Ark Journey

"So you are brave?"

Xue Zhi, who didn't expect to be questioned here, shrugged.

"Ah, how about we try it out? I can guarantee that I can use the same Originium technique as you and stand still."

Even though Xue Zhi restricted herself to this extent, Shuang Xing still shook her head quickly when she heard the "duel request".

"Forget it. I'm afraid I won't be able to walk back."

The patriot who noticed the situation here stood in the distance and asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"Your good daughter wanted to test my level just now, but now she has given up."

"It's better to give up. I think there is no one else who can fight with you except the Lord of the Sarkaz Royal Court like my teacher and some top masters of Yan Country."

Frost Star patted his chest in a pretentious manner.

"You dodged a bullet, Mr. Expert."

Xue Zhi didn't say anything else because the Patriots were already prepared.

He stood in front of the target, still in the standard fighting stance with a shield in one hand and a halberd in the other.

With a simple and quick straight stab, the target with a 30-degree inclination was pierced through in one go.

The force was highly concentrated, and the outer layer of ceramic shattered and absorbed energy at the moment of impact. There were almost no obvious radial cracks around it, and there was no obvious sound of metal deformation when it hit the internal metal part.

“It doesn’t look that difficult.”

The Patriot drew out his weapon without any hindrance, regained his footing and struck again. From Xue Zhi's perspective, he had obviously reduced his strength this time.

When it hit the target, white ceramic fragments flew everywhere, a crack appeared across it, and a whole piece of small ceramic fell off directly. Although the outer layer of armor was in a miserable state this time, the metal armor behind it was not penetrated.

The Patriot was amazed at the holes that were created but did not penetrate the target. He did reduce the force of the second strike a lot, but the destructive effect was surprisingly not that great.

"It's interesting."

Xue Zhi was not surprised. Although the ceramic armor used by the Ursus people was not the best he had ever seen, it was already very good.

"This is the charm of structural ceramics. They are lightweight and high-strength, and can absorb energy after breaking. Adding fibers can even solve the big problem of low toughness."

"You know it well?"

"Of course, this is what I studied. If I hadn't come here, I would probably have gone to a company to make ceramics for people."

After watching for a while, Xue Zhi felt that it was boring and returned to the dismantling site.

A few captured personnel who couldn't stand the pressure and told some things just came here, and now they are being asked to tell us about the high-speed warships.

Xue Zhi, who was strolling here, suddenly saw something familiar. They were several large boards covered with black burnt marks.

However, even though it was so damaged, Xue Zhi could still recognize the various complex patterns underneath.

Pulling over a passing staff member, Xue Zhi pointed at the boards and asked:

"Where were these boards removed from?"

After taking a few glances, the staff member said:

"Boss, wait a minute. This is not my job to dismantle. I'll go ask someone else."

"Ah."

Soon, the staff in charge of this area came over and took Xue Zhi to the place where he had dismantled these things.

"It's right here, sir. If you look up you can see a slot that will fit this board perfectly."

"Okay, thank you."

"fine."

Seeing that Xue Zhi had no other requests, the staff went to do their own work.

Xue Zhi has a good memory. Even when looking at the unrecognizable car body, he can still remember what it looked like before.

"I remember this location being the location of the devices that can activate the shield. If it's really what I thought, then I'm happy for nothing."

After looking around, he actually found a piece of metal component that was also burnt black.

"Heh, I thought Terra had come up with some pure energy shield technology, but it turns out it was just a trick based on Originium techniques. But it's not bad, at least it worked."

Pulling the floating board beside him in front of him, Xue Zhi stepped aside and looked at it carefully. He wanted to reproduce it, but the damage of this thing was too severe, and it integrated more than one source stone technology, resulting in a very complicated pattern.

Another staff member glanced at the board in front of Xue Zhi as he passed by, and stopped as he had some needs recently.

"Is the leader interested in this?"

"Well, do you know anything about these?"

"A little bit, but not much. Only military products use boards of this material to seek stability. The civilian products I have come into contact with have all been replaced with new materials, and the etching technique has also been updated several times."

"Can you try to replicate this thing?"

"Can you show it to me?"

After looking at it a few more times, the staff member put down the board.

“We can only reproduce part of it, the damage is too severe.”

Xue Zhi, who understood the situation, did not force it.

"There are a few more pieces over there, they should all be the same, copy as many as you can, I'll leave this task to you."

"Okay, leader, I wonder if there will be any rewards for doing well?"

"Reward? Tell me what you want?"

"I heard that you are good at healing Originium skills, and can even regenerate severed limbs. One of my fingers was cut off by a machine when I was working a few years ago. You see..."

After hearing what he said, Xue Zhi noticed that there was only a small section of his ring finger on his right hand, and his little finger was also obviously missing.

