Chapter 87: Chapter 85: Three Moves
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As the smoke clears, Harrison Clark still stands at the entrance of the research institute.
The alloy gates behind him, which were cast as a single piece, have been split in half and have loudly fallen to the ground.
“Oh? Impressive, you actually dodged it?”
Needham Brown’s gaze focuses on the projection screen, staring intently at the seemingly unharmed Harrison Clark, slightly intrigued.
His gaze shifts to the upper right corner, where the numbers displayed represent the Azure Dragon Armor’s instantaneous acceleration in the previous moment.
21G.
Although Needham Brown doesn’t know how Harrison Clark managed to do it, machines don’t lie – this is fact.
With the development of technology in this era, machines have achieved unprecedented precision. The Azure Dragon Armor’s design limit should be 20G, with no reason to exceed it by 1G.
However, it’s precisely this tiny extra acceleration that caused him to miss his confident slash.
Meanwhile, Harrison Clark is also staring nervously ahead, drenched in sweat. This modified old-style mech is quite something.
Whether it’s the operator inside who can withstand 15G on their body or the armor itself, both are beyond his expectations.
Although the modified mech’s control system and precision are far behind the Azure Dragon Armor, its primary material is much stronger than that of ordinary old-style mechs, greatly increasing its strength.
Its larger size means thicker armor, and many old-style mech’s weak points don’t exist on this modified one.
Its weapon system is even more peculiar and diverse.
If it weren’t for using gravity in the critical moment and momentarily disabling the safety mechanism to increase its acceleration to 21G, his head would have been shaved off by a hair’s breadth.
Making such a non-standard maneuver was not without cost for Harrison Clark.
The moment he landed, he couldn’t reactivate the safety mechanism in time, and the acceleration reached an astonishing 23G!
Although his body can withstand it, it has already exceeded the Azure Dragon Armor’s design limit.
Currently, the monitoring equipment shows the status color of the leg armor changing from a healthy green to a pale yellow.
Damage level: 17.8%.
Numerous cracks have appeared at several joint positions, and they would need to be sent back for repairs if the damage level continues to rise.
Although his situation is precarious, Harrison Clark won’t reveal his weakness to his opponents.
“You’re not bad either, slightly better than those useless opponents I usually face.”
Harrison Clark placed the alloy knife on his shoulder, speaking in a slightly teasing tone.
“Interesting, you seem different from ordinary Guardian Army soldiers. You actually seem to have your own thoughts.”
At this moment, Daniel Thompson, who was responsible for holding the line, interrupted: “Have you encountered the Azure Dragon Armor before?”
Needham Brown laughed: “Of course, otherwise how would I know that I’ve got you wrapped around my finger?”
“A year ago, you attacked two Azure Dragon Armor operators on a mission at the Black Forest Base, right?”
A puzzled voice came from Needham Brown: “Let me think… Oh, I remember now, those two useless fools. Yes, it was me. What about it?”
“Bastard! One of the men who died at your hands was called James Thompson, and he was my brother!”
Daniel Thompson roared in anger, wanting to charge past Harrison Clark and kill their enemy.
Harrison Clark raised his hand to stop him, “Lion, you’re my instructor, you have to stay calm. If you go out there, you won’t last five seconds. If I were to fight alone, the research institute couldn’t be defended.”
Daniel Thompson looked back and reluctantly returned inside.
He didn’t say anything superfluous about asking Harrison Clark to avenge him. He remembered his mission, putting the greater good above personal feelings. “However, Lion, don’t worry. I didn’t know about this before, but now that I do, I won’t let him leave here alive.”
Harrison Clark chuckled and once again discreetly deactivated the safety mechanism.
Since the Azure Dragon Armor was already damaged and not suitable for a prolonged battle, he planned to decide the outcome in the next three moves.
As long as he can score one decisive blow against this modified mech, the others would naturally hesitate to act recklessly.
