"Let's start the weapon test," Ian said while looking at his watch. He pressed a button, and Doom Armor slowly materialized around him. "How long will it take?"
"3.2 seconds."
"The time is a bit too long," Ian commented. "Can it still be optimized?"
"No, but I can sense energy signatures and deploy force fields in an instant."
"You don't even have a soul yet, and you're talking back."
"You designed me like this, sir. This only shows that you have unique taste."
"That's true," Ian chuckled. "Okay, let's continue."
Two Doom Bots appeared in the test room. Ian raised his hand and released a long laser beam, splitting them in two. During the mission to recover the spacecraft, he instructed his Doom Bots to secretly scan his Lightsaber when Kang En was not paying attention.
The reason why Lightsaber of Jedi can work is because of a rare material called Kyber Crystal, which is a material that is sensitive to the Force. Although Ian cannot use the Force, it can still copy the characteristics of that part of the laser.
In that mission, Ian gained a lot. He also instructed the robot to collect DNA samples from all Reincarnators for research while ensuring that they were "accidentally" injured. After testing the laser, Ian tested another improvement of Doom Armor 2.0: Chameleon Mode. He can now use force fields to bend surrounding light, thus achieving a state similar to invisibility.
After all the tests were completed, Ian took off his armor and walked out of the laboratory. This was not the final update, because he was already preparing to start creating "Silver Destruction 3.0" - he felt that the name was very appropriate; however, he still needed to make some preparations before the next round of upgrades.
"Morgana, show me the virus's alchemy formation."
A holographic projection appeared in front of him, and he nodded. The projection fell on an open space on the floor. A Doom Bots brought the materials and placed them in the center. Ian then activated the magic circle, and a human body slowly took shape. Although the human body is extremely complex, from Alchemy's point of view, it is very cheap. Therefore, without trying to reshape the soul, Ian successfully used Alchemy to achieve cloning. However, this was not his main purpose.
He modified Alchemical Array and activated it again. The body in front of him suddenly twisted into a grotesque shape, and Ian had to deconstruct it. He repeated the experiment several times and then stopped. His attempt failed, but this was expected. He tried to use Alkahestry to create T-virus, thereby directly changing the genetic composition of the clone.
Ian had long expected to fail. Whether this experiment or many other experiments, it was to provide Purple-robed Daoist with a reasonable test of his growth trajectory to allay the other party's suspicions. Ian summoned a robot, which brought several prisoners secretly stolen from Earth-2022, and Ian continued his experiment. After obtaining enough data, he stopped the experiment.
In the third room of this huge and expensive laboratory, the pre-prepared T-virus reagent is stored. After studying Gwen's spider genes, wolf's Werewolf blood, and Kang En's Fibrogenes, he even optimized this thing. Unfortunately, his analysis results showed that it was impossible to obtain the Force, but he was very satisfied with obtaining Spider-Sense from Spider-Man.
Ian injected himself with T-virus without hesitation. A sharp pain penetrated deep into his bone marrow, but he just groaned. A few drops of blood dripped from his nose, but the pain disappeared soon after. A Doom Bots handed Ian another serum, and he injected it into his body. As the cells absorbed the necessary nutrients after this transformation, a feeling of strength and refreshment spread throughout his body.
The subsequent physical fitness test took half an hour, and as expected, Ian's physical fitness had far exceeded the limits of human beings. However, this was not his primary goal. Unlike Alice who possessed Telekinesis, Ian adjusted the formula to ensure that what he obtained was Telepathy. Then, he spent a few days mastering and understanding his abilities.
Finally, he was ready to build Silver Destruction 3.0. The battle armor stood in the center of a pentagon-like Transmutation Circle, with five prisoners tied to each of the five corners. When the formation was activated, the twenty-five prisoners were reduced to ashes, and their souls were extracted and integrated into the battle armor. Subsequently, Ian activated the other three Transmutation Circle that had been engraved on the battle armor in advance.
"How's it going?"
"The process was successful, sir." A House-elf with purple hair and dressed like a secretary slowly flew out of the armor. "I have a soul now." Ian nodded. The interesting aspect of Alchemy is that it treats the soul as a substance that can be controlled, just like any piece of metal. This is why children like Edward·Elric are able to summon the soul of his brother and bind it to a suit of armor.
"So, let's test it out."
The armor flew to him, and Ian began to test the new update. At least, that's what it seemed. His true intention was to use Telepathy to find his own Soul Dimension. However, he did not enter immediately. He was worried that Samsara Hall had hidden means, and it would be discovered once Reincarnators made a major breakthrough on Soul Magic.
This is where Morgana comes in. After weaving the required information into her mind, she enters Soul Dimension. The idea is that if Samsara Hall senses something, it will treat her like an alien intruder trying to control Reincarnators.
This is why he did not bind her to his soul, but used those Transmutation Circle as a means to kill her if she rebelled. Morgana would be obliterated, but Ian would be safe, and he would also use this to find out how strict the Samsara Hall monitoring system was.
However, Ian was just worrying in vain. Morgana did not encounter any obstacles. Even if she reached the third floor of Soul Dimension and discovered the mark left by the Samsara Hall, she was still fine. So, Ian finally had the confidence to check it out in person.
'This is different from the one Hernandez and the others have,' he commented. 'It's more powerful, which means Purple-robed Daoist is close to fully controlling that Divine Artifact.' Once he gained full control, Ian's mission would come to an abrupt end. Even if he could erase the soul mark in the fourth layer of the soul, he could not avoid such a powerful detection method of Divine Artifact.
'I have to hurry up,' Ian thought to himself, and left the place. He then set about binding Morgana to his soul to ensure safety. Finally, he synchronized this new Morgana with the one in Marvel Universe.
"Boss, nice to see you again."
"If I remember correctly, it's only been a few seconds since you last saw me," he turned over Byakugan.
"It's shorter than that, but to me, every second without you feels like an eternity."
"If you weren't asking for something every time you sweet talk me, I might have believed you. Forget it, we have a lot of time to catch up on old times. Let's finish the work first."
The reconstruction of Earth-2051 is progressing smoothly. With Ian and Doom Bots, civil engineering repair work is a piece of cake. They have also taken over the automation transformation of most industries. In a capitalist society, the existence of robots and artificial intelligence is a nightmare for ordinary people. They have replaced most jobs, forcing ordinary people to work for extremely low wages.
However, the new world established on Earth in 2051 is a democratic socialist society, which means universal basic income, free medical care, free education at all levels, and housing security as a human right. Since people no longer have to worry about food and clothing for themselves and their families, it is completely reasonable for many industries to be automated in order to improve efficiency and create more resources.
It took about three months for the Earth in 2051 to recruit enough people to immigrate, and the final number exceeded 100 million. In the next month, the people held an election, and as expected, Commander Muri was elected as the new president of Earth Federation.
Ian helped the people of this timeline reverse engineer all the technology on the spacecraft that crashed and brought White Spikes. He also completed Dr. Azim's idea for Space-Time Jump Chain, making this timeline a Astronomy civilization. Finally, six months after arriving in this timeline, he finally completed the perfect mission and returned to the Samsara Hall.