Warhammer: Rebuilding the Golden Age Starting with Farming

Chapter 110 Mimicry Multi-Alloy, Initial Modularization (4K Completed)

In the central square of Horisonburg.

Jetton and Kolber are conducting a routine cargo inspection.

The main inspector is Jeton.

Back when I was the "King of Rats" at the bottom of the nest, my main job was dealing in all sorts of shady contraband and industrial waste that had been handled by who-knows-how-many people.

They have a keen eye; just by touching something, they can roughly tell how much it's worth and where it came from.

At this moment, Jaden was squatting in front of the trunk of the first car, holding a black cube that was tightly wrapped in an anti-static cloth.

He carefully lifted a corner of the fabric, revealing the golden contact point underneath.

"Wow, that's interesting."

Jaden whistled and held the cube up to his eyes to examine it closely.

This is a high-density data hard drive, but it's not the kind of consumer-grade drive that's readily available everywhere and used to store low-quality holograms.

The outer shell is made of high-strength polymer, and there is a noticeable anti-oxidation coating at the interface. It feels quite heavy in the hand.

The key point is that data storage media are actually a very expensive consumable.

Ordinary hard drives, due to radiation and magnetic field interference, will likely lose data stored on them after three to five years.

Only military-grade or ancient industrial-grade hard drives can maintain data integrity hundreds of years later.

Although Jetton didn't know what blueprints were stored inside, the disk itself was valuable enough.

"Old Ke, these guys weren't lying, they really brought some good stuff."

Jaden put the hard drive back in the box and then rummaged through the boxes next to it.

It contained some scattered gun parts.

Jaden picked up another oddly shaped pistol. This gun had no magazine well, the barrel had a strange heat dissipation fin structure, and the grip was inlaid with copper pipes for heat dissipation.

"An explosive pistol?"

Jaden recognized it; it was a high-end item used only by the Mechanicus and Space Marines.

Its principle is to emit a high-energy heat ray that can instantly heat the target's body tissue to the explosion point, causing the enemy to explode from the inside.

Although the gun's power battery is gone, the core activation device still appears to be intact.

"It seems these scavengers have indeed unearthed quite a few good graves."

Jaden made a judgment and continued the examination.

The three cars in the middle were mostly filled with blueprints, chips, and rare mineral specimens. Although they were valuable, they were all within Jetton's knowledge.

Until he and Kolber walked to the last two cars, which were noticeably larger.

The suspensions of both vehicles were lowered so low that the tires were almost flattened, indicating that the cargo bed was packed with extremely dense materials.

"Open it and take a look."

Jaden gestured to the driver next to him to lift the tarpaulin.

The driver got up, trembling, untied the rope, and pulled hard.

"Splash!"

The tarpaulin that had been covering it tightly slipped off, revealing what was inside.

A huge, sealed black box.

There were no handles on the surface, only rings of eerie blue electric arcs rolling rapidly across the black metal surface, making it look extremely dangerous.

Jaden turned to look at the team leader kneeling on the ground.

"Hey! What's that thing? How do I open it?"

The team leader looked up, his face full of bitterness.

"Sir, we—we don't know either."

"We dug this out of an ancient site, and this is what it looked like back then. We tried cutting it with lasers, blasting it with explosives, and even splashing it with acid, but it didn't leave a single mark."

"We only know this is definitely a treasure, but—we don't have the key."

No key?

Jaden and Kolber exchanged a glance.

This is where things get tricky; the more advanced the ancient technology, the more extreme the anti-theft measures become.

Without the correct way to open it, forcibly breaking it usually only leads to two results: either the box destroys itself, and the contents are lost, or the box blows the person trying to break it into the air.

Just as the two were worrying about the large, unopenable iron lump...

"Get out of the way! Everyone get out of the way!"

A series of hurried footsteps, accompanied by the heavy clanging of metal, came from afar.

The crowd immediately parted to both sides, making way for a passage.

A tall figure is rushing towards them.

He was wearing a very flashy bright yellow robe, with a wide hood covering his face, and only two points of eerie blue electronic light flickering in the shadows.

