127: Chapter 47 Boxer 127: Chapter 47 Boxer Mech Armor Iron Fist, in a small number of circles, has the nickname “Mother of Boxing,” or “Mother of All Fists,” and is considered the world’s first cyber martial art.

The so-called “Mother of Boxing” is the “standard.”

The “Mother of Boxing” of a boxing technique is the essence of its core tactical thoughts.

The reason why Mech Armor Iron Fist is called “Mother of All Fists” is because it discards the standards accumulated by humans in the era of Natural Persons over thousands of years and at the same time sublimates the experience of many fighting styles, creating a set of tactical strategies that “maximize the advantages of the Prosthetic Body.”

All other cyber martial arts evolved from this concept.

Some people also call it “Martial Ancestor Fist.”

To this day, Mech Armor Iron Fist is still one of the most widely spread cyber martial arts.

Many martial arts schools that do not focus on hand-to-hand combat even use this martial art as an introductory practice to prevent disciples from learning the exquisite martial arts of their own schools during the observation period.

It is the earliest martial study and has gone through the most version changes.

Logically, ancient techniques should not be too powerful, but Mech Armor Iron Fist has gathered the Experience Accumulation of many Famous Practitioners over the centuries, which is indeed extraordinary.

The current Mech Armor Iron Fist has a significant deviation from the version in Xiang Shan’s memory.

And that blockchain that Xiang Shan remembered was the original version, and then many famous masters of Mech Armor Iron Fist packed their own Experience Accumulation into blocks and integrated them into this blockchain.

However, this era no longer has a unified operating system.

The government only promotes various protocols, allowing a unified network to exist.

Among those who package blocks of Mech Armor Iron Fist, there are also many Heroes with profound Inner Strength who have their own understanding of systems and algorithms.

This has led to that ancient blockchain in Xiang Shan’s memory being filled with all kinds of forks.

And this brings up another problem.

To resolve forks, traditional blockchains default to “the longest chain is true,” calling on all computers’ computational resources to converge on that fork.

Hence, the blockchain can serve as a public ledger guaranteed by “mathematical rules,” but it still can’t be considered a perfect ledger—the very issue of “forking” is quite troublesome.

And that martial studies blockchain in Xiang Shan’s memory cannot use this method to solve forks.

Because the data packaged on short forks is still data.

So, the entire blockchain is in a state of forking over and over, yet it’s difficult to discard certain data.

What if that data is proven to be meaningful later on?

Now, the ancient blockchain of Mech Armor Iron Fist resembles the evolutionary tree of Earth’s creatures, with numerous forks, each of varying lengths.

Some forks were quickly eliminated through competition, while others have been infinitely extended to the present.

And within many forks, later generations have added ways to access other forks that have close/complementary/opposing philosophies to these forks.

The entire blockchain has become as intricate as a labyrinth.

But what’s even more terrifying is…

This is not even the most terrifying “labyrinth.”

The ancient block of “Rebel Color Visualization Skill,” the oldest Inner Strength technique, has a complexity far surpassing that of the Mech Armor Iron Fist block.

The subtlety of Inner Strength’s application can, in some sense, be said to “exist within the heart.” Humanity’s level of mathematics and linguistics is still limited, and most people don’t know “why my code can run,” they just know “if I write it this way, it can run.”

Therefore, among practitioners of the same Inner Strength Cultivation, differences in understanding can be as vast as heaven and earth.

Those oldest blockchains, if said to be useless, are not entirely so.

At least they record the history of the origins of these martial arts.

For many who have succeeded in their cultivation, they can study the past through these ancient blockchains and reflect upon themselves.

And for the unknowing beginners, at least they can learn an old version of Martial Arts, which is better than having none.

And that mysterious expert who provided Xiang Shan with the address has accessed an entirely new blockchain.

Those three blockchains are compiled by supreme masters who summarized the massive accumulation of three martial studies from a high vantage point, deducing them to a relatively new version and then establishing a new, independent blockchain.

Of course, the same contents were also integrated into the existing blockchain, becoming one of the many forks.

Some Famous Practitioners, when adding data to the old blockchains, also package it into this new blockchain for ease of reading.

This is like an “encyclopedia” versus a “selected edition.”

If time were to be pushed further, this new blockchain would also eventually experience massive forking.

Of course, there is no need to worry about this problem in the short term.

Xiang Shan, in meditation, allowed his spirit to roam on that ancient blockchain.

He could feel the accumulation of Heroes over the centuries.

Xiang Shan couldn’t help but compare his experience with Old Hammer’s martial arts knowledge to the data recorded in these blockchains.

The version of Mech Armor Iron Fist that Old Hammer learned was slightly behind the new blockchain’s first version provided by the mysterious hero, albeit specialized in “single combat” and “multiple against one combat.”

