Chapter 134 - Cold Words

Wei Lan seemed to be deep in thought. He looked at Wu Mo, who was standing in front of him, and realized that he was not flustered or afraid that his lie was about to be exposed.

It seemed that Wu Mo had already predicted that his work would pass the test.

“Then there’s no harm in waiting for another five minutes!”

Thinking of this, Wei Lan waved his hand and instructed accordingly.

“Yes, Sir…”

Zhou Ning nodded in agreement.

She picked up the armor that was not worn out and approached the simulation machine.

She was ready for the second round of testing.

The test this time would mainly cover six aspects, to see the armor’s performance data under various circumstances. Feng Qi and Lai Hua had failed to pass the machine’s test standards.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Ning put the suit into the test slot. She watched helplessly as the machine closed its compartment and began to operate. Only then did she regain her calm.

At that moment, Wu Mo’s mood did not fluctuate because of the machine issue. He continued to stand there with a confident look on his face.

His posture was tall and straight. He looked at the testing machine in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.

When the surrounding people saw this, they could not help but start to work things out in their hearts.

Feng Qi stared at the tips of his feet. His thoughts were stirring, and his mind was quite a mess.

Lai Hua looked at the machine curiously. He wanted to know whether Wu Mo was a hidden big shot or a rookie who did not know his own limits.

Chu Qingyan was also attracted by the situation. He wanted to see Wu Mo’s real results.

Even though he had already decided that he was the best, he still hoped that this test would be successfully completed. His first-place position would then be more secure.

Just as Chu Qingyan pondered to himself, Professor Liu, who was sitting beside him, asked with a smile, “Qingyan, what do you think of this team member’s work?”

He was stunned for a moment, but he immediately turned around and cupped his hands. “Professor Liu, I am only a graduate student. I don’t have the right to judge others.”

Professor Liu looked at Chu Qingyan’s humble expression and an expression of approval instantly appeared on his face.

Chu Qingyan might have only been in the Research Department for half a year, but he had always performed steadily. Moreover, he was down-to-earth and imaginative when it came to designing Divine weapons. Unconstrained by common sense, he was a good seedling.

If he could be nurtured, he might become an official researcher within two years.

On the contrary, Wu Mo, who was standing in front of everyone, wasarrogant and short-sighted.

In addition, he was even worse than the student called Zhang Yuan.

Not only did he lie, but he was also rebellious and stubborn in the face of Academician Xu’s accusations.

He was simply terrible.

Professor Liu had already plastered Wu Mo with various labels in his heart.

Right then, the machine stopped beeping, and hesubconsciously looked up.

The rest of the people present were alert because once the results were out, the test would be over.

[Test completed. The results are being processed. It will take about five minutes.]

A familiar and dazzling line of words appeared, confounding all who were present.

The one earlier could still be attributed to an accident. However, two machines malfunctioning one after another inevitably caused them to speculate other things.

Professor Liu could not wait any longer. He did not want to waste his time on these students, so he immediately asked in a low voice, “Zhou Ning, what exactly is the cause? Why is there something that can’t be checked?”

Zhou Ning did not dare neglect Professor Liu’s question, so she took a few hurried steps forward and explained, “Professor, there isn’t a problem with the machine. Instead, the test results have exceeded the calculation of several models. The machine’s chip needs to perform real-time calculations, so we have to wait for a moment. Don’t worry, these instruments were all transferred from the headquarters. There hasn’t been a problem in more than two years!”

With Zhou Ning’s guarantee, Professor Liu lightened up a little. However, her explanation made him believe in one thing.

Wu Mo’s work had to be a complete mess. It did not even meet the minimum standard for testing, hence the occurrence of this situation.

A ruler that measured the decimeter would not be able to accurately measure millimeters either.

At this point, Wu Mo’s statement of strictly following the forging standard was self-defeating.

However, Professor Liu was not the only one with such thoughts. The same thing ran through Chu Qingyan’s mind as he stood by his side.

“If you exceed a few calculation models, you’re either too strong or too weak. Wu Mo… could it be that the machine can’t detect your work because you’ve forged Epic-grade armor?”

Chu Qingyan grinned and teased Wu Mo.

The others could tell that Chu Qingyan was being sarcastic.

Only researchers or professors with rich work experience could forge something of Epic grade.

Wu Mo was merely a new graduate student, so how could he be capable of that?

Yet, after Wu Mo heard him, he nodded as if it was a matter of course. “You guessed it right! I have indeed forged Epic-grade armor!”

Wu Mo’s words made everyone speechless.

Professor Liu’s eyes flashed with anger. Aside from not knowing how to work hard, Wu Mo was also shameless before the leaders in such a formal test field. He was not worthy of being a member of the Research Department!

Forget Professor Liu and the other team members, even Wei Lan, who was known for being friendly and magnanimous, had a stiff expression.

“This… team member, Wu Mo, is too bold!”

Feng Qi was shocked. He was too afraid to even breathe in front of Minister Wei.

Wu Mo, a new graduate student, was talking big, and it shook him extremely.

Lai Hua, who had been watching the show, was also taken aback by Wu Mo’s boldness. He looked serious.

No one believed that Wu Mo could forge Epic equipment. They even thought that Wu Mo had only taken out ordinary clothing and not battle armor at all.

However, Xu Wuyue, who had been sitting in his seat with his head lowered, sat up abruptly and stared at Wu Mo with a puzzled gaze. He seemed to notice something.

Seeing the disbelief on everyone’s faces, Wu Mo immediately said, “If you don’t believe me, I’ll demonstrate it on the spot. I mentioned earlier that my armor can become invisible!”

As he spoke, he walked up to Zhou Ning and took back the suit that had been tested.

He unzipped it and prepared to put it on for everyone to see.

Unfortunately, he was a little embarrassed to find that he had been too focused on studying the effects of the armor and had not made the armor according to his size.

He wanted to try it on but discovered that it did not fit him. The sleeves would not go on his arms.

Seeing Wu Mo refuse to give up and insist that the suit had an invisibility function, Professor Liu got so angry that he laughed.

He had been in the Research Department for so many years, but he had never seen such a bad team member. He was so impervious to oil and salt that he ruined the Research Department’s spirit and atmosphere of dedication!