120: Chapter 120: Armor Skill Modules, The Battle of Heroes Begins!

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Su Yang finally decided to enable the Foundry, taking a deep breath.

He had wanted to upgrade General Li Xin's battle armor for a while.

Unfortunately, there were too many critical upgrades, so after unlocking the Foundry, he had only used it to paint the Blazing Steed.

Now, it was finally time to put it to use.

Su Yang focused his mind and opened the Foundry panel.

Countless complex options popped up. He skillfully closed them one by one, leaving only the upgradeable items.

[Foundry Panel]

[Name: Iron Power Armor]

[Wearer: General Li Xin]

[Quality: Common]

[Installable Skill Modules: 1]

[Installed Skill Modules: 0]

[Power Core: Steam Power]

[Upgradable: Internal Combustion Engine Drive]

[Modification Effect: Completely replace the power core, improve engine propulsion effect]

[Modification Cost: 20 units of Steel, 10 units of Iron Ore, 5000 command points]

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[Armor Body: Iron Armor]

[Upgradable: Steel Armor]

[Modification Effect: Comprehensively upgrade armor protection attributes, increase flexibility]

[Modification Cost: 30 units of Steel, 20 units of Iron Ore, 20 units of Copper Ore, 8000 command points]

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[Equipped Weapon: Silver-Iron Spear]

[Upgradable: Steel Spear]

[Modification Effect: Change power mechanism, increase rotational torque, improve damage and armor-piercing attributes]

[Modification Cost: 20 units of Steel, 10 units of Iron Ore, 5000 command points]

[Completing the full set of upgrades will promote the battle armor to Steel Power Armor, with no increase in quality]

[Armor Evaluation: A soulless assembly-line battle armor, recommended to replace as soon as possible]

Resources were currently abundant, so Su Yang directly invested command points to give General Li Xin a full set of upgrades.

[command points - 12600]

[Internal Combustion Engine Drive upgrading...]

[Steel Armor upgrading...]

[Steel Spear upgrading...]

The Foundry rumbled and operated, and the results soon appeared.

[Iron Power Armor (Steam Power) >>> Steel Power Armor (Hybrid Power)]

[Battle armor gains passive effect: Will of Breaking the Formation]

[When initiating a charge, part of the kinetic energy can be stored to increase piercing damage for the next attack]

[Steel Power Armor upgrade complete, no increase in quality]

[Armor Evaluation: A bit of standard, but still an assembly-line battle armor, recommended not to wear]

After the upgrade, not only were all parts of the battle armor upgraded, but a battle armor effect was also unlocked.

Unlike General Meng Tian's battle armor, which had an effect that absorbed impact damage, General Li Xin's battle armor effect increased damage upon charging.

This was indeed more suitable for General Li Xin's positioning as a vanguard.

After upgrading General Li Xin's battle armor, Su Yang suddenly noticed another upgradeable option in the corner of the panel.

[Craftable Skill Modules]

[Module: Mimicry Armor]

[Effect: After loading, the battle armor can unlock mimicry capabilities. Consuming a large amount of energy allows the battle armor to enter a short mimicry mode]

[In mimicry mode, the battle armor will simulate everything in the surrounding environment to achieve stealth effects. The more complex the environment, the better the mimicry effect]

[Crafting Cost]

[Mimicry Armor * 1]

[command points 10000]

[Removable: Yes]

[Mutually Exclusive Modules: Any skill module that causes the user to be revealed]

He almost forgot about this Mimicry Armor!

Su Yang's eyes flickered; this effect was quite good.

As long as he killed Tyranid Warriors with special abilities to obtain loot, he could craft the corresponding skill modules.

Stealth capabilities could greatly increase the combat ceiling, which was a very good additional ability.

Su Yang did not hesitate and directly invested command points.

[command points - 7000]

[Skill Module Mimicry Armor upgrading...]

[Upgrade complete, please select loading target]

Stealth capabilities were better suited for General Li Xin, who excelled in raids.

High mobility combined with strong offensiveness made executing decapitation strikes easy.

General Meng Tian's fighting style was broad and open, causing too much noise, so stealth probably wouldn't be very useful.

[Loading target: General Li Xin, selection complete]

With the selection complete, Su Yang upgraded all Rank 3 Imperial Armor units, consuming a total of 43,400 command points.

