Chapter 728: Detecting a Large Human Force

First Defense Zone, Main Trunk Tower.

Data streams flowed across the surface of the central cube, silently converging and dispersing.

Around the cube, dozens of Cyberk stood silently, their foreheads engraved with serial numbers starting with "S," their electronic eyes flickering with rhythmic, eerie light.

The Sage's voice resonated in the minds of these Cyberk.

"Based on data analysis of 173 effective reconnaissance unit skirmishes over two years.

1. Human basic units:

Combat will is driven by individual consciousness; individual differences are significant.

Average reaction time to ambushes: 1.5-2.5 seconds.

Self-destruction rate (including detonating explosives): Conventional units 77.3%, special variant units 98.1%. Tactical coordination: Moderate (dependent on Command Node).

2. Super Soldier variant units:

Threat level: High.

Strength, speed, and defense far exceed the baseline.

Combat mode: Strong melee inclination, high coordination.

Self-destruction rate: No reference available.

3. Special variant units: Highly disciplined, emotional fluctuations near zero.

Physiological structure shows traces of modification/control.

Self-destruction tendency extremely high.

Tactical execution stable.

4. General human tactics: Dependent on communication coordination (vulnerable to disruption/interference).

Inclined to utilize cover and terrain.

Poor adaptability to ambushes.

Lack of effective countermeasures against aerial/three-dimensional strikes (observed significant shock effect from flying units).

5. Weapon efficacy update: Standard laser weapon efficiency against Energy Shield is reduced (requires increased power or use of special ammunition).

Kinetic bolter weapons and Melta Weapon pose significant threats to armored units.

Destructive power of melee equipment like Chain Saw requires attention."

A brief pause, the data stream accelerated slightly.

Conclusion: Human reconnaissance behavior patterns have been fundamentally parsed.

Action directive: All frontline units: Apply updated tactical models, increase ambush efficiency, maximize utilization of human behavioral weaknesses (such as luring them into enclosed environments, targeting their communication reliance, and exploiting their disadvantage against aerial threats). Continue collecting data on new unit models and tactical changes.

Execute."

"Execute!"

Dozens of Cyberk nodded simultaneously, their movements uniform and synchronized, blue light flickering in their eyes.

First Defense Zone, Border Warning Post.

A Reconnaissance Type Cyberk soldier, serial number DT681, had its Sensor Array scanning the vast wilderness in the distance marked as "Human Activity Zone."

The images received by its electronic eyes were divided into countless information windows: thermal imaging, terrain mapping, energy fluctuation detection, atmospheric disturbance analysis... Data streams flowed silently and were compared within its visual processor.

Just moments ago, the Sage's latest analysis directive regarding human behavioral patterns had been synchronized to its Core Processor.

Suddenly, DT681's sensor core emitted an extremely faint hum, perceptible only to its internal circuits.

An information window highlighted in red at the center of its visual interface.

"Warning: Abnormal energy reading surge. Coordinates: SG-9, azimuth 045, distance 85.3 kilometers."

Almost at the same moment, at another observation point approximately 7 kilometers away from DT681.

DR361 sent a communication handshake to DT681.

DT681 completed the information handshake instantly, and a cold, emotionless, electronically synthesized voice sounded within DT681's internal communication circuit.

DR361: "DT681, detected SG-9 anomaly. Confirm?"

DT681: "Confirmed. Coordinate lock: SG-9, 045 azimuth. Reading: Accompanied by large-scale high-heat source movement, characteristics match: Human armored vehicle cluster."

DT681's pupils adjusted focus rapidly, piercing through the thin atmospheric dust to clearly capture, magnify, and transmit the distant scene.

Several massive silhouettes were emerging from the depths of human territory; beneath the vast shadows of these outlines were armored units like those of the Humans.

DR361: "Data synchronization.

Detected surge in high-frequency encrypted communication bands.

Characteristics: Non-standard human military channel.

Intensity: Extremely high.

Range: Covering SG-9 to SD-3."

DT681: "Received.

Synchronized data: Ground vibration sensing abnormal.

Pattern: Large-scale armored cluster movement.

Path: Pointing toward our frontline salient, SC61 Fortress.

Determination: Human side preparing for large-scale, organized military assembly and maneuver in the SG-9 Region."

DT681's Core Processor operated at high speed, cross-referencing data from its own sensors, DR361, and the "Human Tactical Model" just issued by the Sage.

A conclusion was generated rapidly:

"Threat level: Severe.

Behavioral pattern: Precursor to large-scale offensive."

DT681 packaged all detected data, along with its preliminary threat assessment based on the Sage's model, into a Highest Priority tactical alert and uploaded it to the Consciousness Network.

The Human troops at the border of the First Defense Zone.

Saide, a Tailin Family Knight Commander draped in a deep red, gold-trimmed commander's tabard and wearing shining medals on his chest, was advancing while piloting a Knight named "Oath".

He spoke in a booming voice through the communication device built into his helmet.

"Knights of Tailin! The moment of glory is about to arrive!"

"We are favored by the Emperor, gathered here on this sacred territory! Two years of dormancy, sharpening our blades, all for this moment!"

"The emblem of the Tailin Family carries the thousand-year oath of our clan! Today, we shall fulfill our supreme Loyalty to the Emperor with Steel and fire!"

"The Alien, having desecrated the Emperor's domain, their Giant Mech is proof of their arrogance! In this battle, we Tailin Knights, under the Emperor's command, shall be the vanguard for the entire army! Target—the Alien's Giant Mech! Crush them! Grind them to dust! Let their lowly metal wreckage pave our path to victory!"

"Knights! Merge your souls with your mounts! What we carry is not just weapons, but the will of the Emperor and the hope of Humanity!"

"In this battle, there is only victory! Or, a glorious sacrifice! For the Emperor! For the eternal glory of Tailin!!"

"For the Emperor! For the eternal glory of Tailin!"

A deafening roar of response erupted instantly within the communication channel.

The Knight pilots, while in a state of neural connection, also let out roars through the internal communication.

That voice was filled with fanatical Loyalty.

Jialun stroked the Imperial Double-headed Eagle Emblem on his clothing and swore an oath to Saide in a low voice over the communication device.

"Commander, 'Star Spear' and I are ready. My life, my mount, are all the Emperor's sword! This battle shall surely see the core of an Alien Titan sacrificed to the Emperor!"

The earth was shaking.

The tremors caused by the synchronized stomping of heavy metal giant feet made the wasteland ground, covered in gravel and dust, shake violently with every landing.