June 10th, Year 8 of the Doomsday Calendar, 6:40 AM.

A drop of pure white dew rolled gently down from the eaves and splashed white petals on the ground.

Su Mo, lying on the bed, opened his eyes at just the right moment.

He looked up at the wall clock, then rolled over contentedly, in no hurry to get up.

Today was the day the Summer Harvest warm-up meeting was being held.

In the past, Zizai Liang Lane might have had to close its gates entirely to avoid being mocked as a laughingstock by Qiankun Grain Store.

But now that they had the stone sickle tools, Zizai Liang Lane not only had to attend this warm-up gathering, but every one of its staff had to be there, to give Qiankun Grain Store a good slap in the face.

So Zhang Bowen, the acting manager, had announced a paid day off yesterday at lunchtime, to the cheers of everyone.

Everyone could sleep in during the first half of the day and rest well.

Those who hadn’t eaten by noon would come to the Lane for lunch.

At one o’clock, everyone would gather together and head to the venue of the Summer Harvest warm-up meeting to have a proper showdown with Qiankun Grain Store.

“If things go well after this, the Lane should be able to make a fortune.”

“It shouldn’t be difficult to apply to the Zhang Clan for some research funding later.”

“The funds are in place, and Pei Shao has already agreed to my request. He’s the type of person who won’t back out of my plans, so securing the materials is a sure thing!”

He already had a plan in mind for the materials the Sun-chaser armor required.

Thinking it over, Su Mo grew as excited as before, unable to control himself.

After a period of extensive research, organization, analysis, and study, he had completely figured out the blueprint of the Sun-chaser Zero armor, which had cost over twenty thousand survival points to upgrade.

How exactly had they obtained such exaggerated data on paper through the Skyscraping Pillar structure they adopted?

On Earth, the mecha designs developed by humans all used a chain-like energy return system, which stressed that energy must return to its own source.

The end of the loop was the beginning.

When the two were connected, a complete current loop was formed, which was used to complete the power output.

This way of recirculating energy had several obvious advantages.

First, it was exceptionally easy to repair.

If any part was damaged, one only had to use the corresponding instruments to quickly detect which part had an interrupted energy flow. The location of the problem could be pinpointed precisely, and the appropriate repairs carried out.

Second, it dissipated heat well, which ensured there would be no overload during energy transfer.

The main circuit was laid out in a single forward direction from top to bottom, and together with the outer alloy shell, it conducted heat outward effectively, allowing a longer combat load.

Third, it was inexpensive.

By following the basic circuit design, it was more acceptable to users, and mature manufacturing processes from around the world could be adopted directly, without the trouble of building new production lines. This greatly reduced costs and made mass production possible.

Correspondingly, these three advantages also brought several fatal drawbacks.

Being so easy to repair meant that durability was greatly reduced.

If one part of the energy chain broke down, the rest would be paralyzed.

To address this shortcoming, humans had to keep installing various kinds of wiring on the mech’s body so that the other parts could still work normally after the main wiring was damaged.

But this meant that mechs, which were supposed to be simple war machines, lost their greatest advantage and became sophisticated instruments that ordinary people found hard to learn to use.

Once something was damaged, just detecting the problem and carrying out the repairs could take an unknown amount of time.

This was precisely why personal mechs had not been widely adopted for so long.

And now the upgraded Skyscraping Pillar design was precisely where its strength lay.

It directly turned the parts that were extremely difficult to repair into replaceable components.

If anything broke, one simply took out a spare and installed it, and the self-moving platform inside the mech would automatically replace the damaged part.

Even more striking, thanks to the excellent thermal conductivity of the energy stone engine, the mech’s energy circuit had been expanded from one to a full twelve circuits.

Four arms, four legs, two on the chest and back, and two on the feet.

Each one represented an unparalleled power input. The more energy bars were added, the greater the instantaneous power that could be unleashed.

Of course, this increase could not be added indiscriminately without limit.

For normal human physical fitness, the maximum forward G-force one could withstand was around 2G. Only after training could this value be raised to 4 or 5.

Going higher, maintaining a clear fighting spirit under such G-forces was no longer within the realm of ordinary people.

For example, Su Mo’s body could withstand only a little over 6G at most, which meant at most one energy bar on one side, and a maximum of four energy bars at the same time.

The reason for adding four arms and four legs was to make it easier to fight back at a critical moment.

In normal use, the most comfortable setup was to use only the four main power lines of the machine to provide even power.

In addition, the Skyscraping Pillar brought an unparalleled new feature.

It could perfectly integrate the precision of energy control with the properties of alloy manufacturing.

The flexible alloy Su Mo used in his mask could extend into various abilities under the deliberate guidance of energy.

The ability to wear it on oneself was also one of the characteristics unlocked by the Skyscraping Pillar.

“It’s a pity I can’t use virtual reality right now. Otherwise I could directly simulate a set of armor and test its true strength.”

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