Imperial Treasure

Chapter 671 - 430: Weapon

Su Zimu opened the top compartment of his backpack and took out a small notebook, turning to the first page.

As Sui Yi and the others looked, their expressions changed instantly.

"This is..."

"The diagram of the Rongwei Armor," Su Zimu lowered his eyes. "There are actually two key points to this matter. The first is what you think, it fundamentally involves people, both living and dead. Secondly, it’s about this Rongwei Armor."

"This diagram looks like the actual Rongwei Armor..." Pu Qinghan had never seen the Rongwei Armor, but Gong Jiu and Sui Yi had.

"It has a helmet added, right?" Su Zimu said.

"Right," Gong Jiu pointed to the helmet. "Previously, we only saw the armor part; this helmet... we really haven’t seen it before."

Su Zimu parted his fingers in the middle of the notebook and pulled out a sheet densely written with characters and handed it to Sui Yi.

"You should recognize this font."

"Ye Changan," Sui Yi looked at Su Zimu, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. How was Ye Changan involved again?

"Right, actually, fifteen years ago, my grandfather and Grandfather Ye had collaborated on a project codenamed Rongwei Armor. The core was naturally it. The research was progressing quite well, and they obtained a part of some very important secrets."

"National secrets?"

"Certainly," Su Zimu nodded. "But then, this research had to succeed in order to benefit the Nation. If it didn’t, it would be like drawing plums to quench thirst. The research was abruptly unable to progress, stalling for over a year... until later, when the central research facility obtained this helmet from a Han Dynasty royal tomb. After researching, they verified that the helmet and the armor were part of one set, and that the helmet also contained a special and mysteriously valuable substance. Moreover, by studying the combination of the helmet and the armor, they managed to break through the stagnation of previous results... This project immediately had its confidentiality level raised, and the central research facility was ordered to escort the helmet to the research base where my grandfather was stationed..."

Su Zimu paused, slowing down his speech, "On that day, the escort team from the central research facility was annihilated, and the helmet disappeared. On the same day, the research base where my grandfather was stationed was attacked... the armor was stolen, and less than a third of the entire research team survived, including my grandfather and Grandfather Ye. Documents were either taken or burned... However, those people probably didn’t know that in the escort team, there was one person who hadn’t died at the time. Hanging on to dear life, and being cautious, he had preserved some preliminary research data on the helmet, handing them over to my grandfather after being saved, only to him."

"Why?"

"He was my second uncle; both he and my second aunt were senior members of the research facility, leading the research on the helmet. One could say that the first to ever come into contact with and study the helmet were the two of them, and they had achieved quite significant results that weren’t known to others... On his deathbed, he revealed the location of that part of the data and also told my grandfather that there was a traitor inside, warning my grandfather to be careful... Thus, my grandfather didn’t submit the data. Furthermore, with the Rongwei Armor and the helmet missing, the authorities couldn’t trace their origins, nor could they continue the project, so it had to be shelved... until a year ago, the authorities suddenly found my grandfather and brought up this matter, telling him they had learned that the Rongwei Armor was now hidden in Duke Zheng’s Mansion. My grandfather then knew that the person behind the scenes could no longer hold back, but he also knew that the portion of the data he held would become a fatal bargaining chip..."

"What data?" Gong Jiu couldn’t help but ask.

Sui Yi looked at Su Zimu, who then looked at her. After a long silence, he said, "I need your permission... Before coming here, my grandfather said that as soon as I arrived, I must make a choice—whether to attach myself to the officials to receive their protection and offer everything, or to seek your help... I chose you, I’m sorry."

Being sorry for choosing you, Su Zimu might be the first.

But Gong Jiu and the others also knew the seriousness of the things they knew... Being dragged into this was clearly foreseeable.

The more you know, the more danger you’re in.

Sui Yi sat in the chair, her hands crossed and resting on her knees, her gaze deep. "I’m already here, aren’t I?"

Huh? Su Zimu suddenly understood, then smiled. "So, you mean you accept?"

"Yeah? Where’s the data?"

Su Zimu pointed to his head. "Here... Only this way can my personal safety be ensured, unhurt by anyone, no matter which side they are from."

"You also have a photographic memory?"

"Almost."

Truly... a family blessed by heaven, damn! Gong Jiu, who had been sullen all her life from her lack of historical knowledge...