Chapter 123 Weapons

Yan Hao played a great role in Sheng Zhuo's ability to become a level nine mecha warrior, so when Sheng Heng asked Yan Hao for Zerg data, Sheng Zhuo agreed without hesitation. He submitted an application to his father, General Sheng. After receiving the application, General Sheng saw that it was the information Yan Hao wanted, and decisively approved it. Not only did he approve the Zerg body data that Yan Hao specified, but he also packaged and sent the Zerg data that Yan Hao had not asked for, but that had been researched within their legion.

This generous gesture, in addition to expressing gratitude to Yan Hao, is more of a manifestation of trust in Yan Hao.

When Yan Hao got the data, he opened it and was shocked. He called Sheng Heng in a hurry: "I just want the Zerg's physical data. Why did you give me so much? These should be confidential."

"My father wanted to give it to me." After saying that, Sheng Heng couldn't help laughing.

"General Sheng?" Yan Hao was stunned.

"So just watch it with confidence." Sheng Heng said.

"But, I see that a lot of the data in there are currently being studied by the Federation. Do I think there is really no problem with these?" Yan Hao said.

"This is his thank-you gift to you. He will be unhappy if you don't accept it." Sheng Heng said.

"Thank you?"

"Yes, you may not realize it yourself, but you have helped the Ares Corps a lot. Let's not talk about the past, just talk about this matter of my brother, you can almost be said to have changed the future of the Ares Corps." Outsiders don't know, but Sheng Heng himself knows that in the war ten years ago, his father injured his hand. Although it was not as serious as his hand injury, he could not go to the battlefield frequently. At this time, the Ares Corps urgently needed the next successor, and my brother was also very good. He was already a lieutenant colonel when he graduated from college. After graduation, he made many military achievements and was soon promoted to major general.

But last year, when the Zerg underwent a great metamorphosis, the sudden mental shock wave almost destroyed the eldest brother's sea of ​​consciousness. If it weren't for Yan Hao, there would be no ninth-level combat power today. So to exaggerate a little, Yan Hao saved the future of the entire Ares Corps.

"It's not as exaggerated as you say." Yan Hao never thought that what he did had any great significance. He thought he just cured a patient. He did a lot of such things in his previous life.

"Yes. Xiaohao, you never know your own value." Sheng Heng said this with a complex expression on his face. It was because he knew Yanhao's value that he was more aware of his luck. How lucky he was to have such an outstanding Yanhao fall in love with him.

"Xiaohao, I love you." Sheng Heng couldn't help but confess to Yan Hao through the screen.

Yan Hao's eyes suddenly widened. Although he and Sheng Heng were already a known couple, for some reason, the three words "I love you" were always much harder to say than "I like you".

Yan Hao knows the meaning of liking someone. He likes mechas, sunshine, his current life, and Sheng Heng. But he doesn't know the meaning of love, so when he confessed his feelings, he said "like" instead of "love".

But at this moment, when he heard Sheng Heng say "I love you" to him, it was as if a flower had dropped a drop of nectar into his chest, making it sweet to his heart.

Over the next month, the two continued their busy work. Sheng Heng continued to fight on the front lines, while Yan Hao worked on weapons research and development.

He spent a week reading through the Zerg information and related analysis data, extracted the information he needed, and then tried to design a weapon specifically for the Zerg.

After completing the design, he took the draft and ran to find Mr. Pang for advice.

"Are you planning to design a weapon that can directly attack the Zerg's weak point in the abdomen?" Old Pang was experienced and sophisticate that he guessed the function of the weapon as soon as he saw Yan Hao's design drawing.

"Yes." Yan Hao explained, "I analyzed the body scans of tens of thousands of Zergs and found a pattern. Even when the Zerg is fighting, this part of the body will subconsciously bulge to protect the weak point of the abdomen. It is for this reason that the mecha warriors find it difficult to attack the Zerg's weakness during battle. They must go around the Zerg's abdomen and find the right time to attack."

"But look here." Yan Hao said, swiping his finger across the virtual screen, calling up six or seven pictures of Zerg in combat form, "When the Zerg's combat posture is like this, the bulge on their abdomen will be forced to straighten. In other words, the abdomen of the Zerg in this posture is unprotected. If we design at this time, it should be easy to hit the Zerg's weakness."

Elder Pang listened quietly until Yan Hao finished speaking, then he said, "Your idea is good, but have you considered when the Zerg will make this move, and how to lure her into doing it? If you just wait, then this weapon is not very valuable."

