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The entrance gate to the test site opened.

Four Terminators carried a box across the threshold, their steps so synchronized it was as if measured with a ruler. The distance, force, and timing of each step were perfectly precise.

Gu Shounian walked ahead, glancing back out of the corner of his eye.

He couldn't hold back any longer and leaned close to Li Yichen's ear, whispering, "Hey bro, why do your four security guards walk like robots?"

Li Yichen remained expressionless.

"Military-style management"

Gu Shounian's lips twitched twice, but he didn't ask any further questions.

In the center of the test range was an open, hardened concrete area, surrounded by reinforced observation bunkers. Various target vehicles and weapon platforms were parked in the distance.

The four Terminators put the box down.

A dull metallic thud echoed as the concrete beneath their feet trembled slightly.

Liu Guoliang rushed over in three strides, his eyes fixed on the lid of the box.

"Open! Open it now!"

Gu Shounian also came over, rubbing his hands together, looking exactly like an old man waiting to unpack a package.

Behind him, seven or eight high-ranking military officers lined up in a semi-circle, their necks stretched out as far as they could.

Li Yichen nodded to the Terminator.

Four Terminator units simultaneously crouched down, their fingertips precisely gripping the electronic locks on both sides of the enclosure.

Click. Click.

Four crisp sounds exploded simultaneously.

The lid slides silently to both sides.

Cold, white nitrogen mist billowed out from inside the chamber and spread along the ground.

Everyone instinctively held their breath.

Ling'er's command was quietly issued from the background. The hydraulic drive system inside the armor was activated.

next moment--

A colossal, dark-black steel beast slowly rose from the container.

The matte coating absorbs all the sunlight hitting the surface.

It is thicker, wider, and taller than the Heavenly Soldiers' Armor previously delivered to the military region. The shoulder armor is widened, the breastplate protrudes forward, and the overall lines carry a heavy, overwhelming quality.

The four raised energy chambers on its back are particularly eye-catching, gleaming with a cold metallic luster in the sunlight.

Liu Guoliang took half a step back.

It wasn't fear. It was instinct.

It is the primal reaction of humans when facing apex predators.

"Holy shit!" a young staff officer blurted out.

The sound of Gu Shounian swallowing could be clearly heard in the quiet testing ground.

There was silence for a full five seconds.

Then the group of old men crowded around it like they were visiting a museum.

Liu Guoliang reached out and touched the breastplate, feeling its cool, hard texture in his palm. "It's considerably thicker than the previous batch."

Gu Shounian walked around to the back and pointed his finger at the four raised energy chambers. "These four bulges are energy chambers? There are twice as many as before."

An advisor rubbed his chin, looking left and right. "Where's the energy shield? I can't see it."

Another high-ranking officer tiptoed and patted the shoulder armor. "Is it hidden inside the shoulder?"

Gu Shounian crouched down, his head almost touching the leg armor. "Still on the leg?"

These people touched it for a full two minutes.

Touch from head to toe, from chest to back.

I couldn't find it.

Liu Guoliang got anxious and turned to glare at Li Yichen.

"Dude, where's this shield? I can't find it. Did you forget to install it?"

Li Yichen suppressed a laugh and stepped forward.

He raised his index finger and placed it on an inconspicuous circular panel in the center of the breastplate.

"here."

Everyone's heads swarmed over, a dozen pairs of eyes staring at the palm-sized circular area.

On the surface, it looks no different from ordinary armor plates.

Gu Shounian frowned: "That's it?"

"That's it."

"That's it?" Liu Guoliang repeated, his tone rising three notches.

"That's it." Li Yichen broke down the three words and read them out in a fragmented way.

"Once activated, this module will generate a force field barrier around the armor." He held up two fingers. "You can think of it as... a bulletproof shield made of energy. Bullets and shells alike will bounce off when they hit it."

The test site was silent for three seconds.

"However, it consumes a lot of electricity," Li Yichen added. "Four hydrogen fuel cells can only support full-power defense twice at most. After that, they have to be put on hold."

Liu Guoliang's mouth opened and closed repeatedly.

After a long pause, he finally managed to stammer, "Things from science fiction movies... you've turned them into reality?"

"Otherwise what?" Li Yichen shrugged. "I dragged this thing all the way here just so you could admire it like a sculpture?"

Gu Shounian slapped his thigh hard.

"Test! Test now!" He turned and yelled towards the weapons storage area in the distance, "Bring over the 99A frigates! Load them with live ammunition!"

Li Yichen rolled up his sleeves, preparing to step forward towards the armor.

Liu Guoliang placed one arm across his face, like a door bolt.

"no."

"What if the shield fails at a crucial moment?" Liu Guoliang glared at him. "Don't you know how much your life is worth?"

Gu Shounian moved to the other side, forming a pincer movement. "Exactly! Just watch from behind. Use dummies for the first round."

Li Yichen was helpless.

"With your attitude, you two really don't trust my skills?"

Gu Shounian rolled his eyes. "We have 100% faith in your skills. But this is something we can't gamble on; it's real combat, and you never know what might happen. Don't you think so?"

"Okay." Li Yichen surrendered, "I'll do as you say."

A test dummy covered in sensors was brought in and inserted into the armor. The armor plates engaged, and the armor was secured.

Everyone retreated to a safe shelter 500 meters away.

Behind the half-meter-thick special bulletproof glass, in the center of the test field, the dark black suit of armor stood alone.

In the distance, a Type 99A main battle tank rumbled towards us and stopped a hundred meters away.

The 125mm smoothbore cannon slowly turned towards the armor.

The air inside the bunker solidified.

