Chapter 146 Promotion

Five months later.

The Black Obsidian was speeding along on its return journey.

Inside the gym, Su Mo was constantly working out.

Sun Duoxiang buzzed around him like a fly.

"Boss, are you tired? Want me to get you a bottle of water?"

"Do you have nothing better to do all day than follow me around?"

Su Mo asked Sun Duoxiang while pulling on a gravity ring.

"Following the boss is where the money's at!"

Sun Duoxiang's mouth was practically splitting open with happiness. He had already received his share of the money. Every day he woke up, he felt like the world wasn't real.

He had actually become a multi-millionaire, and in Star Coins. This made Sun Duoxiang even more determined to stick by Su Mo's side.

He was now richer than Lin Min.

Su Mo was too lazy to bother with this guy and continued to work out.

Buzz~

Just then, the phone next to him vibrated.

Su Mo glanced at it, picked up the phone, and left.

Sun Duoxiang quickly followed.

"Boss, wait for me, I'll go with you."

"I'm going to G2 district to see Sperd. Why would you come with me?"

Su Mo couldn't help but complain.

"Uh, then I won't go."

Sun Duoxiang immediately wilted.

......

Soon after, Su Mo arrived at G2 district. He walked towards Sperd's office.

Along the way, the officers he encountered stopped and gave him a solemn salute.

Su Mo nodded slightly in response. He was a little puzzled, why did Sperd want to see him at this juncture?

Soon he arrived at the office door and knocked.

A steady voice sounded.

"Come in!"

Su Mo then pushed the door open and entered. He found that besides Sperd, Li Ruiqi was also present.

"Lord Sperd, Lord Li Ruiqi."

Su Mo respectfully greeted them.

"You're here. This is for you!"

Sperd raised his hand and tapped the table.

On the table was a delicate box, containing a brand new set of Major General's uniform and a promotion document.

Su Mo hesitated and asked, "I'm being promoted?"

Seeing the hesitant look on Su Mo's face, Sperd thought he wasn't satisfied and said, "Su Mo, it's not that we don't want to give you a better position, it's just that your foundation is too weak."

"No, no, that's not what I meant."

Su Mo's face was full of black lines. He wasn't complaining about the position being too low.

Li Ruiqi smiled and explained, "Sperd is right. The main reason is that your foundation is too weak, and we can't jump you up too high all at once. Otherwise, with your ability, a full General would be more than enough, but you know, your speed of promotion is already scaring people to death. You've only been in the military for a little over a year, and to reach this level in a year is unprecedented in the Federation. You know, Wang Hai and the others were able to hold such high positions because they toiled for more than ten years, risking their lives countless times to earn credit. And that's not even the most important thing, they were able to hold such high positions largely due to special background factors, but you don't have any of that."

"Uh, I understand."

Su Mo replied awkwardly.

Li Ruiqi then patted Su Mo on the shoulder and said, "Of course, don't worry, we know this position doesn't match you. The reason we're so eager to promote you to Major General is so that Council Speaker Long Ming can personally promote you to Lieutenant General during the award ceremony later. Otherwise, jumping from Major to Lieutenant General all at once would be even more unreasonable."

Sperd also said at this time, "Don't worry, we have discussed your path, all of us council speakers, and have already paved the way for you. After you are awarded Lieutenant General, just wait a year or two, and we can break the rules and directly promote you to General. Others need to rack their brains to earn credit and get promoted. You don't need to. You just need to wait until the time is right."

After hearing this, Su Mo was even more dumbfounded. He wasn't complaining that the position was too low. Actually, he wanted to say that he didn't need a promotion; things were fine as they were.

Li Ruiqi patted Su Mo on the shoulder and said with great emotion, "To be honest, if it weren't for you in this expedition, we would all have been corpses in the Sea of Stars."

"It's what I should do."

Su Mo squeezed out an awkward smile.

"By the way, you need to prepare. After returning to the Federation, Council Speaker Long Ming wants to meet you in person before the award ceremony. You should prepare well, and during the conversation, just be yourself. Say what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't."

Li Ruiqi earnestly instructed.

"Understood!"

Su Mo suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"Okay, there's nothing else. Go get busy. Sperd and I need to discuss something."

Li Ruiqi said.

Su Mo was about to leave when he suddenly stopped. He turned around and asked with a smile, "Lord Sperd, when will my Gluttony mech be repaired?"

Hearing Su Mo ask this question, Sperd frowned and replied, "It won't be repaired anytime soon. Your Gluttony mech was too severely damaged. A large number of internal biological tissue cells have died. The entire mech is now immersed in nutrient solution. Don't even think about repairing it in a year or two. We may have to consider scrapping it."

Su Mo's face twitched violently.

"You're kidding me, right?"

"Don't worry about this. We'll do our best. If it really can't be repaired, the Federation will compensate you with a new one. The Federation wouldn't leave you without a mech to pilot. And I'm telling you, there might be a surprise."

Li Ruiqi said with a smile.

"What surprise?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

"We are trying to repair that pseudo-V generation bioweapon mech. According to the latest feedback, there's hope that it can be repaired."

Sperd didn't hide it from Su Mo.

Su Mo immediately understood the implication, but he wasn't happy about it. If it were before, he might have been quite happy, but now he got a headache at the thought of heavy pollution.

"Then I'll go first."

"Okay!"

Li Ruiqi nodded in response.

Su Mo then left the GT department.

Walking along the way, Su Mo said to Falsified Creator-Devourer, "You think the GT department is so busy repairing that pseudo-V generation mech that they don't have time to repair mine?"

"Do you even need to ask? If I were them, I would repair the high-level mech first. And their meaning is very clear, they will most likely let you use this mech. Since they are going to let you use it, why bother rushing to repair the Gluttony mech?"

Falsified Creator-Devourer replied in a low voice.

Su Mo became more and more helpless. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt extremely nauseous, and his head throbbed violently.

Su Mo suddenly stopped, bent over, and pressed his hand to his head.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that this uncomfortable feeling slowly subsided.

Su Mo immediately asked Falsified Creator-Devourer, "What's wrong with me?"

"No need to make a fuss, it's just pollution backlash. It's normal."

"It's not normal at all."

Su Mo replied with a sinking heart.

"You don't need to worry so much. No matter what, you've been injected with the V-type gene serum. Although its expression is only 40%, you can still withstand this level of pollution backlash. Of course, if you were strong enough to fully express the V-type gene serum's ability, this problem wouldn't occur. In any case, your current state is much stronger than others."

Falsified Creator-Devourer explained in a low voice.