The next day.
Reports in foreign media about Victor's Forerunner Robot and Magnetic Confinement Energy Core technology caused quite a stir.
But with major news about black technology breaking every few days over the past two months, most people had grown used to it. Technology was advancing by the day, and overall, that was a good thing.
Xia Xu also returned to school life. His studies put little pressure on him; he mainly conducted practical research with the members of the Xinghai Research Group.
"Let's get moving! Let's modify the basic template into the Giant Spirit God as soon as possible."
Seemingly spurred on by Victor, Zhou Ji, Walker, and the others were brimming with energy that day, charging straight to the group's laboratory first thing in the morning with excited shouts.
Their current research focus was, naturally, powered exoskeletons.
In fact, Xia Xu had been communicating with them remotely to push this forward as early as two months ago. They had long since designed the standard-issue basic exoskeleton for the [Heavenly Soldier] project.
After all, the Heavenly Soldier armor primarily provided defense, life support, and detection, with existing technologies available as references for almost everything. Adding a passive exoskeleton structure and a basic powered structure was child's play for Walker and the others.
The Heavenly Soldier Powered Armor stood roughly 2.4 meters tall overall. Since it was intended for mass production as standard-issue armor, they had to consider technical difficulty, manufacturing costs, and material costs, so its design was not particularly intricate. Its overall build was very rough.
The entire suit was powered by the Graphene Battery Cao Yuan had designed. Its limbs were mechanical arms driven by electric motors and hydraulic transmission structures, while its outer layer used titanium alloy armor combined with some ceramic and carbon sponge