Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 5 Self-Training
There are two sets of equipment that Hena borrowed from school.

They are two training wooden sticks with a length of about 1.5 meters, and two silver-white metal storage boxes.

The two training sticks, like the cane in Jiatu's hand, were cheap products made of fast-growing wood.

The value of a training stick is about fifteen dry food sticks.

Although it is not a price that ordinary shelter families cannot afford, it is not cheap either.

As for those two silver-white metal storage boxes, Jiatu had no idea.

Just by looking at it with the naked eye, he can also realize that this is a "future technology" far beyond his previous life.

With a hint of awe towards the pre-waste civilized world, Jiatu opened the small silver box the size of a shoebox in front of him.

What was displayed in front of him was a "half-covered gas mask" consisting of three pieces of dark equipment.

Or rather, something that "looks like" that.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the borrowed equipment?"

Noticing Jiatu's sluggishness, the girl couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"No... nothing, just some emotion..."

Jiatu shook his head, took out this set of "half-face gas mask" which was already somewhat old, and was painted with cute graffiti with pink and yellow paint, and put it on his face, covering his mouth and nose.

"Gas mask" is of course a joke.

After living in the shelter for three years, Jiatu has fully realized that these things in front of him are not "gas masks" at all——

It is a complete set of "atomized computing power inhalation system" composed of "half-covered closed mask", "high-strength carbon breathing tube" and "nano micro-mechanical control host".

Collectively, [External Apparatus Brain].

To explain it in a more humane way, it is the "mobile phone" or "laptop computer" of wasteland humans.

"Although in my time, no one could have imagined that the 'mobile phone' in the future would evolve to this extent..."

Cato was thinking.

While taking out the brain-scaring main unit like the "fresh air filter" in the storage box, tied it behind the waist, and then fixed the "carbon breathing tube" like the air duct firmly on the air-tight buckle. Between the mask and the host.

Then when everything was ready, he pressed the start switch of the host.

With a slight humming sound, the cooling fans on both sides of the chassis started to spin unpretentiously.

With the slight vibration of the cooling fan, a trace of warm air with a metallic smell came from the closed mask on Jiatu's face.

The warm air continuously poured into his trachea and lungs, and adhered to his airway mucous membrane, forming a strange tingling pain similar to that of prickly ash.

And these tingling pains continued to spread to the depths of his body as time passed. Just when Jiatu felt that his tongue began to swell to the point where he could not breathe, some fine golden spots suddenly appeared in front of his eyes— —

Then, a tingling electric current started from the top of the skull and ran through the whole body, which made him moan slightly.

It was a strange feeling like the world was spinning and the earth was spinning, as if the world was being destroyed.

He felt that his body was thrown high into the air, and after drawing countless spirals, he fell to the ground, and as the sense of balance was restored first, countless iridescent flashes like a kaleidoscope suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and his ears There was also an extremely slight humming sound that blocked out all other sounds—

[Welcome to "Lingjing OS", version number 11.276.63.CBT (stable version)]

[This version is a special version for children's education in Cheorwon Refuge in Jincheng City]

【Do not use this device for other purposes】

[All legal risks caused by illegal use shall be borne by me]

[The system pre-start is complete, and the user's vital signs are being detected——]

【Confirm user login name "JaTu"】

[Welcome to the spirit competition world, Mr. Jiatu. 】

[Your vital signs today are "sub-healthy", heart rate 69, blood pressure 70/105, body mass index 16.3, judged as "moderately malnourished". 】

[Please follow the plan provided by the system, eat and exercise, and you can check the details after the guidance. 】

[The remaining power of this system is 91.4%, and the expected use time is 45 minutes, and the combat use time is 15 minutes. Please log out of this system before the power is exhausted, so as to avoid atomized micro-machines staying in the body for a long time and causing unpredictable damage. 】

【00:45:30:17——】

Jiatu looked at the red countdown timer in the upper right corner of his field of vision that was constantly receding, and took a deep breath.

The world in front of his eyes was emitting a faint red light due to the nano-machines adsorbed on the retina.

