Chapter 725 Sparcium
Whoosh!
A golden energy beam was released from Artadis' cannon and instantly struck the Steel Dragon, piercing through it.
"Success!"
Xin Cheng exclaimed excitedly, "But the body of this Steel Dragon is really hard, it didn't explode at all."
Under the control of Da Gu, Lina, and the two pilots from the East, the Steel Dragon Guwamu, controlled by the Dysis Galaxy People, did not move its body, only swinging that long neck.
This gave Artadis a chance for a one-hit kill!
"Prepare to return, the body of the Steel Dragon can be handled by the Victory Team branch in Huaxia." Kujima Megumi ordered.
Aside from some necessary transport back to the Victory Team headquarters, most of the monster's corpses are handled by local Victory Team branches.
But at this moment, three Sofia spheres emerged from the horizon, taking advantage of the red mist expelled by the Steel Dragon earlier to cover themselves and quietly approached the battlefield.
When discovered, they had already merged into the body of the Steel Dragon.
"Roar!"
The Steel Dragon stood up again, and because of the integration with Sofia, it transformed from walking on four legs to standing upright, with its two short front limbs becoming robust arms.
"Sofia Synthetic Beast!"
Kujima Megumi immediately realized, instructing Xin Cheng to control Artadis while personally operating the energy cannon.
The Sofia Steel Dragon roared, emitting strong electromagnetic waves that caused the two Green Dragon, two reserve Flying Swallow to lose control, even Artadis five hundred meters away was shaking.
"Artadis is experiencing strong electromagnetic interference!" Xin Cheng shouted, "Communication with headquarters is cut off! Lost contact with Da Gu and Lina too!"
"Is it because this time Sofia fused with mechanical weapons?" Zhao Yingkong asked.
"Now exploring the reason is pointless, stabilize Artadis first." Kujima Megumi calmly instructed, allowing everyone to maintain calm, and first keeping Artadis in a stable hovering state.
As for Da Gu and the others, Kujima Megumi was not worried.
Because a crash represents—
In the glittering light, the silhouette of Tiga appeared, quickly grabbing the four aircraft about to crash into the ground and placing them on distant open ground.
"Kachaa!"
After dealing with Lina and the others, Tiga flew back, delivered a flying kick that sent the Sofia Steel Dragon nearly a kilometer backward, with a huge dent in its chest.
And leveraging the recoil from the kick, Tiga tumbled in the air and landed steadily without kicking up a single stone.
"Tiga's combat skills are getting more and more impressive." Zongfang mused, "When Tiga first appeared, it seemed like he only used brute force."
"Biological creatures always progress." Kujima Megumi said meaningfully.
After that, Tiga didn't do much probing; with that previous kick, he determined the corporeal strength of this Sofia Synthetic Beast and began to charge the Zaiperion Ray.
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When the ray hit the Sofia Steel Dragon, the energy dispersed to every inch, eventually blowing the Steel Dragon to pieces.
But such a method meant that cleaning up the Sofia Steel Dragon debris would take considerable time···
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After completing this task, Kujima Megumi and the others did not linger in the Huaxia Region much. They made a brief report to the local government before heading back to the Victory Team headquarters.
Artadis needs to be maintained urgently. This great weapon requires constant maintenance aside from combat to ensure no problems occur during battle.
Over fifty percent of the basic personnel of the Victory Team are tasked with maintaining Artadis.
After returning to the operation meeting room, Kujima Megumi reported the incident that happened in the Kunlun Mountains to Chu Xuan, Nori, and Gu, who stayed at the base, then analyzed the pros and cons of the combat.
"Strong electromagnetic waves... in this respect, I don't think it's the Steel Dragon's own cause." Chu Xuan said, "Sofia itself releases electromagnetic waves, and their information sharing is likely through some unique electromagnetic waves, which when intense enough can even warp space."
"Sofia is indeed an extremely dangerous creature!" Xin Cheng angrily cursed, "If Sofia truly has a mother body, how powerful would it be?"
"Uncertain, but definitely very powerful." Chu Xuan provided a plan, titled "Mechanical Armor Plan", "However, to protect Earth, we must possess even stronger power."
The power of light is too pure; humanity, a race with dark desires in its heart, cannot control it yet. Perhaps a mechanical armor akin to Gundam would work?
Although in the real world, from the perspective of practicality, tall exoskeleton armor is not practical at all, far less effective than artillery, in the Ultraman worldview where monsters run rampant, tall mechas have their roles to play. If used well, they can lure monsters out of heavily populated cities and towns more quickly, thus reducing losses.
