Blue and white thunderballs shot out, but Arnold didn't dodge?
"How dare you rely on yourself to be a high-level reformer." Hou Xiao sneered in his heart.
The Cyborg Project was a project quietly carried out by the United Earth Government (the predecessor of the Federation) in the early days of the Fire War. Its purpose was to create super soldiers for the battlefield.
There are two types of modified humans, namely mechanically modified humans and genetically modified humans. The former uses machinery to replace part of the human body, and Iron Tong belongs to this category of modified humans. However, his level of transformation is not high, and his attack methods are very simple. He is considered to be inferior among the transformation people.
Third-rate cybernetics add weapons to their limbs, submachine guns in their palms, blades popping out of their forearms, two grenades hidden in their legs, etc. These are their common attack methods, but their ammunition capacity is limited and they cannot fight a protracted war. Mechanical transformation humans at this level are defined as level three transformation humans.
Level two mechanically modified humans do not have this problem, because their weapon system has undergone fundamental changes. Energy flow attack methods such as electromagnetic guns and laser cannons are the main configuration. This type of modified people will have a power core installed in their bodies, which is the center that maintains the long-term use of weapons.
In addition, the spine, most of the blood vessels and muscles of the Level 2 mechanically modified human beings have been replaced by high technology, and there are not many original parts left. The mechanical structure gives them strength and speed that their bodies cannot match, and their skin can withstand the pressure of the deep sea. They can also work on plateaus, and the thinning of oxygen will not affect them because they no longer need to breathe.
The combat effectiveness of the second-level mechanical transformers is already extraordinary, but what about the first-level ones? For a good description, please refer to Genos (the character in the comic "One Punch Man").
There are no first, second or third levels for genetically modified people. This type of modified human is a monster created by merging human genes with the genes of other organisms. They are generally unstable, and only a handful of them can maintain their human form. Most of them have the characteristics of fusion gene creatures, and their disability rate is quite high. On the one hand, it is ugly, but on the other hand, because the gene chain has been destroyed by recombination, genetically modified people will not live long.
Although it has shortcomings like this, it can't be taken care of so much during wartime. The strength of genetically modified people is generally comparable to that of second-level mechanically modified people, and they are much cheaper than mechanically modified people. So what if the disability rate and damage rate are high? Cost-effectiveness is the key. The earth has no shortage of people, so a large number of genetically modified people were put into the front line in the early stages of the Fire War. Although many of them died in the battle, a few survived and were basically raised by the Federation as war heroes after the war.
Due to their small number, the Cyborg warriors were always used as trump cards by the Federation in the early stages of the war. It was not until the sudden rise of high-level ability users that the Cyborg troop's crucial status declined.
To be fair, the Cyborg Warrior is really strong. A low-level cybernetic like Iron Clamp can definitely win against a mediocre human-level ability user; Level 2 mechanical cybernetics and genetically modified humans will win more and lose less against tiger-level humans; Level 1 cybernetics do not have offensive abilities against their opponents. In this case, it can be a 50-50 matchup with the ghost level.
But as the "divine fog" spreads around the world, people with abilities have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. There may not be many who have reached the dragon level, but there are still some ghosts, and there are not many Genos in the entire federation to send. Without him, the cost would be too high.
After the War of Fire, the genetically modified human project was canceled because the flaws were too obvious, and the only remaining genetically modified humans were arranged to live out their old age (actually only a few years, as I mentioned above that genetically modified humans do not live long). The Mechanical Transformer project was retained.
The reason for retention is also based on economic and profit considerations. After all, mechanically modified humans can be mass-produced, but after the alien channel is closed and the earth loses the replenishment of the divine mist, there will be fewer and fewer ability users until the divine mist is exhausted.
Second-level mechanical transformers and lower-level mechanical transformers have production value, and the strongest first-level mechanical transformers are not too many in the entire federation.
"I didn't expect to meet one here." Hou Xiao thought.
