The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2010 The Disappearing Sunset

GW-R!

A huge transformable humanoid combat robot! !

The total length in flight mode is 36.4 meters, the total height in combat mode is 32.6 meters, the total weight is 1,382 tons, and the maximum take-off weight is 2,256 tons.

This is a practical plan put forward by the team led by Dr. Yaoi after careful calculations and repeated considerations, combining current conditions and future prospects. They also used intelligent programs to generate a CG animation to help people understand GW-R more vividly.

In the exquisite CG animation, the orange-painted Feiyan II soars in the sky and appears among the clouds. Suddenly, the Feiyan II begins to dive. When it is about to touch the ground, the nose of the aircraft suddenly pulls up, changing from a dive to flying parallel to the ground. Then the body of the aircraft 'disintegrates' in the air and transforms in the air like a Transformer.

During this process, Feiyan II, whose aerodynamic structure had been changed, could no longer glide by inertia and immediately fell to the ground. When it was about to touch the ground, its two metal feet, which were shining in the sun, stepped heavily on the ground, supporting its 32.6-meter-high metal body.

"Amazing!"

Asuka Shin's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but shout out, with his fists clenched tightly. He looked like he wanted to rush into the screen, pull out this fighter jet that had transformed into a majestic robot, and play with it for a while.

"That's impressive, right? I think so too." Dr. Yaoi said with a smile, very satisfied with Asuka Shin's gaffe.

At his age, he does not retire and go home to enjoy his life, but works hard and racks his brains every day. Isn't it just to come up with something shocking so that when others see his results, they will be shocked from the bottom of their hearts.

Just like Asuka Shin just now, when he saw a fighter jet falling from the sky and transforming into a robot in mid-air for the first time, his whole scalp went tingling. Not only did his brain go blank, but he was also almost shocked.

Anyway, Asuka Shin’s first reaction was: I want it!
This is so handsome and so cool.

It would be great if I could drive a robot like this, even if I just sat in it and walked a few steps on the ground.

What Victory Condor? It's nothing but trash in front of this epoch-making air-land dual-mode fighter. There is no comparison at all.

"When will it be built? Can I be a test pilot? I have strong skills, very strong."

Asuka Shin asked a barrage of questions, and as he asked, he began to recommend himself. His joy for the GW-R was beyond words, and he couldn't wait to see and drive it.

"I'm afraid it will take some time."

When it comes to turning what was on the PPT into reality, Dr. Yaoi, like many entrepreneurs, starts to have difficulties.

"The biggest problem is still the materials." Dr. Yaoi sighed as he spoke, "Although the design weight of the GW-R is over 1,300 tons, it is more than enough to support the GW-R based on the current material strength, but it is far from enough to withstand a battle of tens of thousands of tons."

There it is again.

Material issues are an eternal concern, and the development of materials has never kept up with human imagination.

Many brilliant ideas have failed in implementation.

The idea of ​​giant humanoid combat robots has long been proposed. They are used in cities to block monsters and minimize the scope of damage.

The idea is nice, but not practical.

The biggest problem is the material, which cannot withstand the fierce collision of fighting monsters.

This problem has not been solved even now. Although Dr. Yao is a genius, geniuses also have specialties, and his area of ​​expertise does not include materials science.

Therefore, all Dr. Yao can do is to provide a feasible design. As for how to turn the drawings into a real machine, it depends on whether the factory can produce the required parts.

This is also a kind of helplessness.

No matter how talented you are, no matter how advanced your ideas are, once you turn theory into reality, it will involve the barrel effect. That is, the shortest board determines how much water the barrel you want to make can hold. Even if there is just a hole or a crack, the barrel cannot be perfect.

This is the case with GW-R now. The design drawings are fine and can be completed quickly, but the materials that can withstand tens of thousands of tons or even higher levels of collision have become a huge problem.

According to Dr. Yaoi's design, when GW-R transforms into combat mode, the jet outlet at the tail will move to the back to propel the robot to move quickly, while the jet outlets on the wings and belly will move to the limbs, allowing GW-R in robot mode to perform a "nitrogen acceleration" when punching and kicking, thereby enhancing the attack power of GW-R through the formula f=mv.

