Chapter 21: Partner
On the third day after leaving the Faith, the independent battleship that Qin Lun and the others were riding passed through the faster-than-light orbit and came to the outermost edge of the second spiral arm. It is far from the center of the galaxy, at a distance of hundreds of thousands of light-years.
Being in the middle of a galaxy and at the edge of a galaxy are two completely different things. The starry sight that the apostles had seen when they first entered the gospel world was gone. Looking up at the window of the battleship, the most common sight they saw was a deep and bottomless darkness.
Listen to the introduction of Dongyue and Vera and others, this is also a kind of star blindness that star travelers often have on long journeys. When you see too many stars, the human body will deliberately ignore the starlight that appears and disappears, and treat the surroundings as complete darkness.
A similar environment can only be compared to the absolute depths of the planet's ocean, where humans often do not experience a third emotion except for the cold and dead silence.
The overall pitch-black Attack is like a ghost back to the deep sea, and the defense of this modified independent battleship is much worse except for a slightly good attack power. Of course, it also has an APB force field, but in the battle of the battleship level, the defensive force field it has has almost no effect.
This is also a weakness that cannot be remedied by small independent warships, but although the Attack does not have strong defensive capabilities, its stealth performance is very good after the surface of the battleship is attached to the Jannamer biological armor.
In fact, when technology reached the third cosmic age, mankind had long since abandoned gunpowder technology. Whether it's Gaussian technology or particle beam power engines, the light and heat emitted in a vacuum without an atmosphere are less noticeable.
The most practical thermal induction detection in the old era has become an unpopular detector in space. Especially when the distance between the two sides is too far, the little heat emitted by the battleship is almost no different from the stellar light.
The most commonly used detectors in space today are metal and momentum detection radars. Although most of today's warships use composite materials, after all, the proportion of metal is very large, which is fundamentally different from many asteroids and meteorites, and can be easily captured by detection radar.
As for the momentum detection radar, it is a device that feeds back the acceleration of objects, and this thing can also allow warships to quickly detect enemies, whether it is against metal warships or living cosmic creatures.
The biological armor used by the Attack is basically able to avoid most thermal and metal detection radars, while also being able to "trick" momentum detection without accelerating. If it weren't for the fact that the materials were too cherished, Captain Mรกrquez would have wanted to put a layer on the Faith after learning the results of the Attack's transformation.
As they approached the star system where the X-352 asteroid was located, the young crew of the Attack became more and more vigilant.
However, there was nothing to do with this apostle, and even Robin, the titular captain, did not know how to command a warship. However, Dongyue, the beautiful adjutant, has been too sensitive in the past few days, and she has personally investigated every little movement, and her originally beautiful watery eyes have now become panda eyes.
The efforts of the beauties of Guise made the apostles feel the tension before the war. Each of them immersed themselves in the simulation chamber and honed their aerial combat skills with the other Guise pilots.
"Sir, that's all for today!" Qin Lun's simulation cabin opened outward, and one person came out on the left and right. On the left is Qin Lun, who is sweating profusely, and on the right is another young man with a young face and pimples on his face.
"Lost again!" Looking at the dazzling 11-0 on the screen of the simulated warehouse, Qin Lun looked at the cheering Keith boy in front of him a little speechlessly.
The Guise boy was named Fils, the youngest of the four Guise pilots in charge of his partner, and almost a star year younger than Vera, a fourteen-year-old boy.
At the beginning, Qin Lun asked him to be a sparring partner, mainly wanting to choose a rookie who was easy to deal with. But he forgot that the Giss have a talent for semi-biological mechas, and the younger they are, the more powerful they become. The simulation cabin they trained could not simulate the apostle's replacement ability, and as a result, after training in the past few days, Qin Lun had to be abused by Fils every day.
"Hehe, Fils, we've been watching from the sidelines! Sir has made rapid progress in the past few days, and although you can still win now, it is getting harder and harder every time. At this rate, the chief will be able to win and lose with you in another ten days. โ
Looking at the young man's smug appearance, a young man from the sidelines couldn't help but strike at him. Hearing that someone was upset, Qin Lun smiled and nodded at him. This is the last male in the foursome, named Alex.
Alex is the oldest of the five, except for Qin Lun, who is exactly twenty years old this year. He has a handsome face, a gentle temperament, likes to read books when he has no combat missions, appears polite, and can be seen to have systematic etiquette training in his manners.
According to others, Alex was of good birth and was a noble child among the Guise people. His talent in air combat is slightly inferior to that of Phils, however, he has a calm personality and is the vice captain of this team. It's just that Qin Lun, who is the captain, is not responsible for the team's air combat tactics, so he is also the actual crew leader.
