Chapter Eighty-Six: Overload (Part II)
โโฆโฆ So, ACA citizens! I assure you that the lackeys of the Alliance will pay the price for their inhumane attacks! I, Clark Robertson, assure you that our brave and fearless army will launch a stormy counterattack against a bloody and brutal alliance that prides itself on being civilized! We are planning a large-scale offensive on several fronts, and the elite of the Eyes of Unity are ready to go, fellow citizens! The Alliance's attack is not the end, our counterattack is the beginning, no matter how hard and difficult, we will fight resolutely to the end! May the light of evolution shine on all mankind!! โ
-- ACA President Clark Robertson's speech at the memorial service in Milan
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"Sure enough, people say that you know how to cherish when you lose, and this nostalgic feeling is really great."
Ling Yu stood in front of the already crumbling metal stake, excitedly practicing simple and effective fighting movements with his hands, although the young man had only lost control of his body for less than thirty hours, but for TF, who regarded strength as his life, the recovery of this aspect was far more exciting than winning the lottery.
"So you've recovered to your previous level now?" This time it was Jiesi's turn to be full of questions, according to her design, Ling Yu's strength should have improved significantly, but looking at Ling Yu's appearance of destroying the metal pile, there was no change.
"And what about this?" Ling Yu flew up with a kick and directly kicked off the deformed metal pillar in front of him, and half of the scrap metal pillar flew towards Jiesi without warning, and the girl subconsciously raised her hand to block, but because of insufficient preparation, she had to take a step back to stabilize her figure.
"Hmm, it's much stronger than before, and you seem to be doing it casually?" Jiesi clapped her hands and looked at Ling Yu.
"I found that these three lines are three states." Ling Yu breathed a sigh of relief, took a few steps back and let go of the only half of the alloy pillar left, "I don't understand the specific principle, but when this line lights up, my overall lรฌ will be greatly improved, and the speed and perception are about 80% of the previous situation without overclocking." โ
Ling Yu said, pointing to the small lines arranged in triangles on the back of his hand, closest to the direction of his fingers.
"And this is speed, the same reason, and finally this is perception."
"I don't understand," Jesse shook her head, "shouldn't the source of speed be strength?" If you work on the ground with a very high force, then you will have a high kinetic energy. โ
"It's a matter of reaction." Ling Yu shook his head, took a towel from the shelf next to him, and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, "In power mode, I can use explosive power to increase speed, but the reaction will not be able to keep up, and the limited reaction will focus on the perception and reaction of the other party, so as to ensure that the power attack can hit, but if the speed exceeds a level, it will automatically transition to speed, and there is no way to maintain a great attack power when moving and attacking at high speed." โ
"So you can switch between these two modes freely?"
"Normally, you don't need to switch, you can transition smoothly." Ling Yu moved his left wrist for a moment, and then his gaze fell on the lines, "For example, I can keep inflicting continuous power-type attacks on one target, then knock him down, and then rush to another target that is fleeing at high speed, in about 90 seconds, I can completely change from power mode to speed mode, reaching a pursuit speed of about Mach 0.3." โ
"Well, 90 seconds might lose some chances...... Although a smooth transition can indeed protect the user's body...... "Jiesi questioned this ability, obviously this ability has a lack of explosive power, and for Ling Yu, who has lost overclocking, it has a huge explosive power shortcoming.
"So, my mind can forcibly intervene in the process." Ling Yu spread out his hand and motioned to Jiesi not to worry, "I can increase my strength and speed to a limit in an instant, and after a period of time, I can exchange explosive power at the cost of huge physical fatigue. โ
"Enhanced overclocking."
"Not only that, if the previous attack that used adrenaline to forcibly speed up was called overclocking......," Ling Yu carefully examined the lines on his left hand, "Then this should be called overload." โ
โโฆโฆ You're really not afraid to burn your brain. Jesse smiled wryly.
"I can control my body in a sprint close to Mach 0.5, or I can retract my movements in an instant after hitting a fifteen-ton heavy punch without making too many moves to stiffen, although the time is short, but the TF battle can decide the winner in a few seconds."
Ling Yu was obviously in a good mood, moving his joints and doing the recovery movements after exercise.
"But you haven't said that perception yet...... Aggrandizement? โ
Jiesi thought for a while and nodded, if it was really as Ling Yu said, then it was true that although this enhancement was not the same as her own design, it did greatly improve Ling Yu's ability.
"The specifics are still to be tested, but in general, it's still a perception of danger in non-fast-paced combat." Ling Yu shook his head, obviously not very satisfied with this ability, "It would be great if you could still sense the murderous aura and even the actions of the other party during a fast-paced battle. โ
"Poofโbe content, you." Looking at Ling Yu, who was a bit like a child with an insatiable face, "With your current strength, you have improved a lot compared to before, think about the guy who was almost made into a Beijing duck by Snake Eye in South Africa...... It's only been a few months. โ
"Okay, I got it." Ling Yu took two deep breaths to calm himself down, he turned his head and looked at the golden dusk outside the building, "After all, thank you, although I must emphasize again that since you came, I have traveled between life and death more times than in the past few decades combined. โ
"Freedom is not free, and so is power." Jesse smiled calmly, "Think about it, the first time you floated in space, do you regret it?" โ
"My answer is, never a next time." Ling Yu obviously wittily dodged this question with only one answer, "So, it's not too early, how about we go to dinner now?" โ
"Whatever you want," Jess shrugged, looking at the knight's uniform that had been scratched everywhere by Ling Yu's sonic attack, "but I'm afraid I'll have to go home and change my clothes first." โ
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"Ding-dong-"
Twenty minutes later, just as Ling Yu and Jiesi had just walked into the room, a crisp bell sounded from the garlic speaker, Ling Yu lowered his head, and the blue cylindrical machine rolled to his feet, and the monitor above his head displayed an envelope-like mark.
