Chapter 280: Garuru External Armor
"Hahaha, that's good, you are all of the same age, you should get together more often."
Xia Yi nodded and said, "Bai Qi, you should still have things to do, so I won't bother you any more. I'll have Xia Xuan contact you about the Mechanical Weapon Research Laboratory later, and you can just take over when the time comes."
"Okay, thank you Uncle Xia."
Bai Qi nodded, and then sent Xia Yi and his son out of the house.
"I didn't expect Fox Xia to be so willing to spend this time. He really saw the profit behind the Yuling Ball."
After Xia Yi left, Zhuge Xu's expression suddenly changed, and he said, "Bai Qi, you'd better not keep the people in Xia Huli's research lab. If you don't mind, uncle can help you recruit some people in."
Bai Qi nodded and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Zhuge. I understand."
A mechanical weapons research laboratory, no matter how small it is, cannot be run by one person. The Xia Group will definitely arrange some trusted people in it.
As for the purpose, even if we don’t talk about stealing information, we will still be able to obtain first-hand intelligence.
But unfortunately, Bai Qi had no intention of letting anyone operate these instruments.
Originally, he planned to ask the Xia Group for professional mechanical weapons research and manufacturing equipment so that he could replace the junk at home. He didn't expect the other party to be so generous. Not only did they give him 10% of the profit, but they also gave him a mechanical weapons research room as a gift.
In response, Bai Qi said that it was great to have money.
Seeing that Bai Qi understood what he meant, Zhuge Xu nodded and said, "But Bai Qi, you are really amazing. Rune evolution is fine, but you can even make something like the Spirit Taming Ball. Uncle Zhuge has really indulged in the urge to be a beastmaster."
As he spoke, Zhuge Xu threw away his windbreaker, revealing a belt inlaid with spirit balls.
"Um, have n't been distributed yet?"
Zhuge Xu smiled upon hearing this and said, "The official distribution should be in three days, but my uncle has some reputation in the Federation, so I asked someone to get a few back."
"The Federation also marked the serial numbers on them. Unfortunately, the first few numbers were already reserved by some people, so my uncle only got these few."
Bai Qi looked curiously at the spirit ball handed to him by Zhuge Xu. The overall structure was still the same as the one he made, but the materials used had been changed. On the mental power storage device inside it, there was a long serial number marked.
"10000, 10010, 10086?!"
Bai Qi looked at the serial numbers above and his voice unconsciously rose, while Zhuge Xu asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with these numbers?"
"No, no problem, I think it's quite good!"
Bai Qi shook his head repeatedly. It seemed that the three major mobile companies would invade the other world sooner or later. It was really unique to encounter such a thing.
"That's fine."
Zhuge Xu took the Yuling Ball handed back by Bai Qi and said, "Uncle Zhuge still has some things to prepare, so I won't stay any longer. You two can continue chatting."
After saying that, Zhuge Xu strode out of the house and left in the car without waiting for Bai Qi to react.
"Uncle Zhuge is still as resolute as ever."
"I'm just in a hurry to make money. If there's no money to be made, Dad will run slower than anyone else."
Zhuge Chen shrugged, looked at Bai Qi, and said, "By the way, in two days you will become the most famous person in the entire federation. Are you ready?"
"Prepare? What is there to prepare for?"
Bai Qi was somewhat confused, which made Zhuge Chen speechless.
"Your home address was already known to the paparazzi when you became the top scorer in the joint exam between the two cities. However, you went to the association headquarters for training afterwards, so there was no movement. When the Yuling Balls start to be distributed, are you sure the paparazzi will let you go?"
"Well, now that you mention it, it seems so."
Bai Qi's face changed. He was well aware of the madness of the paparazzi in his previous life. Once the Federation announced his identity, he would probably not be able to stay in this house anymore.
Or, hide in A-Cha's house?
Well, it’s decided.
Seeing Bai Qi's serious look, Zhuge Chen patted Bai Qi's shoulder sympathetically and said, "Great genius, take care of yourself."
"Let's not talk about that for now. How is your Garuru doing lately?"
Bai Qi didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer, so he changed the subject directly.
"Not bad. I was already familiar with Garuru, and now we have an additional means of communication. Our relationship is a little better, but I'm still a little unfamiliar with fighting."
Zhuge Chen scratched his head embarrassedly. When he didn't have any talent before, he spent all day thinking about how to command his pets to fight. Now that he can really command them, he is not doing it as well.
"It's okay, you'll get used to it."
Bai Qi said: "I have a gift for Garuru, please summon him first."
"A gift for Garuru?"
Zhuge Chen was a little confused, but he still summoned Garuru obediently, and Bai Qi also took out a handsome mecha and began to install it on Garuru.
Soon, a piece of metal armor that almost covered Garuru's entire body was assembled.
The metal wings, mechanical weapons all over the body, and the chillness that comes with the Garuru Polar Ice Wolf make it look like the Iron Garuru Wolf.
