Chapter 120: Scavenger
Yu Jing’s carriage No. 10 had a completely different flavor compared to Wan Xing’s No. 3.
The first impression was chaos, with various tools and machinery as well as parts messily filling the room.
But after looking a couple more times, one could see a unique beauty in these rough, hard metals.
Like the exoskeletons piled together against the wall like mecha, some left with only a skinny skeleton, others with half-wrapped armor plates.
Su Huan’s gaze fell on Yu Jing who had opened the door for him, her sturdy calf now fitted with a ring of titanium alloy skeleton, following the curve of the muscle from the Achilles tendon all the way to the back of the knee, like muscle tape, then boldly curving into the wide denim jacket.
Just as he was curious about the exoskeleton’s structure, the obtrusive denim jacket opened by itself.
Revealing a slender waist that could be grasped with one hand and a taut little abdomen.
The metallic color of the titanium alloy contrasted brilliantly with her delicate skin, the soft even softer, the hard even harder.
Subconsciously glancing upward as well, Su Huan hurriedly reached out to cover it, “Eh?”
“You don’t wear clothes when working?”
Yu Jing looked down at his hand, then at his expression, a hint of probing in her eyes, not only not retreating but stepping forward a bit, asking curiously, “It should be somewhat different, right?”
Su Huan raised an eyebrow, “You’ve compared it yourself?”
Yu Jing nodded, “I’ve been sleeping hugging her since childhood, only in these recent years have we slept in separate beds.”
“Yours is a bit more upright.”
“She actually hasn’t been with a man either.”
Su Huan looked down at the woman before him, his expression subtle.
“I can feel it, at first I suspected you.”
Yu Jing frowned slightly, “Are your interests that broad? It’s really troubling, but she was indeed held back by me, those men who approached her didn’t have good intentions.”
Su Huan was slightly surprised, the corner of his mouth hooking up, “This is the most tactful praise I’ve heard this year.”
Yu Jing chuckled lightly, her eyes narrowing into curved arcs, “Guarded against everything, but a real wolf came, not only biting meat but also people, what can I do?”
Because it was heart-to-heart communication, Su Huan knew very well she wasn’t lying.
“Though I don’t dislike this posture, don’t you think it’s very strange?”
Yu Jing took a step back, and Su Huan felt like he had lost something, feeling empty.
He didn’t like this feeling, taking advantage of her retreat to step forward and wrap his arm around her waist, kneading it according to his heart’s desire, before slowly zipping up her jacket for her, like closing Pandora’s box, every step costing immense effort.
“Hiss… you’re really dangerous.” Yu Jing stared into his eyes and said.
“How so?”
“You not only suppress others, but also suppress your own desires.”
“Don’t always try to guess the train conductor’s thoughts.”
“I’m your partner and comrade.”
Su Huan hadn’t expected this answer.
Looking at her delicate and calm little face, he asked seriously, “Are you afraid?”
“A little.”
Su Huan carefully searched her fair and quiet little face for traces of fear, but for some reason, he caught a scent of kinship, this feeling making the corners of his mouth rise uncontrollably, lightly pecking her lips, “Pretending.”
Counting as agreeing with her statement.
……
Looking at this simple exoskeleton assist device before him, Su Huan was somewhat puzzled, “This is the thing you modified?”
Yu Jing lifted the skeleton with one hand, stating matter-of-factly, “This is the results of Professor Ma and me, of course, if distinguished by merit, I have more.”
Su Huan pinched his chin, noncommittal, “Then tell me about its functions.”
“First, in terms of weight, I didn’t add extra burden, still maintaining 25 kg, and because of its unique lower body support, the actual weight felt by the wearer is less than 3kg, but the boost it provides far exceeds that level.”
“First, it doesn’t affect the user’s normal movement, but during prolonged walking or running, it can help the user save 15% energy consumption.”
“Increases single soldier load capacity to 60kg, with multiple mounting points, can help the user mount firearms and ammunition, and has a small mechanical arm that can extend to pick up corrosive items inconvenient to grab by hand.”
As Yu Jing spoke, she raised her arm, and indeed a clip-like mechanical arm extended from under her arm.
“This mechanical hand can not only be a clip, but can also be replaced with tools like a drill.”
“When the normal arm uses a hammer or lifts heavy objects, the exoskeleton can provide about 30kg of assistance to the user.”
Su Huan couldn’t help questioning, “This doesn’t seem different from before the modification, you just downgraded the functions of higher-end models to ordinary exoskeletons.”
Yu Jing said helplessly, “We’re a handcrafted workshop after all, it’s already not easy for me to achieve function downgrading, do you think I’m Doraemon?”
“Are there other functions? Something more intelligent.”
“The exoskeleton is equipped with a smart chip, Professor Ma and I researched it, opened the ports on it, can connect to various conventional equipment, read data, pair with some tactical tablet or wristwatch to achieve synchronized viewing, and can also use lithium battery to reverse charge other equipment.”
“That sounds pretty good.” Su Huan picked up the exoskeleton and felt it, “If used by an energizer, it can even save the battery.”
“Pa!”
Yu Jing imitated Su Huan’s habitual action, snapping her fingers.
She smiled, “That’s right, I thought from the start that this thing is the perfect match for manufacturer and energizer, the one next to it is prepared for you.”
Su Huan turned his head and saw another exoskeleton hanging on the wall beside the table.
Compared to the others, this exoskeleton had an extra ring of shoe-like armor plates on the feet, fully wrapping the soles of the feet.
“This is a custom-made exoskeleton for you, without lithium battery to further reduce weight, then I thought of adding something, made a bionic suction cup on the feet, allowing you to walk nearly vertically on some building surfaces, the downside is it consumes a lot of energy, for ordinary exoskeletons it wouldn’t be worth it, but for you it’s no problem.”
Su Huan’s eyes lit up, “Very nice design, have you tested it?”
“Not yet, you’re the first, but only that suction cup hasn’t been tested, other functions are the same as the general-purpose type.”
Yu Jing answered directly.
Su Huan rubbed his chin, “Then can the one on you be mass-produced?”
“The concept is set, the rest is very straightforward, doesn’t even need me to do it personally, just directing other manufacturers can complete it, you can give it a name.”
“Let’s call it scavenger.”
