Chapter 730 Digging Wells: I have 200 pounds of muscle on me
"Artificial intelligence? I don't like that stuff either; it's best not to design it."
Xin Cheng wasn't fond of intelligent AI, preferring the mode that required personal control.
A real man should definitely take control personally!
What's the point of leaving it to AI?
Then, everyone arrived at the platform outside the base, Xin Cheng controlling the Ultraman armor, slowly rising, escaping gravity, and taking flight!
Instead of jet-like flaming energy beneath the feet, there were two circular patterns imprinted on the soles.
"Is this anti-gravity?" Ketsumi murmured in disbelief, "Can this really be researched?"
"To be precise, it's anti-gravity," Chu Xuan confidently said, "With Sparcium material and special liquid metal, achieving anti-gravity is no problem at all."
Ketsumi pursed his lips.
He could guarantee that despite Chu Xuan's casual words, only he in attendance might know how difficult this truly was.
After flying for a while in the sky, Xin Cheng finally had enough fun, descended to the sea surface, raised his arms, where two white streams of light brighter than sunlight emanated from the protrusions on either side.
He lifted his arms abruptly, and the streams of light shot out like moon blades, slicing through the sea surface, revealing a hundred-meter-deep trench.
"Amazing!" Xin Cheng shouted excitedly, "Sparcium material indeed boasts such formidable power; it's truly stimulating!"
Possessing such power, Xin Cheng felt he could solo Golza!
Returning to the platform, Chu Xuan walked over and said, "Now, try the Spacium Ray, aim at the south where there's no one, fifty nautical miles away there's an unmanned reef island, so you don't need to worry about misfiring the ray."
Xin Cheng raised his hands, with a small protrusion emerging at the root of his left thumb and a slot appearing at the root of the knife of his right hand.
He instinctively docked them together.
"Beep beep!"
In that instant, Xin Cheng felt a surge throughout his body, as if the Sparcium power was flowing on the surface, and the timer on his chest began flashing.
"The timer is flashing not due to insufficient energy, but because the Sparcium energy is fluctuating rapidly, the armor cannot withstand prolonged stress... its endurance time—"
At this point, a hint of peculiar light flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes.
"Perhaps coincidentally, its endurance time is three minutes."
"The longer it lasts, the more dangerous it becomes."
"Xin Cheng, unlock the Genetic Lock, aim south!"
Xin Cheng obediently unlocked the first-stage Genetic Lock and aimed the resulting "ten" towards the south.
Sizzle!
The white Spacium Ray erupted forth, its intense energy causing steam to rise even without contact with seawater, making the entire sea turbulent from the ray!
Finally, the Spacium Ray accurately hit the reef island fifty nautical miles away, causing an earth-shattering explosion, resulting in a terrifying mushroom cloud rising to the sky.
"About four hundred meters high," Ketsumi quickly analyzed the height of the mushroom cloud and realized the power of Sparcium.
This is the Sparcium power of Ultraman?
It's said that there's a large reserve on Mars...
"Beep beep!"
"Beep beep."
"Beep beep..."
The timer on the Ultraman armor stopped flashing and returned to blue, but the entire body sat down on the ground.
"Hoo!" "Aah!"
"Hoo—"
"Aah—"
Everyone could only hear his rapid breathing.
"Chu Xuan, how do I open it?" Xin Cheng gasped heavily and asked.
"Just strike the departure pose Ultraman makes after defeating a monster." Chu Xuan replied.
Then Ultraman raised one fist above while the other was held next to his ear, causing the armor to slowly open, revealing Xin Cheng's sweat-soaked body.
As Xin Cheng collapsed, Da Gu and Zheng Zha hurriedly supported him.
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"Feeling really uncomfortable, but a bit better than the first time I unlocked the Genetic Lock." Xin Cheng's face was pale, but he couldn't hide his joy.
With Ultraman's armor, they could fight monsters!
This is absolutely fantastic!
Kujima Megumi and others were also ecstatic.
If every member could be equipped with an Ultraman armor, confronting the dark dominator in the future could perhaps lead to victory.
"Chu Xuan, how much more time is needed to complete the second one?" Kujima Megumi asked eagerly.
"Approximately two months."
"Why is the time longer? Didn't the first one only take a little over a month?" Kujima Megumi asked, puzzled, "Is it because there aren't enough materials?"
Chu Xuan nodded, "Yes, my calculations were off; the Sparcium consumption is a big issue, that little bit is far from enough, requiring extensive mining from Mars."
"Secondly, after making it, maintenance also needs Sparcium material; I initially didn't factor that in."
"Additionally, we lack metals capable of containing Sparcium material, making this model, too much was wasted on experiments."
"In summary, it's not realistic to make one for everyone, perhaps a maximum of five more."
Kujima Megumi's tightly furrowed brows eased a bit, and she sighed, "Chu Xuan, please accelerate the pace, and regarding Sparcium material, I will demand from the higher-ups, and also find a way to obtain the metal materials."
"I'll try."
Chu Xuan didn't make any military pledges, only expressed his will as much as possible, as a skilled woman cannot cook without rice.
And Xin Cheng, due to it being the second time unlocking the Genetic Lock, had a much better recovery than the first time, and after half a day of rest, he recovered, though still a bit weak.
This allowed Zheng Zha to understand that for non-reincarnators to unlock the Genetic Lock is like walking on a knife's edge, a single misstep could lead to death.
When reincarnators unlock the Genetic Lock, the side effects are serious too, but they have the Main God's restoration for quick adaptation.
Ordinary people lack such restoration and need a much longer adaptation period.
Fortunately, this was the Victory Team, where science and technology are decades more advanced than reality; otherwise, even if it's Xin Cheng's second time unlocking the Genetic Lock, recovering quickly wouldn't be possible.
"Xin Cheng, how does it feel to be Ultraman?" Nori asked curiously.
"Need you ask? It's amazing!" Despite his remaining weakness, Xin Cheng exaggeratedly demonstrated the motion of releasing the Spacium Ray while sucking a special nutritional liquid, "The moment I released the ray, I really felt like I was the legendary Ultraman; the feeling was indescribable... it's just like seeing the light."
"That's too exaggerated." Ketsumi said resentfully.
"You're just jealous of me." Xin Cheng replied with a grin, "With your physical build, if the Ultraman armor is made for you, your shape will surely be distorted."
"What are you saying?"
Ketsumi became upset, "I'm all muscle now, no fat! Two hundred pounds of muscle!"