He has no experience fighting against advanced mechanical cyborgs, but he still has a certain understanding of them. The cover door of the mechanical transformation person is the core of power, and the more advanced the mechanical transformation person is, the more dependent it is. Destroy the power core, and no matter how powerful the cyborg is, it will be an immovable target.
However, Hou Xiao's ability was extremely restrained against mechanically modified humans. He could easily cause electric current to destroy the electronic components in the modified human body and cause malfunctions, but he was not careless. He believed that the enemy would not be stupid enough to make such an unfavorable bet despite knowing his abilities. Maybe this Arnold has good electricity resistance? Or maybe he can lead electricity into the ground? It didn't matter anymore. Hou Xiao's move increased the destructive power of lightning to the extreme. It didn't matter if he wasn't afraid of electricity. He could directly physically destroy Arnold, once and for all.
Arnold actually caught the thunderball!
The thunderball exploded in Arnold's chest. The sky-shattering explosion shattered the solid road surface, and the swirling smoke and dust enveloped the center of the explosion. The shock wave carried the smell of burnt meat and scattered around, and the rich electrical energy dispersed in the air.
Hou Xiao re-stored the electricity in the air just in case. The thunderball drained most of the electrical energy from his body, and he was confident that he would blow Arnold into pieces with a charged blow.
A ray of red light broke through the smoke and shot towards Hou Xiao accurately. The red light is filled with scorching power, trying to take away life.
More than a dozen micro-missiles followed closely behind. Their small and mini bodies could not hide their deadly nature.
A giant lead-gray hand made its final appearance, its fist the size of a wine jar carrying wind pressure, like a battering ram hitting a city wall, indestructible.
"Interesting." Hou Xiao did not retreat but advanced: "Let me see your true face!"
Electricity wrapped around his legs, and Hou Xiao turned into a powerful shadow to face the attack.
The heat-penetrating cannon destroyed everything and shot through countless containers; the micro-missiles followed and refused to give up, but they could not hurt Hou Xiao. The heat penetration cannon could not catch up with Hou Xiao's speed, and the missile was detonated by the electric current before it could get close.
A thunder and lightning cage rose from the ground, and Arnold's heavy punch struck, and the thunder cage was impregnable! The silver snake-like electric current took the opportunity to wildly entangle the bucket-thick right arm. Hou Xiao turned his defense into an attack, concentrating his strength to take off one of the enemy's arms first. After seeing clearly the appearance of his opponent at this moment, he knew that he could not take the enemy lightly.
Arnold transformed. At this time, he was three meters tall and about one foot wide. In Hou Xiao's eyes, he looked like a mountain of flesh.
The thunderball attack was not without its achievements. A piece of Arnold's chest seemed to have been gouged out. What was exposed at the wound was not ferocious flesh and blood but complex machinery. They still operated loyally after enduring the heavy blow.
There is a lump of flesh and blood on the left shoulder, with a gun barrel sticking out from the middle of the flesh and blood, and green smoke curling up, which is the muzzle of the gun.
There are a total of eighteen holes in three rows and six columns on the back. Dangerous sounds are coming from the holes, and a new missile salvo is ready to go.
The explosion of the thunderball tore into Arnold's face, and underneath the human face was a robot's face. The eyes of the highly sensitive camera were the same red as Megatron's; the metal mouth was wide open, seeming to be roaring silently. Hou Xiao didn't know if the thunderball damaged his sound generator, or if he simply didn't have that function.
Heat penetration cannons, micro-missiles, thermal trackers, highly sensitive cameras, and powerful defenses. There must be more hunting weapons, right? Hou Xiao knew that his opponent was a veritable terminator.
The second round of missiles rushed into the sky. Eighteen missiles drew a beautiful U-shaped line in the air and fell into the embrace of the earth. In five seconds, they will complete an indiscriminate bombing on the land with Arnold and Hou Xiao as the center and a radius of fifteen meters.
Arnold had his own way to keep Hou Xiao within this range.
