Above The Sky
Chapter 689 - 689 620 Prismatic Sniper Armored Suit 5800 First Update_3

689: Chapter 620: Prismatic Sniper Armored Suit (5800, First Update)_3 689: Chapter 620: Prismatic Sniper Armored Suit (5800, First Update)_3 It might not even be an illusion.

Of course, the strangest thing is still the power system of this Armor Suit… Its power system should also be the Avalanche Type III Alchemical Furnace, but it has undergone a very special modification—the Origin power flows through a network of conduits throughout the body, like blood vessels reaching into every corner of the machine.

And this network of Origin conduits spread throughout the body seems to faintly constitute a special Inscription Circuit…

though not for defense, but rather to amplify something.

Anna didn’t understand the significance of this modification at first, furrowing his brow as he watched this seemingly patched-up, yet seemingly innovative Cyclops Armor Suit undergo mobility tests in the Experimental Garden.

This aspect was quite ordinary.

The mobility of heavy Armor Suits is generally quite poor, but Anna could tell that the pilot was very experienced.

Despite being a cumbersome heavy Armor Suit, it was capable of the refined maneuvers typically seen in lighter suits, indicating at least a decade of piloting experience.

But what happened next stunned everyone in the Experimental Garden, including Anna.

Boom—With many jets on the Cyclops Armor Suit releasing white streams of air, a clear Floatstone reaction enabled the suit to hover in midair, and then rise slowly to a height of tens of meters above the ground, powered by its jet propulsion system.

—It could fly!

“Is it a Floatstone engine?

No, that’s just an assist…

But this thing can fly?!”

Anna’s eyes widened.

Armor Suits being able to fly wasn’t newsworthy, but a clearly ground-combat oriented heavy Armor Suit smoothly taking flight was truly a piece of news!

The Cyclops Armor Suit conducted somewhat stiff maneuvers in mid-air; clearly, its power system wasn’t designed for aerial combat, and even though it was capable of flying, it could only perform simple ascents and lateral movements.

But this was already enough to defy everyone’s common understanding—how on earth could it fly?!

“Wait a second, is it that new system?”

With his Second Energy Level’s acute sensitivity to Origin Quality, Anna sensed that the Armor Suit’s exterior conduits, which initially appeared somewhat baffling, were now channeling Origin Quality in a set pattern…

It was this Origin Quality, in conjunction with the Water Element Origin inside the suit, that triggered the Floatstone reaction, allowing it to maneuver with jets!

The Alchemy Furnace Core and the pilot worked in harmony, resonating to achieve efficiency far beyond the ordinary pairing of Armor Suit and pilot!

“Yes, it’s to amplify the pilot’s abilities!

Using the power of the Alchemy Furnace Core to augment the pilot, or allowing the pilot to augment the Armor Suit—that technology has been around for a while, but was never emphasized due to its low utilization efficiency!”

“But this new system loaded onto the Armor Suit can efficiently augment specific talents of the pilot right from the design phase!”

Although setting up the conduits for each ability might be somewhat cumbersome, compared to the results, it’s not an issue at all.

This was an extremely special and brand new system; though very rudimentary, it fascinated Anna greatly.

The veteran’s eyes sparkled.

He could now fully see that the conduits on this Cyclops Armor Suit, like blood vessels, were designed in imitation of the pilot’s Sublimation abilities.

As a result, within a short time, the Armor Suit could amplify certain abilities of the pilot by several times!

What was augmented just now was clearly the flight capability of the Fairy Bloodline!

At that moment, Anna saw the signal lights beside him flash red three times.

It was about to begin weapon testing.

The heavy Armor Suit’s Alchemical Furnace Core operated at full speed in mid-air, emitting a hum that could be faintly heard even from kilometers away.

Its surface lit up with a series of distinctly visible Inscription Circuits, which then converged towards the pressurized cannon ports on its shoulders.

The specially designed reaction device no longer attacked simply by using water pressure as in the past.

Alchemical Potions in the Armor Suit’s back mingled, interweaved, and then reacted…

Panshard Sand solution, fiery potions, and solidified light grass extract merged under extreme pressure, releasing energy, followed by the emission of pure light and heat at the cannon’s prismatic focus—

Shiiii…

A straight beam of light shot out, and in the astonished gaze of everyone, it instantly hit a sand dune in the distance.

