Chapter 232 - 197: Imperial Technology Outfit, Major Equipment Upgrade

[Naming complete. Upgrading Avenger Armor and Special Modified Technology Firearms.]

[Power Armor material iterating...]

[Generating Imperial Technology Outfit...]

[Power Backpack energy supply unit optimizing...]

[Original Firearms restructuring...]

[Avenger Armor: Type II Artificial Treasure. The entire body is constructed from a composite material of Anti-Magic Composite Steel and stacked, multi-layered Clay Steel. It is blast-resistant and has high temperature resistance, with five times the strength of ordinary Anti-Magic Composite Steel.

Imperial Technology Outfit: Fury Power Backpack, Shield of Blood, Angel Vision.]

[Fury Power Backpack: An energy supply device installed on the back of the Avenger Armor. It provides energy for the various Imperial Technology components of the Avenger Armor while offering the user the most lightweight armor experience possible. Its total energy storage is four times that of a standard Imperial model.

Let your enemies feel the wild fury of the Avenger Armor!]

[Shield of Blood: An Energy Shield installed on the left arm. In addition to providing a conventional Energy Shield, this piece of Imperial Technology captures the Extraordinary Power from the blood of creatures slain by the user to perform a blood charge. A fully charged Shield of Blood can block a single attack of the Five-Star Earth Military Rank Level.]

[Angel Vision: A Full Coverage Helmet equipped with Neuro-Synchronized Alchemy Technology. When activated, it provides the user with Infrared Vision, Intelligent Fire Control, and the Visualization of Various Data Windows Function.]

[Slaughter: Type I Artificial Treasure. The magazine uses a Knight’s Mighty Power Charging Design with a capacity of five rounds. It requires the user to expend Knight’s Physical Ability. Depending on the Mighty Power Attribute, the Energy Bullets will have different properties.

Morphic Armor: Fires a living bullet that can disrupt the enemy’s nervous system.

Frost Fist: Fires a frost bullet that creates a micro-Deceleration Force Field for one-fifth of a second upon hitting an enemy.

Defeated Demon: Fires an Anti-Magic bullet with 50% effectiveness at ignoring any form of Energy Defense Force Field or shield.

Blood Hand: Fires a simple, unadorned high-explosive bomb. Each bullet’s destructive power is equivalent to a howitzer shell.

Imperial Technology Outfit: Super Charging.]

[Super Charging: After charging is complete, pull the trigger once to simultaneously empty the magazine and unleash your fury upon the enemy!]

As the system’s ethereal blue text flashed before Reinhardt’s eyes,

Like the internal self-evolution of an inorganic lifeform, an extremely faint, ethereal blue light, akin to the reflection on a mirror, flowed slowly down the surface of the Power Armor.

Under the influence of this ethereal blue energy, the Anti-Magic Composite Steel material iterated and evolved, transforming into a much more Solid, multi-layered Clay Steel Anti-Magic structure.

The Power Backpack, which could originally only barely power the Protective Energy Force Field, grew a large, golden flame emblem as its internal power supply unit was completely renewed.

The original model firearm fixed to his leg, with its exceptionally ornate Mechanical Structure, gradually had its entire appearance evolve into that of a rifle from Reinhardt’s ancient memories.

It was matte black, with a heavy, hardcore metal shell.

The Sun Ring religious symbol etched onto the holster flowed with a dim, silvery-white luster, suffused with a sense of mystery.

After the Imperial Technology Outfit component Super Charging was deployed, a palm-sized human skull emblem, glowing with a dim yellow metallic luster, appeared on the side of the gun’s body. The flames in the skull’s eye sockets burned brighter as the charge completed.

Unlike the last time, this iterative upgrade lasted a full minute.

Ethereal blue energy embers, like ripples in water, continuously overflowed from the Power Armor and spread throughout the workshop.

And when these embers came into contact with the damaged parts of the Punisher, small scratches began to heal themselves at a visible rate, as if by a miracle.

"Three months after the war at Frostfire Fortress ended, Father allocated a large sum of money to repair the graves there, but unfortunately..."

Irenia’s voice trailed off.

Because within her Wizard Perception, the deep structure of Reinhardt’s Power Armor was undergoing a change that surpassed her cognition and understanding.

This was especially true when she witnessed the firearm fixed to the Power Armor’s left leg shedding its cumbersome mechanical shell, like a steel chrysalis transforming into a butterfly.

’Living metal?’

But as far as she knew, this precious metal, which possessed life-like characteristics, had vanished into the river of history twenty million years ago.

She reached out a hand, touching the ethereal blue energy embers flowing past her. ’The Ancient Black Box? No, that’s not right. I’ve never seen these ethereal blue energy properties, and the knowledge from my Death Star Bloodline has no record of it.’

It was the first time she had seen a self-evolving Extraordinary Creation. Even with the knowledge inherited from her Death Star Bloodline, this peculiar phenomenon, which exceeded the limits of her understanding, left her quite shocked.

"Reinhardt, your Power Armor..."

It wasn’t just Irenia; the others also noticed the energy fluctuations generated by Reinhardt’s upgrading weapons and equipment at that moment.

Even though Agate had already seen Reinhardt’s equipment self-iterate in the catacombs, he was still plunged into an unprecedented level of shock at this moment!

Especially when he personally witnessed a damaged screw, which he was about to replace, having its mechanical damage self-heal under the influence of the ethereal blue energy.

’God of All Machines above!’

For a Technician Soldier from the Mechanical Order, such a scene was no less significant than a fanatical National Church Priest witnessing a manifestation of the Emperor.

His mechanical arm trembled slightly from his sheer excitement. He turned and knelt on one knee before Reinhardt—or rather, he was kneeling to the Power Armor and firearm that had been blessed by the God of All Machines.

The convoluted and incomprehensible prayers of the Mechanical Order spilled from his mouth like a bizarre chant.

Unfortunately, no one in the Vengeance Angel Squad, including Irenia, could understand him.

Raphael and the others also stopped what they were doing and hurried over. Manon’s eyes widened as if he were seeing a ghost in broad daylight, staring at the constantly iterating Power Armor and firearm.

The Power Armor, originally painted in a mix of black and crimson, was becoming more and more exquisite.

A large, golden Vengeful Angels emblem appeared on the Chest Armor, and a decorative golden olive leaf laurel grew on the Full Coverage Helmet.

Manon continuously sized up the Avenger Armor and exclaimed in admiration, "Unbelievable... Unbelievable..."

Reinhardt sat cross-legged on the floor, his expression unchanging despite others discovering the secret of his self-upgrading Power Armor and weapon. Instead, he took the Black Cutter, placed it on his lap, and stroked the axe blade. As if recounting an old story, he responded to the others’ bewilderment with a somewhat mysterious tone.

"Ever since I began my service in the Blood Corps, my weapons and equipment would change slightly after every battle..."

But before he could finish,

Seventy-Six, lying like a corpse beneath another window and thoroughly enjoying his ’disabled’ life, interrupted, "Although the Mechanical Order won’t admit it, I’ve always believed that the God of All Machines is the Emperor himself."

Tsk.

"With the Divine Emperor’s blessing, I wouldn’t be surprised even if you grew four arms."