Arknights? Colonization Ark!

It's not that she's afraid of losing power.

But she knew that once Lexington took action, the scene would not be just a field of corpses.

Of those 300,000 people, absolutely not a single one would survive.

They would be wiped off the map by Lexington, along with the land beneath their feet.

Not to mention rivers of blood, 300,000 people would at most become a black shadow like a melting mobile battleship.

Tallulah had seen it with her own eyes. Lexington played the scene of the weapon exploding for her with a smile on his face.

The heaven and earth were silent. After a huge flash of light, flames of destruction rose from the ground. The solid steel structures in front of it melted away like a sand fortress encountering sea waves. The lives enveloped by the explosion range did not even have the chance to scream before they were reflected on the ground, leaving only a charred shadow.

This is simply the creation of the devil.

She couldn't even imagine what kind of war would require the use of such a weapon.

But in Lexington's mouth, it sounded as easy as throwing a small firecracker.

Tallulah never wanted this to happen.

Then she had only one option, which was to win the war even if it was 1V1000.

This group of scientists probably knew something about her predicament.

They are not naive enough to think they can stay out of this matter.

This battle is not just for Tallulah to fight, and it is not her responsibility alone; it is something that everyone must share.

Workers in factories, researchers like them, farmers in plantations and even students.

This war is everyone's responsibility.

The old man didn't say anything. He picked up a piece of document he had just printed out from the table and placed it in Tallulah's hand.

"Come with me."

You know, in the past he hated those nobles who came to the research institute to ask questions, especially when they used the research results on weapons, which he thought was the most disgusting thing.

But now, he at least knew that the weapon of criticism could not replace the criticism of weapons. Only when the reactionaries were completely crushed could he concentrate on his research.

The old man walked slowly, and Tallulah followed closely beside him, constantly flipping through the information she had just received.

"We really want to give you something new, but right now, on the one hand, our level is not up to par, and we are afraid of accidents if we do anything rash. On the other hand, industrial demand is not up to standard, and even if we design it, we can't produce it quickly on a large scale."

A hundred thousand people may sound like a lot, but when applied to industrial production, it won't even make a splash.

This is taking into account that a large number of positions are occupied by mechanized and unmanned operations, otherwise the efficiency would be even lower.

If all positions are handled by manual labor, then just a car production line, from material to finished product production, cannot be done without hundreds of thousands of people.

So, after much thought, these people could only get some good things for Tallulah from the existing production lines.

Tallulah felt a bit of a headache looking at the large amount of professional terms in the materials, but after studying, she was able to roughly understand some of them.

The items written above should be the weapons that these researchers have prepared in recent days to deal with the Third Army.

They didn't seem to be very big, which made Tallulah feel relieved.

She was actually very afraid that these people would just hand over several trays of large blue Originium to her.

The old man found it very interesting to see Tallulah like this. When he was in Ursus, those military noble commanders complained that the weapons they made were not powerful enough. But no one would be afraid of having a weapon that was too powerful. The bigger the better.

But to be honest, he himself was actually quite guilty.

Before coming here, he had always thought that this was at most a secret research base or something, but he didn't expect to work under a guy who seemed to have risen from an old coffin of a previous civilization.

Anything here, even just a textbook, if leaked would probably cause a shock throughout Terra.

Such books are piled up like mountains in the research base. There are countless branches of science. Just flipping through the catalog is enough to make anyone's scalp tingle.

This is simply the ultimate paradise for all scientists. God knows to what extent the ancient civilization has developed.

He just looked up some basic physics, and most of the doubts that had been bothering him for years were dispelled.

If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening.

What frightened him even more was that such a prosperous civilization had actually suffered a devastating disaster.

While thinking, the two of them walked towards the depths of the underground. This time their destination was even deeper than the experimental site that Kal'tsit visited last time. They had basically reached the deepest point.

When she arrived at the location, Tallulah could feel the rising temperature around her, because right under her feet, less than a few dozen meters thick, were the two fusion reactors that provided energy for the research base.

Chapter 95: Tallulah's First Trial of War Weapons

The space here is large and quite empty, with only a few tables and some unidentified equipment covered with plastic tarps. There are two people standing in front of the tables, seemingly debugging something.

Opposite the tables, you can see several steel-cast back walls in the distance.

No one knew what the dark walls were made of. They were extremely hard and smooth. The two people's footsteps were making quite a bit of noise, but not even an echo could be heard.

