Second, sufficient mobility.

Being able to defend was only the first step. The second step needed strong mobility even more, to support the follow-up output and the escape.

Only then could he perfectly realize the strategic thinking of retreating when the enemy advances, striking when the enemy tires, and pursuing when the enemy withdraws.

Third, all-round means of attack.

Not knowing whether the other side had equipment to defend against bullets, Su Mo could only put the several ideas he had come up with in for now.

For example, it could fire fierce poison needles, plunging the opponent into sleep in a very short time.

Or a firing port that could spit flame, using the concentrated fire together with gasoline to punch right through the opponent’s defensive line.

If there was space, Su Mo even wanted to add a grenade launcher, preferably the kind that could cover an area with a single bombardment.

“Counting the three points, if I make them separately, I would need a shield, a pair of multi-function shoes, and all kinds of weapons.”

“But if I carried all this on my body, even a fool would know I was about to make a move...”

After musing for a while, Su Mo repeatedly marked the three requirements with his pen, studying how to integrate all of his needs.

For a long while.

Until shouts to eat breakfast came from outside, along with Sun Quan’s knocking on the door, the problem still had not produced the slightest result.

“Morning, Brother Su, why did you come so early today!”

He opened the door, but the pensive look had not completely left Su Mo’s face, and he seemed rather absent-minded.

Sun Quan did not mind either. Out of habit he tilted his head to one side and started muttering again.

The two walked side by side, passing along the walkways inside the lane and heading straight for the canteen.

But unexpectedly, as they passed through a narrow walkway, a worker hurrying by with a bowl of soup bumped hard into Su Mo.

“Are you blind? Do you want to die!”

Seeing that the rice soup had soaked half of Su Mo’s clothes, the “loyal” Sun Quan immediately stepped out to defend his big brother’s interests.

And the worker, after seeing the development badge hanging on Su Mo’s chest, was at a loss as well, and could only keep his head lowered and apologize again and again.

“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry!”

“Master Su, I didn’t mean it. Outside they’re in a rush to unload materials, and I... ah, how much for your clothes? I... I’ll pay you back!”

“No need, these clothes aren’t worth anything. Go and get on with your work.”

A dark face and rough hands with cracked skin.

You could tell that although this worker lived in Tian Yuan Territory, he was not much better off than people in Qingguo Territory and was still struggling along the line of survival.

For a poor man like this, even though his clothes had been soaked, Su Mo felt not the slightest anger.

“That won’t do. My big brother’s clothes are good quality. If it were someone else, wearing clothes as thin as a single layer of cloth, wouldn’t they get scalded with blisters from your splash?”

“At least it isn’t too much to ask for the laundry fee, is it?”

“Forget it, Sun Quan!”

Seeing that Sun Quan was still blocking the worker and refusing to let go, Su Mo had to step forward and pull him back.

“These clothes of mine were just bought at an ordinary market. They aren’t as amazing as you make out.”

“Besides, any clothes can...”

Wait.

Clothes?

Halfway through his sentence, looking at the hot soup stains on his coat and the heat that had only now seeped through, Su Mo seemed to have thought of something and suddenly froze on the spot.

Clothes could defend against a sudden splash of hot soup.

Then could he build a suit of battle armor that could be worn on the body and, in a critical moment, wrap around the whole body and defend against bullets?

At the same time, add power modules to the shoes, and load weapon modules on the other parts...

Wouldn’t that happen to satisfy every need at this stage?

“Energy stones. I have energy stones as the power source for the armor!”

“As long as I can upgrade an energy machine good enough to supply the armor with energy, this idea is completely possible!”

He slapped his thigh, and Su Mo became excited at once!

The reason he had not considered armor like Iron Man’s before was that he had thought about it long ago, and two of the most important problems had never been solved.

First, the armor’s energy source could not be solved.

Never mind the wasteland technology of the time. Even the human civilization on Earth, which had developed for thousands of years, had never managed to find a power source that was small and light, could ignore heat dissipation, and could still transmit a large amount of energy.

Second, the armor’s materials could not be solved.

To make it lightweight, one had to pay with a drop in defense, and a drop in energy absorption at the same time.

If this was not solved, it would be the same as fighting inside a sheet of iron, unable to defend against and absorb the large amount of kinetic energy produced when bullets hit.

But now, wasteland technology had developed for eight years.

Although neither of the two problems could be completely solved, in the present situation, with the help of the upgrade, building a simple version of the armor was no longer just imagination!

All he needed was the miniature development platform and the many materials Zhang Min provided.

“Half a month. Within half a month, I will build a wearable suit of battle armor!”

He clapped the worker hard on the shoulder. How could Su Mo hold back the excitement in his heart now? He half dragged, half pulled Sun Quan toward the canteen.

They say inspiration comes from life.

Once such armor was made, never mind these lurking people, Su Mo was confident he could even go in and have a look at the territory’s four giant companies.

And by then, with the support of newer and stronger technology, the armor was bound to be strengthened a second time!

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