Chapter 556: New Cang Iron Armor
Chapter 556: New Cang Iron Armor
A silver-gray mechanical battle armor was quietly hovering in the air.
The armor was covered with scars, and the faint precious light that once circulated had disappeared without a trace. The entire armor was dark, and all the talismans were used up. Due to extreme use, the armor was on the verge of collapse.
It was the Cang Tie Han Jia.
Ning Zhuo stood in front of Cang Tie Hanjia, folded his arms, frowned and thought deeply.
The battle with the two ghosts of heaven and earth had benefited him a lot. Not only did he gain a lot of spoils of war, but also Ning Zhuo had a deep feeling after going through such a life-and-death battle, and he saw too many of his own shortcomings.
"The Cang Tie Han Jia was left to me by my mother. It consumes the foundation-building pill and gives me the combat power of the foundation-building level in the Qi Refining Period."
"But as I advanced to the foundation-building stage, I rarely used this mechanical battle armor."
"I came to Liangzhu Country to join the army. With the support of military and national strength, I was able to be promoted to the Golden Core level of combat power, which made this mechanical battle armor on the verge of being eliminated."
"When I faced the Heaven and Earth Ghosts before, my Somersault Cloud was destroyed, so I could only use this mechanical armor to assist me in flying."
Thinking of this, Ning Zhuo said to Sun Lingtong beside him: "Boss, I plan to transform the Cang Tie Han Jia and turn it into my flying tool."
"After fighting the twin ghosts of heaven and earth, I found that the ability to fly is really necessary!"
"My vision and feelings were quite narrow before."
"For normal combat, I must have strong flying ability."
Hearing this, Sun Lingtong couldn't help but turn around and glance at Ning Zhuo: "Normally speaking, Xiao Zhuo, you are only at the second stage of foundation building, you can practice flying."
For monks, flying is indeed a basic ability.
Qi Refining monks cannot fly with swords, while Foundation Building monks can fly with swords, but their own magic power cannot sustain it for long.
Only when they reach the Jindan level can cultivators fly for a long time on a sword, travel long distances, and begin to master the escape light. However, the escape light consumes too much Jindan power and cannot last long.
This is the norm.
But what Ning Zhuo wants is obviously not the standard under this normal situation.
He wanted extremely strong flying abilities so that he would be able to cope with the future battles against the two ghosts of heaven and earth.
Sun Lingtong knew Ning Zhuo very well and advised him, "I say, we are all just foundation-building cultivators. Don't always think about fighting against the twin ghosts of heaven and earth. This is too much of a stretch!"
"The more correct approach is to flee, hide, and escape, and practice patiently until your strength is close before taking any action."
"How can someone who is in the Foundation Establishment Stage think about dealing with a Nascent Soul cultivator?"
Ning Zhuo let out an "ah", feeling a little dazed and confused.
He scratched the back of his head. "Will the enemy let you go just because you are weak? Just because we are weak, will we only encounter enemies of the same level as ourselves?"
“Reality is cruel.”
"No matter how powerful the enemy is, we need to do our best!"
Sun Lingtong fell silent.
He knew that Ning Zhuo said this completely from the heart.
After all, the latter had been thinking day and night about how to deal with the City Lord's Mansion headed by the Nascent Soul cultivator Meng Kui since he was two years old.
Ning Zhuo really doesn't think there is anything wrong with this idea.
After all, that was how he got here. And in the fight for the Lava Fairy Palace, he also defeated Meng Kui, Zhu Xuanji and others, and was the one who benefited the most in the end.
Sun Lingtong thought again: "To be honest, Xiaozhuo's fighting ability is indeed a bit abnormal."
"He is only at the second stage of foundation building now, but relying on the military tactics, mechanical skills, five elements realm and other factors to leverage, he already has the powerful combat power of the golden elixir level."
"It wouldn't be surprising for a cultivator like this to plot a battle against a Nascent Soul level warrior."
In ancient times, when the art of cultivation was not well developed, the main criterion for measuring a cultivator's combat power was his own cultivation.
By the middle stage, the various arts of cultivation had improved a lot. Magical weapons, magical powers, etc. became important components of combat power, allowing many cultivators to win battles across levels.
In the later period, the various arts of cultivation flourished like a hundred flowers. For example, the military method of gathering people had achieved a qualitative change, and the importance of cultivation in the composition of combat power was greatly reduced.