"That's it, you little guy, don't be too complacent!" Another redhead with a hot figure next to him grabbed Fils's slender neck fiercely and grinded it on his head with a pink fist, making him cry wolf.
"Alright, Merry, let him go!" Qin Lun smiled and stopped the redhead.
"Sir, people are avenging you!" The red-haired Merry blushed and let go of Fils in a daze.
"yes, yes, 'people are avenging you'!" Phils, who had escaped the clutches, jumped away and grimaced at Mei Li in a strange voice, squeezing his eyes at Qin Lun.
"Ah, bastard Phils, you stop for me, and see if the old lady doesn't beat you to death!" Hearing Phils's vague words, the hot-tempered girl instantly flew into her cheeks and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.
"It's good to be young!" Watching the two chase away, Qin Lun shook his head with a smile.
"Hehe, sir, you don't seem to be very old, do you?" Alex couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"I'm not like you!" Qin Lun smiled, and then no longer continued the topic, but asked with a flickering eye, "Alex, you have watched so many of my trainings, what do you feel is my biggest flaw in air combat?" Why do I lose to Phils every time I feel like I have a chance to win? โ
"Sir, you don't have any flaws, and if you have to find one flaw, it's that your training time is too short." Alex suddenly showed a wry smile and shook his head and said, "Captain Marquez once told me that the Advent Apostles are born warriors, I didn't think so at the time, but now it doesn't seem to be an exaggeration at all
Did you know? These days, your and your companions' ability to learn how to fight has almost turned my entire outlook on life upside down.
We Giess, even the top mecha geniuses like Phils and Vera, need years of training to reach the current level. However, you only need less than ten days of simulation training to compete with us, and you have not used the special abilities of the apostle......"
"Alex, you should know that the most important thing we lack is time!" Qin Lun smiled noncommittally, "I know I must be flawed in some way, otherwise, I wouldn't always be caught by Phils." โ
Qin Lun didn't answer Alex's doubts head-on, in fact, in his opinion, Alex's so-called combat genius was just the law body of the apostle at work.
Ordinary people do need to go through years of training to make the body form a conditioned reflex and remember the training content. However, the apostles didn't, their law body was like a sophisticated computer, and who had ever seen a computer program that needed to be entered twice before it could be saved?
When shattering the starry sky, even a high-level magic skill, the apostle only needs to tear off a scroll in time.
In particular, Qin Lun also has the number of death lists, and the training content of the Guise Pilot Officer for more than ten years, under the apostles' law memorization, can make them spend more than ten days, which is already very complicated.
"Your shooting and tactical actions are already flawless, especially ...... It's the first time I've seen someone take a Gaussian phased array apart and create that kind of arc metal flow! Alex recalled the details of the training just now and couldn't help but admire.
He thought for a moment, and finally spoke again, "If there is a way for Fils to defeat you, it is actually very simple. When I was in the Mecha Academy, when the instructor encountered this kind of problem, he would usually only let the students understand it themselves, rather than explain it explicitly. However, since you need a quick run, I can tell you. โ
"Well, you say!" Qin Lun's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again, he was always bullied by a boy who was only fourteen years old, even he couldn't help it.
"Hehe, space air combat is not as good as individual combat on the ground, and good marksmanship is only one aspect. More importantly, you have to learn to ignore the sense of direction, there is no up, down, left, right, and ground to stand on in an air fight. You have to learn to look at all aspects and not always subconsciously feel like you're still on the ground. โ
Alex chuckled and said, "Fils can catch you every time, and that's because you always have some habitual evasive moves in battle, such as back, left and right, and ignore the up and down directions. That kid saw it and hid it very cunningly, so he will always catch your evasion direction in advance, can this not be lost? โ
"Haha, that's as simple as that!" Qin Lun suddenly realized, and immediately laughed heartily, "Thank you, Alex!" โ
"It's nothing, I'd love to see Fils's stinky face after losing the next time!" Alex winked humorously, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
Untying the knot in his heart, Qin Lun seemed very happy, and asked Alex to go to the battleship's entertainment hall for a drink. The young man, who was more of a scholar than a warrior, gladly accepted, and the young men of Guise, including him, were fond of listening to the apostle's stories of previous adventures.
Although the starry sky still prohibits the apostles from feeding back information about other mission worlds to the plot characters, this world is not so strict, which does not prevent Qin Lun from using the way of making up stories to circumvent some restrictions.
"Dudu~~" Just as the two of them walked towards the entertainment hall, the button-down communicator they wore on their collars suddenly flashed a red warning signal.
"Enemy attack?!" Qin Lun and Alex glanced at each other in surprise, and immediately ran quickly towards their respective mecha cabins.