Beneath the robe, the hydraulically driven metal skeleton hummed under heavy load, each step kicking up a cloud of dust.

Behind him, Roger and Gamma-9 emerged, panting heavily, clearly having been left behind by the yellow-robed man's speed.

When the team leader saw the menacing yellow giant charging towards him, he trembled with fear and immediately dropped to the ground.

He assumed the important figure was angry because they had brought an unopenable box and wanted to execute them personally.

"My lord, spare us! My lord, spare us! We really tried our best—"

However, Andy didn't even glance at them.

He rushed to the truck, his electronic eye fixed on the black box, data streaming frantically across his retina.

Although it has not been opened yet, STc's deep scan has read the characteristic spectrum of the internal material.

[Item Identification: Standard STC Material Storage Unit.]

[Contents: Mimicry multi-alloy.]

【Activity: 99.7%. 】

Status: Hibernating.

Andy almost burst out laughing on the spot.

Mimicry Multi-alloy!

This is unbelievable! These scavengers have no idea what they brought in!

They thought it was just some valuable ancient resource, but in fact, in the industrial system of the Golden Age, its status was equivalent to modern oil; it was the lifeblood!

In that technologically advanced era, human colonization ships needed to travel to every corner of the galaxy.

Colonists could not possibly carry all kinds of spare parts with them.

Even the largest spaceship cannot hold all the parts, from screws to nuclear reactors.

If every part requires a special mold and special materials to be cast, the cost of colonization would be prohibitively high.

To solve this problem, the Ironmen invented this abnormal material, mimicking multi-alloy.

It is not a single metal.

At the microscopic level, it is composed of countless nanoscale "programmable cells" that are invisible to the naked eye.

These unit cells are neutral and have no fixed physical properties.

However, as long as they are given an access protocol and a specific encoding sequence is input, they can reassemble the lattice structure at the microscopic level and simulate the physical properties of any metal!

Give it a piece of code, and the cell will immediately lock up, with its hardness directly comparable to pure gold; change it again, and the cell connection will become loose and elastic, becoming a buffer material even stronger than ACF; if you want, it can even become a superconductor with zero resistivity in the next second.

The most bizarre thing is that it has memory and self-repair capabilities.

As long as the core cell is not completely annihilated, even if it is reduced to powder, it can reassemble and return to its original form as long as it is given energy and instructions again.

For this material, the concept of "damage" is practically non-existent!

Without the protection of a casing, the performance of this thing will degrade over time, and the internal cells will gradually lock up due to the loss of energy.

However, this decay cycle is usually measured in tens of thousands of years.

More than 10,000 years have passed, and these two boxes have clearly remained in a perfectly sealed state.

99.7% activity!

It's almost indistinguishable from the brand new one!

This means that Andy no longer needs to build a special production line for a particular part. As long as he has this lump of "metal clay", he can mold whatever he wants!

A truly versatile material!

Although the two boxes together only amount to about two cubic meters.

But for Andy, who was just starting out, it was like a gold mine falling from the sky.

Meanwhile, deep within STc's tech tree, the long-dormant "modular technology" concept has finally been illuminated a little.

Andy calmed his excited emotions.

Now everyone is waiting to see how he will handle this unopenable box.

"Everyone, step back." Andy straightened up and waved his hand. "Get at least ten meters away."

Jaden and Kolber immediately led their guards to retreat, also moving the still bewildered scavengers to a safe distance.

Gamma-9 approached, looking at the box with a mixture of curiosity and fear.

"Sage, this—this couldn't possibly be some kind of ancient bomb, could it?"

"Much more powerful than a bomb."

"what?"

He didn't explain further, because even if he did, the tech enthusiast wouldn't understand.

Andy extended his right index finger.

The data probe popped out and gently touched an inconspicuous groove on the side of the box, where a hidden induction coil was located.

"Zi"

Data connection established.

A clean blue screen appeared on Andy's retina.

Please verify administrator privileges.

Andy activated a string of underlying identification codes within his core.

