Chapter 292: The Freely Soaring Tianlong Battle Armor

"Such a powerful Bio-Armor, if the Military could equip a few sets..."

Hao Zude's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously imagined the scenario of the Military being equipped with Bio-Armor, an urgent longing rising in his heart.

Watching Su Xin finish the subsequent tests one after another and walk out of the testing room, Hao Zude couldn't wait to greet him and asked excitedly:

"Student Su, what conditions are required for the Bio-Armor to be sold to us?"

Su Xin shook his head:

"The Bio-Armor will not be sold externally, because every person's Bio-Armor must be cultivated individually, and the process is extremely cumbersome. Let alone selling them, even just producing a few more sets would take a great deal of my energy."

"Plus, the subsequent upgrades, and perhaps maintenance and care, all require me to be personally responsible."

"I don't have that much energy."

Hearing this, although Hao Zude was disappointed, he had no negative emotions, only saying with regret:

"That is truly a pity."

"However..."

At this moment, Su Xin changed the subject and added:

"Although I will not sell the Bio-Armor, I may develop other types of armor in the future to be popularized externally, to enhance the combat power of Blue Star."

"Furthermore..."

"The amplification effect of the Bio-Armor is actually not as exaggerated as Director Hao thinks."

Hao Zude looked at him in confusion:

"Why do you say that? I saw your test performance just now with my own eyes: strength increased twenty-fold, speed increased by more than three times, and the defensive power and reaction speed were also ridiculously strong. Although the attack burst power wasn't tested, you also said it already exceeded the machine's testing limit."

"Is such performance not considered strong?"

Su Xin smiled and shook his head:

"I told you before that the amplification effect of the Tianlong Battle Armor is based on my physical fitness, equivalent to a fixed multiplier."

"Its amplification effect is actually not twenty times, but only ten times."

"Ten times?"

"If I remember correctly, your strength test result just now was ten thousand jin. If it's ten times, wouldn't your original strength have reached one thousand jin?"

"The test result of the Tianji No. 2 enhancer just now was only about five hundred jin..."

Hao Zude said, suddenly widening his eyes:

"Could it be that you didn't just develop the Tianji No. 2 serum, but have actually developed an advanced... Tianji No. 3?"

"Yes."

Su Xin smiled: "I not only used the Tianji No. 2, but also used the latest Tianji No. 3. My basic physical fitness had already reached ten times that of an ordinary person, with a single-arm strength of one thousand jin."

"Even without wearing the Tianlong Battle Armor, my hundred-meter sprint speed can reach under five seconds."

"My own physical fitness is strong enough, which is why there were such exaggerated performance data under the amplification of the Tianlong Battle Armor. This is not entirely the effect of the Tianlong Battle Armor, so you don't need to be too envious."

"So that's how it is."

Hao Zude nodded in realization.

Although he understood that the effect of the Tianlong Battle Armor was not as exaggerated as he had imagined, he still couldn't help but feel some longing.

After all, no matter how strong an enhancer's physical fitness is, they cannot withstand bullets, and the role they play on the battlefield is far inferior to the Tianlong Battle Armor.

In his view, the most important function of the Tianlong Battle Armor is to provide powerful defensive power and strong regeneration speed, allowing the wearer to possess super survivability on the battlefield.

Only when the survivability is strong enough can combat power be fully realized.

Although he felt regret in his heart, Hao Zude still wore a bright smile on his face as he looked at Su Xin and praised him sincerely:

"I originally thought you had only developed the Tianji No. 2. I didn't expect you to have upgraded two generations at once, even developing the Tianji No. 3. This speed of upgrading is too fast!"

He was invited by Su Xin today to come and watch the performance of the Tianji No. 2 serum enhancer.

Originally, he was very satisfied with the performance of the Tianji No. 2 enhancer just now, but now that he heard Su Xin say that the Tianji No. 3 had been developed, he had no heart to talk about the Tianji No. 2.

There is a more advanced product.

Who would want the outdated previous generation?

He looked at Su Xin's expression and tentatively asked: "Student Su, look, since your latest Tianji No. 3 is out, can you provide us with the latest product directly?"

Su Xin shook his head:

"Director Hao, the production conditions for the Tianji No. 3 serum are very complex. Currently, mass production is basically impossible. Even in the Laboratory, it takes at least half a month to potentially formulate one dose."

"It is actually similar to the Tianlong Battle Armor; it is basically equivalent to a specially customized version, and it is still a long way from mass production."

"Moreover, the effect of the Tianji No. 3 is too strong. Only those who have been enhanced by the Tianji No. 2 serum can withstand the enhancement process. Therefore, it must be done step by step, using the Tianji No. 2 first."

"When there is a way to mass-produce the Tianji No. 3 in the future, I will supply it to you."

Su Xin was indeed not lying.

Over the past few months, he had encountered obstacles in his research on the Tianlong Cell and could not make a breakthrough, so he had to shift his focus to the research of the Tianji Series serums. That was why he had made continuous breakthroughs, successively developing the Tianji No. 2 and the stronger Tianji No. 3.

