Legend of the Cyber Heroes-Chapter 71 - The Sword and the Blade

71: Chapter 71 The Sword and the Blade

71 -71 The Sword and the Blade

When Donkey left for the first time, Xiang Shan used the time to spray paint his armor.

The color he chose was not pure black, but rather a matte blackish-gray.

This color was inconspicuous in most situations.

“Donkey” mostly stayed outdoors, so currently, it was about the same color as the camouflage as the soil.

However, Xiang Shan had to consider assassination activities after entering towns—also known as “playing the hero”—and since constantly changing the paint was a bit extravagant, this color was just right.

As he waited for the paint to dry, Xiang Shan carefully monitored the electromagnetic wave readings.

About half an hour later, Donkey returned successfully.

“Come to think of it, isn’t it a bit off to still call this vehicle ‘Donkey’?” Xiang Shan said, “How about ‘Donkey Cart’?”

“Is that necessary?” Yuki said, “I don’t even know what ‘Donkey’ means.

I guess most people don’t.”

Even though he didn’t understand the meaning of “Donkey,” he was somewhat attached to the name of his labor product.

“Extinct, eh?

That makes sense.

Nowadays, humans don’t need beasts of burden, nor do they need to eat meat,” Xiang Shan said with a hint of regret, shaking his head.

Then, this codename would just have to do.

Xiang Shan waved his hand, signalling Donkey to rush out again to test its EMP resistance.

Minutes later, Yuki watched as his master suddenly trembled, almost falling over.

After standing up, his hands and feet shook inexplicably.

“Master!” The young man was startled and wanted to help him up, “What happened to you?”

“I forgot I just had surgery and can’t withstand this EMP,” Xiang Shan spoke calmly, “This is really…”

His nerves weren’t fully healed yet, but he was operating his prosthetic body in wireless mode.

Even if the EMP triggered by the distant “Donkey” had significantly weakened, it was still enough to interfere with the wireless signal.

Xiang Shan had no choice but to completely turn over the control of his limbs to the algorithm, then directly input character commands to manipulate his body to walk step by step to the wall, and then sit down leaning against it.

It didn’t take long for “Donkey” to return.

Yuki immediately rushed up, opened the carriage, and then took out a gaming console.

One of the screens was damaged, but the others were still functional.

“Passable,” Xiang Shan waved his hand, “When we have time, we could consider adding a coat of paint inside or something—Alright, disciple, follow me.

We are going to dismantle a printer and a mainframe, then secure…

well, not too much to do.”

Yuki nodded his head.

Neither step was too difficult.

In this era, a “computer” only needed a mainframe, as monitors were not necessary.

A Cyberman’s prosthetic body could serve as both the “input device” and “output device”.

And the layout of the space inside the vehicle had also been thought through in advance.

Soon, the two of them completed this step.

Next, they loaded all supplies, including a small amount of food, water, existing high-end parts, various materials needed for the printers, rare gases.

Additionally, Xiang Shan loaded a bunch of Iron Dust, EMP weapons, mines, and firearms.

Yuki took the extra care to set up a shelf.

“The remaining space is enough for the three of us to stay,” Xiang Shan nodded.

Being a bit cramped in this environment didn’t matter.

If it really came down to it, he could just stay on top of the vehicle.

Xiang Shan waved his hand, instructing “Donkey” to leave the base again.

Yuki was puzzled, “Master, why let Donkey go out first?”

“The enemy could come at any time,” Xiang Shan shrugged, “This thing is very slow, it can’t escape in front of Martial Artists, it’s better to hide it somewhere irrelevant first.

We’ll stay here for a day or two more.”

Xiang Shan wanted to stay here because he intended to use the resources of Organization Z to look for ways to treat the girl.

He also wanted to study Demon Sect Martial Arts.

Yuki nodded, picking up the little girl, “She’s really pitiable…

Master, are you sure you can cure her?”

“Restoring her to normal is very difficult.

But at the very least, we should aim to not impact her growth,” Xiang Shan shook his head.

Xiang Shan headed towards the Training Room again.

Everything related to the Demon Sect was in here.

Inside were the hard drive that Little Poison Insect treasured, a few items that looked like USB drives, and other miscellaneous things.

Xiang Shan, however, treated the objects in front of him as “key information,” searching through Little Poison Insect and Gleayard’s digitalized memories.

All these were gifts from the Demon Sect.

Xiang Shan first drew out the piece of paper.

It was indeed paper, a special item made from some kind of fiber.

In a place where even grass was scarce, it should be considered a “luxury item.”

However, given that the “Demon Sect” originated with biotechnology, it probably wouldn’t be difficult to create some form of cellulose-bearing organism.

The paper had written on it, “Chain Missile my brother, reading this is as good as seeing you.

I’ve heard that you have already mastered the basics of the new Martial Arts, congratulations are in order.

