I handed over to another world

Chen Lin was wearing the association's standard dark gray windbreaker, and the fingertips of his black tactical gloves glowed coldly in the sunlight.

He stood at the front of the viewing platform, and the breathing of the twenty-three senior officials behind him was clearly audible in the static electricity field of the nano armor display area.

This time, Chen Lin brought a large group of senior executives of the association here to see the association's recently mass-produced nano armor - which is currently on display.

"let's start."

Chen Lin raised his right hand, and the quantum communicator implanted in his wrist flashed a blue light.

On the alloy ground three hundred meters away, fifty nano-armor suits were activated at the same time.

Silver-gray liquid metal gushed out from the storage compartment like a living thing, completing the phase change and reorganization from nanoparticles to complete armor within 0.3 seconds.

The armor on these men's bodies rippled in waves similar to reptile scales, refracting rainbow-colored polarized light in the midday sun.

"The first actual combat demonstration of the Armored Type VII."

The technical director's voice came through the bone conduction headphones, "The phase change speed is 400% faster than the prototype."

The armor of the first array suddenly split into a nano-mist state and penetrated the composite armor wall used for testing.

Chen Lin noticed the red light flashing in the mist - that was the newly installed plasma micro-explosion unit.

As the nanoparticles reorganized, the right arms of the ten armored bodies simultaneously transformed into streamlined gun barrels, and the dazzling blue-white beam vaporized the thirty-ton target into an ionized cloud.

There was a sound of people sucking in air from the right side of the viewing platform. The corner of Chen Lin's mouth rose slightly. He reached out and called up the holographic panel, looking at the data jumping on it: the energy consumption of a single shot was reduced to 5.7 joules, and the cooling time was 1.2 seconds.

"Atmospheric testing completed, space simulation initiated."

The anti-gravity units on the chests of the armored group lit up with a purple halo, and fifty combat units took off at the same time.

When they reach an altitude of three thousand meters, they suddenly disperse into a cloud of nano-scale particles, stretching across the sky like a galaxy.

Chen Lin's retinal projection showed that there were two million intelligent particles distributed per cubic centimeter, executing twelve tactical calculations simultaneously.

The particle cloud suddenly shrank into a dense array, and a honeycomb-like force field lit up on the outer layer.

The moment three simulated orbital artillery shells hit the force field, light golden hexagonal ripples spread out in the air, and the data stream refreshed like a waterfall in front of Chen Lin's eyes - the kinetic energy equivalent to a direct hit from a 450mm naval gun was dispersed into nanonodes.

"President, look at this."

The technical director suddenly pointed to the sky. Chen Lin looked in the direction the technical director pointed and saw five armored bodies performing the ultimate demonstration - they disassembled and reassembled into a giant fighting body 15 meters high, with the shoulder armor plates unfolded to reveal a swarm of missile nests.

When the forty-meter-long plasma ship-slashing sword transformed in its right hand split the clouds, the blade left an ionized trail of ten kilometers in the stratosphere.

Chen Lin raised his hand to signal to stop.

All armor disintegrated instantly, falling back to the ground like silver raindrops, and returning to standard human form before touching the ground.

He turned to face the silent expedition team, and the eye sensor arrays of the nano armor lit up with a faint blue light at the same time.

"This is the confidence of the Red Dragon Association to move into deep space."

Chen Lin's voice was amplified by the quantum resonance system of the armor group, forming multiple echoes above the exhibition area. "Each armor is equipped with weapons capable of destroying a space station, but the real breakthrough is here—" He pointed to his temple, "The direct neural link allows the operator to control a billion nano units like controlling limbs."

The ground shook slightly, and all the armors suddenly transformed into flight mode synchronously. The gravity wings unfolded on the back caused visible ripples in the air.

Chen Lin raised his hand slightly, and the holographic projection interface unfolded in the air. A series of data charts flashing with blue light appeared in front of everyone.

The technical director stepped forward quickly, tapped his fingertips in the air, and pulled up a detailed cost analysis of the nano armor.

"The production cost of a single suit of armor has been reduced to 2300 million," the technical director said with a hint of pride, "a 62% reduction compared to the previous generation. This is due to our successful mass production of the quantum phase change core."

