"So, you’re saying half the people who died didn’t just die all at once." Sha Sha crossed her arms, her gaze sweeping: "Those who couldn’t last 9 hours died. I thought these people stayed in this state for 24 hours."
"How could that be? Continuous connection would make them like those fungi people?"
Lin Xian said, "But this method of blocking is too simple. I thought there would be some advanced technology."
"So, there’s no risk of death, right? Their bodies are fine, just happy for 9 hours. How could they die?" asked Luo Luo nearby, obviously curious, as she leaned over.
"Happy for 9 hours?" Lin Xian smiled wryly: "In 17th century Europe, during that period, aside from cruel physical torture, there was another method of punishment known as the laughing punishment. This punishment was entirely bloodless, using a seemingly harmless method: the criminal would be tightly bound, their soles smeared with honey or salt, and then goats were allowed to lick them. How long do you think they could endure?"
"Licking soles? That’s considered punishment?"
"It counts." Luo Yang chimed in: "I know about this, people can’t endure for half an hour. In just 1 to 2 hours, it can lead to cardiac arrest or suffocation and death."
"Right, but this causes physical functional damage, while they are targeting the brain, which is different," Lin Xian said. "However, the trauma caused by the brain’s high-intensity operations is irreversible."
After speaking, Lin Xian turned around, his gaze began to wander in the surveillance hall, contemplating where to start.
Lin Xian wasn’t much interested in the operational robots because they were all designed specifically for the Hive Center and far less practical than his PX-05 maintenance robot. He already had the Thunder Falcon 2000 attack robot, and these things were only left with the value of being devoured by him.
However, he planned to handle these robots and the large suspended mechanical arms inside, as well as the energy system here, first starting with the instruments and various detectors in the passages. Most importantly, there was that Super High Temperature Plasma Beam Wire Cutting Array. Lin Xian had thought of this detail just now on the bus. If he replaces the electric blade armor system on the train with this and arranges it densely, combined with the arc pulse string vibrator, if confronted with a Monster Tide like the Snow Demon Snow Demon, won’t the Infinity become a large cutting machine, immediately slicing and pulverizing everything?!
Of course, this Plasma Beam Wire Cutting Array cannot be activated for a long time with current materials technology. Even if it could, this power usage would absolutely be more formidable than the electromagnetic railgun. With the current energy supply of Infinity Gemini, Lin Xian estimates it’s a bit precarious.
But like eating a meal bite by bite, just as the electric blade armor system, Lin Xian can first make one strip. As long as he can use Grace’s Intelligent Brain System for train design modification, many of Lin Xian’s blueprints would have opportunities to spread and expand.
No time to lose, Lin Xian arranged for Luo Yang and a few people to help patrol various areas while he began preparing to devour. KIKI, being bored as a bodyguard and assistant, also followed Luo Yang to wander around.
[Devouring Successful, Mechanical Source Point +15, Mechanical Devouring Skill Proficiency +10]
Lin Xian first completed the devouring of the energy conversion cabinet of Grace’s body, and conveniently prepared to directly take Grace’s power cabin. This power cabin could undergo charging and partial body repair, and Lin Xian was too lazy to scan for manufacturing, taking it back was more convenient for use.
Since entering Yijin City, Lin Xian had conducted a lot of devouring. With the convenience of Space-Time Devouring, the efficiency also improved significantly, with proficiency increasing by hundreds in a short time.
Mechanical Devouring: 4 (1316/2000)
He estimated that after settling this Zero Element Center and finding a nuclear power device to devour, he would be able to upgrade to Level 5. By then, not only would the devouring efficiency increase, but he himself could also conveniently meet the conditions for Electric Surge’s mechanical enhancement.
Lin Xian opened the inspection port of the passage and found the plasma beam wire device inside, then began scanning.
[Scanning Progress 2%]
This device is relatively precise and complex, but doesn’t have a large volume. Lin Xian estimated it might take about an hour to complete the scanning and then proceed with devouring.
Meanwhile, on the Infinity, some team members in the living carriage were already resting, while the remaining members took turns guarding. They were all wearing Power Armor for the first time, full of excitement, continuously researching its various functions inside.
Xiao Yuan’s injuries had not yet healed, but she still followed her teammates in learning the operation and use of Power Armor, hoping to quickly master and improve her abilities.
While passing through Xilan City, she deeply felt the dangers faced by Lin Xian and the core team members. After Lin Xian saved her from the Abyss Worm, Xiao Yuan secretly swore to avidly improve herself, catching up with Lin Xian and helping him share some of the burdens.
In Carriage 5, Da Lou looked at the size of the Power Armor in front of him, full of worry. This Power Armor had automatic expansion to fit the user’s body, but the problem was his nearly 2-meter height, even when opened to the largest, he simply couldn’t fit inside.
Sha Sha operated the parameters on the Power Armor and said to her brother, "This thing is made for standard military body types, you’re too tall, and I’m too short. Neither of us can use it."