Now, in the heyday of cultivation, the world is flourishing and the cultivation level is only one aspect that affects combat power.
Sun Lingtong shrugged: "Xiaozhu, do whatever you want. Normal standards don't apply to you, you are a genius!"
Ning Zhuo smiled bitterly: "Boss, at this time... please don't be polite to each other. I am just an unlucky guy who was hunted by the two ghosts of heaven and earth."
"What else can we do?"
"I can only try my best to make myself stronger so that I can deal with such a strong enemy."
Ning Zhuo looked at Cang Tie Han Jia intently: "Boss, Cang Tie Han Jia was left to me by my mother. I have feelings for it."
"This time, it helped me in the battle again."
"When I wear it to fight, it feels like my mom is helping me. It's a wonderful feeling."
"So, I want to modify it and upgrade it so that it can become a powerful flying weapon for me to deal with strong enemies."
Sun Lingtong asked curiously: "What is your initial transformation plan?"
Ning Zhuo was clearly well prepared and had an idea in mind. He said immediately, "First, its energy core was originally a foundation-building elixir, but I wonder if it can be directly replaced with a cultivator's golden elixir?"
Sun Lingtong was stunned for a moment: "This should be possible."
"You see, our Wanli Youlong needs a Nascent Soul as its energy core. It is reasonable to raise the energy core standard of Cang Tie Han Jia from Foundation Establishment Pill to Golden Pill."
"Yes!" Ning Zhuo said, "I focused on the Wanli Youlong when designing this part."
"It's just that the golden elixir is hard to find..."
Sun Lingtong immediately interrupted: "Well, what's the matter?"
"In the past, it might have been hard to find the golden elixir. But don't forget, Xiaozhuo, we are in the midst of a great war."
"In the battle just now against the twin ghosts of heaven and earth, many Yuanying-level cultivators were sacrificed. I believe that more Jindan-level cultivators must have been sacrificed."
"Aren't we about to get a lot of military merit?"
"Just use it to exchange for the Golden Elixir from the two Zhu countries."
"Even though the conquest of Qianfenglin has lasted until now, the main forces of Liangzhu Kingdom have not yet captured a single one. I don't believe that there is no one in the treasury of Liangzhu Kingdom."
"But we need to pay attention to how many battle merits are exchanged for one golden elixir."
"Other people's golden elixirs are external objects after all. The national power bricks are still the most beneficial to us. It is a rare opportunity to let a cultivation country open up its national power bricks!"
Ning Zhuo's eyes lit up immediately after Sun Lingtong reminded him, and he exclaimed, "Boss, since we can exchange for the Golden Core... can we exchange for the Nascent Soul?"
"With the Nascent Soul, we don't need to consume spirit stones to drive the Wanli Wandering Dragon. Instead, we can use the Nascent Soul."
Before, Sun Ning and his companions used fire essence. Later, when fire essence was insufficient, they used spirit stones.
But whether it is fire essence or spirit stone, they are all consumables and will be gone once used.
It’s different if you use Nascent Soul to drive it.
If your Nascent Soul is consumed too much, you can practice martial arts and absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to recover.
Not only that, the Nascent Soul's use of its own magic power is much more efficient than simply consuming fire essence and spirit stones!
All in all, using Nascent Soul is very cost-effective.
Sun Lingtong was slightly stunned: "It will be very difficult to change the Nascent Soul!"
"Because the Nascent Soul has its own will, it is quite taboo for a cultivation country to give it away as an item."
"This is no different from evil and crooked ways."
"But the golden elixir is fine. There are many elixirs that use the golden elixir as medicine. When setting up the formation, the golden elixir is also used to fill the center of the formation."
Ning Zhuo said, "I see."
"I'd better contact the Three Generals Camp first. No, I'd better contact Zhao Xi directly and see if it's possible to exchange for a Nascent Soul through him."
"If there is no way to exchange it, then just exchange it for the golden elixir." Last time, Zhao Xi exchanged the Three Yuans Exchange Treasure Talisman for Ning Zhuo, and his efficiency was extremely high. This ability to do things impressed Sun Ning and the others.
No wonder Zhao Xi is so successful in the official circles of the two countries!
So this time, even though he knew that the Nascent Soul matter was taboo, he still retained a glimmer of hope.
