The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3420 Sons of Midnight (9)

Chapter 3420 Son of Midnight (XIX)

Stark brought a few people to his mecha warehouse, where there were equipment that would be used today.

The latest series of mechas are named "Space Explorer", or SE for short. The mecha currently in use is the latest SE-26.

There is another series, the corresponding "Star Guardians", referred to as SG. Currently developed to the 8th generation, the latest is SG-08.

The Space Explorer series of mechas are engineering mechas, which are specially designed to cope with various complex environments in the universe and meet the conditions for construction in such environments. They can use ordinary and magical energy and have functions such as survival, exploration, construction, and mining.

The Planet Guardian is a combat mecha, but it is also specially designed for combat in space. It has the most advanced energy absorption and conversion system in the world. In short, it can obtain energy in various cosmic environments and use it for combat. It also carries a variety of weapons. However, this mecha cannot use magic energy, only ordinary energy.

Stark opened the door of the mecha cabin and introduced his new mecha to the others. He said: "Both types of mecha are commercial products that can be installed on a large scale. The largest customer at present is China. Australia and Europe also purchase them."

Schiller looked at the mecha placed in the first mecha cabin. Because it was a commercial product, Schiller had seen the advertisement of this mecha on the short video software before. The real thing looked even more magnificent than the advertisement.

These two machines are more like Gundam than Iron Man's suit. From the outside, they are just giant steel robots, not much related to human form.

"Is this a drone?" Miles asked.

"That's right." Stark nodded and said, "After all, not everyone has the ability to control the suit..."

"Thank you for the compliment, sir," said Jarvis.

Stark rolled his eyes calmly and ignored him, continuing: "The environment in space is complex and there are too many dangers. Unmanned mechas would be a better choice. After all, we can't expect every valuable engineer to have a lot of time to do space sports training. It's better to let robots do it directly."

"Of course, the robot uses a brain control system. The driver only needs to stay in a safe brain control cabin, and the mecha can imitate the driver's various actions with perfect accuracy. So far, customer feedback is quite good."

"Has it been put into use?" Miles asked again.

"Yes, this is the main force for the maintenance of the Pluto and Neptune starports. The shipment volume is very large, and it is the flagship product of this generation of Stark Technology. I have two prototypes of each left here, and I will take them to Jupiter today."

Miles walked up to the mech, looked up at the tall robot, and showed some envy. Stark patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job, kid. When this is over, I will give you a big toy that will be cooler than this one. And you, Peter..."

"I don't want it." Peter said, "My two homes are already full of Spider-Man. There is really no room for him."

"That's perfect, right? Let them see the achievements of this universe's Iron Man." Stark said proudly, "They will definitely think I am the best Iron Man in the universe."

Peter shrugged and said, "They'll scream for three days and then have the entire apartment building complain about me. But...well, you are indeed the best Iron Man in the universe."

Stark took the mecha out of the warehouse. Schiller thought they would fly directly into outer space, but in fact it was not that simple.

It had been a long time since Schiller had left Earth using any means other than a portal. He really wanted to try flying once.

But obviously, with the advent of the era of space exploration, various processes have been standardized. Now, all flight units that want to physically break through the atmosphere and enter space need to submit an application, wait for approval, and then reach low-Earth orbit within a specified time and at a specified speed. They cannot just fly around randomly.

The scope of flying units includes not only rockets, airplanes, shuttles and other machines, but also superheroes. Even Captain Marvel, who returned this time, first flew to the vicinity of the earth, waited for the dispatch of the space station tower, and then landed on the surface from the specified location.

Moreover, it is very troublesome to enter the low-Earth orbit through magic. You must enter the space station through the portal on the surface and then leave the space station. You cannot open the portal in the low-Earth range at will.

Moreover, the review of people and objects entering the space station is very strict, with size and energy level requirements. Machines that are too large or have too high energy levels are not allowed to enter. Engineering equipment must also be disassembled and brought in as parts before being reassembled.

Stark asked Jarvis to send an application to the space station, while saying: "Behind every regulation is a bloody lesson. The turmoil of the space station crashing must never happen again."

Even so, Stark, as the person in charge of the solar system development plan, still had some privileges. His launch application was approved very quickly, and the location and channel given were also the closest and fastest.

Schiller didn't want to go through so much trouble. Kong Su was the moon god, so he could teleport to the moon directly. But he suddenly remembered that China seemed to have built a lot of lunar rovers and broadcast live on the moon. He didn't want to appear on camera suddenly, so he had to go with Stark.

Their launch site was a military airport near New York. The three of them flew there with their mechas.

Peter was still a little unskilled in flying, so Schiller and Stark could only wait for him to fly slowly. After arriving at the destination, Schiller landed first, followed by Stark.

But the two waited on the ground for a long time, and Peter didn't come down. Stark raised his head and shouted to the top: "Spider-Man! Spider-Man, what's wrong with you? Come down quickly!"

"I don't know how to land!" Peter shouted, "Can we just remove the power?!"

