Under One Person, Engage in Black Technology

Chapter 33 A Reluctant Design

When his thoughts left the red factory complex, Liu Ke felt as if he had been baptized by a clear spring and did not feel tired.

The feeling of "oxen and horses entering the factory" just now was indeed mysterious. Although people's spirits had rested, their hands were still busy. The second-generation Ark reactor was also "freshly baked".

Is this the legendary 'flow' state?

Liu Ke slapped his cheeks vigorously until his naturally pale skin was covered in red slap marks. Then he took the brand new second-generation Ark reactor in his hands and couldn't help laughing.

His understanding of this version of the reactor had improved a bit, or was close to it. It wasn't quite "build it with your eyes closed," but it was pretty close.

He can be said to have mastered this stepping stone of Stark technology.

At least in terms of "manual" craftsmanship, his technique is more agile and quick than that of Mr. Tony, who later adopted AI as the sole OEM.

Uh... Actually, this doesn't seem to be something worth boasting about. Mr. Liu's level of "automation" is too low.

Liu Ke put the reactor in a box and then went to the floor to pick materials.

After all, he hadn't had time to give his graduation speech for Stark Kindergarten's 'Pre-K' class.

Time is tight. The relaxing and leisurely time like "driving screws" is about to pass, and now it is time to get really busy.

There are still two things to do on the 'list'.

What's the purpose of building a reactor? For the armor!

But the armor hasn't started to be built yet...

"Black Wall, have you finished screening?"

"Partial subdermal armor has been selected for you."

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Iron Man Tony Stark is an interesting character.

His legendary story began with a terrorist attack.

Due to the close-range explosion, a large hole was torn in his chest, and a lot of shrapnel had penetrated near his heart and was constantly moving towards his atrial septum.

Coincidentally, his cellmate when he was kidnapped was both a skilled craftsman and a doctor. He built an electromagnet that barely absorbed the shrapnel, saving his life.

The electromagnet was originally connected to a battery.

When our teacher Tony woke up, he found a "battery" hanging on his chest, which affected his movements like a urine bag.

So, they just made a first-generation reactor by hand to replace the battery. It is both beautiful and practical.

In other words, this palm-sized Ark Reactor was originally created to be stuffed into the big hole in Iron Man's chest to provide energy and help him prolong his life.

Thanks to the 'defect' of this big hole in his flesh, Stark's chest is like having an extra human socket, and the Ark reactor can be kept in his chest.

Ignoring the impact of palladium poisoning, this setting actually solves the problem of armor transformation very well. After all, Tony always has strong power support.

Therefore, when Stark designed the armor in the early stages, he did not consider leaving space for reactors in other parts of the body. All the energy came from the reactor in his chest.

Among them... is the Mark 2 Iron Armor that Liu Ke has currently unlocked.

This leads to... Liu Ke being in a rather awkward situation at the moment. He has never been blown up, and there is no big hole in his chest, so the Ark reactor naturally cannot be installed on human flesh.

There is no reactor in the chest, so even if the armor is made, it cannot be used because there is no power source.

Furthermore, with his current education level, having graduated from the preschool program at Stark Kindergarten, he couldn't yet freely add or subtract from armor blueprints. He could only stick to the rules and be a simple craftsman, not an armor designer.

There's no other way. If the 'breast shape' isn't good, then I'll just have to find a shortcut.

In the world of "Cyberpunk 2077", any part of the body can be transformed into a prosthetic body, and this is where Liu Ke's trick comes in.

He planned to create a chest 'subcutaneous armor' and then cut a hole in its center that was the size of the Ark's reactor.

Afterwards, he modified the subcutaneous armor into a 'modular' skin that fits his body shape and can be installed and removed at will.

As for the effect, to put it simply, when he wants to fight with the Iron Man armor, he first grabs a piece of modular "chest muscle" from his bag and sticks it directly on his chest.