Five metal cables suddenly burst out of the ground, and the sharp barbs pierced Hou Xiao's legs, which was caught off guard. The five barbs were like five anchors, locking Hou Xiao to death.
Hou Xiao looked along the cable and realized that it was Arnold's five fingers on his left hand that attacked him!
He attacked on the right side of Arnold's body, because Arnold's transformed body was too wide and the left side became a blind spot. Arnold's body like a mountain of meat concealed the small movements of his left hand, in order to suddenly attack at this moment.
Eighteen missiles roared down. The ghost-level ability users were physically very strong, but they were absolutely unable to withstand the explosion so close at hand.
"Not bad." The old god suddenly praised in the morning.
Arnold was looking for Hou Xiao in the smoke. At the last moment, Hou Xiao accurately controlled the lightning to shatter the leg muscles hooked by the barb, and escaped from the bombing range.
This level of bombing did limited damage to Arnold. The thick smoke and dust affected his sensory equipment, and he needed time to regain Hou Xiao's traces.
He has no chance.
The attack comes from heaven! Hou Xiao released all the electric energy in his body, and the abundant electric energy formed a pale meteor falling down around him. At this moment, he was like a real "God's Punishment" coming to the world!
The heat-penetrating cannon wanted to shoot down the lightning, and the high-energy rays entered the lightning like mud into the sea.
A defensive stance was formed around Arnold, but it was as fragile as a layer of paper under the lightning.
Arnold raised his arms, which were immediately annihilated by the lightning.
This is just the beginning. Then, the head, chest, abdomen, hips, and legs did the same thing one after another.
It's clean here, with no trace of Arnold's presence at all. Only one man stood.
"Use electric shock to stimulate body cells to enhance activity, draw lightning into the air, and increase the destructive power of lightning to unprecedented heights."
"Congratulations to branch chief Hou for being promoted to dragon level." Zhou nodded slightly.
He did not congratulate Hou Xiao for winning.
Because Hou Xiao really didn't win.
During the battle, Arnold was not roaring silently, it was an infrasonic weapon. When Hou Xiao understood, it was already too late.
At this moment, Hou Xiao's internal organs were deformed, displaced, and ruptured due to the resonance of infrasound waves, and he was about to die. The dragon-level physical fitness and obsession supported him, but not for long.
"What is it?" Time is tight, so ask if you can.
"New type of human transformation, a masterpiece of the "Rejuvenation" organization. In addition to mechanical transformation, his genes were inserted into two pieces of other people's genes." Zhou paused and said, "The genes of an ability user."
"One ability is to enlarge the body, and the other is to turn the body into a cement-like substance."
"The former allows more machines to be packed into the body; the latter is not afraid of electric current and has amazing defense power."
Hou Xiao nodded: "It's very powerful. Its mechanical structure has strong resistance to electricity and hardness. This forced me to break my legs to survive."
"But it still lost, not even a scumbag."
"Minister Hou is so humble. Such decisiveness is not something ordinary people can have."
"By the way, the reason why no one noticed the war here for so long is because I have a companion who copied the entire Pier 7 to an independent space he created. We are in this space at the moment. In a sense It says this is not Pier 7."
"He activated his abilities when you decided to return home. This is also the reason why the black box and dark ears became ineffective."
"So, unfortunately, you can't take any information back with you."
"Ahem, at least I ruined your masterpiece."
"I took some revenge for my men."
"I just did what I could and what I had to do."
After saying these words, Hou Xiao was completely lifeless. The thunder light enveloped him from the inside out, and his body was scattered between the heaven and the earth.
The head of BTS's ninth branch, Hou Xiao, died in the line of duty.
With a solemn expression, Zhou bowed deeply to the empty front.
The scene suddenly changed. The containers pierced by the thermal cannon and the shattered road surface were restored, as if... nothing happened not long ago.
"Ye," Hiruzhi stood up and said to the young man walking towards him, "show respect to our opponents."
Ye bowed: "Is it necessary?"
"I just did what I could and what I had to do."
