Chapter 703: Chapter 217: New Iron Han Armor_2
“Correct!” Ning Zhuo said, “I have referenced Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon heavily in this part of the design scheme.”
“It’s just that Golden Cores are hard to find…”
Sun Lingtong immediately interrupted, “Ha, what’s the problem with that?”
“In the past, perhaps Golden Cores were indeed hard to find. But Little Zhuo, don’t forget, we are in the midst of a war now.”
“Just earlier, in the battle against the Twin Ghosts of Heaven and Earth, many Nascent Soul cultivators sacrificed themselves. I believe even more Golden Core cultivators will also have perished.”
“Don’t we have a substantial amount of war merits coming our way?”
“Let’s use them to exchange with Liangzhu Country for Golden Cores.”
“Even though the main forces of Liangzhu Country haven’t collected a single one during the current conquests in Thousand Peak Forest, I don’t believe their national treasury is empty of Golden Cores.”
“We just need to be mindful of our war merits needed to exchange for a single Golden Core.”
“Others’ Golden Cores are external items after all. National Power Bricks are still more beneficial to us. Securing a Cultivation Kingdom’s National Power Bricks is a rare opportunity!”
Upon Sun Lingtong’s reminder, Ning Zhuo’s eyes lit up as he exclaimed lightly, “Boss, since we can acquire Golden Cores… then can we also exchange for Nascent Souls?”
“With a Nascent Soul, we wouldn’t need to consume spirit stones to drive Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon, but use the Nascent Soul instead.”
Previously, Sun Ning and the others used Fire Essence. When Fire Essence became insufficient, they resorted to using spirit stones.
But whether it’s Fire Essence or spirit stones, they are consumables, once used up, they’re gone.
Driving with Nascent Souls is different.
A Nascent Soul’s consumption can be replenished by circulating cultivation techniques to absorb surrounding spiritual energy.
Moreover, using the Nascent Soul’s own mana is far more efficient than purely consuming Fire Essence or spirit stones!
In conclusion, using Nascent Souls is very cost-effective.
Sun Lingtong was slightly taken aback, “It would be very difficult to exchange for a Nascent Soul!”
“Because Nascent Souls possess self-will, it is considered taboo for a Cultivation Kingdom to award them as items.”
“This is tantamount to dealing with demonic paths.”
“But Golden Cores aren’t as problematic, many elixir pills use Golden Cores as ingredients. During array setups, Golden Cores are also used to fill the array eyes.”
Ning Zhuo nodded, “I see.”
“I should first contact Three Generals Camp, no, directly contact Zhao Xi and see if there’s a possibility of exchanging for a Nascent Soul.”
“If it’s impossible, then just trade for Golden Cores.”
The last time, Zhao Xi got Ning Zhuo three Treasure Talismans with exceptional efficiency. Sun Ning and the others were greatly impressed by his effectiveness.
No wonder Zhao Xi has been thriving in Liangzhu Country’s officialdom!
So this time, even knowing the taboo surrounding Nascent Souls, they still held onto a sliver of hope.
This was their expectation of Zhao Xi.
Ning Zhuo continued, “Besides using the energy core to exchange for Golden Cores, most materials for Iron Han Armor need to be upgraded to Golden Core level, even Nascent Soul level.”
“I have three mechanical platforms, all at Nascent Soul level. I also possess a substantial amount of treasures to process materials, create semi-finished products, mechanical parts, and components.”
With the upgraded energy core, the original Iron Han Armor’s body is now far behind.
The Foundation Establishment body can’t bear the full power of Golden Cores. If used excessively, it might disintegrate and collapse.
Sun Lingtong agreed strongly with Ning Zhuo’s proposal. The material upgrade for the body was indeed necessary and imperative.
“Next is the key part of the modification.” Ning Zhuo said with a solemn expression.
He gestured with his hands, pointing at Iron Han Armor, and said, “I plan to add a pair of wings to Iron Han Armor, modify its mechanism structure, retain its mechanical techniques Wind-Thunder Move, improve the mechanical techniques Azure Dragon Strikes the Skies, and cancel mechanical techniques Iron Armor Cold.”
After some contemplation, Sun Lingtong agreed once again, “Our Somersault Cloud has been destroyed, even the Magic Treasure-level Black Iron Cloud is gone.”
“To combat Golden Core level and higher cultivators, flight is essential. It is the basis of combat.”
“On the ground, we would be too passive!”
“You want to improve Iron Han Armor to achieve this. That’s excellent, I fully support you, but how exactly do you plan to do it?”
“Will the wings imitate a certain bird species, or just be a simple design propelled by an array?”
Ning Zhuo thought for a moment, “For lasting flight, it certainly needs to be biomimetic, most natural and fitting.”
“A simple design would be brute force flight, driven by the raw power of Golden Cores.”
“I still prefer the technical route, hahaha.”
Sun Lingtong nodded with a smile.
The two then buried themselves in designing the blueprints.
Originally, Iron Han Armor was for ground combat. Now, modifying it to be flight-centric, besides adding wings, its body shape also needed alteration.
Sun Ning and the others first designed individually, then compared their designs, finally selecting the best elements for the final product.
The result was: the ends of the shoulder armor no longer pointed upwards but had streamlined, downward curves.
The waist became thinner, arms and legs lengthened, with arms closely adhering to the body sides and being able to fix in place. The heels of the legs could extend into fin-like shapes to help cultivators adjust flight direction.
Foot sections were also designed with talisman arrays, to be ignited if necessary, providing powerful thrust.
The main design focus was on the wings.
Sun Ning and the others, known for their synergy, both chose the swallow’s wing design. The former picked spring swallows, while the latter opted for sea swallows.
After merging their designs and combining with the new body structure of the mecha, they ultimately created biomimetic Golden Swallow wings.