"Okay, and you don't have to wait until you complete the mission. I can heal you right now. Remember to complete the mission well later."

He placed his hand on the man's shoulder and activated the healing core. With a moment of pain, a ring finger that was obviously whiter and thinner than the other fingers instantly grew out.

However, this man also fell to his knees because of the pain, and this action attracted the attention of most people around him.

"Your tolerance for pain is quite low. Look around you, everyone is thinking what I did to you."

Chapter 66: Chatting with Tallulah

The man stood up tremblingly, his head covered in sweat, but after seeing and feeling his fingers, a sincere smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you, leader, but I'm just an ordinary worker. I'm definitely not as strong as those soldiers."

"Okay, your hands have healed, remember to work hard."

"sure."

This little episode ended quickly after the man showed his grown finger to his coworkers, but Xue Zhi felt that the people around her looked at her a little strangely.

[Perhaps we can do something about this. Workers, everyone has injuries on their bodies, and we can also improve their loyalty. Well, it's decided. I'll go to Tallulah to discuss the relevant ranking incentive policy later.]

Without giving those people time to come up, Xue Zhi left directly.

"Why is the leader walking so fast? I wanted him to treat my chronic cold legs."

Some smart people have already guessed what might happen next.

"The first person is easy, but the rest won't be so easy. I guess they will arrange for people to receive treatment based on our contributions."

"Pity."

When Xue Zhi returned to the testing site, the Patriot was still conducting tests, but the target had been replaced.

"How's it going over there?"

"It's OK. At least the two high-speed battleships have been disassembled. I just don't know if they can be put back together later. I don't think there's anything else to do here, so I'll leave first."

Shuang Xing glanced at Xue Zhi.

"So anxious? Go back and be with Alina?"

"It's still early, maybe we can go sit in the central control tower."

"Oh."

Feeling that he had nothing to do, Xue Zhi returned to the central command tower. At this time, he happened to see Tallulah resting, so he went in and told her what he had just come up with.

After all, Tallulah didn't really trust those people.

"Are those people worth it? They will leave eventually."

"It will take quite some time, and it won't take much of my energy."

"Okay, as long as you think it's okay, I'll fix it in the next few days."

Xue Zhi felt a little embarrassed for bothering others during their break.

"You've worked hard. What would you like to drink? It's my treat."

Tallulah waved her hand nonchalantly.

"It's okay. This kind of policy will always be needed in the future anyway. But since you mentioned it, let's have a cup of coffee."

"Row."

Putting a cup of coffee on the table, Xue Zhi started chatting with her about other things.

"We are now hidden in the forest. Do you have any idea where to go next?"

"I don't know. I plan to stay in the forest for a few more days and just wander around."

Xue Zhi did not comment on Tallulah's choice. After all, she was the leader of the Integration Movement.

"It's up to you. I mainly want to give you this thing."

Xue Zhi took out a staff containing a weather core, and also a protection core.

He now discovered how useful the weather core was.

"You should be the strongest magician in the Reunion Movement. Although you don't seem to be a magician, I feel that you should have the potential."

"What are you talking about? Why is it so hard to understand? What is this? Is it the same one that Shuangxing and the others use?"

Taking the staff that floated in front of her, Talulah subconsciously swung it like a sword.

"It's much better than what Froststar and the others used, and it's a staff, not a sword. It's responsible for the snow that's still falling in the sky. I'm giving it to you in the hope that after I'm gone, you'll also be able to use the sky to hide. It can even handle early-stage natural disasters, and you lack the early warning capabilities in this regard."

Upon hearing this, Tallulah's eyes lit up. She carefully placed the staff on the table and glanced at Xue Zhi with a smile.

"This is a really good thing. Are you not afraid that Alina will get jealous if you give it to me like this?"

Xue Zhi, who tends to be more rational in her thinking, didn't know what to say.

“…I don’t think there’s any necessary connection between them.”

"Then you are really boring. You don't understand girls' minds at all."

"You understand now."

Talulapi smiled freely.

"Actually, I don't understand it either. Let's not talk about it. What is this used for?"

"A replacement core is used to add a layer of protection to an object, making it indestructible. Let me give you an example."

Xue Zhi took out two small pieces of armor plates and placed them on the table, then slowly crushed one with his fingers. He then stroked his hand over the other one, a layer of golden light appeared on it, and then he crushed it hard again but failed to crush it.

"That's it. However, it is actually very hard. I don't think there is any way to damage it at the moment."

"so smart?"

"It's just an estimate. I haven't seen it anyway."

Tallulah immediately thought of a use for it.

"What if we use it on the whole city?"

Xue Zhi poured a basin of cold water on Tallulah.

"I advise you not to consider this project for now. It will take a lot of effort to cover a city. But I have already used it in the city under our feet."

"When did you do it? I didn't notice it."