Perception magic wouldn’t work. What other medium that could connect the human body and the mecha? Master Ren’s vision of connecting via machinery wouldn’t do. For those connections to be feasible, they need to install a nanochip into the pilot’s body. And that still had a massive health risk, the consequences would be…
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‘Wait, install a chip…?’
Qiao Zhiya sat up straight, a dash of hope flashed inside his eyes.
Since his goal was to forge a connection between the mecha and the human body using a third-party’s power, why not install the Perception magic array onto the third-party instead? Since the human body couldn’t withstand continuous Perception magic array usage, why don’t he search for a material that could stand it?
Mecha pilots need to change into their combat uniforms when driving a mecha. It is not reliable to install sensor chips in the pilot’s body.
He remembered that Master Ren had made similar attempts before, but he gave up because of the poor synchronization thanks to the combat uniform’s interference. But now, his Perception magic array could bypass that, he only needed to find a suitable material!
‘This medium must have similar life force to human’s, must be able to detect spiritual power, be able to withstand the continuous magic array, must be able to synchronize with the mecha… minerals are too rigid, plants are too weak, so that leaves… beast materials! Those alien beasts are undoubtedly the most suitable!’
The more he thought of the prospect, the more excited he got. He took another book out of the storage ring and started rummaging – he remembered that his father had recorded a note about the usage of animal materials for a magic array, and the magic array runs as normal. In that note, his father seemed to be experimenting using the tendons for witchcraft purposes, but Qiao Zhiya didn’t exactly remember how his father had done it.
As he flipped through the book with gusto, Qiao Zhiya’s attention was fully on to the information. He didn’t discover that someone had snuck inside his room.
“Qiao, you are too unguarded.”
Jiane’s voice suddenly sounded a few steps away. Qiao Zhiya was stunned, put down the book and looked at the direction of the sound. He touched the simulator on the ear, wondering, ‘Strange, how could the simulator not alert me that someone had entered?’
“I borrowed a bit of my father’s power to shield me from being detected by spiritual power.” Jian saw his movement and made a guess as to what Qiao Zhiya was thinking. He took a few steps forward, took out a small box and put it on the coffee table in front of him, and said, “I came here secretly. Your fiance is too fierce. I dare not meet him directly. This is for you. Congratulations for your engagement.”
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It turned out to be a gift.
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“Thank you.” Qiao Zhiya immediately demonstrated what it means to be “unguarded.” He looked at him foolishly and justified Chu Rong’s vigilance. “You don’t have to be afraid of Chu Rong. He just looks fierce. He’s actually very nice. Plus, you are my friend, he wouldn’t hurt you.”
Jian remembered his previous communication with Chu Rong, and his father’s subsequent negotiation with Chu Rong. In both accounts, Chu Rong looked downright murderous. He suddenly felt that his father’s decision to hide their relationship from Qiao Zhiya was correct. The youth was very trusting, and could be the breakthrough point. His defenses was far too simple, while Chu Rong wasn’t someone to poke at all.
He wondered what kind of parents had such a simple child as Qiao Zhiya…
Before his thoughts could float away, Jian snapped back. He looked at Qiao Zhiya’s smile and soothing trusting eyes, which made Jian himself feel warm. He smiled back, saying, “The box contains some of the ‘medicine’ that my father refined. You can eat one when you are uncomfortable. Rest assured, it is harmless, you can test it if you want. I should go, the party is too boring, I want to go back to sleep. “
Qiao Zhiya got up quickly and said, “I’ll send you off.”
“No, Chu Rong is coming back soon, he will be anxious if he doesn’t see you.” Jian waved his hand as he left.
Qiao Zhiya insisted on sending him to the door and called for a waiter to show him the way. He watched his figure disappear at the corner of the corridor before closing the door and walking back. He looked at the small box on the table and reached for it.
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Eight crystal ball-like things laid neatly in the box, each the size of a thumb, with some kind of white liquid contained within. He took one out and carefully smelled it. It really had a soothing property, just like at that time when he swallowed a “scale”. Regardless, it still felt a tad sketchy to him, so he quickly put back the ball.
Although he trusted his friends, he still had some vigilance.
“Qiuqiu, try this for me.” He said, and gave Qiuqiu one of the crystal balls.
Qiuqiu immediately stretched out a vine to poke into the crystal ball, and then, it immediately went slack on his palm, as if it was overdosing on drugs. The liquid inside the crystal ball vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Qiao Zhiya was taken aback, busy pulling out its slack vines. He then covered up the crystal ball – now only containing half of its liquid content left. He anxiously asked, “What’s wrong with you? Is there something wrong with this thing?”
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Qiuqiu rolled lazily in his hands, indicating that it was full but still wanted more.
