Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 140 Dad, put on armor!
The car stopped at the door of the house. Wei Jiang opened the door and rushed directly into the yard, ignoring the small truck parked not far away from the yard.

The yard door was closed lightly. When I walked into the yard, I saw two corpses lying at my feet.

The lights in his father's room were off, and Wei Jiang could even vaguely hear his father snoring in his sleep.

His father's snoring made him feel at ease. Nothing made him feel more at ease than knowing that the person he cherished most was doing well.

Half-crouching beside a corpse, he reached out to remove the baseball cap on the other person's forehead, and a blue face appeared.

Looking at the other person's face which was obviously different from that of Dongda University, Hongxing was unable to find any useful information.

Even if Hongxing tried every means to invade the local social security and driver's license database of Chouying, there was no data matching the facial information of these two people.

He rummaged through the pockets of the corpse, but found very little.

A gun, some bondage straps, a bottle of LSD, and nothing else.

Wei Jiang did not give up and searched the other corpse. What he found was almost the same as the previous one, or even less.

There was an extra pack of Marlboro cigarettes and a box of matches, but everything else was basically the same.

Looking at these things on the ground, it is almost impossible to confirm the identity information of these two people through these things.

“When these two came, they should have prepared for the worst.”

Feeling depressed, Wei Jiang picked up the two pistols and looked them up and down. There were no obvious markings and the muzzles of the two guns were almost not worn, indicating that they had been used very rarely.

He casually put the two guns on his waist and looked at the two bodies on the ground that were almost stripped naked by him. Wei Jiang couldn't find a target to vent the anger accumulated in his heart.

"very good!"

"I have plenty of time, we can play slowly."

"Don't let me catch you, don't!"

There was a faint light appearing in the east of the sky. In order to prevent his father from seeing the two bodies, Wei Jiang had to act quickly, because in a few hours, the engineering team would be here.

He bent down, lifted the heavy body from under the armpits, and dragged it out the door.

In order not to disturb his father, Wei Jiang moved very carefully.

He felt that this scene was nothing, as he had experienced the killing on the battlefield. However, his father, who had been an honest man all his life, would definitely be traumatized after seeing this.

Fortunately, there were few residents in the village and there were no pedestrians on the village road outside the courtyard gate. Wei Jiang stuffed the body into the back seat of the car while panting.

Within ten minutes, the two bodies and all the debris were put into the car.

With a light click, the car door closed and Wei Jiang sat in the driver's seat.

"Red Star, take control of the surveillance cameras along the way. I want to throw these two things into the river."

"Oh yeah, we still have to deal with that pickup truck, what a hassle."

"Ok."

After a busy night, Wei Jiang was already exhausted, but he had no time to rest now.

When the sun officially rose from the east and the red light illuminated the surrounding areas of South City, Wei Jiang could finally sit on the lounge chair in the yard to rest.

After washing and changing into clean clothes, Wei Jiang held the brewed tea and ate the bread taken out of the refrigerator. His whole temperament exuded a sense of laziness.

When Wei Yonghe got up in the morning and opened the door, he saw Wei Jiang getting up abnormally early.

"Get up so early?"

"I don't even know what time you came back yesterday."

Wei Jiang turned his head and looked at his father. His father looked good and it seemed that what happened last night did not affect him.

"I came back a long time ago."

"Dad, would you like some tea to cleanse your stomach?"

Wei Yonghe nodded and sat on the chair next to Wei Jiang. He picked up the teacup and drank it. The warm tea washed away the bitterness in his mouth after a night's sleep and awakened his body to vitality.

"Comfortable."

After refilling his father's cup, Wei Jiang changed the subject and said casually:

"Dad, you should stay at home and watch over the decoration in the near future. Don't go out for now."

"If you have to go out for something, just tell me and I'll do it."

Picking up the teacup, Wei Yonghe looked at Wei Jiang in confusion. He didn't quite understand why his son said that.

Based on the natural concern of parents for their children, he immediately thought of the bad things in his mind.

"What happened? Is someone trying to cause trouble for you?"

"If it doesn't work, let's go out and hide."

Before, I went out to hide as an excuse to coax my father to go out, but now this trouble cannot be solved by just going out to hide.

"It's a small matter, don't worry, it's just that some people have dirty hands, I'm dealing with them recently."

Seeing the worry on his father's face, Wei Jiang smiled and said comfortingly:
"Don't worry, I'll be able to handle it in another month. You have to have faith in your son."

"Come, have some tea."

Wei Jiang made up these lies casually, and only he knew how much of them were true and how much were false. As long as it could prevent his father from running around recently, it would be enough.

"Okay, I understand."

"I'll stay home lately and not cause you any trouble."

"Wei Jiang, you should be more careful too. If you can't handle it, let's call the police. There are some things the police are more suitable for."

Wei Yonghe had long realized that what his son was doing now was definitely beyond the level that he, a former auto repair shop owner, could handle.

There are some things he cannot interfere with, all he can do is to cause less trouble for his son.