However, during the process of using the Tianji No. 3, because the physical enhancement was too great, he could never eliminate the side effects during the enhancement process.

All ordinary experimental subjects died.

Only the enhanced experimental subjects who had used the Tianji No. 2 could withstand the intense side effects during the experiment.

And even so, the enhancement process using the Tianji No. 3 serum was extremely painful.

That feeling was something Su Xin could still not forget.

"Alright then!"

Hao Zude shrugged.

"By the way, the test of the Tianlong Battle Armor isn't over yet. Director Hao, please follow me."

Su Xin suddenly smiled mysteriously and turned to walk outside.

Hao Zude did not understand why, but he quickly followed Su Xin's footsteps and arrived outdoors.

Su Xin, wearing the Tianlong Battle Armor, had already come to a stop not far from the gate, head held high and chest out, his chin tilted slightly upward.

"Student Su..."

Just as Hao Zude was preparing to ask something, he saw Su Xin's tall body suddenly shoot up from the ground, charging straight into the clouds at an extremely high speed.

"Whoosh!"

A powerful gust of wind blew wildly.

Hao Zude's clothes and hair were whipped about, his eyes squinting involuntarily as he raised a hand to shield his face, struggling to focus his gaze on the black shadow in the sky.

"He actually... flew?"

"Bio-Armor can actually fly too?"

Hao Zude was completely dumbfounded.

He had thought the Tianlong Battle Armor was already powerful enough, but he never imagined that this suit of armor would also possess flight capabilities, and it looked to be much faster than a standard helicopter.

Flight capability is a function of immense strategic value; whether or not it has this function puts the value of the Tianlong Battle Armor on two completely different levels.

The reason fighter jets are so important in modern warfare is precisely because they possess air superiority.

One can ignore the vast majority of terrain, quickly invade or escape, and conduct rapid reconnaissance or strikes against ground enemies from a high vantage point.

If the opponent lacks equivalent means to counter one's own air superiority, it means they can only be slaughtered at will, with no power to fight back.

The value of the Tianlong Battle Armor, now that it can fly, has directly increased by a level compared to before.

"It seems humanity is truly about to enter the sci-fi era!"

Hao Zude looked up at the sky in a daze.

In the sky.

Su Xin's figure was straight, his head held high toward the heavens.

Around his body, over a hundred micro Jet Nodes were spraying powerful air currents downward, the reaction force pushing his body to rise continuously, straight into the cloud layer!

"This is the feeling of flight!"

The corners of Su Xin's mouth curled up, the smile on his face unbridled and bold, his heart feeling incomparably exhilarated.

Ever since he completed the optimization of the Tianlong Cells a few days ago, this was only the third time he had flown into the sky.

Over these past few months, he had poured a massive amount of energy into strengthening the Tianlong Cells, wanting to make the Tianlong Cells strengthen in every aspect just like human cells.

But there had been no results at all.

It wasn't until some time ago, when even Sky Base No. 3 had been developed and there was still not the slightest hope of a breakthrough in strengthening the Tianlong Cells, that he decisively gave up the idea of continuing to strengthen them.

Instead, he turned to focus on specialized optimization of the Tianlong Cells' respiration.

This was much simpler.

It only required targeted improvements to a portion of the structure within the Tianlong Cells.

With the foundation of such long-term research, Su Xin completed the optimization quickly, and a few days ago, he successfully implanted the new, optimized Tianlong Cells into the Control Hub hidden at his collarbone.

After several experiments.

The amplification effect of the Tianlong Battle Armor remained at only ten times; the amplification effects for attack, defense, explosive power, and other aspects had not changed at all.

Only the respiratory capacity of the Tianlong Cells had been greatly enhanced, with the amount of gas exhaled per unit of time increasing significantly, which, after being gathered and compressed to be sprayed out, finally allowed him to fly into the sky.

But the cost was a greatly increased demand for oxygen and energy.

This was also thanks to his successive development of the Tian Base No. 2 and Sky Base No. 3 serums, which had caused his physical fitness to strengthen repeatedly, his physical stamina being more than ten times that of an ordinary person, which allowed him to support the energy consumption rate of the Tianlong Cells.

The compressed oxygen storage capacity of the Oxygen Storage Organ had been greatly enhanced, which was the only way to satisfy the consumption of the Tianlong Battle Armor.

And even so, Su Xin, whose body had undergone multiple strengthenings, could only persist for about ten minutes in flight mode; any longer and he would feel very obvious fatigue.

In the standard armored state, he could maintain it for at least half an hour or more.

When not wearing the Tianlong Battle Armor, he could remain energetic for three days and three nights.

After soaring freely in the sky for a while.

Su Xin turned and flew back toward the ground.

When he landed back in front of Hao Zude, the latter's eyes were full of envy.

"Student Su, you mentioned earlier that you would develop other types of armor for mass production later; those should also be equipped with flight capabilities, right?"

"Of course."

Su Xin smiled.

As he spoke, he moved his mind to deactivate the Tianlong Battle Armor on his body.

Instantly, countless Tianlong Cells rose from his body like dust, quickly dispersing into the surrounding air, and vanished into nothingness in the blink of an eye.