The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 709 - 702: The Two Heroes

Ram was clad in a white Mecha suit, a luminescent white, quite similar to Xinghe’s.

The difference, if any, lay in the addition of a cannon on Ram’s Mecha; a cannon extremely similar to the Electromagnetic Cannon mounted on Luo Xingyu’s shoulder. This was to be expected, as Luo Xingyu’s Mecha had been crafted based on the prototype blueprints provided by Xinghe.

What was interesting was that Ram’s Mecha could fire projectiles. To draw a not entirely appropriate but fitting analogy, it was like mounting the only weapon on the most advanced fighter jet with a bow.

The reason for this situation had already been demonstrated in the battles prior to Gao Yuan, and that was when weapons evolved into microwaves and light beams, so too would protective gear naturally prioritize defending against microwaves and light beams. It was like the Serpent People’s weapons being ineffective against Xinghe, while Xinghe could attack the Serpent People’s ships with even higher-energy microwaves.

But in the Celestials’ civil war, if the situation arose where weapons couldn’t penetrate armor, a different approach had to be found. Since energy weapons had reached their limit, the solution was to switch to Kinetic Weapons.

The Serpent People’s energy weapons couldn’t touch Xinghe, but if a human tank shell hit Xinghe directly, then Xinghe would be doomed.

The moment Gao Yuan donned the War God Mecha and connected to its neural network, his mind was flooded with knowledge. He understood the functions of the six diverse Mecha suits lined up in the Ark.

That was why Gao Yuan was so certain that Ram wouldn’t be outpaced by time; he knew that even with the Celestials’ technology, there was a place for Ram’s weapons.

Ram’s weapon was prepared for Gao Yuan’s Mecha.

For Gao Yuan’s Mecha could render all individual Celestial Mechas inoperative. When the Celestials found in their civil war that the functions for automatically searching and aiming at targets were compromised, and when armor – that is, the Mecha – could only rely on close combat with another Mecha, that was when kinetic weapons specifically targeting Mechas came into play.

To reiterate, history develops in a spiral.

Thus, in the battle formations of the Celestials, the kind of Mecha assigned to deal with lower-level civilizations was like Xinghe’s – it was a spacesuit, an escape pod, and a weapon all in one.

But to deal with civilizations of the same level, especially in a civil war, when it was impossible to automatically destroy enemy Mechas, the Celestials’ warriors had to carry cannons on their shoulders, resolving the issue using visual search methods.

It wasn’t that the Celestials weren’t advanced enough, but at this stage of technological development, this was the only way to solve the problem.

So why did Ram wear that Mecha instead of one like Xinghe’s? Because Ram’s Mecha was battle-oriented and had an independent power source; the answer was that simple.

"You’ve arrived."

"I have arrived."

"Why did you come so slowly?"

"I couldn’t help it. The capabilities of this Mecha are limited to avoid the situation where I’m tormented to death by my own ideas. I don’t have the sturdy body that you have, and I’m not a cyborg like Xinghe, so I had to take it slow... no wait, I was actually quite fast okay!"

Ram was elated. He didn’t lower the cannon on his shoulder, instead raising a tube that resembled a gun in his hand, and cheerfully said, "It only took me four minutes to cover roughly twenty kilometers. I can’t fly. Isn’t that speed fast enough?"

Having said that, Ram took a glance around and then curiously asked, "Why... is everyone lying down?"

"You’ve arrived just in time."

Gao Yuan raised his hand and pointed towards a swarm of Serpent People appearing and disappearing rapidly, "They’re too far away, help me take them down."

Ram raised the gun but didn’t aim, firing directly.

There was the sound of a gunshot, but it wasn’t very loud, and then a big Serpent Person about six hundred meters away fell in response.

"You didn’t aim?"

"No need to aim. The initial speed of this gun is four thousand meters per second, and the trajectory won’t change within two thousand meters. With a gun like this, why bother aiming? Just shoot at random."

"Isn’t it automatically aimed?"

"Of course not. Axu said I should get used to this gun as soon as possible, so I didn’t use the automatic aiming. Actually, this gun doesn’t even need automatic aiming."

"How does it feel to use high technology?"

Gao Yuan was silent for a long time before he nodded and said, "Not bad, but in the end, guns are an outdated weapon. However, guns may be outdated, but the God of Guns isn’t."

Gao Yuan smiled and said, "So, what can you do now? Let me explain, I have all the data of your mecha in my head, but I know Axu has significantly reduced the mecha’s capabilities based on your constitution, so I need to know what level you can achieve right now."

"Let’s put it this way, I am now a superhuman. I’m faster and can jump higher, but I can’t exceed the limit in initiating speed. I have to keep quick stops and sharp turns below six G’s. I’ve undergone pilot training, though not particularly specialized, I’m no match for a fighter jet pilot, but my endurance is still much stronger than that of an ordinary person."

A car can accelerate from zero to a hundred in just two seconds, but a mecha can go from a standstill to a hundred kilometers per hour in just 0.1 seconds, and this acceleration is clearly too much for humans to handle. Since it’s unbearable, to avoid killing Ram in the mecha, the mecha’s performance must be restricted.

Gao Yuan said with a smile, "Then let’s begin. Take down all the big Serpent People who aren’t lying down."

Ram said seriously, "This mother ship is ours now; we can’t damage it too much. You’ll have to restrain yourself, and we should always leave a few behind."

"I was thinking of leaving a few dozen. You only want to keep a few?"

Ram looked around and then he said earnestly, "It’s not an exact number, just colloquial speech. We need to hurry and get this mother ship under control for landing and chase after the escaping mother ship quickly. Axu said Mother Ship No. 3 is about to leave the Solar System."

Gao Yuan nodded, and then he suddenly said, "Do you know why Axu gave you this mecha? Some things I became aware of when I put on this War God mecha, but I’m afraid you might not know." fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Ram whispered, "I know it’s because Axu wants to go back, because Axu thinks that the war between the Health Faction and Immortality isn’t over."

Oftentimes, things that look simple are usually not that straightforward, but at this moment, one shouldn’t think too far ahead.

Since Ram knew the reason why Axu gave him the mecha, there was nothing more for Gao Yuan to say. In fact, there wasn’t even much point in thinking further. So the conversation should end here, and they should take care of business first.

"Let’s get started."

Ram raised the somewhat uncomfortable gun and said, "Let’s start."

"Wait a moment. You brought a gun, right? I’m talking about a normal gun."

After a moment of silence, Ram’s mecha opened, and he drew a handgun from his waist and said, "Yes, I don’t feel secure without it."

"Fire a shot. I want to see if I can blow up a big Serpent Person’s head."

Without hesitation, Ram shot a big Serpent Person, and the bullet blew up its head. Then he said in a deep voice, "Yes, it can."