the most dangerous launch bases nearby.

Niaguti turned off her vision and used an image processing program to piece together the fragmented images she saw through the jungle of cables.

——It can be seen that the ground troops are indeed being defeated...they are really retreating.

——If a first-level warrior is sent at this time, it can cause a devastating blow to the grassroots structure of the army. At this point, it doesn't seem like a fake rout.

——Did we... win? Did we succeed?

Niaguti thought so. She stuck her head out of the car and tried to look for evidence in the sky that King Agni's fleet had left. However, there were too many obstacles in her sight.

There were still many parallel cars, all of which served as cover for the main attack team. Now that they were above the sea of ​​clouds, it was difficult for the enemy to snipe them. Nia Guti jumped out of the car, stretched out his hand to use the cable to gain leverage, and quickly approached the periphery of the many tracks.

The closer the elevator is to the periphery, the more likely it is that it is privately owned by some "big shot". These elevators don't even need to enter the public areas where goods are unloaded. Nia Guti continued to look at the sky.

As the atmosphere gradually thinned, the light of the Star Fleet's tail flames became more and more obvious.

"Is the long-standing struggle on Earth finally going to have a phased result?" Nia Guti couldn't help but daydream. She forced herself to wake up. Next, the Earth Knights had to face the Romance King Juan Repin. This guy was originally an officer in the old European era, and he was not outstanding among the kings. But even if the Romance King was far less powerful than Hartman, he was still a powerful warrior with an entire space fleet and several first-level world subordinates. Even with Xiangshan's help, the Romance King was still a dangerous enemy.

Three elevator cars entered the port one after another. In the unloading corridor, three groups of knights quickly converged.

"Strange..." Tuoba was more familiar with the structure of the spaceport. He knew very well that there should be many engineering robots on standby here.

The answer to this question was revealed immediately after the knights entered the warehouse area.

All the multifunctional engineering robots entered the public activity area from the cargo area, using electromagnets to collect debris flying in the air.

There was a one-sided massacre here. A large number of defenders were quickly and efficiently turned into scraps. Only sporadic gunfire could be heard in the distance.

Judging from the noise, the scale of the battle should not be large, and the level is not high.

As the martial artist with the highest external skills, Matsushima Hiro rushed out without hesitation.

Soon, the sound of the gunfire died down, and he returned with two prototypes of scientific research knights.

The two apprentices obviously couldn't contain their excitement. They rubbed their hands and kept shouting "We are one of us" and "We are knights too".

With the help of these two new knights, Niaguti quickly found Xiangshan.

Xiangshan was sitting cross-legged in the air, his hands open, fingers trembling, as if he was using his inner strength to do something. He was now using Bodhi Dharma Gaotian's prosthetic body, most of which were equipped with accessories from Bodhi Dharma Gaotian, with only the head having an additional armor suspension.

Nia Guti said: "Xiangshan...we succeeded!" "Shh..." Xiangshan put a finger on the visor, "We are about to face a more dangerous situation... Let's put it bluntly. We are in danger."

Nia Guti's expression immediately became serious: "What new information did you get? Share it with me."

Xiangshan stared at the starry sky absentmindedly: "I still remember the first time I met Yawgmoth, I was observing the external information of 'Ogon'. He thought I was a spy collecting information and scolded me... He also told me that science relies heavily on the flow of information..."

Nia Guti said: "Can you just tell me the conclusion?"

"Whether I say it or not, things can't be changed. It's better to let me vent my emotions." Xiangshan pointed to the distance and passed a signal to Niaguti.

Niaguti discovered that it was a data stream from an optical telescope, and the direction the telescope was observing was exactly the direction that the mountain was pointing.

That is……

Nia Guti said: "The planetary suppression fleet of King Juan Repin of Romance. But, did you notice this orbit?"

"Hmm? They came from the orbit of Venus, which is further inside the solar system, and our current location...wait a minute..."

A simple calculation quickly gave the answer.

Niaguti said in horror: "Their target is the moon?"

"The day the Star Fleet evacuates the Earth's gravity well should be the day Juan Repin enters Earth orbit. That planetary suppression fleet lacks deep space combat capabilities. Juan Repin doesn't need to orbit the Earth. The correct approach for him should be to enter orbit on the other side of the Earth and prepare for battle in the environment that is most suitable for him to perform."

"But judging from their trajectory, they were probably heading for the moon from the beginning. They were just trying to misjudge us before they got close to the earth. Juan Repin had his reasons for going to the moon..."

"And their reason for going? What do you think?"

