Chapter 882 Experimental Bomb
The concept of this new bomb was simple. Pure destruction.
She didn't need to care about the stabilisers like she did with her weapons since those weapons need to be reused.
The bomb on the other hand was a one time use. As long as it reaches the intended goal, she didn't need to bother about anything else.
'Let's see… to enhance the original blueprint with Divine Energy, the best way to go would be to amplify and compress everything with the runes. I don't need any safety factors or control. Just pure unrelenting destruction will suffice.' Shiro thought while holograms of the bomb appeared in front of her.
Adjusting the parts constantly, she was running simulations of the power by the side while estimating force it can generate. To her right was a list of skills and spells that could be added to this bomb along with the skills that she had recycled.
Since it was made from nanobots, she can easily add skills such as the fighter skill, Unrelenting Fury.
Unrelenting Fury was a skill that allowed the attacks to ignore armour while amplifying your attack. The problem with this skill is that it's similar to the berserker skill rage where you attack everything in sight.
For the bomb, this was fine.
Watching Shiro efficiently work away at her holograms with new parts appearing and disappearing, Bonne wanted to ask what she was doing but decided against it since he didn't want to distract her.
Time passed as Shiro would occasionally make tiny prototypes and throw them in the rift to see the effects.
Most of the skills she added on worked well but there was one problem.
No matter how she compressed it, the shell of the bomb would always begin breaking immediately before the bomb was even finished constructing. Her speed of construction of the bomb couldn't keep up with the power held within so a lot of the force is wasted.
Scratching her hair, Shiro felt a little frustrated as she drank the final cup of juice she had in her inventory. Looking at the stacks of empty bottles, Shiro sighed heavily.
'Che, I'll need to restock. I can't believe I've already gone through the entire supply of juice.' Shiro thought while taking a small break from her prototypes. Since she hadn't been hunting lately, the beasts started to return to normal but none of them wanted to be solo anymore since she was still around.
Looking away from her work station, she could see that Bonne was packing his things up and preparing to head out.
"Where are you going?" Shiro asked curiously.
"I'm going out for food. The stock is running out so I'm going back to the farm to see what I can get." Bonne smiled as Shiro nodded her head.
"The beasts are more on edge now so be careful. Since you have your time stop ability, you should be fine but don't let your guard down ok?" Shiro smiled.
"Mn." Activating his portal, he left the underground base as Shiro used her nanobots to expand a little and make herself a shower.
She's been working away for quite a bit so she wanted to refresh herself while thinking about what she could do about the problem of keeping the energy without losing it.
All of the methods and blueprints she had in her database were ineffective since the power was simply too much.
She needed a different approach of sorts.
Standing in the shower with her eyes closed, Shiro wondered about what she could do when she heard Nimue yawn and wake up from her nap.
'I would say morning but it's midday now. So afternoon I guess?' Shiro greeted with a chuckle.
{Mn, how goes your bomb?} Nimue asked as she was now mentally prepared.
'It's going a bit slow since there's simply too much power. The shell can't hold it and it blows up too early, wasting a lot of energy.' Shiro shook her head.
{Hmm… do you have any ideas on how you can approach this?} Nimue asked as Shiro shrugged.
'I'm thinking about it. I'm just taking a break right now.' Shiro replied.
{Erm… have you tried leaving it without compression and make sure the shell is fine before compressing it?} Estrella suggested as Shiro thought about it.
'I guess. But the problem with that is the shell would be absolutely massive….' Shiro thought as her sentences slowed down since she came to a realisation and face palmed.
'Why did I not think of this.' She thought before looking at Estrella.
'You're good at using space no?'
{Yes that is my main element.} Estrella nodded her head.
'What if we construct the bomb in your pocket dimension without caring about the compression, then with the help of my Divine Energy as well as a few spells, we compress the pocket dimension itself rather than the bomb since the dimension is stronger than any shell I can make. Once the compression reaches a good level, we open a tiny portal above the dungeon and bang! The sudden appearance of an opening would cause all other explosive energy to rush out towards the dungeon and rip the portal open in an instant.' Shiro grinned as Estrella furrowed her brows.
{I'm not sure I'll be able to contain the power though.}
'Don't worry about that, that's what tests are for! Come come, let me help you with this one I get changed.' Shiro said as there was an excited shine in her eyes that all four spirits in the mana realm were familiar with. It was the light that would appear whenever she had a breakthrough in ways she can abuse her power.
{Mommy is super happy today.} Attie said as Iziuel patted his head.
{Your mommy is always happy when she can cause the extinction of a race with a single attack. Hais…} Iziuel sighed as the things that gave Shiro joy were… problematic.
{Isn't that normal though? Why did you sigh?} Attie tilted his head since he didn't get why Iziuel would be upset by Shiro being happy with an attack.
{It's nothing. For your mommy, that is perfectly normal.} Iziuel replied.
Nodding his head, Attie continued to play around while Nimue was watching what happened with a neutral expression. She knew that the long term exposure to Shiro would cause a mental problem known as abnormal normality where one would think that crazy things were normal. To see that Attie had fallen to such a problem caused her great sadness and she must continue to sleep since she overestimated herself.
She wasn't mentally prepared just yet.
Meanwhile, after finishing her shower, Shiro quickly got changed and dried her hair before summoning Estrella.
Constructing a brand new lab that was much bigger than the base, Shiro dragged Estrella inside and started to experiment with the new ideas. Shiro had her hopes up since the simulations that she ran in her mind were looking rather positive. If she could help Estrella compress the pocket dimension, they could theoretically eradicate all life in the dungeon.
Plus, it would also help Estrella reach a new understanding of her own element in order to reach tier 6.
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Looking at his harvest, Bonne nodded in satisfaction since he was able to salvage much more than before since the beasts were more concerned with Shiro's sudden appearance more than anything.
Packing his bags full, he jumped into the portal and returned back to the underground base. Upon arrival, he was surprised to see a brand new door appear. Opening the door revealed a white lab that had shattered walls.
Shiro and a strange woman panting for her breath was standing in the middle as she had sweat dripping from her face.
"Bonne you came at a good time." Shiro grinned as their experiments have been a great success.
"What happened and who's this?" Bonne asked, wondering if it was a new participant to the dungeon.
"It's a friend of mine that I summoned. She's helped me make something that can kill all of the beasts on the surface." Shiro grinned.
"Eh? That's possible?" He asked curiously.
"Yup. I'm going to rest for a bit first and we'll head out first thing in the morning." Shiro smiled and sent Estrella back to the mana realm.
Sensing Estrella's return, Nimue rubbed her eyes.
{How was it?} She asked, curious about the results.
{1 meter cube. All it took was 1 meter cube of the pocket dimension to destroy the lab with reinforced walls and spells to dampen the effects. If I was to use my entire pocket dimension, what would the outcome be?} Estrella muttered before going back to her island and closing her eyes.
Hearing what Estrella muttered, Nimue only had one reaction.
{The f*ck did I miss?}