This is what we expect from Zhao Xi.
Ning Zhuo continued: "In addition to being able to exchange for the Golden Core, most of the materials of the Cang Tie Han Jia need to be replaced to the Golden Core level, or even the Nascent Soul level."
"I have three mechanical pedestals, all of which are at the Nascent Soul stage. I also have a large number of precious materials. It is not a problem to process the materials and make semi-finished products, mechanical accessories, and parts."
After the energy core was upgraded, the original Cang Tie Han Jia's fuselage became much more outdated.
The foundation-building level fuselage is difficult to bear the power of the golden elixir. If it is used to a certain extent, it will even collapse and disintegrate.
Sun Lingtong agreed with Ning Zhuo's plan because the improvement of fuselage materials was necessary and inevitable.
"Next, it's the focus of the transformation." Ning Zhuo said this with a solemn look in his eyes.
He gestured with his hands, pointing at Cang Tie Han Jia, and said, "I plan to add a pair of wings to Cang Tie Han Jia, modify its mechanical structure, retain its mechanical skill Wind and Thunder, improve its mechanical skill Cang Long Fighting the Sky, and cancel its mechanical skill Iron Clothes Cold."
After thinking about it, Sun Lingtong agreed again: "Our Somersault Clouds have all been destroyed, even the magic weapon-level Black Iron Cloud is gone."
"To deal with cultivators at the Jindan level or above, you need to fly. This is the basis of combat."
"If it's on the ground, it would be too passive!"
"You want to improve the Cang Tie Han Jia to achieve this goal. That's great, I fully support you, but how do you do it specifically?"
"Is this pair of wings meant to mimic a certain type of bird, or is it just a simple shape, propelled by a magic circle?"
Ning Zhuo thought for a moment and said: "If we want to achieve sustained flight, of course we need to use bionics, which is the most natural and appropriate."
"In simple shape, it is a powerful brick flying, relying on the power of the golden elixir to rush violently."
"I still want to go the technical route, hahahaha."
Sun Lingtong nodded and smiled.
The two of them began to work on the design drawings together.
The Cang Tie Han Jia is a ground combat mecha, but now it needs to be improved into a flying-based prop. In addition to the wings, the shape of the Cang Tie Han Jia itself also needs to be modified.
Sun Ning and the other person first made their own designs, then compared them with each other, and finally made choices and came up with the final result.
The result is that the end of the shoulder armor is no longer curled up, but has a streamlined drooping shape.
The waist is thinner, the arms and legs are elongated, the arms can fit closely to the sides of the body and can be fixed. At the back of the heel, a fin-like shape can be extended to help the monk adjust the flying direction.
A talisman array is also designed under the feet, with talismans pressing down the center of the array. When necessary, the talismans can be ignited to unleash a strong thrust.
The key design part is the wings.
Sun Ning and Sun Ning are indeed in sync, and both chose the shape of swallow wings, but the former chose a spring swallow and the latter chose a sea swallow.
After the two combined with each other, and combined with the new mecha shape, the wings were finally shaped like a bionic golden swallow.
The upper limit of Jinyan's speed is very high, and its maximum speed is quite exaggerated. The disadvantage is that it lacks explosive power and its acceleration is not fast enough.
But when it is placed on the Cang Tie Han Jia, there is no such disadvantage. Because the acceleration and explosive power can be strongly boosted by the golden elixir and talisman!
This is the power and excellence of mechanical engineering—it can make up for one’s own shortcomings by taking advantage of others’ strengths.
Since they are the wings of a golden swallow, it is naturally most appropriate to use materials made of gold.
When he first started designing, Ning Zhuo had no special requirements for materials, so he used one of the most widely used materials - gold.
It is very easy to improve the appearance, and Ning Zhuo quickly did it using a mechanical pedestal.
There was no rush to add talismans and formations. Ning Zhuo put them on first and performed a low-fly test.
The test was initially successful.
The Cang Tie Han Jia has an excellent shape, can open up the atmosphere and effectively reduce wind resistance.
Ning Zhuo began to design the formation.
The most basic core of the formation is the energy core.
We have to design from here first before we can follow up and expand outward widely.
Because it is no longer a foundation-building pill, but a golden pill, all the old parts of the energy core must be discarded.