And in this world that exudes a faint red light, some light yellow boxes are constantly flashing.

These pale yellow boxes swept across his field of vision quickly and steadily, marking the names of obstacles and creatures.

In the end, all these words disappeared, gathered in one place, and locked on Hena who was not far away from Jiatu.

At the same time, a voice of heart sounded in Jiatu's mind——

[Threat object found, Lingjing system user, matching threat level 0.70, higher than this machine user, please treat it cautiously and solemnly. 】

[The predicted winning rate is 34%. This battle is a training battle. Please don't give up lightly and actively participate in the battle. 】

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As the sound fell, the field of vision in front of Jiatu also fell silent again.

The girl not far from Jiatu also completed all the preparations.

She wore a half-covered closed mask of the same style on her face, and a little reddish gleam was scattered from her pupils.

Other than that, almost nothing has changed.

Both of them were breathing a little harder, but when the system was activated, the numbness in the throat, which was like an electric shock, had disappeared.

Even the edema in the throat subsided quickly.

But Jiatu is very clear, this is not the disappearance of the numbness——

On the contrary, with the activation of the spirit competition system, every breath he took triggered a large number of atomized robot exchanges in the lung cavity.

These tiny machines, like smog, entered his body through the capillaries of his lungs and attached to his blood vessels and nervous system, assisting him to control his body and shielding his "stress" and "physiology" reaction.

At this moment, Jiatu's control over his body can be said to have reached the level of a top martial artist or a national athlete, and a feeling of "if God helps" keeps rising in his heart——

Although he knew very well that this was just an illusion produced by the tiny machinery in his body manipulating the glands to secrete excess oxytocin.

Perhaps, it's not just "illusion"?
"Then, let me attack, [-] out of [-] rounds, okay?"

Seeing that Jiatu had also completed the preparations, Hena lowered her body and assumed a fighting stance.

As for Jiatu, holding the training stick in his hand, he nodded.

No reminders.

Almost the moment Jiatu nodded, the girl had already activated.

She bent down, pushed her feet forward, and appeared in front of Jiatu across a distance of four or five meters in an instant as if flying close to the ground.

Facing the boy who was still standing there, the girl raised the stick in her hand without hesitation.

In the almost stagnant air, Jiatu could even see her beautiful eyes that glowed crimson because of staring at him.

The next second—

[Spiritual competition system, battle mode activated]

Jiatu's body almost moved by itself.

Rather, he did realize that he should "back off".

But almost as soon as he had this thought, his body was already in motion. The crutch in his left hand poked the ground vigorously, and at the same time kicked the ground with his right foot, his body fell backwards involuntarily. It almost rubbed his scalp and fell to the ground.

But based on previous combat experience, Jiatu knew that the girl's attack was not over yet——

Rather, it has only just begun.

Hena swung the long stick down in a "angry slash", but almost at the moment when the swing failed, she had already taken a step towards Jiatu's right foot, and at the same time held the stick in her left hand and swung it back, straight The long stick that was splitting towards the ground immediately flicked and shook off the force, and swung it towards Jiatu's right waist with a chopping sweep.

"It's really a 'I flow' way of fighting..."

This idea involuntarily popped up in Jiatu's mind.

But it wasn't his heart's voice, or—

"Not at all".

Facing Hena's sweeping attack, Jiatu touched the ground with his right foot, and while his left foot was still in the air, he dexterously turned his wrist, and directed the long stick in his right hand towards the girl's attack.

"Crack!" Sparks shot out——

At that moment, Jiatu even had hallucinations in front of his eyes.

However, the collision of wooden sticks cannot really burst out sparks.

That's just the battle experience shared by the brains of the exterior.

Jiatu, who had no battlefield experience and was just an artificial intelligence engineer in his previous life, fought back and forth with the girl as if possessed by a god with the help of the externally-installed horror brain.

Both sides are "geniuses" with full combat awareness. Apart from "physique" and "luck", the key to victory is the grasp of the battle situation.

