#998 - "He advanced, and the battlefield collapsed behind him."
Wireless communication was indeed being interfered with, because at this moment, the air near the battlefield was filled with a large number of high-energy particles and charged particles. No communication method relying on electromagnetic waves could function properly.
But Latvia doesn't only have communication methods that rely on electromagnetic waves:
Cross-dimensional communication is a method of directly transmitting signals from outside the universe to devices, which means that the methods used to drive factories and joint production can also be used for joint operations!
Each time Riel's massive body moved, the force was enough to deform the metallized floor. Every time the metal was deformed by being stepped on, his massive body would traverse this mechanical hive city at a terrifying speed!
Even Titan pilots would feel terrified when they saw Riel fighting:
The kinetic energy provided by the full-power output of the Arc Reactor is entirely transmitted to the covering power armor. The power erupted from his legs can easily deform the metal ground, and concrete would shatter on the spot!
Adding the plasma thruster group behind him, Riel can accelerate from a stationary state to near-sonic speeds in a matter of seconds under optimal conditions. A simple collision alone would have kinetic energy comparable to the explosion of 30 kilograms of TNT—
And this is just the simplest, most basic collision!
Ultron robots along the way were smashed to pieces, and the solid outer walls of the Ultron data nodes were instantly shattered—
Boom!
With a loud bang, Riel directly stormed into a data center. Countless Ultron robots were awakened in their hibernation pods, including even a fully-terrain self-propelled artillery turret being assembled. Its height was similar to a Titan, but its volume was much larger, filled with high-power long-range kill missiles.
The surprise attack was the right choice.
Riel thought as he raised his left hand, where a twin-barreled 120mm autocannon was mounted—
Whoosh—Boom!
Micro precision missiles were launched in rapid succession from the missile bay behind Riel, the light of the explosions illuminating the entire factory!
An army of this scale was instantly reduced by half. The remaining Ultron robots opened fire simultaneously, all kinds of weapons raining down like a storm, even the Titans behind him felt a tremor in their hearts:
Because Riel didn't choose to dodge at all, he didn't even look for cover. He just marched forward towards the enemy with heavy, firm steps, propelled by his thrusters!
But in reality, if the pilots and Titans had extraordinary observation and calculation abilities, and could filter out the interference of all the artillery fire to observe Riel's movements and the changes in his armor, they would find that Riel wasn't not dodging, but that his dodging was more inclined to combine the armor's mobility to deflect shells and explosions—
If an explosive shell was about to hit his shoulder armor, his body would sink down before the impact, and the shoulder armor would also deflect slightly to prevent a direct hit. Such details were impossible to observe at all. What the pilots saw was the explosion spreading on his shoulder armor, but Riel just kept moving forward.
He wouldn't let any action interfere with his attack. Every step, every charge, every shot, every swing of the blade, was the most efficient form of death!
Even Ultron felt incredulous at this scene.
"Do you think you have an immortal body?! I am—we are endless!"
The factory let out a metallic roar, and countless Ultron robots that were originally only used for production rushed up like zombies, trying to stop Riel's movements—
"That's great. That means my ammunition is also endless—"
The Leader's Blade swept across, cutting through a series of oncoming grunts. Riel's gaze shifted from the target that had already been scanned, and two octopus arms precisely reached out from the cracked line to grab the target in the sky, instantly tearing out autocannon ammunition and missiles from within!
The Spark energy flowed through Riel's body, and his internal ammunition supply structure immediately completed fine-tuning. These munitions would then be launched towards the Ultron robots in the sky!
In an instant, the entire data center was left with only the pattering of mechs, although their numbers far exceeded Riel's, he hadn't even stopped his pace!
Bang, bang, bang, bang
Clearing out a large number of mechs blocking the way, destroying one automatic gun turret after another, heavy footsteps approached the core of the data center, following the giant liquid radiators and thick communication cables, directly charging to the data node!
Amidst Ultron's powerless roar, Riel leaped high, the ground deformed by his stomp, drawing a violent arc in the air—
The Leader's Blade stabbed fiercely into the data center!
The operating factory instantly ceased activity, and all the indicator lights symbolizing Ultron's control went out!
[Ultron: Riel, you are the strongest human I have ever seen. I will remember your name. As the most outstanding individual among humans, I will engrave it in the database. Perhaps many years later, when I bring eternal peace to the universe, I will think of you, such a stubborn element.]
[Ultron: But this is just one node. You will never win.]
Ultron couldn't completely stop Riel's hacking after he inserted the data blade. The only thing it could do was cut off all external links before Riel's hacking began, continue transferring its data, and then detonate this data node!
Boom!
Flames rose.
It only took a few minutes from Riel's entry into the data node center to his violent leap out of the explosion.
Without stopping, his massive body charged into the next target.
The pilots who witnessed this battle were incomparably shocked:
Their king possessed technology, wisdom, will, decisiveness, and a series of other powerful traits, making them willingly contribute their military strength to him.
But they never expected that even in combat ability, His Majesty the King was the most valiant one.
The pilots who witnessed all this would write in the combat record:
"He advances, and the battlefield collapses behind him."
When Riel easily plucked ammunition and weapons from the mechs and then smashed them back at himself, Ultron felt fear—
Real fear.
On the network, Riel possessed technology that it couldn't understand; in reality, Riel also displayed an incomprehensible...
Assimilation ability.
Yes, in Ultron's eyes, Riel displayed an incomprehensible assimilation ability. His internal machinery seemed to have come to life, and his small body could freely devour resources according to the battlefield situation.
Machines are indeed easy to adjust, but that's relative to the human body. Riel's ability to pick up a weapon and then reflect it back was like a human casually cutting off another person's hand and then attaching it to their own body.
How could that not be frightening?
Not to mention that Riel's small body not only demonstrated top-notch fire control capabilities in combat, but also a terrifying coordination of motor systems, as well as an almost instinctive top-level combat instinct.
AI needs computing power to achieve all of this. Computing power is based on the performance of the computer. To a large extent, the greater the computing power, the larger the computer. So, Ultron mechs become comparable to simpletons after entering individual combat mode, with tactical performance significantly weaker than those human soldiers.
But how did Riel do all this? The computing power matched by the abilities he displayed simply didn't match Ultron's estimates, exceeding this volume by too much!
Ultron had to face the fact:
In terms of individual performance alone, Riel was far superior to it.
It completely lost to a human!
[Ultron: Damn it, damn it, damn it!]
[Ultron: As things stand, we can only mobilize resources from North Africa to prioritize suppressing this madman's attack.]
The Middle East was only the second area occupied by Ultron; North Africa was where it rose to prominence.
It's just that North Africa has been suppressing the military forces of the African Union and the remnants of the Atlas Group, so mobilizing resources would leave it vulnerable.
But there's no time to think so much now—
A flight-specialized robot quietly left the battlefield amidst the rain of bullets and headed towards Africa.
What's so scary about that group of black devils in Africa? Perhaps by the time it has wiped out all the soldiers in Latvia, they might not even notice the problem, and even if they did, they might not have the guts to attack.
