Swarm Attack

Tom didn't know what Shen Jiayi had said to Lin Meiqi. In short, although Lin Meiqi still held grudges against Tom and Shen Jiayi, she was very cooperative in connecting her soul with Shen Jiayi, and the two sides cooperated in their thinking space.

When it comes to technology and design, Lin Meiqi beats Shen Jiayi a few blocks, but when it comes to computational efficiency and optimization in the thinking space, Shen Jiayi is much stronger than Lin Meiqi. After these two worked together, the upgrade efficiency of the Giant Armor was greatly improved.

Firstly, it is to optimize the efficiency of metal shaping through multithreading. Lin Meiqi outputs drawings to Tom and others to shape metal parts using metal shaping. Due to the addition of Shen Jiayi, a "super humanoid computer", Lin Meiqi's output efficiency has greatly increased, and the metal shaping efficiency of Tom and other "humanoid 3D printers" has also been improved. Because they no longer needed to spend their energy controlling their abilities, they felt like their abilities were being controlled by Shen Jiayi. Throughout the process, Tom watched like an observer as the metal block rapidly deformed and fixed in his hand, becoming exactly the shape required by the blueprint.

The most obvious improvement in this is the production of metal folding buckles with complex structures. The shape of each metal strip before deformation, the displacement trajectory during the deformation process, the position after deformation, and the timing of fastening are all designed by Shen Jiayi, a "super humanoid computer". It is simple and direct. Even Chen Luo, a novice who has only barely mastered the metal shaping ability, can perfectly shape the required metal parts like an experienced hand.

Then there is the issue of the vision of the armored driver.

Shen Jiayi's super humanoid computer also has an additional branch ability, which allows her to attach crystal fragments to her sensing thoughts and turn them into something similar to a sensor. This object, named "Crystal Energy Sensor" by her, can sense various media including light, odor, and radiation, and then transmit them back to her brain. Her rapidly running brain quickly calculates and restores the surrounding scenery through the data transmitted back. Realize a camera like effect.

Of course, the range of media received by this crystal energy sensor is within a diameter range of 6.32 meters. As for the transmission distance with her, it is as high as 162.375 meters. In short, from the perspective of a villain, a sensor is sufficient to cover a diameter range equivalent to 151 meters. The transmission distance is about 3900 meters, which is already quite far and can be considered as a long-distance wireless Bluetooth camera.

Just put a few crystal energy sensors on the giant armor, and then Shen Jiayi will have a shallow spiritual connection with the two drivers of the armor. By projecting the scene around the giant armor restored by the crystal energy sensor onto the retinal nerves of the two individuals, they can achieve a 360 degree panoramic observation effect without interfering with the driver's movements, using 3D projection inside the armor.

In this case, Giant Armor's vision is simply not too powerful, not only from the soles of his feet, but also from his back. Compared to the original view that could only be seen within a height range of over 20 centimeters, it is simply a leapfrog upgrade from kindergarten to university level.

Of course, to achieve such a connection, it means that Shen Jiayi must also sit inside the giant armor. It's equivalent to the original two person driving armor, with an additional "main control computer" providing them with visual field calculations.

So the giant armor needs to add an additional cockpit to accommodate one more person.

At the same time, this main brain cockpit must also be more sturdy and stable to avoid disrupting her focus and affecting the driver's field of view during collision battles.

Although the giant armor is 28 centimeters high, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is equivalent to a height of about 6.7 meters on two floors, and there is no need to install a pile of engines, electronic components, and other components like in animation or reality. But in addition to the overall deformable framework and the accompanying supernatural energy storage crystals. The abdomen also needs to be equipped with two movable soft metal cabins that are fully extendable, allowing the pilot to control their legs or arms for combat.

At this point, a more sturdy cockpit needs to be added, undoubtedly increasing the belly of the giant armor.

The original proportion of the giant armor is already very close to that of the human body. At this time, a third cockpit needs to be inserted into the body, so the torso needs to be raised without considering aesthetics. The final result is that the ratio of the body to the hands and feet of the giant armor itself does not match the human body ratio, making it look a bit unsightly.

However, at this moment, the campsite is surrounded by insects, and they may be detected and attacked at any time. They no longer have the time and energy to consider the issue of aesthetics.

In addition to the senses of the giant armor, there is also a coordination training issue between the upper and lower drivers.

This giant armor was originally driven by a combination of Pozi and a Power Awakener, but now with the stronger Tom joining in, it naturally becomes Pozi and Tom.

But considering that the team needed Pozi for battle command, he recommended another Speed Awakener to partner with Tom.