After continuous attacks, Hena had already pushed Jiatu into a corner of the residential area.

Surrounded by walls and tents, he is out of bounds when he touches a tent, and he has almost no way to retreat.

"call--"

As the girl let out a loud gasp, Jiatu realized that the girl's final attack was coming.

In order to maximize the operation of the nanomachines in the body, both sides used abdominal breathing.

However, the girl's abdominal breathing was obviously more proficient than Jiatu's.

In terms of the ferocity of the offensive, Jiatu was far inferior to Hena.

The girl clenched the long stick in her hand again, and facing the boy who had no way to retreat, there was hardly any slack in her crimson red pupils.She lowered the long stick to the side of her right hand, and at the same time stepped forward with her right foot, following the torsion of her body, she swung the long stick in her hand completely.

Jiato could almost tell at a glance that this was a fake move——

Because of an almost instinctive reaction, he realized that it is impossible to focus on the right foot in a real all-out attack——

Before he had time to think carefully about where this thought came from, Jiatu had already swung the long stick out.

Before the sticks of the two sides collided, Jiatu's brain was already running at high speed.

Where will the girl's next attack go?

"Above or below? Dive attack!"

Almost at the moment when the two sticks crossed each other, the girl immediately took a step forward with her left foot. At the same time, she lowered her body and swung forward, holding the wooden stick in her hand. Like a slingshot, she slammed into Jia. Figure chest!
If Jiatu was hit by this move, even if he didn't lie on the bed for a few days, he wouldn't be able to get up in a short time!

But at the moment when the hairs were standing on end and the crisis was approaching, Jiatu also reacted.

He instantly let go of the crutch in his left hand, allowing his body to tilt freely towards the ground.

At the same time, he also stretched out his left hand, grasped the front half of the long stick, and faced the girl's heavy blow.

As for his own defense method, Jiatu only had a hazy idea.

However, the terrifying battle support system on the outside perfectly presented what he was thinking in his heart.

Jiatu, who was tilted sideways, put his left foot on the ground and squatted with his right foot. At the same time, he held the wooden stick with both hands, and assumed the defensive posture of "half sword pose" or "torii structure".

Before he had time to think about what the "half-sword pose" or "torii structure" was, Hena's dive attack had already come in front of him.

Facing the boy's sudden squat down, the girl's attack was also lowered by an inch.

But what she attacked was Jiatu's standing chest, facing Jiatu's sudden sitting down, even if she wanted to adjust the direction of attack, it was already too late.

There was a crisp sound of "Pa--".

The girl used all her strength and unreservedly struck, and flew over the boy's scalp.

And with the sound of creaking friction, Jiatu raised his hands high, resisting with all his strength the heavy blow that Hena suppressed with all his strength.

And Hena's long stick was always kept above the boy's scalp.

When the force of the attack was completely dispelled by the power of the "Torii", Jiatu did not hesitate to use the "sword wiping style", pushed Hena's long stick aside, pointed the tip of the stick at her throat, and stabbed her pressed to the ground.

Both were panting heavily.

None of them expected that the fight would be so fierce in just the first round.

"...If it was a real battle, I would have already lost."

Pressed under by the boy, the light in the girl's pupils gradually faded away.

It could be seen that the outcome was already decided, and she chose to admit defeat.

Realizing that the battle was over, Jiatu also let go of the long stick, allowing his body to fall to one side, allowing the girl to get up from beside him.

And this battle, although Jiatu's victory ended, but in terms of physical exertion, it was more on his side.

"Assignment."

The predicted winning percentage on the upper right of Jiatu's field of vision has floated up slightly.

Noticing this small change, the boy suppressed his mood for a day, and couldn't help but feel happy.

However, what Hena said next brought him back to his original form——

"Eight out of fifteen rounds, there are still fourteen rounds to go."

The girl slowly moved her stiff body, nodded to confirm.

It can be seen that the battle just now completely inspired her determination to win.

Although she didn't say it clearly, the look in her eyes when she looked at the boy was full of urging.

(End of this chapter)