From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 699 Bombarding the Imperial City!

MK3. Armored Divine Weapon, a heavy self-propelled mobile electromagnetic gun system used by the Star Dragon Empire in its early days.

It is equipped with a triple-mounted heavy electromagnetic gun with multiple types of ammunition, and is generally used as an important regional fire support platform in offense or defense.

The armored soldiers near the Grand Palace are also performing defense tasks here, although basically no one can reach this position.
However, due to the huge size of the armored weapons and the shocking effect of the triple-mounted heavy electromagnetic cannon, the Imperial Guards still snatched more than 30 of them from the army and deployed them near the Grand Palace to serve as defense nodes, demonstrating the power of the empire's military to the citizens of the imperial capital.

The above information was obtained by Amber after hacking into the headquarters network of the Royal Guards and the Royal Equipment Manufacturing Department through a distributed information exchange terminal.

To be honest, in the game "Starry Sky OL", the official has actually made detailed settings for some units that appeared in the plot from decades to hundreds of years ago, so Amber would not feel completely unfamiliar with this kind of giant land unit.

After all, any player who has played a lot of games can actually tell at a glance that this thing is another "stitched monster".

Its overall design and positioning are a bit like the unit of the same name in a sci-fi real-time strategy game, both of which are large-caliber mobile artillery platforms.

But the exterior design doesn't look so traditional sci-fi, but is full of the retro feel unique to the Star Dragon Empire.

It was relatively round and full of curves, with a large amount of exquisitely and intricately carved external armor, decorative flags and streamers fluttering in the evening breeze, and parchment seals fixed with wax seals, which reminded Amber of a similar unit in another crazy universe.

However, Amber had to admit that this gorgeous, retro style was indeed more in line with the imperial city of the Star Dragon Empire. If it were replaced with a more technologically advanced style, it would seem a bit out of place.

The armored weapon that Amber was currently approaching was such a majestic and magnificent giant.

Since the armored weapons of this era have an extremely high status in the Star Dragon Empire Army, they do not use the uniform silver-white paint like traditional Star Dragon Empire land combat equipment, but can choose the paint style by themselves.

And because the soldiers who can become the armored driving team are basically the children of aristocrats, this kind of giant unit is usually decorated with the family representative colors and emblems of the driving team leader.

The one currently located on the west wing wall is decorated with red and white armor colors, and also has an emblem that resembles a hydra.

"I'm sorry, I don't know the name of this multi-headed snake family."

Amber muttered to herself as she began her hacking attempt in a hidden spot near the defense node.

Hacking into military information exchange nodes
Hacking into the military communications network.
Hacking into the Defense Node Tactical Communications Network
The journey was smooth.

This era's highest level of military electronic defense technology was even thinner than a piece of paper in front of the equipment Amber brought. In addition, Lilith already knew a large number of backdoors and loopholes in various equipment from ancient times to the present, so it didn't take any effort for Amber to hack into this armored weapon.

The complete implementation of the Internet of Everything theory in this world has provided Amber with conveniences in various senses.

Then Amber was amused by the armored pilot team, because these three noble children were gathered in the cockpit, watching the opera broadcast of the Imperial Theater on the public network.
"So elegant, huh? Then let me give you something exciting."
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In the MK3 armored vehicle with the tactical call sign 'Hydra', the leader of the driving team was nodding his head to the melodious opera sound. The other two members of the team - the fire control officer and the communication and detection officer - were also intoxicated by this soprano voice that reached deep into their souls.

Next to them, there were several speakers that were obviously not built into the cockpit of the armored soldier. The high-fidelity stereo sound made them feel as if they were actually there, as if they were sitting in the front row of the Imperial Capital Theater when they closed their eyes.

"Maria Callas' voice is as perfect as ever. If I hadn't been on duty today, I would have been sitting in the theater enjoying this wonderful moment."

The leader of the flight crew, Kempinski, shook his head with some regret, but his hands began to wave rhythmically involuntarily, as if what was in front of him was not the control panel of the armored vehicle, but the symphony orchestra of the grand theater.

"I heard there will be an encore next week, so maybe we still have a chance~" The fire control officer shook his neck, and just as he was about to continue saying that he could get a few tickets for the show from the family, he suddenly found that the workbench in front of him was activated from standby mode.

Then, the energy circuits of the entire armored weapon were connected, and the sound of "sizzling" from the power supply began to sound.

"Hey, boss, did you bump into something by accident? How did you end the standby mode and get hungry?"

The communications and detection officer on the other side turned around and patted Kempinski on the shoulder, only to find that the latter was also confused. "No, I didn't touch anything, it just suddenly activated itself."

Kempinski, who was confused, reached out and touched a few buttons on the workbench, preparing to put the armored vehicle back to standby mode. At the same time, he wondered whether he needed to ask the maintenance company to send someone to check it out.

But when he followed the standard procedure, the armored soldier did not re-enter standby, but continued to complete the startup procedure, and he suddenly woke up.

"It's broken. Something seems to be wrong with this thing. It doesn't respond to my commands at all."

"Fuck, Boss, don't scare me."

"No, there is something wrong. I have executed the standby operation process twice, but there is no response at all!"

A drop of cold sweat dripped down Kempinski's forehead. He knew very well how big a problem would be if this big guy under his butt got out of control, not to mention that this was the Grand Palace.
"Manual mode, emergency cut off the energy circuit!"

"Cut off failed, no response!"

"Try restarting the console!"

"Restart failed. Damn, it just won't accept commands!"

Before the three panicked people could react, they felt the machine vibrate the next second, and then the huge triple-mounted electromagnetic cannon began to rotate with the sound of mechanical transmission.

"It's over. It seems we've been hacked! Quick! Contact the people outside and ask them to find a solution!"

"Boss, the communication has been completely cut off." The communication and detection officer had a sad face, and it was obvious that he had tried to contact the outside world but to no avail.

"Climb out and find a way to call them!"

Hearing Kempinski's words, the communications officer immediately jumped up from his seat and climbed down from a staircase on the rear side of the cockpit. He was very nervous because the armored vehicle had extremely thick protection and the cockpit, as the core, was especially protected, so it was not so fast for him to get out.

At the same time, the troops on the ground who were cooperating with the Armored Soldiers also discovered that this big guy was moving. However, when they saw the Armored Soldiers slowly turning the turret, no one realized what was happening.

They were even discussing with each other whether the three noble lords above were up to something again.

Only a few officers of this unit finally realized that something was wrong after they saw the triple-mounted heavy electromagnetic cannon aimed at the west wing wall of the Grand Palace.

They hurriedly called the three members of the driving team, but found that the communication had been cut off. At this time, they finally realized that things seemed to be serious.

Everything happened too fast, or in other words, everything was unexpected. No one would have thought that the armored soldiers guarding the Grand Palace would suddenly go out of control without any warning.

When Kempinski and the fire control officer in the cockpit saw that the aircraft's sighting equipment was aimed at the west wing guardrail, and the heavy armor-piercing shells of the triple main gun were loaded and were about to be charged, the same thought flashed through their minds at the same time.

"It's over."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The next moment, deafening thunder resounded throughout the imperial capital.

(End of this chapter)