Based on Tom's judgment of Li Xiangrong, this Jade Rabbit Type III armor is his lifeline. He finally handed it back, but how could it be easily released again. Especially since I had a conflict with him before, he absolutely couldn't have sent this No.1 armor to me again.
The only one who can do that, besides Bai Sifei, the head of the R&D department, is Shen Jiayi, the general manager of Haiwei Mini Industry.
"Is this armor transferred by General Shen?"
Yan Xuebing nodded and said, "Hmm, the deployment order from General Shen. This Jade Rabbit Type 3 No.1 armor has already been deployed for you to use. By the way, there are also a few crystals, including the dark red powerful crystal you brought back from the machinery factory. After all, with your actual combat records and data on using this armor, the factory can produce new ones at any time. However, there are still requirements..." He put down his backpack and took out a stack of documents from inside. "Sign it."
Tom picked it up and took a rough look, which was used to prove the ownership of this armor. As long as Tom is still fighting for the shelter, the right to use this armor belongs to him.
Just as an exchange, any changes to his armor and usage experience belong to the shelter. Yan Xuebing, as the technical team of this armor, is responsible for following Tom's participation in the subsequent improvements and battles.
"Technical team?" Tom looked around and asked again, "Where are the others?"
Yan Xuebing continued to study the male ant armor and said, "No, I'm the only one coming here. The department chief didn't let anyone else go, so he kicked me out and said I betrayed him, making me go. So... if you don't take me in, I'm probably going to sweep the floor."
"Betrayal? Just because you said a few more words to me?"
Yan Xuebing poked his head into the armor, and his attention was drawn to the spinal connection part of the armor. After a while, he said, "Well... the section chief is very stingy, and everyone is afraid of offending him. I'm also tired under his command, so I just moved a nest. Hmm... you don't want me, do you... I made most of the designs for the Jade Rabbit III armor, of course, our section chief doesn't think so."
Tom thought it was a bit interesting, so he asked him, "So what did you see just now?"
"Hmm... from the material of the energy backpack to the spine connected to the wearer, you added a rare metal there. That's the spine made using the energy conduction material technology you submitted, and the rare metal should be gold. However, gold has low fatigue resistance, so you insisted on adding it and used a troublesome embedding design. There must be a reason. It's just that you didn't explain this in the original blueprint design draft."
Tom smiled and the guy noticed the problem so quickly, so he reached out and said, "Okay, welcome to join!"
Yan Xuebing nodded and shook hands with him, "I will find the reason."
After the two parted ways, Tom suddenly had an idea and quickly flipped through the documents, then asked, "Is this Jade Rabbit Type 3 limited to only me being able to use it?"
"No, theoretically you can use it for your teammates," Yan Xuebing said. "That's what Assistant Bai said."
"White assistant? Oh, Bai Tingting." The female assistant of Shen Jiayi, Tom remembers that she was still siblings with Bai Sifei.
Tom has an assistant, but he is responsible for the project of male ant armor. The armor he tinkered with himself is a private job, and he has no obligation. But with the addition of Yan Xuebing, there will be more people involved.
He originally wanted to build his own armor to use, and level 5 red crystals were relatively scarce, so there was no need to use them to deal with Xiaoxiami mutated creatures. So for ordinary armor, he also needs a set.
At this moment, a more advanced Jade Rabbit Type 3 was sent, but Tom didn't want to wear it, after all, the one he designed himself was more in line with his ideas. So he planned to give Yutu Type 3 No.1 to Ouyang Haotian for use, while continuing to modify this set of Yutu Type 1 himself.
For crystals, they are naturally used for testing Tom. One of the dark red ones was obtained from the mutated black ants they killed at the Zhenhua Machinery Factory. The heads of those black ants were very hard and contained iron, and the crystals dug out were very unique. It's just that it's no different from ordinary red ones when used, so Tom brought it back to the shelter, hoping they would see what's going on.
According to Yan Xuebing, this dark red crystal has undergone various tests and the energy stored inside is no different from that of the red one. After learning about this, Shen Jiayi decided to allocate two to Tom, probably to see if Tom could discover any other secrets about this crystal.
With only a week left until the departure of the Tianlong, Tom naturally accelerated the restructuring process. Ouyang Haotian also entered the male ant project team as the co pilot of the male ant armor... No, it was the lower body wearer, because the male ant has entered the final debugging stage.
And the male ants also moved to the sixth experimental field of the R&D department, where they conducted various movement tests. The Type 1 armor of Jade Rabbit III, as well as the armor modified by Tom using the Type 1 armor of Jade Rabbit, have also been transferred here.
In order to test the performance of these armor, Number 5 called in several awakeners who also wore awakener armor and had them engage in various battles with Tom.
This includes Pan Ruyi from the third ranked Thunder team, who participated in Tom's battle against the Mutant Chicken that day.
Then there is the first ranked Wild Wolf Squad, whose captain Pan Mingda is Pan Ruyi's brother and also a martial arts master. Wearing Awakener armor, their combat power explodes on the table.
