The three days mentioned by Wood was far more than that in the Kejia server. Through the magical energy of the Inverse Source Crystal, time was theoretically slowed down. To put it simply, every member in the real world was in a meditative state in the cabin, but their brain cells were still active in the virtual world, so it created the illusion that time had slowed down. This was one of the reasons why origin ability users favored the Kejia server.
Of course, using the Kejia server was equivalent to using the energy of the Inverse Source Crystal. This kind of opportunity was not available to every origin ability user. From another perspective, whether it was for the sake of the mission or for the sake of the talent, the military had shown enough sincerity and capital.
At this moment, Ding Meng was standing on a flat runway. This place was similar to an airport where fighter jets took off. The area was at least 100,000 square meters, and the ground was paved with smooth and smooth raw stone plates. However, there was nothing, and it was frighteningly empty.
"This is the training space that the system gave me?" Ding Meng was a little dumbfounded.
In his imagination, at least, it should be like the advanced training center in Lissten Academy. It should be a spacious and bright hall with boxing machines, anti-gravity systems, cold weapons, and so on, so that he could freely practice his martial arts. If he could also eat some amplification agents that could increase his energy absorption, that would be great.
But now, there was not even a bird feather in this damn place. How could he practice?
Drunken boxing?
"Don't worry, student Ding Meng."
Ruo Lan's figure also appeared on the runway. It seemed that she and Ding Meng were transmitted to the same space. "Actually, I came to participate in Miss Qu's mission this time to find a partner."
As she spoke, she waved her hand, and a holographic screen appeared in front of her. She flipped through the screen at will, and Ding Meng could see strange models of armor constantly flashing across the screen.
"Partner?" Ding Meng did not understand. "Don't you have a partner in the Superconductor Academy?"
His question made Ruo Lan a little embarrassed. You only saw the glorious side of the warframe profession, but you did not see the problems behind it.
On planet TT12, and even in the entire empire, were there few origin ability users who learned how to use warframes?
The answer was no. There were as many people as there were hairs on a cow, but there were very few who had truly learned it.
Regardless of whether it was the Listin Academy or the Superconductor Academy, warframe masters could only learn theoretical knowledge because the academy could not provide rare materials to design or modify warframes. Therefore, they could only enter the virtual world through the international space network. The Listin Academy had virtual cabins that could connect to the Jin Feng Network and the academy's internal network. However, the warframes in the cabins were usually old models. At most, the warframes in the cabins could be used to study the structure and familiarize themselves with the operation.
If all these difficulties were overcome, then the question was, who would use the warframe designed by a warframe master like Ruolan?
Don't even think about people like Warriors and War Venerables. They don't care about wearing trash.
Armor that could be used by origin ability users might not be able to meet Ruo Lan's requirements.
Ding Meng immediately understood. This Ruo Lan must have a lot of unique understanding in the field of battle armor. She wanted to find an Origin Ability user who had not yet reached the warrior level but was relatively strong to cooperate with her.
No matter how good the armor was, someone had to be able to operate it to see its effects.
"To save time, let's start now." Ruo Lan flipped through the screen. "Ding Meng, are you used to close-range or long-range combat?"
She seemed to be worried that Ding Meng would not understand, so she took the initiative to explain, "Close-range combat is still mainly done with cold weapons. Long-range combat is mostly done with guns and other technological devices."
Ding Meng was obviously used to close-range combat. He might not even know all the things like heat ray guns and ion cannons.
"Let's do it step by step."
Ruo Lan continued, "There are many types of close-range combat armor. Speed, strength, defense, attack, damage, protection, support … Which type do you prefer?"
Ding Meng could not help but say, "I like all of them."
Ruo Lan smiled. "That won't do."
Ding Meng asked, "Why?"
Ruo Lan explained, "Think about it for a moment. Is there an Origin Ability user who can simultaneously master heat, ice, speed of light, biochemistry, electromagnetism, body tempering, body hardening, and weak transformation?"
Ding Meng immediately understood. In theory, there were such people, but in reality, it was impossible for them to exist. Someone who could cultivate to such a high level was no longer a human, but a god.
"So you can only choose one type. At most, you can choose two," Ruo Lan explained. "Two is my current limit."
Ding Meng thought for a moment, then said, "Attack and defense, then."
This had always been his philosophy: the best defense was to defeat the opponent, and a better defensive ability was the foundation for survival.
"What about weapons?
Main weapons? "Ruo Lan asked.
Ding Meng replied, "Swords. Preferably ancient swords."
"Ancient swords?" Ruo Lan frowned. "Do you have any specific requirements?"
Ding Meng said, "Ancient swords that can be imbued with Origin Energy will do."
