Temperature Control in Academy City

As soon as they left the preparation room, Hirosue Asuka spoke.

"Okay."

Natsume Sonoko nodded vigorously, with no extra expression on her face.

The empty room was covered with smooth square tiles. Looking around, Natsume Sonoko found that the room was surprisingly large.

It doesn't feel like a room, but more like a square or a park.

Natsume Sonoko stood at the designated testing point, which was almost in the center of the room. From this position, with her current abilities, she could not cover the entire room.

There is a glass dome above your head, and you can see the blazing sun in the sky at a glance, but there is no burning sensation that would hurt your eyes.

"Natsume-san, without moving your body, try to find the constant temperature heat source hidden in the room. You are also required to provide their specific location and temperature, and the temperature must be accurate to three decimal places."

"There are also an unknown number of abnormal heat sources in the room. Their temperatures will fluctuate very slightly over time. Please be careful to exclude these points."

There was only Natsume in the room, and a few white robots whose purpose was unknown.

The sound device installed on the robot emitted the voice of Hirosue Asuka, which should be observing this place from somewhere, but Natsume Sonoko obviously did not find any cameras or the like here.

Natsume Sonoko had a blank expression on her face and nodded slightly after hearing the female researcher's request.

At this time, a robot came in front of Natsume Sonoko.

As the robot's body deformed, it became flattened.

A small holographic projection was released in mid-air, and even Natsume's position was marked.

This is a 3D image of the room. Based on the square tiles on the ground, the room is divided into thousands of partitions of different sizes. The projection can also be zoomed in and out.

Natsume Sonoko's hand can pass through the projection, but by lightly touching the corresponding partition with her finger, she can not only select it but also bring up a numeric keypad for input.

Just after this small holographic projection appeared, in the blink of an eye, the entire room began to be filled with holographic projections, projecting thousands of partition dividing lines in every corner of the room.

Holographic projection technology has advanced to the point in Academy City where it can be indistinguishable from the real thing.

"Natsume-san, you need to mark the answers on the small projector next to you as much as possible." A robot nearby spoke.

"So that's it."

Natsume Sonoko was slightly stunned, but she almost understood the rules.

After just a moment's thought, Natsume Sonoko began to touch the small projection in front of her with her fingers, and the marked constant heat sources began to be continuously fed back to the staff's computer.

I have found almost all the constant heat sources within my range, about 23. And there are obviously these constant temperature heat sources in places that I can't reach, but I have no way to deal with them.

The temperatures of most of these heat sources are much higher than room temperature, but a small part of them are very close to room temperature, and they were easily found by Natsume Sonoko.

However, she suddenly remembered a certain railgun that did not perform well during the physical examination, and Natsume Sonoko's mind suddenly got stuck. She couldn't help but tilt her head and start thinking.

Since it is a scoring system, all you have to do is ensure that the final score can reach level 5. You have a lot of derived abilities, so if you take the extra points into account, it should be enough to pass.

Knowing that this assessment is to collect information about her, Natsume Sonoko can't be so foolish as to expose all her abilities. Although she often has no expression, it doesn't mean that she is a natural fool or something.

The imitation railgun drive armor we saw before might be the result of Misaka-senpai exposing too much data somewhere.

Thinking of this, Natsume Sonoko's hand suddenly stopped in the air and did not continue to enter the farthest points.

"Please note that the positions of the constant temperature heat sources are beginning to change. Natsume-san, you need to record their movement trajectory on the small holographic projection."

After Natsume Sonoko stopped moving, a voice came from the white robot beside her again.

The positions of the heat points distributed in the room began to change rapidly, drawing dense arcs of heat in Natsume Sonoko's head.

It was not until something as small as a mosquito suddenly flew past her eyes that Natsume Sonoko suddenly realized that these constant heat sources were actually miniature robots, and their tails were continuously emitting heat.

Then perhaps among these robots, there is a robot responsible for monitoring. No wonder I couldn’t find the monitoring location.

After figuring out something, Natsume Sonoko began to track the movements of these robots.

Some of them began to run around in Natsume Sonoko's ability area, some flew out of Natsume Sonoko's ability area, and even some strange heat sources flew in.

Not only did she want to test the accuracy of her abilities and her instantaneous calculation capabilities, but she also wanted to accurately depict the scope of her abilities. Natsume Sonoko reacted immediately.

At the same time, Natsume Sonoko's brain was still working rapidly, recording the trajectory of the constant temperature heat source while eliminating the interference of those abnormal heat sources, and recording all the heat arcs in her head.