But at this point, there is not much time left for them to cooperate in training. They don't need to blend in to the level of Tom and Ouyang Haotian, at least they need to make Giant Armor's body coordinate, so as not to walk and fall due to unstable center of gravity.

But now, with the help of Shen Jiayi, the "master computer", it's easy. She said she will design a simulation "algorithm" to temporarily connect the thinking between the two, making cooperation between them much easier.

And because time is slower in Shen Jiayi's thinking space than outside, they will have more time to practice in her virtual giant armor.

So in addition to completing his job as a "connected 3D printer," Tom also had to practice with the speed awakener named Ding Hongbo, who is good at speed amplification. It can be said that it was really very exhausting.

They were so busy in the laboratory that they didn't touch the ground for the Giant Armor, and the rest of the camp couldn't be idle either.

After experiencing several disasters and setbacks, this group of men and women, with an average age of 45, no longer have a sense of luck and have an ironclad understanding of the cruelty of miniature apocalypse. At this time, they are either busy making dry food, clothing, or weapons, or they are intensifying their training and cooperation, honing their bodies and reflex nerves as much as possible, in order to gain the capital to survive in the possible attacks.

On the third night when Tom brought Shen Jiayi back, a bug collided with the anti-theft door, making a terrifying sound. At this point, they understood that the swarm had discovered their hiding place.

Over the past three days, they have noticed ants appearing more than once. In order to prevent the ants from returning to report the situation, they all immediately killed it and sprinkled sulfur and other powder on its path, interfering with the pheromones left by the ants along the way, and slowing down the discovery of the insect swarm as much as possible.

However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and they do not expect to hide forever in the territory occupied by insects. So, doing their best is just to delay the time of discovery as much as possible. Unexpectedly, only three days later, their camp was discovered.

Quickly, the simple minded bug discovered the iron anti-theft door that could not shake the crystallization of human technology, and shifted its focus to the glass window.

The landlord is very stingy, and his glass windows are still the old and thin ones. When Tom and Poppy first came here, they easily broke open the glass and crawled in. Behind the glass windows were grid shaped iron bars. Before Tom went to Longyao's home, he suggested to Bozi to manage this place as a second camp. Bozi is hoarding supplies here and has already considered improving the grid shape. Usually, he personally leads a team to escort Iron Old Man to this place every few days, asking him to fill these grids with metal sheets.

When we fully evacuated to this side, we worked overtime and added another layer of iron plate to the iron fence. However, for the sake of lighting and ventilation, there are still small holes left, which is also a helpless move.

Now those insects have turned their heads and smashed through the thin glass, continuing to crash into the iron fence with a clanging sound. At the beginning, the members of the security team who were monitoring were very worried that they would break through the iron plate, but after half an hour of collision, they were still very stable, so they felt relieved.

After discovering this situation, Bozi immediately evacuated the people from the front hall camp and placed them in the inner room and bathroom.

As expected, half a day later, some flies actually corroded two layers of iron plates and crawled in. This is a big problem, other insects such as mosquitoes, ants, cockroaches, and even ladybugs and grasshoppers that inhabit the grassland have crawled in.

The combatants of the security team were the first to enter the battle, starting with a round of long-range weapon strikes. Over the past three months, from Tom's invention of the repulsive gun to handmade crossbows, slingshots, and more, uncles and aunties have fully utilized their intellectual prowess by tailoring various "long-range" strike weapons to specific circumstances.

After weakening a wave of bugs, hand to hand combat began. The five Awakened Armors in the camp are naturally at the forefront, with Pozi and Tom as the leaders.

Upon learning that the insects were shifting their attack direction, Tom abandoned the upgrade work of the giant armor and rushed to the front line. His dark red worker ant armor stood out in front of the insect army. Of course, not only are the colors eye-catching, but the combat effectiveness is also equally prominent. Encountering his insects, they were crushed like withered and decayed. The culmination of the Awakened Armor technique, combined with Tom's rich combat experience, makes him a true mutated bug harvester.

As for ordinary people who do not have superpowers, Wang Zixiong leads a team wearing various protective armor, holding melee weapons and stacking them on the second front line, filtering out a large army of insects rushing through the armor team for the elderly uncles behind.

After more than half a year of the Miniature Cataclysm, in addition to the safe shelter in the Haiwei Industrial Zone, the survivors living outside are no longer giant babies of the civilized world. Even the elderly men and women in their fifties, facing insect attacks, still do not hesitate to fight, which is related to the lives of themselves and their companions.

At this moment, with awakened beings like Tom in front, they attracted most of the hatred, and after being intercepted by young and strong ordinary survivors, they were left with mostly unchanged and small insects such as ants and flies. With protection in place, it is not difficult to fight with the strength formed by metal shaping.