“……”
Qiuqiu then started to beg, acting spoiled as it rolled around and entangled its vine in Qiao Zhiya’s fingers.
“No.”
Qiao Zhiya held Qiuqiu with a frown. He glanced at the crystal ball, and appeased the bundle of vine by feeding it his magic. “Receiving too much power at one time will affect your digestion. Would you like to become an obese vine ball?”
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They reached an agreement. Qiuqiu obediently rolled in his palm again.
He was relieved, touched it again, and put it back inside his storage bracelet.
With Qiuqiu’s reassurance, he finally felt relieved and put the crystal ball in the box and put it away.
After such an interruption, he had no desire to continue to read the book. Remembering the plethora of guests he had invited, he went up and walked out.
Outside, he only walked a few steps before he met Chu Rong. He then remembered what Jian said just now, and once again sighed at his “foreknowledge”. After that, he happily went with Chu Rong to entertain the guests.
At 10 o’clock in the evening, the banquet was almost over and the guests left one after another. Sang Bu and Yun Xiachu were staying at the guest house for one night because their home was not in the Capital Planet. The Chu family arranged someone to accompany them home the next day.
It’s almost 11 o’clock after all the guests had left. Still buzzed with adrenaline, he’s not sleepy at all despite the hour. He went for a quick wash, and was still not sleepy.
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But he still slipped into the quilt, next to Chu Rong. The taller man had just finished washing-up too, and he quickly cozied up to him. He yawned, then said, “A month has passed, can I enter the laboratory?”
His cheeky statement made Chu Rong frown. He tucked Qiao Zhiya with the quilt, ruffled his hair, and saw that the youth was fighting his drooping eyes. He covered his eyes with his palm as he said, “Yes you can. However, if you don’t sleep on time again, the punishment will be prolonged.”
Almost immediately, Qiao Zhiya’s eyes closed and his body relaxed.
Chu Rong opened his hand and looked at his sleeping face for a while, then silently turned off the light, and fell asleep cuddling the youth.
Tonight, it was Chu Rong’s turn to have a weird dream. In his dream, there were two vague figures chasing after him aggressively. He kept running and avoiding them as he ran through a primeval forest, but he strangely didn’t know – or want – to counterattack. the forest, but strangely had no idea of counterattack. If anything, he actually had some thoughts of giving up and letting them catch up on him.
This was totally inconsistent with his principle of doing things, so he woke up in a bad mood the next day.
Even worse, he was abandoned. His freshly-baked fiance entered the laboratory after sending his friend home on the second day of the engagement. Then, he and Master Ren had a “date” everyday and completely forgot about his own fiance.
“Well, marriage is like this. Over time, feelings gradually fade, and then when the two of them get tired of each other…”
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“And then what?”
Chu Rong didn’t know when to appear, raised his hand and pressed on Chu Yan’s shoulder, inquiring quietly.
Chu Yan’s body was stiff. First, he used his eyes to condemn Yuan Xiu, who was sitting opposite him, who should have seen the “enemy” but did not report it. Then his eyes turned and he naturally said, “And then a little goodbye is better than a new wedding…… uh, uhm, Erge! Isn’t the ship that escorts the Prince and Princess sails today? Why are you still at home?”
He abruptly changed the topic. Chu Rong did not answer his question, but signaled the battle hall, saying, “Beginning next semester, the military academy will organize students to do on-field training once a year. You have played for a month, and now, it’s time for your training to get back on track.” After speaking, he turned and walked towards the training hall. The back was very cold and unreasonable.
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Yuan Xiu silently got up and started to walk away.
Chu Yan looked at his retreating bestfriend with a fervent plea in his eyes. Then, he hissed at him, “You’re my bestfriend, aren’t you? You want to improve your skill and strength, right? Let’s get stronger together.”
“I don’t want to.” Yuan Xiu refused cruelly, looking at Chu Rong’s back, and said quickly, “I just came to tell you that the Mecha Piloting Competition you were waiting for is finally open again after 4 years. I heard that This year’s competition has expanded in size, and the Empire will also participate. Now that you’re 18 years old, you’re old enough to qualify. Don’t forget to sign up.”
“Registration is open now?” Chu Yan was surprised. His grip loosened, and Yuan Xiu immediately snatched this opportunity to run away.
“You can see it for yourself. On their website, the registration has been open since yesterday. I guess you must haven’t noticed.” Yuan Xiu added, and then he ran away without looking back.
Chu Yan was too surprised to care about Yuan Xiu running away. He instead opted to take his photon computer and started searching for this long-awaited competition.