Juejing flipped through for a moment and said, "It's possible, the energy can use the Max Power System, but maintenance is a big issue."
Currently, the Victory Team spends a lot of resources just maintaining the Artadis. If they were to make another mechanical armor, the cost would be astronomical.
"This is a future project." Chu Xuan brought out another plan, "Currently, we can use a form like this: simple humanoid exoskeleton armor that can attach to the body, enhancing the team's combat capabilities."
Individual Combat Mech!
This was Chu Xuan's real goal!
One of the most famous armors in movies is Iron Man's Iron Armor.
However, Chu Xuan also understood that this kind of armor is actually not suitable for war—as modern science has developed, the form of warfare has long since shifted from face-to-face human confrontation to a contest of weapon range and accuracy. The M|V|LE&MPYR team worked hard on this chapter.
The truth lies within the range of the artillery.
Therefore, no matter how cool the Iron Man Armor looks, even if any country could develop it, they wouldn't mass-produce it.
This kind of thing is only suitable for special operations; in large-scale wars, it's not as useful as ordinary fighters and tanks, not to mention the cost of the latter two is far lower than that of the armor, and the results achieved are far greater than those of individual combat armor.
And the reason Chu Xuan proposed this plan is because he is one of the reincarnators of the Zhongzhou Team.
For him and the Zhongzhou Team he belongs to, having an Individual Combat Mech to protect themselves is the best way to ensure survival.
Of course, besides this, Chu Xuan's proposal also considers other members of the Victory Team, suggesting that individual combat armor can greatly enhance the power of a Gene Lock being unlocked, and even defeat monsters!
"Is this true? Can Individual Combat Mechs defeat monsters?" Juejing exclaimed, grabbing Chu Xuan's arm, looking excited.
"If it's the kind like Gakuma, then indeed it can be defeated."
Chu Xuan gestured for Juejing to let go of him and slowly explained the reason, "I analyzed the components of the Zaiperion Ray emitted by Tiga each time and currently detected three known substances; then I examined the light energy left behind by Dyna, Belial, Toregia, and Camilla, finding that although they are different, they all contain the same substance."
"That substance might be the fundamental reason why Ultramen can emit rays."
"I named it—"
"Sparcium."
According to Chu Xuan's explanation, as long as there is this substance called Sparcium, it would allow the armor to emit rays like Ultramen, and based on previous research on the body fragments of cosmos people capable of gigantification, it's found that there are Sparcium isotopes present inside their bodies as well.
"Then why not load it onto the Flying Swallow?" Nori raised his doubt, "If the so-called Sparcium substance is loaded onto the Flying Swallow, it could unleash greater power, right?"
"Indeed it could, but possibly after each launch, the Flying Swallow would be damaged beyond repair,"
Chu Xuan provided his reason, stating that the material of the Flying Swallow isn't sufficient to withstand the energy released by Sparcium, requiring special metal to endure, which is too heavy to be suitable for high-speed fighter jets.
But if used on a pistol, its recoil would be too great, even for them who have been enhanced, it would be hard to handle, so it's just right to use it on the armor.
"What metal is needed?" Kujima Megumi asked.
"A metal codenamed T16, which has properties of memory metal." Chu Xuan was evidently prepared, "The reserves in the Victory Team are not much and very precious, but because of its sturdy special properties, it hasn't been used anywhere, giving a sense of it being a remnant, and it's just the right time to make use of it."
Kujima Megumi relaxed slightly, then asked again, "Then where should Sparcium be found?"
The most important material in Chu Xuan's proposal is Sparcium.
But based on Chu Xuan's previous verbal information, it seems that Sparcium exists in Ultramen and those cosmos people capable of gigantification.
Could it be necessary to target Ultramen?
That's definitely not possible.
Moreover, this matter cannot be reported to higher-ups, otherwise, those hawks might attack Tiga.
If humans attacked Tiga, who has always protected them, for power... Kujima Megumi doesn't want that to happen, not to mention she knows Tiga's true identity is Da Gu.
How could she have peace of mind?
"There are plenty of Sparcium materials on Mars," Chu Xuan revealed astonishingly, "Based on the sand and rock samples brought back from various countries' Mars exploration, I can confirm."
"Mars?" Upon hearing the familiar name of this planet, everyone present was lost in thought, after all, speculations about Mars have never died out since before the world was united.
After all, it's the only planet in the solar system besides Earth that it is possibly capable of supporting life.