Chapter 971

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June 67th, 63: 87 p.m., Nanyue State time.

Mang Street City, Southern Stronghold of Dark Hell City.

Shi Lei walked into a black, matte metal box. The second-generation The First Light was in an open state. The driver could enter The First Light directly.

The cockpit of the second-generation The First Light had undergone an innovative design. When driving the first-generation The First Light, the driver had to remove the obstruction of clothes to achieve the best driving effect. The second generation Dawnbringer did not need to do this. The fifth high-energy motor of the second generation Dawnbringer provided a series of auxiliary functions. Among them was the auxiliary power output, which was similar to the steering wheel, to provide the driver with a better driving experience.

Shi Lei took off his glasses and put them in the small storage compartment in the cockpit. Then he entered the cockpit of the second-generation The First Light. When Shi Lei entered the cockpit of The First Light, the half-open cockpit did not close as usual.

After Shi Lei entered, the cockpit lit up with a soft glimmer. Two transparent displays with HUD technology displayed a series of information. They included the location information, the status of the body, and the remaining energy.

After the transparent HUD display lit up, the cold voice of the system notification sounded.

"Warning! Insufficient energy. The system is about to shut down. Please replenish your energy..."

The soft glow of the HUD display turned into a pale red. In the remaining energy column, a red triangular symbol was marked, which represented a warning.

The First Light of the second-generation did not have a backup battery in the energy compartment. The First Light's current power came from the integrated system. The integrated system stored the basic power requirements of The First Light. However, when The First Light was turned on, it would notify The First Light that it needed to replenish its energy.

Shi Lei walked out of The First Light of the second-generation. Shi Lei expressed his satisfaction with the comfort of the cockpit.

Shi Lei opened the storage compartment of The First Light of the second-generation and ordered Ye Feng, "A Feng, bring me the N780 metal!"

Ye Feng immediately brought the N780 metal that he had prepared.

Shi Lei grabbed two smaller pieces of N780 metal and put them in the storage compartment of The First Light of the second-generation. The storage compartment of The First Light of the second-generation was not of a standard shape. Fortunately, the N780 metal was soft and could be kneaded at will.

After putting in the two small pieces of N780 metal, Shi Lei did not continue. Instead, he re-entered The First Light of the second-generation. This time, the cockpit of The First Light quickly closed.

After a short period of darkness, the cockpit quickly lit up. The on-board system's cold voice prompted, "Welcome to The First Light Mars II. Please confirm your identity. After authentication, the system will automatically open."

Li Chai had set up an electronic security defense system for all six The First Light. In fact, the electronic security defense system was handled by Izur.

The identity verification of the electronic security defense system was the security level authority of the Mirage Technology Group. Shi Lei had the highest level of authority. When The First Light of the second-generation was connected to the network through a specific satellite, the on-board system would automatically connect to the IWN Secret Network.

Shi Lei's identity information was verified through the iris scan. The on-board system of The First Light of the second-generation was automatically loaded. A series of self-check information quickly scrolled on the transparent HUD display.

The on-board hardware of The First Light of the second-generation used the internal CPU and GPU produced by AMD. Through the joint work of the CPU and GPU, the on-board system's computing speed was greatly improved. Even without the support of a long-range supercomputer, The First Light of the second-generation was not completely useless.

However, The First Light of the second-generation still required a long-range supercomputer to perform long-range computing support in order to fully display its combat power.

The First Light took about 85 seconds to complete the self-check from activation to completion. In the cockpit, Shi Lei observed the information displayed on the transparent HUD display.

When The First Light was fully activated, Shi Lei contacted Izur through The First Light of the second-generation.

"Izur, begin the connection test!" Shi Lei ordered.

“Yes，Sir！” Izur immediately executed Shi Lei's order. Through the second-generation communication system of The First Light of the second-generation Shi Lei secretly controlled communication satellites, he tested the connection between The First Light and IWN's secret network.

IWN's secret network nodes were all over the world. Every personal game server connected to the Hero's World was a node of IWN's secret network. Most of the personal computers were also nodes of IWN's secret network.

The First Light's communication system would choose the nearest IWN's secret network node to connect to, thus obtaining long-range computing support faster. The First Light of the second-generation was far better than the first-generation The First Light of the first-generation.

After Izur completed the connection test, a series of information was displayed on the transparent HUD display.

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Connection to IWN's secret network normal...

