As Long as You're Strong Enough, Backing Will Come Looking for You
"Voiceprint recognition has begun. Please read out your name, job title, identification number, etc."
Mechanical sounds emanated from inside the cabin, eliciting screams from many viewers in the Live Broadcast Room who were seeing the "George's Shield" cabin for the first time. However, many more began to raise questions, such as—
[The streamer's ID wasn't recognized, so it can't be started, right?]
[Maybe the streamer has hacking skills?]
[Don't be ridiculous, even a hacker would need a while to break through George's Shield's firewall! Do you think it's your electronic lock?]
As a string of comments scrolled across the glasses-type terminal, George Augustus remained remarkably calm and said:
"George Augustus, Tester, 953211-bw-33691."
"Identification complete. Welcome to operate this aircraft, Mr. George Augustus."
The screen, which was originally red, turned a normal blue, Augustus immediately said:
"Adjust bilateral feedback to 5, enter mobility mode, dismantle heavy weapons, retain only melee equipment."
"Understood. Bilateral feedback adjustments complete. Mobility mode adjustments complete. Heavy equipment unbinding in progress..."
The collective silhouettes on the screen began to change rapidly, and the camera drone stationed outside also transmitted the status of the machines to the Live Broadcast Room. Only then did Augustus control the George's Shield, which was finally able to move, and said as he stood up:
"This George's Shield computer has the identification code I entered when I was the brand ambassador. It should be a recently released model. It seems its owner didn't even adjust the OS before piloting it! Everyone should take this as a warning. After getting new equipment, be sure to set up your account according to the instructions and then format the initial account!"
[Compared to this, the fact that you can still run it with both sides set to 5 is just ridiculously absurd!]
What is bilateral feedback?
What is 5?
Why can't it be opened?
Augustus, piloting the George's Shield, began to run, changing direction while referring to the radar chart, and slowly explained:
"Dual feedback is the sensitivity of a master-slave mech, similar to the DPI of a mouse. The higher the dual feedback, the more responsive the mech's movements. Normal pilots usually set it to 2.5, which means that if the arm rises 10°, the mech rises 25°. Pilots with sufficient combat experience will set it to 3.5 to obtain even more sensitive reactions. However, higher feedback also means that it is more difficult to control. It's like playing a first-person shooter game. If you set the mouse sensitivity too high, the crosshair will disappear as soon as you move the mouse slightly."
[Wouldn't that be amazing?]
[Just kidding, that's amazing, okay?]
[The strongest Ace Pilot currently only has a standard two-sided feedback rating of 4.5, okay?]
[It's not like the higher the level, the stronger this thing is. There are some beginners who directly set it to level 10 and then accidentally kick their own cockpit to pieces on their first kick.]
Seeing the chat in disarray, Augustus didn't offer any explanation. However, without him saying much, the audience, seeing his serious expression and the frantic text flashing on the screen from the cockpit's perspective, already understood that the streamer had become serious.
Laymen who can't understand the various data flashing on the screen don't know why the streamer, who could calmly explain the problem amidst a hail of bullets, suddenly stopped talking, but experts have already figured it out and started explaining it in the comments.
However, before their science popularization lettering was even finished, the answer was already revealed from the main perspective of the drone aerial photography.
After all the streamers' cheat equipment crashed, three heavily armed red-painted mechs appeared in sight a hundred meters away.
"The KM-2 Water Tank is a 5.5 generation main battle mech, only half a generation behind the George's Shield. It's even slightly better than the George's Shield in electronic warfare, so dealing with it will be a bit troublesome."
Augustus, having completed the fine-tuning of the control system, began to explain:
"The view will be a bit shaky from here on out. Viewers who are prone to 3D or 4D motion sickness can switch to the aerial perspective."
Before the slow-reacting viewers could even grasp the meaning behind the words, the screen in the cockpit instantly transformed into a blur of light as the world spun around them.
Viewers who couldn't understand the driving details and had already switched to an aerial perspective were fortunate enough to witness a scene that defied their common sense: the George's Shield, stripped of most of its armor and heavy weapons and appearing as if it had undergone excessive weight loss, actually began...
Dance?
Or...
Figure skating?
Its body, much slimmer than the mechs we're used to seeing, looked as if it were gliding across the battlefield.
They even occasionally pull off high-difficulty moves like quadruple jumps.
The rhythmic dance steps were accompanied by a smooth trajectory, making it hard to understand how this behemoth, weighing over ten tons even without all its Dipper Department removed, could move in such a smooth manner.
Showing off skills?
The moment this thought crossed the minds of the viewers, the barrage of comments immediately demonstrated the advantages of such flashy movements.
The graceful, orderly dance moves seemed to precisely predict the trajectory of each bullet, turning the projectiles fired from different weapons into a harmonious symphony.
[Is it fake?]
Various discussions began to appear in the live chat, but soon, the official account of Konstantin Company's software engineering department popped up --
[This is a form of programming fraud; all existing master-slave mechs move by amplifying the pilot's movements.]
[But precisely because of this, their movements are far easier to predict than human movements. Therefore, shooting assistance modules enhance the capture of dynamics to predict the enemy's trajectory, which is why the current mainstream configuration of mechs is heavy firepower and heavy armor.]
[Because, fundamentally, even with a highly mobile configuration, the machine's speed cannot exceed that of various types of ammunition. This means that as long as the dynamic tracking system exists, the benefits of Stack Armor will outweigh those of mobility.]
[The streamer increased the two-sided feedback to an unprecedented 5, and at the same time, through abnormal movement modules, tricked the motion capture system, causing the shooting assistance module to malfunction, resulting in a situation where the more accurate the shots were, the less likely they were to hit the streamer.]
Long stretches of VIP-themed bullet comments filled the screen, instantly making the audience understand why the enemy was only able to shoot indiscriminately. However, another question arose—
How come Konstantin Company's Design Department suddenly has time to do science popularization?
However, their doubts were quickly answered when George Augustus effortlessly destroyed three KM-2 water tanks, and Constantine's official VIP comments reappeared on the screen.
[Mr. George, our company is interested in purchasing the rights to use this operating system. The price is negotiable. If you are willing to provide some technical guidance, our company is willing to custom-build a 7th generation mech for you.]
Regarding armor, the protagonist currently has three suits of armor. One is Xuanjun's Iron Armor, which comes with a vest. It can be put on and taken off quickly and is characterized by its sturdiness, lightness, and agility. It is also resistant to energy-related erosion and pollution. Apart from that, it doesn't have any special features.
It is a suit of armor that Kamen Rider belt. It can be used to transform using various Kamen Rider System. As long as it is not defeated, it can remain in this state. Moreover, it has different abilities depending on the Kamen Rider System.
Finally, there's the Rider Armor brought by the All Phantom Object Omni-Press Drive. Its combat bonus isn't as good as the Kamen Rider Armor, but it's better than the Iron Armor. It has extremely high survivability, can ignore all environmental damage, and has the coolest special effects. However, there's Anti-Addiction, so you can only play for one hour a day.
Aside from the third suit of armor, which has a time limit, the protagonist wears the other two suits of armor all the time, only concealing them with his Hermit Authority, similar to how Old Li disguised his villa as a shipping container and his armor as casual clothes.
In addition, the protagonist is also wearing a Saint Seiya Training Suit (which can be considered as a piece of armor).
So although the protagonist in the book looks like he's just wearing casual clothes (a wool coat, a suit, beggar's clothes, or something else), he is actually a super heavily armored infantryman who theoretically wears three layers of armor and can add another layer at any time. In fact, because of the existence of the Saint Seiya Training Suit, he is at his strongest when you destroy all of his armor.