"It finally stopped. I felt dizzy from flying around so much." Natsume Sonoko secretly complained in her heart.

The trajectories of these micro-robots were very complicated, and at first glance they looked like a mess. Natsume Sonoko could tell them apart quickly, but she still found them a little troublesome.

It took another five or six minutes for Natsume Sonoko to input these chaotic movement trajectories into the small holographic projection.

However, when someone inputs, he also subconsciously omits part of the movement trajectory of the heat source, making his ability range almost the same as when he was at level 4, but the accuracy he displayed was far beyond the level of level 4.

Chapter 183: Sonoko's Weather Weapons

At this time, Natsume's level 5 assessment is still in progress, but as the assessment content has changed, the assessment location has been changed.

Natsume Sonoko threw a coin into the air. The coin cut through the space and kept flipping in the air in a counterclockwise direction.

Just as the coin rolled into the air, it was suddenly fixed by something and stayed in the air for a very short time.

The huge air pressure from all around gathered together and instantly formed a crude air pump. A large amount of gas gathered around and squeezed the coin, giving it a forward push.

The coin only stayed in the air for a moment before diving forward at an extremely high speed.

The friction with the air released a little heat, and then the coin hit a fixed target a hundred meters away.

"Superbaric cannon, complete."

Blowing gently, Natsume Sonoko looked calmly at the coin that hit the target, with no sadness or joy on her face. She didn't care at all about copying the idea of ​​the Railgun.

The coins kept flying, and someone threw the coins in his hand into the air one after another, and then made the coins hit the target one by one at a speed that was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye.

The second shot, the third shot, until the staff called for a stop, Natsume Sonoko finally stopped her movements. She looked at the coin box at hand and saw that she had already punched out more than half of the coins provided by the researchers.

"(Average) coin initial velocity: 250 meters per second;"

"Firing capacity per minute: 20 rounds;"

"Bomb impact distribution: 53mm;"

"Bull's eye impact strength: 103 joules;"

The staff's voice came from inside the robot, reporting the test results of Natsume Sonoko this time.

Imitating Misaka-senpai's behavior, she gently let the hair in front of her forehead float and shook her head. Natsume Sonoko didn't seem very satisfied.

It is considered good that the aerodynamics can reach this level, but what worries Natsume Sonoko is the extremely poor distribution of impact points.

Even if Misaka-senpai lets off the ball, she can still keep the accuracy of the railgun within twenty millimeters, which is the maximum distance between the landing points of any two bullets, and her own result directly exceeded fifty millimeters.

This shows that there is still a big gap between me and Senior Misaka in terms of accuracy. It is truly worthy of being the legendary railgun, which never misses its target.

Except for the impact point, the rest of the effects are surprisingly good.

Even with air friction, it still completely exceeded the power of most pistols. However, it was far behind the railgun, and even the power of a rifle was not as good.

"Let's start the next one right away."

Natsume Sonoko shouted to the little robot beside her.

Almost an hour had passed since the assessment began, which was much longer than a normal physical examination. Natsume Sonoko felt a little bored.

Speaking of today's assessment, the first few items are actually similar to those at level 4. The various instruments look quite sophisticated, but in the end they are still a test of Natsume Sonoko's ability to control temperature.

This was the content of Natsume Sonoko's assessment in the room with square floor tiles.

The accuracy and maximum impact range of capabilities were also tested. Later, the temperature limit, or threshold, under a standard atmospheric pressure was tested, and at most an assessment of instantaneous computing power was added.

However, tests such as thermal conductivity were not arranged as usual, because Natsume Sonoko's ability was not to absorb or transfer heat on a macro scale.

There was a document in the past that speculated that Natsume Sonoko and some other users of thermal system abilities actually had abilities that came from between molecules, converting molecular-level kinetic energy into macroscopic heat.

Another point is that although Natsume Sonoko's ability can theoretically affect all matter, that situation has already exceeded the limit of lv5.

It not only requires countless knowledge reserves and experimental data, but also requires even more massive computing power as a support. Therefore, Natsume's ability is still limited to the atmosphere, water, etc. The only thing that is relatively out of the circle is copper, iron and their corresponding alloys.

When it came to the assessment of derivative abilities, the staff gave Natsume Sonoko more freedom than before, and she could even freely choose the assessment items. The super-pressure cannon just now was one of Natsume's choices.

Speaking of the difference between lv4 and lv5, in addition to the two relatively rigid conditions of computing power strength and recognition from Academy City, the biggest gap should be in the derivative capabilities.

