MTLNOVEL Chapter 17: Chapter 17
{A/N: I'm back and incredibly sunburnt. I think I'll stick to a one chapter a day upload schedule as it lets me build up a stockpile for when I start University in a few weeks.}
1st Pov
Going over a few more things with Peter and Tessa for the next few hours, I finalise their contracts with their inputs and show them around the few facilities I have at the moment. Finally, after four hours of guiding them around and discussing random business things with them, they have to leave.
After that I return alone to my now quiet house to find the materials I requested delivered, stashing the materials in my inventory I open my shop and quickly buy the BR-1 Burav from the Atomic Heart universe for 1000pts
-BR-1 Burav (Blue)
Universe: Atomic Heart
Type: Knowledge
Grade: (C)
The Burav is a massive worm shaped robot designed to excavate tunnels and terraform the landscape through shear force. The Burav is a early model in the Soviet union's quest to conquer the solar system, it is capable of tearing through nearly any material at rapid speeds and utilises a polymer based material compression system to store mined materials.
Modifying the Burav on the move I include six larger mining drills set behind its teeth, I also make it compatible with fusion cores and fit it out with a series of low frequency transmitter designed to send and receive signals through kilometres of material.
Happy with my design I open my inventory and materials fly out, continuing my work I get about a sixth of the 400 metre long robot completed before running out of energy. Thinking ahead I made sure to store the Burav in the under construction tunnels made by the construction hives earlier.
Over the next week in between other things I continue work on the Burav, ordering new materials when needed. During this time, I modified the mining bot I made and converted it into a assembly bot which then went on to work on my factories.
Due to the assembly bots laborious efforts the factory was almost complete and soon my game console would enter the market, in this time I had also rapidly started expanding my company buying up smaller transport companies and incorporating them into my growing corporation.
Among the other companies I had brought out at this time was a few retail stores, some small news stations and I was halfway through gaining the rights for an early version of Instagram and snapchat.
Throughout the week I had met up with Jean and Kitty a few more times and hung out, though I would definitely have to do something about professor X as the mental trip wire I installed in Jeans mind had been tripped hundreds of times.
Finally, among the last of the things I'd done during the week was spar with Natasha again. At this point in time my companies general revenue was almost ten times that of last weeks.
In terms of news not concerning me, Tony Stark was found and would be back in the country by tomorrow morning meaning Iron man would soon be born. I had also tracked down Bruce Banner and sent him among other people an invite to my company specifically mentioning his green friend to get his attention.
Among other potential hires I had sent an email to Dr Octavius offering to sponsor him and help him recover from his recently diagnosed nerve degradation, I had also sent an email to Helen Sho, Maya Hensen and Quinten Beck.
My construction bots had continued their tireless work and I now stood over five hundred metres underground in a sealed and ventilated massive concrete tunnel currently occupied with my modified Burav.
The tunnel was designed specifically for unloading the Burav's material harvests and to recharge it. The tunnel was also capable of fixing minor surface damage but anything else would require me to create a new robot.
Finally finished recalling the recent week I turn to the behemoth in front of me, slotting in the final fusion core to its multiple joint reactors along its length I check over my code one more time. Over the week I had continued to improve the design as I made more progress in the creation.
With the now dubbed BR-2 Big Burav complete I receive a notification through my system.
[First time Creation complete – Grade (B) – Reward 15,000pts]
Activating the Big Burav it slowly powers up as parts along its shell begin to spin and energy courses through its polymer wiring. During my modifications I had changed the Buravs specialisation from earth moving to mining.
Now after getting chewed up by its mechanical teeth all the dirt, stone, and ore will be sucked up by pivoting mining cannons installed in the back jaws. After getting atomised the materials ride along plasma channels into the next segment of the Burav.
In this second segment modified recyclers with tear specific elements and compounds from the plasma stream and into new transport chambers. At this point, the plasma stream is empty of materials and circles back into the first segment of the Burav to transport more material.
As for the materials separated they each follow along a new plasma channel in the centre of the Burav, travelling the length of the colossal structure the materials eventually reach a segment of the Burav designed to process it.
Once processed the material is moved to a specialised polymer based compression storage where it waits for the Burav to collect enough material to return to the tunnel I'm currently in. If any or the material storages overflow at any point plasma beams designed like mining drills activate and transport the material to one of the empty storages.
Overall, the Big Burav is one of my greatest creations made so far and will allow me to easily and quickly collect my own resources. And as a final feature I increased the power of the telekinetic drive in the original Burav so it can now fly for short periods.
Satisfied with my creation and seeing its fully powered up I activate its programming and watch as it tears out of the storage tunnel, the air in the tunnel getting sucked out with it. I must say it feels a bit conceited but watching that 400 metre long 4000 ton machines created by myself work first time is amazing.
