<h4>Chapter 241: New Combat Suit Model</h4>


    As time passed by, it was soon the end of 2023.


    This year, the Earth Federation had gone through multiple disasters. The onught of the cklight virus began back in May while the first vine was developed by cklight Biotechnology in July. This was then followed by a series of clinical trials and then mass production and the pandemic was finally under control in October.


    It was also at the beginning of October when cklight Biotechnology announced three special anticancer medicines. These medicines were subsequently introduced to the drug inspectionmittees of multiple continents and thus began another round of tedious clinical trials.


    Unlike the African Continent, other continents had stricter requirements toward their medications during the clinical trial. There were at least three periods of phases in those trials, which meant that cklight Biotechnology needed to wait at least three years before their medicines could be sold on the counter.


    Regardless, these were still miracle drugs that were capable of curing cancer. They had managed to reduce the expected waiting period to three years after receiving support from multiple financial groups. If it were any othermon medications, the waiting period would typically require at least ten years.


    This was also the year where cklight Biotechnology revealed its true potential.


    It began with the construction of the world-renowned Eco Science City, followed by its acquisition of thergest securitypany in Africa, Tara Private Security Company. Following that, the corporation yed an important role during the cklight virus pandemic, being the first entity to discover the virus as well as the first to research an effective vine.


    Toward the year-end, cklight Biotechnology had continued its victory streak by announcing three special anticancer medicines at once.


    This year, cklight Biotechnology had brought many surprises to the world.


    After much international coverage, cklight Biotechnology’s reputation had reached its highest point. Before the dust of the pandemic could even settle in Africa, thousands of tycoons arrived at Eco Science City in their private jets with the intention of undergoing age-reversal therapies in their institution.


    The rise of cklight Biotechnology had reached an unstoppable pace.


    After three months of research and development in the Spire Experimental Base, the second batch of T-version ck Knights had also beenunched.


    These ck Knights had been through several rounds of gic tunings by Hannibal Caesar and Li Lei’s team. The ck Knight’s heights had been sessfully limited to a range from 1.7 meters to 1.8 meters and their sizes were also limited to that of an average human being.


    After their sizepressions, the ck Knights’ strengths had been reduced from a range of 9000-10000N to 2000-2500N, which was the equivalent of carrying up to 250 kilograms on a single hand. Despite the strength reduction, it was more than enough for the ck Knight’s functions.


    In terms of speed, their sprint speeds were reduced from an average of 90 kilometers per hour down to 40 kilometers per hour, whereas its endurance was increased, being able to sprint at its maximum speed for approximately 800 meters.


    This implied that the newly produced T-version ck Knights had the sprinting speed of Usain Bolt as well as the endurance of a professional marathoner.


    There was no longer any need to even mention their recovery ability.


    It could be said that every ck Knight contained an element of Alice as well as a weakened version of Captain America. They were relentless, emotionless, and did not fear death. Their sole purpose was to aplish all tasks that were assigned by cklight Biotechnology.


    To aplish their missions, they were ready to do just anything...


    Not only that, there were now fifty female ck Knights in this batch – 10 African variations, 20 Caucasian variations, and 20 Asian variations.


    Almost as if the T-virus had fundamentally improved their gicpositions, the postures of these females were outstanding, which Chen Chen was mildly unhappy about.


    After all, if these ck Knights were sent on an undercover mission, their attractive appearances would make it difficult for them to blend into the crowd.


    The moment these ck Knights were born, Chen Chen had already retrieved a hundred STEM chips. Now that Little X had developed much more, she now possessed an impressiveprehension of the inner workings of these STEM chips. Little X was now capable of hacking one STEM chip per minute, changing all of its intelligence stats to God.


    Not only that, Chen Chen went on to retrieve ten sets of GS Combat Suits and ten cloaking devices and distributed them equally to five male Asian variations and five female Asian variations. These ck Knights were then sent to Maind China to provide additional protection to Chen Chen’s parents.


    Of course, these ck Knights would stay hidden in the dark. Chen Chen’s parents would not even notice their existence.


    With that, Chen Chen had solved the inconveniences that came with a fully male bodyguard team.