Take Shirai-san for example. Let’s take her as an example.

Although her spatial movement is powerful, she is still just using the ability itself, and the way of using it is very simple.

But they cannot use spatial abilities to develop abilities similar to summoning to summon demons from other worlds.

Well, this is really asking too much of Shirai-san.

But almost all lv5s have similar characteristics, which have evolved from the original single use of ability to the multi-faceted use of ability.

Some level 5s not only occupy the skill bar of an entire ability system, but also develop a large number of derivative abilities of other ability systems. This is very different from level 4 when only focusing on the ability itself.

We can also see from some lv5 titles that we can see Accelerator's vector operation and Shokuhou Misaki's psychological control.

In fact, it also shows that from the use of a single ability to a high level of mastery of one's own ability system, the diversity of abilities can be reflected.

In contrast, Umi Gokusai's psychological regulation and Ranko Hata's gravity control are simply the use of the ability itself.

Back to Natsume, Natsume Sonoko's ability also has a similar relationship in the thermal system. She switched careers to become a pilot a few months ago, and by the way, she also worked part-time as the Invisible Man and Mr. Freeze Man.

Even the name of Natsume's ability is very suitable for level 5, so there is no need to change his title.

Getting back to the topic, Natsume Sonoko's next test is about to begin.

No matter what assessment project Natsume chooses, the staff of the institute can quickly find a suitable location and prepare appropriate testing equipment. It feels like shopping in a supermarket, and you can find whatever you want quickly.

"Natsume-san, the next experiment requires us to move the venue again." The robot next to Natsume Sonoko sounded another reminder.

...

“Tornado rating: EF3 (from Baidu, don’t pay attention to this rating);”

"Speed: 65~68 meters per second;"

"Height: about 83.5 meters;"

"Diameter: about 35.35 meters;"

Somewhere in the Pan-Ability Research Institute, Natsume Sonoko looked at the huge monster that was so close to her with a blank expression.

It was lifted into the air by the huge wind pressure and moved along with this huge thing called a tornado.

A short and sturdy tornado raged through the Pan-Ability Research Institute, but it did not cause chaos or unrest. All the staff were working and recording data in an orderly manner.

From time to time, a detection robot would be sucked into the tornado, continuously providing the latest data to the staff's computers.

At this time, the tornado began to absorb the air from the surrounding area, causing the surrounding air concentration to drop rapidly. As dust and gravel swept everywhere, it formed a spectacle that made people unable to open their eyes.

It is very different from a normal tornado that falls from the clouds. Since this tornado grows directly from the ground, it does not look very good, like a hot dog sold in a supermarket, but its power should not be underestimated.

An EF3 tornado can knock down houses, break electric poles and towers, and strip all branches and leaves from large trees in an instant.

If it encounters a parking lot, it will be completely destructive. Unless it is a heavy car, it cannot escape its clutches.

The current wind speed is about to reach 68 meters per second, but someone thinks that if we push harder it can reach EF4 level, exceeding 74.2 meters per second.

But due to certain considerations and the fact that the space was too small to fully utilize the force, Natsume Sonoko did not plan to continue accelerating, but instead slowly stabilized the speed of the tornado.

In recent times, Natsume Sonoko's wing formula has been optimized layer by layer, resulting in the effect of this tornado being much better than expected, even exceeding the wind speed achieved by Accelerator when he controlled the atmosphere not long ago.

Natsume's wings have unknowingly become a little strange. When they are small, he can be a pilot, and when they are enlarged, they become a weather weapon.

When it is small, it moves fast, and when it is big, it has great destructive power.

However, Natsume did not seem to want to expose the tornado in wing form, and instead included the enlarged combat tornado into the test.

In Natsume's mind, these kinds of offensive moves are not very valuable.

The only exception is her own shock therapy. She finally found the balance point that can make people unconscious without causing any harm. This is Natsume's patented technology.

With this move, Natsume Sonoko can even deal with an entire army. Flying high in the sky, leaving no grass behind wherever she passes.

After a slight pause, Natsume Sonoko controlled the tornado to pass through a parking lot of the Pan-Ability Application Institute. Due to the fast speed, she almost didn't have time to turn.

However, a few cars were still caught up in it, and half of the parking lot was scrapped.

I was just thinking about something similar, but I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad.

Looking at the flying car parts and steel fragments, Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but blush.

It's screwed.

But this is all for the level 5 assessment, so the Academy City will definitely reimburse me, Natsume Sonoko thought to herself.