Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 74 If He Thinks You Are a Bad Person, Then You Will Suffer
"Draman, seal off the base."
After seeing off his teammates, Mason strode into the precision manufacturing workshop on the second-to-last floor of the underground military base. He inserted the chip carrying the Delaman split program into the console at hand.
In just half a minute, the free AI from 2077 took over the control program of the entire base.
In addition to being advanced enough, this place became an "empty shell" after Victor Stone, who was supposed to be responsible for the network data security of the base, had his data consciousness transferred by Mason using the "Soul Killer".
All kinds of machines in the workshop were started up one after another. Mason opened the briefcase at hand and released the Fenrir Armor that had been repaired to two-thirds in the briefcase factory.
Under Delaman's manipulation, two huge mechanical arms lifted the heavy power armor that had lost its outer armor onto the maintenance platform and hydraulically fixed it on the left and right. Then a large number of mechanical arms were activated.
Mason looked at the bustling scene in front of him, he let out a long breath, and quickly walked into the control room of the manufacturing workshop, inputting his modification blueprint of the Fenrir armor into the computer.
Kryptonian steel removed from the "baby ship" that landed on Earth with the Kryptonian Far Zod was reprocessed into external armor suitable for the Fenrir armor frame, and was precisely assembled onto the armor frame piece by piece.
This alien metal is far more impact-resistant than the magic alloy that Mason had used before. Its disadvantage is that its energy conductivity is slightly poor.
But Mason had a solution.
The broken remains of Thor's hammer obtained from the old spider have been re-melted into high-purity liquid Urujin and engraved on the frame of Fenrir's armor in the form of inscriptions.
Nearly all the time Mason had allocated to engineering and epigraphy had been devoted to this task in recent times.
This is equivalent to resetting the energy conduction module on the skeleton that supports the body, which is enough to ensure that the modified power armor is closer to the "energy adaptation" form that Mason wants.
After obtaining the knowledge of the Isu people, Mason has had completely different ideas about the design of his power armor, and the blueprint in front of him is his new attempt.
"Estimated time to complete the outer armor covering: 2-3 hours."
Delaman's calm voice sounded from the speaker next to Mason, reminding him:
"The world's authorities have noticed the transfer of data permissions in the underground base. They are gathering personnel to prepare to reopen the facility. The electronic warfare confrontation mode is ready.
In addition, Lex Luthor's research vessel is leaving the coast, and they will enter the deep sea area set as a restricted area by the Atlanteans in thirty minutes."
"Alert me when the base is about to be breached."
Mason said.
Then he took out the "Absolute Zero" freezing gun that he had seized from Captain Cold before, and took out his engineering wrench, obviously preparing to disassemble this thing in order to complete the weapon upgrade of the "Anti-Flash Tactics" in Fenrir's armor.
The freezing gun obtained from Mr. Freeze before is a bit out of date.
Especially after the actual combat in Gotham, he found that unless Barry Allen accidentally stepped on the ice and slipped, this thing that relied on rapid freezing to kill posed almost no threat to the Speedster.
But the weapon in Captain Cold's hand is very nice.
The real power of this thing lies in "slowing down". The so-called "absolute zero" freezing is just the external manifestation of the gun's vibration suppression at the atomic level.
It can be said that this is the "exclusive equipment" that is specifically designed to defeat speedsters like the Flash.
After all, the birth of this gun started when researchers at Star Labs suddenly had the urge to develop an anti-Flash weapon...
The scientists thought the experiment had failed, but it actually was a success. Unfortunately, the only sample fell into the hands of a thief with a terrifying mind.
It would be difficult for him to get the freezing gun in Mason's world.
Captain Frost there has under his command the "Rogue Gang", a force that can be regarded as a breath of fresh air among the villain organizations. And because of some unspeakable "special reasons", the Rogue Gang never takes the initiative to enter Gotham.
However, the only area of activity that Mason "unlocked" in his home world is Gotham.
The two guys are not in the same food chain, so Mason has no chance to "kill people and steal treasures".
"Mason, we're already in orbit around the Earth."
Just as he was concentrating on cracking the principle of the freezing gun, Hal Jordan's voice sounded from the communicator . The pilot reported:
"My Kryptonian friend seems to have entered 'hibernation', but his body is glowing. Is this normal?"
"That's his Kryptonian cells absorbing purer sunlight. Don't disturb him, Hal. He may need some time to complete the initial strengthening of the yellow sun in order to make up for the 30 years that were 'stolen' from his life."
Mason sat at the workbench, picked up the engineering tweezers and disassembled the module of the extremely sophisticated freezing gun in front of him. While using the Isu knowledge in his mind to understand the operating materials of this thing, he slowly said to the pilot flying out of the earth:
"Let's talk about your problem, Hal. Look, I've just spent some time telling you about Team K and the disaster in the parallel world.
