I Have A Martial Dao World

Chapter 88: 88. Humanoid Tank

Zhao Ya, upon hearing Lu Yao had arrived, took leave from work and went home, even buying a lot of groceries to make a full table of food and opened several bottles of fine wine, not finding it a hassle at all.

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Overwhelmed by her hospitality, Lu Yao took his seat and said with a smile, "I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused you."

"Don't you ever mention that," Zhao Ya robustly filled a full cup of white wine, "I was scared to death back then and didn't properly thank you, which I really should have. Here's to you—I'll drink first in gratitude!"

With that, she drank heartily.

"Yi Nuo is my life, without you, it would have been all over for me, I'm going to drink another one to you!"

Zhao Ya was truly grateful and poured herself another cup to drink.

The couple, being genuine in nature, were extremely grateful for Lu Yao's rescue of their daughter and kept urging him to eat more and offering toasts.

After a warm dinner, Lu Yao brought up his question to Zhao Ya:

"Zhao Jie, do you work at the Mechanical Design Institute? I have something I'd like to design."

Lu Yao took out his phone and showed her many pictures from games, specifically the "Power Armor" from the Fallout and Warhammer series.

Zhao Ya seemed puzzled, "Isn't this from a game? What are you..."

Lu Yao explained, "I have a friend who is a COS enthusiast and needs a very realistic prop for competing and filming web dramas. So, I'd like to design a metal battle armor that completely covers the user."

After skimming through the game images again, Zhao Ya said:

"It's similar to individual exoskeletons. Our country's exoskeletons are already capable of helping female soldiers lift 150-kilogram cannonballs. But powering them has always been a big issue—what kind of power system do you plan to use?"

Lu Yao waved his hand grandly, "I don't need a power system, there's a special 'traction tool'."

The one thing martial artists never lack is strength; they are the best power source!

"No power system?" Zhao Ya thought for a moment and remarked, "In that case, it should be easy to make."

Lu Yao nodded, "That's great, then I'll entrust your institute with the design."

Zhao Ya sincerely suggested when she heard his request, "Our institute charges a lot, at least 300,000. You can find a design company outside, a few tens of thousands will be more than enough."

She wanted to save Lu Yao some money. The "Mechanical Design Institute" provided the most professional technical services to all sectors of society, and their fees were quite steep.

But the last thing Lu Yao lacked was money; he only cared about efficiency and quality. "Thanks for the kind gesture, Zhao Jie, but I trust the larger institutions capable of handling international orders more,"

What he wanted wasn't just some cosplay toy. From materials science to joint design, from biomechanical transmission to comfort level, everything needed to be professionally designed and produced.

Seeing that Lu Yao wasn't concerned about cost, Zhao Ya stopped urging and said seriously, "Alright, I won't let you down. Tell me your requirements."

Lu Yao smiled, "Please take care of this for me, Zhao Jie. My requirements are quite simple—just four words—human-shaped tank!

I don't care about the weight, durability takes priority; it needs to be wearable by the user themselves, because they'll need to wear it for a long time for photography and display, so it should be as comfortable as possible;

And the most important point: the battle armor will be scrutinized by many 'foreigners'; it must showcase the prowess of Xia Country's mechanical industry—there can be no faults found by experts in the design. It has to be realistic and it must be able to block high-powered firearms and explosions!"

Zhao Ya listened to his detailed specifications as if it were truly going to be used in combat.

She hadn't considered this because, according to the requirements, the armor would definitely weigh no less than 200 kilograms; any regular person wearing it would be like putting themselves in a metal cage.

Zhao Ya couldn't possibly imagine that Lu Yao was really planning on wearing it in battle!

Blue Star's Northeast tigers weigh 500 kilograms and can leap 6 meters from the ground, their front paws capable of breaking tempered glass; elephants weigh 8 tons and have the mighty strength to pull down weeping willows!

But not even these powerful creatures can withstand firearms!

The Martial Artists of the Otherworld face the same dilemma—strong bodies but low defenses!

