Chapter 10
The Thick Nerve
“Master, the First Academy didn’t know that it’s you test data.” Steward Ken didn’t know about this thing very clearly, he just thought subconsciously that his master had some moves on his own data, but he was unable to guess what his master’s intention was, could it be said that his master had some dissatisfactions for the matter, which the delegation of the First Military Academy would come to visit the Pear Garden university, he thought that would disturb his peaceful and quiet life?
“Maybe there are some problems in the samplings.” Charlie Tai of course wouldn’t admit his childish act to his subordinate servant frankly, he lowered his head to look at the analysis report about Sheilor’s test data, just took it as a kind of relaxation under the heavy pressure of everyday.
The more he read, the more he felt strange, of course the experts of the First Military Academy wouldn’t have the misjudgment, those thickly dotted data were really somewhat strange, it corresponded with the intuition which he had at that night. In Sheilor’s test data, got rid of the input speed of the effective instruction for the redundant data, the average was about one hundred, the peak was one twenty something. That was, in every standard time slot, Sheilor at most could input one hundred something effective instructions to the mecha, even these effective instructions were all the correct solutions, but this kind of low speed, still couldn’t last eleven point seven seconds in the level VI test, at most seven seconds it would be fail.
The data marked on the paper really had some problems. Charlie Tai looked through it curiously, his input speed of the commands approximately over four times of the other party’s, the other party really was a beginner. With the analysis of the First Military Academy to say, with this kind of input speed, if wanted to finish those dodge and attack actions of the mecha, unless the nerve reaction speed of the experimenter was high to be inconceivable. 0.0012? Looked at this calculated number, Charlie also couldn’t help to have the doubt on the reliability of Sheilor’s experimental data.
The most important thing of operating the mecha was the reaction speed of the operator. The detection equipments of the mecha itself would check the landform and the environment, find out the hostile target or the barrier, then showed them on all kinds of display equipments which the operator could observe with the naked eye. Those light icons or data, read by people with the naked eye, entered into the brain to have the analysis, then gave the commands by the brain, arrived to the hands through the verve tracts, then input the operation commands on the touch screen, the mecha would make the corresponding actions according to the commands, this was a whole set of process. Nobody could leave out therein every single detail.
After taking the exercise, the reaction speed of the human body would likely become much faster than the ordinary people, such as those first-tier special mecha warriors of the federation or the empire, but subject to the physiological basis after all, it’s impossible to be as fast as so incredible, this kind of reaction almost equaled to zero… And yet from the data analysis and every step of the mecha operation to see, the only step could reduce the reaction time, just lied in that section of time from the brain gave the commands to the hands input the commands.
The science had already proved long ago, the process and reaction speed the human brain nerve approximately would be three hundred meters per second, the response speed would be about one-twenty-sixth second, the transmit speed of the information in the fasciculation nerve would be one hundred twenty meters per second. But backward induction from Sheilor’s experimental data, the came out reaction speed of the nerve or the transmit speed in the nerve tract, would be far surpass this numerical value in fact!
No wonder the experts in the laboratory of the First Military Academy would consider that there were some problems with this data, if the information could transfer in the human body so fast to such degree, that only could explain… That person was not a human.
Charlie Tai shook his head, put the data aside, since the data had some problems, he would also don’t have any interest to care for that idiot anymore. He also didn’t worry about whether he was the ace of some kind of force, disguised as a beginner to get close to him, because the disguiser would only pretend to bring down the reaction speed a bit, rather than creating such ridiculous nerve reaction speed out of nothing.
“Oh, right. Uncle Ken, tonight… Prepare a pot of coffee.” Charlie
Tai thought of one very important thing suddenly, frowned his eyebrows and said, “Two cups.”
Sheilor really possessed the nerve much thicker than the average person. If changed for somebody else, when he was still an early youth, knew that his boss was the fugitive of the army, might had already gotten away from the operating room or the repair shop long ago, and then would be all of a tremble to report to the government, but Sheilor didn’t. if changed for somebody else, if caught by the special soldiers of the army, and several pitch-black muzzles pointed at him, might be frightened to urinate the pants, told the trace all about uncle conscientiously, but Sheilor didn’t. If changed for somebody else… When found out that the covered the whole federation the splendor of the First Charter couldn’t shine on himself, when he found out that he could implant the new chip on the nape by himself, might be frightened to be an idiocy, but Sheilor… Still didn’t.
Probably that was because he had already seen too many strange and curious things in his this short eighteen years life, so when he found out that the magical power in his body seemed to be even more magical than what he imaged, he didn’t have a bit panic and uncomfortable. Instead, he felt the faint excitement and desire, not the desire for the power, but the desire for the unknown.
He just understood all of this, accepted all of this, and faced all of this bravely. And he also faced it so optimistic, even he himself still was a fugitive identity not allowed by the society at present, but he still worked studied and lived happily and healthily in the Pear Garden university. Now, he had a friend, had a female friend, also had a every night never met but accompanied learning partner, and also he had the thing which he had the most interest in and was willing to pay the sweat and time.
