Technological advancement begins with devouring.

The two sample firearms were left with Li Dawei to continue undergoing various tests by the military to confirm the detailed value of the "Ripper".

Jiang Chen returned to Mingyue Community and proceeded with his plan step by step, immersing himself in the library provided by the system and frantically absorbing all kinds of advanced knowledge.

time flies.

After undergoing a transformation overnight in the detention center, Luo Feng successfully awakened his mental power, his strength soared, and he became a key genius cultivated by the Limitless Martial Arts Academy.

Although the military increased its recruitment efforts for Luo Feng because of Jiang Chen, the extremely high degree of freedom given by the Limitless Martial Arts Academy was what Luo Feng sought even more.

Just like in the original story, Luo Feng joined the 'Fire Hammer Squad'.

Before venturing into the wilderness for training, he sought out Jiang Chen to catch up.

"My strength should be catching up with yours soon, right?" Luo Feng, who had awakened his mental power, was quite confident.

Jiang Chen didn't answer directly, but smiled and said, "If you want to challenge me, you can try."

Although he did not follow the traditional path of a martial artist, Jiang Chen's physical attributes would increase dramatically with each level up as his evaluation level in the system rose.

The improvement of each attribute is not simply a proportional increase.

The higher the attribute value, the greater the increase in strength for each additional point of attribute improvement.

The increase in strength from 10 to 11 and from 30 to 31 are two completely different concepts.

Even disregarding the psychic abilities brought by his [Telekinesis] feat, Jiang Chen has already reached a level close to that of a warrior general in terms of basic strength and speed alone, which is much stronger than Luo Feng, a rookie who has just awakened.

If we take mental strength into account, the two are not even in the same league.

Luo Feng may be very powerful in the future, but right now he is just a novice who has just embarked on the path of martial arts.

Luo Feng was somewhat eager to try, but seeing Jiang Chen's 'malicious' and eerie smile, he gave up the idea and shook his head, saying, "Forget it, I won't try. We're going into the wilderness tomorrow, and I need to be in good shape."

The two had known each other for many years, and Luo Feng knew Jiang Chen very well.

Whenever Jiang Chen shows this expression, it means someone is probably about to be in trouble.

Luo Feng certainly didn't want to be the one who ended up in trouble.

Putting aside his thoughts of challenging Jiang Chen, Luo Feng said, "I'm going to train in the wilderness this time, and I don't know how long it will take. I'm worried that Zhang Haobai will cause trouble for my family. If anything happens, I hope you can help keep an eye on them, A-Chen."

Jiang Chen's identity is considered a top secret in the military, but Jiang Chen has never kept it a secret from those around him, and Luo Feng knows a little about it.

Luo Feng felt very reassured entrusting his family to Jiang Chen's care.

“No problem, leave it to me.” Jiang Chen agreed without hesitation. Zhang Haobai was nothing to Jiang Chen.

"Speaking of which, Ah Chen, you're also a formal martial artist. Don't you plan to go and train in the wilderness?" Luo Feng asked curiously.

He knew that Jiang Chen became a formal martial artist more than two years earlier than him.

But Jiang Chen never went into the wilderness to hunt monsters like ordinary martial artists.

“The path I’m taking is different from yours.” Jiang Chen shook his head, without going into details.

Hunting monsters to hone his skills? That would definitely help Jiang Chen's growth in strength.

After all, Jiang Chen is currently just a novice with decent 'stats' but almost no practical experience, and he doesn't know how to maximize his strength in actual combat.

If it were a real life-or-death battle, even an experienced junior warrior could take Jiang Chen's life.

However, at least at this stage, Jiang Chen prefers to quickly improve his 'stats' rather than spend time honing his skills in actual combat.

Lacking practical experience and unable to unleash your full potential? No problem, just crush them with your level.

Most importantly, as one of the military's most important partners, there is virtually no danger that requires Jiang Chen to personally intervene.

If even a war god like Lu Gang couldn't protect Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen didn't think his own strength could be of any use.

The best option is to acquire more knowledge, develop more powerful weapons, and simultaneously improve one's physical attributes through system upgrades.

Of course, there was no need to explain these things to Luo Feng in detail.

Luo Feng wisely refrained from pressing further. After exchanging a few words with Jiang Chen, he hurriedly left to rejoin his teammates from the 'Fire Hammer Squad'.

This little incident did not affect Jiang Chen's plans for himself.

While negotiating with the military about the distribution of profits from the "Ripper" rifle, Jiang Chen also launched two new projects.

[Jarvis] Assistant AI and [Boxer] Ground-based Powered Mech

The former is to assist in one's own research and work.

As Jiang Chen acquires more and more knowledge, the blueprints he plans to develop become more and more complex. It is clear that Jiang Chen alone is no longer able to handle the workload.

Artificial intelligence that is completely loyal to itself is the best helper at this stage.

The latter, however, is what truly brings out the full value of the Ripper rifle.

In a certain world, the Terran Federation, which rules the entire galaxy, has one of its most important military forces on the planet's surface environment: a large number of Boxer mechs equipped with Ripper rifles.

However, both of these projects are far more difficult than the Ripper rifle.

Jiang Chen's own knowledge alone is far from sufficient to meet the requirements of the blueprints.

Moreover, even with blueprints, there are many hurdles to overcome in manufacturing them in the real world, let alone mass-producing them on a large scale.

Even with the help of the system, this time can be greatly shortened, but it is impossible to completely erase it.

Furthermore, in advancing these two projects, Jiang Chen also needs to assist the military by providing sufficient technical support to complete the mass production process modification of the [Tearer] rifle.

Producing 'experimental models' in small batches in a laboratory and mass-producing them using modern industrial power are two completely different concepts.

Fortunately, the blueprints provided by the system are for a very mature product that already has the technology for mass production.

While the technology of the Ripper rifle is not low, there is not a significant generational gap between it and Earth's technology. Achieving this is not difficult, just a bit tedious.

Not long after Luo Feng entered the wilderness, Jiang Chen and the military representatives finally finished their long-running wrangling.

When huge sums of money are involved, no matter how much the military values ​​Jiang Chen, it is difficult to avoid trying to secure benefits for themselves.

Fortunately, after a long and drawn-out negotiation, the two sides finally reached an agreement.