Compared to the massive data in the old blockchain, Old Hammer’s Experience Accumulation is like a “scoop in the three thousand weak waters,” hardly noticeable.

However, Xiang Shan had to admit that Old Hammer did have his own insights.

“Not just a common soldier, I guess,” Xiang Shan muttered to himself.

“In a normal era…

he might have been a good athlete.”

Xiang Shan casually packaged Old Hammer’s Martial Arts Algorithm and Experience Accumulation into blocks and merged them into that ancient database.

In the following time, the Martial Ancestor indulged in browsing those blockchains.

Ancient and modern, various offshoots derived throughout history…

Xiang Shan truly felt he was undeniably making progress.

This was not “recollecting” but “learning.”

Even for the “Ancestor of Martial Arts” before the long slumber, this knowledge was new, a “novelty” never seen before.

Xiang Shan had always liked novelties.

By the time Huang Ouguang reminded him, it was already the next day.

Xiang Shan looked at Cui Hai, “How are you feeling now?”

Cui Hai shook his head, “Still not great.”

Yet, Cui Hai wanted to search the network for traces of other Redstone Gate members.

However, in the old contact methods of Redstone Gate, Deborah controlled a good portion of them.

And some small channels started by close martial brothers seemed to have no response at the moment.

But now, with his Inner Strength not yet recovered, he dared not go on the public network to gather clues, fearing the attention of powerful government Inner Strength Practitioners.

He could only wait for his Inner Strength to recover a bit more.

Xiang Shan nodded, “Then keep up the good work.”

Having said that, he walked down the stairs.

………………………

The roads of Pine Eagle City were not actually formed spontaneously.

In fact, it’s hard to imagine why this theoretically government-less area would have “urban planning.”

In reality, many years ago when Mr.

Amilcare Zhao decided to use roads and cannons to paint abstract designs on the ground, he was “trading” with the residents above ground.

He provided residents with decent performance Prosthetic Bodies, then had them move away from his roads.

The public reason, of course, was “to strengthen the management of defense forces” and “to facilitate residents’ access to social welfare.”

Of course, the prices Old Master Zhao offered were fair, with no deception to young or old.

The vast majority of people didn’t even imagine that moving house could net them compensation in high-performance Prosthetic Bodies.

Sure enough, there were also relatively shrewd characters who thought they could hike up their price.

These people quickly became embroiled in gang fights.

After a beating, they quickly realized the vital life lesson that “one cannot do without a Protector,” and then accepted Amilcare’s original compensation to move.

Afterward, the sixteen crisscrossed roads were bluntly named from “First Avenue” to “Sixteenth Avenue.”

The intersection of Fourteenth Avenue and Fifth Avenue is the Martial Arts Sanctuary of Pine Eagle City, where numerous Martial Arts Schools are located.

And among the many schools, “Iron Block Style Dojo” is one of the most conspicuous ones.

Iron Block Style Dojo does not have any secret Martial Arts techniques; its core is Mech Armor Iron Fist, supplemented by several Firearms, cutting tools, and other Martial Studies to form a well-rounded Martial Art.

“Iron Block” is the core philosophy of this style.

Attack hard, defend hard—unsettle your opponent at their weakest point with your hardest blow.

That’s all there is to it.

Hiroshi Matsushima, the Instructor at Pine Eagle City’s Iron Block Style Dojo, happens to be the most popular Teacher in the dojo.

Hiroshi Matsushima is a veteran.

Aside from the current Dojo Master, it seems no one remembers exactly when he arrived in the city.

No, maybe even the Dojo Master doesn’t know.

Teaching the novices is Hiroshi Matsushima’s favorite pastime, with at least sixty percent of the dojo’s Disciples having attended his classes.

Among his many Disciples, there are also quite a few athletes.

Of course, not every Disciple of the Martial Arts School can become an athlete.

These Disciples rely on the martial arts taught by the school to protect themselves.

The school relies on these Disciples for resources.

Sometimes, when collective disputes arise in the city, these Martial Arts School Disciples can also band together to fight—asserting a dependent relationship with their teaching Instructor, which is also within the limits allowed by the Dyson principles.

Leaving aside the Lords like Protectors and Scientific Knights, Hiroshi Matsushima could be considered one of the best-off people in Pine Eagle City.

His private residence is in the middle of Fourteenth Avenue.

It’s a detached house with metal walls, quite sturdy.

Since many Cybernetically Enhanced People need to charge during the day, Hiroshi Matsushima holds classes at night.

On this day, he had just finished a day’s teaching and returned home.

But he frowned.

For some reason, the lights didn’t turn on automatically.

Then, the door behind him suddenly closed.