Nia Guti's face changed: "Hartman... he is willing to separate from the Tianxing Fleet?"

"I guess it's that old dog. Didn't he abandon the old Star Fleet once during the Sixth Martial God's era? He doesn't love his comrades in the army, he just loves the atmosphere." Xiang Shan said, "Besides, this is the inner ring of the solar system, and we can't conjure up a space fleet out of thin air..."

The moment Xiangshan realized the problem, he rushed here and used his internal energy to forcibly requisition instruments to observe the starry sky.

Then he saw the unusual actions of King Romance's Svalbard Army.

They simply rushed toward the Earth and then used the Earth's gravitational slingshot effect to accelerate toward the Moon.

The deceleration before this was all for the purpose of attracting the attention of the Earth Knights and making them shift their eyes away from the Sky Star Fleet.

The Tianxing Fleet is a deep space fleet and is not suitable for this kind of battle situation.

"Our original idea, to launch a surprise attack and decapitate the Svalbard Corps before they deploy their forces, was not feasible from the beginning."

Xiangshan sighed.

If Nia Guti still had a human face, her face would be as hard as a rock. She said in a hoarse voice: "Why...what does this have to do with your feelings about Yog's past..."

"This is how he deceived us." Xiang Shan said in a somewhat puzzling tone, "In order to preserve progress in certain specific areas, he took the initiative to purge his own men. Think about it, he gave orders to all senior military officers not to sacrifice their subordinates without reason... but his practice of sacrificing his subordinates just to prevent the knights from realizing progress in certain areas... hehe."

Xiangshan came to this conclusion because he obtained a document from the Six Dragons Sect of the Life Furnace Knights.

"I once met a very strong guy. In terms of external skills, only Tuoba and Songdao were obviously better than him." Xiangshan said, "That guy had some problems with his brain. Not only did he use inappropriate external skills, but he also used a very weak prosthetic body. I should have thought about why he didn't change to a first-level prosthetic body as soon as he contacted the Six Dragons Sect on Earth. If he had a first-level prosthetic body at that time, I might have been defeated without a first-level prosthetic body."

"I may have thought about it. However, the matter of Paradox City occupied most of my attention, and then I met a Six Dragon Sect master who used the First Heaven Artificial Body at the bottom of the sea... Maybe I was paralyzed?"

"Ah, think about it carefully. When Kotonoha was on Earth, she was also using a conventional prosthetic. And just now, the guys from the Life Furnace Knights chose to make a desperate attack, using a temporarily ignited fusion reactor - you have to know that igniting a fusion reactor is a time-consuming task. They clearly have the ability to equip so many first-level prosthetics."

"I should have been alert at that time. The Six Dragons Cult is lurking within the Scientific Research Knights. They may be more sensitive to certain things... They would rather die than use the First Heaven Prosthetic Body at will... They would rather choose to temporarily ignite..."

That information was merely the internal speculation of the Six Dragon Sect, which was distributed to various places to alert the Six Dragon Sect members in various places.

The Six Dragons Cult has its tentacles all over the Scientific Research Knights. But if there are a few Knights that are impervious to attack, the Six Dragons Cult will have no idea about them - and that blank is enough to reveal intelligence.

"Breakthroughs in materials science, some kind of solvent, or extremely high-precision sensors..." Xiangshan laughed to himself, "These are indeed areas that knights don't pay attention to. It's difficult to convert them into direct combat power."

This was probably the most angry revenge that the Holy Leader of the Six Dragons Cult could take when his relatives' lives were threatened.

The Six Dragon Saint Lord deleted the relevant knowledge. Xiangshan's focus has always been on the Six Dragon Sect's great cause of ascension - this is Xiangshan's understanding of Xiangshan.

"In short, Yawgmoth played a joke on most people and misled them about the function of neutrino detectors."

Neutrinos interact very weakly with matter, making them very difficult to detect. When neutrinos interact with atomic nuclei in water, they can produce high-speed charged particles such as electrons or muons.

When a charged particle (such as an electron or muon) travels through a medium at close to the speed of light, its speed can exceed the speed of light in the medium (it's just always less than the speed of light in a vacuum). When a charged particle moves faster than the speed of light in a medium, it excites the surrounding electromagnetic field, forming an electromagnetic wavefront similar to the wake created by a boat traveling through water. These wavefronts form a cone-shaped pattern around the particle's path. Because the charged particle's speed exceeds the speed of light in the medium, these electromagnetic wavefronts cannot overlap each other, so they can escape and be emitted as radiation. This radiation is primarily in the visible and ultraviolet light spectrum, showing a characteristic blue glow.

