Chapter 98 (1/2)
Chapter 98
Lucas Revived (For Real This Time)
“Alright Lucas, are you ready to start making your body?” Chu Shen asked. They had found the deposit very quickly after they found the nest. Lucas was very adept with the mineral scanner after all. Then they headed home to the fabber.
“Yep, I’m ready. I’m uploading the designs right now.” Lucas said with a smile.
Chu Shen started looking at the designs. It was a very wonderfully crafted design. The outside view was solid metal, extremely durable. Also very expensive. Of course, with the artificial skin it would look like a normal person. Or at least a giant muscular man, completely unlike the teenage Lucas before.
“So Lucas, what is this design like? What did you make exactly?” Chu Shen asked, a bit confused.
“Well, it’s very special. I used Heavy Iron Gold, which is highly magnetic, to replace the usual motors I had inside my last body so that it gives me far greater strength. Even better though is the greater the power the greater the increase in strength.”
“Next I used Dragon Iron, which is tremendously strong, for the internal frame and exoskeleton. Of course I also made sure it couldn’t be magnetized otherwise we could have issues. My positronic brain is supposed to go in the chest while the head contains the beast core needed for power.”
“I also modified the [Channeling Inscription] so that it releases Qi in a forcefield like way, similar to the body s.h.i.+eld you have. Unfortunately I don’t have a way to contain it so it just wastes Qi. So until I can recreate the power of the soul, I can’t use it too much.”
“Each arm and leg has the s.p.a.ce for over three types of beast cores. I also made it to where I can switch cores so in case they have different attributes. There is a burst and channeling inscription that leads to my palm and foot that I can activate for firing Qi.”
Chu Shen nodded before suddenly c.o.c.king his head. “Wait, I know you said that you can make inscriptions with the fabber, but how? You need to fluctuate the Qi as you put it down so if you just make the inscription pattern it won’t work.”
Lucas nodded. “Yeah but you forgot that any energy can work. A laser is a form of energy. I changed the laser scanners program so that as the inscription ink is put down, the laser hits the energy with the exact amount needed. That is how I made all the previous inscriptions.”
Chu Shen was stunned. “Well, I truly didn’t think of that. Way to think outside the box Lucas.” He gave him a thumbs up.
Lucas grinned. “Thanks. Now can you go ahead and load up the fabber with the materials? I can’t exactly do that with my body right now.” He shrugged helplessly. “I am still a hologram after all.”
Chu Shen smiled sheepishly and rubbed his neck in embarra.s.sment. “Sorry Lucas, I’ll start right away.” He started lifting materials and putting them into the fabber.
The fabber whirred to life as it started to print out Lucas’ body. It was creepy. First a robot like frame started to come into being. Then the frame became filled with all sorts of different electronic components. Finally the skin started to cover it, turning it into a facsimile of a human body. Definitely creepy.
While Chu Shen was both fascinated and disgusted at the creation of Lucas’ new body, Lucas himself was staring at it with intense antic.i.p.ation. It had been so long since he was able to taste food, feel the suns.h.i.+ne, or just touch something. He couldn’t wait until he could do so once more.
Finally, the process was done. It laid on the floor while Lucas stared at it eagerly. Lucas looked up at Chu Shen. “Hey! Would you mind putting my brain inside my body?”