"Hmm...... Will there be letters? You're still communicating in such a retro way. โ
Jesse walked to the side while combing her hair, and took off her knight's uniform as if no one was around, and took out a regular dress from the cabinet.
A letter is literal -- a piece of mail made up of paper or electronic boards, not an e-mail.
"I don't know," Ling Yu shook his head and stood up, "There are really not many people who know this address, you change it first, and I'll go out and have a look." โ
Jiesi nodded, Ling Yu turned around and walked back to the entrance, opened the door, opened the mailbox hanging on the side of the door, and a pink letter fell out.
"The owner...... What is this......"
The moment Ling Yu got the letter, he suddenly felt a murderous aura coming from behind him, he turned around and saw Jiesi's hand holding the button, her eyes staring directly at the pink envelope in her hand.
"Oh, this-"
"I'll see!"
Jiesi snatched the envelope from Ling Yu's hand in an instant, her movements so fast that Ling Yu was sure that he saw the afterimage.
Quickly tearing open the envelope, Jesse took out the letter and read it aloud.
"Sweetheart, I'm leaving Rimlia during this time, this is the house key for the last date we had, I've already done the formalities, it's yours now, don't miss me too much~ I will miss you, but I won't miss you too much.
Love you Selena. โ
"Boss, can you explain to me what's going on?" Jess carefully folded the letter, and raised her hand with an inexplicable murderous aura, as if it were some kind of loot.
"That's why I said you, listen to people."
Ling Yu let out a long sigh, then picked up the envelope on the ground, turned it backhand, and displayed it in front of Jiesi.
Dear Logan Craig Sweetheart.
"It turned out to be Logan's ......"
The weird smile and murderous aura on Jiesi's face suddenly disappeared like dew exposed to the sun, as if she had never existed, while sighing that Ling Yu, who was really turning her face faster than turning a book, obviously saw a burst of regret in Jiesi's eyes that the gossip failed.
Woman.
Ling Yu shook his head and turned the envelope upside down, and a red key card fell out and landed in Ling Yu's palm.
"No. 223 Imperial Street...... Ling Yu raised his eyebrows, "Isn't this the rich area of Rimria?" โ
"Do you want us to study it after dinner?" Jiesi poked her head over, revealing a general expression of fear that the world would not be chaotic - in fact, Ling Yu was really afraid that she would show this expression.
"Well, but all good things can't be left to Logan's alone."
Ling Yu shook his head, and after carefully analyzing all the possible dangers, Ling Yu felt as if there was no risk.
"We packed up our things and got ready to move after we finished eating."
"Uh...... Wouldn't it be too good? Jiesi was stunned by Ling Yu for a moment, she originally just planned to go to see the house, and by the way, to find out if there was any material that could gossip about dear Mr. Craig, but she didn't expect to move directly to the point of moving to the magpie's nest.
"What's not good," Ling Yu skillfully put the key card into his pocket, "Anyway, this house is not mine, the insurance company has already compensated the owner Logan, but I don't see that bastard to fix it, regardless of him." โ
"It turns out that boss, you really have a bandit side." Jesse turned her head sideways, revealing an expression of "I misunderstood you", "It's too deep to hide." โ
"Someone who privately packed a bunch of forks and precision instruments in the warehouse of the Order at once is not qualified to criticize me."
Ling Yu rolled her eyes at Jiesi, all the high-level equipment that Ling Yu had used so far, from gliding suits to contact lenses, was the result of Jiesi's first 'packing'.
"I'm called prepared, otherwise I won't be in trouble after I'm dismissed."
However, the victim obviously did not have this kind of consciousness, and the girl who was still wearing clothes made a grimace with an expression of "I'm smart, praise me".
Woman.
Ling Yu shook his head.
"I hope it doesn't disturb your two-person world."
"Yo, Han Fei, you're back!"
At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind Ling Yu, and he turned around just in time to see Han Fei carrying a broken bag on his back.
However, Han Fei's current actions were a little awkward, he raised his hand, as if he wanted to greet Jessy, but he didn't know if it seemed presumptuous to do so.
This kid still doesn't have any interpersonal skills.
Ling Yu didn't notice that he had misunderstood something, but opened his mouth to resolve the embarrassment.
"Yo, the refugee classmates are back, how are they, have you encountered any problems?"
"Ah, I'm fine, a qiฤshun lรฌ," but Han Fei still cast a grateful look at Ling Yu, "It's much easier for me to get out than it is for Logan and Linya." โ
"Just in time, we're getting ready to move into a big house."
Jess said, smiling at Han Fei, Han Fei was stunned for a moment, coughed twice, and turned to Ling Yu, "What's the matter." โ
"Logan's girlfriend gave him a house," Ling Yu took out the key card and raised it, smiling evilly, "Forget about the co-wife, I want to achieve communism first." โ
"......" Han Fei was naturally speechless, but it was obviously impossible for him to refuse Jiesi, who was also in high spirits, "Okay, I'll help later." โ
"By the way, I have one more thing." At the moment when he sideways put Han Fei in the door, Ling Yu suddenly remembered something, "Do you know where the Army Archives are?" โ
"Well, it's all on Icarus, what?"
"I have something to look for, something to ...... Personal. โ
As he spoke, the young man thought thoughtfully.