Liu Guoliang grabbed the walkie-talkie and turned to look at Li Yichen. "Ready?"

Li Yichen raised his wrist and whispered, "Ling'er, activate the shield the moment the tank fires."

"Don't worry, bro! The response time is 0.03 seconds! Faster than you blinking!" Ling'er patted her chest.

Li Yichen nodded.

"Commander Liu, open fire."

Liu Guoliang took a deep breath and pressed the call button on the walkie-talkie.

"Fire!"

boom--!

The 125mm smoothbore cannon spewed forth bright orange flames. The armor-piercing shell hurtled towards the armor at a speed of over 1,700 meters per second.

Just 0.03 seconds before the shell hit—

The circular panel on the chest of the armor emitted a dazzling blue-white light.

A layer of pale blue, semi-transparent light curtain rapidly unfolded around the armor, forming an arc-shaped barrier in front of it.

boom!

The armor-piercing projectile struck the light barrier.

Flames shot out, and shockwaves whipped up clouds of dust, completely obscuring visibility.

Everyone inside the bunker stopped breathing.

Five seconds.

ten seconds.

The wind thinned the smoke and dust.

The armor stood still.

Not moving.

The blue light curtain slowly receded and dissipated into the air.

A crater two meters in diameter was blasted into the ground. Debris was scattered everywhere.

But the armor itself—

Not even a scratch on the paint.

There was complete silence inside the bunker for three seconds.

Gu Shounian was the first to rush out.

Liu Guoliang followed closely behind.

A group of generals charged toward the armor like an army on the front lines.

Gu Shounian patted and touched the breastplate repeatedly with both hands.

"No! Not a trace!" He crouched down to look, then stood up and touched it again. "I can't even find a gray mark!"

Liu Guoliang circled the armor three times, squatted by the shell crater and stared at it for a long time, then looked up at the armor.

I watched it four or five times.

"It's a ghost," he muttered. "It's a fucking ghost."

The dummy was removed.

The technician jogged over with the sensor data report in his hand and handed it to Liu Guoliang.

Liu Guoliang scanned two lines.

My hands started to shake.

"Impact value...zero?"

The technician nodded, his voice trembling. "Reporting, sir, the forces inside the armor are zero in a physical sense. All the kinetic energy and heat generated by the explosion have been completely trapped outside the force field."

Liu Guoliang slapped the report on his thigh.

He turned to look at Li Yichen.

Those eyes burned with an almost insane light.

Major Li.

He uttered each word carefully.

"You said this thing can withstand tactical missiles. I want to see it with my own eyes."

Li Yichen met that burning gaze and nodded.

"superior."

The dummy is reinstalled. The armor plates engage.

Everyone retreated to their shelter.

In the distance, a tactical missile launcher slowly drove into the test range and stopped 500 meters away. The launch tubes on the roof of the vehicle pointed diagonally into the sky.

A dark green missile, more than five meters long, lay inside the tube.

Liu Guoliang stood next to Li Yichen, tapping his fingers on the control panel.

"That missile's warhead weighs two hundred kilograms," he lowered his voice. "Buildings within a fifty-meter radius will be completely leveled."

There was a pause.

Are you sure?

"Sure."

Li Yichen spoke with a strong tone, but glanced at his watch out of the corner of his eye.

Ling'er's holographic figure crouched in the corner of the watch face, her hands wrapped around her knees, her face saying, "I'm nervous too, but I won't say it."

He exhaled almost imperceptibly.

The theory has been run a thousand times.

But there's always that final step between theory and reality.

Liu Guoliang picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Missile preparation."

"Ready?"

The bunker was so quiet you could hear everyone's heartbeats.

"emission!"

hiss--

A plume of white smoke shot out of the launch tube.

The missile, trailing a plume of flame, sped close to the ground.

It was moving so fast that the naked eye could only see a blurry white line.

Ling'er activated the second shield within 0.003 seconds.

The pale blue light curtain bloomed once more.

Brighter. Thicker. Denser than the first time.

Then--

boom!

Pure white.

The whole world turned pure white.

The special glass of the bunker trembled violently. The floorboards bounced up beneath our feet.

A fireball several meters in diameter shot into the sky.

The heat wave hit from 500 meters away, making the noodles feel tight.

Someone held onto the wall.

Someone took two steps back.

Liu Guoliang stared intently at the rolling fireball and billowing black smoke outside the window, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

No one spoke.

No one dared to speak.

Thirty seconds.

Thirty seconds that felt as long as thirty years.

The smoke and dust were thinned by the wind.

The outline of the armor gradually emerged from the smoke.

First, the top of the helmet.

Then the shoulder armor.

Then, the circular panel on his chest was still emitting the last faint blue glow before slowly fading away.

The armor was intact.

Stand straight.

Five meters in front of me, a shocking crater over five meters in diameter lay before me. The soil at the bottom of the crater was charred black and vitrified.

But the small patch of ground beneath the armor was spotless.

Not even a speck of dust floated up.

Inside the bunker.

The thermos in Gu Shounian's hand slipped and shattered on the floor, spilling tea all over his trousers.

He was completely unaware.

Liu Guoliang stood frozen, mouth agape, one finger hovering above the control panel.

Behind him, a young staff officer leaned against the wall, his lips trembling for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"This...this is impossible...this is not scientific..."

Li Yichen looked out the window at the black armor that stood firm amidst the smoke and dust, and slowly loosened his clenched fist.

My heart pounded twice in my chest.

He turned his head and met Liu Guoliang's eyes, which were wide open to the extreme.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Commander Liu."

"Want to go one more time?"