Chapter 148: Ice Fishing (I)
ββ¦β¦ The question that is of greatest concern to the public now is undoubtedly when the Allies will launch retaliatory military action against the ACA in response to the Paris incident, but Congress vetoed the president's bill this morning to authorize all fronts to conduct a unified counteroffensive operation, and Congress asked the president and the military to ' Careful consideration of the possible negative consequences of an active offensive', which led to mass demonstrations by the population, was subsequently made public on the Internet, in which one of the MPs said that the Allied military was too powerful and that further proactive attacks would fuel the problem and upset the balance of power within the League......"
-- International Outlook
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"Alright, now that you've managed to trick me here, you're done." Ling Yu raised his hand and wiped it on his helmet mask, then looked at the sun in the distant distance through the hole in the wall that he had made with his own hands, and said softly, "Can you tell me the reason?" β
"It's for the boss, your armor."
Ling Yu turned his head and looked at Jiesi who was wearing a rare spacesuit as red as a flame, the girl was wearing a helmet at this time, a huge scanner was attached to the right arm of the machine, and the green scanning line was constantly flashing on the wall of the warehouse.
"My armor?" Ling Yu turned around and walked behind Jeunsy, his gaze following the scan line in Jeunsy's hand, "What's going on?" β
"I said you didn't run in vain last time, do you remember?" Jesse still moved her arm slowly and without gaps, "The wooden thorn of the plant that left on my shoulder. Remember? β
"You took that thing and studied it?" Ling Yu instantly understood what Jiesi meant, and then shook his head, "You're really not afraid of making something alien or something." β
"The chemistry is interesting, but the structure is not complicated, and what is basically certain is cosmic ray-induced mutation." Jess suddenly stopped scanning in her hand, shook her right hand, hung the scanner on her waist, and then jumped up quickly with her left hand on the mechanical keyboard on her right arm, "Boss, you have a little confidence in the level of human science and technology." β
"Did you find it?" Ling Yu selectively ignored Jiesi's complaints, anyway, if you really discuss the scientific level of human beings. I'm definitely the one who loses.
"Hmm. There's a clue. Jesse reached her right hand to her lower back, took out a spray from her waist bag, and then took off her previous scanner and threw it away. Let's go. β
"This thing...... Don't want it? Ling Yu looked at the scanner that was slowly drifting to the side. sighed with emotion. "I really don't know if it's the Knights who are rich or the princess is willful."
"It's too massive, it consumes extra jet fuel," Jesse shook her head slightly. Ling Yu explained, "We have to prepare for a long-distance search, your oxygen is now the lowest." β
"Well, yes, it's adjusted as you said before." Ling Yu glanced at the values, the current helmet is on the mode of simulating the natural environment, that is to say, the distribution of nitrogen and oxygen in a ratio close to the earth's natural air, but the oxygen concentration is set to only 8%, this oxygen concentration is basically equivalent to the oxygen content at the top of Mount Everest, for TF, although the general action will not be affected, but it is absolutely impossible to fight with this oxygen content.
Fortunately, in case of danger, the oxygen content will be automatically increased, and the closed breathing mask will be ejected in case of breathing disorders or broken helmets.
"Jetting is also economical, this is for you."
While handling the number of jΓΉ, Jiesi threw a square box to Ling Yu, "A climbing tool like a grappling hook on your arm." β
"Good stuff." Ling Yu looked at the black box in his hand, the three silver needles were glowing in the sun, "Why didn't you take it out before?" β
"It's top secret for the Order," Jesse explained, turning her head, "what kind of needle do you think can make a hole in the steel plate of a prehistoric civilization?" β
"Uh...... It doesn't feel like the armor of this ship is nothing, and the electric heating knife you used to use before has cut through the outer wall. Ling Yu remembered the huge scratch he had left on the ship's hull before.
"That's because the metal grade of the outer hull is not enough, the ships of prehistoric civilizations are like this, the shell is designed to be throwable, so it is also very cheap metal, but the walls of the internal sealed cabin are not comparable at all." Although the two of them were in a hurry, Jiesi still patiently explained to Ling Yu, "The needle of this rope gun is made of the latest top-secret material of the Knights, and under the same weight, the hardness is 4 times that of Reykjavik alloy, with a Nissl hardness of 27, and a hardness of more than 100 on the Mohs scale. β
"I'm ...... This thing ......" Ling Yu glanced down at the inconspicuous box on his forearm, "Your Knights are going to rule the world." β
"This needle is almost equivalent to the price of an electromagnetic tank," Jiesi shrugged her shoulders slightly, as if she was a little helpless, "and it must be synthesized in a vacuum, strong cosmic radiation environment, so the alliance knows the existence of this thing, called Lange alloy." β
"LangjΓΆkull glacier, it sounds so much better than Reykjavik alloys." Ling Yu nodded and concluded, "Then let's go." β
"Well, here."
Jiesi finally tapped a few times on the holographic keyboard, and passed the number to Ling Yu's helmet display, "The vent above, that's where that guy ran away last time." β
"Let's go."
Ling Yu checked his equipment one last time, then jumped up with his right foot in the gravity-free room, and then turned over and used his gravity boots to attach to the wall next to the vent.
"This is it." Jesse followed, and then sprayed the spray in her right hand at the vent, and a blue water mark appeared next to the vent.
"Let's go, then."
Ling Yu grabbed the crumbling fence at the vent and pulled it away, then turned off the gravity boot, tiptoed a little, and got in.
"From the vent in front, you should be able to access the room below. According to the hull rupture manual obtained from the bridge, the room in front of us will automatically become a temporary airlock when the warehouse we came to loses pressure, and further on, there should be artificial gravity. β
"You've got it all figured out." Ling Yu nodded slightly, and then pulled his right hand on the wall of the ventilation pipe, floating at a faster speed.