T/L: about Chu Rong’s “weird dream”… hm… I wonder if it has something to do with the magic array Qiao Zhiya told him yesterday…
If you can, please support me by donating on my ko-fi~ For every 2 ko-fis, I’ll release an additional chapter ^^
Perception magic wouldn’t work. What other medium that could connect the human body and the mecha? Master Ren’s vision of connecting via machinery wouldn’t do. For those connections to be feasible, they need to install a nanochip into the pilot’s body. And that still had a massive health risk, the consequences would be…
Sponsored Content
‘Wait, install a chip…?’
Qiao Zhiya sat up straight, a dash of hope flashed inside his eyes.
Since his goal was to forge a connection between the mecha and the human body using a third-party’s power, why not install the Perception magic array onto the third-party instead? Since the human body couldn’t withstand continuous Perception magic array usage, why don’t he search for a material that could stand it?
Mecha pilots need to change into their combat uniforms when driving a mecha. It is not reliable to install sensor chips in the pilot’s body.
He remembered that Master Ren had made similar attempts before, but he gave up because of the poor synchronization thanks to the combat uniform’s interference. But now, his Perception magic array could bypass that, he only needed to find a suitable material!
‘This medium must have similar life force to human’s, must be able to detect spiritual power, be able to withstand the continuous magic array, must be able to synchronize with the mecha… minerals are too rigid, plants are too weak, so that leaves… beast materials! Those alien beasts are undoubtedly the most suitable!’
The more he thought of the prospect, the more excited he got. He took another book out of the storage ring and started rummaging – he remembered that his father had recorded a note about the usage of animal materials for a magic array, and the magic array runs as normal. In that note, his father seemed to be experimenting using the tendons for witchcraft purposes, but Qiao Zhiya didn’t exactly remember how his father had done it.
As he flipped through the book with gusto, Qiao Zhiya’s attention was fully on to the information. He didn’t discover that someone had snuck inside his room.
“Qiao, you are too unguarded.”
Jiane’s voice suddenly sounded a few steps away. Qiao Zhiya was stunned, put down the book and looked at the direction of the sound. He touched the simulator on the ear, wondering, ‘Strange, how could the simulator not alert me that someone had entered?’
“I borrowed a bit of my father’s power to shield me from being detected by spiritual power.” Jian saw his movement and made a guess as to what Qiao Zhiya was thinking. He took a few steps forward, took out a small box and put it on the coffee table in front of him, and said, “I came here secretly. Your fiance is too fierce. I dare not meet him directly. This is for you. Congratulations for your engagement.”
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It turned out to be a gift.
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“Thank you.” Qiao Zhiya immediately demonstrated what it means to be “unguarded.” He looked at him foolishly and justified Chu Rong’s vigilance. “You don’t have to be afraid of Chu Rong. He just looks fierce. He’s actually very nice. Plus, you are my friend, he wouldn’t hurt you.”
Jian remembered his previous communication with Chu Rong, and his father’s subsequent negotiation with Chu Rong. In both accounts, Chu Rong looked downright murderous. He suddenly felt that his father’s decision to hide their relationship from Qiao Zhiya was correct. The youth was very trusting, and could be the breakthrough point. His defenses was far too simple, while Chu Rong wasn’t someone to poke at all.
He wondered what kind of parents had such a simple child as Qiao Zhiya…
Before his thoughts could float away, Jian snapped back. He looked at Qiao Zhiya’s smile and soothing trusting eyes, which made Jian himself feel warm. He smiled back, saying, “The box contains some of the ‘medicine’ that my father refined. You can eat one when you are uncomfortable. Rest assured, it is harmless, you can test it if you want. I should go, the party is too boring, I want to go back to sleep. “
Qiao Zhiya got up quickly and said, “I’ll send you off.”
“No, Chu Rong is coming back soon, he will be anxious if he doesn’t see you.” Jian waved his hand as he left.
Qiao Zhiya insisted on sending him to the door and called for a waiter to show him the way. He watched his figure disappear at the corner of the corridor before closing the door and walking back. He looked at the small box on the table and reached for it.
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Eight crystal ball-like things laid neatly in the box, each the size of a thumb, with some kind of white liquid contained within. He took one out and carefully smelled it. It really had a soothing property, just like at that time when he swallowed a “scale”. Regardless, it still felt a tad sketchy to him, so he quickly put back the ball.
Although he trusted his friends, he still had some vigilance.
“Qiuqiu, try this for me.” He said, and gave Qiuqiu one of the crystal balls.
Qiuqiu immediately stretched out a vine to poke into the crystal ball, and then, it immediately went slack on his palm, as if it was overdosing on drugs. The liquid inside the crystal ball vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Qiao Zhiya was taken aback, busy pulling out its slack vines. He then covered up the crystal ball – now only containing half of its liquid content left. He anxiously asked, “What’s wrong with you? Is there something wrong with this thing?”
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Qiuqiu rolled lazily in his hands, indicating that it was full but still wanted more.
