Improved Arc Reactor Technology

After leaving a few words for Tony Stark, Loren piloted the Batwing and sped away, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Watching the Batwing transform into a streak of light and disappear into the horizon, Tony Stark wore a look of deepening confusion.

"The guy knows me, but I don't know him. Who on earth is he? To think he also has an Iron Man Suit—this is too weird!"

Tony Stark muttered to himself, countless questions popping up in his mind, but right now there was nobody who could give him an answer.

"JARVIS, immediately search the entire network for any news about the Batwing and the Batman Suit. I want to know who that guy is!"

"Understood, searching now. Shall we temporarily designate this task code as: Batman Search Plan?"

"Batman?"

"The nickname really matches his image quite well. Fine, from now on we'll call that guy Batman!"

As for Tony and JARVIS naming him Batman, Loren naturally knew nothing of it at the moment.

Though if he did know, he would probably give the two of them a thumbs-up and say, "You guys really are geniuses!"

"Boss, why did you save him?

Didn't you say he's your most powerful competitor in this world?

Wouldn't it be even better if he died?"

Inside the Batwing, 2B looked at Loren with a face full of curiosity and asked.

Because Loren's current action was completely opposite to the behavioral pattern derived by her brain's logical operations, which left her very confused.

"In the field of technology, Tony Stark is indeed my strongest rival in this world.

However, precisely because of that, he is the one who cannot be allowed to die just like that!"

"Boss, why? I don't understand." 2B tilted her head, her face filled with perplexity.

"Because top experts are often lonely and solitary. As the saying goes, high-brow songs find few singers, and bosom friends are hard to find.

If the field of technology lacked someone like Tony Stark, this world would be a lot less interesting.

Remember the joy I talked about before?

Humans need joy, and competition is one of the ways to attain it."

"Boss, I still don't get it."

"It's fine, you'll understand in the future." Loren smiled indifferently and closed his eyes slightly.

Actually, the reason he saved Tony Stark was not just because he didn't want to lose such an outstanding rival.

The main reason was that as long as he participated in any event in the Marvel Universe, he would receive corresponding rewards.

And this time was naturally no exception. As he saved Tony Stark, a system prompt immediately rang out in his mind.

[Congratulations to host for participating in the Iron Man rescue event. Reward: Improved Arc Reactor Technology!]

Listening to the system prompt ringing in his mind, the corners of Loren's mouth curled up slightly with inner joy.

It was just as he had guessed. Based on his exploration of the system during this period, he had basically grasped a certain pattern.

Most of the system's rewards would be related to the characters involved in the participated event, such as last time when Kingpin had the Enhancement Serum.

So the system's reward to him was the Perfected Super-Soldier Serum, and the character involved in this event was Tony Stark.

Therefore, the system rewarded him with the Improved Arc Reactor Technology. All of this had a traceable logic.

Of course, that did not mean all events were like this; some events involved characters with nothing particularly remarkable about them.

In that case, the system would randomly draw a reward from either the Marvel Universe or the NieR: Automata world he had unlocked.

As the system prompt rang out, a flood of knowledge regarding the arc reactor instantly merged into his brain.

In just the span of a breath, he completely figured out the working principles of the arc reactor.

Moreover, the technology rewarded by the system was the Improved Arc Reactor Technology.

One had to know that the Improved Arc Reactor Technology utilized a brand-new element, and the inspiration for this element came from the Space Stone.

In the timeline of Iron Man 2, Tony Stark only created this brand-new element later on.

It was also thanks to this brand-new element that he rid himself of the torment of palladium poisoning.

Not only that, this also enhanced the performance of his arc reactor by 20% on top of the original baseline—calling it a qualitative leap was no exaggeration at all.

And now, this technology that had yet to appear in this world had just been handed to him, so naturally he was overjoyed.

In fact, during this period, he had constantly been troubled by finding a suitable energy source for 2B, the Anti-Gravity Drone, and the Batman Suit.

Although the system rewarded him with the manufacturing technology for the General-Purpose Combat Robot, it was constrained by the technological level of this world.

Therefore, regarding power and energy, he used Solid-State Battery Technology.

Even though he was already using the most advanced solid-state batteries in this world, the battery life and endurance were still less than ideal.

For instance, 2B's maximum endurance was eight hours, while the Anti-Gravity Drone, due to its small size, had a slightly longer endurance of twenty-four hours.

And his Batman Suit went without saying; its endurance was a mere four hours.

Moreover, once the Anti-Gravity Flight Device was activated, the endurance would drop even more drastically to just half an hour.

This was also one of the reasons why he had quickly returned to the Batwing after saving Tony Stark just now.

Consequently, they had to be charged every day, otherwise they would fall into a standby state and be unable to do anything.

Under normal circumstances, charging every day was fine—he could just treat it as playing on a phone.

But once a special situation arose, such an endurance time became a fatal flaw.

For example, during a standoff between two armies, your robot and your armor suddenly fell into a standby state because they ran out of power. Ask yourself whether that would depress you or not.

Because of this problem, he had been racking his brains during this period, attempting to find a higher-quality energy source to meet his requirements.

He had not failed to consider using nuclear power, but due to technological limitations, he had not yet thought of a way to miniaturize it.

Who could have known that at this critical moment, the system directly rewarded him with the arc reactor technology, which happened to solve his urgent need!

This was what you called providing charcoal in snowy weather!

How could he not be overjoyed!

According to his calculations, once he installed the improved arc reactor inside 2B's body, she wouldn't need to be charged for at least a month.

Not to mention, the energy of the arc reactor was amply sufficient, which would also drastically boost her combat strength.

To say the least, her physical strength would be about twice as high as it was now.

And this would also be of immense help to his Batman Suit. The arc reactor could allow him to fly continuously for twenty hours.

If he were not flying, it could also keep his Batman Suit running for as long as a month.

Therefore, this arc reactor technology would completely transform the current status of 2B and the Batman Suit, elevating their value to a whole new level.

At this thought, Loren did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately threw himself into the crafting...