This puts higher demands on the materials used to manufacture GW-R.

Chiba Makoto stared at the CG animation produced by Dr. Yaoi's team. After the attack unit was displayed, Chiba Makoto asked, "Besides fists and feet, are there other ways of attack?"

"Not yet." Dr. Yaoi shook his head and said, "For now, I think the most important thing is to build it first, then conduct a series of tests to collect data, accumulate experience, and then install weapons and equipment."

This is also Dr. Yaoi's usual practice. The Shirayuki, which was used to test the new Max power system, was a pure test aircraft. Even if it was done with all possible effort, it could only be equipped with five missiles. There would be no space for more.

To put it bluntly, it means to first solve the problem of whether or not there is something, and then talk about continuous improvement. It is a step-by-step approach and not radical at all. This is also the reason why Chiba Makoto asked Dr. Yaowei to join the team. In this world where aliens frequently appear, taking big steps will lead to big losses.

Afterwards, Dr. Yaoi began to explain why they had not considered adding more weapons and equipment for the time being. Another reason was that the space was occupied by other equipment.

The original Feiyan II was a pure fighter jet, and only needed to consider its flying posture in the air. But once it was transformed into a robot standing on two legs, stability and balance had to be considered, so a gyro stabilizer had to be installed on the GW-R. And if it was a robot, the joints of the whole body naturally had to be more flexible. If they were too stiff, wouldn't it be like a zombie? Therefore, a dozen super-torque drives had to be installed for transformation and driving.

Adding some equipment here and some instruments there would increase the weight and take up more space. In addition, Unit-01 was originally used for verification and testing, not actual combat, so Dr. Yaoi simply did not consider installing a weapon system.

Although there were problems here and there, Asuka Shin still stared at it intently, his drooling almost dripping. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. It was a pity that he could only look at it now, and for a long time, he could not touch it, let alone experience driving it himself.

This made Asuka Shin feel very regretful. He wished he had a time controller so that he could speed up the time. It would be best if he could jump to the time when GW-R went into production or even put into service in the blink of an eye.

After finishing his business, Dr. Yaoi closed the PPT and sat on the chair next to Chiba Makoto. He said, "This thing was leaked a long time ago. I guess the whole TPC knows that we are building a giant robot. I am considered an old horse waiting for his time."

Originally, after withdrawing from the space battleship development team due to differences in ideas, the sixty-year-old Dr. Yaoi wanted to simply retire, out of sight, out of mind, and let them do whatever they want. But Chiba Makoto's invitation gave him a new goal, which was to shock the world.

Asuka Shin's reaction just now was exactly what Dr. Yaoi wanted. He even expected that the whole world would be shocked by his brainchild.

"It doesn't matter," Qianye Cheng waved his hand nonchalantly, saying, "This matter cannot be concealed. Even if we try to conceal it now, it will still be exposed during the test, so we might as well just expose it openly."

"Ah!"

Dr. Yaoi didn't believe a single punctuation mark in Chiba Makoto's reasons.

He had heard that the police department was actively recruiting talents in the field of robots and had formed several teams, apparently intending to "follow the trend" and build a giant combat robot.

In addition, not long ago, Chiba Makoto personally invited a large number of people to witness the test flight of the Feiyan No. 1M, which made a big splash. Then the Police Department poached Dr. Yaoi's talents with high salaries and promotions. They poached several technicians who had followed Dr. Yaoi for several years. All of them were talents who were researching the miniaturization of Max. It's easy to guess what the Police Department's purpose is.

Therefore, when Dr. Yaoi heard that Chiba Makoto didn't care at all about the leakage of the GW-R project, he knew that Chiba Makoto did it on purpose and wanted to drag the police department into an "arms race".

Moreover, Chiba Makoto doesn't care about winning or losing at all, because he is not radical. When he heard that Unit-01 was a test machine and did not carry weapons, and therefore did not have combat capabilities, he did not object at all. Instead, he highly praised this step-by-step approach. Otherwise, he would have been impatient to achieve it in one go.