Obviously, this place should be equipped with some large-scale experimental equipment, but construction has not yet begun, so it has been idle.

There were a few people busy in other places, seemingly moving something.

The old man took Tallulah to the table, and she finally saw what was on it.

There were a few standard electromagnetic rifles produced by military factories on it, nothing special.

The caliber is smaller than the one held by the previous defenders. After all, the power is really excessive. Reducing the output power and bullet caliber can effectively extend the battery life.

Tallulah picked up the electromagnetic rifle on the table, looked at it carefully, and found that it was not much different from before. It was even heavier in her hand.

She looked at the researcher who had been standing by the table with some confusion, waiting for his explanation. The other party would not tease her about such a thing.

The researcher picked up a row of bullet belts from the table and said to Tallulah:

"You told us before that we needed to develop a batch of new equipment to fill the gap in firepower. We discussed it for a long time and always believed that if we really developed the weapons according to the original plan, then even if we had the help of Miss Lexington and could save a lot of calculation and experimental time, the arsenal's production line modification process could not be skipped, and the arsenal's workers would have to familiarize themselves with the product process again, so there would be no way to provide you with weapons in time."

As he spoke, he took out a bullet that had already been placed in the bullet belt in his hand.

Tallulah then discovered that the bullets in the belt did not seem to be the conical spikes of the past, but round-headed bullets.

And the appearance of the warhead seems familiar.

It looks like Originium.

The researcher continued:

"So we unanimously decided to modify the warhead directly on the basis of the original weapon. This way, we can save a lot of time and the production efficiency will be very fast."

“Like this one in my hand.”

"The electromagnetic rifles we originally produced mainly rely on supersonic kinetic energy to kill, which can cause devastating damage to small vehicles and human bodies. However, when attacking high-speed warships, even if they can penetrate some weak points, for the size of high-speed warships, some small holes are meaningless and cannot cause any impact on them at all."

"And their outer armor is at least four meters thick. Conventional magnetic spikes have difficulty penetrating such armor even with continuous shooting. So we want to imitate the armor-piercing explosive bomb that Mr. Xiaofang Zhang once gave us. This way, we can cause secondary casualties after penetration or even directly blow up the outer armor."

"We also got similar design drawings from Miss Lexington, but later we found that those things were too exaggerated. They used gravity wells to confine antimatter and shrunk the entire structure into a bullet. But we haven't even fully understood the principle of magnetic well confinement. It's wishful thinking to want to imitate it."

Antimatter?

Tallulah had heard this name in one of her classes.

I just remember that it seemed very powerful.

"So we found some low-level substitutes, such as Pure Originium."

"Although the explosive power of pure Originium is far inferior to that of antimatter of the same mass, it is the best explosive we can find besides metallic hydrogen."

The researcher who was still explaining didn't realize there was anything wrong with what he said and continued to chatter on about their product.

What's the difference between using pure Originium as an explosive and throwing a box of Lungmen coins at people?

In other words, the Terran Alliance's demand for Originium is so small that it can be ignored, and the ore refining process can ensure the purity of the Originium, so this is the only way to play.

If it were a country like Ursus or Victoria, and anyone from any research institute dared to tell their rulers that they wanted to use top-level strategic materials like Pure Originium as mass-produced weapons, the director of that institute would most likely be sent to clean toilets.

"The production of metallic hydrogen is almost insufficient to maintain the power of the warriors' armor arches, so if we use the purest source stone as an active material in bullet production, it will greatly increase the lethality of the electromagnetic rifle."

As he spoke, he reloaded the bullets into the belt and placed it in front of Tallulah.

The meaning is obvious, he wants Tallulah to try out the power of this bullet.

Tallulah didn't hesitate to load the magazine and raised the gun in one go. The electromagnetic rifle weighing more than ten kilograms was as light as a feather in her hand, except that it didn't match her somewhat slender arms.

She also took some time to train for a few days and became quite proficient in using the electromagnetic rifle.

After turning on the fully automatic safety, my finger gently pulls the trigger, almost at the same time.

Several layers of steel plates two hundred meters away from Tallulah were destroyed in an instant.

Each steel plate used in weapon experiments is 800mm thick, and is not just ordinary steel, but a special high-entropy alloy that simulates a high-speed warship. It is only better than the latter in terms of hardness and toughness.

But even so, a bowl-sized hole was blown out in the first layer of steel plate in just an instant, and then the metal storm continued to bombard the steel plate. In less than a few seconds, the 300-round ammunition chain completely tore through the five layers of steel plates, and its efficiency was even faster than the original plasma jet.