Most of the awakened members of the Eighth Courtyard were dissatisfied with Tom, the airborne consultant, even if there were reports of the subway station battle. So this time, Pan Mingda naturally found a good opportunity to have a fight with Tom, in name of training, but in reality, it was just his weight.
For a moment, besides the Awakened Ones, there were also security soldiers who came upon hearing the news. They all wanted to see the famous Awakened Ones in the shelter compete in armor.
Pan Mingda was wearing the Jade Rabbit Type 2 armor, while Tom was wearing a clearly modified version of the Jade Rabbit Type 1 armor, which made many people dissatisfied.
One type of armor can be said to be a clothes rack, with various components and protective gear being very primitive and rough. Even if it enhances speed, it can be very difficult to run and very inconvenient. Awakeners who pass through it deeply understand.
Now Tom is wearing Type 1 armor to fight against Pan Mingda's customized Type 2 armor? They thought that if Tom lost, he would definitely rely on this old armor, so they all shouted for Tom to switch to Type 2.
However, after the competition began, the awakeners who had passed through Type 1 armor immediately shut up.
Tom's Type 1 armor is as agile and agile as Pan Mingda's Type 2 armor. Whether it's the smoothness of running or the naturalness of close combat, there is no trace of Type 1 armor. Now they could see that Tom was not wearing the same type of armor, he must be trying to make Pan Mingda numb.
After all, the Tianlong expedition is approaching, and as one of the main forces, Tom cannot be delayed, so their competition is strictly limited by No. 5. Both sides fought each other a few times, but it was just a matter of simplicity, and then they were asked to undergo a sports test.
After a round of competition, everyone saw that Pan Mingda's performance and grades were slightly higher than Tom's, and overall, he was 30 points higher than Tom's.
Winning was something that many awakened people in the Eighth Courtyard cheered for, but Pan Mingda, who took off his helmet, appeared less happy.
"Brother Pan, good job!" Liang Guodong, the captain of the Spring Knife Squad, took the lead in welcoming him and directly extended his thumb, loudly praising him. "It's just for this shameless relationship holder to see. Our Eighth Courtyard relies on our strength to speak. He might as well go back to his metal forging factory and become his forging master."
His words made Liao Jinglei behind her shake her head secretly. Although Tom lost, the gap was not that big. After all, Pan Mingda's melee can be said to be the strongest in the entire Eighth Courtyard. Even if Tom loses to him, he is still stronger than the other Awakeners present.
But looking back, she saw that most awakened beings seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally ignored this situation, and everyone was extremely proud, as if they were the one who defeated Tom.
On the other hand, the true winner, Pan Mingda, was completely unhappy. Faced with the admiration of Liang Guodong and others, he remained silent and turned around before leaving.
"Brother Pan lost." Liao Jinglei suddenly realized the problem, so she quietly followed suit. Arriving at a remote place next to the training ground, I saw Pan Mingda taking off his upper armor and sitting there numbly.
"Pan Ge, you... hello."
Pan Mingda looked up and saw that it was her. He smiled bitterly and said, "It's Xiaolei."
"Everyone thinks Tom lost to you, but don't you think... it's... right?"
Pan Mingda looked at her in a trance for a while and asked, "The instructor said you entered the spiritual world of that person surnamed An. How is he...?"
Liao Jinglei nodded and replied, "Yes... um... I carefully recalled for a few days when I came back. I think he is a lonely person, but he is very strong. Moreover, he is also a gentle person, as can be seen from the memory of the child he wanted to rescue from the supermarket."
Pan Mingda slapped his thigh fiercely and stood up, "I've made up my mind. I want to apply to join the expedition team. I want to follow him, see him fight with my own eyes, and see his true strength."
"Real strength?" Liao Jinglei was a bit puzzled. "He didn't give his all in the competition just now?"
"He is conducting tests, and for him, I am like a testing machine. This is not a real competition. I think... true strength can only be demonstrated when facing life and death threats."
Liao Jinglei hesitated for a moment and said, "I... I also want to go, but our captain refuses to participate."
"I can apply to temporarily transfer you over, but Liang Guodong can't refuse. How about that?"
Liao Jinglei nodded happily and said, "That's great!"
Since returning from the subway station, Liao Jinglei has had a strong interest in this "paratrooper" Tom. She inquired about things related to him through various channels, and then combined it with the memories she had glimpsed from his inner world to speculate. The more she speculated, the more she felt that this seemingly ordinary appearance of Tom contained deeper and deeper charm. It seemed like a vortex full of temptation, making her unable to take her gaze away after just a glance.
Continue to follow Tom and see how he performs. This is the idea that Liao Jinglei came up with. Suddenly, she seemed to understand why Mr. Shen repeatedly sent people to search and rescue Tom, and now why he was being used again.
Upon learning that the Tianlong expedition was not a mandatory task for the Awakened Squad, her captain Liang Guodong immediately refused her request to participate. She was in distress, and now the top ranked wolf team had signed up and was willing to lend her. Of course, she was very happy and immediately hummed a tune, smiling as she went back to her dormitory to pack her things.