Chapter 109 Air Combat Machine·Storm

Li Lin also talked with Heimerdinger about the next development of intelligent devices, and also discussed matters related to "matter compression" technology.

It was almost lunch time when he left Piltover University to find Caitlin and have lunch at her favorite restaurant.

After lunch, Caitlin's superb detective skills confirmed that her mother did not have an informant nearby to watch over her.

Then, she took Li Lin to her detective agency apartment, and the two rested until about two o'clock.

After another citizen came to Caitlin to solve the problem, Li Lin kissed her goodbye, returned to Piltover University, and obtained Jace's Hex Flying Gate teleportation technology.

Over the next few days, he devoted himself entirely to his studio and workshop.

Based on Heimerdinger's technology, Li Lin produced a semi-intelligent auxiliary chip and installed it on the Source Project Infinite Power Armor together with the transmission device.

Among them, the energy consumption of the upgraded auxiliary chip increased from 150 per second to 200 per second.

This results in the current power armor only being able to recover 90 points of energy per second.

The teleportation technology of the Hex Flying Gate adds a new function to the power armor:

[Active·Flash: Consume 30% of the maximum energy and teleport instantly to any area within 50 meters. 】

Although the range is only 50 meters, with the acceleration of [Overload Charging], it can be reached instantly and consumes less energy.

However, [Flash] has no reading time, and it can also be "teleported" to any target area within 50 meters. In some cases, it is much more practical than the speed provided by [Overcharge].

However, after many upgrades and transformations, the power armor only uses the energy provided by three energy crystals, which is no longer enough.

But the current "rare" quality power armor can no longer withstand the energy supply of the fourth energy crystal.

During this period, Li Lin spent a lot of time using the [Mechanical Improvement] skill, hoping to upgrade the power armor to "artifact" quality.

However, with only a mere 1% chance of being upgraded to an "artifact", Li Lin tried dozens of times without success, so he gave up the idea.

This is something that only the European Emperor can do...

To put it another way, energy crystals can only provide limited energy to the current Source Project Infinite Power Armor. It is also time to research a new energy core.

The blueprint for the "Hex Energy Crystal" was obtained through Hex Technology crystal fragments and through understanding some of the mysteries of the Shell people.

If you want to obtain a better energy core, the next step is probably to start with the original crystal, and at the end it will have to be fragments of the original crystal.

Li Lin's easiest way to obtain the original crystal or its fragments is through the [Essence Store].

As the saying goes, products produced by the system must be high-quality products.

The "primordial crystals" sold in [Essence Store] do not have any consciousness in them, and have nothing to do with the shell people, which can save a lot of trouble.

But such a primitive crystal costs 875 blue essence, and even a fragment costs 425 blue essence.

Li Lin's Essence only has 200 left after purchasing "Eliza's Miracle" for Caitlin.

I can only buy two healing orbs or a fairy talisman pendant, but I can't even afford a Dolan ring...

The only remaining routes are through the Gila Mann family or Piltover University.

However, in recent years, Noxus has been involved in frequent wars. It has sent a large number of troops to expand and occupy several ports along the Shurima coast.

In addition to doing business, Piltover's family and college have stopped sending treasure hunting expeditions to Shurima, Ionia and other regions in recent years.

The original crystal is naturally nowhere to be found.

Until last month, the "Piltover Daily News" reported a sudden coup in Noxus.

A former general named Jericho Swain overthrew Brown Darkwill and became the new Lord Commander of Noxus.

At the same time, he also issued a decree to recall the troops fighting in Ionia and deep into the Freljord, and also ordered some of the troops occupying the port of Shurima to withdraw into the country.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lady Karina sent an expedition to the abandoned Noxian port of Nashrame.

The Giraman family plans to continue their search for the Original Crystal from there.

With hope in the energy core, Li Lin began to study Heimerdinger's semi-intelligent floating turret technology.

After three days of non-stop work, Li Lin referred to the mechanic profession in the game DNF and designed a prototype robot that can be used in aerial combat.

He named it [Air Combat Machine·Storm].

[Aerial Combat Machine·Storm (Prototype·Normal): A semi-intelligent aerial combat robot, after using the remote control device to manually lock the target, it will pursue the target and launch a devastating strike. 】

[Attributes: 8000 health, 1000 energy, 40 combat power]

【passive】

[Full automation: When the energy is exhausted, the storm will be unable to move and consume 100 energy per second (energy thruster + auxiliary chip). 】

[Dual core power supply: Provides an additional 1500 energy, greatly improving the power of "energy weapons". 】

[Charge: Recover 6% of maximum energy per second (3%+3%). 】

[Reinforced Alloy: Provides an additional 500 health points. 】

[Semi-intelligent auxiliary chip: Continuously lock the target and launch an attack, switching weapons according to the number and strength of the enemy. 】

【initiative】

[7.62mm light machine gun (left hand): Continuously fires 7.62mm ammunition at the target, causing fatal damage (can reload 500 rounds). 】

[Electric Energy Shock Shoulder Cannon: Unfold the shoulder armor and launch two energy shells towards the target, causing a devastating blow in a 1-meter area and an energy impact in a 1-5 meter area (each shot consumes 200 energy). 】

[Electric energy concussion cannon group: Unfold the back armor and launch dozens of mini energy shells towards the target area, causing devastating damage, with a maximum coverage range of 15 meters (consuming 500-1000 energy). 】

This air support combat robot is still in the prototype testing stage, and Li Lin has not used [Mechanical Improvement] to upgrade it to "rare" quality.

After comprehensive consideration, "Storm" still mainly uses energy weapons as its main attack method, and kinetic energy weapons are only auxiliary.

On the one hand, Pi City, which is relatively peaceful and stable, does not have such a thing as a "machine gun" at this stage.

The more high-end kinetic energy weapon in the Twin Cities is the semi-automatic Hex Precision Rifle, which is also the weapon used by Caitlin in the original world line.

As for fully automatic kinetic energy rifles, there are currently only Hex carbines that are too unstable and have not been put into mass production.

Therefore, the most common ammunition in the Twin Cities is the 7.62mm rifle bullet.

But it happens to be compatible with the light machine gun designed by Li Lin himself and installed on the air combat robot.

On the other hand, without reaching the technical level of material compression and electromagnetic weapons, the ammunition that the air combat robot itself can load is very limited.

Coupled with the weapons control in Pi City and the Gila Mann family, Li Lin shamelessly only applied for more than a hundred rounds of ammunition.

This was only approved by Mrs. Karina after he showed it to "Storm" today.

After all, there is no war breaking out in the Twin Cities now, so there is no need to load such a dangerous combat weapon with so much ammunition.

This was what Mrs. Karina meant, but Li Lin completely disagreed with her idea.

"Phobia of insufficient firepower... More than a hundred rounds of bullets were fired continuously for more than ten seconds. How can this be enough?"

In the workshop, he complained helplessly while staring at the fully automated robotic arm that had entered a fixed program to load bullets into the magazine of the "Storm".

"No, this ammunition is not enough. If you want to form an army by one person in the future, combat robots like 'Storm' will have to be mass-produced..."

"I have to build an arsenal of my own... But let's not talk about Madam Karina, the approval from the members of the parliament and the Piltover police will definitely not be passed."

Li Lin rubbed his bare chin and thought for a long time.

"Why don't I find Silko and ask him to help me find a place in Zaun to build a black arsenal first..."

Thanks for the tip from Dingdang Cat!