Ruo Lan sighed. "This request of yours is a little difficult. Among the equipment that the space station can use, there isn't such a weapon at the moment. But it doesn't matter. Tell us first, and we'll slowly solve these problems. What about secondary weapons?"
Ding Meng said, "Karabiner."
Ruo Lan's eyes lit up, but her tone became hesitant. "A longsword and a dagger. Won't there be a conflict if you use them like that?"
Ding Meng said, "There won't be a conflict. I'm very used to it …"
…
The two of them went back and forth for about ten minutes before Ruo Lan finally decided on the hologram. "This is the one. What do you think?
This is the prototype … "
The so-called prototype was a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the armor, presented in the form of a three-dimensional model. Ruo Lan's slender fingers quickly tapped, pulled, and swiped on the screen … A simple humanoid armor was quickly presented. Ding Meng could not recognize the various technological devices and densely packed circuit structures, but he had seen the appearance of this armor before. It was the prototype of the power armor that Sadler used in the underground warship of the Black Gold Base.
Ding Meng suddenly said, "Is this called the Forerunner?"
Ruo Lan looked at him with some surprise, then nodded. "This is the product of the first generation of the Forerunner. It's a type of power armor. Our armor will be developed using it as a prototype. The first modification will be to abandon the hybrid crystal engine because the kinetic energy is too weak …"
Ding Meng also nodded. He also understood this principle. The power system could not last long, and the energy was weak. Although the crystal system was powerful, the conduction function, synchronization effect, and the material of the load were difficult to fit together. Therefore, it could only form a simple power armor.
Power armor was not war armor. War armor needed artificial source cores and silver core stones to change its kinetic system. This was a necessary component of any war armor. Only with these components could a war armor be distinguished from ordinary armor.
In layman's terms, the source core was an energy conductor formed by the fusion of a special crystal source and origin energy. When the pilot injected his own origin energy into it, the source core would transform into different types of energy.
Silver core stones were usually placed in the power furnace of interstellar warships. A three-meter square piece of silver core stone could provide a starship like the Sea Sky Pole Island with maximum power for thirty years. Silver core stones were the same as inverse crystals. They were rare materials that were difficult to collect in the universe. They were usually extracted from silver core mines, but with the current level of technology, they could also be artificially created.
Artificial silver core stones could not be simply installed in a war armor. That would be a waste of natural resources. Usually, they had to be disassembled repeatedly before being installed in a war armor. With its existence, origin ability users could travel short distances in interstellar space and fight in all kinds of complicated terrains. Even if they were in a difficult situation, they would have enough kinetic energy to wait for rescue or escape.
With just these two things, even if it was a very old and shabby armor, the cost of it would be astounding.
As a war armor master, Ruo Lan was well-versed in these principles, so she explained as she operated, "Armor is usually composed of low-grade multi-element alloys. War armor requires mid-grade alloys that are at least forty-eight elements. This Pioneer needs at least sixty-four elements, but we can replace it with a completely new material. This material comes from the Frogman Kingdom. It's called Rock Worm Silk. It's essentially a demon material, but it can be fused with forty-eight elements to create a completely new type of proton fiber …"
Speaking of this, she was beaming with joy and in high spirits. Ding Meng suddenly interrupted her. "This method must have been developed by you, right?"
Ruo Lan's fingers immediately froze in the air. After a long time, she sighed. "Logically speaking, a war armor master would not hide anything from an Origin ability user, but …"
Ding Meng interrupted her again. "You don't have to explain. I understand. Where did this method come from?
Where did this material come from?
Why do you know all this?
Also, how did you know that there was such a thing on the space station?
You don't have to tell me the whole process. All I need to know is that this is the war armor you modified, and I'm the one operating it. "
Ruolan was silent for a long time. Then, she reached out a small hand and said sincerely, "I'm very happy to be able to become partners with an Origin ability user like you, Ding Meng. Not all Origin ability users can understand others like you."
Ding Meng naturally shook her hand to show his trust. After all, no matter what secrets this Ruo Lan had, could they be more important than the K-virus and the Diamond Star Technique in his body?
This was also why he could understand her.
Next, Ruo Lan began to explain the main structure of the war armor in detail, as well as some of the features that he should pay special attention to. Soon, a brand-new medium-sized war armor appeared on the screen.
This war armor looked a little clumsy from the outside, like a silent city wall. Its whole body had a cold, shiny black luster. Two shiny alloy longswords were hung on its shoulders, a small curved claw blade was hidden at the end of its left arm, and a special condensed energy pistol was attached to its waist. It definitely did not look like a Pioneer. Its design was a little out of place.
However, it gave off a different feeling. On the surface, this thing was as still as a rock, but once it moved, it would definitely be fierce and fierce, shocking.
Ding Meng could not help but ask, "What's its name?"
Ruo Lan's face was full of pride. "Its name is' Black Rock Knight '."