    The rest of the ck Knights were enlisted into a ck Knights Force, where they would be considered as official resources of Tara Strategic Resource Ltd. and tasked to patrol around Eco Science City and cklight Industrial Park. If a country in the African Continent was willing to pay, the ck Knights would also be deployed to bring peace to that nation.


    The strongbat abilities of the ck Knights Force had brought many positive reviews from many countries for Tara Strategic Resource Ltd.


    Following more and more advancements that came with the insights from Elysium, Chen Chen’s hidden strength was also expanding massively. A nano grade carbon fiber manufacturing nt had recently discovered a 100 nanometers grade fiber technique, which allowed Chen Chen to finally break the bottleneck of the GS Combat Suit...


    Chen Chen was now sitting in his office as he observed several patrol ck Knights escorting the staff who were in charge of the nano grade carbon fiber manufacturing nt into the premises. When they arrived, the staff then presented a piece of pitch-ck tight suit in front of Chen Chen.


    Chen Chen was mildly disturbed when the suit was disyed before him.


    Thisbat suit seemed to bear no difference at allpared to the GS Combat Suit. Having the same shade of matt color, it also bore the same full-body cover design.


    The person-in-charge noticed Chen Chen’s reaction and immediately became nervous. He hastily asked, “Mr. Chen, are you unhappy about this nanocarbon fiberbat suit?”


    “No, I’m not.”


    Chen Chen looked at the person and said, “Please tell me how the suit works.”


    “Sure, sure!”


    The person-in-charge wiped off the cold sweats that were pooling on his forehead as he smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, it’s pretty hot today... Coughs, thisbat suit was designed after the GS Combat Suit that you’ve provided. After six full days of research from our material experts, we’ve managed toe up with a simplified version of it.


    “Why do we call it a simplified version? It’s because there’s some technology involved that we just can’t crack using existing techniques.”


    The person continued. “Thisbat suit is simr to the GS Combat Suit. There are fiveyers of structures. The outermostyer is made out of the nanocarbon fiber that we replicate using a unique process. It can be said to be the strongest existing fiber in this world as of now. It has excellent impact resistance and can withstand a temperature of up to 1300 degrees celsius. It also has high heat instion properties, which means that the wearer of this armor will suffer no damage at all even if he’s sprayed directly with fire in a short amount of time.


    “The secondyer is made out of ultra-high molecr weight polyethylene fiber. Thenes the middleyer. Regrettably, we’re unable to replicate the liquid armor that’s within, so we used shear thickening fluid as a substitute instead.”


    The person-in-chargeughed bitterly. “In terms of defensive ability, the shear thickening fluid isn’t inferior against liquid armor. After absorbingrge amounts of kic energy, it’s capable of distributing it across theyer and turning into a fixed dense state. However, it still couldn’t alter its state via the electric charges that are naturally emitted from the human body.”


    Chen Chen nodded and asked, “In other words, does this mean that thisbat suit only has the bulletproof ability for now?”


    “Yes.”


    The person-in-charge nodded. “Without liquid armor, thisbat suit cannot enhance the human body like the GS Combat Suit. It’s just a bulletproof vest for now.”


    Chen Chen felt mildly disappointed but still proceeded to say, “It must’ve been tough work. You can leave this sample here. Let the experts know that they can continue researching on this subject and that all of you soon will receive your fair share of rewards.”


    “Sure! Thank you, Mr. Chen!”


    The person-in-charge nodded hastily in gratitude and proceeded to exit Chen Chen’s office.


    It was only after the person left that Chen Chen’s face turned visibly solemn.


    He pped his hand lightly and a ck Knight immediately entered the room.


    “Put that on.”


    Chen Chen pointed toward the ckbat suit and said.


    Without any hint of hesitation, the ck Knight proceeded to remove his clothing and put on the ckbat suit that covered his entire body.


    It was only when the suit was on the ck Knight that Chen Chen finally noticed the differences.


    The GS Combat Suit had many button-like structures on it. These were precautionary structures that were built onto the suit. When the suit suffered from heavy damage, the button would be released to release liquid armor, saving the wearer from an incredibly deadly situation.


    For this newbat suit, as its defensive ability could not rival against the GS Combat Suit, there was no button built on it.


    Although the GS Combat Suit was still superior to thisbat suit, Chen Chen felt relieved that it was still in a different league than a military bulletproof vest. In one of the experiments, a stic dummy equipping the suit only suffered minor damage despite taking on 1000J’s impact of AK bullets.


