Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 588 Confidence
In a snow-covered landscape, two mechs were engaged in a fierce battle. No, to be precise, one black and yellow mech was relentlessly attacking another red and white mech. The former grew stronger with each battle, while the latter could only parry.

However, the former seemed more tense, immediately disengaging at the slightest inconsistency in movement and coordinating with other mid- to long-range suppression methods. After all, in close combat, most long-range suppression becomes ineffective with the restriction of long-range weapon systems, making this the best approach.

The reason for the tension is nothing more than that, because although the latter was suppressed, he was extremely fierce when he fought!
Alexander piloted his mech, his mind heavy. Since his trip to that underwater space with Logandao, he had learned a great deal and begun to understand... why he had so inexplicably crushed his opponent after his victory.

The tribunal, capable of ensuring the Allied Powers and the United States abide by the treaty and allocate territory through mech duels, would naturally be able to ensure the Mech Dragon adheres to such rules. Therefore, Alexander's repeated escape from punishment stems from the fact that those he tramples to death are those the tribunal requires him to kill.

Regardless of whether it's due to genetic mutation that freed them from the constraints of cognitive interference... any mechanical dragon suspected of having this risks of death. Accidents during training, during combat, or even the aftermath of defeat could all lead to their demise.

Although... many of the dead mechanical dragons may have been executioners of another death sentence not long ago.

Now that Alexander is free from cognitive interference, he naturally won't kill his opponent for no reason... Before he started the battle, Alexei even gave him some instructions.

"What the hell is there to instruct him on? If it weren't for my superior skills, I would have been killed by this madman by now," Alexander cursed. "I wouldn't be surprised if he suddenly self-destructed."

Alexander pulled the control stick, dodging a sneak attack. It was a mech's fist, which, after being swung to its maximum extent, detached from the mech and hurtled towards Alexander's cockpit like a missile. Fortunately, Alexander was no stranger to this kind of attack. Although he had a rough style, he was anything but rough when piloting a mech. He pulled the control stick and dodged the attack precisely.

"Your last chance is gone." Alexander sneered, raising his already prepared left hand to block the other's movement to get up, and then unleashing a powerful right punch.

With a deafening roar, the United States' red and white mech was blasted backward. Had Alexei not given him the mission beforehand, Alexander's punch would have been aimed at the cockpit.

The next moment, Alexander pushed off the ground and charged forward, seemingly about to grab the enemy aircraft still in mid-air. Then, Alexander's mech reversed its exhaust and came to an abrupt stop. In contrast, the United States' red and white mech exploded in mid-air.

Alexander didn't even make contact with the opponent's machine!

Alexander's voice rang out from inside the mech: "Request a judgment."

This time, there were no aircraft. A flag was raised from the direction of the United States, signifying their surrender. Alexander shrugged and piloted his mech towards the Allied forces.

As Alexander stepped out of the mech, he was greeted with a thumbs-up from Roger Dow: "The action is impeccable, the details are top-notch."

Alexander chuckled and waved his hand: "But it still looks like there's room for improvement."

Luo Gandao shook his head: "The opponent is too insane. You were somewhat wary, but he wasn't... He's just a manipulated puppet, a puppet that could be destroyed at any moment." The format of mech battles has become very strange because the referee committee is severely weakened and can no longer control the entire world. Therefore, in order to present a normal situation to a global audience, these competitions need to be processed live using intelligent methods at the broadcasting end. Of course, the Allied leaders and the referee committee are already tacitly aware of this.

That is... the Allied Powers have essentially broken free from the constraints of the peace treaty, and the current mech battles are nothing more than an attempt to gain more benefits during the transition phase.

After all, this is the competition format you acknowledged, so why shouldn't I try to get as much as possible?
Luo Gandao sighed: "Those guys are crazy, but some of our superiors are also a bit out of their minds."

Alexander's expression changed, then he laughed and said, "Forget it, our world... has never really been normal."

“That’s true… Even if the referee committee’s global control remains unchanged, once they’re free from cognitive interference, they won’t find his seemingly perfect competition system reasonable, right?” Luo Gandao muttered. “Anyone who thinks the current competition system is strange just means the brainwashing effect hasn’t ended yet.”

Two weeks ago, the Central Federal District base deployed over a hundred mechs... their mission was to capture traitors within the Federal Government. Faced with heavily armed military mechs, those high-ranking officials had no chance of resistance.

They are insiders within the Alliance, and even without cognitive interference, they are accomplices of the Trial Committee. Just as Chu Xuan did back then, by using the consciousness backups in the deep network, it's possible to trace back who else is a lackey of the Trial Committee. With this information in hand, the Central Base doesn't need to investigate anything further; they just need to arrest them.

If they resist... just kill them on the spot.

A few unlucky guys were unaware that their backup consciousness had been destroyed and still believed it was just a rebellion... Then, after they did some extreme things to resist arrest, the weapons equipped on the mechs blasted them and the building into dust.

Having purged the internal traitors, the central base commanding the Mech Dragons became the de facto decision-makers. Their current decision was to maintain overall restraint and continue participating in the mech duels as usual.

Although Logan didn't understand how the Central Continent Team had fabricated an alien invasion story, after being pulled into several meetings, he was horrified to discover that... the story was self-consistent. Even though much of the evidence wasn't true, the conclusions drawn still led to a possible alien invasion.

Is this the legendary case of a completely wrong process but a completely right result? Luo Gandao couldn't help but wonder.

Clearly, if we don't take this roundabout approach, Earthlings still won't have the courage to confront the Celestials... But if a force gains an advantage, even if it's a false one, they'll have some confidence when they actually face the Celestials.

What the Zhongzhou team needs is this kind of confidence.

(End of this chapter)