Evolution game, nothing more than that!

"It's a shield generator."

As Yi Shen spoke, the cube in his hand suddenly began to deform, and with a series of "cool clicking" sounds, it turned into a complex mechanical sphere with a diameter of about one foot.

"Install it into your mecha and connect it to the power reactor. It will generate an energy shield covering the entire mecha. It's strong enough to withstand close-range attacks from plasma cannons like those you use on your mechas. It should also be able to withstand attacks from monsters."

As Stek listened, his mouth gradually opened wider.

Even energy shields, things that only appear in science fiction movies, have appeared?

However, looking at the mechanical ball in front of him, which was completely some kind of technological item, Stek asked a soul-searching question:

"Aren't you magicians? How did you come up with such high technology?"

Chapter 245 Shield Test

In the huge hangar, there was a constant flow of traffic and people talking. The noise of various machines running and the sparks from the welding of steel plates made the whole scene very lively.

On the command platform on the side of the hangar, Marshal Stek looked through the glass window at the dangerous Wanderer mecha not far ahead and issued an order:

"let's start."

"Energy shield on-board test, first trial, begins!"

Cai Tiantong, who was sitting below, nodded and gave instructions into the microphone.

However, although he was responsible for carrying out this experiment under the order of the Marshal, he still had many doubts about the experiment itself.

There was no way. Suddenly, someone took out a device and said it was a shield generator and wanted to install it on a mecha. Anyone would think this was abnormal, let alone him, the chief technical consultant of the mecha technology department.

Although he was very familiar with the development of mecha technology, he had never heard of any laboratory in any country in the world that had produced this kind of energy shield that only appeared in science fiction works.

——There is a low-temperature plasma shield specifically designed for EMP, but it can only defend against electromagnetic pulses and microwave interference, and cannot defend against physical ammunition and physical shock waves.

But the thing the marshal took out was different. Although it looked like a small sphere with a diameter of one foot, it was said to be able to release an energy shield that was large enough to cover an object as large as a mecha, and this shield could also defend against most types of attacks, from solid ammunition to explosive shock waves.

This is unscientific no matter how you look at it!

But under the Marshal's order, he obediently led the engineers from the technical department to do so.

After all, he was well aware of the current situation. The mechas were gradually declining in the face of increasingly powerful monsters, and the support given to PDCC by governments was becoming less and less. There was no telling when the supply would be completely cut off, and the attacks of monsters were becoming more and more frequent. They were almost at the end of the road.

In this situation, even though he knew it might not be reliable, he could only try his luck with the one in ten thousand hope that "maybe it would work?"

【The power is on and the power furnace energy route is normal.】

The voltage is stable, and the total power usage of the machine fluctuates around 5.7%, which is within the permitted range.

Listening to the reports coming from the headphones, Cai Tiantong looked up at Marshal Stek again, and the latter nodded to him.

Turning back, taking a deep breath, Cai Tiantong gave the order:

"Activate shield!"

【Activate shield! 】

After repeating the instruction, the operator pressed the button.

The next moment——

[A spatial phase change has been detected around the mecha! Repeat, a spatial phase change has been detected around the mecha!]

A report from the observation post came through the headset. Cai Tiantong stood up from his seat and stared at the mecha opposite the window. Soon, he saw with his naked eyes the faint light distortion emerging on the outline of the mecha.

"It's real... This shield is real!"

"Yes, it's true, they didn't lie to me..."

Marshal Stek on the side also breathed a sigh of relief and sighed softly.

Shaking his head, he said to Cai Tiantong:

"The experiment is not over yet, continue to the next step."

"Uh, yes!"

Cai Tiantong was startled, then immediately came to his senses. After saluting, he took the microphone and gave the order:

"Begin the force compression test, Storm Crimson, get ready!"

After receiving the order, the Storm Crimson Mecha, which had been on standby on the other side, stretched out an arm and lifted a huge steel beam from the ground that was more than 50 meters long and more than 3 meters wide.

