Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

The previously noisy sounds inside the safe house vanished without a trace with this announcement.

"Miss Leila... are you telling the truth...? Mr. Jiang Ning isn't dead yet?"

Estelle wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked at Laira with her slightly reddened, azure eyes full of expectation.

Laila didn't offer any further explanation, but simply tapped the screen to switch the audio from the headset to be transmitted through the loudspeaker in the safe house.

"Jiangning! Are you alright?! Why did the visual sharing suddenly cut off?"

Leila pressed for an answer, her voice filled with anxiety.

"Pooh-!"

Jiang Ning opened his mouth and spat out the blood and foam, then raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Cough...not exactly good...but I shouldn't die yet..."

"That fluttering moth is really strong! It actually knocked me apart..."

Jiang Ning's face was somewhat pale, and he looked at the "culprit" who had made him look so disheveled with a gloomy expression.

"Little Lai... how much longer until the railgun is reloaded?"

Laira's fingers flew across the keyboard, and various data points popped up on the screen.

Five minutes left...

"As you are now... that's enough. You've done more than enough."

Leila pursed her lips, listening to Jiang Ning's weak and trembling voice, and for some reason felt a strange sadness in her heart.

"Mr. Jiang Ning, I'm coming to bring you back! Hang in there!"

Alan ripped off the extra bandages wrapped around his body, grabbed his weapon, and headed towards Jiang Ning's location.

"Shut up, all of you! If you want to live, calm down and listen to me!"

Jiang Ning gritted his teeth and did his best to convey those words.

Alan, who was about to burst through the door, was stopped by Estádio.

"Don't be rash, listen to Mr. Jiang Ning's plan first."

Everyone in the safe house held their breath, waiting silently for Jiang Ning to speak.

Jiang Ning took a deep breath and forced himself to stand up.

"Listen, I have a backup plan. I can't say whether it can completely eliminate that guy... but it can definitely hold out for the rest of the time."

Laira frowned slightly, a sense of unease creeping into her heart.

"You go first, tell me what you plan to do."

"I don't have time to reveal the details of how it was done, you just need to promise me one thing."

Five minutes later, when the time is up, aim directly at the platform and blow it up along with the platform, understand?

Next, I'll cut off communications. Don't worry about me, I won't die. I'll find a way to evacuate before it's destroyed.

"?wait……"

Just as Laila was about to speak, the previously stable communication suddenly cut off, leaving only the crackling sound of electricity.

"Miss...I..."

Alan looked at Estella, who was pulling him, with some confusion. Estella looked back at Alan and gently shook her head.

"Trust Mr. Jiang Ning; we have no choice but to trust him now."

The perspective shifts back to the platform.

Jiang Ning raised his hand to remove the headset hanging on his ear and casually tossed it aside.

"It's much quieter now..."

The Doomsday Beast looked at Jiang Ning, who was covered in blood and struggling to stand up again, and let out a sharp, mocking roar, as if it were laughing at the insignificant human's overestimation of his abilities.

"Huh? Laugh your ass off, you big moth?..."

Jiang Ning bent down and picked up the Rabbit Tank Energy Bottle that had fallen to the ground after being blasted away.

With his other hand, he quietly slipped inside the already tattered lab coat, his fingers touching the metallic texture he had kept deep inside.

The next moment, he pulled out a strangely shaped metal device.

The device is entirely red with a mechanical structure, resembling a trigger, except that the grip is too short.

Silver metal tubes extend from both sides, a ring-shaped energy meter dial is embedded in the front, and a transparent protective cover covers the top, concealing a blue start button, giving it a strong industrial and mechanical feel.

Looking down at the metal device in his hand, his thoughts drifted back to half a month ago.

After completing the upgrade and modification of Xiao Er earlier, Jiang Ning focused most of his energy on the research and development of enhancement items for creation mounts.

Following the development of the Rabbit Tank bubble can, in addition to the corresponding mission rewards, Jiang Ning had an unexpected gain.

That would be the next task of developing enhancement items.

[Achievement Mission - [Bet on the Enemy's Life!]: The best way to overcome fear is to instill fear in the enemy first! Now you need more firepower!

Mission requirements: Complete the creation of a dangerous trigger and engage in combat.

Reward: 150 Knight Technology Points.

The moment this task appeared, Jiang Ning immediately placed it at the top of his priority list.

If we're talking about the fastest way to boost your strength, the Danger Trigger is definitely the top choice.

However, considering its side effect of going out of control, Jiang Ning originally planned to wait until the subsequent items that could neutralize its side effects were completed before using it.

I never imagined that this would become my last trump card.

Jiang Ning gripped the dangerous trigger handle, gently flipped open the transparent protective cover above, placed his thumb on the blue start button, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Then Jiang Ning looked up at the Doomsday Beast's huge silver compound eyes.

"You big moth, you've really driven me to the brink."

I can't say for sure what will happen next!

The Doomsday Beast was stunned. It actually saw a hint of pity in the eyes of the human it had just dealt with as easily as swatting a fly.

Under the bewildered gaze of the Doomsday Beast, Jiang Ning decisively pressed the button on the danger trigger.

Accompanied by a deep, magnetic electronic voice, the dangerous trigger was activated.

"Hazard on!"

Jiang Ning gritted his teeth, aligned the lower end of the trigger with the empty slot of the Chuangqi driver, and snapped it shut.

The moment the hazard trigger and the driver complete their docking, it seems as if a kind of docking has been achieved, and the indicator light on the Traverse driver and the hazard trigger together burst into a dazzling light.

Jiang Ning held the Rabbit Tank Energy Bottles with both hands, unscrewed the bottle neck knobs with a crisp "click" sound, and then inserted them one by one into the center of the Build Driver.

"Rabbit—!!"

"Tank—!!"

"Super——Best Mach!!"

Jiang Ning raised his hand, grasped the driver handle, and quickly rotated it clockwise.

「Taka yaru tattoo tattoo」

Black metal pipes extended out of thin air from above the driver, eventually transforming into thick steel plates marked with yellow and black stripes that surrounded Jiang Ning from the front and back.

The Doomsday Beast, seeing the bizarre scene before it, instinctively sensed that something was amiss.

The core, which had dimmed, lit up again, and the golden and blue imaginary energies continued to compress and merge.

It wanted to repeat its old tricks and completely crush the tiny insects that were trying to outsmart it.

Are you ready?

"Henshin!"

At the same instant the warning metal plates merged, the Doomsday Beast's attack came head-on.

boom--!!

With a deafening explosion, the entire Black Tower space station trembled violently because Jiang Ning's attack was not countered this time.

Dust billowed up, leaving the platform in a mess.

Flames were everywhere, and the alloy floor was scorched black and white in patches.

The Doomsday Beast looked at its "masterpiece," proudly flapping its huge wings, eager to witness the remains of the insect it had just created.

—If he still has a body.

The smoke and dust were dispersed somewhat by the strong wind, and a bright light suddenly appeared in the darkness.

The Doomsday Beast was slightly taken aback, then immediately raised its sharp claws and slashed out.

Clang!

A sudden force abruptly stopped the Doomsday Beast's claws, producing a piercing metallic clanging sound.

The Doomsday Beast stared in disbelief at the point of impact, but all that responded to it from the smoke was a pair of diamond-shaped compound eyes flashing red and blue.