Chapter 469 Mecha Upgrade Plan
[Successful Devouring, Mechanical Source Points +1100, Devouring Proficiency +230]
Crash!
At the Oahu airport under the night sky, a large wide-body passenger plane turned to ashes along with its broken wing, and all the remaining organic matter on it, including human corpses, fell to the ground with a clatter. The noise startled many zombies nearby. At this moment, they twisted their rusty joints, making creepy creaking sounds and moved quickly in the darkness, making bursts of hoarse roars. However, after getting close to the source of the sound, they lost their target again, and their pairs of green and rotten eyes could only look around.
Lin Xian was standing on a drone, quietly hovering in the air. He was looking at the light screen in front of him with an excited look.
"This is the first time it's devoured a passenger plane. Although the fuselage is damaged, the engine and avionics systems are still intact. It actually converted over a thousand mechanical source points..."
[Current Mechanical Heart Level LV.6 (40900/50000)]
【Mechanical Awakening】: Mechanical Lord
Mechanical phagocytosis: 6 (3130/5000) Increases phagocytosis efficiency
Mechanical Manufacturing: 6 (1560/5000) Improves construction efficiency
Looking at the panel of the Mechanical Heart, Lin Xian took a deep breath. "A quick search tonight should be enough. At worst, I can take a day off tomorrow..."
It was a rare opportunity without the shadow of impending crisis hanging over his head. Lin Xian was definitely prepared to seize this opportunity. The [Energy Leap] obtained after this amplification and the legendary skill [Supercritical Diffraction Sword] obtained by devouring the Fearless level played a big role on Haiyan Island. When the human situation became more and more critical, it was definitely a rational choice to immerse himself in exploring the potential of his own mechanical abilities.
Lin Xian made up his mind and started to devour the other two narrow-body passenger planes and the transport ship, not even letting go of the crashed aircraft.
Because in addition to devouring the mechanical source points, he also needs to collect more high-level materials for the development of the construction sequence in the Black Star Forge.
Currently, Lin Xian will start all six construction sequences unless he encounters a crisis situation or is in combat. Now there is still a big gap in what he wants to build. He needs more functional drones to help him build, repair, transport and maintain. Lin Xian is also preparing a mecha army.
This army is not just equipped with attack drones for swarm attacks, but real combat mechas like Qianxu Xun. Lin Xian has currently built four "Steel Bone" series mechas for Luo Yang to experiment with, and the results are quite good.
This time, he unexpectedly obtained a military train of the 974th Defense Regiment of the Federal Interstellar Army, and the mecha battle group on it gave Lin Xian a new idea.
In the past, the core of human interstellar military combat mechas was humans, and the exoskeletons and mechas were all devices that served humans. Apart from service robots, only drones had the ability to carry out swarm attacks.
However, there is a very critical problem with current human technology, that is, the attack power of drones, including the Thunder Falcon 2000, is slightly weak in front of large-scale strange bodies. Although swarming will increase the benefits, the strange bodies that have evolved in the darkness now have biological force fields and energy attack methods. Combined with the ability to suppress information brought by the invasion of darkness, it is difficult for this attack drone designed before the Apocalypse Day to have a very high upper limit.
Now half of Lin Xian's drones were made by him, and the other half were "captured" from Qin Feng in Dawn City. Although they did play a lot of roles along the way, they did not meet Lin Xian's requirements of being able to directly disintegrate and destroy the strange body with thousands of troops.
So he planned to redesign an unmanned mecha specifically for dealing with strange bodies. It does not require human operation, has strong defense, soft and hard kills, and must have a distributed communication architecture and anti-interference technology combined with dark energy. In this way, Lin Xian can mass-produce it like replicating an army, and gradually condense it into an iron legion that can pose a threat to special-level and even S-level.
The only blueprints Lin Xian has now are Qian Suxun's "Cyber Bone" and "ACS". Apart from that, there is only the blueprint of "Dancer No. 1" from the previous Crimson World. The Vulcan, Guardian and other series of the Interstellar Army are all driven by humans. Even if remote control components are temporarily installed, it is only a stopgap measure and cannot last long.
Lin Xian had discussed this with Shinji Mochizuki, and had also briefly learned about it from Yu Yuheng of the Emperor Project. In this regard, the Emperor Project actually had two development paths, one was the super-large human weapon - Pangu, and the other was the steel swarm.
However, Yu Yuheng was not aware of the steel bee swarm project, and no actual machine had been manufactured, so all in all, Lin Xian could only make one by himself based on his own ideas.
[Successful swallowing, mechanical source points +260, swallowing proficiency +40]
A narrow-body passenger plane that broke into two sections was swallowed by Lin Xian. Looking at the light curtain, Lin Xian contacted Viola.
"Viola."
【I am here.】
"You said I build a batch of Cyborgs and combine them with the flight control systems of the Iron Hunter-class power armor, and then build a batch of Dancer-1s and match them with the fire control units of the Phantom Wolf-class power armor. Does that mean they're upgraded versions of Cyborgs and Reapers?"
