Quark Armor

Washington's skies remained clear.

The Manta Ray Mothership above the White House still hovered there, its hull concealed.

Vivian's reminder sounded through the Manta Ray Mothership's research lab.

"The seventh atomic scaling ratio adjustment: thirty-eight times."

Separated by a superconductive glass wall, He-El and Vivian watched the seventh atomic scaling test begin.

The ability to alter the size of material particles was the primary capability of the upcoming Quark Armor.

Just like in Ant-Man 2, they could shrink an entire building down to the size of a suitcase and drag it away. Cars could be shrunk to the size of a finger and restored whenever needed.

He-El could not ignore that convenience alone.

With such portability, there would be no need to wait for Vivian to launch armor down from a satellite, wasting so much time.

Before being cursed by the Omega Effect, He-El had also possessed the ability to enlarge and shrink material particles.

Put simply, he could proportionally control and enlarge or shrink microscopic particles within matter while allowing for natural mass loss, achieving changes in size such as shrinking a sedan down to the size of a finger.

This ability would become part of the Quark Armor's capabilities.

In the lab, on the other side of the superconductive glass wall, He-El and Vivian stared intently at a smooth-surfaced alloy block.

A mechanical arm moved a swollen, top-shaped barrel with a sharp emitter toward the alloy on the platform, then directly fired a shrinking ray at it.

With a "bzzzzzz."

The atoms inside the alloy on the platform changed. Spikes continuously protruded from it, making it look like an enraged pufferfish as it swelled. Then, with a bang, the uneven air and particles inside the alloy exploded. After the explosion, the alloy on the platform became pools of