Steel steam and flame

The black scales all over his body seemed to have lost all their strength at this moment and became quiet. They cling to Cassia's body, like pieces of black iron plate armor, all welded to the body. Under the cold white moonlight, a bright dark light was emitted for the first time. The heavy blow a few minutes ago didn't seem to affect them much. The originally rough surface looks smoother and becomes a beautiful work of art that the craftsmen carefully polished and painted piece by piece, making it more refined and beautiful.

Starting from Cassia's head, the black scales began to slow down and disappear. Perhaps after all, Cassia's own foundation and strength are not enough, and it has never been easy to maintain their form.

The head with sparse hair first changed back to its original appearance. The moment the sharp body thorns disappeared, Cassia felt the coldness of the night wind. Of course, along with the coldness, there was also an increasingly intense pain throughout the body.

"It's enough time." Cassia moved her lips and said to herself, although her voice never came out of her throat from beginning to end.

The pace became more difficult after that. The armor's body was half squatting. More and more steam was poured into the power pipes and valve groups, and the vibrations of the mechanical arms under the feet became more frequent. It wanted to lift it up and drop Cassia who was standing on it, but the power system of the entire body was damaged to varying degrees by the huge energy of the tube, and the difference engine also completely stopped. After the restart of the armor, there are too many mechanisms that require the energy brought by steam and electricity. The load working state of the super vapor compression device has been automatically locked after the differential engine is restarted. It is no longer possible for Ovelia to activate its critical state regardless of the extent of the damage.

He pushed the putter next to him to the bottom, and the pressure number displayed did not make Ovelia happy at all. At this time, she took off all the sensing equipment she was wearing, pressed a button on the control panel, took out her pistol, and kicked the bulletproof glass in front of her again.

There was only the sound of "dong dong", and the moving mechanism of this glass seemed to have lost its due effect due to the current flowing through it just now. Ovelia's face became even more ugly. She looked at the part where the glass was embedded in the body. There were originally a bunch of shock-absorbing rubber pads to prevent the vibrations during the movement of the body from damaging the bulletproof glass. But at this moment, the rubber pad had disappeared, replaced by a piece of molten and cooled metal liquid, completely locking the only openable part of the cab.

"Has the steel around the electric cage melted a little?" Ovelia judged. The cab, as well as the differential engine and its own auxiliary mechanisms, which can be regarded as the core part, are surrounded by a circular network cover that prevents current penetration. A must-have protective mechanism for the armor. After being attacked by an electric shock, the armor can still be restarted afterwards and have basic fighting and escape capabilities. Because when dealing with steel machines, in addition to various pneumatic weapons, according to their characteristics, electricity has always been their natural enemy. It's just that the electricity in the fuse tube is comparable to thunder in a heavy rain, and the protective measures included in the armor are far inferior to that of an airship. And at the beginning of the design, the designer would not consider that the enemy would use the energy of a radiator tube to deal with a armored machine.

The value of the two is never equal. Perhaps when the armor is first designed and put into use, it will have more value than the radiator. It was due to the initial investment in research and development, the industrial level of that era and the comprehensive cost of manufacturing some precision parts. But in the current period, for the imperial military and the four forces, the technology accumulated for hundreds of years, as well as increasingly cheaper steel and basic alloys, have turned the production of armor into an assembly line. Of course, the protected adaptive differential engine and various auxiliary facilities, such as temperature sensing devices and super vapor compression devices, are indeed quite expensive. It's just that they can all be reused to a large extent, and there are too many obstacles to get around in order to break them.

Panic that she didn't know why began to take over Ovelia's body. She didn't know where this feeling came from. This armor was specially made for her by her family. The protective capabilities of the cab could even withstand attacks from the triangular combination barrel of the machine for a long time.

Cassia, who didn't look at her at all, had no weapons except for a pair of tattered pants. I am indeed in an absolutely safe position, as long as I don't go out to drive. Ovelia had this idea, but the other party's actions were always beyond her expectations. The scaly state surprised her at first, and then the breath that followed was indeed an attack that she would never have expected. Even within her family, she had never had any contact with this kind of thing in her current status. She was certain that the information she received was absolutely correct. The man was still in the early stages of the second stage of the surgery. The reason can only be attributed to the title of genius given by the military school. It seems that smart people will not do anything without purpose except for some special hobbies. Ovelia believes that this is the case with Cassia now.

Putting aside more and more chaotic thoughts in her head, Ovelia stopped thinking about what that man wanted to do. Even if her current actions had any special meaning, what she observed with her eyes was absolutely correct. . Like this organism, neither situation is going to be good.

After gradually calming down, Ovelia quickly checked the complete condition of the machine, and his fingers began to move quickly on several control panels. She took the initiative to cut off the power output of the two mechanical arms on the left fuselage, and injected all the limited power of the super vapor compression device into the mechanical arm that had gone silent due to a "fire" not long ago.

The breath destroyed the other arm above it, and the molten metal fell down and completely bonded its movable structure after cooling. The huge shotgun above is also unable to carry out precise attacks due to damage to its bracket, and there is also the risk of the barrel being ejected. It's just that Ovelia can't take into account more situations now, and Frito's death is one of them. She is afraid that the man will do something beyond her knowledge and imagination.

On the stopped mechanical arm, the uneven alloy plate was difficult to unfold. The platform loaded with a huge shotgun barrel rose upwards, and steam and white smoke began to emerge from the gaps between some burned hoses and valves. Amidst the distorted and harsh sound of tearing metal, the robotic arm began to forcibly twist off a large piece of cooled molten metal, trying to point the downward-sloping barrel muzzle at Cassia on the left shoulder.

Ovelia has tried his best to stop most of the functions on the body and fully supply the insufficient power to the mechanical arm. The agglomerated metal was very tough, and the valve on the robotic arm was opened several times in a short period of time to remove the high-pressure steam accumulated inside. The movable mechanism makes short movements back and forth to accelerate the fatigue failure of the metal block. The internal lubrication was also evaporated to the point of being thirsty, and clusters of sparks splashed out. The sound became more harsh and loud, and Ovelia was also watching the situation there. Suddenly, several buttons were pressed at the same time, and steam was quickly poured into the movable mechanism. With a "boom" sound, the robotic arm broke free. open. But twisting the metal used too much power, and there was no power replenishment immediately. The robotic arm immediately fell and hit the ground.

A smile began to appear on his face. The most difficult step had been completed. All that was needed now was some time to wait for the super vapor compression device to run. Four or five seconds later, Ovelia pressed the button, held the joystick, and began to slowly lift the robotic arm upwards.

Cassia turned her face at this time, and the scales on it had disappeared to the position of her chin. His forehead was covered with bulging blood vessels and not much sweat. I have to admit that although I have a strong ability to endure, the increasingly obvious pain has begun to impact my mental will and affect my movements. It's not that it's unbearable, but it's the instinctive protective response the brain makes after receiving these pain signals. It may be better to think of it as the instinctive selfishness that will eventually do everything possible to protect its own survival. One of the basic attributes of any living thing is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

The military school has always referred to its students as the steel killing machines of the future empire. Now it seems that this is indeed a vivid metaphor, at least in terms of the word "machine". After the surgery, the body seemed to have been unknowingly equipped with something like a stroke locking mechanism. Pain, as their absolute signal, finally began to play an inappropriate role at this moment.