Viola now remotely projected a holographic interface through Lin Xian's power armor, showing the image of the fusion of the two power armors and Dancer No. 1's smooth body, and then said in his ear
This is a very crude proposal, resulting in at least 5.3% to 17% waste of pre-designed functional units and manufacturing materials, as well as incomplete compatibility issues with the main frame. Compared to the integrity of the Cyborg, this will compromise some overall defensive capabilities. However, Dancer 1's artificial torso perfectly matches the Power Armor's cockpit, effectively enhancing Dancer 1's suit. While possessing high flexibility and intelligence, it will also possess the defensive, weaponized, and power component upgrades of Power Armor, surpassing both Cyborg and ACS in overall strength.
Lin Xian raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "This is exactly what I want. Can the waste of materials be avoided?"
Buzz~
The blueprint of the holographic interface began to change, and Viola began to calculate Lin Xian's problem. At this time, a series of built-in systems were dismantled.
I've removed the power armor's internal life support systems, including oxygen, heating, bio-rescue, and overheat protection, and added a distributed communication architecture and self-organizing network system. However, this system requires a redesign and addition. Additionally, Dancer 1's external flexible protective skin can be removed to reduce the input of super-solid carbon condensed matter alloy materials, or this material can be upgraded to form the outer power armor's inner defensive layer, creating a composite structure.
“NICE!”
Lin Xian's eyes lit up as he listened, and he became interested. "Although it's a bit crude, the combination of the two can be considered a new intelligent mecha. There are still more solutions than problems."
If the designs are to be divided into 'Cyberframe' and 'Reaper', it's suggested that the shields of the 'Iron Curtain' drone, the magnetic storm system of the 'Thunder Prison', and the electrostatic force field system be added to the 'Cyberframe' to increase its defense and impact. The VK electric knife combined with a high-energy plasma cutting harness can be added to the 'Reaper' series. This might increase its size, but it would firstly allow integration with the existing blueprint system, and secondly, strengthen the mecha corps' coordinated combat capabilities. At this level of impact force, if it reaches the order of 100 groups, it would be relatively easy to crush A- and special-level mechas. At the order of 1000 groups, it should be possible to cut off a third of the atmospheric mica canopy encountered yesterday for internal research and human food distribution.
“…”
Lin Xian frowned: "No, is this the plan you just came up with?!"
Viola paused. [Perhaps it has a certain degree of cruelty, but the mecha unit's energy level also needs to be considered...]
"cruel?"
Lin Xian's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh fiercely, saying, "Don't overthink it, this is exactly what I want, I like it!"
Although Viola was unable to independently generate a completely new mecha design for him, the plan she gave to Lin Xian based on the known data was exactly what he wanted.
At present, mass production of interstellar-grade armor may be somewhat difficult for Lin Xian, and it would be too wasteful, but it is still possible to manufacture a full-coverage Phantom Wolf-class armor together with Dancer No. 1!
"It's decided. Help me fuse the blueprints according to your previous idea. I'll make a set first to test its quality."
[Okay, please tell me what you would like to name these two new integrated blueprints, or you can also use the old codename.]
"Let me think about it."
Lin Xian hissed and quickly clicked on the blueprint of the male Iron Hunter power armor and the female Phantom Wolf power armor. His eyes immediately lit up. Dancer No. 1 could almost perfectly match the combination of the Phantom Wolf female power armor, while Steel Bone was too big, so the Iron Hunter power armor had to be changed on a large scale.
"The new Cyborg is renamed Iron Man, and Dancer No. 1, combined with the Phantom Wolf, is renamed Dragon Girl. A man and a woman, working together is easy. From now on, the Iron Man mecha will be responsible for ground suppression, frontal defense, and forming a suppression field, while the Dragon Girl mecha will be responsible for high-speed aerial attacks and decomposition and cutting."
Thinking of this, Lin Xian suddenly came up with a new idea: "Oh right, the Interstellar Army's power armor all have a coordination system. Let's see if it can help me build a tactical system. For example, Iron Man can connect to the electromagnetic force field, and Dragon Lady can combine and use plasma beams to form a big move or something like that."
Viola understands
"Very good!"
The more Lin Xian thought about it, the more excited he became. The design of the mecha army had finally made a breakthrough and he began to have new ideas for the construction of the drone swarm. Fortunately, he had Viola's computing power to help him integrate the blueprints. Combined with the industrial manufacturing capabilities of his Black Star Forge, he could achieve ideas that Xinghua Heavy Industry would need a large number of engineers to complete.
"Although it's a bit expensive, only this level can be used to fight against large strange creatures."
Lin Xian murmured that it was not an easy task to mass-produce the Steel Bone, Dancer No. 1, and Phantom Wolf Iron Hunter power armors. You know, when Lin Xian was in the snowfield, he spent a whole night to make a set of Phantom Wolf-level power armor for Chen Sixuan to wear. That was already a life-saving artifact that could cope with large-scale monster tides. Now that Lin Xian was using it as an external accessory for the mecha army, it was simply luxurious.