Of course, this kind of thick nerve just described Shelor’s character, didn’t have any relation with the conclusion of which the First Military Academy had after they analyzed the data. Sheilor didn’t know that somebody had already studied his nerve in this world, and considered those data very ridiculous. If it was him who went to check those data, actually he could easily reach the conclusion most corresponding with the physical truth.
--Nobody in this world could have the speed of the nerve reaction and transfer that fast, Sheilor couldn’t, Fengyu also couldn’t. The reason why his that so poor low APM(hand speed) could reach the effect of beyond the speed in the detection, all because when those light lines and color patches on the light screen entered his eyes, after been calculated by the brain, not through the nerve tract of the marrow pillar and those nerve cells to transfer to the hands. The reaction after the brain made the calculation, should move ahead along that share of magical tremble in the body and the channel of the heat current. If the nerve tract in the body was that broadest twelve lanes high speed high path on the suburb of the Capital District, that path which surely couldn’t be found in Sheilor’s body in anatomy, would be like the established access of the space navigation between the galaxies, no boundary, only direction; no speed limit, only spacious…
In the several nights of study and test after that, Sheilor also gradually experienced the wonderful place of this kind of singular control mode, indulged himself in and hard to extricate himself. And the time he could insist in the level VI, also was getting longer and longer, from eleven point eight seconds to seventeen seconds.
In addition to fight with the prototype mecha constantly, in these several days Sheilor also had one thing to let him to pay attention to, he found out that the student next door seemed to also have the problem of insomnia same as he did.
Although so far they hadn’t met each other yet, but these two people seemed to exchange something through the corridor and through those night snacks.
Sheilor had the food portions prepared very sufficient afterwards, such as green onion pie, such as roasted sweet potato. These kinds of natural food were hard to find, and the price was also not cheap. But Sheilor would have the extra meal every night in these few months, he had the interest and was familiar with the thing on looking for night snacks, he didn’t have them the same even for one night.
He brought the roasted mutton chops over tonight, of course it’s the synthetic mutton. He looked at that pot of coffee and the small plate of the poor less cakes in the lounge, couldn’t help to have a laugh, thought in his mind that the man said that he was cheapskate, actually he was the real severe cheapskate indeed, how could so little cakes be enough to eat? Actually he found out the strange of those roe cakes afterwards, and also knew the preciousness of this kind of cake, but he still didn’t like it.
Sheilor poured himself a cup of coffee very naturally, and then humming the theme song of that long life TV drama of the channel 23, shook his body and walked into his own room. He and that he didn’t know the name Charlie Tai seemed to have a tacit understanding, the two men would all turn to the right after enter into the H1 area, wouldn’t turn to the left, so they would never bother each other.
Sheilor had already been accustomed to this kind of night, he sat in the M series prototype, began to concentrate to proceed the practice. Just occasionally in the time between the practices, he would lift his feet to put them on the alloy frame of the cabin door, while he was sipping the hot coffee, he would look at the high ceiling to think about something. Such as he was thinking at this time today, if he could find a simulation system in good condition, connected those sensors directly to the surface of the body skin, whether that would let the mecha to be operated much quicker? Although this was just a thought, that kind of judged for no future system had already been eliminated decades ago, Sheilor’s luck was not that bad, he saw it once in the garbage cabin of the Antique Bell. but where to find that in this university?
An arose suddenly voice in the cabin woke Sheilor up from the thinking, the cup of coffee in his hand nearly was thrown to the ground a few meters away.
“Is the coffee good?” A without too many emotion voice came from the speaker of the operating cabin.
Sheilor stared blackly for a long time and then came back to himself, he had already stayed in here for many nights, didn’t see other people than himself, didn’t hear any other sound. He took a look at the prompt on the light screen, confirmed that it was the internal communication, then he guessed who that voice might be right away, he lifted the coffee cup to the speaker subconsciously, said with a smile, “The green onion pie delicious? I didn’t see you left anything for me yesterday.”
The voice on the other side paused for a moment, seemed to somewhat not used to this kind of conversation, said quietly after a long time, “Whether it would be too boring just practice by yourself? Want to try to play it online?”
Sheilor stared blankly for a moment, scratched on his sweat-wet hair. He never saw that man in the other room, of course would have some curiousness, although for keeping his own secret, he never tried to open that door initiatively, but in these many days coffee and snacks, let him to feel that he seemed to be not strange to the other party. The more important thing was, these days’ practice let him to find out that he seemed to have the interest in the operating mecha more and more, and he also felt that his level was rising a bit fast, just lacked a kind of real comparison, so he was not so clear what his level exactly was.
“Looking for abused? Then come on.” Sheilor put down the coffee cup by the side, clenched his fist a bit.
The voice on the other side paused for a moment again, seemed to never thought of that Sheilor would say such absurd words, there was some extra seriousness in the voice, “Dare to talk to me like this, there are not that many.”