    Chen Chen’s disturbed reaction had nothing to do with the quality of thebat suit. It had to do with the design of thebat suit, which matched exactly with an image in Chen Chen’s memories.


    Now that the ck Knight had put on the suit, Chen Chen blurred his own vision and felt a sense of panic.


    As the ck Knight put on anotheryer of clothing outside thebat suit, it now appeared to be a calm man dressed in a ck-cored jacket, a pair of ck gloves, and a pair of ckbat boots.


    Such fashion was the exact one the antagonist in one of Chen Chen’s movies had used...


    Chen Chen recalled that the movie was Deadly Crisis: A Shocking Scheme. It was rated by Hollywood’s critics as the worst movie of the year. Its Rotten Tomatoes rating had only reached thirty-two percent while its global box office was a mere total of 3.4 million USD.


    From the antagonist’s soulless facial expression to his ck tight suit, the resemnce of the character with this ck Knight was uncanny.


    “Does this not suggest that my hypothesis is bing closer and closer to reality...”


    Chen Chen thought silently.


    He could still remember that the movie’s timeline was on 30 May 2025, which was approximately a year and a half from now. It suggested that a year and a halfter, whatever happened in the movie may very well take ce in real life.


    If Chen Chen previously only had fifty percent confidence in his own hypothesis, he now had eighty percent confidence.


    The only unsolved puzzle was only how the movie’s plot was going to y out. After all, the characters in the movie may also exist in real life.


    Then, Chen Chen suddenly recalled something and spoke toward the webcam, “X, did anything strange happen in Osmond Biotech Ltd. recently?”


    Osmond Biotech Ltd. was the name of apany that invented the AD-001 medication in the movie. It was also thepany which the main character worked in. In reality, there was also a realpany bearing the same name.


    “Not at all. However, thepany has recently begun its Series B financing and has obtained fundings from severalpanies, aggregating a total of 50 million US dors,” Little X answered.


    “Funding, is it?”


    Chen Chen felt an idea sparked in his head and said, “Get Old Qian in here right now.”


    “Yes, sir!”


    Little X answered. A wave of silence then resumed in the room.


    After approximately twenty minutes had passed, a knock came on Chen Chen’s office door.


    “Pleasee in.”


    Chen Chen looked up and saw a mildly exhausted Qian Wenhuan entering his room. Heughed lightheartedly and said, “Old Qian, what’re you running so fast for?”


    “Well, you asked for me, so I thought there must be some urgent issues that need my attention.”


    Qian Wenhuan smiled and wiped his goldenced sses. “Boss, what is it that you ask me for?”


    “Make some arrangements with the Human Resource Department and prepare to send a few employees out to the North American Continent.”


    Chen Chen said sternly, “...and purchase the share of apany called Osmond Biotech Ltd. and purchase as much as you can.”


    “Okay.”


    Qian Wenhuan was initially shocked. However, he hastily nodded his head and said, “Osmond Biotech Ltd. right? I’ll remember that name. Is there anything else you’d like to instruct me to?”


    “That’s all for now.”


    Chen Chen shook his head and felt a pinch of admiration for Qian Wenhuan’s decisive attitude. Then, he thought of another thing and borated on his previous instruction. “Oh, right. It’s okay if you’re unable to purchase any shares directly. Thepany is currently undergoing B Series financing. You may take a look at the venture capitalpanies that are purchasing these shares. If you can’t get your hands on any of the shares, then purchase these venture capitalpanies.”


    “....” Qian Wenhuan nodded and said, “Alright. What’s the price range that you’re looking to invest in?”


    Chen Chen gave it some thought and said, “Around three billion US dors. If spending is too high, then the cost would outweigh the benefit. If these venture capitalpanies are mostly small-medium enterprises, then purchase as many as you can. However, if it’s a mega-conglomerate, then forget about it. After all, we can’t afford to spend on bigpanies like these.”


    “Understood. I’ll bring back good news.”


    Qian Wenhuan received his instruction and turned to leave.


    After seeing Qian Wenhuan out, Chen Chen then went into a contemting gesture as he murmured to himself.


    “Osmond Biotech Ltd....”


    “Well, I’d loved to see what kind of surprises await from you.”