A workshop in an abandoned factory was transformed into a testing venue. Jiang Zhou came here after recovering.
He needs to have a more intuitive understanding of his current abilities.
The first is strength.
A solid steel bar about the thickness of two fingers was twisted into rebar by Jiang Zhou like a toy. He didn't even feel much resistance during the process.
He casually weighed the weight of the steel bar in his hand, and with a "whoosh" sound in the air, Jiang Zhou threw it out violently.
With a muffled "click" sound, the steel bar sank deeply into the cement pier beside it, as if it should have been there originally.
Then, Jiang Zhou sprinted to the concrete pier, and then punched...
"Wow!"
Even without using all his strength, the cement block used for testing the power of firearms was shattered into pieces under this punch. Countless cracks spread like lightning, and finally filled up a whole mound as thick as two people hugging each other.
If it weren't for the support of the steel frame inside, I'm afraid this punch could break it into pieces on the spot.
A world as fragile as porcelain...
Feeling the steel structure bending under his fist and the concrete shattering into powder, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but have such an idea in his mind.
Most of the buildings, utensils, and tools designed according to native human standards are too fragile for his current power.
At depth 1, although his strength is great, it is still within the category of "human beings", or "land mammals".
But now my strength and strength have reached the level of some industrial-grade equipment.
You can break most floor tiles with just a slight stomp of your foot; similar to the door of an ordinary house, you only need to push hard to open it; you need to be careful even when picking up a cup, and you may crush it if you don't pay attention. in hand.
In other words, from now on, if he wants not to hurt the ordinary people around him, he must tighten his nerves at all times. Otherwise, it may be just an inadvertent and subconscious action that will cause a tragic tragedy.
“The key is to control your emotions.”
Seeing Liao Qi staring blankly at the cement block in front of him, Booker, who probably guessed what he was thinking, said:
"Precise control of one's own power is actually acquired along with adjustment and transformation. Theoretically speaking, as long as you don't lose control of your emotions, generally speaking, there won't be any big problems... There are many people who adjust themselves through in-depth meditation. , or practice yoga to stabilize your mind."
Think of everyone around you as weak and powerless babies—babies with adult thinking abilities who may offend you or provoke you beyond their own control.
Imagine you are in such a world, how cautious and restrained you need to be every day.
Many people lose control of their emotions and can't help but slap the idiot in front of them.
However, a slap from an ordinary person can at most knock off one of the opponent's teeth. As for Jiang Zhou now, his slap might be able to kill two people - the one who was slapped, and the other who was killed by the former's head that flew out like a cannonball.
And killing like this without intending to kill is likely to cause the adjusted people to gradually become accustomed to the advantages of their own power over the native people, thereby ignoring the control of power in daily life, and starting to go their own way with superhuman bodies.
Commonly known as breaking the jar and breaking the pot.
"In short, keep one principle in mind: always kill with a clear intention to kill."
Booker concluded.
Jiang Zhou nodded, and then pulled out his fist from the broken concrete pier.
The skin on his fist was like a layer of rags hanging together, but under the skin, the subcutaneous armor called "Minerva's Gift" didn't even have a scratch mark.
The improvement in defensive capabilities mainly comes from it.
Covering 90% of the limbs and torso, except for the head, it provides almost no dead ends for other vital parts of the body. At the same time, the light and highly malleable plastic steel material does not have a great impact on the flexibility of movement.
As for the specific defense capabilities - calculated according to the parameters on the technology blueprint, a .45-caliber rifle bullet can only make a slight dent on it. High-energy pulse weapons like the Scorpio need to focus on the same target at the highest power. It takes about 1.5 seconds to break the defense.
In Jiang Zhou's time, this was basically no different from invulnerability - a person equipped with this kind of subcutaneous armor was like a living king of hell in urban street fighting.
But in this day and age, it's still a bit unsatisfactory.
Compared with those heavy alloy external armors, the "Gift of Minerva" subcutaneous armor actually sacrifices a considerable amount of protection strength in order to ensure flexibility - in terms of individual weapons, similar to plasma weapons, Heavy firepower such as melta weapons and rail guns are definitely unstoppable.
Not to mention, the defensive power of Booker's Aegis individual combat module cannot be matched even by his side - it is a defense that can survive a plasma bomb without dying.
When encountering high-energy weapons, he can only rely on prediction and maneuver to deal with them.
In addition, other adjustments and transformations - bioelectronic lungs, can make Liao Qi's body hold its breath for about half an hour, and gain a certain degree of ability to breathe underwater.
The broad-spectrum energy core is a universal battery that can supply energy to all prosthetics. It only needs a stable heat source to charge - any stable heat source, even if you put the charger on a gas stove, it will be fine. .