"Is this, the same mechanical modification as Shuke's?"
Zhuge Chen knew something about Shuke's situation. When he saw Garuru, whose appearance was somewhat similar to Shuke's, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"It's not a mechanical modification. Strictly speaking, it should be considered external armor."
Bai Qi shook his head and said, "I haven't found a way to fuse the machine with flesh and blood yet, but it's easy to make an external armor. Just treat it as a mechanical prosthesis for combat."
Zhuge Chen nodded, and then looked at Garuru's new look with great interest.
Mecha is every boy’s romance.
"Bai Qi, do you have a place for fighting? Can I give it a try?"
After watching for a while, Zhuge Chen was eager to try it out. Bai Qi, who had already guessed what Zhuge Chen was thinking, directly took Zhuge Chen to the secret base.
"Bai Qi, you..."
Looking at the base in front of him that was a little too spacious, Zhuge Chen was surprised beyond words.
"Let's go, the battlefield is ahead, let's try over there."
Bai Qi patted Zhuge Chen on the shoulder to bring him back to his senses, then took Zhuge Chen towards the battle room.
"Hero, please save me!"
At this moment, Chongcao suddenly rushed out from the aisle at the side. After seeing Bai Qi, he immediately jumped into Bai Qi's arms, then looked behind him in fear.
"What's going on?"
Before Bai Qi could figure out the situation, Husky and Gamma caught up with him, one holding a scalpel and the other holding a dinner knife, both of them were murderous and locked their eyes on the Cordyceps in Bai Qi's arms.
However, after seeing Bai Qi appear, Beta was the first to react. He inserted the scalpel in his hand directly into Gamma's body, then turned his head and hummed a little tune, as if nothing had happened. After a brief daze, Gamma also followed Beta's example and swallowed the knife, and directly digested it into energy.
"You two, are you really planning to stew Epsilon as food?"
The corner of Bai Qi's eyes twitched slightly. He specifically warned the two guys before leaving, but he didn't expect that the thing he worried about would still happen.
This Cordyceps is not a tonic, so what's the point of pursuing it?
Ahhhh!
(Human, please don’t misunderstand me. I just saw that Epsilon’s vines were a little messy, so I gave him a haircut. Yes, a haircut!)
Click, click.
(Yeah, Gamma was just helping Beta, he didn't mean to stew Epsilon.)
"Haha... do you think I believe it?"
Bai Qi rolled his eyes and immediately called Alpha over, saying, "Alpha, this guy will follow you from now on. Don't let them really stew him."
Epsilon was the fifth pet he had reserved. If it was really cooked by those two guys, he wouldn't have anywhere to find another one.
Crunch.
(Okay, boss.)
Alpha nodded, took the Cordyceps from Bai Qi and put it on his shoulder.
"Well, hero, I'd better let them stew me. It's just a few slices. I won't die."
Feeling the breath of death coming from Alpha, Cordyceps' body was shaking like a sieve, and he suddenly felt that Beta and Gamma were so cute.
Awww!
(Human, listen, this is what he wants! )
Beta immediately became interested, but Bai Qi was too lazy to pay attention to them and went straight to the battlefield with Zhuge Chen.
"Here, this is my battle field, feel free to try out your skills."
Bai Qi pointed to the battlefield in front of him and signaled Zhuge Chen to do as he pleased.
"This outdoor armor will react to Garuru's tiny movements, but some things are still controlled by Garuru himself. You have to spend some time to get familiar with it."
"OK."
Zhuge Chen nodded, summoned Garuru, pointed at the metal target that appeared on the battlefield, and said, "Garuru, use Charge!"
Garuru disappeared as a shadow, then one of its claws landed on the metal target, leaving three deep scratches on it.
"Huh? Garuru's speed has increased?"
Zhuge Chen looked at Garuru with some confusion, as its movements and destructive power were much stronger than usual, but he quickly reacted.
"Is it because of the external armor?"
Bai Qi nodded and said, "The external armor can assist in acceleration and power generation. Once you become proficient in it, the effect should be even better."
Zhuge Chen: “…”
"By the way, let Garuru try this function. This is my masterpiece. The rest doesn't matter."
Bai Qi muttered to Zhuge Chen for a while. Although Zhuge Chen didn't quite believe it, he still conveyed Bai Qi's words to Garuru.
Aa ...
Along with a melodious wolf howl, frost suddenly floated around Garuru and tended to gather towards its mouth, but runes suddenly lit up on the external armor and began to actively draw energy from Garuru.
Then, two missiles, also flashing blue spell patterns, flew out from under Garuru's wings and directly hit the metal target not far away.
A large amount of cold air escaped from the missile, instantly freezing the metal target. Then the metal target shattered under the shock wave of the explosion and turned into ice chips all over the ground.
Absolute freezing, success!