I would like to know your opinion on this matter, and I am looking forward to your reply.
Also, Victor should not try to take over this special communication frequency band, which is a creation of Isu technology.
If you don't have the mother box technology and lose the physical body, it may take you several days or even longer to crack the special encryption method. "
Facing Mason's question, Hal, who was flying a spacecraft in orbit around the earth, hesitated for a moment and said:
"I couldn't accept what you said for a moment. Your description of the parallel world and the impact disaster exceeded the imagination limit of an ordinary person like me.
I am not well-informed enough to give you an accurate answer in such a short time, Mason, but I agree with you on the war between the Amazons and Atlantis.
We must end this dangerous war as soon as possible.
So I will do my best to help you in the following matters, and as for further matters, we will talk about it later."
"That's enough."
Mason nodded and didn't ask any more questions, and the communication fell into silence.
An hour and a half later, Mason successfully reset the freezing gun and completed the blueprint collection.
He synchronized his modifications to the Fenrir Armor's weapon system to the manufacturing workshop, preparing to install his newly acquired cryogun into his own power armor.
This would undoubtedly delay the completion of the power armor repair, but he felt it was worth it.
"Warning! The first floor of the base has been invaded!"
Delaman's sharp voice rang out from the speaker, and then a surveillance screen behind Mason lit up.
He could see a large number of soldiers rushing into the base under the leadership of several fully armed commanders. Outsiders were unable to crack Delaman's data defense, so they adopted a more direct and brutal approach.
They used a large amount of explosives to blow open the gate of the base they had guarded for many years.
"Start the counterattack procedure."
Mason said casually, not even bothering to look at the monitor.
The next second, Delaman activated the defense system inside the base, and fully armed automatic robots were released to fight against the soldiers who attacked the base.
The fight on the upper level was like a small-scale war, but the manufacturing workshop below did not stop operating.
Mason saw through the glass that the assembly of the outer armor of the Fenrir armor placed on the repair rack was almost complete.
He nodded with satisfaction, then leisurely called out various experimental weapons stored throughout the base and began to select for himself as if he were shopping in a supermarket.
"This floating gun weapon system is pretty good. Did Lex Luthor participate in the design? It looks like it has a high-tech content. Install it!"
"The biological life-support and circulation device seized from the Atlanteans is used to replace the original biological monitoring module. It is rare that this thing is driven by water instead of energy.
When necessary, it can also be used as a constant temperature air conditioner inside the power armor.
This kind of good stuff must be replaced."
"Optical camouflage and fast thrusters? Tsk, outdated concepts and high energy consumption, it's obvious that this is a project to defraud funding, bad review!"
On the computer in front of him, he used Delaman's program to crack and read through the top-secret information of the Sky Eye Society in this world. He also turned to the biotechnology project to watch the various human enhancement experiments that scientists have carried out through studying Kryptonians.
But Mason was quite disappointed that no qualified products were produced. When the second floor of the base was breached by outsiders, he finally saw a project file that made his eyes light up.
Code name "Doomsday"!
And then there's the designer who wrote the design... well, Lex Luthor.
Mason shook his head.
As expected, no matter in which world or under what background, the love-hate relationship between Baldy and Superman has almost become a world norm, just like the love between Superman and Batman.
However, Luthor's project to create controllable biological warfare weapons by cloning Kryptonians is still only in the project establishment stage.
It is said that the reason why Lai Tu has been procrastinating is because he is a "pacifist" in this world. Even this plan itself was designed by Lai Tu under pressure from the authorities, using his amazing wisdom in a semi-forced state.
"The third floor of the base has been breached! The defensive robots have been completely destroyed. The estimated time remaining to breach the base is 10 minutes!"
Delaman's warning became more and more shrill. He projected his data image onto the screen in front of Mason and warned:
"Passengers please evacuate the danger zone immediately!"
“No hurry.”
Mason glanced at the assembly workshop next to him and saw the countdown for the reset of Fenrir's armor was ticking to 35 minutes. Without any panic, he flicked his hand with the demeanor of a general and let the slime monster Kevin fall to the ground.
He took out a small box of potions and placed it on the ground, then said to Kevin, who was twisting his body to transform into a steel skeleton:
"Go and hold them back."
"Quack"
Kevin saluted with his heels tapping.
Then he used both hands to absorb all the potions in front of him into his body, dyed himself in all kinds of colors, and then rushed out of the underground assembly workshop with a bang.
A few minutes later, the power supply to the workshop was cut off from the upper level, but under Delaman's control, the backup power supply on the foundation was immediately started, and the assembly time was not delayed at all.
Mason stood in front of the glass.
He looked at the heavy power armor that was taking shape under the busy mechanical arm, touched the motionless Black Death Sword Armor ring on the finger of his left hand, and finally turned back to glance at the surveillance screen.
