The elevator moved slowly, its bright, gentle light illuminating every corner. Four people stood in the not-so-spacious interior.
Ju Zi and Lin Rou quietly listened to the master and his disciple enthusiastically discussing things beside them. Starting today, they would move out and stop living at the Royal Research Institute.
Xu Lanqing had returned. With the Snow Empress backing him, he had the entire Far North behind him—one of humanity's forbidden zones.
Even if Xu Tianran disliked it, he wouldn't lay a hand on the people around him. Otherwise, if both sides flipped the table, neither would come out ahead.
"Can it be equipped by the military now? Even if it's not very efficient, the requirements for using it are low, right? If we equipped the army on a large scale, its strength could soon reach an entirely new level," Xu Lanqing asked.
Though he hadn't yet seen the prototype, he was already thinking about how it could be used.
"It's still being tested. Durability, operating time, possible side effects, and so on. If it passes the tests, we could equip Soul Masters with it."
Kong Deming explained, "There's also the production cost. As you said, the higher the armor's grade, the harder and more expensive it is to make. Eventually, the wearer even has to make it themselves. All of that means it can't be mass-produced and issued on a large scale."
Battle Armor was never mass-produced and issued. It was custom-made for powerful Soul Masters.
Only then did Xu Lanqing calm down. Still, the fact that they could already make a prototype was a pleasant surprise. But Kong Deming's next words surprised him even more.
"So while researching the armor, we also explored another direction based on your suggestion. We kept the large outer shell of the Humanoid