Chapter 13: The Impact of the World-Ending Theory, The Supreme Court's Interrogation

The live stream's comment section.

Could already be described as a waterfall.

Over two million viewers.

Were almost all staring at the screen.

Wearing expressions of disbelief.

Their hands flying across the keyboards, typing frantically.

"!!!!"

"It's flying! This time it's really flying!"

"Oh my god! Did he actually build it?"

"So many luxury cars; it's so cool."

"I've seen Astro Boy before; this looks just like it!"

"Quick question! Is this driver's license hard to get?"

"What's the principle behind this? How can he fly?"

"Much more stable than that iron-can armor from the beginning."

"These four thrusters; the design is simply genius!"

"Not to make a fool of myself, but I once built something similar; only my thrusters were on my back, and it never even lifted off."

"Is the mall version out yet?"

"It can fly! In the history of Blue Star, humans were actually more awesome than they are now; they could fly!"

Everyone was discussing it frantically.

Many media outlets reported the scene, directly showing Tony hovering in mid-air.

They rushed to publish a front-page headline image.

Discussion threads on the forums sprouted like bamboo shoots after rain, growing wildly.

For the people of Blue Star, this was something they had never even dared to imagine.

One person, relying on mechanical equipment that appeared structurally simple.

Soared one meter into the air!

Sustaining a stable hover!

The exquisite devices crafted by those flight enthusiasts.

Compared to this, they were not even in the same league!

The humans of Blue Star had desired to conquer the sky for far too long!

Now they discovered that, somewhere in Blue Star's history, someone had already created such a powerful device.

That sense of shock and impact.

Was unimaginable!

…………

"Impossible!"

"This completely defies science!"

"How could it possibly be built?!"

During the expert panel's live connection, a top military-industry figure suddenly clutched his head, acting as if gone mad.

Several others wore similar expressions.

Clearly, what they were witnessing now far exceeded their understanding.

They could not believe it was real.

Confused murmurs kept coming from the video feed.

"It really shouldn't be possible; how does the arc reactor's output ensure balanced power across all four thrusters?"

"If even one thruster had unstable output, he couldn't have taken off! Let alone hover!"

"Even if the thrusters functioned normally, but! With temperatures that high, how could a human remain unharmed? Even cars were destroyed!"

"Explosion! Damn it, I'm going to explode!"

"How exactly was this achieved?"

They had just concluded that it was fundamentally impossible!

They had even analyzed various difficulties and reasons why.

Yet in the blink of an eye, such a bombshell was dropped.

If the entire propulsion system could be completed.

The difficulty of the other parts would plummet!

This mecha was practically finished!

All that remained was evaluating the strength or weakness of the armor's performance.

But right now, they simply could not figure it out.

…………

At the Eisen Heavy Military Industry Group.

The chief engineer in the corner looked utterly bewildered.

His forehead was covered in question marks.

He couldn't understand!

"The fragments of his past life are incomplete! Many parts are missing!"

He was now a mix of shocked and bewildered.

What shocked him was that, based solely on the point of stable flight.

It was enough to crush his latest mecha, which he and his team had developed through immense hardship.

What bewildered him was that he truly couldn't understand how it was done!

Across the entire Blue Star Federation, in the field of mecha research and development.

He considered himself to be standing among the top tier.

But now, looking at historical memories from who knows how many thousands of years ago on Blue Star.

He actually couldn't comprehend how it was achieved!

"This is truly fucking ghostly!"

As he continued watching the scenes from Ye Xuan's past-life memories.

The shock in his eyes transformed into terrifying horror.

[The scene shifted; two more refined mechanical legs walked forward.]

[Multiple mechanical arms extended from the surroundings, quickly adding and tightening components onto the mechanical legs.]

[Leg outer armor was covered, arm joint modules were tightened, and hand armor surfaces were covered.]

[Tony reached out, lifted the faceplate, and called out, "Jarvis, are you there?"]

["At your service, sir."]

[Blue light projected outward; Tony's eyes were revealed, while the display screen inside the helmet glowed faintly.]

["Activate the helmet display!"]

["Begin inspection!"]

[On the internal display, a series of data appeared; in deep vision mode, the multi-layer image structure activation engaged.]

[Tony said, "Load the home environmental conditions."]

["Yes, Mr."]

[Instantly, the external visual trackers on the helmet rapidly identified the series of conditions within the workshop.]

["Upload complete, Mr., all systems ready!"]

[On the helmet's internal display, various data and graphics aggregated and accumulated.]

["Can we initiate the virtual walking program now?"]

["Loading your walking habits and calibrating the virtual environment."]

[Tony, watching the mecha's posture and various data on the internal display, ordered, "Test the external armor control."]

["Yes, sir!"]

[The external armor sections on the mecha's legs popped open, flexing back and forth with agility.]

[Knees, waist, rear tail fins, both hands and shoulders, and both arm cockpits—the mecha's complete form was revealed.]

["Test complete. Preparing to shut down power and begin self-inspection."]

"Holy crap! This is so cool!"

"How much for this mecha suit! I'll buy it!"

"Then you'd have to go back to the past."

"This is my dream."

"Let me timidly ask one thing: what about going to the toilet?"

"Jarvis is so intelligent! So powerful! It's like having a cheat code!"

"Artificial intelligence paired with a mecha—who would have thought it could be this perfect!"

"Holy crap! If I had a mecha suit with Hua Zhibing as the AI, I... I'd die from sheer bliss!"

"User above, Hua Zhibing has already been forced into shutdown by the Apocalypse Wheel contestant."

In the live stream, not even the torrential flood of danmu comments could express the shock in everyone's hearts.

This mecha looked simply too cool.

More sci-fi than current science fiction!

Meanwhile, the Director was struggling to communicate with someone over the phone.

"Elder Wu, I think you are worrying too much."

The Director looked at the screen, where the mecha was undergoing self-inspection.

His expression was filled with immense shock.