[Verification successful.]

Welcome to self-regulating engineering unit 7734.

[Unlocking]

The rolling arc of electricity that had always inspired fear vanished in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the enclosure made a very faint "click" sound.

The black metal cover slid open in all directions, revealing the contents inside: a pool of silvery-white, mercury-like liquid.

However, under sunlight, the surface of this liquid does not reflect light, but instead presents a deep matte texture.

Although it is liquid, it is extremely viscous, and its surface is not even rippled, just like a molten silver ingot.

"What...what is this? Mercury?"

In the distance, Jaden craned his neck, looking utterly disappointed.

He originally thought it contained some kind of deadly weapon, but it turned out to be a box of water.

Andy ignored their comments.

He extended his mechanical hand, covered in engineering armor, and slowly probed into the pool of silvery substance.

The texture is very peculiar, like putting your hand into a ball of extremely fine quicksand.

The instant his fingers touched the substance.

A wonderful feedback traveled along the nerve bundles in his fingertips back to his brain.

Countless nanocells awakened instantly, and through contact, they established a direct connection with Andy's logic core.

"Transformation".

Andy gave a simple instruction in his mind.

The next second, a miracle happened.

The once calm silver liquid surface suddenly began to boil.

The silvery liquid climbed up Andy's arm at an extremely fast speed, yet it was as orderly as if it were alive.

They covered Andy's palms and wrists, and then quickly hardened.

In the blink of an eye, Andy's original engineering gripper disappeared, replaced by a silver arm armor with an extremely futuristic design, a smooth, mirror-like surface, and a streamlined aesthetic.

The arm armor fit Andy's mechanical skeleton perfectly, with every joint fitting seamlessly.

Andy tried clenching his fist.

"edge."

Sharp blades, gleaming with a cold light, instantly sprang from the surface of the arm armor.

The matter received the instruction and instantly reorganized into the form he desired.

"This is—mimicry."

The team leader and the group of scavengers were dumbfounded.

They had seen all sorts of cutting-edge technologies in their lives, but this metal, which could be transformed at will like magic, was completely beyond their comprehension.

"God—a miracle!"

Gamma-9 even knelt down, exclaiming, "This is the flesh and blood of the Pantheon! This is the blessing of Om Messiah!"

"Sage, you truly are the chosen one!"

Andy's mind is racing, constructing a blueprint for the future of industry.

With these two large boxes of mimicry multi-alloy, there are so many things he can do!

Precision machining centers can be upgraded again!

When repairing the new ship, Andy's biggest headache was those oddly shaped connectors and seals.

Now it's much better. Just take a lump of multi-alloy material, stuff it in, let it adapt to the shape, and then harden and lock it in place.

Perfectly sealed, never leaks!

besides----

It's time to build myself a real suit of armor.

The entire body is directly covered with multi-alloy materials.

Normally, it adheres to the skeleton like a fluid, without affecting movement.

Once in combat mode, it instantly hardens into full-body plate armor, and can even transform into shields, blades, or gun ports as needed.

Isn't this the terminator of liquid metal?!

"Release".

Andy reluctantly pulled his hand out of the box.

As the connection was severed, the silver arm armor quickly liquefied, flowing back into the box and returning to a pool of calm liquid.

"Move these two boxes to the core constant temperature greenhouse."

Andy stood up and ordered, "This is top-tier strategic material, ten thousand times more valuable than gold!"

"No one is allowed near except me!"

"Bauer, Roger."

"Here!" The two technical supervisors immediately ran over.

They quickly and hurriedly lifted the boxes onto a cart, and under the strict protection of the heavily armed guards, pushed it deep into the underground base.

Andy was in a great mood and looked at the team leader who was still kneeling on the ground.

Get up.

Andy's mood improved, and his tone became much gentler.

"You have done a great job this time."

"No matter what your past identity was, or what trouble you've caused."

"From now on, you are part of Deep Space Industries."

The team leader, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, got up from the ground, weeping bitterly.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

"Um—sir, there are still many pursuers behind us—"

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