Chapter 762 Magical Mecha

The huge humanoid mechanical creature stood in front of him. It was fixed with a special bracket at the back. Its proportions did not look bloated, but rather very slender.

The bright silver armor plates flashed charming mechanical brilliance under the light. Some of the cables and mechanical structures exposed in the fine parts made people want to delve into how it worked.

It was estimated to be about 18 meters high. Its head looked like an exquisite helmet, and the face part was V-shaped, blocking the viewfinder hidden inside.

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

The reason why this thing was shocking was not because it was big.

Although it was not mentioned much, the Manta was actually 20 meters long, and it was a little bigger than this thing when it stood up.

The shocking part was that its complex and precise mechanical structure could perfectly replicate the functions of hands and feet, and most importantly, it could stand stably.

This is the most troublesome part of humanoid machines. For example, golems are generally made very solid in proportion, so they can stand steadily at first glance. The larger the humanoid machine, the more difficult it is to maintain balance.

This is why there is an unwritten rule that golems 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 spent a lot of effort to get it."

"It is called Silver Cyclone just because it is silver?"

"No, what you see is the core machine. It has not been equipped with outer armor and weapons. It is called 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 machine state, with only a skeleton.

"Are you using the same magic mecha in the competition?"

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

It turned out to be a miscellaneous soldier machine. Li Chengxi thought it was a test machine.

However, if it is a test machine, then 80% of people will come out to grab the Gundam.

Fang Lanyin pointed at the legs of the magic mecha and said:

"How does it stand? Can you tell me the principle?"

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

The most critical part of a person's ability 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 their ears are injured.

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 very new invention. The main body of the magic mecha was perfected in the ancient elf era. We have hardly made any changes. The main problem is the operating system. We studied for a long time before completely abandoning the elf system and rebuilding a set of operating modes."

"Why? Isn't it better to use the elf directly?"

Fang Lanyin was very clever when fiddling with the machine, but obviously had no military common sense.

Li Chengxi pondered for a moment and said:

"Are you afraid of being used by the enemy?"

"That's right."

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

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

In other words, this is not unique to the Storm Kingdom.

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

If you still use the elves' system, if 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 win system for weapons in China. Isn't this inappropriate?

The Storm Kingdom completely recompiled the operating system and made it completely localized before starting to use it as a weapon.

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

"It's okay. You can even find the design drawings of the magic mecha in the market of the neutral space station. It itself is not a secret, 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 put her head directly in.

At this time, Vilania approached 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 by the magic mecha with just a little modification."

The maneuverability and flexibility are higher than those of space fighters, mainly because of turning.

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

Unless, like Li Chengxi, he turns around with a huge G force and turns hard. If he does this, the safety of the pilot's life is hard to say.

If the magic mecha wants to turn around, it just needs to turn around.

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

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

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

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

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

It is good, but there is a key problem.

"This thing is not cheap, right?"

Anyway, the positioning of space fighters is cannon fodder, mainly responsible for interfering with enemy warships. Don't expect to win the war by relying on space fighters. In this case, the main requirement of cannon fodder is cheapness and 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 working hours of the magic mecha are only 20% higher than those of the space fighter, and the logistics maintenance is quite convenient."

Villania pointed to the silver whirlwind and said:

"Except for the core cabin in the chest, all parts can be replaced at any time, and even the magic mecha can complete the replacement by itself. The attendance rate in wartime is much higher than that of the space fighter."

If the hands and feet are broken, they will be directly dismantled and replaced with a new one, and then they will set off to continue fighting. The broken parts will be left for the ground crew to repair slowly.

As for the space fighter, if there is a problem, it must be left for repair until the fault is eliminated before it can take off.

In short, it is modular and can be replaced at will.

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

"Want to go to the cockpit to take a look? Since you can drive a shuttle, maybe the magic mecha can do it."

Li Chengxi nodded without hesitation:

"I want to!"

That was really a great desire, and Li Chengxi wanted to get in himself.