That's why Li Shoucheng of the Da Sheng Faith wore Steel Armor in battle, and it was remarkably effective.

Lu Yao wanted to arm himself with Blue Star alloy steel that was generations ahead!

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After communicating for a bit, Zhao Ya took note of all Lu Yao's demands and instructed, "You're the boss now, feel free to make any requests anytime you want."

Lu Yao nodded with a smile in agreement.

Just then, Li Jin suddenly burst out of the study and exclaimed, "Your hard drive has been decrypted."

This hard drive was left behind by a deceased Doctor of Science from Kyoto University who had mentioned, "Zhang Xin's headquarters are in Guadala City of the Inca Nation. They have private security and even military protection from the Inca Nation."

Furthermore, with the involvement of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Star Alliance Country, Lu Yao realized that Zhang Xin was far more complicated and difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

Therefore, he did have some expectations for the contents of the hard drive. Perhaps, like in the movies, he might uncover some earth-shattering criminal evidence, release a significant news story, and get all those opium-trafficking bastards killed.

However, after seeing the contents of the hard drive, Lu Yao was utterly baffled—it was all incomprehensible equations and symbols, not a single character he recognized.

Li Jin was equally perplexed, only Zhao Ya said uncertainly, "This looks like chemical equations…"

Lu Yao shrugged and muttered to himself, "This might be some sort of sinister contraption for making opium."

So, he said, "No worries, as long as it's decrypted, that's good enough. Thanks a lot, Brother Li."

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Lu Yao excused himself to leave. Li Jin and his wife wanted to keep him for a couple more days, but he really had pressing matters to attend to.

He still needed to acquire even more powerful weapons!

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While Lu Yao was fussing with this hard drive, far away in Guadala City of the Inca Nation, in a classically styled luxury villa, the long-absent Zhang Xin was basking in the sunlight by a spacious swimming pool.

All around the villa, countless security personnel wearing bulletproof vests and carrying automatic rifles patrolled vigilantly;

In the pool, several bikini-clad beauties frolicked;

At Zhang Xin's feet lay a massive white tiger. Lazing about, every so often, it would open its mouth wide in a yawn, showcasing fearsome fangs like daggers.

Moments later, a Black Hawk helicopter approached from the distance and landed on the villa's helipad.

A white man with a briefcase jumped out. He wore sunglasses that obscured his eyes, but through the opening of his black suit collar, a bulletproof vest was visible.

Zhang Xin stood up and greeted with a smile, "Hello, Andre."

The white man named Andre responded coldly, "Regarding the destruction of the He Kingdom factory, it has been confirmed that the attacker came for you. Take a look at this footage. Do you have anything to say?"

Upon finishing his words, Andre took out a tablet and hit play. On the screen appeared an action movie scene—Lu Yao wearing an Ultraman mask and gunning down a drug manufacturing facility with dual firearms.

"This is a segment of surveillance footage, Mr. Zhang Xin, you need to think carefully—have you offended any 'professionals'?"

Zhang Xin shrugged and said, "The number of people I've offended is simply too many; any one of them might send such professionals. Has the equation not been found yet?"

Andre removed his sunglasses, revealing an eye that had been blinded. "Not a single trace. If we don't find it soon, we're going to miss out on a great revolution."

Zhang Xin's delicate face grew dark with clouds. The lost equation was an inadvertent research result obtained from the He Kingdom factory—it was the process of refining Crystal Opium without cathinone!

This technological breakthrough was revolutionary, equivalent to turning water into oil! It would surely cause a storm in the entire Blue Star opium world, no less significant than the second industrial revolution!

But now… the equation had suddenly gone missing! And it was thoroughly lost! To maintain secrecy, it was stored without internet access.

Zhang Xin picked up the tablet, staring at the image of "Ultraman," feeling oddly familiar with the figure.

The very man Zhang Xin found familiar, Lu Yao, was currently worrying over acquiring high-powered weapons.