For example, radiation is only used during experiments, and normally it’s not present at all.
Qin Manman has only a half-understanding of this, and every time she goes to the lab, she’s paranoid about being harmed by radiation, leading to insomnia, nightmares, and hair loss...
These negative emotions also affect her at work, making everyone in the lab miserable.
Despite these ups and downs, Qin Manman’s research has finally started to make progress.
This time, she’s fully confident!
As the military secretly began the experimental phase of the first-generation exoskeleton armor, the time had already reached the end of 2020.
The research team was watching the big screen, seeing a soldier who had tested on the prototype slowly entering the cabin. As the countdown for the system operation started, everyone clenched their fists and tensed their nerves.
Hu Sisi, who had been heavily stressed, now had a precarious hairline and was present with Chu River at the site.
She habitually held a tablet in her arms, but the glasses that had gotten increasingly thicker had long lost the initial excitement about Iron Man she had when she first heard about mechanical armor.
Who wouldn’t be in over 200 days, either crunching data for the armor or working on circuits, cores, engines...
How many test machines had been scrapped at the initial tests? How many times had incorrect data led to reprimands? ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel·fıre·net
When she closes her eyes now, she only sees Chu River throwing over a stack of blueprints saying they were all to be scrapped.
As for Iron Man in her dreams.
—That was the extravagant fantasy only available when there’s no work!
The prototype had succeeded hundreds of times, each stable, all meeting expectations. Today’s official unveiling was to give the observing big shots a real surprise.
Accompanying them, Qin Yuze and various military leaders intended to say a few words to relax their expressions, but seeing Mr. Chu with his assistant by his side looking stern, their hearts also sank for some reason.
Until a clear and stable simulated electronic voice came from the test site:
[Self-check completed]
[Operating program normal]
The screen showed the soldier entering the prototype with a calm and trustworthy face.
He steadied his expression: "Feeling good, ready to enter the experiment anytime."
At this moment, the big shots were excited, while Chu River calmly replied:
"Prepare to take off, ground weapon test, precise targeting and shooting—begin!"
Of course, there were many big events in 2020.
Firstly, in early May, there was a mountain fire domestically. However, due to the distribution of the All-round Defense Suits, as soon as the fire started, forest firefighters rushed in, capturing the origin and development direction of the fire completely.
As more people brought equipment and vehicles and undertook high-altitude rain operations, they managed to stop the crisis in just three hours with zero casualties from close contact.
Secondly, the United States made indirect accusations, blaming domestic researchers for not fulfilling contracts and selling the same patent to various parties, suggesting Zheng Country was the mastermind...
Simultaneously, the spokesperson from the Foreign Ministry again slapped them hard with the same words—
[We’ve told you it was outdated, we didn’t want it, said don’t buy it, but you didn’t listen, insisted on buying it! Now you’ve suffered, come crying to mommy.]
The harm was minimal, but the insult was massive!
However, they couldn’t find evidence that the same patent was sold to multiple parties, so the team of lawyers argued for half a year and only managed to strip-less-than-500 million in compensation from Qin Manman.
Additionally, although David was forced to return to his country, his heartfelt enthusiasm remained unchanged.
Through continuous online communication later, he became one of Qin Manman’s most trusted people.
Now, he looked at the sentence in his email again, unable to hold back a satisfied smile.
"Boss, I think I should go to Zheng Country once again."
The elder on the other side frowned in dissatisfaction.
"That Qin is no longer worth our attention—the stolen thing is really not trustworthy."
"No, no, no," David waved his finger.
"Our dear tech queen has come up with a new invention—anti-radiation material. It’s said that with this material, one can withstand the impact within 500 meters of a nuclear explosion for an hour."
The elder stood up suddenly, eyes like a hawk, staring at David: "Is it worth trusting?"
David laughed: "Goodness! Although this tech queen’s brain isn’t as large as a parrot’s, she values her reputation greatly and desperately seeks recognition and acknowledgment!"