Boom!!!

Accompanied by the release of extreme pressure, the blazing, dazzling beam of light erupted swiftly and then vanished.

To fire again required recharging the pressurization chamber, which would take roughly two seconds—no one paid attention to this detail though.

“By the Embrace Light above—”

Anna leaned forward, standing atop the observation tower and looking down at the distant dune—along with the fleeting flash of golden-red light, an area on the hit dune was silently melted into a lava field, with magma rippling like water across the hill, and the distortion of the air from the intense heat spreading around.

A small half of the sand dune had melted.

If it had been an ordinary battle vehicle or armor suit that was hit, without the mirror coating, the power of this strike would have been enough to obliterate it instantly!

But unlike an alchemic cannonball, which also signified instant kill upon impact, this boosted beam cannon’s hit rate could almost be said to be see-and-hit!

No wonder the observation system on this armor suit was a new model; it turned out to be adapted for its weapon system!

Anna was now annoyed with the experimental base’s rules and regulations—there wasn’t even a single crystal plate on hand to record all of this!

On the other side, having stopped the test and observing the black armor suit in the sky, the Scarlet Kite Armor received a distant communication.

[“Do you think the Vermillion Kite Alloy combined with the heat-resistant coating could withstand the heat of this beam exposure?”]

The experienced driver was silent for a while, then slowly said, “Hmm…

it would be difficult, unless there’s an Origin Shield.

This technology is very much like the thermite warheads from the Fiery Flame Land, but it lacks a solid form…

More than the material, we might need more mirror coating.”

[“…Interesting, which workshop’s new stuff is this?

If such powerful beams were used on Sky Armor…”]

The conversation did not continue.

For soon, the flying heavy armor suit began another shooting test.

This time, the test was for low-power, continuous exposure.

To put it simply, it was only a ‘hiss’, without releasing the burst of all the potion’s power in one go.

But this continuous exposure could last a very long time.

The golden beam continued to shine for roughly a full ten seconds, etching out a perfect circle on the sandy ground.

Although it didn’t look as powerful as the previous attack, Anna felt a shiver run down his spine.

—Putting aside the pilot’s outrageously precise shooting accuracy and control…

even the low-power exposure had an almost instant-kill effect on unarmored Sublimator units!

Ten seconds of continuous exposure was enough to cause a very significant number of casualties!

And this was not the end.

The signal crystal plate beside Anna lit up again; the Cyclops Armor was requesting twenty moving targets.

The old soldier swallowed a gulp of saliva, choosing to agree.

Bang bang bang—out of the target launcher, twenty discs flew, each tracing a different trajectory in mid-air.

In mid-air, the Cyclops Armor’s single eye precisely locked onto each disc, then the shoulder cannon’s aperture made fine adjustments, beginning multiple ultra-short bursts of exposure.

Accompanied by a series of faint explosion sounds, fifteen out of the twenty discs melted on the spot, while the remaining five, due to insufficient single-shot potion energy, failed to penetrate; they were only exposed for an instant, causing their surfaces to blacken slightly.

A one hundred percent hit rate.

“Automatic targeting?!

It’s like a fantasy!”

Having realized this, Anna could hardly express his emotions with just shock: “No, this is the pilot’s operation—how fast are his eyesight and reaction speed, and how precise must his control be to perform twenty targeted shots in an instant?!”

And now, he finally understood the true nature of this peculiar armor suit…

—It was a Sniper Armored Suit!

With heavy armor, capable of flying, able to continuously shoot, and also able to precisely hit multiple targets…

a Sniper Armored Suit!

God damn Sniper Armored Suit!

Inside the Cyclops Giant Armor, the white-haired driver looked at the melting, dripping target discs in mid-air, and he smiled faintly.

“The Prometheus Prism is operating well, the prismatic power reached the expected level.”

He muttered to himself: “The Cyclops Giant Furnace Heart operating rate is at 89%, close to the limit…

The power system still needs strengthening, but it’s also sufficient.”

“All in all, perfect.”