Chapter: 16

The inspiration that Mark told Tony came from the movies he had watched in his previous life, and in this life, he happened to have the ability to turn them into reality.

Compared to Tony's Iron Man armor, Mark preferred this type of giant mech. Unlike Tony, who had a spirit of adventure and personally engaged in battles, Mark, as an otaku, preferred to solve dangers from behind the scenes. Why expose himself to danger, risking his life and ending up injured?

Old Mark was destined not to understand his father's personal heroism values, but he wouldn't oppose or persuade him either. After all, mechs were a man's romance. Although their ways of romance were different, it didn't prevent them from understanding each other.

"Baymax!" Upon returning to his room, Mark immediately called out Baymax's name.

Currently, Baymax held a position for Mark similar to that of JARVIS for Tony Stark. Mark, who had always envied his father having JARVIS and Dum-E's help, had been striving towards that direction after completing the development of Baymax.

During Tony's absence, Mark invested all his time into upgrading and modifying Baymax, except for paying attention to news related to Tony.

The first priority in Baymax's upgrades was its skin. Mark replaced it with a composite material consisting of graphene nanofilm and polyvinyl carbon fibers. He also incorporated a biomimetic material that had self-healing capabilities, greatly enhancing Baymax's defense and maneuverability.

In terms of other hardware, the original DLP micro-projector was replaced with a more advanced holographic projector, and the hyperspectral lens was replaced with a holographic scanning lens. The frame was also replaced with a composite frame made of graphene fibers and titanium alloy. The battery was upgraded as well, using a new graphene battery technology that not only allowed for high-speed fast charging within ten seconds but also doubled the battery capacity for the same weight.

Furthermore, Mark added many accessories to Baymax, such as armor for combat mode, various tools for assistant mode, and a portable charging box with an ark reactor for hibernation mode. Along with various functional chips, Baymax was transforming from a personal health assistant into a versatile research assistant.

Most importantly, Mark upgraded Baymax's AI system. The original Baymax functioned as a weak AI, capable of completing pre-programmed tasks in its chips and had some analysis capabilities, but it did not reach the level of JARVIS.

This time, Mark upgraded the system core, which could be called Baymax's soul. It greatly enhanced Baymax's analytical and judgment abilities, at least reaching the level of strong AI. The crucial addition was the latest development by Mark himself, the emotion-sensing engine.

The emotion-sensing engine added by Mark was not a simple micro-expression recognition or psychological analysis. Its inclusion allowed Baymax to learn and genuinely experience various human emotions.

With the ability to perceive joy, anger, grief, fear, and more by interacting with people around it, Baymax might eventually obtain genuine emotions. This was the remarkable aspect of the emotion-sensing engine. In the future, Baymax would evolve from an artificial intelligence into a true electronic life form, creating possibilities for Mark to build a community of silicon-based life forms.

(●—●) "Master." Baymax, already fully charged, walked out of the charging box and said, "Baymax is at your service."

"Baymax, open the last saved design for me. I'm brimming with inspiration now."

"Understood, Master." Baymax received the command and activated the holographic projector installed in its abdomen, projecting the design.

Speaking of this Transformers, not many people may remember. After all, "Transformers" was a popcorn movie, and there were numerous Autobots appearing, besides the main characters like Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, it's hard to recall the rest if you're not a die-hard fan.

The prototype of the design was based on the Chevrolet concept car, the Corvette Stingray. With its silver-gray car paint and streamlined body, Mark decided to temporarily set aside Bumblebee and Optimus Prime and create it first because of its handsome appearance.

Interestingly, his father's garage happened to have a Corvette Stingray, which served as a reference object for Mark.

"First, remove the graphene battery chassis for me." Tony looked at the projected model in front of him and instructed Baymax.

For the power source, Mark originally intended to equip it with a high-capacity graphene battery. However, upon seeing Tony's Arc Reactor, Mark decided to abandon his previous design.

First, removing the battery pack would free up more space for Mark's design. After all, to power such a massive entity for driving, transforming, and combat, even with the high energy density of graphene batteries, a significant number of battery packs would be required. Second, Mark chose to use the Arc Reactor in a way that was different from Tony's, as it would not have adverse effects on his health. Lastly, the key difference between the Arc Reactor's cold fusion technology and batteries was that its energy release wasn't a simple additive process. For each doubling of the palladium material, the energy output would exponentially increase. This solved the issue of long-range endurance and provided convenient recharging.

"In the space freed up by removing the battery pack, add two super-strong braking engines to control the movement of the arms. Replace all vehicle components, except the tires and interior, with graphene-aerospace titanium alloy. The tires will be made of self-healing rubber."

Based on his experience discussing Mark II with Tony, Mark examined the initial design draft and made continuous deletions and modifications. However, one problem continued to bother him: the design of the transformation mechanism.

After incorporating various systems such as the power system, weapon system, and balance stabilization system, there was no longer any space in the vehicle body to accommodate the transformation mechanism.

But could it truly be called a Transformer if it couldn't transform?

Finally, a brilliant idea struck Mark. He made a decision: "Baymax, delete the entire weapon system and replace it with the transformation mechanism. I've come up with a fantastic idea. When it comes to giant mechs, how can we forget about that one..."