Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 762: Magical Mecha
The huge humanoid mechanical creature stood majestically before my eyes, fixed with a special bracket from behind. Its body proportions did not look bloated, but rather quite slender.

The bright silver armor plates sparkled with a charming mechanical brilliance under the light, and some tiny exposed cables and mechanical structures made people want to delve deeper into how they worked.

It is estimated to be about 18 meters tall, and its head looks like an exquisite helmet, with the front part being V-shaped, blocking the viewfinder hidden inside.

The place where people can sit should be located on the chest. Fang Lanyin saw a rotating handle on the side, which should be the place to open the cabin door.

The reason this thing is so shocking isn't because it's big.

Although it's rarely mentioned, the Manta is actually twenty meters long and is slightly larger than this thing when standing up.

What’s shocking is that its complex and precise mechanical structure can perfectly replicate the functions of hands and feet, and most importantly, it can stand stably.

This is the most troublesome part about humanoid machines. For example, golems are usually made with very solid proportions so they look very stable. However, the larger the humanoid machine is, the more difficult it is to maintain balance.

This is why there is an unwritten rule that a golem will not exceed 5 meters in height.

"This is my Silver Cyclone. To be more precise, it is the property of the school. Our school was allocated 20 magic mechas, which means there are only 20 quotas. I put a lot of effort into getting it."

"Just because it's silver it's called Silver Cyclone?"

"No, what you see is the core machine. It has not yet been equipped with outer armor and weapons. It is called the Silver Cyclone because in the legend of our Storm Kingdom, there was once a knight who was invincible on the battlefield. He was unstoppable, just like a silver cyclone."

To put it bluntly, it is now in a bare metal state, with only a skeleton.

"Are all the magic mechas used in the competition the same?"

"Well, this is the first generation of mass production. There may be better ones in the military."

It turned out to be a miscellaneous military aircraft. Li Chengxi thought it was a test aircraft.

But if it's a test machine, then there's an 80% chance that someone will come out to grab the Gundam.

Fang Lanyin pointed at the leg of the magic mecha and said:
"How does it stay standing? Can you tell me the principle?"

"A special mass transfer system that allows the magic mecha to run and jump like a living person. In simple terms, it can be understood as being able to automatically adjust the center of gravity."

The most critical part for a person to stand is the cochlea, which adjusts the center of gravity at any time to maintain balance. This is why some people cannot stand steadily after an ear injury.

But the system used by humans is too sensitive, too precise and too difficult to replicate. If you want to automatically adjust the center of gravity on a machine, you have to use other methods.

"In fact, this is not a new invention. The main body of the magic mecha was perfected in the ancient elves' era. We have hardly made any changes. The main problem is the operating system. We studied it for a long time before completely abandoning the elves' system and rebuilding a set of operating modes."

"Why? Isn't it better to just use the elves?"

Fang Lanyin was very clever at tinkering with machinery, but she obviously had no military common sense.

Li Chengxi pondered for a moment and said:
"Are you afraid of being used by the enemy?"

"Yes."

The magic mecha is essentially an antique, and it is an antique with a history of tens of thousands of years.

Since the elves once colonized everywhere, magic mechas are everywhere, so it is not difficult to find information or finished products.

In other words, this isn’t something unique to the Storm Kingdom.

If we want to weaponize it, the first thing we need to solve is localization, especially the underlying operating system.

If we still use the elves' system and the enemy cracks this aspect, it will cause serious damage to the Storm Kingdom's magic mecha.

It's roughly equivalent to using America's Windows system for weapons in China. Isn't this inappropriate? Storm Kingdom completely recompiled the operating system and made it completely localized before starting to use it as a weapon.

"Can I take a closer look? I hope it won't touch any secrets?"

"It doesn't matter. You can even find the design drawings of the magic mecha in the market of the neutral space station. It itself is not confidential, only the operating system is."

Fang Lanyin cheered and hurried over, almost lying on the armor plate on the thigh of the magic mecha, trying to see the mechanical structure inside clearly. If she got closer, she would want to stick her head directly in.

At this time, Villania came closer and said:

"The mass transfer system allows the magic mecha to have flexibility and maneuverability far beyond that of space fighters. The weapons can be used directly on the magic mecha with just a little modification."

Its maneuverability and flexibility are higher than those of space fighters, mainly due to its ability to turn.

If a space fighter wants to turn around, it can only rely on attitude control of the nozzle, and the turning speed is actually not that fast, and UFO maneuvers are extremely difficult to perform.

Unless one turns the plane forcibly by turning off one engine and forcing a turn under the huge G-force, as Li Chengxi did, the pilot's life safety is in jeopardy.

If the magic mecha wants to turn around, all it has to do is turn around.

The mass transfer system allows the magic mecha to flip its body freely in the cosmic environment without relying on the attitude control nozzle, but with this system, its rotation speed is far beyond the speed of a space fighter turning around. If the attitude control nozzle is added, the turning speed will be even faster, and it will not feel much slower than a normal person turning around.

What's more, the magic mecha has flexible arms.

The weapons of space fighters all have fixed shooting angles. If the shooting angle is freely rotating, the reaction force will directly knock the weapon off the fixing bolt.

This means that the space fighter can only attack the enemy directly in front of it. Even if a turret is installed on it to solve the problem of omnidirectional attack, it will still require another person to control it, which will also increase the size and production cost of the space fighter.

The magic mecha does not need this, after all, it has hands and can turn quickly, which allows it to freely aim at any target within its field of vision regardless of the state of the body.

That’s good, but there is a key problem.

“This thing isn’t cheap, is it?”

Anyway, the positioning of space fighters is cannon fodder, which is mainly responsible for interfering with enemy warships. We cannot rely on space fighters to win the war. In this case, the main requirement for cannon fodder is that it is cheap and has sufficient performance.

"I don't know much about the details, but I heard from my classmates who work in related departments that the cost and man-hours of building a magic mecha are only 20% higher than those of a space fighter, and the logistics and maintenance are quite convenient."

Vilania pointed at the Silver Cyclone and said:
"Except for the core cabin in the chest, all parts can be replaced at any time. Even the magic mecha can complete the replacement by itself. Its attendance rate in wartime is much higher than that of space fighters."

If a limb was broken, they would just take it apart and replace it with a new one. Then they would set off to continue fighting, leaving the broken part for the ground crew to repair.

If a space fighter has a problem, it has to stay and be repaired until the fault is eliminated before it can take off.

Simply put, it is modular and can be replaced at will.

Because of this feature, it is easy to replace specific equipment according to different tasks.

"Want to take a look at the cockpit? Since you can fly a shuttle, maybe you can fly a mana mech as well."

Li Chengxi nodded without hesitation:

"miss you!"

I really wanted it that much, I wished Li Chengxi could crawl in there himself.

(End of this chapter)