Afterward, he equipped the Armored Elite Soldiers with the alligator bones from his backpack.

There were three alligator bones in total, equipped for 30 Armored Elite Soldiers, costing 15,000, or 10,500 command points after the discount.

Finally, he opened the tech tree and dragged the Skyfire Guard's gelatinous liquid fuel into the Thousand Mechanism Tower.

[command points - 5600]

[Technology Gelatinous Liquid Fuel upgrading...]

[Remaining time: 1d]

Just in the last 5 minutes of the Military Powerhouse BUFF, he clicked on the last upgradeable technology.

Thus, all war-related upgrades brought by the Rank 4 Main Base were finished.

Only a little over 1,000 command points remained, perfectly spent.

In three days, killing the Insect Swarm for command points, expanding the army, and upgrading technology—Su Yang felt he had used the Military Powerhouse BUFF to the extreme.

Within three days, this BUFF had saved the territory at least 40,000 to 50,000 command points.

After clicking the last technology, Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

The several short-term goals he had set had been successfully achieved, and he felt very relieved and reassured.

Now, the only remaining problem in the territory was food reserves.

The expansion of the army made food reserves even tighter. Based on the current population, it was estimated that food would be completely exhausted by next week.

Hunting was not a long-term solution; to support a large population in the future, he had to unlock agriculture.

Now, he could only hope the Scouts would have some success in the southwest dense forest.

In the last few minutes of the third day, Su Yang opened the territory panel.

Everything that needed to be upgraded for the Rank 4 territory was mostly done, so it was time to appreciate his achievements.

[Territory Panel]

[Territory: Qin]

[Lord: Su Yang]

[Affiliation: Dragon Country]

[Main Base Rank: Rank 4 lords residence]

[Territory Building (Resource): Rank 4 Hybrid Power Mining Machine * 10, Rank 4 Hybrid Power High-Pressure Water Pump * 1, Solid Resource Warehouse * 1, Liquid Resource Warehouse * 1]

[Territory Building (Industrial); Rank 1 Great Qin Smelting Center, Rank 1 Great Qin Chemical Center, Rank 1 Biomass Fuel Station]

[Territory Building (Technology): Rank 4 Mo Family Thousand Mechanism Tower, Rank 1 Gongshu Heavy Weaponry Camp, Shennong Creation Institute]

[Territory Building (Combat): Rank 4 Imperial Armor Camp, Rank 4 Barracks * 210]

[Territory Building (Defense): Rank 2 Stone City Wall (Trait Enhanced) * 1050, Rank 1 ballista tower * 4, Rank 1 skyfire tower * 1]

[Combat Units: Rank 4 Great Qin Armored Elite Soldier * 110, Rank 4 Great Qin Armored Crossbowmen * 80, Rank 4 Great Qin Thousand-Mile Scout * 10, Rank 1 Great Qin Skyfire Guard * 4, Rank 1 Great Qin Fire Dragon Guard * 4]

[Hero Units: Rank 2 General Li Xin, Rank 1 General Meng Tian]

[Resources: Water Resources: 1363 units, Stone Mine Resources: 786 units, Coal Resources: 351 units, Metal Copper: 253 units, Metal Iron: 50 units]

[Territory Buff/Debuff: Rank 3 Military Powerhouse (Remaining time: 0:04), Rank 5 Gaze of the Abyss (Duration: /)]

[command points: 1853]

Looking at the territory panel, Su Yang felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Not only had he upgraded the Imperial Armor Legion to Rank 4, but he had also upgraded all production facilities to Rank 4.

Vehicles, steel fuel, the Foundry, and even the alien technology station.

He hadn't realized the territory had gained so many upgrades during the Rank 4 Main Base period.

Su Yang nodded slightly and then closed the territory panel.

After several major battles over the past few days, both he and his soldiers were somewhat exhausted.

It was perfect that all upgrades were finished today; he could get a good sleep to restore his energy.

Su Yang returned to the lords residence, and just as he stepped inside, the System message sounded.

[Special Event Triggered: Spacetime Turbulence, a certain Universe crack has been opened, time and rules have become chaotic]

[Arrival Night event advanced, time remaining until the Battle of Heroic Souls begins: 00:00:46]

A special event!?

Arrival Night advanced?

Su Yang's eyes were filled with confusion, and his thoughts raced.

What was going on!?