This phenomenon is called the Cherenkov radiation effect. Water is an excellent Cherenkov radiation medium. It has a large natural reserve, is easily available, and is almost completely transparent in the visible light range. Cherenkov light can travel long distances without significant absorption or scattering, so it can be detected by detectors.

But this is all in the 21st century.

"'Cherenkov radiation media that are better than water' do exist. The efficiency of Cherenkov radiation is directly related to the refractive index of the medium. The higher the refractive index, the lower the threshold for charged particles to exceed the speed of light in the medium, and therefore the higher the probability of Cherenkov radiation. There are simply countless highly transparent and high-refractive-index materials - I studied materials science in college. With Yawgmoth's current productivity, he can use any expensive medium he wants!"

Niaguti was silent for a moment: "Were we wrong from the beginning? But... there are only two neutrino detection centers on the earth..."

"Once the neutrino detection center detects something, it will be a cone-shaped tail wave - it is not a straight line, but a ray with its own direction. The GPS signal can only get the distance between the target and the detection point, so three are needed." Xiangshan tapped his head: "If we are lucky, two detection centers may be enough - maybe one will be enough. Because the part where a ray overlaps with the range of human activities in the earth's crust is quite limited."

The Six Dragons Sect had guessed this, so they had always strictly limited the number of first-tier warriors. Shen Yuanyanye and Zhi Li Jiliu were both warriors with levels far exceeding the first tier. Yang Mengying was also close to this threshold two hundred years ago. It was not surprising to see such progress in two hundred years. But when Xiang Shan fought with them, they all used conventional prosthetics.

The only exception is the Six Dragon Holy Lords.

only……

It was not until now that Xiangshan realized another small detail that the Six Dragon Holy Lord had deleted.

He couldn't remember the specific arrangement of the Six Dragon Lords' standby positions.

Perhaps, he could speculate so.

The reactor used by the Six Dragon Saints was the same one that powered that submarine.

On the account used by the Scientific Knights to the top leaders, the so-called "Pacific restricted area" has always been operated by scientific research submarines. That is a controlled reactor that has been reported.

This information was too detailed. Xiangshan searched the memory related to the submarine, but he did not realize that there was anything wrong with this missing information.

Xiangshan waved his hand unconsciously and grabbed the "evil ghost" who was laughing wildly in front of him.

Seeing Xiangshan venting his anger at the air, Nia Guti said, "It does look bad - but we are not doomed to lose. Come on, we must find a way to recover our losses. At the very least, this piece of information of yours must...must be broadcast!"

"Of course, don't worry too much." Xiangshan shook his head. "Neutrino collisions from the same reactor may only occur once every few days. The government can probably only conclude through long-term statistics that there is a long-term activity of a First Heaven Warrior in a certain area, and the activity is scattered in an area in the form of probability. But the fact that there are many First Heaven Warriors lurking around the space elevator is enough to tell us what we should do."

"Others know this and may be able to use the situation at the neutrino detection center to trick the protector. Of course, that's another story."

Nia Guti nodded: "I will immediately arrange for someone to pass on this information. Even if we are completely wiped out, we must..."

"Don't worry. We have to face Hartmann and Juan Repin, or at worst Falcon. In the early 22nd century, I can easily beat the three of them by myself." Xiangshan said, "We won."

Everyone, long time no see, almost three months.

During these three months, I probably hit rock bottom and was in a terrible state.

Because of my father's matter, I was under great mental stress and started taking medicine again. Half a month after my father had a stroke, my mother forced me to go for a physical examination. The results of the physical examination were also very bad. I showed insulin resistance and was only one step away from type 2 diabetes.

To be honest, I did consider just letting the disease run its course. Dying from an underlying disease doesn’t seem to require the kind of motivation that comes with taking one’s own life.

But at that time, I asked myself in my heart, "Am I really willing to just wait to die like this?"

I thought about it for a long time. I felt that I had not yet written anything good enough to be praised. I did not want to die yet. I at least wanted to write until I was old.

In the days that followed, I was tortured by both antidepressants and hunger. In order to control my blood sugar, I strictly restricted my intake. I could hardly tell which one was more depressing for me.

A healthy lifestyle has helped me lose nearly 15 kg in two months. My mental state seems to be better recently. I think that's the reason.

Maybe it's time for me to hit bottom and bounce back?

All in all, I wish you all a happy and smooth new year.

Sorry for not updating in almost three months.

Also, I'll give you an advance notice that Xiangshan will have several near-death experiences next month, which may seem like a grand finale, but it's definitely not. I have no intention of running away with the story.