Chen Lin nodded slightly, his eyes scanning the key indicators in the data stream: "What about energy consumption?"

"In actual combat, the energy consumption of 12 hours of continuous combat is equivalent to the output of a medium-sized fusion reactor for three days," the technical director responded quickly, "but we have deployed a new helium-3 collection station in Jupiter orbit, and the fuel cost is negligible - plus the energy provided by our current Dyson cloud device, the overall loss is ignored."

On the left side of the viewing platform, the financial director's frown finally relaxed: "So, the mass production plan is completely within the budget?"

"Not only that," the technical director suddenly called up a set of red data, "If we use our newly developed 'Hive' sharing system, twenty armors can share a set of quantum computing centers, and the overall maintenance cost can be reduced by another 40%."

Chen Lin's fingertips drew a golden track on the hologram, and an encrypted subsystem suddenly unfolded.

The picture shows that nanoparticles are autonomously collecting asteroid minerals in space.

"Has the self-supply function been implemented?" Chen Lin's voice rarely fluctuated.

"Exactly!" The technical director excitedly enlarged the image. "Each armor carries a nano-mining unit that can refine strategic materials such as titanium and tungsten during combat... and according to the simulation, the troops deployed in the Mars belt can be completely self-sufficient."

There were low exclamations from the audience.

The logistics minister couldn't help but interrupt: "Does this mean that the supply lines for the frontline troops can be shortened by 80%?"

"In theory," the technical director pushed up his glasses, "as long as we don't encounter a devastating blow, our armored group can continue to fight in deep space for more than five years."

Chen Lin suddenly turned off all the projections and walked to the edge of the exhibition area with his hands behind his back.

Everyone held their breath and watched as he reached out and touched an armor in standby mode. Ripples of response waves immediately appeared on the silver-gray surface.

"Within three months," his voice was as cold and certain as titanium alloy, "I want to see the first batch of mass-produced models forming combat effectiveness at the lunar base. As for the next generation of research and development—" Chen Lin suddenly looked at the technical director, "I heard that you have made a breakthrough in biological neural interfaces?"

The technical director's pupils dilated slightly: "You mean... the 'Symbiote' project?"

The holographic screen suddenly switched, showing a horrifying picture - some kind of semi-organic silver substance was crawling along the experimenter's spinal cord and finally fused perfectly with the nano armor.

"The nerve conduction speed of biometal is 1.8 times that of quantum link," the technical director lowered his voice, "but there is a 10% risk of rejection..."

Chen Lin's mouth curled up into a sharp smile: "This is not what I need to consider. I just need to see a practical prototype next quarter."

When he turned around, his windbreaker raised a sharp arc, "Remember, the Red Dragon Association is not going to conquer low-Earth orbit - but the entire Orion Arm." "Understood..."

The technical director nodded immediately. He had understood the meaning of Chen Lin's words.

Chen Lin's fingers suddenly stopped in mid-air, and the data stream on the holographic projection froze instantly.

He tilted his head slightly, a meaningful smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"Have you ever seen the Terminator movies?"

His voice caused a subtle ripple in the static field.

A stream of data flashed across the technical director's glasses: "You mean... the T-3000 model? The one made of nanoparticles that can freely reorganize its form..."

"Exactly."

"Although it is a science fiction movie, many things can actually be restored by trying to restore them."

Chen Lin's fingertips suddenly split into dozens of nanowires, outlining a vague human figure in the air. "Liquid metal structure, memory reconstruction ability, almost immortal characteristics--"

His pupils suddenly contracted. "What I want is not a movie prop, but an actual combat unit that can fight in Jupiter's atmosphere."

The entire exhibition hall fell into an eerie silence. The technical director's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

He quickly called up several holographic interfaces and drew complex computing models in the air with his fingers.

"Theoretically..."

His voice trembled a little. "We have mastered the basic technology. The phase change speed of the nano armor reaches 0.3 seconds, and the neural link system can achieve molecular-level control..."

A scientific research representative behind him suddenly interrupted and said, "But the T-3000 is a purely mechanical life form! It has no pilot and no control core. This completely violates the association's combat regulations!"

"Once they enter an out-of-control environment, or their basic intelligence is forcibly changed by some force, wouldn't that pose a fatal threat to us?"