Riding up the elevator to the surface I ponder buying a short range teleportation device from the shop but decide to instead go train when I reach the surface. Opening my notifications as I ride the elevator I look them over one by one.
[ Notifications ]
Skill { Technology Manipulation Lvl 29/100 } has levelled up x21
Skill { Matter Manipulation Lvl 29/100 } has levelled up x75
Skill { Slime Body Lvl 68/100 } has levelled up x11
Skill { Dragon Physique Lvl 83/100 } has levelled up x23
Skill { Enhanced Intelligence Lvl 9/100 } has levelled up x43
Skill { Technological Improvement Lvl 80/100 } has levelled up x13
Skill { Techno-Organic Body Lvl 16/100 } has levelled up x21
Skill { Polymath Lvl 1/100 } has levelled up x2
Skill { Coding Lvl 35/100 } has levelled up x13
Skill {Psionics Lvl 82/100} has levelled up x34
Skill { Flight Lvl 14/100} has levelled up x76
Skill { Intermediate CQC Lvl 44/100} has levelled up x71
Skill { Engineering Lvl 1/100} has levelled up x45
Skill { Telekinesis Lvl 34/100} has levelled up x34
Skill { Appraisal Lvl 12/100} has levelled up x3
Skill { Shapeshifting Lvl 69/100} has levelled up x17
Skill { Multi-Mind Lvl 1/100} has levelled up x34
Skill { Electromagnetic Radiation Manipulation Lvl 99/100} has levelled up x32
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New Quest - {Machine Overlord}
-Machine Overlord (*New*)
You have shown a growing affinity for all things mechanical and electronic by building and designing new robots to fit your needs.
Objectives: Create 25 different machines, Create and Activate 1 Ai
Rewards: ???,???,???,???
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Incapacitated 30 human enemies Levels 2 – 15. Rewarded with 30xp
Killed 2 human enemies Levels 12-23. Rewarded with 20xp
Incapacitated 1 Human Level 36 (Black Widow) x2. Rewarded with 210xp
Total Xp rewarded =260xp
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Swiping out of my menu's I finally reach the top of the elevator and step out, moving over to my training grounds I stand in the centre and begin to focus on my task.
The first thing I plan on training today is something I've slightly dabbled in already and that is pyrokinesis. When I took Jean to watch the final showdown of the Lizard I had used my psionics to heat the air.
Using this as a base I can increase the particles energy to higher levels until they reach the ignition point. Starting this idea, I begin speeding up the particles in the air, as I work I notice the steep energy cost this idea has. After speeding up a cube metre area of the atmosphere for five minutes it gets to the point where its glowing.
Pulling out a piece of tungsten I slowly extend it into the heated pocket, holding the end of the tungsten with my psionics it slowly enters the heated pocket. Almost instantly the tungsten becomes red hot and within ten seconds the bar has turned to liquid.
Whistling impressed I release my control on the particles, instantly a massive blast occurs and I'm catapulted back. Groaning I sit up and look at my training grounds, where once was a nicely decorated garden and stone brick training area is now a 5 metre deep ten metre wide crater.
Standing up I slowly approach the edge of the crater; inside the crater the energy of the blast has turned the surrounding materials molten. Sighing I realise I'll need to get this fixed I doubt no one noticed this.
Pouring materials out of my inventory I quickly fill the hole and put out the nearby fires, with the area now safe I extend myself out and merge with the ground. Opening my inventory, I take out seeds and use my biological manipulation to quickly grow a new flower garden.
Reforming in my now pristine training grounds I realise I might need a more cost effective way of making fire as I have less than a third of my energy left after just one blast. Considering an idea for a few seconds I decide it will probably work and give it a go.
In the anime Full metal alchemist one of the alchemists Roy Mustang uses a method to generate fire by manipulating the air. Using my matter manipulation this time I quickly separate certain elements out of the atmosphere and into a long corridor.
Using my earlier trick to heat up the air the column quickly catches fire, smiling I note down points of improvement for this method and continue practicing. After half an hour of practicing the duration of the fire, the composition of the fuel and other parts I have reached a proficient level and unlocked a skill.
Opening my notifications from earlier I see my first try generated another skill.
[ Notifications ]
Skill developed {Plasma Generation Lvl 5/100}
Skill developed {Pyrokinesis Lvl 41/100}
Skill {Thermal Fluctuation Resistance Lvl 45/100} has levelled up x23
Skill { Organic Manipulation Lvl 23/100 }
Skill {Dragon Physique Lvl 6/100} has levelled up x6
Skill {Slime Body Lvl 79/100} has levelled up x11
-Plasma Generation Lvl 5/100
Grade (B-)
By manipulating the kinetic energy of the atmosphere, the host is able to make incredibly hot energy pockets capable of easily melting tungsten. If wildly released an explosion will occur. This skill improves the temperature and lowers the cost of the affected zone.