The blasts from the successive explosions almost hit Tallulah's face, causing her hair to flutter lightly.

Such power made Tallulah unable to take her eyes off. Of course, the huge recoil of the rifle also made her hands sore. Without the support of power armor, ordinary people would probably risk breaking bones if they fired a shot.

She was very satisfied with the effect of the attack.

If the source stone above was replaced with one she made by hand, it would probably be more powerful. Unfortunately, she couldn't do that, as the efficiency of hand rubbing could not catch up with the automatic production line.

Otherwise, the electromagnetic rifle can be transformed into an elemental weapon just like the Originium technique.

but……

That alone is not enough.

After all, for a behemoth like a mobile battleship, even if dozens of such rifles concentrated their firepower, they could only scratch the surface at most.

If you want to paralyze it, it would be impossible even if you destroy more than a dozen gun barrels.

"Is there anything else?"

After all, aren't there a few big things covered with cloth next to them? Those things are not placed here as potted plants.

"Of course there is!"

Several young researchers lifted the canvas to show off, revealing the powerful weapon hidden inside.

Two thick black magnetic rails that have not yet been beautified and packaged are placed side by side, about three or four meters long. Under the turret are four retractable mechanical support legs, which give people a solid feeling of taking root when stepping on the ground. There are also cables at the back that are almost as thick as arms, showing the fact that it is definitely a big energy consumer.

"This is our crudely modified railgun, and its shells are improved fusion armor-piercing shells."

Chapter 96: A Certain Scientific Superconducting Levitation Electromagnetic Gun

It seems that this machine was made not long ago. There are still many places that reveal a rough feeling of rushing to make it, and it looks very uncoordinated.

The three or four meter long gun barrel inserted in the huge turret looks very much like a small straw inserted in a large barrel of beverage.

But no one doubts that it has devastating power.

The young people surrounding it were extremely excited and did not dislike this still crude creation at all.

Because this was the first time in a year that they put what they had learned into practice, and Lexington also provided them with a large amount of computing power assistance and model experiments, there was almost no possibility of producing a failed product.

One of them, wearing goggles, even climbed directly onto the barrel of the gun and introduced this weapon to Tallulah.

"These two 3.45M magnetic tracks are just for the convenience of the initial output interface. When you are on the battlefield, you can continue to connect a few more magnetic tracks to lengthen the barrel. This can greatly increase the velocity of the shells. The radio center can also adjust the intensity of the instantaneous current to control the strength of the strong electromagnetic field. We also prepare a set of external coils to enhance its power! This is so COOOOOOL!"

In order to push this product to its limits, this group of guys put almost all their enthusiasm into it, piling up materials that could be used regardless of cost or price.

Lexington and Zhang Miao were both happy to let them build it. This is how technology and reality are combined.

As they were talking, a large rectangular object was pushed over from the side.

"This is made of superconductors, just like the radio center. Superconductors have no resistance, so its inductance and magnetic energy can be directly obtained from the power source before the ammunition is launched, and can be stored for a long time. After the ammunition is launched, the remaining inductance and magnetic energy will also be stored in the coil. Except for a very small amount of magnetic flux quantum motion loss, there is basically no consumption."

Researchers are all like this. Once they start talking, they will never stop. Especially when introducing their own products, they are full of enthusiasm.

"I heard that Victoria also has an electromagnetic cannon, but due to the material, its power and cost are too backward. The Joule heat caused by the non-superconducting material alone will cause serious ablation of their barrel. Basically, they have to replace the rails after firing a few shots, and they have to stop for a long time in between to cool down. Moreover, the range is only 50 kilometers."

Tallulah became the only loyal listener at the scene, nodding from time to time. She had great patience with everyone, especially these young people who represented the future, even herself.

“Our superconducting suspended armature is a loop topology structure made of superconductors. Current is introduced into the superconducting armature loop, which is permanently maintained and subjected to the magnetic field of the barrel.

The interaction between the superconducting current in the armature and the constant current in the rail causes the armature to levitate, making the armature and the rail almost contactless, which means that arcing and ablation are either non-existent or negligible.

These superconducting materials are all obtained from the newly built car factory, and to a certain extent, they can be said to be the same as the principles of maglev buses.

"What about the weapon parameters?"

This is what Tallulah really cares about. What she needs is something that can destroy the mobile battleship head-on.