Then, using the remaining firepower of the Guardian Army stationed at the research institute as cover, he and Lion could fall back inside and hold out until reinforcements arrive and their mission would be a success.
Alright, enough chitchat. Let’s get down to business.” Harrison Clark took another step forward, “It’s time to end this.”
Needham Brown: “Right. Last time your reinforcements arrived too quickly, so
I returned empty-handed, unable to seize the Azure Dragon Armor. But this time, I won’t let any accidents happen.”
Harrison Clark leaped into the air, “It only takes me three moves to kill you!” “Absurd!” Needham Brown’s hands moved rapidly in the cockpit, the modified armor on the back, shoulders, abdomen, and front of the thighs opened up, revealing layers of heavy weaponry.
“Let’s see how you dodge this!”
Boom, boom, boom!
More than a dozen high-speed tracking missiles whistled out, while five thermal-melt guns formed a crossfire net, locking onto Harrison Clark from all directions.
At this point, the modified armor revealed its dreadful fangs.
One suit of armor was equivalent to a small military fortress!
Needham Brown stared ahead, his barrage locked in at the 21G limit that
Harrison just slightly exposed. He wondered how…
“What!”
Right before his eyes, Harrison Clark’s Azure Dragon Armor disappeared from the crossfire net.
The next instant, Harrison appeared right in front of his chest armor, the alloy knife already slashing down fiercely.
Needham Brown maneuvered the modified armor to quickly retreat, while keeping an eye on the monitoring data.
23G!
This is impossible!
Didn’t the professor say that the military’s drugs could only support up to 20G?!
How could he keep surpassing the limit – wasn’t he afraid to die?
Boom!
Harrison’s alloy knife still struck the side slits of the chest armor.
Needham Brown’s cockpit shook violently, but he didn’t die; he screamed manically: “Idiot! This is not my weak spot…”
“Really?” Harrison grinned, feigning a kick at the modified armor’s head.
Needham Brown’s modified armor’s right fist flipped over, revealing a sharp rotating knife inside, thrusting straight forward.
But Harrison didn’t dodge or evade; the thigh compartment of his raised leg opened up, and a total of ten shock bombs fired out, landing right in the opening of the modified armor’s chest armor.
The power of these shock bombs was nowhere near conventional high-explosive bombs, but their combined strength was enough to make their opponent feel the heat.
Harrison continued to charge forward, his left arm gripping the alloy shield, blocking the opening, while his right hand held the alloy knife to collide head-on with the opponent’s rotating knife, nearly the same size as the entire Azure Dragon Armor.
That’s right – he planned to use the shield to compress the shock bombs’ power into the modified armor’s chest armor!
If the mass alone couldn’t break through, add the cumulative effect of the bombs.
Moreover, this alloy shield was standard equipment, made of astonishingly strong material, fully capable of withstanding the force of the explosion.
A series of explosions echoed in succession.
Needham Brown’s cockpit finally lost control of the modified armor as several cables broke during the intense shaking, and the modified armor fell backward.
The pressure on Harrison’s alloy knife suddenly dropped; he put the knife away and held a handgun to the gap in the chest armor.
Madly firing!
After more than ten seconds, he leaped back.
The bullets were empty.
However, he successfully blew up the modified armor’s cockpit defense with precise point-blank shooting, destroying every inch below Needham Brown’s head!
The grand entrance to the square was silent.
Daniel Thompson felt incredulous.
The elite of the renegade faction were dumbstruck.
Everything happened too quickly.
Daniel Thompson walked behind Harrison Clark, “Are you okay?”
Harrison whispered back, “I’m fine, but my Azure Dragon Armor isn’t. All my control moves just now were at 23G. The armor feels like it’s going to fall apart.”
The monitoring device in front of him showed that almost all components of the Azure Dragon Armor were dark red, with a damage rate exceeding 80%.
“Uh.”
Daniel Thompson pondered for two seconds and made up his mind.
“While they still haven’t reacted, I’ll immediately release control; you get on my Azure Dragon Armor!”