Chapter 487 - 458 "Legend" Mackinaw (Part 1)

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Lille heard a strange ripping sound in his mind, switching his main consciousness back to the Cyberpunk World.

[Unstable Energy Burst Countdown: 12 hours]

[Energy burst density and intensity are increasing...]

[Time synchronization error detected]

[Little Octopus: Boss, something’s wrong!]

A peculiar feeling of dizziness lingered in his brain as Lille reached for the computer and plugged in the neural interface.

He was currently in the Adkaduo factory, and the computer was one of the internal network ports of the factory. Once he was connected, the computing power of the backup servers was mobilized.

Lille realized what Little Octopus had discovered: at the moment of the world’s switch, the data density received by the Marvel World increased geometrically.

In other words, one second in the Cyberpunk World equaled ten seconds in the Marvel World, and the data volume increased accordingly.

Fortunately, Lille had encountered this situation before and had noted the problem during the development of the cross-dimensional production system, preventing a total system collapse.

Although the flow rates of the two worlds were different, only the observer, Lille, could notice this issue.

For the servers, the increased data density raised the processing difficulty. However, for the machines, dual timestamp authentication would not cause production issues because both worlds operated on a 24-hour system.

The downside was that this situation caused the servers to overload directly, but thanks to the numerous backup servers, it had not yet crashed the cross-dimensional production system. However, it was clear that if this state continued for a long time, the servers might fail.

If the flow rate difference increased further, the current servers might not withstand it.

Fortunately, the ratio quickly eased to fluctuate between 1:2 and 1:3.

But just as Lille began to relax, the numbers on the system panel started to jump unexpectedly!

[Unstable Energy Burst: 12... 11...]

[Unstable Energy Burst: 10 hours]

As he stared at the numbers, many thoughts flashed through Lille’s mind.

If the crossing was due to Rocksen secretly conducting certain experiments, they would increase the frequency of these experiments as their resources grew.

In other words, the intervals between crossings would get shorter and shorter, as was already happening now.

So what would happen when the interval reached zero?

[Little Octopus: Boss, this doesn’t feel good. The race is about to start, and if there’s a lag spike, what then?]

Lille pinched the bridge of his nose.

[Lille: It’s alright, we have plenty of Points to switch the main venue. Let’s check out the vehicle.]

Everything that could be done in the Marvel World had already been done.

They had sunk the aircraft carrier, thwarted the Sixth Fleet’s plan to take over Somalia, and established a front line at Gellekayu, securing the logistics system in southern Africa.

The African Continent had abundant mineral resources, so even if comprehensive sanctions were imposed one day, it wouldn’t go belly up immediately.

In the short term, the Mei Army was unlikely to launch another attack, and the general election was just days away, which would decide the next President. This would lead to a shift in policies.

All Lille needed to do was maintain his current base and economic volume, holding out until Barnes took office and countered Rocksen’s advantage.

At least partially, this would allow the situation to reverse, making it difficult for Rocksen to organize a sufficiently professional army quickly without the Mei Army.

Extending the timeline, Lille was confident in gradually removing Rocksen’s influence from the world through a relatively peaceful economic transition.

Even if something unexpected happened and the opposition party took power, ample buffer time would still be available.

After rethinking his strategy, Lille shook his head: he had to focus on dealing with the current situation.

Bang!

The one-piece molding machine opened, revealing the complete car body shell in the center of the field.

The shell used the anti-armor alloy initially applied by the Osborne Group at the extremities of the Rhino Armor and Scorpion Battle Suit.

After numerous experiments by the engineering group and the materials laboratory, a better forming scheme was finally discovered.

[Chroni Titanium Alloy]

[Description: A superalloy primarily composed of titanium, nickel, tantalum, and trace amounts of gold and silver.]

[Using high-pressure electron beams at the nanoscale to control metal nanopowders to form a special structure, subjected to high-pressure sintering over 10,000 atmospheres, with a forming temperature exceeding 3500 degrees Celsius.]

[Once formed, it is difficult to reprocess and can only be surface polished with a laser.]

[Reverse-engineering success]

[Reward Technology Points: 500]

[Current Technology Points: 15,000]

"One last try, the best result..."

Beside the control panel, Mitch looked at the data, a little excited.

This attempt had produced the most ideal process data and appearance checks.

The first step of Chroni Titanium Alloy processing was not something that could be handled by a makeshift team: controlling the nanopowders and using electron beam control.

Fortunately, the "nanoscale" was not too tiny, and the current nanoscale surgical robots’ working scale barely met the requirements.

Reprogramming and modifying the nanoscale surgical robots to charge them and control the powders at the nanoscale to complete the mixing.

