22: Chapter 22 The Beginning of the Battle for Supremacy! 10,000 Prestige Points - Claim the System Upgrade Quest!

Ren Xueyi, as Lin Mo's personal secretary, spent the entire day busy following behind Lin Mo, becoming drenched in sweat from exhaustion every day.

However, no one in the research base felt the work was arduous. In fact, they felt honored!

To be able to participate in such epoch-making military technology research and development that was destined to succeed could simply be described with the word "happiness"!

As the project progressed, the worldviews of all researchers and engineers participating in the project were refreshed every day.

"Can Individual Exoskeleton Armor really be designed like this?!"

"With such terrifyingly monstrous firepower configuration, could an entire fully armed armored battalion even compete against it?"

"And then there are those life support systems, auxiliary flight systems, intelligent behavior adaptation systems..."

"Are they really trying to build a real-life version of the Iron Man armor?"

"Is this what the people of Huaxia call playing for real?"

As the project leads, the three deputy chief designers, recalling how they had spent years making no progress and wasting tens of billions in funding, only to now simply follow the design blueprints, felt like crying!

Consequently, the three deputy chief designers worked with increasing enthusiasm, charging to the front for everything and leading the entire project team to work their hearts out. The entire project was advancing at a terrifying speed.

Half a month later. Midnight.

The research base was still brightly lit, with all researchers and engineers working fervently. The entire research base was bustling with activity, looking nothing like it was the middle of the night.

Inside the chief designer's office, Lin Mo, who was adjusting the armor's performance parameters, suddenly froze. A familiar system notification sound rang out in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Daily Settlement: Successfully inspired the vast people of Huaxia, Huaxia's national fortune increased, obtained 463 Prestige Points...]

[Current Prestige Points: 10023 (Beginning of Hegemony Phase)]

[Congratulations to the host, you may claim the first system upgrade mission.]

[Claim it?]

Lin Mo silently whispered, "Yes!"

The system's voice rang out again.

[Mission successfully claimed!]

[First System Upgrade Mission — "Beginning of Hegemony"]

[Mission Requirements: Utilizing the individual combat equipment "Kunlun Armor", provide a massive boost of confidence to the people of Huaxia, and implement a massive strategic intimidation against the Western Alliance countries led by Eagle Country!]

[Mission Rewards:]

[1. Obtain 20,000 Prestige Points.]

[2. System upgrades to 2.0, unlocking the second tier of technology.]

[3. The Prestige System enters the Sky Overlord phase, unlocking a brand new feature — Prestige Point Exchange.]

After hearing the mission requirements, Lin Mo put down the documents and rubbed his temples, falling into deep thought.

Was this upgrade mission a bit too vague?

What was considered a "massive" boost of confidence?

What was considered "massive" strategic intimidation?

The quantifier "massive" was not precise at all... Could they not use Arabic numerals instead!

Thinking of this, Lin Mo slapped his forehead. He must have been made stupid by staying up late; the system actually gave a hint...

The mission reward was 20,000 Prestige Points!

Previously, through General Li Jingwu's cunning operations and utilizing Lin Mo's Exoskeleton Armor, they had conducted a circuitous but successful strategic intimidation.

Eagle Country had even changed various blockades against Huaxia because of it, but the reward back then was only 2,000 Prestige Points!

And now, the mission reward was 20,000! That was exactly ten times more than before!

What did that mean? Lin Mo had a definite idea in his mind.

First, it must be the complete version of the "Kunlun Armor"!

Second, it must be in a major, public, nationwide military event where this epoch-making individual combat equipment would display all of its terrifying performance capabilities head-on!

Only then could the massive confidence boost and massive strategic intimidation required by the upgrade mission be achieved!

Thinking of this, Lin Mo smiled bitterly.

Wasn't the Strategic Intimidation Bureau all about playing dirty? Why, according to the system's behavior, did it want him to keep confronting Eagle Country head-on!

Furthermore, to gain approval from higher-ups to truly make the Kunlun Armor, which was currently classified as an SSS-level state secret, public, the resistance to overcome would be immense.

Yet, completing the system upgrade mission as soon as possible to unlock the second tier of technology was crucial!

How should he proceed? Lin Mo fell into a long period of deep thought.

In the blink of an eye, there were two days left until Dragon Army Day.

At 9:00 AM, at the General Armament Department of the Supreme Military Region, a military armored vehicle slowly drove in and stopped in front of the office building. The car door opened, and a person stepped out.

It was a naval officer wearing a sea-blue military uniform with three stars on his shoulders! Those who usually followed the Huaxia military could recognize at a glance that this high-ranking general was none other than the Commander of the Southern Military Region, General Hu Yanwen!

"I didn't expect this. You were patrolling the Nanyang just a few days ago, and yet you, Old Hu, actually rushed over here!" At this moment, several people were already standing in front of the office building's main entrance.

"What's wrong? You're allowed to come, but I'm not?" General Hu Yanwen, Commander of the Southern Military Region, said calmly, "Didn't you, Old Deng, also rush over from the Great Northwest?"

Among the high-ranking officials of the Dragon Army, there was only one person with the surname Deng. It was Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang!

"You can come!" Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang, said decisively, "But this time, the Individual Exoskeleton Armor belongs to my Western Military Region!"

General Hu Yanwen smiled. "It belongs to you? Who was the one laughing the hardest at General Li Jingwu last time?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang, looked instantly embarrassed.

At the beginning of this year, the Exoskeleton Armor project led by General Li Jingwu was declared a failure and was severely criticized by leaders at the General Commander's meeting.

Afterwards, Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang, treated it as a joke, calling General Li Jingwu every day to make sarcastic remarks. Eventually, even his phone number was blocked by General Li Jingwu; he was the one who poked at the scar the hardest!

"Nonsense!" "General Li Jingwu is my beloved friend and brother..." Before Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by someone.

"Who the f*ck is your brother!" A person walked straight out of the building, followed by over a dozen officers. It was the Head of the General Armament Department, General Li Jingwu.

General Li Jingwu glanced sideways at Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang, and said indifferently, "I only have one enemy named Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang."

Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang, could only smile awkwardly. "General Li Jingwu, I came here to apologize, look at you..."

"Cut the f*cking crap, get lost, I don't know you!"

General Li Jingwu walked straight ahead. He felt extremely satisfied. This time, he would let him know what it meant for fortunes to change!

"Let's go, General Hu Yanwen, let's go to the main entrance together to welcome the leaders."

"Don't be like that! General Li Jingwu, hey hey, General Li Jingwu! Listen to me, last time was all a misunderstanding..."

Commander of Western Military Region, Deng Gaoxiang, chased after General Li Jingwu while cursing himself for having such bad luck.

His chief of staff had said that with Huaxia's scientific research level, it would take at least twenty years to build an Individual Exoskeleton Armor.

Who knew that the project declared a failure at the beginning of the year would be completed by General Li Jingwu in just a few months!

And the performance was monstrous, the kind of monstrous that could change the pattern of war!

Damn it, when he got back, he would punish that idiot chief of staff by making him run thirty laps!