9: Chapter 9 Phantom Assassin, Lifting a Truck, and You Call That a Soldier Exoskeleton?

Captain Liu Zhihui took a deep breath. Recalling the verification steps, he began to dart left and right. With every punch and kick, he unleashed his military combat techniques with full force.

A flurry of phantoms remained on the field, the dark, matte-finished armored figure appearing like a sci-fi assassin lurking in the shadows while standing in the sunlight!

Every swift and lethal combat move seemed to pierce the hearts of everyone present! It left all the onlookers cold to the bone, their scalps tingling!!

The sound of gasps echoed throughout the testing ground! The exhilarating feeling sent Captain Liu Zhihui's adrenaline skyrocketing!

"Awesome, this is absolutely insane!" Captain Liu Zhihui took deep, frantic breaths, exhaling a few puffs of stale air.

This stimulating sensation—even for a veteran special forces soldier like him, who had worn countless sets of Individual Exoskeleton Armor, felt like a fish finding water! There was absolutely no sense of heaviness, only an incomparable feeling of exhilaration!

The agility test concluded, and Captain Liu Zhihui continued the verification. Following the fixed procedures of the comprehensive Individual Exoskeleton Armor test, he announced, "Strength test!"

He first tried using the force-measuring equipment and felt it was very easy. So, he looked around and simply rushed toward the cab of a truck used to transport scientific research equipment nearby.

Walking over, he grabbed the most leverage-friendly spots with both hands and tried to apply force. He discovered that his strength seemed entirely sufficient.

He then exerted all his strength, and the nozzles at his arm joints emitted deep blue flames! The two-ton truck cab was actually lifted high into the air by Captain Liu Zhihui!!

This bizarre scene left everyone present completely stunned!

"Lin Mo... what... what is going on..." General Li Jingwu breathed rapidly, unable to speak clearly.

Beside him, Academician Lan Mingcheng and Xiang Guangming gulped hard. Did this kind of Exoskeleton Armor really exist? Lifting... lifting a truck? Was this still the real world? This was just too outrageous!

"Boom!" With a loud thud, Captain Liu Zhihui put down the truck cab. He bounced back to the group in a few steps and removed the black helmet. The excitement on his face had not faded.

With an exaggerated expression, he reported, "Report to the Commander!! Verification complete!"

"Jump height exceeds four meters, running speed exceeds eighty kilometers per hour! Agility exceeds the full-mark standard! Maximum load capacity exceeds three thousand kilograms!"

Hearing these figures, everyone was completely dumbfounded. In this world now, did Science and logic no longer apply?!

"Report to the Commander! I have another major discovery! This set of Exoskeleton Armor might... even be usable by ordinary people! And they wouldn't get hurt at all!" Captain Liu Zhihui's voice continued.

General Li Jingwu instinctively voiced his opposition. "How is that possible?! Exoskeleton Armor must be used by special forces soldiers to function normally! That is common knowledge to everyone!"

"Commander! It is true, or rather, that common knowledge still applies!" Captain Liu Zhihui's tone was exceptionally certain.

"The previously developed Individual Exoskeleton Armor generally suffered from poor joint flexibility. In layman's terms, that was a state of 'human adapting to the armor'."

"Only special forces soldiers with superior physical fitness and adaptability could possibly use the Individual Exoskeleton Armor, and it couldn't be deployed for actual combat at all."

"But this set of Individual Exoskeleton Armor developed by Lin Mo is different!" Captain Liu Zhihui said with burning eyes.

"The flexibility of this Exoskeleton Armor is extremely exaggerated; it has reached a state of 'armor adapting to the human', completely eliminating the need for special forces-level fitness!"

"If we say the full score for Individual Exoskeleton Armor flexibility is 100 points, then the score for normal usability is 60 points."

"Then, the best Individual Exoskeleton Armor developed by previous projects reached at most 40 points! Unless the load was significantly reduced and it was worn by special forces soldiers with superior physical fitness and adaptability, it could barely reach 60 points."

"And for the flexibility of this Individual Exoskeleton Armor by Lin Mo, my rating is! 180 points!"

Pfft!! Academician Lan Mingcheng couldn't hold back. You big brute, did a P.E. teacher teach you how to grade? You give 180 out of a maximum of 100?

Beside him, Xiang Guangming couldn't help but ask, "Captain Liu Zhihui, how did you come up with that score? Wasn't the maximum 100 points?"

Captain Liu Zhihui's voice was excited, and he continued to speak with a tremor. "The 100-point maximum flexibility I mentioned is the score for an Exoskeleton Armor that a special forces soldier can adapt to perfectly!"

"But this set of Exoskeleton Armor designed by Comrade Lin Mo is too insane, really too insane! No exaggeration, it's crazier than all the Exoskeleton Armor I've tested before!"

"During use, I didn't feel any pressure, and my muscles remained relaxed the entire time! This proves that ordinary people can also use it completely!"

"If experienced special operations forces were to use it, the power unleashed would definitely increase exponentially! Never mind 180 points; even 300, 500, or 1000 points wouldn't be overrating it at all!"

"It can be said that this is revolutionary and subversive Individual Exoskeleton Armor!"

After hearing Captain Liu Zhihui's words, the three bigwigs turned their heads to look at Lin Mo, waiting for him to explain a few things.

"It's just an intelligent behavioral habit matching system," Lin Mo said helplessly. "Respected examiners and leaders, I said before that I could demonstrate this armor myself, but you all refused to believe me."

"Armor flexibility is a technical bottleneck that must be overcome; how could I possibly not have taken that into consideration?" Everyone was speechless.

Who didn't know that armor flexibility was one of the biggest challenges? Knowing it was a problem didn't mean it could be solved. So many Ph.D. researchers had studied it for so many years and couldn't break through that technical barrier. How could a mere undergraduate student like him do it?

"President Lu, please invite Professor Ai Chongfeng over; we should listen to his explanation!" Xiang Guangming pondered for a moment and said helplessly to President Lu Qi of the University of Science and Technology of China. "I reckon this is a prank he specifically targeted at me!" Everyone suddenly realized.