Chapter 298: Blue Robes!
“Dong~!”
“Dong~!”
“Dong~!”
As a series of melodious bell chimes rang out.
Master stopped speaking, slowly setting down the stone brush in his hand.
“Alright, that’s all for today’s lesson. When you go back, don’t forget to review the book you need to read tomorrow.”
“Goodbye, Master.”
A group of children rose and took their leave one after another.
Only Master remained in his seat, gazing out the window, lost in thought.
He looked to be around forty or fifty, dressed in a cyan scholar’s robe, with calm brows and gentle eyes.
But upon closer inspection, one would notice his pupils were a deep,幽green, like two whirlpools.
And he simply sat there in the empty schoolroom.
No telling what he was thinking.
Until the sun gradually shifted westward.
“Old Li! Why haven’t you left yet!”
“What are you thinking about!”
Suddenly, a rough male voice came from the school entrance.
“Oh! Coming right away!”
This Master surnamed Li pulled back his thoughts, turned his head, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.
“Li Zhao, what are you doing? You’re not on duty today, so why haven’t you gone home after school?”
The burly man at the door asked, puzzled.
Li Zhao smiled and said, “I told the children a mythic story today, and I was just sighing over it.”
“Myths! What do you know about myths, kid? The myths of this world are all lies, all fake!”
The burly man shot back without the slightest courtesy.
“Heh heh… maybe.”
“Alright, I’m heading home too. I still have to prepare tomorrow’s lesson!”
Li Zhao replied lightly, not taking the words to heart at all.
“Hah…”
The burly man shook his head, said nothing more, turned, and left.
Li Zhao’s gaze drifted into the distance, his eyes complex.
Fake?
Maybe.
Thinking this, Li Zhao stepped out the school gate.
After greeting the old man who opened the door, Li Zhao raised his wrist.
Embedded in his wrist was a pitch-black crystal sheet about ten centimeters long and two fingers wide.
Li Zhao raised his left hand and lightly tapped the black crystal sheet twice.
“Buzz!”
Instantly, the crystal sheet trembled slightly, emitting a hazy white glow.
At the same time, densely packed text appeared on the crystal sheet.
It actually displayed today’s weather, calendar, schedule records.
It even showed an extremely tiny heart rate and internal breath diagram.
As if it were constantly monitoring Li Zhao’s physical condition.
And Li Zhao did not pay attention to that繁杂 information.
His finger slid lightly upward on the crystal sheet.
As if bringing up some interface.
The illusion of a humanoid Puppet Armor immediately appeared in midair, lifelike as though real.
Li Zhao stared carefully at the various attributes of this Spirit-Energy Armor.
This was the standard-issue Battle-Suit Puppet Armor of the Puppet Institute.
A miniaturized humanoid Puppet Armor.
It could be worn on the body like armor.
It was the reward he had obtained when he graduated from the Puppet Armor Academy back then.
Only, back then he had obtained merely the most basic set of Battle-Suit Puppet Armor.
It did not carry too many modules.
Only through years of constant improvement and upgrades had he made this Puppet Armor’s attributes monstrously powerful.
Li Zhao looked at the Grade A speed attribute, and a faint smile of satisfaction appeared on his face involuntarily.
“Speed reaching three hundred and eighty meters per second, far faster than the Foundation Establishment cultivators recorded in those texts!”
Li Zhao murmured, his eyes flickering.
As if comparing something.
And after a long while, he slowly raised his head and lightly tapped the word ‘Start’ beneath the Battle-Suit Puppet Armor’s illusion.
“Click!”
As a faint spirit-energy current sounded.
This Puppet Armor Battle-Suit illusion suddenly blazed with piercing white light!
Then, before him, a wondrous dimensional space opened.
Pieces of Battle-Suit Puppet Armor components shot out like a beehive.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
“Click! Click!”
In the blink of an eye, all these components were fully assembled onto Li Zhao’s body.
As the final silver-white faceplate slowly clicked over his face, concealing his expression.
Li Zhao’s entire body merged with this Puppet Armor Battle-Suit!
“Ding! Type B-II Puppet Armor Battle-Suit is ready. Pilot, you may start at any time.”
A mechanized female electronic voice immediately sounded in Li Zhao’s mind.
“Hoo… set destination, home!”
“Ding! Home destination set. Target: Artisan Island! Departing now! Estimated arrival in one hour!”
As this mechanized female electronic voice fell.
Beneath the silver-white Puppet Armor Battle-Suit Li Zhao wore, a ball of white light suddenly rose, lifting him up.
“Swoosh!”
Then, his entire body transformed into a streak of flowing light and vanished into the sky, heading straight for the Artisan Island.
“Swoosh!”
High in the sky.
Li Zhao’s figure was like a sunset rainbow.
The dazzling tail flame dragged a long trail, leaving behind a brilliant arc.
Beside him, similar tail-flame rainbows occasionally streaked past.
Clearly, these were all people getting off work.
This was obviously the rush hour for leaving work.
And just as Li Zhao was steadily traveling through the sky.
Suddenly!
A sharp, piercing sonic boom rang out!
“Boom!”
A massive sound came from the horizon!
Li Zhao caught it from the corner of his eye.
He distinctly saw a dark-gold Puppet Armor Battle-Suit flying in from the side.
Its speed was terrifying!
And it had no intention of dodging whatsoever!
So fast!
Even as shock filled Li Zhao’s heart, he dared not block it.
He hurriedly操控 the Battle-Suit to yield half a body’s width.
But even so.
Li Zhao was still pushed back hundreds of meters by the massive force of that tail flame!
“Splash!”
Li Zhao’s Battle-Suit carved a graceful arc through the sky, finally crashing into a grove on a reef island.
Everything returned to silence.
After a long while.
Li Zhao crawled up from the bushes. After checking the damage to his Battle-Suit.
He helplessly activated the communicator inside the Puppet Armor Battle-Suit.
“Hello, I’d like to report someone speeding at low altitude.”
“Seems to be a modified Battle-Suit too!”
“Yes, right outside the Star Island’s third ring.”
“Mm… damage isn’t much, the Battle-Suit lost a bit of spirit paint, and my head got a bit rattled.”
“Alright, okay, thank you. I’ll wait for the notice then.”
“…”
After the brief report, Li Zhao stood up again, preparing to return home.
But he had only taken two steps when he suddenly froze.
Because on the crystal screen of his Battle-Suit, an image of a humanoid figure had suddenly appeared!
Yet when he looked up, all he saw before him was weeds and forest!
Nothing else!
This made Li Zhao feel something was eerie.
Could I have broken the spirit-energy projection just now from the fall?
That shouldn’t be. This has never happened before… forget it, whatever. It’s fine anyway…
After muttering a few words, Li Zhao couldn’t be bothered to pay it any mind, and prepared to continue home.
But before he could move his feet, he suddenly discovered that the humanoid figure in the screen was actually walking toward him!
And by the time he snapped to his senses, a cyan robe had suddenly appeared before his eyes…