This scheme was perfected by Dr. Otto, but unfortunately, the production of nano-robots was a technical task. Manufacturing ultra-small chips exceeded the processing capabilities of the two worlds, so all the raw materials had to be purchased from the black market, which was quite expensive.

The subsequent operation of ultra-high-pressure high-temperature sintering would not have been possible without the set of advanced machining equipment they had obtained from the Vortex Gang.

Good stuff, but the Vortex Gang didn’t know how to use it due to their lack of knowledge.

However, the raw materials, nanoscale surgical robots, and the electricity consumed every time the equipment was used...

It made one sigh, money really wasn’t worth anything; many things couldn’t even be bought without connections.

But the result was worth it. Just looking at this framework gave a sense of power.

V and Jack almost pressed their faces against the glass, their eyes wide open at this scene:

Many street kids had no intention of learning technology but were full of desire for various industrial products.

But seeing this process... both suddenly felt they should study hard, otherwise, they wouldn’t understand technology, let alone say a few words of surprise.

Lasers swept back and forth over the freshly produced frame and car body shell, preparing for assembly.

As the temperature decreased and the laser polishing ended, the shell displayed a smooth, mirror-like surface with sleek and robust lines.

Workers loaded with the assembly program nervously began constructing and assembling the chassis and internal framework—

All the parts were outputted from another one-piece molding machine. Workers, wearing exoskeletons, retrieved their respective parts and precisely positioned the hundreds-of-kilograms-heavy alloy plates onto the assembly platform, working in sync with mechanical arms.

Deep blue welding sparks continuously flashed, piecing together the "Legend" chassis bit by bit. The explosion-proof face was made up of dozens of small, mobile Chroni Titanium explosion-proof metal plates. The reason it was controllable was that it would be integrated into Mackinaw’s unique AI central control.

Chassis, suspension, and drive motors, and other systems achieved an octopus-arm level of super fine detail on the mechanical level.

The outermost layer of explosion-proof armor would move slightly according to the explosion, triggering the internal electromagnetic locking system to deflect and change the explosion and attack angles to achieve reactive defense effects when necessary.

The suspension system would respond to road changes at the millisecond level, providing an adjustment range of ±20% stiffness variation.

The tires, equipped with an electrostatic adsorption system, provided unimaginable traction, theoretically even allowing it to climb walls if necessary.

Besides these passive defense systems, the intelligent targeting system inherited from Kangtao Yinglong had been fully adapted to an AI-controlled active defense system, with the car body featuring 20 mini-defense missile launch tubes with a 120-round capacity.

The car body was assembled under the electric light. Two high-mobility Blast Ride motorcycles were loaded into the cargo bay, along with a bio-powered XS-1 Power Armor custom-made for Jack.

The rear cargo bay was a complete weapons arsenal, including electromagnetic sniper rifles like raccoon dog, assault rifles like Achilles, incendiary knuckle gloves, Smart Submachine Guns like Yinglong, and corresponding modification components and ammunition to cope with as many situations as possible.

Of course, there was also a high-energy edible fluid warehouse—Jack’s food store.

The core driving this giant was the experimental engine from Mackinaw Company, modified with advanced turbine groups by Dr. Tums—

Now it had a name:

["Vulture" Turbocharged Engine Set]

[Description: Improved efficiency on the basis of Mackinaw Company’s design, slightly increased in size, with added electrical energy conversion systems and parallel drive motors.]

[5800 horsepower, maximum thrust of 260KN, enabling this behemoth to run like a racecar.]

[Developer: Dr. Tums]

[Note: Experimental device, but with slight configuration modifications, it can be mounted on tanks; maybe I’ll try it on some small flying vehicles.]

[By the way, prepare a large enough fuel tank. Otto’s battery is good, but it’s not enough.]

Bang!

The shell dropped, and the final assembly was complete.

The current filled it as the system self-test began, and the reactive armor and active defense systems started operating—

This behemoth came to life.

"Holy...," V’s eyes seemed to sparkle, "Awesome..."

Jack’s hand waved aimlessly behind him, seeming to want to pat Lille but unwilling to take his eyes off the behemoth.

"Mano, how much did this cost..."

"1.5 million. That’s the cost. If we sell it..."

[Transfer: +1,000,000 Euros]

[Transfer: +500,000 Euros]

Before Lille could finish, the two transferred the money simultaneously, then rushed into the field eagerly.

"By the way," V turned halfway, "you owe me!"

Debt: +50,000 Euros.

Lille nodded expressionlessly, also preparing to stand up and go down to check.

But as he stood up, he felt a warmth around his ear...

His ear was bleeding.

And it wasn’t just this body’s ear that was bleeding.

[Little Octopus: Boss...]

[Lille: Not a big deal, at least a few more months to live.]

[Lille: Enough to turn Rocksen and Night City upside down.]