Chapter 367 Mechanical Prosthesis

“Hiss—it’s so cool!”

Seeing Xiang Hongbin like this, Wang Tao took a breath.

When he was at Shuize Base before, Xiang Hongbin was almost eaten by zombies in order to protect everyone. After Wang Tao rescued him from the zombies, only half of his body was left.

Although Wang Tao used various medicines to revive Xiang Hongbin, Xiang Hongbin also became completely disabled and may need inhibitors for the rest of his life...

Xiang Hongbin has a tough character. If it were in peacetime, although he would not be reconciled, he could still accept the fact that he was disabled. After all, he had protected so many people, and it was worth it.

But now is the end of the world, and there are dangers everywhere. He, a disabled person, can only become a burden to everyone. He cannot accept that he is a burden. If Wei Zhenguo hadn't been comforting and encouraging him, he might have found a zombie and died together. But even so, Xiang Hongbin couldn't bear it anymore.

When Wang Tao saw Xiang Hongbin again, he decided to find a way to restore hope to Xiang Hongbin.

It is impossible to completely cure Xiang Hongbin, at least according to the current situation. So Wang Tao was thinking about whether he could restore Xiang Hongbin's fighting strength.

At the Wuyang military base, Wang Tao 3D printed a set of prosthetic limbs for Xiang Hongbin. This set of prosthetics allows him to move normally and has a certain fighting ability. But after all, it is not considered tailor-made or customized, so it can only be regarded as "usable".

Xiang Hongbin is quite satisfied, at least he is no longer a useless person.

But Wang Tao was dissatisfied because he knew they could do better, but because they didn't have the relevant professionals, they couldn't make it better. He knew that Xiang Hongbin didn't want to fall behind.

By chance, after arriving at Changhe Base and seeing the advanced weapons and equipment such as power armor and crystal energy equipment, Wang Tao wondered if he could have the research institute customize a set of prosthetics for Xiang Hongbin.

The people at the institute are all professionals, and their customized products are definitely much better than standardized prostheses printed by machines.

It happened that Wang Tao met Qu Shilin, a technical expert, and asked Qu Shilin to help. Money was not an issue.

Qu Shilin was very interested after seeing Xiang Hongbin and was even willing to help without charging money.

Although I felt that Qu Shilin's performance was a bit unreliable, and she felt like she was treating Xiang Hongbin as a guinea pig. But after all, she is a normal person and knows what she can and cannot do. In addition, she has used a lot of things produced by the Hope Research Institute before. Wang Tao also trusts the Hope Research Institute, so the two hit it off immediately, and Xiang Hongbin went to the Hope Research Institute. Place.

After that, Wang Tao never saw Xiang Hongbin again. Qu Shilin said that this was more troublesome and would take a lot of time. But she promised that it would be completed before the Chinese New Year.

Although Wang Tao didn't know, it was just a custom-made set of prostheses. Even if it took so long, why did Xiang Hongbin need to stay at the research institute to cooperate all the time... But it was a good thing after all, and Xiang Hongbin agreed. Yes, Wang Tao didn't ask any more questions based on his trust in Qu Shilin.

Counting the time, Xiang Hongbin has been at the research institute for two months.

In the past two months, a lot of things have happened. Wang Tao almost forgot about Xiang Hongbin, and now he finally saw him.

After seeing the real person, Wang Tao finally understood why it took so long and needed Xiang Hongbin to cooperate.

What he and Xiang Hongbin thought at the time was to get a set of tailor-made prosthetics, preferably with some combat capabilities.

But now... these are all metal cyborgs!

But it seems reasonable to say that these modifications are all prosthetics...

In the past, Xiang Hongbin gave people a pitiful and tragic feeling. At first glance, he seemed to be a person with a lot of stories, which made people unable to help crying.

And now Xiang Hongbin is simply a mixture of tough guy, terror, security, technology and other complex feelings. Not only does he have a story, he can also slap you into an accident!

I have to say that Xiang Hongbin is really handsome at this time!

Recalling that it took Xiang Hongbin two months to transform like this, Wang Tao now doesn't feel that this time is long, but he feels that the time is very short.