Connection to IWN's secret network data test:

Number of packets: 444

Received: 444

Loss: 5

Loss rate: 5%

Longest delay: 7.02ms

Shortest delay: 5.88ms

Average delay: 5.27ms

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This series of data represented an excellent communication system. It could even be said that it was an unsurpassable communication system. The average delay was 5.27ms, which could be considered as almost zero delay.

One second was equivalent to one thousand milliseconds. The average delay of 5.27ms meant that the data exchange between The First Light of the second-generation and IWN's secret network could be completed in less than one-thousandth of a second.

Without the existence of IWN's secret network, the second-generation The First Light's communication system would never be able to complete such a low-latency exchange.

"Very good!" Shi Lei exclaimed excitedly in the second-generation The First Light's cockpit.

The near-zero delay exchange of data provided the second-generation The First Light with powerful long-range data support, ensuring that the second-generation The First Light had absolute combat power.

How powerful was The First Light?

The first-generation The First Light was not very powerful. The first-generation The First Light could be easily destroyed by an anti-materiel sniper rifle. In the face of high-explosive grenades, individual mines, and RPG rocket launchers, the first-generation The First Light's defense was a little weak.

In addition to the production cost of five million yuan, the first-generation The First Light was completely abandoned by the Rongcheng Military District after only ten units were produced.

The second-generation The First Light was much more powerful than the first-generation The First Light. However, the production cost had also increased from five million yuan to more than thirteen million yuan.

The cost of more than 68 million was not a small sum!

The second-generation The First Light's combat power was still very weak in the Rongcheng Military District.

Why?

For example, when facing tanks, the second-generation The First Light did not have a high chance of winning. When facing armed helicopters, the second-generation The First Light did not have a high chance of winning either!

Ordinary armed helicopters had almost no chance of fighting back against the Steel Aircraft, which was equipped with the Flying Arrow series of mini missiles. The production cost of the Steel Aircraft was less than 655,555 yuan. In some ways, the combat power of the Steel Aircraft was superior to that of the second-generation The First Light.

In fact, the Winter Wind series of missiles produced by Xia Xia only needed the medium-scale air-to-ground missile, which cost more than two million yuan, to successfully destroy the second-generation The First Light.

Using a production cost of more than two million yuan to destroy a target of more than thirteen million yuan was definitely a good deal!

Based on this analysis, the second-generation The First Light's combat power was really not very strong. However, why did Shi Lei insist on developing The First Light?

In fact, comparing The First Light with tanks, armed helicopters, missiles, and the Steel Aircraft was a completely wrong approach. This was because the positioning of each weapon was different, and the effects it could produce were also different.

For example, after the Steel Aircraft was equipped with the Flying Arrow series of mini missiles, it was indeed very powerful. In the air, not only could it suppress ground armor and individual weapons, but it could also fight against armed helicopters. It was undeniable that the Steel Aircraft was indeed an excellent military weapon.

However, what about the Steel Aircraft's combat power in a narrow environment?

Tanks were indeed very powerful, but could tanks enter a complex urban environment?

A medium-scale air-to-ground missile could indeed destroy the second-generation The First Light, but the premise was that it could hit the second-generation The First Light!

The second-generation The First Light's positioning was in urban warfare. In a complex urban environment, in an era of peace, tanks could not enter, and neither could armed helicopters. Missiles could not be fired at the city.

However, the second-generation The First Light was a humanoid exoskeleton armor type weapon. It could fight in urban environments with ease. Equipped with a super-strong alloy shield, the second-generation The First Light was almost invincible in urban combat.

Think about such a situation. The First Light with a shield in its left hand, a sword in its right hand, and a pirated electromagnetic cannon on its back. It was invincible in urban combat. No enemy could withstand a single round from The First Light.

That was the positioning of The First Light!

In the cockpit of the second-generation The First Light, Shi Lei checked the energy remaining information on the transparent HUD display. Currently, The First Light had 6.8% energy left. The on-board main system was unable to determine the combat time that the remaining energy could provide.

"Unfasten the independent suspension support system!" Shi Lei issued a voice command to the on-board main system.

The on-board main system was the Mars.System developed by Shi Lei. It had a voice recognition system that could recognize voice commands related to The First Light. When Shi Lei issued the command, the integrated supporting system emitted the sound of an air pump deflating.

The independent suspension support system slowly lowered the second-generation The First Light.

Shi Lei tried to lift his leg slightly. The second-generation The First Light was already connected to the IWN Secret Network. With the computing support of the IWN Secret Network, the second-generation The First Light almost perfectly replicated Shi Lei's lifting of his leg.

Piloting the second-generation The First Light through the Mars.System was like a control system that exchanged information through neural connection in sci-fi movies or anime …

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