Zhou Lin

Solid is not an innate ability user, and of course, he is not a biochemically modified person either.

The way he obtained his superpowers was truly accidental.

Many years ago, during a rescue mission behind enemy lines, due to a command error by their superiors, Solid and a dozen commandos were surrounded by thousands of enemy troops... When the reinforcements they called for arrived, the enemy had already arrived. Leaving, leaving only dead bodies on the ground.

When Solid was discovered, his whole body was covered in blood, his entire right arm had been blown off, and there were two corpses more mutilated than him on his back; if a soldier with sharp eyes hadn't happened to see it, His fingers were moving, and he was afraid he would die there.

In any case, relying on his tenacious vitality, Solid managed to make it to the hospital despite his injuries.

In the 23rd century, the principle of rescuing patients with amputated limbs is that if the patient arrives at the hospital within six hours of the amputated limb, surgery to reattach the limb should be performed immediately while ensuring his or her survival. ; If the original limb is damaged, a third-party limb will be used for transplantation; if there is no limb available for timely transplantation, a "nerve block" surgery will be performed to treat the nerves of the wound and wait for the limb to be delivered.

There is no doubt that Solid met this standard, so even though he was unconscious when he was taken to the hospital, the doctor could still perform the operation on him according to the rules.

In this era, prosthetic technology (in the 23rd century of this universe, biochemical/mechanical prostheses that move freely have become quite common, and decorative prostheses are only used by those with extremely poor finances), but in principle, as long as conditions permit, , it is definitely best to reattach the patient to a flesh-and-blood body.

As for the "six hours" time limit, it is because the success rate of nerve recovery is relatively high within six hours of being cut off. Once this time is exceeded, it will be difficult... If the patient is young, active in rehabilitation, and lucky enough Well, it may be possible to fully recover, but most people’s nerves cannot return to their original state after the optimal reconnection time limit is exceeded. Even if the operation is reluctantly performed, it will lead to a series of complications, and in the end, it will have to be Removal of limbs and modification of prosthetic limbs.

Solid was very lucky. When he was sent to the hospital, it was almost five hours after he broke his arm, and there happened to be a body donor in the morgue of this hospital who had just died. His age and size were also the same as Solid's. Very close... Coupled with Solid's military background, the doctors assigned by the hospital are naturally highly skilled.

Two days later, when Solid woke up from his hospital bed, although his whole body ached with refreshing pain, at least his whole limbs ached.

He adapted to his new right arm almost immediately, and apart from a small, brief moment of rejection in the first few days, the arm became just like his own.

However, things didn't end there...

It didn't take long for Solid to discover that he had "superpowers" on his body, and... the source of the power was his right arm.

So, he returned to the hospital and tried to investigate the origin of the arm; because he knew that the hospital had a rule that "no body donor information can be disclosed", he did not waste time looking for anyone, but directly sneaked into the hospital files The room downloaded the information he wanted to see.

For "veteran", this level of infiltration... is as easy as grabbing candy from a child's hand.

Unfortunately, the content of the file was nothing special. The donor was a down-and-out boxer in his twenties, with little fame and little money. The cause of death was suffocation caused by being strangled with a wire; according to the police Judging from the reports over there (after Solid found out that the donor was murdered, he went to the police archives), this guy has been doing black market boxing in recent years. He probably got into some trouble. , was silenced by the gangsters who controlled the game.

Judging from the fact that he was strangled to death, I am afraid that this was a person with innate abilities who did not realize that he had supernatural powers until his death.

In any case, since nothing could be found, Solid stopped worrying about it. He regarded this power as a kind of luck, a tool given to him by God, and trained and used it.

Today, he is already a "strong" ability user, and the origin of his superpowers has gradually been transferred to his whole body as the cells in his arms combine with his body.

Solid's ability is called Mortal Bones.

When this ability is activated, the material that the user comes into contact with can temporarily lose its "characteristics"; this "characteristic" can be chemical properties, physical properties, or even conceptual qualities that cannot be explained by science, such as... superpowers.

For example, he can make carbon monoxide lose its "flammability" and turn it into something that will not burn when exposed to an open flame; he can make copper lose its "conductivity" and turn it into an insulator; of course, he can also make people with abilities become Ordinary people...

Although his ability seems to be incredible at first glance, it is not exaggerated in actual use——

First, the "amount" he can influence each time is limited. When encountering a huge target... For example, the pyramid in front of him, it is certainly impossible for him to strip away the "characteristics" of the entire pyramid. With his At the current level of ability, the part that can be "bone-formed" is only a few cubic meters at most.

Secondly, the time of deprivation is also limited. The effect of depriving "characteristics" of mortal bones is undoubtedly temporary. The more complex the "characteristics" being deprived of, or if more than one "characteristic" is deprived at a time, the time of deprivation will be shortened accordingly. .

Third, and the most troublesome point...this ability requires the support of "knowledge".

Suppose you want to deprive water of its "boiling point" and turn it into a liquid that will not boil no matter how much it is heated. Then you must first understand what "boiling point" is, otherwise the deprivation cannot be completed; and Solid … Let’s put it this way, I read very few books.

Due to the loss of culture, Solid's ability training has reached a bottleneck when it reaches the strong level. Although he has trained his physical fitness to the peak of the strong level, he rarely uses his abilities in actual combat.

Even when encountering opponents who are also ability users, Solid tends to use his own tactics and combat skills to solve the problem; because... Solid discovered during the battle that he wanted to deprive others of their "superpowers" , it’s not just that you know someone else has powers; your understanding of your opponent’s abilities, the nature and complexity of their abilities, and the gap in energy and ability levels between the two parties... will all affect the effect of deprivation.

To sum up, Solid will generally not use such a highly uncertain strategy.

However, the pyramid in front of him was not a "person" but an "object". Facing a metal outer wall, he still didn't mind giving it a try.

Solid's plan is very simple. He doesn't know how many characteristics this metal wall has, and he doesn't intend to understand it, because even if he understands it, it is impossible for him to eliminate multiple complex characteristics at the same time based on his ability level. characteristics; therefore, his decision was... to use his run-up and his full strength to punch the outer metal wall, and activate "Mortal Bone" at the moment of contact, causing the outer metal wall he hit to lose its "hardness".