Kevin was constantly changing his shape in the hail of bullets on the screen and charging into the crowd, then detonating himself to release fear gas and paralysis potion.
It alone was able to hold back the invaders; bullets and explosions were completely useless against it.
But soon with the arrival of the flamethrowers, the slime monsters could not withstand the damage and began to retreat under the burning of the raging fire jets.
It is a mud man, and fire is its natural enemy.
Despite eating some divine dirt from Wonder Woman, it wasn't enough for Kevin to overcome his "racial weakness."
"Mason, Zod is awake and he wants to talk to you."
The signal from space reactivated the communication. Hal made an announcement, and then the unclear and muddy voice of the Kryptonian Fal Zod sounded in the communicator.
He said to Mason:
"Thank you for your help, my friend. I feel like I have found myself again. The sun's rays have awakened me."
"It's just an illusion."
Mason reminded:
"Although Kryptonian cells can absorb and store the energy of the yellow sun, you have been 'hungry' for too long. I suggest you stay in space for at least three hours before returning to the surface.
Also, don't be afraid if you feel your heart beating faster or you feel dizzy.
That is normal.
According to my previous observations, Kryptonians do occasionally get 'drunk' from the sun, but the condition will improve after waiting for a while."
"No, that's not what I wanted to say to you, Mason."
Zod politely waited for Mason to finish speaking before explaining:
“It’s about your previous question!
I will help you stop this war, but not because I have any special feelings for this planet.
Although Hal Jordan's heroic act changed the image of humanity in my mind, I do not want to hide from you that I am filled with disgust and hatred for humanity as a whole.
I help you because you helped me, friend.
That's the only reason.
As for whether or not to join your K team and enter a wider parallel world, I... I need time to think about it. Fate gave me a chance when I was still a baby.
However, what I got that time was thirty years in prison.”
"I understand your concerns, Zedd."
Mason listened to the gunfire getting closer and closer overhead. He put on his Isu Vanguard Armor and walked to the repair station in the assembly workshop, saying:
"I will patiently wait for your reply, and I will also prove my sincerity with practical actions. I am not like those short-sighted guys who just take things from you.
I have given you back what was taken from you, and this is just the beginning.
I will give you more.
This is the way to make friends. The old man and I will wait for you to come back in the vast waves of the ocean, but you should try your best to complete your first descent from the sky before we can’t hold on any longer, okay?
That's right.
I asked the old man to leave something for you. It's under your seat. Since it's the beginning of a new life, you should have a new set of clothes. I made them when I was practicing.
It’s a little rough, but I hope you like it.”
"Shua"
The communication was disconnected again, and Mason jumped into the modified cockpit of the Fenrir armor using the spiral staircase of the repair platform.
The various systems of the power armor began to self-check, and the wall in front of him was blown apart by heavy firepower. Amid the noisy sounds, countless bullets fired into the darkened space.
Amid the sound of collision and sparks flying, the heavy helmet that was a fusion of bat and owl slowly closed.
Then a soft light lit up in front of Mason's eyes, and modules came online one after another. The status of the entire set of armor was projected in front of Mason in digital form.
Three disposable Ark reactors were operating at full capacity, causing light to shine through the silver-gray power armor.
It was like a steel giant opening its eyes from sleep.
"Welcome back, passengers!"
Delamain's voice echoed in the cockpit, saying:
"A large number of hostile and malicious lives are detected around us. Do you want to enter combat mode?"
"Are you playing dumb, Lao De?"
Mason complained.
The hat on his head turned into a helmet that covered his eyes and half of his face. As the data interface of the Vanguard Armor was connected to the power armor, the giant full of mechanical deterrence clenched his fists, tore open the hydraulic fixations on the left and right, and took the first step forward with sparks flying and the ground shaking.
As the full energy buzzing sounded, Mason said:
"It's time to uncover the secrets of this world hidden under the apocalypse, but I have to give Team K's reserve attacker some vent first."
"Passenger, this does not seem to be consistent with your previous behavior pattern."
AI Delaman reminded:
"Malicious life targets cannot penetrate the power armor defense. We can just walk out."
"boom"
At this moment, the anti-tank rocket exploded a ball of fire on the front armor of Fenrir's armor, but it failed to shake the steel giant.
"Lao De, I am a kind person. I always hope to help more people. But although I run in the darkness for many reasons, none of them is to win back the sewers that allow the insidious rats to wreak havoc."
Mason replied:
"Even if this world can really be saved, there are always some people who don't deserve salvation. Just think of it as cleaning up the garbage in advance."
"Understood, passengers please fasten your seat belts. Killing mode, activated!"
As the AI turned into a cold voice, the light on Fenrir's armor helmet suddenly turned scarlet.
Four bat-shaped suspended turrets popped out from behind its shoulders, and aiming beams flickered in the darkness, marking one soldier and commander after another were pouring fire around them.
Then...
Hell is coming.