In response to his father's instructions, Wei Jiang nodded repeatedly.

When Wei Jiang got up and went to the kitchen to cook, several people from the engineering team walked in from outside the courtyard gate.

Looking at several familiar faces, Wei Jiang endured his tiredness and discussed with them the work to be completed today.
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A week later, under the name of Hongxing's registered overseas company, a professional manager was recruited from overseas to start contact with the authorities and a number of enterprises were taken over with the funds in Wei Jiang's hands.

The companies continue to employ their own employees and business operations appear to be no different from before, but this is only because Wei Jiang has not yet begun to transform these companies.

In a week, Wei Jiang went out early and came back late, and completed the exploration of the geographic information of Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, and Zhejiang Province. The progress of the regional exploration required for the Wuling outpost's enhanced mission one was 69%.

According to Wei Jiang’s plan, the next step is to complete the geographic information exploration of the two provinces before the outpost base can officially begin construction.

The remaining two provinces selected by Wei Jiang are eastern Shandong and western Jiangxi. These two provinces are far away from Nanshi. Wei Jiang wants to complete the regional exploration mission as soon as possible, but the efficiency of daytime travel is too low.

Just traveling to these two provinces would take a lot of time, and only a limited number of tasks could be completed in one day.

But if he didn't do that, he wouldn't feel comfortable leaving his father alone at home.

Wu Ling was not at home and Wei Jiang was very worried about his father's personal safety because he had no weapons to protect himself.

That night, Wei Jiang rented a large SUV and drove out, and did not return to the gate of the courtyard until after 10 o'clock in the evening.

"Red Star, make sure there is no one else around."

"Alert all surveillance cameras within 5 kilometers."

Sitting in the driver's seat, Wei Jiang looked around. It was all dark, with only the faint light of a highway lamp in the distance.

"Commander, the environment is safe, no suspicious persons are approaching."

Hearing Hong Xing's reply, Wei Jiang opened the car door, picked up the umbrella he had prepared in advance from the passenger seat and walked down.

The gate of the yard was opened, and the sound of the iron gate opening startled my father who was resting in the house.

"Why are you opening the door so late at night?"

Wei Yonghe stood at the door of the house wearing his coat and looking at Wei Jiang.

"Dad, come and give me a hand."

Wei Jiang raised the large umbrella in his hand.

Although he was puzzled by Wei Jiang's actions, Wei Yonghe still walked up to Wei Jiang.

Taking the large umbrella from his son's hand, Wei Yonghe picked it up and took a look. It was a very ordinary umbrella, but it was indeed very big.

"If it's not raining or blowing, what are you doing with this thing?"

Wei Jiang chuckled, took his father's arm and walked out the door.

The two men came to the rear of the SUV, and Wei Jiang reached out to open the tailgate.

"Open your umbrella and hold it high."

Wei Yonghe was a little confused by Wei Jiang's series of actions.

I took a look at the object covered with a black cloth at the back of the car. It was quite large.

"This child is weird."

He said this, but under Wei Jiang's urging, he still opened the umbrella and held it high as Wei Jiang instructed.

"Come closer, yes, just like that." Looking up to confirm that the edge of his father's umbrella was touching the roof of the car, Wei Jiang jumped into the car holding the door with one hand.

The black cloth was lifted, and with the help of the lights inside the car, a black pure metal mechanical object appeared in front of the two people.

Wei Yonghe was attracted by the thing in front of him.

Although he didn't know what this thing was specifically, he could see the workmanship on its surface and the exquisite mechanical structure within the gaps. As an old auto mechanic, he knew that this thing was definitely not simple.

"What is this?"

Wei Yonghe stretched out his hand to touch the thing in front of him, and the umbrella he was holding showed signs of being put down.

Wei Jiang quickly spoke out to stop him:

"Dad, you'll be watching in a bit, so please hold the umbrella open first."

Seeing Wei Jiang's mysterious look, Wei Yonghe could only suppress his curiosity and hold the umbrella.

Since his son had said so, he believed that his son would definitely answer his questions next.

"Could it be some treasure?"

"Look how nervous you are."

Wei Jiang could clearly see the insincerity in his father's expression.

"Hey, Dad, don't be surprised later."

"Remember not to scream. This is your son's and my biggest secret. It will be troublesome if others find out."

Hearing Wei Jiang's serious tone, Wei Yonghe's heart sank. His curiosity and thirst for knowledge were suppressed. His son's safety was more important.

After making sure his father was ready, Wei Jiang lifted his left foot and inserted it into a hole on top of the black mechanical creature, followed by his right foot.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with both feet, Wei Jiang looked up at his father.

"Dad, you must be quiet. Now is the moment to witness a miracle."

Wei Yonghe was made to feel uneasy by Wei Jiang's series of actions.

His son Wei Jiang stuffed his feet into this pitch-black thing, and it seemed as if his feet had grown into it.

"Take it easy, this thing looks a little dangerous."

"Don't make things worse."

With a smile on his face, Wei Jiang whispered a word.

"Dark Star Activated!"