This made Dr. Yaoi very satisfied. What he feared most was to encounter the same situation as when he was in the space battleship development team, where laymen guided the experts and only wanted results without considering how difficult the process was.

Chiba Makoto seemed to have seen through Dr. Yaoi's thoughts, and said with emotion: "If you exceed your ability too much, it's like running a marathon that makes you vomit blood."

Dr. Yaoi nodded in empathy. The Mechanical Island incident had brought him a great shock. The Max power system, which he had painstakingly developed for more than 20 years, had already been discovered in the universe.

It’s like a primary school student who, after much thought, finally discovered that there is a certain connection between the three sides of a triangle, and then saw trigonometric functions in the junior high school textbook.

This made Dr. Yaoi understand a truth, that he was just a climber, whether he reached the top of the mountain or not, the view at the top would always be there, he struggled to reach the top, but he was just a discoverer, not a creator.

From then on, Dr. Yaoi put away his pride and continued his research with the heart of an apprentice.

This is also the reason why he eventually withdrew from the space battleship development team. He was unwilling to make the new space battleship too advanced. Not to mention the question of whether it could be built, how to control it if it was built?
If it exceeds too much, all kinds of unexpected problems will always arise.

This point has been vividly demonstrated in the Mechanical Island incident. Before the appearance of Gobnew, who could have thought that there was a Mechanical Island in the universe that specifically destroyed Max's power system?

After exchanging views on GW-R with Dr. Yaoi, Chiba Makoto said goodbye.

Asuka Shin followed behind, and after they walked away, he couldn't help but ask, "Captain, aren't those three Miki people going to build a giant robot?"

"Yes!"

"Then you."

"Why don't you say that the Mickeys will help the police department build robots?"

"Ok!"

"What others know is always theirs. Even if you know a little, it's yours." Qianye Cheng turned his head and looked at Asuka Shin who seemed to have realized something, and said, "Whether it's self-reliance or seeking external help, it's a way. As long as one of them works, humans will have the technology and experience to build giant humanoid combat robots."

"I understand."

Asuka Shin suddenly understood.

The police department has already taken the route of external aid. If they follow suit, it would be duplication. All eggs cannot be put in one basket, so they have to take the route of self-reliance. Even if it is small or even worse, it is still a pure product of the earth.

"Captain, when will it be completed?"

After saying these three words, Asuka Shin began to look forward to it again.

"If everything goes well, it will be almost the same next year."

"Ah, it's still so late."

"That's fast enough."

As they were talking, their watches rang, causing them to stop and turn on their ultra-small communicators. On the small screen, Da Gu's figure appeared, saying, "Captain, an abnormal phenomenon has occurred in the Z6 area. Someone called the police and reported that a street had disappeared."

"Disappeared?"

Asuka Shin exclaimed, it’s a street, not a car, how could it disappear?
It can't be stolen, how could it be stolen?
"The streets disappeared? How did they disappear?"

Chiba Makoto was also very confused. That was a street. At least there were a hundred or eighty households, as well as roads, street lights, green spaces, street parks and a large number of ancillary facilities. How could it disappear?
"It's all gone. The other party is talking incoherently. We are rushing to the scene."

"Okay, Asuka and I will be there now."

After saying that, Chiba Makoto and Asuka Shin both quickened their pace, jogging all the way to the vehicle, turned on the sirens, and headed towards the Z6 area.

The car was speeding along at lightning speed, the accelerator was fully depressed, the engine was trembling, the speed was so fast that it left an afterimage, and it was "whoosh!" in the traffic, overtaking back and forth at such a fast speed. If the steering wheel was turned a tenth of a second later, it would hit other vehicles, but Qianye Cheng was able to accurately avoid them every time. It looked thrilling, but in fact it was safe and stable.

Of course, this was Chiba Makoto's self-feeling. Asuka Shin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had already turned pale and his right hand unconsciously grabbed the car door. Even with a seat belt, he still felt very unsafe and was very worried that he would be thrown out at a turn.

(End of this chapter)