At the front end of the steel beam, a large pressure gauge was crudely welded.

Storm Crimson held the steel beam and walked step by step to the Danger Wanderer fixed on the bracket, then pushed the front end of the steel beam against the opposite mecha.

Boom!

With a muffled sound that shook the entire base, the steel beam hit the transparent shield heavily, and the pressure gauge reading suddenly soared to over a thousand tons.

Such a huge force was concentrated in a small area of ​​less than ten square meters, and the shield on the surface of the Dangerous Wanderer also showed some fluctuations. Under the distorted light and shadow, it made it easier for onlookers to see.

However, the key to this round of testing is not this, but to see the situation inside the shield.

[The pressure sensor on the Danger Wanderer reads 0, no fluctuation!]

The observer responsible for monitoring the data of the Dangerous Wanderer reported loudly, with unconcealable joy in his voice.

"!"

Cai Tiantong couldn't help but wave his fist.

The reading is 0, which means that the impact just now was not transmitted to the Danger Wanderer at all, and was all absorbed by the shield!

“What are the results of the image observation?”

He asked the observation post on the other side.

[According to the image detection results, there was no direct contact between the impacting steel beam and the Dangerous Wanderer. There was a gap of about one meter between them!]

After hearing the report, Cai Tiantong nodded.

Very good, this proves that the pressure test data is normal, eliminating the possibility of instrument failure, and the energy shield has indeed blocked external impact.

"Marshal, continue?"

He turned to look at Marshal Stek and asked.

"Go on, this time you can let Storm Red go a little more."

Stek nodded and said.

"clear."

Cai Tiantong understood and continued to issue orders:

"Stress test continues, Storm Crimson, follow instructions and increase the power step by step!"

After receiving the order, the Storm Crimson Mecha grabbed the steel beam and used its three arms to exert force and continue to push forward.

The pressure gauge reading on the steel beam immediately climbed up, from one thousand tons to one thousand five hundred tons, from one thousand five hundred tons to two thousand tons, and finally soared all the way to three thousand tons. This is already the strength of a monster at its weight level.

But even so, the seemingly weak shield still held the steel beam firmly, preventing it from touching the surface of the Danger Wanderer, and the pressure sensor reading on it was always 0.

The only thing that has changed is the power usage data, which has increased from 5.7% at the beginning to 10.3%. Although this will have a certain impact on the energy output of the mecha, the overall impact is not significant, and is not even as high as the peak energy consumption when the plasma cannon on the mecha is firing at full power.

"Next, conduct an exercise test!"

【Take a motion test!】

Following another command, the remote control simulator temporarily connected to the Dangerous Wanderer's operating system issued an instruction, and the mecha's right arm slowly rose up amid the sound of the engine.

[The force field still exists, and the spatial phase distortion moves with the moving parts. It is very stable! ]

"Okay."

Seeing this result, Stek nodded and ordered the end of the experiment.

Previous experiments proved that the shield generated by this shield generator can indeed withstand monster-level attacks, and subsequent motion tests proved that this shield can change synergistically with the movement of the body and always stick to the surface of the mecha.

This is enough to show that this shield technology is already very mature and there is absolutely no problem in using it directly on mechas!

Chapter 246 Self-made Mecha Plan

When the test was announced as a success, everyone on the command platform cheered and celebrated.

Because they knew that facing the monsters that were approaching step by step, they finally had the power to turn the situation around again.

"What incredible technology, Marshal! Where did this come from? Is it from a secret laboratory in some country?"

Cai Tiantong asked Stek curiously.

"Well... that's right."

Stek spoke vaguely, without revealing anything about the magician. He only said that a secret laboratory came to him and provided relevant technology and samples.

"I really want to meet the person who invented this device! I never thought that this technology, which once only existed in science fiction, could become a reality."

Cai Tiantong sighed.

"Yeah, who would have thought."

Stek also nodded and sighed, but the meaning of his words was obviously subtly different from Cai Tiantong's.

