Chapter 8: Battle Tested

A palm-sized blue holographic screen suddenly bloomed in front of Cheng Qi’s right eye, which was the armor’s self-interface.

‘XXX-01 Memory Metal Limit Warrior Power Armor’

‘Action Output Force: 65200N’

‘Accuracy and Controllability: ± 0.2 mm’

‘Dynamic Response Speed: 89.1 ms’

‘Durability and Fatigue Limit: 10 ^ 9 times’

‘Bio-signal Capture Rate: 57 μs / time’

‘Stress Index: 19000MPa’

‘Expandable Memory Metal Capacity: 0.4 m³’

‘Based on the user’s physical fitness, genetic sequence, and other reasons, the armor’s basic indicators have not been fully utilized.’

Cheng Qi’s eyes widened.

As a child who grew up in the ruins of technology, he mastered basic equipment repair techniques.

This data was equivalent to...

Capturing my thoughts every 57 microseconds when operating at full power.

If the brain issued a command, it could deliver a 65200 Newton punch within a tenth of a second, with precise control within 0.2 millimeters.

And 65200 Newtons was roughly the instantaneous impact effect produced by a 10-ton heavy truck traveling at 90 kilometers per hour.

This impact force was already powerful enough; if concentrated on a small fist, it would definitely be a terrifying force!

And that stress index...

It likely meant that old-era hot weapons, similar to submachine guns, would need hundreds of rounds or more to penetrate if they continuously hit the same spot at a vertical angle.

Although this was not the main focus of a Level 2 civilization, it was already very exaggerated!

It wasn't earth-shattering, but such wild indicators were concentrated only on a thin and light armor.

If human technology wanted to achieve such striking power, the volume of the armor would inevitably be enormous.

Han Zai stared with his glowing red strip eyes, “It seems you are fiercer than me now!”

“Because of physical fitness, genetic sequence, and other reasons, the armor’s basic indicators have not been fully utilized...”

“Genetic sequence...”

Cheng Qi sighed, shook his head silently, then perked up again, “What does that expandable memory metal capacity of 0.4 m³ mean?”

Behind this description, there was also a short supplement.

—Can be subjectively controlled, or automatically planned by the system.

“Need to test it.”

Cheng Qi straightened up, squinted his eyes, and locked onto a starship wreckage fragment about 5 meters tall not far away.

That thing was high-density metal, looking clumsy and thick, giving people the illusion of being eternally indestructible and immobile.

The moment Cheng Qi’s consciousness was born, the optimal striking point, optimal striking angle, optimal striking posture, and fastest advance route appeared on the blue holographic screen in his vision!

Cheng Qi couldn't help but praise.

Technology was humanity’s ultimate wings.

In this second, Cheng Qi moved.

His legs exerted force, and the trash under his feet made a crushing sound.

He followed the blue curve that appeared in his vision, lightning-fast, bypassing the uneven debris, and in an instant, advanced to the front of that huge metal.

The optimal striking point turned into a red halo, shrinking suddenly.

Cheng Qi’s body leaned back in mid-air, his ragged cloak fluttering, one slender leg lifted, retracting significantly to allow sufficient power accumulation.

The XXX-01 quickly performed an analysis.

Cheng Qi needed strong support to resist the huge reaction force at the moment of impact.

In an instant, four dark silver metal support arms snaked out from Cheng Qi’s ankle on the ground, and instantly plunged deep into the ground.

At the same moment, two even more slender mechanical arms extended from the back of Cheng Qi’s neck.

Like two suddenly grown mechanical spider legs, they also touched the ground, providing strong support for Cheng Qi’s back.

Furthermore, Cheng Qi’s foot, which was kicking outwards, was also instantly covered by dark silver metal.

It sounds slow, but all of this happened in just a tenth of a second.

Whoosh—!

Boom—!

That huge metal wreckage, estimated to be close to 5 tons, underwent obvious deformation the moment it collided with Cheng Qi’s instep, and then a huge instantaneous acceleration burst, breaking its static state, it was lifted from the garbage pile and kicked flying by Cheng Qi!

A whooshing sound pierced the air, followed by another loud bang, and the giant metal wreckage was deeply embedded in the garbage mountain 30 meters away!

Cheng Qi stood in place, his chest heaving.

What powerful striking force!

At this moment, the supporting mechanical arms extending from his body silently retracted.

Cheng Qi’s mind worked, and flowing liquid surged from his wrist again, slowly forming a sharp dagger.

With another thought, the dagger changed shape, extending into a dark silver long spear nearly two meters long.

“So that’s what it means!”

Cheng Qi felt the long spear in his hand, as if it were one with him, “0.4 m³ of expandable memory metal, I can use it, and it can automatically change shape!”

A blazing light shimmered in Cheng Qi’s eyes.

The most magical thing about the XXX-01 was its thin volume.

At this moment, it was like a thermal undershirt, hidden inside Cheng Qi’s clothes; only by slightly turning up his cuff could one see the silver edge of the XXX-01.

No one would realize that such a garbage-scavenging youth was wearing a combat armor from a Level 2 civilization.

Han Zai held the communicator high in the air, and after a series of crackling sounds.

Hyena’s impatient voice came through.

“Little brat, time’s almost up, have you set off yet?”

“I’m telling you, my time is precious, if you’re late, I won’t take your stuff, damn it!”

Then, Hyena directly hung up the communication.

Cheng Qi smiled calmly.

He was still playing hard to get.

It was very likely that Hyena was already impatiently anxious, like an ant on a hot pan, pacing around Bar Street.

“Han Zai, the equipment is almost collected.”

“Let’s go, we’ll meet this number one bully of Bar Street.”