"No!" Stark shouted quickly, "Don't withdraw the power!"

“But I will keep floating…”

Stark covered his forehead and said, "Remember what you told me? Magic is the realization of your wishes! Forget the aerodynamics knowledge in your mind!"

"I can't forget it! If I go down, I need a buffer to deal with gravity..."

Schiller couldn't bear to watch any longer. He flew up again, and with his cloak he brought Peter down with him.

Peter breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you."

As Stark walked towards the target location, he said, "I told you I'm the most professional magician on the team, right?"

The three of them arrived at the designated location. Stark first set up several mechas, then turned to the two and said, "Follow me. Do not turn during the flight. If you collide with other aircraft, you will be doomed."

"Also, the flight speed must not exceed Mach 10. It is best to keep it around Mach 8. Do not use teleportation during flight, not even for short distances. Do not accelerate or slow down suddenly. The specific principle is similar to driving a car."

Peter nodded, but he seemed a little nervous. Stark said, "Follow me closely. My suit has a very precise control of speed. As long as you don't exceed me, you won't exceed the speed limit."

The mecha and the Iron Man suit were charged at the same time. After a slight "hum", Iron Man took off first. His speed was not fast at the beginning, as if he was waiting for the two to catch up. After Schiller and Peter also flew up, he accelerated at a constant speed.

Peter seemed to find this rocket-like flying method very novel and kept looking left and right. Stark had to remind him in the headset: "Are you also so distracted when you drive?"

"Uh, sorry. It's just that this feels amazing. I've built rockets before, but this is the first time I've been a rocket myself."

Stark didn't blame him, but just said, "You'll feel nothing after you fly a few more times. China is strictly checking flight safety now. If you fly off course, they might shoot you down."

Peter quickly retracted his neck, focused his attention back on flying, and tried to adjust his body posture to prevent himself from deviating from the planned trajectory.

Gradually accelerating to the maximum speed, the magic blessing made the flyer feel no discomfort. Schiller didn't feel anything either, but at the moment of breaking through the atmosphere, he felt the strength of his whole body relax.

After breaking through the atmosphere, Stark slowed down and calibrated the space station based on Jarvis's location.

"Where are we going now?" Peter asked. "Directly to Jupiter?"

"The Earth is 5 million miles away from Jupiter. By the time we get there, whatever Roxxon was up to will have failed." Stark said, "We have to go to the space station to borrow a ship. The frigate we got from the Kree has now become a normal cruiser. You can think of it as a bus within the solar system."

"We need to take the next bus to Callisto, where there are temporary outposts and research stations. If we want to get closer to the main body of Jupiter, we need to take a special small spacecraft."

"But we are going to investigate secretly, so the last step can be omitted. If possible, we can build a small temporary base on Ganymede."

"Where is the mining base of the Roxxon base built?" Peter asked.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Io." Stark speculated, "Io has frequent geological activities and high thermal energy levels. The underground heat source can provide enough energy support for various mining equipment. If it were me, I would choose this place."

“But they use different technology than Earth does,” Peter reminded. “They may not need the heat from Io. Maybe we should check Europa or Ganymede as well.”

Stark nodded, then turned to look at Schiller. Schiller said, "It's up to you to decide."

Schiller actually didn't know exactly where the Roxxon company's mining base was built, because the comics only mentioned mining on Jupiter, but there was no specific storyboard, and it was unclear how Jupiter was mined.

According to the current situation, it should not be destructive mining, and the scale of mining should not be large. It is impossible to set up large-scale mining equipment on the main body of Jupiter, otherwise it would have been observed by humans long ago.

Then the only possibility is to build a mining base on the satellite, then send mining ships to mine, and then transport the mining products to the base for storage or transportation.

Mining ships are generally small, and compared to the huge size of Jupiter, they are just a drop in the ocean. In addition, the mining point and flight trajectory are uncertain, so it is difficult to detect if you are not always watching Jupiter. This behavior is indeed a bit sneaky.

According to what Schiller learned from Xu Shangqi, China may want to build stable large-scale mining equipment on Jupiter instead of using mining ships.

The construction period of large-scale equipment will definitely be very long. Even with the current level of technology, it will take at least 3 to 5 years. During this period, engineers will frequently move around Jupiter, and the secret mining of Roxxon Company will be untraceable.

In fact, in theory, all the planets in the solar system belong to the common property of mankind. It is not said that any planet belongs to anyone. If you have the ability, you can go and mine. Anyway, the current level of technology is not enough to carry out destructive mining, and it will not affect others. We are all human beings, and whoever mines will end up with nothing.

So Roxxon can choose to develop yours and mine mines. Don't worry about what technology I use. I have alien technology. According to Schiller, China is unlikely to ask questions. Jupiter is so big that at most one person can only have one side and it won't affect each other.

However, Roxxon was the first to take action, which seemed to be a guilty conscience. Moreover, it took such radical measures and took action directly on the local area.

Would the boss of Roxxon Corporation be so foolish as to think he could monopolize Jupiter?