Chapter 765 - 45: Unfurling the Banner (Part 3)

Recalling the first time he saw the King, Andre described the events of that day like this.

But in fact, the King probably didn’t speak at all; Andre just felt that on that day, he stood up.

Before Andre’s eyes, the dim house was smashed open, sunlight illuminating, flags flying, the terrifying Iron Knight instantly turned into scrap metal.

In fact, it was at that moment that he realized the King was the person Vladimir the traitor was looking for.

Indeed, Vladimir was the real traitor: this land had only one ruler.

King Lille reigned over his land.

...

"A clever design..."

This technology was originally a design from the Osborne Group’s military design reserve, but as the Osborne Group was split and acquired, the military technology portion was entirely transferred to the Cyber Technology Company.

Cyber Technology Company is a human-computer interaction device research company under Hydra, sponsored by the Rocksen Petroleum Company. However, unlike Lille, they initially set out for military technology.

The military supplies directly absorbed funds from the Pentagon, and once done, these funds could be divided with relevant parties, forming a tightly-knit interest group entrenched in the Federal Government.

Once they controlled the parliament and government, converting military technology to civilian technology was simply a breeze: Even if there were technical challenges, couldn’t they control legislation and executive power to control product circulation?

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Lille couldn’t help but praise the minds of the talents at Cyber Technology:

They knew without the support from Jarvis and Dr. Zola, they simply couldn’t compete with him in information technology.

Thus, the new generation Rhino Mecha had a similar design philosophy: Once these armors were equipped, there were no external connection ports, not even maintenance windows.

And the formula for Chroni Titanium alloy was evidently reverse-engineered successfully by them. In theory, conventional weapons couldn’t penetrate this thing’s armor. Once a person donned it, they could only be a war machine for life.

Obviously, Rocksen and Hydra were busy with the civil war in Mei Country, but they believed these high-tech experimental equipments would surely flatten Latovia; Lille’s equipment was certainly incapable of piercing through these things.

Even if they couldn’t catch Lille, it didn’t matter: what they wanted was to show the world the fate of those around Lille.

But Chroni Titanium was already outdated material for Lille’s playthings; now he had better weapons...

Click!

[Cybertron Weapon Module: Ultra-High Temperature Cutting Blade "King’s Blade"]

[Description: Both Optimus Prime and Megatron possess the same ultra-high temperature melee cutting weapon, with cutting capabilities far exceeding Cybertron’s industrial grade cutters, carrying unimaginably high temperatures and boasting excellent hardness performance.]

[This close combat equipment, called "Leader Weapon," referenced Megatron’s Transformation Gear, Ironhide designed a small-size blade suitable for you, powered by nuclear fusion and spark energy simultaneously.]

[Using Cybertron Alloy as the framework, its surface is covered with a high-spec magnetic field barrier, bounding high-speed moving plasma on its surface. A working temperature exceeding 10,000 degrees Celsius can easily melt any metal.]

[Reward Technology Points: 600]

[Current Technology Points: 22000]

This deadly longsword with a working temperature exceeding 10,000 degrees Celsius could destroy any metal on Earth, naturally including Chroni Titanium with a melting point of no more than 4000 degrees Celsius!

This metal was once the Osborne Group’s groundbreaking military alloy invention, but now, in front of Cybertron weapons, it’s just a slightly sturdier piece of Ironhide!

Click....

Lille effortlessly sliced open the Rhino Mecha and the Death Warrior’s shell, when the King’s Blade pierced the armor, its surface data probe also tapped into the mecha, completely halting the self-destruction program and severing the human-machine connection.

Two half-dead Latovian residents were pulled out by Lille:

Because the Rhino Mecha and Death Warrior prosthetics were completely sealed, internal heat dissipation was very troublesome, relying only on liquid cooling, and the human body’s surface had to be completely covered with a layer of cooling material.

Theoretically, prolonged work time would lead to gradual necrosis of the skin, but Lille just scanned lightly to discover how they resolved this issue:

It seemed the creators of this equipment made a breakthrough in prosthetic implantation; they directly sewed this layer of composite material with the skin, equivalent to an artificial skin.

In this way, there was no need to consider skin breathability, the downside being the human body turned into a completely airtight container.

After completing all this, Lille’s body began to transform:

[New Transformer Form: Flight Posture]

[Upgrade from Cybertron Logistics Support.]

[Description: Tony Stark designed the world’s first small electric propulsion device used in conjunction with a small nuclear fusion reactor.]

[With the product of the ark reactor, fuel, and a super strong energy source, the propulsion device can provide thrust very close to, or possibly exceeding, that of chemical thrusters, and with suitable aerodynamic design, it allows the aircraft to fly supersonically.]

[However, Cybertronians have other uses for the spark and thruster, and in choices of aerodynamic design, far surpassing human bodies.]

[Ratchet: Shake and I improved your flight posture, frankly, we didn’t expect you to have this kind of energy technology.]

[Ratchet: We don’t have much research on aircraft, but we referred to Ironhide’s particle weapon, strengthening the particle control system of the thruster.]

[Ratchet: Moreover... designed a new flight posture for you.]

The thruster Tony designed for Lille actually had fixed wings, even Lille himself relied heavily on this structure:

A purely humanoid form would generate great resistance during high-speed flight, and have very poor stability, consuming a lot of energy over long distances.

An airplane having wings has a reason, but overall, it’s due to human technology not being strong enough.

As a Transformer, Lille isn’t an airplane, no need for people inside; nor is he Tony Stark, with a human body needing support beneath the iron.

After design, his body was outfitted with hundreds of micro airways and adjustable aerodynamic surfaces, with robust spark sensors rapidly collecting flight data, real-time adjustments through auxiliary computing modules, achieving dynamic control nearly impossible for human machinery.

Boom!

A deafening sonic boom echoed over the small town, as thunderous as a clap.

If the Rhino Mecha and Doomsday Warrior were terrifying Iron Knights to these common folk before, Lille just now was a god.

Christopher gazed longingly at Lille soaring into the sky, as did Andre, whom he saved.

"...God... Who is he? He saved us, even saving Shuliff trapped in the Iron Knight..."

Upon hearing this, Christopher looked towards Andre: "He is our King, the true King of Latovia."

Saying this, he walked towards the center of the shattered village, looking at the civilians just rescued, those refugees who almost met a tragic end, and those pulled out from the mecha and prosthetics, still without restored vision and in fear...

"For hundreds of years, tyrants have entrenched themselves on this land, wantonly taking our land, food, and even family. Now they even intend to extinguish our souls, continuing to shackle us with fear, with iron enslaving us—

Before, we had no choice, we couldn’t imagine a future while weary of running, but from today onward, you have a choice!"

He raised that flag, shouting aloud:

"Our true King has hoisted the flag! Will we continue fleeing, obeying, or seize weapons, under the King’s flag, slaughter tyrants and reclaim our homeland!"

"Stand up, we won’t become machines, won’t be the tyrant’s fuel; today, we unite under this flag!"