Man's gift for creation is as old as his instinct for fantasy.
As early as the age of the gods, there were legends of centaurs on earth who “can run like horses and wield spears to fight like humans.” Since entering the industrial age, “they can be maneuvered as vehicles.”
Transformers, which can transform into humanoid forms when used, have replaced centaurs and become a classic theme of science fiction stories.
However, fantasy is fantasy. To create a creature that can switch between vehicles and human forms at will, even with the most cutting-edge technology on the Earth side, it cannot be achieved. The current civilization of Yellow Star is several stages behind Earth.
It is of course impossible to realize the above fantasy purely by relying on mechanical technology.
However, the existence of Lingfan gave Cheng Huangxing the opportunity to open another technology tree.
The spirit Brahma itself has the dual characteristics of promoting material changes and being a power source. As long as its activity is used, it can easily endow artifacts with special physical properties that are not found on the earth. If the artifact itself is compared to "hardware", then the Rong Ling casting is probably
Even if
It’s time to compile the “software”. Although hardware and software on the Earth side are distinct areas, due to the change activity of the Spiritual Brahma on Chenghuang Star, even if there are various unsatisfactory structures on the hardware, it can still be solved through integration.
Forced correction.
Needless to say, such a correction must consume several times the normal force.
In order to minimize the consumption when melting the caster, Gu Chen first made a series of modifications to the cage monster with reference to Yu's design book before officially casting it. For example, cutting off the front and rear compartments, adding a driving mechanism to the front compartment, and adding a driving mechanism to the front compartment.
The cage chassis adds rotating shafts and pivots as the trunk skeleton, and the giant armor is disassembled and installed on those pivots to form a structure that can change between the humanoid forms of the vehicle, etc.
It was easy to procure strong wood from the Ximen Station, and the iron mechanism and hinges were ordered from the ancient iron workshop. It took Gu Chen more than two weeks to modify the hardware.
Although Gu Chen has made various optimizations, because the giant armor itself was not designed with deformation as the premise, the result of forcibly piecing the two together is really not very good. Even in the most polite words, it is probably only ten yuan more than what it costs on a street vendor.
The toys are just a little better.
Gu Chen spent two weeks on structural improvements to the object itself, and the remaining week was spent on the lattice casting.
The essence of the Rong Ling casting is to recompile the spiritual essence left by the Li Palace Master, so that it can exert its "physical properties" on the new artifact. The specific design drawings are completed by the auxiliary computing unit, and all Gu Chen has to do is to follow the drawings to compare the spiritual essence.
This task should be said to be easier than the design, but the problem is that the dual functions of the vehicle and the humanoid must be realized at the same time, so the compilation workload is far beyond that of ordinary machines.
To use the source code as an analogy, the last Nizewu staff probably only had a few hundred lines of code, but this time the heavy armored car, including the shape correction and dual drive parts, has neither a few hundred lines nor a code.
The level of several thousand lines, but tens of thousands of lines!
It should be said that Rong Ling castings of this scale have already exceeded the level that would-be masters can control. If they really want to cast, even a well-known craftsman like Chao Shen, the supervisor, would take turns with his disciples.
It will be carried out in an alternating manner. However, currently only the owner of Gewufang can use the Rong Ling Casting Tool. If Gu Chen tells what he wants to do exactly, there is a high probability that he will encounter opposition from Wu Zhen Feiyan and others.
Therefore, Gu Chen only told the female secretary that he wanted to use the old carriage to make something. As for what he would do specifically, he did not say clearly. This was also the reason why Wu Zhen took Calamus to the warehouse to visit the workshop. But no matter what, Gu Chen carried it on his shoulders.
The heavy load compiled by Xia Rong Ling.
Before actually starting work, Gu Chen had anticipated the huge workload of compiling the spiritual essence, so he refined a large amount of dust-cleansing water in advance to replenish Yunli's consumption at any time. Up to now, the dust-cleansing water used as Yunli reserve has also been consumed.
Got seven, seven or eight.
As a result, the work of compiling the soul of the armored cage car has now come to an end.
"Well..."
Gu Chen stopped tapping and rubbed his dizzy head.
Although the dust-cleansing water can replenish energy, it cannot completely restore the mental energy consumed by the Rong Ling Casting Machine. After working non-stop for several days, Gu Chen has also pushed the limits of endurance. It is impossible to rest like this.
Just hold on.
After stopping, Gu Chen took out a bamboo tube and drank the elixir worth several silver coins in one gulp as if it were boiled water. The spiritual atmosphere of the dust-cleansing water spread in the body along the Qi veins, while Gu Chen's eyes fell on the numbers in the air.
On a ball of light.
Those light balls are the spiritual marrow that gives the armored cage vehicle its "physical properties." There are physical properties in the spiritual marrow, and different physical properties require different spiritual marrows to accommodate them. Although most vessels have only one spiritual marrow, there are also two spiritual marrows.
It is not uncommon for marrow to constitute a compound attribute accumulator.
There are not two spiritual essences hanging in the air at this moment, but four.
The four spiritual marrows represent different physical properties. For example, the smaller light gray spiritual marrow is a modification of the shape of the giant armor and the cage. As for the other two larger steel-colored and wood-colored spiritual marrows, they are respectively
It is the driving force between humanoid and vehicle forms. The last spiritual essence is the form switch between humanoid and vehicle, but it has not yet been completely finalized.
"Very good, maybe if this continues..."
Gu Chen stared at those few shining spiritual essences, with an expression of excitement appearing on his face.
Of course I am very tired, but from the front car to the back car, from the human form to the vehicle, watching the conceived creation slowly take shape in my hands, the sense of accomplishment mixed with joy and high spirits is really indescribable.
When he was a child, Gu Chen was very addicted to assembling models. He donated more than half of his New Year's money every year to the owner of the model shop. Sometimes he would sit in front of a box of panels from early morning until early morning. From elementary school to high school, Gu Chen would do it on his desk.
Three-digit models of tanks, battleships, and Zac Gundams were produced. Although these models have long since disappeared, even today Gu Chen can still recall the pure joy of creation.
There is no premise of "Why do we want to make this thing", and we will not consider the question of "What can this thing do after making it". The same is true for the armored cage vehicle in front of me, I just want to make it and see it.
People with a strong sense of utilitarianism may not be able to understand the fun involved, right?
"Okay, let's finish the rest at once... Huh?"
Gu Chen patted his cheek and returned his attention to the remaining spiritual essence. However, as soon as his index finger touched the silk string, there was a sudden sputtering sound, and at the same time, the cage body also shook violently.
"Wha, what?"
Gu Chen was caught off guard and fell backwards. He finally held on to the carriage wall to stabilize his posture, but suddenly found a strange spiritual surge overflowing from the Cage Car Monster for some unknown reason. Disturbed by the spiritual surge, several compilers
The spiritual marrow light ball in the body also became turbulent. Before Gu Chen could react, the silk strings wrapped around the spiritual marrow collapsed one after another. The few pieces of spiritual marrow were pushed and rolled by the spiritual surge, and in an instant they melted into the cage monster's body.