But there is no way. Low-level strange bodies can be dealt with by psychics alone. As for the super-large ones, Lin Xian thought that perhaps humans can only rely on mecha armies or build super-large human weapons to fight against them.
"Materials, materials. There are a lot of materials that need to be converted now. We have to hurry."
Lin Xian thought about the Emperor Project and found that he seemed to be developing along those two paths, creating a mecha army. At the same time, he was also looking forward to upgrading the blueprint of the Star Raider XR01 mecha to see if the "planetary-level" blueprint was actually a product of Blue Star.
It was a dark night on the Hawaiian island, with dotted stars in the sky and calm waves. However, this deserted place that had been abandoned for months was a bit noisy tonight. There were swarms of drones flying across the sky. After Lin Xian had swallowed up the Oahu airport, he began to move towards the city.
5 a.m.
In an abandoned amusement park in Vegas, Lin Xian had unknowingly swallowed up hundreds of cars in the parking lot. The wind carried the unique coolness of the waves. The silhouette of the broken Ferris wheel slanted towards the fading night sky. A few remaining stars still stubbornly hung and twinkled in the velvety deep blue sky. Outside the barbed wire wall, gray zombies wandered aimlessly, and their low roars, like the friction of rusty door hinges, became the only dull background sound in this ruin.
Lin Xian sat on top of the bungee jumping machine, a faint light flowing from his palm. He remotely softened and twisted the huge steel structure in the parking lot, like a wax figure thrown into an invisible furnace, which was quickly devoured into ashes. Only a few indentations on the ground and a faint, almost imperceptible smell of burning metal in the air remained. A few meters away, the front windshield of the last car still had dried palm leaves stuck to it. Affected by this invisible devouring force, the leaves spun around and silently turned into fine ashes that fell to the ground.
"roar……"
The barbed wire kept shaking, as if it had discovered its long-lost prey, or as if it was the original biological instinct after the invasion of darkness. Densely packed zombies clung to the barbed wire, roaring and looking at the living person sitting on the bungee jumping machine.
Without even raising his eyelids, Lin Xian casually picked up a faded toy trumpet from a nearby convertible sports car with its roof torn off. He weighed the plastic thing and swung his arm.
whoosh!
The orange speaker rolled over the barbed wire with a sound of breaking wind, and with a "snap" sound, it hit a zombie's head accurately, making a "quack" sound. The guy seemed a little dazed by the insignificant collision. He staggered back a step, his cloudy eyes rolled around blankly, and then he moved forward stubbornly.
At the same time, the huge noise attracted many zombies in the dark and they gathered around the zombie, creating chaos.
After sweeping across half of the city, Lin Xian discovered that there were only some C-level or D-level monsters in the city, and there was no other threat. Perhaps the monsters looked down on this island and headed towards the continent where the human army gathered, making this small island a temporary place of peace. With this conclusion, Lin Xian relaxed a little and focused on devouring.
Seeing the group of zombies gathered and biting each other, a barely perceptible curve passed through Lin Xian's lips, and his hands did not stop moving. One, two, three... The steel torrent in the parking lot that once symbolized wealth and speed melted into the dark red light flowing in his palm at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Black Star Forge seemed to be silently sucking in the energy. Every brief contact took away a piece of metal, turning it into a pure source point for the mechanical heart in his body to flow, and also adding weight to the huge forging plan.
Thousands of drones in the sky, trailing faint light trails, flew over the afterimages of the grotesque landmarks of the gambling city like diligent fireflies, making a slight buzzing sound. Under the control of Viola's huge computing power, they continuously transported the city's supplies towards the Sky Train.
Crunch~
A rusty friction sound suddenly came from behind.
Lin Xian suddenly turned around and glanced towards the center of the abandoned amusement facility. The dilapidated carousel pavilion swayed slightly in the wind, as if nudged by invisible fingers. The rusty brackets groaned, causing the several rickety painted carousel boards on top to twist crookedly. A cold wind blew, and the dead leaves on the ground swirled and danced, mixed with a few faded amusement park posters and yellowed gift cards, which rustled and slid along the ground like ghostly footprints.
There was a series of snapping sounds in my ears, crisp and abrupt, like the rhythm of high heels stepping on broken concrete.
How could there be the sound of high heels at this time and place?
At this time, in the shadow behind the carousel, a woman slowly walked out from the misty dust with a leisurely pace. Her black hair brushed across her pale cheeks in the wind, and her gray-black windbreaker swayed in the wind. She stopped at the edge of the shadow of the carousel, slowly raised her head and looked at Lin Xian, her eyes as calm as a pool of water on a winter night.
"Long time no see, Lin Xian."
Lin Xian's eyes narrowed, he stopped what he was doing, and slowly stood up. His originally leisurely face now became solemn.
The person in front of him was none other than the head of the SIID Foundation.
Hua Xiaoling!
(End of this chapter)
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