Even if you don't see the specific abilities, just looking at the machines that grow with his body, you know that this is not an easy task.

I hope the research institute is awesome!

"Wang Tao?"

When Wang Tao sighed in his heart, he suddenly shouted to Hongbin.

After Xiang Hongbin was seriously injured, his voice became hoarse, and his words were like glass being rubbed against each other, which was painful to hear. Now, Xiang Hongbin's voice is clearer and much more normal. Although it is still not as good as the original sound, and even has a little electronic sound, it is much better than before. And this voice matches his appearance...don't say it, it's quite suitable.

"Lao Xiang! Congratulations on being reborn!"

Wang Tao laughed and stretched out his arms and walked over.

Click——click——

The various mechanisms that fixed Xiang Hongbin were put away one after another, and Xiang Hongbin walked down the high platform step by step with slow but firm steps.

"Rebirth... It seems that it can indeed be called rebirth..."

Xiang Hongbin murmured to himself, and then gave Wang Tao a firm hug.

After being hugged, Wang Tao suddenly grinned. Fortunately, he was in good physical condition, otherwise this hug might have directly crushed his ribs.

"Xiang Hongbin, you are too strong! You should familiarize yourself with your strength first!"

Qu Shilin yelled quickly, then ran over and pulled Wang Tao out of Xiang Hongbin's arms.

"Are you okay?"

"Haha, thank you for your concern! It's okay!"

Wang Tao laughed.

"Huh... That's good!"

Qu Shilin patted her chest as if she was relieved.

"Ahem, sorry... It's a little unfamiliar..."

Xiang Hongbin scratched his head awkwardly, and a sound of metal friction sounded at the back of his head.

"Let's go try it first!"

Qu Shilin brought Wang Tao, Xiang Hongbin and a group of researchers to the test site next door.

She asked Xiang Hongbin to test some projects, and other researchers to record and analyze. She briefly explained Xiang Hongbin's situation to Wang Tao.

When she saw Xiang Hongbin for the first time, she felt that Xiang Hongbin was a good candidate for testing "prosthetics".

Before the end of the world, this kind of prosthetic equipment had actually been produced, and the technology was no problem. But due to problems such as materials and energy, there is still a lot of room for improvement... So let alone mass production, even customized ones can't be used.

After the end of the world, the Hope Institute inherited these valuable data and felt that this thing was very suitable for the environment of the end of the world, so it decided to continue this research. At this time, crystal nuclei appeared, allowing them to research crystal energy technology. The appearance of various monsters brought a lot of strange materials... This made up for the energy and materials that were lacking before.

Now that technology, energy and materials are available, prostheses will definitely play a big role.

In their conception, this kind of prosthetic equipment is different from ordinary prostheses. Prostheses are two independent individuals that separate the human body and the equipment. Prostheses cannot move alone and need to be driven and controlled by other parts of the body.

For example, the mechanical arm that Wang Tao picked up from the airdrop before, although there was an extra hand out of thin air, this hand also needs to be controlled by a remote control-that is, you have to have a movable hand. If it is cut into a human stick, then you may have to rely on voice to control the mechanical arm...

This kind of prosthesis is different. Before it is used, it is independent, but after use, it is integrated with the body and is integrated!

To control these prostheses, you don’t need any buttons, you just need your brain to be normal and use your brain to control it. It is equivalent to your limbs!

Moreover, it can be disassembled and repaired. Theoretically, as long as the brain is still there, no matter how seriously injured it is, it will not die!

If the prosthesis can be promoted in human society, the combat effectiveness of human beings can be greatly improved, and there is no need to be afraid of the zombie virus! It is completely possible to fight against zombies, and zombies are probably not able to fight!

Of course, these are all theoretically feasible, and there are still many difficulties to be overcome in actual operation.

There are two most difficult points, and these two points are not the prosthesis equipment itself.

The first problem is the user's problem.

Because the prosthesis is integrated with itself and connected to its own nerves, after experiments, it was found that in the process of fusion, the user needs to have strong physical fitness and willpower!

If the willpower is not strong enough, there is no way to merge. Even if it is forcibly merged, it cannot be controlled. And there will be various side effects, which is not as good as ordinary prostheses. If the physical fitness is not strong enough, it may die directly during the fusion process...

