197: Chapter 197 Fusion! Planetary-Level Armaments!

[Do you wish to initiate Fusion immediately?]

A hint of amusement flashed in Su Ming's eyes.

exo-colonial star core armor?

This name sounded way cooler than the "Liquid Sink-Gold Suit" that Teacher Lin Qinyin had mentioned.

"Fusion!"

He muttered silently in his mind.

The moment the command was given, the System interface in his mind burst with dark golden light.

[Ding! Initiating Exo-Armor Matrix Reconstruction...]

[Dismantling artificially forged lattice, restoring Origin active state... 10%... 30%... 70%...]

The combat suit in Su Ming's hands, weighing a whopping 108 tons, suddenly shuddered!

Immediately after, under the terrified and shocked gazes of everyone on the rooftop, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

That suit, it...

It melted!

The metal lattice of the pitch-black fabric collapsed in less than a second, and its originally crisp shape vanished,

turning into a pool of strange liquid fluid, viscous like mercury yet flowing with dark blue starlight, hovering just above Su Ming's palm.

There was no high temperature of melting metal; instead, it exuded a chilling coldness.

Fine gravitational ripples constantly rose across the surface of the liquid metal, like a handful of condensed starlight syrup.

"Holy shit?!"

Ye Xiao's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

What is going on?

Did the clothes turn into a spirit?

Or had he had his Breakthrough too quickly, causing his brain to hallucinate?

Beside him, Director Lin Yi, that seventh-rank director of Star Dome Heavy Industry, had an even more spectacular expression.

The arrogance and contempt on the face of this Lin family elder, who had lived for nearly a century, had long vanished, leaving only a blank stare.

The sharp pain of his fractured finger bone still reminded him of what had just happened, but the scene before him made him completely forget the pain.

"Di... Divine Metal Activation?!"

Director Lin Yi's adam's apple bobbed, his voice dry and trembling, "This is impossible! The laboratory used every means possible but couldn't change its inert state... This, this..."

The two fifth-rank guards behind him didn't understand but felt deeply awed, finding it incredibly bizarre.

They had only seen scenes that so defiantly violated physical laws in the Federation's top sci-fi special effects movies.

However, Su Ming merely raised an eyebrow.

A slight sense of weightlessness came from his palm; that heavy weight of 108 tons had been completely concentrated into this unremarkable pool of liquid matrix.

In the next second, this pool of dark blue starlight fluid seemed to sniff the aura of its Origin like a homing fish, instantly coming to life.

Instead of spreading out randomly, it followed Su Ming's fingertips, ankles, neck...

And from every single exposed pore of his skin, it drilled into the interior of his body all at once!

"Brother Ming!!"

Ye Xiao was scared to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, screaming in terror.

This damn thing is drilling into Big Brother's body!

Director Lin Yi's pupils also shrank, and he instinctively wanted to step in and stop it.

This was a strategic-grade mineral that the Lin family had spent an immense price to excavate. If this kid were to burst from the energy...

His hand froze halfway up.

Because on Su Ming's face, far from showing any pain, there was actually an expression of curiosity and enjoyment.

At this moment, Su Ming indeed felt very comfortable.

The liquid matrix passed through his epidermis, seeped into his muscle fibers, and flowed along his blood vessels and Meridians all the way inward. Wherever it passed, there was no pain at all; instead, it brought a cool, soothing sense of affinity.

It was like downing a mouthful of ice-cold cola on a sweltering summer day, the chill bringing a refreshing comfort all the way from his throat to the bottom of his stomach.

This fluid seemed like a navigation map with a pre-planned route, precisely filling the intercellular spaces and fascia gaps, incredibly docile throughout the entire process.

[Ding! Resonating with the host's Star Core Origin...!]

[Performing genetic sequence binding... Binding successful!]

When all the starlight fluid gathered around the dormant Star Core deep inside his Dantian, a halo of dark golden gravitational light quietly spread from the surface of the Star Core.

There was no rejection, no conflict.

The liquid matrix was gently crushed into a mist within the gravitational field, then reshaped its microscopic lattice bit by bit along with the Star Core's unique gravitational rhythm.

The Impurities originally mixed in during Star Dome Heavy Industry's forced forging were filtered out by the pure gravitational field, turning into fine specks of light that dispersed and vanished.

The remaining purest Origin matrix, like spilled mercury, flowed back through his Meridians to his entire body, precisely embedding itself into every inch of intercellular space.

This newly born second skin perfectly fused into one with Su Ming's Star Core Embryo.

With every pulse of the Star Core, this invisible skin also rose and fell in sync, their frequencies completely identical, no longer separate from each other.

A sense of Perfection and fullness came from his Dantian.

An invisible, resilient barrier was added to his entire body. Not only was there no sense of weight with his movements, but because the mass was evenly distributed throughout his body, the stability and control of his Physical Body reached a whole new level.

[Ding! Fusion successful! The Planetary-grade Exo-Armor has officially become the host's second skin!]

In his mind, the final second of the countdown settled.

The crowd on the rooftop watched helplessly as that terrifying liquid metal completely drilled into Su Ming's body, and then there was no more movement.

Su Ming still stood where he was.

He was still wearing that slightly faded T-shirt and those ordinary sweatpants.

He looked no different from before.

Where did those hundred-plus tons of metal go?

Where did it vanish to?

Was it eaten by him?

Director Lin Yi's brain had completely short-circuited. The martial arts understanding and scientific common sense he had built up over decades were smashed to pieces in just a few short minutes today.

Right at this moment, Su Ming's mind stirred slightly.

The dark golden matrix scattered throughout his intercellular spaces instantly responded to his will.

A silent tide quietly seeped out of his body, rapidly arranging and combining on the surface of his skin to reconstruct the lattice.

There was no hum of heavy armor appearing out of thin air, nor were there any dazzling light effects.

Only an extremely thin layer of flowing light flashed across his body.

Once the light and shadow dissipated...

He was still wearing that casual T-shirt.

Everyone: "???"

After all that fuss, this is it?

All that hype for just this?

There's absolutely nothing on you?!

Ignoring the others, Su Ming instinctively raised his hand and pinched his collar.

The moment his fingertips touched the fabric, he clearly felt two completely distinct yet perfectly overlapping textures.

The outer layer was the T-shirt he originally wore, the fabric soft and limp with the linty texture of being washed countless times.

Meanwhile, the layer pressed tight against his skin had the exact same feel, texture, the slight fraying at the collar, and even an inconspicuous pale yellow stain on the cuff...

It was identical to the genuine article on the outside down to the finest detail.

A perfect replica of the very same T-shirt!

"Interesting."

The corners of Su Ming's mouth curled up.

He casually grabbed the real T-shirt on the outside, pulled it up, took it off, and tossed it aside.

Ye Xiao and Director Lin Yi's eyes instantly went wide.

He was wearing two?

No, wait!

On Su Ming's body, that 'fake' T-shirt simulated by the armor was still worn perfectly intact.

Its fit, wrinkles, and signs of wear were no different from the genuine article just now.

Even its weight was precisely replicated. Moving his body, raising his arms, or bowing his head felt no different from wearing ordinary clothes.

"Is this... the true value of the exo-colonial star core armor?!"

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