Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 74: Wings
Afternoon. Just as Chen Chu was feeding the heavy armored beast, Xia Youhui came rushing back, exclaiming, “A Chu, hurry, come see how cool I look!”
On the balcony, Chen Chu slowly opened his eyes.
“What’s so cool… you really got wings.”
Xia Youhui was wearing a freshly cleaned black and red battle armor, with a pair of metallic black folding wings on his back, covering half of his body, looking quite imposing.
But… do you really need to be this flashy? Chen Chu felt a bit confused; he thought these guys were just joking.
Xia Youhui proudly walked over, doing a spin in front of Chen Chu, “Hehe… isn’t it very cool?”
Chen Chu was speechless, “It is cool, but those wings must weigh at least twenty or thirty kilograms. With the weight of the battle armor, don’t you think you’ll be running really heavy?”
Adding to that, with his over a hundred kilograms heavy shield weapon, his total load was over two hundred kilograms, making it impossible for him to outrun enemies in a fight.
“It is a bit heavy, but it's safe,” Xia Youhui replied proudly.
“My weapon is an alloy heavy shield, and my combat style is focused on frontal assault. Even piercing armor-piercing bullets can’t penetrate my shield, but the back is a different story.”
“Now that I have these metal wings on my back, it’s like having an extra layer of defense, and I even paid extra for the military factory to use reinforced alloy.”
“In this case, even if I get shot in the back by a sniper rifle, it won’t penetrate my battle armor. What do you think? Am I clever?”
Chen Chu nodded in admiration, “...That is indeed clever. Did Liu Feng also add wings?”
“No, his martial skills are different from mine, and too much weight would affect his agility, so he just doubled the thickness of the armor on the front and back of his battle armor, and added some shiny sequins painted gold.”
“It’s not just us; many classmates went to the base factory to reinforce their battle armor, sacrificing a bit of speed, which is fine.”
At this moment, Xia Youhui suggested, “A Chu, I recommend you reinforce the front and back of your battle armor too, mainly to guard against snipers in the dark.”
I thought that classmate's death didn’t affect anyone; it seems everyone is aware of the defense issues.
“I’ve noticed that problem a long time ago, but I don’t need it. Too heavy armor would affect my speed.” Chen Chu continued, “Don’t forget what blade technique I practice. As long as there’s a hostile gaze on me, I’ll sense it; sniper rifles aren’t much of a threat to me.”
Xia Youhui was taken aback for a moment, then quickly caught on, “I almost forgot, A Chu, you practice the mind's eye blade technique, and you’ve really reached the heart eye realm.”
Saying this, a hint of envy appeared on his face.
He had heard of the mind's eye bright blade technique and was very interested in the heart eye realm, which could sense danger in a mystical way.
Unfortunately, his brother had said he didn’t have that talent.
That technique was something most people couldn’t cultivate; even if they forced themselves, they could only learn the ordinary ming wang blade technique and couldn’t enter the heart eye realm.
“A Chu, do you want to go to the training ground at the base with me?”
Chen Chu shook his head, “No, I prefer to train quietly by myself.”
“...Alright.” Xia Youhui nodded.
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In the conference room, General Hong Zeshan sat at the main seat, flanked by advisors, aides, several military experts with the rank of colonel, and Pang Long.
Hong Zeshan said solemnly, “Today, a genius from Martial High and five warriors sacrificed during a surprise attack by the rebel forces. I feel very regretful.”
“However, it was their sacrifice that allowed us to capture a high-ranking fanatic.”
“Through my secret method of shaking the spiritual will for interrogation, we have currently locked onto the fleeing main stronghold of the cult of the evil god, where there are also remnants of the rebel forces.”