inspire-indiana Chapter 624 Chapter 626 I want this
Chapter 624 Chapter 626 I want this
Professor Toledo took the battery that Lloyd dropped and searched through it slowly, muttering:
"It's too troublesome to just rub the screen to control it. Isn't there a more convenient and intuitive way?"
"I'll perfect it when I get back, you can just use it for now..."
Lloyd couldn't change the design under such circumstances, so he could only let him make do with it for now, and then he advised:
"Don't worry, take your time. The space here is very stable and there is no danger. I can also take a rest for a while."
"Well... that's true... but this built-in night vision function is quite good, and it even highlights these lines for me. I didn't expect you could come up with such a thoughtful design?"
"Ok?"
Lloyd couldn't help but be stunned, a little confused.
He did make functions like "night vision", but it is impossible for him to make "highlight display" and he doesn't know the circuit structure inside, so how to do it?
So he quickly leaned down to take a look, and sure enough, in the dark and narrow space, he saw several faintly glowing wires.
If you wave the flashlight, it will reflect a little.
It seems that some kind of fluorescent coating is applied to facilitate emergency repairs? It is a very common detail.
But after such a long time, can these paints still be effective?
Lloyd was pondering when he saw that Toledo had dismantled the power supply device, revealing the mess inside.
"Here...here...no...it should be this one?"
After some identification, he picked out a still glowing cable-like tube, cut it off with his psychic blade, separated it into thinner wires, and then began to connect it to the battery he brought.
"Let's build a simple energy supply array and it should be usable."
An old professor who was lying on the other side and watching gave a reminder.
"Yeah, I know, it'll be ready soon."
After Professor Toledo had done some work, he turned back and motioned for Lloyd to try pulling the emergency switch.
Lloyd then walked to the control console and reached out to grasp the red lever.
But he did not act in a hurry. Instead, he waited patiently for two seconds to see if his inspiration and strange intuition would react.
As a result, these two guys are particularly quiet today?
Lloyd didn't think much about it and pulled the switch.
Buzz~buzz~
The sound of an engine running came from behind the alloy door, and the whole space began to tremble slightly. Large streams of white steam began to gush out from the door, blowing the dust accumulated over the years into the air. The scene suddenly became smoky, and the sound of gears running could be heard from it.
The mask on Lloyd's face automatically switched to air filtration mode, making his breathing clearer and heavier. Every time he inhaled and exhaled, he made a hissing sound.
Professor Latio on the side reminded him while gently stroking his left ear.
"Touch your left ear to turn on the perspective mode, which is equivalent to a mechanical clairvoyance. Although it's not as useful as normal clairvoyance, it's very safe."
Lloyd stretched out his hand to try, and felt a device like a camera or sensor suddenly transformed on the side of his right eye, from which a ray that should have been invisible and colorless was emitted, but under the diffuse dust all around, a ray of intermittent green light emerged.
The sight in front of him also turned into a 'night vision goggles' style on Earth, but it was much clearer. Apart from the lack of color, it was basically the same as seeing directly with the naked eye. It ensured that his sight would not be obstructed by smoke and dust, and he could clearly see that the alloy door had cracked.
Although today's transformable armor cannot compare to the ancient ones in terms of flight, protection, power amplification, etc., this kind of fancy sci-fi design is still much cooler than the ancient ones.
Lloyd thought it was fun, so he gave up the original clairvoyance and started using this technological version of 'clairvoyance'.
If only I had a set...
He said something in his heart, reached out and pulled Toledo up from below, and then everyone walked towards the opened alloy door.
From a distance, the gate only cracked a tiny crack, and then became quiet, as if there was no electricity.
But when everyone got closer, they intuitively felt that this "narrow gap" was big enough for four large trucks to drive side by side.
"I want to move this door back..."
Lloyd looked up at the gate that looked like a city wall and said something inexplicably.
"Can we be practical?"
Professor Toledo beside him asked back unhappily.
However, after everyone passed through the gate and saw the interior of the core storage area, Lloyd immediately changed his mind.
Before everyone stood a majestic steel tower, with a giant robot mounted on top.
Although only the upper body is shown, it is estimated to be more than 50 meters tall. Its appearance is not the dull and stupid stuff without any artistic beauty made by Toledo. Instead, it has a body design that is smooth, gorgeous, cool, sci-fi, and at the same time exquisite and artistic.
Lloyd even found a lot of familiarity and intimacy in it, such as the most classic human face head shape on earth, the inverted 'V' head mark, and the shoulder and skirt armor carved with decorative patterns.
You even built Gundam back then?
Lloyd couldn't help but ask in his heart.
Unfortunately, it was not completed in time. The lower body is completely missing and there was no time to paint it. It is still a half "gray model".
Moreover, the chest and abdomen were occupied by a large round power device, making it difficult for Lloyd to find the cockpit for a while?
In addition, although many familiar elements can be found on this upper body, they are relatively scattered and it is difficult to tell which machine from which work it belongs.
Is it just a coincidence in design?
Lloyd was thinking about it when he heard Toledo beside him ruthlessly complaining:
"Back then, a lot of manpower and resources were wasted just for this thing, and the engineering department was almost split up?"
The three old professors each chimed in:
"Yes, some people think it is just a flashy vase. Many designs are meaningless. I am one of them. Even if I saw the real thing, I still don't understand this head with unknown functions, shoulder armor and skirt armor with no protective performance at all, and this inexplicable humanoid mechanical arm. It is really a meaningless design..."