Little Poison Insect has prepared a modest gift to celebrate your achievement.

I hope you will continue to make progress.”

The signature was an inexplicable symbol.

On the back of the paper was an attached list, written in a different font.

It included a “token”—it looked like a magnetic card that one would place together with those USB drives.

According to the letter’s instructions, if fate allowed Gleayard to find the Demon Sect’s stronghold, this card could unlock certain permissions.

In addition, there was a controlled weapon.

Xiang Shan crumpled the paper into a ball and then checked the USB drives one by one.

These drives mostly contained technical materials with diagrams and text, and they seem to have been sent over several times.

This method of “sending storage cards by carrier pigeon” was probably done to avoid leaving too many traces on the internet.

After all, internet access used to cost money, and now it could cost even your life.

After checking the underlying code of these files, Xiang Shan downloaded them into his body.

However, when he was downloading the sixth one, he paused.

After reviewing all the USB drives, he left the Training Room and headed to the storage room next door.

Yuki, not understanding why, followed him.

This storage room was Gleayard’s private area, just a wall away from his server.

Inside the room were several heads.

These heads all had large bullet holes, seemingly the defeated underlings of Gleayard.

Xiang Shan’s gaze, however, fell on a shield against the wall at the far end.

It was a Tower Shield nearly two meters in length, with a thickness of a full twenty centimeters, a massive object weighing about three tons.

“The so-called treasured blade…” Xiang Shan lowered his center of gravity, heaved with effort, and lifted the object up.

He could lift it, but he couldn’t maneuver it as he wished.

At this moment, Xiang Shan’s Prosthetic Body weighed merely half a ton.

If he moved carrying this object, its center of gravity would dominate, and every movement would be swayed by the shield.

Normally, this wouldn’t be a big issue—if he had access to the Martial Studies specifically for maneuvering heavy objects, he could manage, but under the current circumstances, he could not utilize this weapon at all.

Undoubtedly, this was meant for a large Prosthetic Body.

A Prosthetic Body of Gleayard’s size, weighing tens of tons, could match well with this weapon.

However, there was one problem…

“According to that letter, this thing is called a ‘Sonicon Blade,’ right?” Xiang Shan shook his head, “This doesn’t look like a blade at all.”

“Blade.” Yuki put down the little girl at the door and then touched the edge of the shield, “It doesn’t have any edge, either.”

Xiang Shan flipped the shield around, rested it against the wall, and then found several ports on the back.

His left wrist approached the ports, and a force of magnetism emanated from the edge.

The data port on his wrist naturally docked with the connector on the back of the shield.

Xiang Shan felt that he had accessed a database.

Clearly, this database had been hacked.

Although previously an interface had requested a verification code, with just a thought from him, this step was bypassed.

Next, Xiang Shan found a set of swordsmanship techniques in this database.

According to the introduction, these techniques were designed to complement this weapon.

Xiang Shan understood and immediately issued a command.

The back of the shield ejected a hilt.

Xiang Shan reached out for the hilt and pulled it out with one swift motion.

Along with it came a tether that seemed like a decorative tassel on an ancient text sword.

But what was even stranger was that above the hilt, there was no guard or hilt cap.

Extending from the hilt were two parallel flat devices.

These devices were roughly seventy centimeters long and five centimeters wide, connected directly to the hilt, resembling a large-sized clamp or fork.

Xiang Shan gave the hilt a shake, and the Longsword’s tether inserted itself into the port on his wrist.

Given the length, this device could also be inserted into ports located at the neck or the waist—but in any case, it required the Prosthetic Body to supply power.

And those two parallel devices, resembling a sort of fork or clamp, were Magnetic Levitation devices.

Xiang Shan took a deep breath, then commanded the shield.

He jumped up and inserted the hilt into a slot above the shield.

Then there was a “hiss” of escaping air, which should have been coming from inside the shield, according to the instructions.

The insulation ability of the shield was excellent.

To ensure the stability inside, its manufacturer had filled the voids with zero-degree high-pressure nitrogen gas.

A two meters long, ten centimeters wide blade was thus suspended between the two Magnetic Field Generators.

Despite being levitated, it was extremely stable.

At least with Yuki’s Prosthetic Eye, she could detect no form of tremor.

Xiang Shan tried a few dry swings.

Even with such movements, the magnetic field firmly secured the blade in place, and there was not even a millimeter of shift in its relative position to the hilt.

Yuki was puzzled, “Why is this weapon specially made like this?”

“Because this blade is quite special.”

Xiang Shan walked over to the table where Gleayard displayed the heads, tapped it to confirm it was made from a commonly used civilian-grade alloy, and then he gently pressed the blade against it.

Yuki heard a grating sound.

Simultaneously, Xiang Shan quickly retracted the blade back into the shield.

Right after, the table began “collapsing” towards the center.

A perfectly straight line split the table in two.