This problem is caused by their inadequate technology. As long as they are given time, they can solve it. But what they lack now is time... So they need some disabled people with strong physical fitness and willpower to do the test.

It sounds like there should be quite a few such people, after all, it is the end of the world now. But in fact, such people are not easy to find.

Because in the end of the world, especially in the early stage, there is no concept of serious injury at all. Let alone serious injury, even if you are scratched by a zombie, you will be infected and mutated and die in a few days...

For a long time, there is only the difference between "no injury" and "death". Injury is equivalent to death.

Although many wounded and disabled people have been saved due to the subsequent establishment and development of the base and the improvement of medical care. But ordinary disabled people can't do it. People with strong physical fitness and willpower are needed, which is very difficult to find...

When I saw Xiang Hongbin at that time, his miserable condition... Qu Shilin didn't know how he survived!

If he can survive, his willpower must be fine, and Xiang Hongbin himself is a soldier and a third-level supernatural person, so his physical fitness must be up to standard.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case.

In all kinds of painful experiments, Xiang Hongbin could not keep silent, but at least he could bear it. He was far from what those people in the previous experiments could do...

As for the second problem, it is the problem of fusion between prosthesis and human, and between prosthesis and liquid.

If a person is missing a hand, the difficulty of making and fusing a mechanical hand is "1". If he is missing two hands, the difficulty of fusing two mechanical hands is not "2", but "3" or even higher!

In short, the more parts of the body are modified, the more difficult it is to fuse, and the lower the probability of wanting to fuse all of them.

In Xiang Hongbin's case, he could not accept so many modifications. This is not a question of whether his willpower is strong or not, but a question of technical inability.

Qu Shilin had thought before that he would take it slowly, first fuse a hand, then fuse a foot, slowly test and improve, and he would succeed. The only one who might suffer is the experimenter like Xiang Hongbin. Although there was no danger to his life, it was really painful to test it again and again...

But sometimes luck is just that good - Wang Tao opened a [Level 4 Weapon - Iron Beetle]!

When others see this kind of weapon, they naturally want to enhance their own combat power. When the people in the institute saw it, they felt that this thing was interesting. It was a bit like the prosthesis they developed, except that one was fused with itself, and the other was semi-fused; one was mainly based on mechanical technology, and the other was mainly based on biological technology... Can't we learn from it?

The institute took a fancy to the iron beetle in the city hall.

So after a tug-of-war, the iron beetle in the city hall came into the hands of the institute. Qu Shilin didn't elaborate on what agreement they reached, but it seems that the institute must have paid a lot.

After getting the iron beetle, the institute began to study day and night.

Then they successfully dismantled the armed iron beetle...! And then they couldn't put it back...

But the harvest was great. They successfully integrated their own mechanical technology with some biological technologies of the iron beetle! In addition to the supplement and coordination of crystal energy technology... Xiang Hongbin is their latest product!

"Xiang Hongbin still has many flaws. For example, it does not meet our expectations of feeling 'exactly the same as his own original body'... There is also a certain 'delay' in use, a bit like controlling an iron beetle... The appearance cannot be exactly the same as a human - let alone exactly the same, this shape is more like a power armor than a human... Anyway, there are still many problems..."

"But I also believe that we will definitely create better prostheses in the future, until they are no different from human bodies. Even to the point where only a head is left - no, it should be the level of survival with only a consciousness left!"

Qu Shilin's eyes sparkled.

"I believe you can do it!"

Wang Tao nodded seriously.

He really hoped that Qu Shilin could do it. To be honest, for him, since he saw the power armor, the level of technology in the end times has exceeded his cognition, and he would not be surprised no matter what outrageous things are researched later.

"Thank you!"

Qu Shilin happily hugged Wang Tao, and then continued:

"After talking about Xiang Hongbin's background, the next thing is his strength. You can see the test for details..."

"I dare not say anything else, but I feel that few people can match his physical fitness. If combined with various weapons... He has the combat power of an awakener!"

"But he has a small flaw, which is that he has to consume crystal cores..."