The sound of metal gears turning suddenly rang out from the black mechanical creature beneath his feet.

Under the shocked gaze of his father Wei Yonghe, the pitch-black mechanical metal began to expand, and the originally integrated mechanical metal climbed up along Wei Jiang's legs.

In two seconds, the black mechanical metal climbed to Wei Jiang's chest.

Wei Yonghe opened his mouth wide and watched everything happening before his eyes.

"This, this, this."

He couldn't even utter a coherent sentence.

With his muscles tensed, he only remembered his son's instructions, and held the black umbrella tightly in his hands.

When the black machinery spread over Wei Jiang's bent head, the change finally ended.

Looking at Wei Jiang's head wrapped in black metal, and the red light band distributed in a triangular star pattern on the face of the helmet, Wei Yonghe could only utter some meaningless syllables in fear.

"Ah, this. This. Wei. Jiang."

Through the helmet vision, Wei Jiang said:
"Dad, don't be nervous. I'm fine. In fact, I'm fine. It couldn't be better."

Hearing his son's familiar voice, Wei Yonghe's emotions, which had been soaring, finally eased a little.

With his chest heaving, Wei Yonghe swallowed several times and said hesitantly:
"What is this thing?"

Because there was not enough space inside the SUV, Wei Jiang could only bend down and squat inside.

"Dad, let's go inside first. I'll explain it to you after we get in."

"Hold your umbrella open. There may be foreign satellites watching us overhead."

"We can't let the satellite take pictures of us."

After listening to Wei Jiang's words, Wei Yonghe finally understood why his son insisted on letting him hold an umbrella.

"Okay, I'll open the umbrella."

"Come down quickly, let's go inside and talk. You can't let anyone see you in this state."

Seeing that his father was even more nervous than himself, Wei Jiang took a step forward, and the alloy armor made a dull sound when it stepped on the ground.

"Dad, please hide for a while."

"This set of things is made of pure metal. If you bump into it, it will hurt you."

Wei Jiang didn't need to remind him, Wei Yonghe was also frightened when he saw such a big guy coming down from the car.

Especially the several metal spikes growing on the surface of this black armor, it looks like it is not a simple thing.

"Understood. I'll hold the umbrella for you."

After Wei Jiang got out of the car, the SUV shook violently and he reached out to take the umbrella from his father.

When I got off the car just now, I couldn't move my arms and legs, so I had to ask my father to hold the umbrella for me.

Now he can do it himself, but the umbrella handle, which looked a bit thick, looks a little small in the palm of the armor.

Moreover, Wei Jiang also had to worry about not being able to control it properly and directly crushing the thing.

"Okay, Dad, help me close the tailgate and let's go in."

Wei Jiang, who is two meters one meter tall, walked into the gate. His father Wei Yonghe looked around nervously, and after confirming that there was no one else, he hurriedly closed the door.

"Come on, come on, go inside and talk."

Wei Yonghe walked in front, urging Wei Jiang hurriedly, fearing that people around would see Wei Jiang's current appearance.

The door of the room at home was not high, only about two meters and one meter high. In order not to break the door, Wei Jiang bent down and moved sideways to get in.

After entering the room and closing the door, father Wei Yonghe carefully pulled the curtains.

When he stood in front of the two-meter-tall metal giant again, Wei Yonghe still felt like he was dreaming.

"Wei Jiang, what on earth is this?"

"What on earth are you doing out there right now?"

The sound of metal gears turning was heard, and the armor helmet split into several petals and retracted backwards, revealing Wei Jiang's entire face.

"Don't worry."

Raising his hand, Wei Jiang grabbed the wooden stick placed next to him and held it in his hand.

Under his father's shocked gaze, Wei Jiang crushed the wooden stick with ease using his armored palm.

The wooden stick, which was originally as thick as a child or an adult's forearm, was forcibly squeezed into the thickness of a pen.

“What I’m doing now is some scientific and technological research and development.”

"This set of armor is the latest technological product I developed."

Passing the eye in his hand to his father, Wei Jiang continued to explain:

"Dad, I think you have already noticed that some of the things I do are unusual, and the same is true for this set of armor."

"I used to think that as long as I could ensure your happiness and let you enjoy life happily, that would be enough."

"But now it's no longer possible. I was too naive."

Wei Jiang suddenly bent down and bowed to his father.

The two-meter-one metal giant bent down, which instantly gave Wei Yonghe, who was standing in front of Wei Jiang, a sense of oppression.

Wei Yonghe couldn't help but take a step back when he heard his son's voice.

"I'm sorry, Dad, for dragging you into this."

"Because of the technology I developed, some forces have targeted me, and you are my only relative, so they have targeted you as well."

"For your personal safety, I hope you can learn to operate this armor."

"This way, if you encounter a special situation when I'm not with you, you won't have to fear anyone!"

Wei Yonghe stared at Wei Jiang with wide eyes, then looked up and down at the giant black metal armor.

Let him control this metal armor?
How can it be?

Is he okay?
(End of this chapter)