“……”
Qiuqiu then started to beg, acting spoiled as it rolled around and entangled its vine in Qiao Zhiya’s fingers.
“No.”
Qiao Zhiya held Qiuqiu with a frown. He glanced at the crystal ball, and appeased the bundle of vine by feeding it his magic. “Receiving too much power at one time will affect your digestion. Would you like to become an obese vine ball?”
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They reached an agreement. Qiuqiu obediently rolled in his palm again.
He was relieved, touched it again, and put it back inside his storage bracelet.
With Qiuqiu’s reassurance, he finally felt relieved and put the crystal ball in the box and put it away.
After such an interruption, he had no desire to continue to read the book. Remembering the plethora of guests he had invited, he went up and walked out.
Outside, he only walked a few steps before he met Chu Rong. He then remembered what Jian said just now, and once again sighed at his “foreknowledge”. After that, he happily went with Chu Rong to entertain the guests.
At 10 o’clock in the evening, the banquet was almost over and the guests left one after another. Sang Bu and Yun Xiachu were staying at the guest house for one night because their home was not in the Capital Planet. The Chu family arranged someone to accompany them home the next day.
It’s almost 11 o’clock after all the guests had left. Still buzzed with adrenaline, he’s not sleepy at all despite the hour. He went for a quick wash, and was still not sleepy.
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But he still slipped into the quilt, next to Chu Rong. The taller man had just finished washing-up too, and he quickly cozied up to him. He yawned, then said, “A month has passed, can I enter the laboratory?”
His cheeky statement made Chu Rong frown. He tucked Qiao Zhiya with the quilt, ruffled his hair, and saw that the youth was fighting his drooping eyes. He covered his eyes with his palm as he said, “Yes you can. However, if you don’t sleep on time again, the punishment will be prolonged.”
Almost immediately, Qiao Zhiya’s eyes closed and his body relaxed.
Chu Rong opened his hand and looked at his sleeping face for a while, then silently turned off the light, and fell asleep cuddling the youth.
Tonight, it was Chu Rong’s turn to have a weird dream. In his dream, there were two vague figures chasing after him aggressively. He kept running and avoiding them as he ran through a primeval forest, but he strangely didn’t know – or want – to counterattack. the forest, but strangely had no idea of counterattack. If anything, he actually had some thoughts of giving up and letting them catch up on him.
This was totally inconsistent with his principle of doing things, so he woke up in a bad mood the next day.
Even worse, he was abandoned. His freshly-baked fiance entered the laboratory after sending his friend home on the second day of the engagement. Then, he and Master Ren had a “date” everyday and completely forgot about his own fiance.
“Well, marriage is like this. Over time, feelings gradually fade, and then when the two of them get tired of each other…”
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“And then what?”
Chu Rong didn’t know when to appear, raised his hand and pressed on Chu Yan’s shoulder, inquiring quietly.
Chu Yan’s body was stiff. First, he used his eyes to condemn Yuan Xiu, who was sitting opposite him, who should have seen the “enemy” but did not report it. Then his eyes turned and he naturally said, “And then a little goodbye is better than a new wedding…… uh, uhm, Erge! Isn’t the ship that escorts the Prince and Princess sails today? Why are you still at home?”
He abruptly changed the topic. Chu Rong did not answer his question, but signaled the battle hall, saying, “Beginning next semester, the military academy will organize students to do on-field training once a year. You have played for a month, and now, it’s time for your training to get back on track.” After speaking, he turned and walked towards the training hall. The back was very cold and unreasonable.
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Yuan Xiu silently got up and started to walk away.
Chu Yan looked at his retreating bestfriend with a fervent plea in his eyes. Then, he hissed at him, “You’re my bestfriend, aren’t you? You want to improve your skill and strength, right? Let’s get stronger together.”
“I don’t want to.” Yuan Xiu refused cruelly, looking at Chu Rong’s back, and said quickly, “I just came to tell you that the Mecha Piloting Competition you were waiting for is finally open again after 4 years. I heard that This year’s competition has expanded in size, and the Empire will also participate. Now that you’re 18 years old, you’re old enough to qualify. Don’t forget to sign up.”
“Registration is open now?” Chu Yan was surprised. His grip loosened, and Yuan Xiu immediately snatched this opportunity to run away.
“You can see it for yourself. On their website, the registration has been open since yesterday. I guess you must haven’t noticed.” Yuan Xiu added, and then he ran away without looking back.
Chu Yan was too surprised to care about Yuan Xiu running away. He instead opted to take his photon computer and started searching for this long-awaited competition.
T/L: about Chu Rong’s “weird dream”… hm… I wonder if it has something to do with the magic array Qiao Zhiya told him yesterday…
If you can, please support me by donating on my ko-fi~ For every 2 ko-fis, I’ll release an additional chapter ^^