Considering that the properties of the golden elixir are unnamed, Ning Zhuo thought about it and decided to adopt the structure of the Five Elements Golden Elixir Roulette.
This concept, on the one hand, comes from the old Foundation Establishment Pill inlay slot, and on the other hand, it comes from the Five Elements Spirit Transformation Disk.
The Five Elements Soul-Transforming Disk is one of the items Ning Zhuo obtained when he ventured into the Lava Fairy Palace.
He has used it several times and was deeply impressed.
Ning Zhuo combined the design concepts of the two aspects and soon created the Five Elements Golden Elixir Roulette.
There is a groove on the wheel for embedding the golden elixir. As long as the golden elixir belongs to one of the five elements, the wheel can transform its magic power into the other four elements.
After designing the energy core part, Ning Zhuo began to deduce the external aspects.
The wings of the Golden Swallow are equipped with a sharp arrow array to break through the air. The waist and abdomen are equipped with an evergreen array to sustain the battery. Inside the Cang Tie Han armor, there are a large number of return flow arrays engraved to balance and adjust the air pressure inside and outside the mecha. The soles of the feet are designed to accelerate the mecha.
An earth shield array is arranged on the helmet to enhance defense.
The mechanism pedestal once again played a powerful role, allowing Sun Ning and the others to quickly engrave various array patterns on each mechanism component.
After splicing it together, the new Cang Tie Han Jia only retained the internal spine part, and the rest of the place was made of new precious materials.
After the array patterns were linked one by one, Ning Zhuo began to activate the arrays one by one.
All the magic arrays were passed in one go without any problems.
Sun Lingtong sighed from the bottom of his heart: "If it were us who were to set up the formation, we would definitely make mistakes in one or two formations. The mechanism pedestal is really useful!"
After getting the preliminary product, Ning Zhuo put it on and immediately tested it.
Because each magic array has been designed in the most conservative way, the test results are also very good.
After more than 30 tests, only five problems occurred. They were all minor problems, such as the different forces of the flame propulsion of the foot magic circle, which needed to be adjusted. Another example is that during long-distance flight, the knee joints are prone to bending, resulting in excessive wind resistance and heat. The local high temperature needs to be solved, otherwise the knees will be the first to be disabled after a battle.
The fire-breathing strength was different, which was easy to solve. Ning Zhuoxin drew a pattern to connect the two foot magic arrays and adjust their fire-breathing strength.
In addition, Ning Zhuo modified a small part of the foot array so that the two arrays could sense each other. This also played a role in adjusting the different strengths.
These two approaches work together to prevent the formation from being destroyed during the battle. If there is an accident, at least there is a backup plan to deal with it.
After a lot of improvements, a frost return flow ring was added to the knee joint, which perfectly matches the return flow array and solves the overheating problem.
The fire-breathing array on the soles of his feet was upgraded to a fire-throwing array. The propulsion capacity of the fire-throwing array was more than ten times that of before.
The sharp arrow formation on the golden swallow's wings was upgraded to the white tiger breaking army formation. This one was mainly runes, serving as the core of the formation.
The Evergreen Formation at the waist and abdomen is directly placed externally, leaving its original position for the Guiliu Formation.
Ning Zhuo specially designed a rope with a mechanism and arranged the Evergreen Formation on it. After wrapping it around the waist, the Evergreen Formation can also benefit the whole body of the mechanism.
The Guiliu Formation that was originally confined to the Cangtie Han Jia was upgraded to the Liangyi Guiliu Formation, with yin and yang inside and outside, which is more conducive to regulating and balancing the inside and outside of the mecha.
The performance of these formations has been improved by an average of more than ten times, causing the performance of the entire mecha to skyrocket countless times.
But after Ning Zhuo tested it, he found another problem.
The golden eye material cannot bear such powerful performance, and the golden swallow wings are under the most pressure, so it collapsed recently.
Ning Zhuo first changed the material, and then changed the structure of the Golden Swallow's Wings. It was two folds before, but now it is three folds!
After the Golden Wing stopped failing, Ning Zhuo optimized the curvature of the wing in subsequent tests.
Made tolerance corrections to the Five Elements Golden Elixir Roulette.
Twelve distraction mirrors are arranged in the spine part, which is more convenient for control.
At this point, Cang Tie Han Jia was reborn!
(End of this chapter)