manynovel Chapter 186 Mech No. 0
Chapter 186 Mech No. 0
Chapter 186 Zero Mech
That being said, Linno has already provided a great deal of help.
The forging of spirits brought not only the birth of battle armor, but also the comprehensive advancement of soul tools, breakthroughs in materials science, and most notably, the improvement in the strength of soul tools.
The best example is the close-range soul tool.
Before the advent of spirit forging, the limit for close-range soul tools was already the peak of level eight; level nine close-range soul tools were simply beyond the capacity of existing metals.
The fact that a metal can be used to inscribe a level nine core magic array does not mean that it can be indestructible after being used as an outer shell.
The best examples are gold and silver, which have excellent ductility and conductivity, are extremely expensive, and are essential components in various precision electronic instruments.
But if you hammer it into the shape of a sword, can it compare to the hardness and sharpness of fine steel forged through countless hammerings?
The emergence of spirit forging is like how ancient empires evolved directly from pig iron forging to modern steelmaking.
The high-strength metal means that Jing Hongchen's Gundam project doesn't need to worry about strength issues, and he doesn't need to fear that the mecha will break or shatter at the slightest impact on the battlefield.
Besides that, there are the hidden weapons of the Tang Clan.
The answer in the version of Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect is the combination of the theory of Tang Sect hidden weapons and the Sun and Moon Soul Guidance Technology. Although Lin Nuo thinks this answer is quite ridiculous, he couldn't figure it out when he was reading the Tang Sect hidden weapon chapter.
But that's how it's written in the version. If he can't figure it out, he might as well stop thinking about it and just throw the thing to Jing Hongchen.
As for Jing Hongchen, he actually found a lot of inspiration from it.
The most classic example is the mechanical expansion design that was touted as divine in the original work. It was clearly just about adding a few more parts to transmit motion, but the Sun Moon Empire was so weakened that it could only rely on the core magic array to drive it. Even stretching a leg or bending a foot required the help of the core magic array.
Lin Nuo didn't know how much inspiration the Hidden Weapons chapter would bring to Jing Hongchen, but Jing Hongchen was certainly shocked.
"Holy crap, the Tang Clan's hidden weapons are terrifying!"
The above is Lin Nuo's help to Jing Hongchen, which is also an important reason why the latter restarted the Gundam project.
This is a glimmer of hope!
The complex and redundant core magic arrays can be largely eliminated. The strength of the spirit metal is sufficient to make the mecha a level nine close-range soul tool in human form. In addition, their Sun Moon Empire already has a wealth of theories on large humanoid soul tools. Even the battle armor can complement the mecha theory in some aspects.
At this moment, Jing Hongchen's eyes were no different from the fact that the war mech was just one step away from success.
You can step over it with just a little movement of your foot.
So after finalizing the plan for the three-word battle armor, Jing Hongchen couldn't wait to drag Kong Deming and Ye Yulin along to start researching mechs, ostensibly to prepare for the upcoming war of unification.
Battle armor is something only high-level Soul Masters can use. The forging of spirit-forged metal is too difficult, and its amplification effect on Title Douluo is not that great.
But mechs are different.
This thing doesn't need to be made of very strong metal, just a thousand-times-forged metal will do. Jing Hongchen can now forge thousand-times-forged metal himself. Just because he doesn't study forging doesn't mean he can't forge. Grandpa is grandpa after all. His rich experience allows him to replicate a similar effect after just a glance at Xiao Hongchen's forging process.
It's just that it's not as good as Xiao Hongchen in terms of development and stability, but it can still produce a large number of Grade 3 Thousand Forged items.
This is a large quantity.
It can be said that if Jing Hongchen were given half a year, he could handcraft a batch of Grade 3 thousand-refined metal, enough to make a mecha legion.
A Soul Guidance Legion composed entirely of mecha Soul Masters, armed with Rank 3 Thousand Refinements, would be nothing short of a battlefield meat grinder.
After Jing Hongchen made the suggestion, Kong Deming and Ye Yulin had no objections.
Ye Yulin was only going to lend a hand since his best friend had spoken up.
Kong Deming had more to consider.
No matter how bright and limitless the prospects of soul guidance technology and battle armor technology are, their current role for high-end soul masters is not significant. Two-word battle armor can give a soul saint the combat power of a titled Douluo, but it cannot give a titled Douluo the combat power of a super Douluo.
However, the biggest difference between their Sun Moon Empire and the Douluo Three Kingdoms lies precisely in the number of top-tier experts.
According to Jing Hongchen, spirit metal can make a level nine soul tool stronger, giving him the strength to directly confront a level ninety-eight Taotie Douluo at level ninety-four. If his unfinished natal soul tool is also forged with spirit metal, it will surely become a level ten soul tool.
In this way, Kong Deming might even possess the combat power of a Limit Douluo, and the gap between their Sun Moon Empire and the Douluo Three Kingdoms in terms of top experts would not be so large.
In Kong Deming's eyes, even the three-word battle armor could be put aside, but the research on mecha was urgent.
Four thousand years ago, their Sun Moon Empire fought against overwhelming odds and ultimately lost the war, losing the name of the Sun Moon Continent. Four thousand years later, in Kong Deming's generation, although they still have to fight against overwhelming odds, the power of Soul Guidance Technology gives them the ability to do so.
The mech legion—that's its strength!
Therefore, he also agreed to Jing Hongchen's mecha development plan.
Jing Hongchen was overjoyed to have the support of the two. The three of them then entered Mingde Hall’s No. 1 laboratory and stood in front of the No. 1 experimental subject, which had been out of work for nearly two or three years.
When Kong Deming first saw this giant robot, he was speechless, especially because the countless large and small core magic arrays covering the entire body of the first experimental subject almost gave this old man trypophobia.
However, after watching for a while, even Kong Deming had to admit that Jing Hongchen was truly a talented person.
Although his ideas were vastly different from those of a teacher, his research on large mechs was indeed very profound. Apart from the ridiculously high usage requirements, there were basically no major problems.
However, its biggest drawback is that its usage requirements are too high, which does not meet the equipment requirements of the Soul Guidance Legion.
And so.
The three old men huddled around Experiment No. 1, hammering and tinkering, taking pieces apart here and there, dismantling the ten-meter-tall Experiment No. 1 into a pile of parts. They then gathered together to study the various hidden weapon structures from the Tang Clan's Hidden Weapon Manual, trying to apply them to mecha.
While conducting his research, Jing Hongchen also hammered the parts of Experiment No. 1 into thousands of forged metals on the spot, using the materials available to create Mech No. 0.
That's right, although the first mech hasn't been built yet, it has already been named.
Mech Zero, also known as Zero Mech.