"I have considered this." Yan Hao then called up a few more dynamic videos, and after the videos finished playing, he paused them and said, "Here, here, and here. I found that as long as the Zerg are hurt in this position, they will subconsciously stretch their necks and make this movement. The probability is as high as 90%."

If this were a drug research, with a 90% probability, out of ten people cured, one would die, and the drug would not be considered a success. But this is a weapon, a battlefield, if nine out of ten Zergs would die, then this weapon would be a great killer.

"But this action only lasts for a very short time, less than a second." Old Pang reviewed the video he had just watched. Although most of the Zerg in the video would make the action that Yan Hao hoped for, due to animal instinct, this action was only a momentary movement before returning to the same state.

"This time is too short. The mech warriors have to lure the Zerg into doing this action, and then prevent the Zerg's attack, and at the same time they have to aim. This time is too difficult." Elder Pang expressed his concerns. "Also, your idea is based on a one-hit kill. If the first hit misses, the warriors are too close to the Zerg and can easily get hurt."

"So I plan to design an additional ballistic system." Yan Hao flipped his design to the back, pointed to a turning arc, and explained, "Once the Zerg is determined to make the posture just now, the particle cannon can directly hit the Zerg's abdomen through this trajectory from a certain position without the need for additional aiming."

"The Zerg's movement speed is extremely fast. Isn't your shooting method too mechanical?" Pang Lao had completely understood Yan Hao's idea. He wanted to use a fixed-point attack to make the Zerg perform a standard action in a very short time. Under this action, the Zerg's abdominal weakness would temporarily lose protection. Then he designed a fixed ballistic trajectory to let the fired particle cannon aim at the Zerg's abdominal weakness to kill the enemy.

But all these assumptions are a bit too rigid. The Zerg are living beings. Although their IQ is not high, they can move, and their movements are very fast. They will not stand still and let you hit them like targets.

"Teacher, I know what you mean. I'm betting on time." Yan Hao said, "You just said that the Zerg react very quickly, and the mecha warriors have too short a reaction time to aim. Similarly, as long as the speed of the bullet is fast enough, the Zerg will not be able to dodge."

"No matter how fast the Zerg's reaction speed is, it can't be faster than the particle cannon. As long as the distance is close enough, the Zerg can't dodge. I made a dynamic demonstration picture, please take a look." Yan Hao said, tapping his fingers lightly on the keyboard, and a 4D virtual video appeared.

In the video, a mech and a Zerg were confronting each other. As the mech warrior approached the Zerg, he fired three shots at the Zerg's neck near its shell. Then the Zerg slightly adjusted its body, its neck popped out, and its entire body was stretched a little. This action was exactly what Yan Hao had just shown to Mr. Pang. When the Zerg was posing in this position, the mech warrior in the video fired a golden particle cannon, which formed a beautiful arc in the air and shot into the Zerg's abdomen in an inverted parabola trajectory.

Mr. Pang’s eyelids twitched.

"What's your estimated trajectory duration?" asked Mr. Pang.

"0.02 seconds." Yan Hao said.

"It's equivalent to the time it takes for a human to blink." Pang Lao pondered for a moment and nodded, "Do as you wish."

"Teacher, do you think it is feasible?" Although Yan Hao was very confident when making this design draft, he was not completely relieved until he got the approval of Mr. Pang.

"Weapons are different from other mecha parts. They need to be tested on the battlefield." Pang Lao said earnestly, "All your ideas may come true, or they may be easily avoided by the Zerg. I can only say that, for now, your idea is feasible."

"Do you still think my design is too mechanical and the attacks can be easily avoided?" Yan Hao could tell that the teacher was not very confident in his idea.

"That's not what I meant." Elder Pang explained patiently, "Your design does look simple and does not require any skills, but sometimes the simpler something is, the fewer flaws it has. I once read a book that said that the only martial arts in the world that cannot be broken is speed. If you can achieve simplicity to the extreme, it will be the most difficult to defend. The reason why I asked you to try is not because I don't have confidence in you, but because I haven't seen it before, so it's hard to judge. Xiaohao, I hope your weapon can be successful, because the simpler the operation method, the less requirements it has for the mecha warrior. Its value is far beyond your imagination."

Pang Lao is a master of weapons. The weapons he made are powerful and accurate, but everyone should not forget that the fundamental function of a weapon is to hit the target. If it cannot hit the target, no matter how powerful it is, it will be useless.

The weapon designed by Yan Hao has a fast firing speed and a short duration, which results in his weapon not being very powerful. But if it is really as he said, and can accurately hit the weak point of the Zerg's abdomen, then it doesn't matter if it is not powerful, as long as it is enough.