The crowd's cheers and celebrations lasted for a while. After everyone had calmed down, Stek gave the order:

"Alright, now that the shield generator has proven to be useful, let's install it on all the remaining mechas!"

"Yes!"

The mecha technology department staff, led by Cai Tiantong, saluted in unison and continued to work enthusiastically.

Installing a shield generator is actually very simple, because the device itself is not large, so you only need to find a suitable place in the mecha to install and fix it, and then connect it to the energy of the mecha's power furnace. After power is turned on, the force field shield will automatically appear on the surface of the mecha.

Apart from considering the wiring issues and the load-bearing capacity of the energy cables, there is no difficulty.

Not only is it easy to install, it is also very simple to use.

This device will automatically read the appearance and movement data of the mecha. Just turn on the switch and the shield will be activated to protect the mecha from any external attack.

Technical personnel including Cai Tiantong simply could not imagine how this tiny device could generate such a huge energy field, how it could fit the force field perfectly onto the outer surface of the mecha, and how it could change with the movement of the mecha.

But it was done.

If the devices were not so scarce and each one had its uses, these technical personnel would really want to take them apart to see the structure inside!

……

Just as the people at the Broken Dome Base were delighted that they had another powerful weapon to fight against monsters, Yi Shen and others, under the arrangement of Marshal Stek, moved in quietly without attracting anyone's attention.

It is not difficult.

After all, at this time, the PDCC had basically been abandoned by governments around the world. Although funding had not been completely cut off, its management had gradually become out of the supervision of various countries and had fallen into a relatively chaotic state.

It's not a mixed bag, but it's not difficult to get a few outsiders in - not to mention that the person who arranged this was the highest official of the PDCC, Marshal Stek himself.

With the title of special technical department employees, Yi Shen and his three companions were assigned to an independent studio.

They do not undertake any specific technical work, but with Stek's approval they have access to most technical information.

Yi Shen was not polite either. He used AI to copy almost all the technical information that PDCC had. He even remotely invaded research institutions and corresponding factories in various countries and obtained the drawings and technical information for manufacturing various types of hunter mechas.

——No matter whether you can use it or not, just get it first!

After a brief look, Yi Shen had to admit that this world's technological level in materials science, energy, power systems, etc. was the best of all the worlds he had experienced before, even the "Psycho-Pass" world, which theoretically had a higher level of technology, could not compare to it.

This is easy to understand. After all, different worlds face different environmental factors, and their development directions are also different.

In the world of "Psycho-Pass", because Japan had experienced the Third World War and was isolated from the outside world, it wanted to establish a so-called "ideal country", so the focus of technological development was placed on prosthetics, holographic projections, and the iconic mental color detection ability; while in the world of "Pacific Rim", under the pressure of monsters, the technology tree of giant mecha was frantically developed. In just a few decades, it broke through various technical barriers and developed the current giant humanoid mecha that is a hundred meters tall and weighs thousands of tons.

If a bipedal upright machine of this size were manufactured according to the technological level of the real world, let alone allowing it to fight, even if it were allowed to stand still, it would collapse on its own due to insufficient material strength.

In a sense, using such advanced material technology to manufacture bipedal upright humanoid robots is actually a very low cost-effective behavior. With this technology, manufacturing other forms of weapons and equipment will only make them more powerful than mechas!

That is, the body fluids of the invading monsters are highly toxic, and using conventional weapons to kill them will cause large-scale environmental pollution. This is why they have to choose to use mechas to kill the monsters in close combat to reduce the level of pollution as much as possible.

Well, it feels just like the Minovsky particle created in UC Gundam to make the humanoid mobile suits have practical significance. These are all settings made by the screenwriter to make the plot more reasonable.

But now that movies have become reality, the setting is no longer just a setting, but a logical choice that fits a specific reality.

These technologies, which have developed due to the special circumstances of the world, naturally have their own unique value.

"So, what do you plan to do with this technology?"

Mai Sakurajima looked at Yi Shen fiddling with the information and asked curiously.