Abnormal crossing

Chapter 29: Second-hand armor?

Brain-computer link?

Physical buttons and a joystick?

After listening to Milo's introduction, Gu Wei blinked and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

Good guy.
He thought that the mechas of this era were the same as those in the movie "Pacific Rim", 100% relying on thoughts or brain control.

Unexpectedly, in addition to neural connection, there is also a primitive button control mode?
Perhaps seeing Gu Wei's confusion, Milo explained: "Gu Wei, first of all, you have to understand that remote control and neural connection are actually two different concepts."

"Remote control, in layman's terms, is to project images from afar in front of you, while neural connection requires higher technology capabilities - the former is data, and the latter is consciousness."

"When mechas first came out, neural connections had not yet matured - the limit of consciousness transmission at the time was virtual reality games, which were small head-mounted devices such as game cabins or helmets that needed to be used in a static environment."

"So the initial mechas were mainly controlled by the pilot through the equipment on the control console. At that time, in addition to auxiliary intelligence, there was usually a think tank of hundreds of people in the rear to help with analysis or decision-making."

"So there were only two types of mechas when they first appeared: remote-controlled ones and manned ones."

"It was not until later that related technologies were broken through, and a new mode of neural control was born for mechas."

Gu Wei understood.

That's it
To put it simply, there is a game enthusiast who has both a PC and a PS5, but at the beginning, his favorite games only support keyboards.

Later, the game manufacturer updated the version to allow controller connection, so game enthusiasts can use both PC + controller and PS5 + keyboard.

PC=Manned Mecha
PS5 = Remote Control
Keyboard = Traditional console

Handle = neural connection.

Although PS5 (remote control) and PC (manned mecha) are different, there is actually no decisive difference when there are enough player samples - it doesn't mean that you, a horse who was killed by Tiger Vanguard with two swords in the first round, can defeat the Nine Forbidden Monkey King without any damage by switching from PC to PS5.

But the keyboard (traditional operating console) and handle (neural connection) are different.

Some people can perform very good operations with a handle, but once they switch to a keyboard they instantly become extremely bad, and the number of such people is not small.

In other words.

Some people trust their brains, some people trust their hands more.

Besides.

At first, Gu Wei was still wondering how the reaction speed of his hands could compare to that of his brain, but as Milo explained, he figured it out himself:

With the scientific and technological means of Xinghai Civilization, it should not be difficult to shorten the human body's reaction speed to certain limits - even if one's blood is almost sprayed out, one can be rescued in minutes. In order to avoid discomfort, Jin is not using the most efficient method.
Of course, understanding is one thing, but Gu Wei really doesn’t understand which model is suitable for him.

So he touched his chin and decided to seek Milo's help: "Captain, I don't even know a little about mechas. How about you give me some advice?"

"My suggestion?" Milo thought for a few seconds: "Entry-level mechas are basically manned, so there is not much to choose from in terms of type."

"As for the mode, Gu Wei, how is your typing speed? - I mean the typing speed in your civilized circle."

"Hand speed?" Gu Wei was stunned. After coming to his senses, he puffed out his chest with great pride: "Let me put it this way, Captain. On Earth, I have a hobby of writing novels. It's amazing for ordinary writers to update 10,000 words, but my nickname in the circle is 30,000 words a day!"

"Your hand speed is so fast?" Milo raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Then let's choose the manual mode mecha. The reaction speed can be improved later. It just so happens that the manual mode is cheaper. What do you say?" Alelie, who was floating on the side, turned around and said: "Come with me."

Seeing this, Milo explained something to Jin and Kai, then signaled Gu Wei to follow.

Under the guidance of Alelie.

The two of them and Ban quickly passed through the exhibition hall, turned several corners, and passed through a small door that seemed to be made of some kind of ripples, and finally arrived at a place similar to a warehouse.

Compared to the grand and elegant exterior of the exhibition hall, this warehouse looks much more shabby:

The metal walls didn't look very shiny, and although there was no dust or rust, it was obvious at a glance that they were lacking in maintenance. The cold light from the top only covered a little more than half of the area.

The warehouse was filled with all kinds of dilapidated equipment. The huge robotic arm hung limply to the side, and the scrapped energy cores were scattered in the corners. The indicator lights on the surface had long been turned off, leaving only a dead silence. Several terminals lay on the ground in a mess, and the cracks on the screens were like their last sighs.

Gu Wei even saw a crooked small spaceship, its hull full of scratches and dents, and its control room in tatters. Only the complex and sophisticated circuits still proved its former advancement.

Ah Lielie led Gu Wei and Mi Luo through the debris and old items and came to a place at the back of the warehouse: "Look, the manual models are almost all here."

As he spoke, the upper left corner of the metal plate tilted forward.

Gu Wei looked over there, and saw five or six mechas over ten meters tall stored there—the reason they were called "stored" instead of standing was because their postures were too weird:
There are leaning against the wall,

Some people kneel on the ground and lean back as if doing yoga.

There are people who do headstands,

There were those who were curled up on the ground like Yamcha,

Gu Wei even saw a mecha hanging in the air with a metal rope around its neck. This style of painting plus a weird background music can be the finale of the haunted house.
Is this a market or an execution ground?

Gu Wei was a little confused, but Milo on the other side had already walked to the nearest mecha and touched it twice: "Boards, are they all second-hand?"

"Yes, you know, I usually don't do business with entry-level mechas," Ah Lie said with a twinkle in his eye. "The profit margin of entry-level mechas is too low. They are basically second-hand goods."

Milo nodded. Ah Lile, what he said was indeed true.

Then Alelie paused and added: "But don't worry, although my cooking skills are not as good as that pervert on your ship, they are not bad anyway."

"I guarantee that these mechas can be used normally when you take them out, and they can also be connected to the Robot King smoothly. Don't newbies have to scan the models into the Robot King to get started?"

"That's right," Milo knocked on the metal shell of the mecha a few more times, looking dissatisfied:
"But Gu Wei just joined my ship, so it's a bit unreasonable to buy him a second-hand product. Do you have any unactivated products? It's okay if the model is a little older."

"It has never been activated." The flashing frequency of the light on the Alelie board obviously slowed down a bit. "There is indeed one, but the situation is a bit special."

"Oh?" Milo and Gu Wei looked at each other: "What do you mean?"

Ah Lielie was silent for a while. "Do you remember that a long time ago, there was a mecha school that studied mapping matrices and soul collision?"

"Mapping matrix?" Milo was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly raised his voice:
"Are you talking about that weird school of mecha souls that claims that consciousness connection doesn't count as connection and that only soul fusion is the kingly way of mecha???"

(End of this chapter)