Chen Lin smiled. He slowly took off his gloves, revealing the black crystal embedded on the back of his hand - that was the first prototype of the "Symbiote" plan.

The surface of the crystal suddenly cracked, and countless silver threads moved like living things.

"Who said I have to copy it completely?" His voice was metallic. "What I want is to be able to survive a plasma storm, to be able to reassemble after being cut into pieces, and even..."

The silver thread suddenly pierced the T-3000 model in the holographic projection, "The ultimate infiltrator that can disguise itself as an enemy unit."

The technical director's pupils contracted sharply, and a red warning suddenly popped up on the quantum calculator in front of him: [Conceptual feasibility 87.6%].

This number made his breathing pause.

"We need to... we may need to break through three technical bottlenecks." He quickly drew a three-dimensional model. "The first is the autonomous consciousness module. The existing quantum AI cannot reach the intelligence level in the movie. The second is the energy supply. Continuous reorganization will consume..."

"Use Dyson Cloud." Chen Lin interrupted, "Draw energy directly from the stars, as for consciousness..."

He looked at the soldier who was conducting a neural link test in the distance. "The quantum AI in the exoskeleton armor is used as a new biological processor. Isn't this a ready-made solution?"

The data tablet in the hands of the logistics director fell to the ground with a "pop", while the technical director fell into a state of frenzy, his fingers operating frantically in the void: "If we use a honeycomb network architecture and combine it with biometallic neural synapse simulation... theoretically, a prototype can be made within six months!"

Chen Lin nodded with satisfaction. The group of nano-armored soldiers behind him suddenly turned collectively, and their eye sensors simultaneously locked onto the technical director, as if they were conducting some kind of evaluation scan.

"Very good." Chen Lin put on his gloves again, "Let's call it the 'T-Omega Project'."

"Remember—" His voice suddenly became unusually gentle, but it made everyone's hair stand on end, "I don't want weapons that can destroy planets, but plagues that can destroy civilization."

The T-3000 model on the holographic projection suddenly twisted and deformed, and finally froze into a creepy form - it was neither a machine nor a human, but a humanoid creature with a gleaming metallic luster.

The corners of its mouth were split all the way to the base of its ears, revealing fangs made of nanoparticles.

This is a nanorobot that has been modified by Chen Lin. Needless to say, one can see how powerful this thing will be once it is actually manufactured.

On the way back, Chen Lin sat in his chair with his eyes closed, while the technical representative in the car repeatedly modified the plan that Chen Lin had previously conceived, and finally spoke to Chen Lin.

"President Chen, according to our calculations, this solution is actually not cost-effective."

"Ok?"

Chen Lin opened his eyes and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"The main core problem is that it is completely incompatible with the exoskeletons and nano-devices we currently use. Although they both sound like nano-intelligent machines, they are two completely different solutions. Once we try to use this kind of thing in planetary exploration and infiltrate the planets of major civilizations, the disadvantages of this device are also very obvious."

Chen Lin sat up and said seriously, "Tell me in detail."

The scientific research representative carefully explained to Chen Lin the principles of his calculations, and Chen Lin listened carefully. After all, this involved a big project. Once each project of the association was implemented, it would be impossible without tens of billions of dollars.

If the project fails again, it would mean that tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars would be wasted, which would be somewhat of a pity for Chen Lin.

At this time in the weapons testing field, the technical director was analyzing the concept conceived by Chen Lin with his subordinates.

"It seems that this is totally unfeasible, Director!"

A researcher said, "If we really want to do this kind of research, we need to allocate at least a team of thousands of people to be responsible for the relevant projects. And most importantly, if we divert the technical staff, it will affect the research project we are currently carrying out."

The technical director sighed slightly: "Of course I know this is the situation, but who is coming? The president of the association!"

He said to the people in front of him: "This is no longer a simple scientific research task. This is a task assigned by the association. At that time, we may have to consider the cost-effectiveness and the disadvantages of all parties to get it done."

"The president personally gave you and me an order. Do you want to do it or not?"

Several people fell silent after hearing this. The work that the association's president personally assigned to them was Shengyu. Their project team should give priority to this even if they had to put other work aside.

Just when I was feeling melancholy, a voice call suddenly came in from the technical director. (End of this chapter)