Chapter 903: Updating Equipment
Zhang Yi looked at Lu Keran with eager anticipation.
"Little Lulu, have you made any new inventions recently?"
Lu Keran pursed her lips, showing a nervous yet somewhat proud expression.
She looked at Hua Hua who was lying on Zhang Yi's lap. "Hua Hua, demonstrate!"
Zhang Yi curiously lowered his head to look at Hua Hua.
He saw Hua Hua slowly stand up and stretch lazily.
Then it shook its head, and a silver glow emerged from its neck.
When Zhang Yi first returned, he had noticed the new silver collar around its neck.
He hadn't paid much attention to it, thinking it was just decorative.But unexpectedly, the thing unfolded like a Transformer and transformed into silver armor that covered Hua Hua's black fur.
Instantly, Hua Hua became an imposing armored beast.
"This thing is quite interesting!"
Zhang Yi couldn't help but laugh.
Lu Keran smiled proudly: "And that's not all! Hua Hua, grow bigger!"
Hua Hua jumped to an open space not far away and transformed immediately into a giant beast nearly five to six meters tall and about ten meters long.
The chandelier was pushed against the ceiling, rattling loudly, and the living room could barely contain it.
Yet the silver armor remained perfectly fitted to its body, expanding as it grew larger.
Zhang Yi was utterly amazed.
"What kind of technology is this?"
Seeing Zhang Yi's astonished expression, Lu Keran felt immensely proud.
"This is memory metal. After I work on it, it can expand according to body size. I spent tremendous effort on the design to achieve this effect."
Zhang Yi walked over and reached out to touch it.
The metal was incredibly lightweight yet exceptionally tough.
Hua Hua already possessed strong defensive capabilities, but with this additional layer of armor, it could charge even more recklessly in future battles.
"Not bad at all, this effect is amazing!"
Zhang Yi repeatedly praised.
Lu Keran walked over, feeling very happy from Zhang Yi's compliments.
"Brother Zhang Yi, give me your combat suit and weapons tonight! I'll upgrade them for you, guaranteed to be better than before."
Zhang Yi nodded without hesitation: "Alright, I'll trouble you with that."
He could only rest for one night before returning tomorrow to pick up Zhu Yunque and the others.
That meant Lu Keran would have to work through the night to upgrade his weapons and combat suit.
As her abilities improved, she could definitely upgrade Zhang Yi's equipment to stronger versions, which Zhang Yi obviously welcomed.
After everyone had shared their changes, Zhang Yi naturally turned to look at Yang Xinxin.
She had been sitting on the sofa the whole time, elegantly crossing her legs while drinking milk tea.
Zhang Yi curiously walked over and leaned close to her, smiling as he asked: "Xinxin, what about you? Did you prepare any surprises for your brother?"
Yang Xinxin looked up with a beaming smile, "Brother, Xinxin is the intelligence type. In our team, I'm naturally the strategist!"
"During your time away from Tianhai City, I've managed everything here in perfect order!"
She told Zhang Yi about her arrangements for Tianhai City's major factions.
Four months was already plenty of time.
Although Zhang Yi's Dimensional Space stored massive amounts of supplies,
as the superhumans in the sanctuary grew stronger, their food consumption would continuously increase.
Moreover, the major shelters needed long-term development.
Without proper overall planning, sustainable development would be impossible.
"Do you remember Li Jian?"
Yang Xinxin asked.
Zhang Yi nodded: "Of course I remember him. What about him?"
Yang Xinxin said: "Although his ability is useless in combat, it's practically miraculous for daily life."
"I had each shelter establish underground farms and grow crops using ultraviolet light."
"Under these special circumstances, this approach originally had low feasibility and extremely poor yield rates."
"However, with Li Jian's ability, everything became much easier."
Yang Xinxin smiled: "He can improve crop survival rates, yields, and even shorten growth cycles. This is incredibly useful for us!"
Zhang Yi raised his eyebrows, "Indeed, there are no useless abilities, only useless superhumans. Everyone can play their proper role when placed in the right position."
Yang Xinxin said to Zhang Yi: "I think we should find ways to help these support-type superhumans enhance their abilities."
"After all, they can't actively obtain ability essences either, making it difficult for them to improve their strength."
Zhang Yi nodded; he had already considered this before.
"But currently we don't have that technology. If we want to do it, we'll have to rely on technology from Blizzard City."
"The only organizations with relatively mature superhuman training technology are the Research Department and Deng Technology."
Zhang Yi smiled faintly: "Dealing with them isn't that easy. If you ask them for one favor, who knows what price they'll demand later."
Yang Xinxin's gaze turned to Zhou Ke'er.
"Then we'll have to depend on Sister Zhou!"
As an expert in the medical field, Zhou Ke'er naturally had extensive knowledge of pharmacology.
With Lu Keran's help in analyzing drug components, they could extract the key ingredients from previously acquired medicines that help superhumans enhance their abilities.
Perhaps one day, they could help people around them awaken abilities without relying on Blizzard City.
After all, theoretically speaking, many people had the potential to become superhumans after the Apocalypse.
However, actually becoming a superhuman required certain opportunities.
Talent + luck—both were indispensable.
And the latter could now be provided artificially.
"Let's discuss these things later."
Zhang Yi closed his eyes and lay back on the soft sofa. He didn't like managing too many people—it was too troublesome.
"I'll be bringing back another group of people later. You can arrange work for them then."
Yang Xinxin nodded: "Okay, brother."
After dinner, Zhang Yi chatted with everyone for a while longer before returning to his room to rest.
He needed to depart tomorrow to return to that island in the South Sea.
That night, Lu Keran worked tirelessly in her studio, the sound of clinking and clanging continuing without stop.
That night.
Yang Xinxin slipped into Zhang Yi's room.
There were some things she hadn't told Zhang Yi during the day.
Although relationships within the sanctuary were harmonious now, she still only wanted to share certain critical matters with Zhang Yi alone.
An idea had formed in her mind—an idea that would absolutely benefit Zhang Yi, but one he might not be willing to do himself.
...
The next morning, after waking up, Zhang Yi went straight to Lu Keran's studio.
After working through the night, Lu Keran had fallen fast asleep on her workbench.
But the weapons and combat suit Zhang Yi had given her had been completely upgraded and now lay quietly in a box nearby.
Author's Note