The "sickle-footed" mantis knife is made of low-entropy alloy, strong and sharp. Whether it is used as a killing weapon or as a three-dimensional maneuvering tool, its efficiency is terrifyingly high.
And the last thing...
Jiang Zhou stood still and closed his eyes.
He returned his attention to sensing the surrounding magnetic field.
The multi-purpose magnetic wax control system - the adjustment that gave him a new perception.
In fact, the ability this adjustment and transformation gave him was not just the perception of magnetic fields...
He slowly raised his hand, and the iron filings scattered around Jiang Zhou began to tremble slightly with his movements.
Then, it’s not just iron filings. The nails, steel bars, and even the abandoned machine tools that were close to him began to tremble slightly.
As the surrounding metal trembled more and more, Jiang Zhou's brows furrowed more and more tightly. At the same time, many beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Finally, he suddenly clenched his hands and raised them above his head just like he did when conducting an orchestra at the end of the beat. And all the metal products within five meters of him flew into the air with his movements.
They paused in mid-air for a moment, and then fell to the ground again.
Opening his eyes again, Jiang Zhou looked at the mess around him and remained silent.
Not only did he perceive the magnetic field, he also gained the ability to control the magnetic field.
Of course, this is definitely not as good as the villain with the superpower of magnetic field manipulation in a certain series of old movies, who can extract the iron elements from the human body through the air, or directly dismantle the Golden Gate Bridge and use it as a transportation vehicle.
In fact, this is not so much magnetic field manipulation as it is magnetic field rotation - through some kind of electromagnet implanted in the body, it affects the surrounding magnetic field to achieve the effect of deflecting the magnetic field.
This process requires intense consumption of energy in the broad-spectrum energy core, and there is a visible upper limit in terms of accuracy and output - anyway, there is definitely no way to extract the iron element from the human body accurately, and there is no way to extract it. It is impossible to lift the Golden Gate Bridge, or even the next best thing, lift a car and throw it as a bomb.
Roughly speaking...just think of it as a "mage's hand" that only works on surrounding metal products.
"It's just too difficult to control..."
After wiping the sweat on his forehead, Jiang Zhou took a long breath.
Previously, he planned to make the surrounding metal products levitate and then revolve around him like an asteroid. But in the end, just controlling them to float to a similar height at the same time was almost exhausting his energy.
Imagine hundreds of threads tangled together into a tangled mess, and you need to pinpoint the ends and ends of each thread and then unravel them one by one.
This is roughly equivalent to the difficulty of precisely manipulating magnetic fields.
"Actually, you don't need to be too anxious. As for the ability to control magnetic fields, Koret also practiced for more than two years before he was able to master it."
At this time, Booker walked to Jiang Zhou and comforted him.
"Then what is the approximate extent of Mr. Corrett's 'invasion'?"
Hearing what he said, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Uh... I remember that he can directly deflect bullets and rockets fired at him. Of course, the speed or mass cannot be too exaggerated; he can accurately paralyze power armor without electromagnetic countermeasures; he can also use multiple weapons like a floating cannon. …
"Now that I think about it, it's a pity that he didn't burn a tactical memory back then."
Booker replied with some regret.
"Can we also use tactical memory to adjust a person's combat experience?"
Jiang Zhou asked in surprise.
"Of course you can, you can even buy it on the black market, but it's hard to come across - only those who are short of money and eager will sell their battle memories. Of course, some guys who plan to wash their hands with gold will also sell their memories. The body is used as a coffin book. Then there are those that flow out from within the company. This kind is generally of the best quality, mainly because it is seldom mixed with private goods. "
Hearing what he said, Jiang Zhou secretly took note of it.
He didn't know if he had more than two years to practice slowly. Anyway, his ability to absorb tactical memory was much stronger than ordinary people. If there was a shortcut, a fool would not take it.
"How do you feel now?"
Booker asked.
"I've never felt so good."
Jiang Zhou said as he clenched and opened his fists.
Compared to Depth 1, is your combat power more than doubled now?
Looking at Liao Qi's confident expression, Booker nodded and then said:
"Then it's better to choose the right day. Let's try connecting to the multi-purpose printer now?"
Jiang Zhou was speechless for a moment, but before he could say anything, his eyes suddenly changed as if he remembered something.
"That's right. It's better to choose a day than to hit it."
He nodded immediately and said:
"But let's go through the process first and wait until I finish the mental test before going. There's no rush now."
At the same time, in Tartarus, those who had participated in the deep dive a week ago were suddenly summoned out by the company's security personnel.
Everyone, including Jiang Zhou, Qianxia Ying, and 136, were informed that they needed to return to the third deep dive chamber and conduct another deep dive operation - a deep dive operation hosted by Cerberus to verify the previous The accident really had nothing to do with them.
(End of chapter)
