Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!-Chapter 676 - 406: Kunpeng Rocket_3

Liu Yingying handed the tablet to Su Jie, her smile unwavering.

Su Jie took the tablet and saw a video of a Mecha, about 2.5 meters tall and resembling a scaled-down version of a Biological Armor, being worn and operated by humans to perform various movements.

Climbing walls, jumping, ascending stairs, crouching, and even handling a machine gun to perform suppressive fire, it also demonstrated its defensive capabilities, as ordinary rifle bullets couldn't completely penetrate the Mecha.

Although its speed and agility were nothing to write home about, significantly inferior to even an average person's, the fact that it could withstand rifle bullets gave it a certain degree of practical combat effectiveness.

Unsurprisingly, the video was released by Boston Dynamics Company to showcase their research achievements and incidentally, to continue nagging the Black Palace for more development funds, commonly known as cash grab.

But the interesting part came when Liu Yingying immediately swiped to show Su Jie a second video.

The second video also featured the Mecha developed by Boston Dynamics Company, apparently secretly filmed by one of the researchers.

This time, the video was more comprehensive, showing the Mecha with a long cable attached to its behind, trailing like an intestine, the other end connected to a truck carrying a heavy generator set.

Wherever the Mecha went, the generator truck would follow, like a nanny.

It was patently obvious that the Mecha could move only with external power supply.

Not just that, in the footage that the official Boston Dynamics Company video didn't include, the Mecha revealed all sorts of problems during the latter half of the tests: leaking oil, parts exploding, becoming paralyzed in place and unresponsive, etc.

It's unclear whether the researcher who shot the video had a moment of conscience or if it was the crafty work of a military industrial rival that didn't want Boston Company fingering the Mecha research funds, but they've shaken out all of Boston Dynamics' dirty laundry.

The video's comments section was filled with nothing but curses and all sorts of ridicule.

'Oh God! Has the nerve to compare this to Jieke Group's Biological Armor? It can't even walk faster than my grandma, and it's fully reliant on an external power supply. It's utter trash.'

"No, but how dare Boston Dynamics even think to match wits with Jieke Group with this kind of garbage! Can this streak of problems even make it to the battlefield? Or do they plan on equipping each Mecha with its own nanny truck? If that's the case, you might as well just deploy armored vehicles—they've got far better bullet resistance and mobility than this trash Mecha."

"Crap, I've been bragging to my friends, saying that Mecha development was a success and that we'll soon be sanctioning Jieke Group. I promised my friends a feast to celebrate. And now you give me THIS? Better for a scam company like yours to go out of business sooner."

Among these comments, the most furious were from the citizens of the Beautiful Country. The Mecha they had been longing for and on which they had spent so much taxpayer money turned out to be such a failure; to make matters worse, there was fraud involved. You can imagine their anger.

After watching the video, Su Jie chuckled twice and said, "This Beautiful Country really doesn't give up, huh? I heard they've already spent over two hundred billion dollars on Mecha research."

"Exactly. It looks like all that funding has just lined the pockets of those military industrial giants."

Liu Yingying spoke gleefully, hoping that the Beautiful Country would continue sinking money into the endeavor.

It wasn't that the Beautiful Country's technology was weak, but the main challenges of Mecha were too great. For example, as seen in the video, one of the main reasons limiting the development of Powerful Mecha was the inadequate batteries driving them.

Owing to the underdeveloped battery technology and low energy density, if a battery were to power a Mecha, it would weigh tremendously. The Mecha's additional carrying capacity and armor would be negated by the weight of its own battery, rendering it meaningless.

"This is the consequence of being too aggressive; the Beautiful Country is too eager to catch up with us." freewebnσvel.cøm

Su Jie shook his head. Jieke Group's Mecha was like a game-changer from Tianyuan World, taking a route that combined machinery with biology.

The Beautiful Country, relying on sheer technological power alone, wasn't going to make it - not without a scientific breakthrough or an Einstein-level researcher to overcome all Mecha challenges to create a practical Mecha.

By that time, Jieke Group's Mecha would have undergone countless iterations and wouldn't fear any competition.

"We're building rockets now, there won't be any issues with this Kunpeng Rocket, right?"

On hearing Su Jie's words, Liu Yingying thought of the Kunpeng Rocket. For Jieke Group, starting straight off with such a large rocket was also an aggressive move, a step too big.

Su Jie pinched Liu Yingying's cheek and laughed, "What, no faith in me?"

"Not at all, it's just such a big rocket, nobody's ever made one fly before."

"The reason there hasn't been such a big rocket before is that Jieke Group wasn't in the rocket field. Now that we at Jieke Group have entered, everything naturally changes. Tell me, are the 'firsts' we've achieved at Jieke Group ever few? Breakthroughs in various fields—for instance, our Mecha have always been imitated but never surpassed."

Su Jie wrapped his arms around Liu Yingying's slim waist and his hands began to wander mischievously.

Liu Yingying's cheeks flushed as she felt the antics of Su Jie's roving hand.

However, what Su Jie said was indeed true. Not just the Beautiful Country, but many nations had heavily invested in Mecha research, eager to catch up in this latest military sector innovation.

The superior performance of Mecha had been verified through actual combat by Jieke Group, whether it was the Biological Armor worn by Genetic Warriors, the Spider Main Battle Mecha, or the derivative models based on the Spider Mecha chassis, they were all being eagerly studied and imitated by nations worldwide.

In military technology, there's no such thing as copyright complaints about copying and imitation. If you can replicate it, that's considered skillful mastery, and nobody would take it to court.

Even so, despite being globally imitated and studied for so long, there's still no force that can produce a practical Mecha.

The best attempts so far are some individual exoskeletons, which can assist soldiers by reducing the stress on their lower limbs and allowing them to carry more equipment for longer distances. But this is far from being related to Mecha.

"Hmm, it's not even dark yet!"

Before Liu Yingying could grasp the issue thoroughly, Su Jie had already 'mounted his horse.' The worries naturally dissipated, turning into soft moans and breaths.