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Chapter 507: Nano Armor's Defects

Liu Xiu's vest-style armor can only be considered portable. This is an idea Liu Xiu came up with based on the inspiration from Iron Man's Mark V suitcase armor.

However, although the idea was said to be Liu Xiu's, the design of the armor was actually made by Liu Qi. Liu Xiu only gave some suggestions and ideas.

Of course, the vest-type armor has improved a lot in portability compared to the Mark V's suitcase-type armor. Although the vest-type armor will add a lot of weight when worn on the body, it is much faster than the suitcase-type armor.

What's more, even if the vest-type armor is not opened, it can be transformed into a full-body armor mode, which is also a bulletproof vest with good bulletproof performance. Just based on this feature, Liu Xiu's vest-type armor is much better than Tony's briefcase-type Mark V.

After all, in Iron Man 2, Tony's Mark V was given to his bodyguard Happy for safekeeping, but we saw the result. If Happy had not appeared in time and ignored the danger and risked his life to stop Ivan Vanko, Tony would most likely have died.

So after experiencing this incident, Tony put a lot of effort into the portability of the armor and was no longer satisfied with the suitcase.

After all, the suitcase is too small, and since it needs to be carried with you at all times, it cannot be made too heavy. You know, although the gold-titanium alloy used to make the Mark II is high in strength and has amazing defensive power, it has a defect that is unavoidable.

That is because the gold-titanium alloy has the density of gold, so the Mark II made from it easily smashed through the roof of Tony's villa when it was landing, and directly smashed an old car into a pile of pieces.

So after thinking about many options, Tony finally chose the summoning option. By implanting a locator on his skin, and then making specific movements, he can summon the Iron Man suit to possess and wear it.

For example, in Iron Man 3, Tony created the Mark 42, a summonable armor that can fly with single parts, nicknamed the Prodigal Son. This armor takes portability to the extreme.

In order to be able to have the armor with him anytime and anywhere, Tony created the Mark 42. Its main ability is that it can be disassembled into modules and then fly to Tony for assembly.

However, actual combat proved that the Mark 42 still had too many flaws. After all, there was no way to summon the armor in a basement or a sealed room. So Tony thought about it and finally understood a truth, that is, carrying the armor with him is the safest and most secure way. So there was the Mark 50 nano armor.

The Mark 50 nano armor appeared in Avengers 3, and its performance was naturally eye-catching.

In Avengers 3, Iron Man's nano armor left a very deep impression. The coolest thing about this nano armor is its changing process, which quickly extends to the whole body through the nano materials stored in the chest, which is similar to the storage technology of the necklace of the Black Panther suit, and is more convenient to carry than the previous iron armor.

The streamlined design of this new armor is more aerodynamic, easier to control than traditional armor, and more flexible to fly. When Tony flew to Ebony Maw's spaceship in Avengers 3, it can be seen that the speed was significantly faster because Tony used the deformation ability of the nano armor to increase the thrusters during the flight.

Of course, the biggest advantage of Iron Man's nano suit is its flexibility and super strong automatic repair ability. In the movie Avengers 3, Iron Man can flexibly switch between a shield, a cannon, and a hammer. When the suit is damaged, it can be quickly repaired automatically, but it consumes nano materials and is not unlimited.

Of course, although nano armor seems to have many advantages, it also has many disadvantages.

First of all, when Tony was fighting Thanos, he exposed a fatal flaw of the nano armor, which was that it gave people a feeling of low defense. Although the nano armor had enough flexibility and the ability to change clothes, it could also break Thanos' defense, such as making him bleed, but Iron Man's helmet was easily crushed by Thanos.

Although the nano armor can repair itself quickly, in the face of an enemy of Thanos's level, we clearly see that the repair speed cannot keep up with the speed of destruction. In the end, Tony was left with only half of his armor, which was really sad. It also made people wonder and think whether the defense of this new armor was too low!
Therefore, in order to retain the flexibility of the nano armor, they naturally cannot go back to the previous use of gold-titanium alloy materials to make armor. Although the strength of gold-titanium alloy is second only to adamantium alloy, it can even easily withstand tank shells. If Tony still uses the old-fashioned gold-titanium alloy armor, then Thanos naturally cannot crush it easily.

However, if gold-titanium alloy is used as the armor material, the flexible deformation ability of the nano armor will naturally be lost, so can the use of vibranium material make up for the defect?

After all, the most prominent problem with Iron Man’s new armor against Thanos in Avengers 3 is that its defense seems to be very low. So if a vibranium iron armor is used, will the problem of low defense no longer exist?

However, the actual situation is not as good as imagined. For example, vibranium material does give people the impression that it has the highest and best defense, but don't forget that Vision's body is also made of vibranium. Not only was Vision easily pierced by Corvus Glaive, but when Thanos took out the Mind Stone from Vision's forehead, he easily crushed his skull.

The defense of Iron Man's nano armor is actually not weak. When fighting against Thanos, Iron Man once transformed into a steel shield to resist Thanos' attack with the power gem. Although it was short-lived, it was enough to show that the defense is not that bad. It's just that Thanos is too powerful, and human technology is not yet able to compete with him.

Of course, there is also a possibility that Iron Man's nano armor is very good at absorbing energy attacks, but it has little effect on pure physical attacks. This is the same as vibranium, which can absorb energy very well, but once it exceeds the limit of absorption, the vibranium will become very brittle.

In fact, even if Iron Man's nano armor is made of vibranium, it is of little use. After all, Black Panther's armor is made of nano vibranium. However, when Black Panther was fighting against Thanos, he simply pinched him with one hand and he had no power to fight back. Therefore, even if Thanos is beaten with an iron armor made of vibranium, it is still very difficult.

What's more, vibranium material has a very fatal flaw, which is that it will degrade once it encounters ultrasound. So how could Tony allow such a hole to appear in his iron armor!

It is probably for this reason that Tony chose to give up the vibranium material.

Therefore, the vest-type armor that Liu Xiu can wear at any time is the most perfect solution at the moment.

Of course, in addition to this, a more important point is that no matter what material it is, as long as it is made into a nanorobot, its strength will drop drastically.

(End of this chapter)