"Yes, and there are even more ambiguous legs. What's the use of humanoid legs? The stability is not enough, the transmission structure is even more disastrous, and the requirements for material and structural strength are even more outrageous. Can't it be made into a crawler type, spider type, or a duck type?"
"Although there are indeed many unclear points in the design, I have to admit that it is still very beautiful. Even if it has not been completed and painted in time, the patterns and armor designs on it must have supported many people in the art department."
You old fellas, do you know how to appreciate things and have any sense of aesthetics?
Do robots have to be made to look stupid?
Strength is only temporary, handsomeness is eternal!
Lloyd was listening nearby, complaining in his heart with dissatisfaction.
Professor Latio asked curiously:
"Then why did the engineering department build this thing? Excuse me, I can't imagine its practicality for the moment. The huge size will inevitably bring high costs and maintenance difficulties. Even the core power source is deployed in a position like the chest. Doesn't it expose the weakness to the enemy?"
"That can't be helped. There's no other suitable place to put it other than on the chest. Besides, this old-fashioned power furnace generates a lot of heat. In order to solve the problem of heat dissipation, it has to be exposed outside."
Professor Toledo helped explain.
Another old professor followed suit:
"Yes, in order to drive a vehicle of this size, the huge and bloated power reactor is inevitable. Overall, it can only be regarded as a failed attempt."
“So why did you launch this project in the first place?”
Professor Latio continued to ask.
Lloyd also pricked up his ears, wanting to hear the story behind this.
"Well... Actually, we were just engineering students at the time, and we didn't know much about this project. We only knew that many professors insisted on pushing it forward, and many people stood up to oppose it. The engineering department, which was only a short period of time, was arguing every day, and after the arguments, they all ended up fighting. Sigh..."
"According to my limited understanding, they seem to have seen this kind of creature in some ancient book? Then they superstitiously believed in the huge power of this creature and believed that it was some kind of powerful decisive battle weapon..."
"Ancient books? How could the ancient books we found back then record something that seems very advanced even now?"
"That's unclear. We haven't even seen the ancient book in person. We only know the general cause of the incident... Hmm? Professor Lloyd, why are you backing away?"
"Ahaha, no...nothing...I just wanted to look around."
Lloyd explained slightly embarrassedly.
There is only one ancient book in the world that records this kind of sci-fi robot, "The Book of Madness".
So Lloyd roughly figured out the origin of this half of the giant robot.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be that when Mitzkatok borrowed him for research, he obtained some images from himself, including this giant robot.
But I was in a coma and confusion at the time, my memory and consciousness were very vague, and what they could see must have been very fragmentary.
So you can find many familiar elements on this half robot, but it seems like it was forcibly stitched together and does not belong to any body in any work.
As for why it was built so big, and why some people superstitiously believe that this is a "final decisive battle weapon".
Lloyd speculated that they might have been affected by some [distortion]?
Or it is also possible that, during that period of confusion, I confused the image of this giant robot with the image of the stickman brothers, and as a result, what others saw was not a cosmic melee of robots fighting robots, but a "fictional history" of giant robots punching, kicking, and tearing apart ancient gods.
That is why people have a superstitious attitude towards this design idea which is obviously unreasonable in reality.
As if to prove Lloyd's conjecture, an old professor continued:
"Oh, I suddenly remembered that the professors who pushed hard for this project seemed to have lived in a mental hospital for a period of time, which delayed some of my classes. After they recovered and returned, they started to promote this project like crazy, and they believed in it until the end."
"A professor-level figure from that period would actually be admitted to a mental hospital?"
Professor Latio was at least a professor of medicine on the surface, so he had some knowledge in this area. He immediately continued in an incredulous tone:
"This is really hard to imagine. In that era without mental pollution, these professors should have been isolated from mental illnesses."
"Yes, so this should be the influence of that ancient book."
"I don't know what kind of ancient book this is that would record such a weird giant robot? Does the recorder have no knowledge of engineering? Or is this all just his fantasy... Hmm? What's wrong, Lloyd? Why did you suddenly pat my shoulder?"
"Ahem...Nothing, I just wanted to ask, can you get this back?"
Lloyd coughed twice and asked tentatively.
"Ah? Are you stupid? What's the use of this big piece of scrap metal? You didn't believe what was written in that ancient book, did you?"
"Ahem... not really, I just think it looks pretty. I want to hang it in my bedroom."
After listening to Lloyd's explanation, even though they were far apart, across the phone screen, across the [silhouette], Lloyd could still feel the caring and sympathetic gaze on Toledo's face...
"It seems that you work too hard on weekdays, and the accumulated pressure is too great...Okay, I will write down the style of this thing and make you an identical one later, right? Of course, it must be smaller, otherwise it won't fit in your bedroom, right?"
"Well... that's fine."
Lloyd nodded reluctantly.
In fact, he had plenty of places to store this semi-finished product, such as the ancient military base he took over. Instead of using it to grow mushrooms, it would be better to use it to store this.
But this idea is really unreliable, and there is no way to say it directly. I can only think of a way myself to see if I can get this entire space back.
Just like that, after a brief discussion, everyone temporarily gave up criticizing this failed work and prepared to go deeper.
Then, after just taking a few steps, Professor Latio, who was in the front, suddenly stopped and raised a fist.
Then, Lloyd heard a series of soft sounds around him, like cameras being activated.
Then, there were bursts of low roars of engines, like roars, surrounding from all directions.