Then install the Ark Reactor in the big hole of the fake chest muscle to achieve the "imitation" of Tony Stark's chest structure.

Since there's a reactor on the chest, it's natural to wear armor. Ahem, Liu Ke thinks this design is pretty disgusting, and the idea is a bit copied from special effects dramas like belt cross-dressing.
In particular, he is a "chest mold" cross-dresser, and he is a man.

Liu Ke suddenly started to dry heave...When he thought of those two words, he felt a little sick to his stomach.

But there is nothing we can do about it. The time is too short, so we can only rely on being clever. Let's use it this way for now.

It is not difficult to make subdermal armor. In the world of 2077, almost everyone can make it, and any piece of skin on the body can be used.

It’s just that some are for combat and some are for daily use.

Taking into account the protective performance and the degree of disgust, Liu Ke finally made a harder version.

He picked a 'Star Choice' from the production specifications selected by Black Wall, and combined it with the leather material, it only took him an hour and a half to make it.

Well. A fake chest muscle mold based on Henry Cavill's chest muscles, which can be used to install the Ark Reactor, was born.

Liu Ke named it the Great Super Breastplate!

I reached out and touched this... uh, the only original design by Liu so far.

Liu Ke felt...it was unexpectedly good!

"How about... taking advantage of the booming live streaming industry and making women's clothing and selling it to female anchors? That could fill some of the funding gap."

"At least the money from the sales can buy me some Sunshine Green Grapes or Oh Run Mandarin Oranges."

After muttering some witty remarks to himself, Liu Ke checked the time and then looked at the metal material.

It's time to start the armor
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clang!clang!clang!
Controlling the mechanical hammer to fall, Liu Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead.

As the saying goes, there is an unwritten 'rule' in American comics.

The poor play with mutation, the rich play with technology.

In fact, this rule makes a lot of sense. Liu Ke now deeply feels what it means that the "laws of our ancestors" cannot be violated.

Even if he could make the armor according to the Mark II "graduation" mecha drawings in the "reference book", it could be said that he was just reading from the book, but
Liu Ke's production environment is still too simple compared to Stark's top-level "weapons laboratory".

Although his projection had reached level 3, which could meet the needs of most equipment, he was still unable to project the entire [Mechanical Workshop] due to the limitation of his Qi.

Therefore, even with the assistance of the black wall, the equipment's forced "makeshift" would also lead to his forced "mistakes".

Ultimately, the "energy consumption" caused by various mistakes was a bit too much.

It would be fine if he made something else, but he made armor.

It was a very small problem during the manufacturing stage. If he ignored it, it would cost him his life when he got to the battlefield.

Therefore, any mistake would require rework, which would result in waste. The material was already insufficient, and now there was only a small piece left.

In fact, the materials are not a big deal, you can always ask the company for them later... What really affects you is the time wasted due to rework.

After a full fifteen hours, he only managed to rub out the chest armor and the armor on his left upper limb.

The complete chest, abdomen, and left and right upper limbs are far from the expected progress.

As for the head? No choice, leave it alone for now and make do with the projected American soldier's helmet. He has a prosthetic eye anyway, so if we ignore the protective aspect, it would duplicate the main function of the helmet.

Liu Ke sighed, took off his gloves, and checked the time in his mind. It wasn't long until the 4:00 PM rendezvous time.

The night battle is coming, and he needs to conserve his energy.

"Blackwall, help me create 10 mines, plus 2 flashes and smokes. I need five drums of Hercules' bullets and two magazines of Neko."

"Oh right... we need a few drones, and the 'All-out Treatment Type 3'... we'll make as many as we can in the remaining time."

Lying on the table, Liu Ke closed his eyes and said, "Call me at 2:30 in the afternoon."

"Okay, master."

Honestly, I'm dreading the idea that Mi-2 will schedule a fight scene for the four crazy characters this Friday and then buff them. He's been dragging his feet, and I want to drag it out a bit, too.

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