At this moment, the chariot was completely covered in pitch-black armor, looking more like a coolly-styled armored vehicle.
Although the windshield was blocked by armor, it did not affect the driver inside; when the combat mode was activated and the armor closed, the original windshield lit up, turning into a holographic screen where the scene outside the chariot was clearly displayed, no different from before.
Chen Mo nodded slightly, quite satisfied with this effect.
"Activate off-road mode!"
As Chen Mo issued the command again, the chariot underwent another change; this time, it wasn't just the armor transforming.
To the familiar sound of mechanical movement, the positions of the chariot's four tires began to shift, and the external armor adjusted accordingly; meanwhile, the height of the entire chariot gradually rose with the movement of the tires.
The chariot, which had been low to the ground, was like a Transformer changing shape, seemingly about to stand up from the ground.
When the transformation stopped, the original sports car-like shape that hugged the ground had turned into a super armored off-road vehicle with four independently supported wheels and a chassis nearly a meter off the ground.
Its four bulletproof tires were all independently driven, connected to the body by four movable independent support arms that could adjust their positions as needed to cope with different terrains and complex road conditions.
The four independent tire support arms were located under the armor near the middle of both sides of the car body, with the front wheels extending forward and the rear wheels extending backward.
On flat roads, the four independent tire support arms would flatten out, reaching the maximum wheelbase, lowering the chassis to the minimum, and minimizing wind resistance to travel at the fastest speed; at this time, the chariot looked like a very sci-fi and cool super sports car.
If it encountered bumpy terrain or complex road surfaces, off-road mode could be activated for transformation: the four-wheel support arms would prop downward, the wheelbase would shorten, the body height would rise, and its traversability would greatly increase as a result.
At the same time, the four support arms would also expand to both sides of the car body, increasing the track width and enhancing the stability of the vehicle.
After the four-wheel adjustment, the body was raised and the track width increased, greatly enhancing off-road performance, allowing it to pass smoothly even through complex mountainous terrain.
As the four support arms adjusted, the external armor of the car body would also transform accordingly, ensuring full defense while reducing wind resistance and guaranteeing stability and speed during high-speed travel.
The four support arms were like four legs for the chariot; usually crouching, they could support the body to "stand up" when needed, transforming from a sports car into an off-road vehicle.
The function of these four support arms was not as simple as raising the chassis and changing the track width; as the chariot's four-wheel independent suspension System, their greatest function was shock absorption, though their method of shock absorption differed from general suspension Systems.
The chariot itself was equipped with a smart computer and scanning equipment that could scan and calculate the terrain; by making real-time, precise adjustments to the four support arms, it acted as shock absorption and provided off-road passage, allowing the car body to remain stable even when traveling at high speeds over piles of rocks.
Furthermore, based on the travel path and direction, it could make judgments and adjustments in advance; if a huge rock appeared in its path, the chariot could automatically lift the corresponding tire before hitting it, allowing the chariot to pass smoothly over the rock according to the scanned trajectory without any bumping.
In this regard, it was somewhat similar to the way a Mars rover travels.
Looking at the super chariot that had quickly transformed from a cool sci-fi sports car into a domineering off-road armored vehicle, Chen Mo nodded with satisfaction; it wasn't for nothing that he had spent some effort to port over the transformation function of the mark iii Iron Man Suit.
"Very good, next we will conduct the weapon System test!"
"sonic cannon!"
Inside the car, Wang Jin snapped out of his excitement from the chariot's transformation and hastily activated the sonic cannon according to Chen Mo's instructions.
A piece of armor at the front of the chariot quickly opened, and a pitch-black cannon barrel, about the thickness of an egg and thirty centimeters long, slowly extended from inside; if someone from Wakanda were here, they would find that this sonic cannon was almost identical to the airborne sonic cannons equipped on their fighter jets.
Being in the villa garage, there was naturally no way to test the weapon's power, but Chen Mo knew very well that this airborne sonic cannon could easily tear a heavy armored vehicle to shreds; even a tank, the king of land warfare, would be unable to withstand a single strike from the sonic cannon.
"Missiles!"
Another piece of armor at the front opened, popping out a miniature missile launcher loaded with a high-explosive armor-piercing shell identical to those mounted on the mark iii's arms.
This chariot was much larger than the mark iii, so it naturally had enough space to carry more ammunition; thus, there were twenty of these powerful high-explosive armor-piercing shells, and combined with the energy-fired sonic cannon, the heavy firepower was quite formidable.
In addition, the chariot was equipped with two machine guns.
One high-power machine gun was also located at the front, featuring an auto-aiming function that could perform precise attacks on a large number of enemies.
On the roof, a six-barrel heavy machine gun could pop out, possessing terrifying power capable of large-scale fire suppression and clearing.
This formidable chariot, which fused top technologies from HYDRA and Wakanda and was hand-built by Chen Mo, Tony Stark, and others, had combat capabilities far superior to the world's most advanced tanks, and its defense was equally terrifying.
The external armor used "alpha alloy," which was second only to Adamantium in performance; this was a strong alloy composed of common metallic elements developed by Dr. Marklane, the inventor of Adamantium, while he was researching it.
Its defensive power was very formidable, with various properties far exceeding any special alloy currently possessed by any country; of course, it was still quite a bit weaker than Adamantium, lacking the indestructible characteristic, and could still be destroyed under continuous attacks from excessively powerful forces.
Nevertheless, except for powerful weapons with startling destructive power like heavy missiles, nuclear bombs, and depleted uranium armor-piercing shells, attacks from conventional weapons like ordinary bombs, artillery, and machine guns simply could not damage the alpha alloy; therefore, under normal circumstances, the vast majority of attacks the chariot received could be easily withstood.
The most crucial point was that the constituent elements of this alloy were all common metals that could be found in large quantities in reality; although there were some expensive rare metals, as long as there was enough money, the supply of Materials could still be guaranteed for mass production, unlike Adamantium which must use the exceptionally rare Vibranium.
However, Chen Mo now controlled the Vibranium-producing country, Wakanda, and had complete control over all Vibranium resources, so he no longer worried about having enough Vibranium.