-Pyrokinesis Lvl 41/100
Grade (C+)
By manipulating the content of the atmosphere, the host is able to make hyper flammable streams that can easily be ignited. This skill gives the host the ability to manipulate any form of flame.
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Damage Taken – { 40,421 damage }
Eyes bulging lightly at the amount of damage a single blast could cause I make a temporary promise with myself not to do it again. Checking my energy pool I'm almost all out and so I head inside, I'll have to come back in an hour to continue training.
Sitting down on my couch I check the progress of the basic games I uploaded and see their doing well. I chose to upload FNAF, Fireboy and Watergirl, Moto X3m among other games as they were classics that did really well with kids.
Turning my focus away from my game company I check the rest of my systems, looking through Oscorps system I see Norman Osborn has started getting sicker. I also see Oscorp has begun production on a prototype Rhino suit and Goblin suit.
Checking through my factories I see my games factory should be ready by tonight and my parts factory is doing well. Looking at the total increase of 20pts per minute from the factory I feel it's a bit slow. Opening my points notifications I check my haul.
Points Received = 201,600pts
Smiling I open my shop, I think its time to upgrade my tech. Browsing the shop I quickly add anything of interest to my cart. Starting with the Fabricator from Prey for 18,000pts I follow up with the Teleporters from terraria for 23,000pts. Then I buy the Horus for Horizon Zero Dawn for 10,000pts and for my final purchase I buy advanced armour creation from terraria for 50,000pts.
-Fabricator
Universe: Prey
Type: Knowledge
Grade: B+
Capable of pulling apart synthesised material blocks and quickly rearranging them the Fabricator is a quick, simple, and easy method for mass producing complex objects.
-Teleporter
Universe: Terraria
Type: Knowledge
Grade: D-
Purchasable from the mechanic after defeating Skeletron, the teleporter is a useful device capable of transporting short distances instantly if the teleporters are connected.
-Horus
Universe: Horizon Zero Dawn
Type: Knowledge
Grade: B
The FAS-BOR7 Horus was one of three chariot line robots designed by Faro Automated Solutions. The Horus was designed to act as the Queen to the machine hoard and is as such the strongest of all chariot line robots. The Horus's were fitted with biomass conversion batteries and fabricator facilities, that's why when a tiny bug in the Horus's Ai system disconnected it from the main servers it spelled the end of humanity.
-Advanced Armour Creation
Universe: Terraria
Type: Knowledge
Grade: B
The Terrarian is capable of killing even gods with the right equipment. This skill gives the host all knowledge on armours up to the equivalent of titanium armour.
Now with my new purchases I'm left with 115,970 pts that I'm going to save up for a power, at the moment I'm looking at the King Slimes ability to assimilate power from Terraria that costs 10,000,000pts.
Looking over all my blueprints I begin to rapidly modify them, starting with the Prey fabricator I include parts from the ark fabricator to improve its versatility and power consumption, saving this blueprint for further modification I move to my next blueprint.
Unfortunately, the Terraria teleporter is extremely limited more so than I originally thought, though some of the design principles give me ideas. The reason the Terraria teleporter is so limited is because it requires an absurd amount of power and must be physically connected to another teleporter to work.
Swiping the teleporter to the side I mentally pull up the blueprint for the Horus and all its knowledge. In its home universe the Horus was a horrendous machine that due to a small bug in its code became a nonstop killer robot carrier.
The Horus's were originally designed as war robots and come with both an organic matter energy core to produce power if the batteries ran out, and a fabricator to continuously produce smaller war robot.
The actual design of the Horus robots are a main sea arthropod like body connected to ten long mechanical tentacles, the end of these tentacles were outfitted with high durability drills and sensors capable of easily tunnelling through the toughest bunkers.
The actual robot is hundreds of meters long and can easily dwarf small mountains. What I wanted to do was modify a version of the Horus to improve nearly all its functions and improve its power supply.
After ten minutes of basic modifications the Horus was greatly improved, by implementing polymer based telekinesis modules capable of small feats in each tentacle I rapidly increased the bots speed. Adding in a modified nuclear core based on the design principles of the fusion core I was able to remove the organic conversion fuel core.
At the moment I wasn't going to build the Horus because I wanted to be at least a little discreet and I didn't trust my programming. Also, I didn't have the materials required and I still wanted to improve it.
My next purchases after the power were going to be in order, shield weaver armour from Horizon Zero Dawn and the Far Zeniths equivalent. Far Zenith material sciences from Horizon forbidden west and finally Tek Storage from ark.
Swiping away the last of my menu's I checked my energy and stood up, it was time to get back to training.