"I had long since guessed that we might be back, so I did some homework." Jiesi followed behind Ling Yu, "This is it." β
"Okay."
Ling Yu also saw the panel in front of him that shone with a green light, and his right hand rubbed lightly against the inner wall of the pipe to slow down his speed. Then it came to a steady stop in front of the panel.
Ling Yu took off his gloves. Exposing one's left hand - partial detachment from the spacesuit in space does not result in immediate death, and even ordinary people will maintain a certain pressure on the blood vessels to prevent the blood from bursting the limbs, although over time it will cause permanent damage. But within a minute, there was no problem. TF for different body elements. This time can last up to five minutes.
The panel quickly scanned Ling Yu's genes, and after the transformation of the medical pod, he would no longer have any permission problems, when the young man brought the glove back to his left hand. The room below has already been depressurized.
Ling Yu first drilled into the room along the ventilation pipe, observed the surroundings to make sure there was no problem, then stretched out his hand, pulled Jiesi and floated into the room, and then reflexively went to the vent panel to close the seal.
"Pressurizing ......"
"Artificial gravity goes online."
Ling Yu, who had not yet fully landed, was almost dragged to the ground by artificial gravity, and the young man stabilized his body and saw that Jiesi had opened the helmet mask after the pressurization was completed.
"That's right, it's over here."
Ling Yu also learned to flip the helmet behind his back, and then looked at Jiesi who continued to use the spray to identify the direction, and suddenly remembered a question that he had forgotten to ask, "Speaking of which, why can this plant be made into armor." β
"Because it's sensitive to air pressure." Jiesi walked in front, concentrating on her direction, while Ling Yu followed behind with a mystery pistol, keeping her guard on the lookout - this kind of tacit understanding was nothing to the two of them.
"Any kinetic strike can cause a drastic change in air pressure," Jesse continued, "Supersonic bullets, electromagnetic rifle balls, and even your fist can cause drastic changes in air pressure, as we discovered last time - when faced with a vacuum, the plant's cells harden rapidly, and the initial tests are no less hard than the Reykjavik alloy. β
"2.5 times the diamond," Ling Yu nodded slightly, "And then?" β
"According to Shi yΓ n, this reaction occurs not only when the air pressure decreases sharply, but also when the air pressure increases sharply, and I suspect that this plant may have evolved and encountered some high-pressure environment, so it evolved this ability." Jiesi tried her best to explain in a statement that Ling Yu could understand, "In short, when a bullet hits, this plant will harden quickly due to overpressure, but at the same time the inner layer can remain soft, which is similar to the three-layer defense system used by the alliance on power armor - alloy bulletproof plates absorb fragments and warheads, shear thickening gel absorbs kinetic energy and shock, and finally pad liquid cushioning materials to protect electronic equipment, you can achieve a good bulletproof effect." β
"Got it, so you're going to make an armor out of this plant, and then try it on me to see if you can invent an epoch-making bulletproof material." Ling Yu smiled softly and bitterly, except for the first room, he was almost on the verge of getting lost in the labyrinthine passage.
"That's what I thought, but now it doesn't seem like possible."
Jeunse's voice was full of regret, "After this change is completed, the cells of this plant will lose their vitality and become hard wood thorns, that is, this process is irreversible. β
"Disposable body armor, it's not as good as the equipment of the alliance...... Ling Yu shook his head, "At least the metal plate can still play a role if it is not hit in the same place, and the shear thickening gel layer can be restored to a liquid state when it is energized." β
"This plant also has this characteristic." Jiesi still unhurriedly searched and explained, "Our research found that this plant has a unit similar to a neuron, and there is one on a piece of plant, and as long as this neuron remains active, then the process is reversible, and the hardened cells will automatically fall off, and new cells will divide out." β
"So...... You...... Sue sΓΉ me...... This dress...... Be...... Alive?! Ling Yu suddenly felt a wave of nausea, "And I'm going to wear this living thing on my body?" You might as well send me a Divine Beast Mount......"
"This thing is almost as active as an onion...... "Jesse seemed to see the problem, turned around and smiled awkwardly, "You don't think the onions in your refrigerator are alive, and potatoes or something...... In fact, many things are alive, but there is no environment for growth. β
"And what does it eat?" Ling Yu was still frowning.
"What do you think is on this ship?"
Jiesi stopped searching, held her chin with one hand, and circled in front of Ling Yu, "We found something similar to chlorophyll, so this plant can definitely photosynthesize, but photosynthesis is not enough, the other parts, first of all, it can't be organic matter, don't worry, because this ship is constantly being destroyed, and no matter how perfect the circulation system is, it is impossible to provide it with enough organic matter for it to continue to grow...... It's possible that minerals can be obtained directly from the hull if they evolve high enough, but in the universe, there is something other than stellar radiation that can be called an infinite source of energy. β
"You mean electricity?"
Ling Yu raised his head and glanced at the green light above his head. (To be continued......)
PS: Secret talk 2: Regarding headphones, it has been mentioned many times in the article that headphones are worn on the ears, but in fact, there are now more mature subcutaneous implanted headphones, or laryngeal vibrating headphones, why not use them? The key is because of the emp, the take-out headphones can be taken off the fastest when they encounter an EMP attack, even if they are burned, only one ear is injured, and it will not open a hole in the jaw or scorch the neck, this detail is mentioned in the chapter of Ling Yu saving Heris, however, contact lenses are indeed a very dangerous thing, once they encounter EMP, TF will also be hit hard, so it can only be said that Ling Yuyi is bold 2333