In the past three days, Li Yao had learned the history of the development of magical equipment in the Federation in the past hundred years and the brand-new arts of refining brought by the four new worlds from the illustrated manuals and magazines.
He was like a magnate from the countryside who had walked into the Four Sectors Magical Equipment Center purely with the mentality of observing and learning.
In the past hundred years, the world of refiners had indeed undergone tremendous changes. With the in-depth development of Kunlun, the integration of the four new worlds and the three core worlds, the storm of magical equipment that Firefly had blown from the center of the cosmos … New technologies, materials, and techniques had been applied on a large scale. All kinds of bizarre magical equipment that even Li Yao had never thought of before had been developed.
The simplest example was the 'Light and Shadow Mask' that was being stuck to Li Yao's forehead to help him change his face.
In the past, in order to change one's appearance in places such as the underground black markets, one would either have to make a 'skin mask' with resins or inject certain drugs that could temporarily change the shape of the facial muscles. All the approaches had their own shortcomings.
But right now, as long as a 'Light and Shadow Mask Chip' the size of a fingernail, which was as thin as a cicada's wing and almost weightless, was stuck to the forehead, it would automatically release mimicry rays and cover the entire head, turning it into a different face.
Through the connection to the portable crystal processor, more than thirty thousand template portraits could be downloaded from the Spiritual Nexus, and more than a million different facial organs could be combined into a unique, custom portrait. All the emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and so on could be displayed vividly on the Light and Shadow Mask.
Such magical equipment could even be partly used to modify one's face.
In the past, if somebody was dissatisfied with a certain part of their facial organs, they could only go through plastic surgery other than makeup.
But right now, as long as a Light and Shadow Mask Chip was stuck to the forehead and set to a special 'beautifying mode', the defective parts would be automatically modified based on the original facial organs. It was highly efficient and time-saving, and it could be preserved for a long time. It was ten thousand times more advanced than makeup and plastic surgery.
It was said that in the Federation, many girls would never take off the Light and Shadow Mask Chip after they stuck it on. They would never reveal their real faces unless they were talking to their parents.
Li Yao was deeply happy for the birth of such a magic weapon.
The delicacy of the magical equipment was secondary. What mattered most was the original intention of the magical equipment. This kind of magical equipment that served the ordinary people and improved the quality of life of ordinary people was perhaps what a refiner should really craft, right?
Li Yao strolled casually in the Four Sectors Crystal Suit Center with his hands in the big pockets of his beach pants, not bothering that the people around him were frowning now and then at all because of his eagerness. He was not stingy with his compliments at all. He was deeply moved by the unremitting efforts of all the fellow Cultivators in the circle of refiners in the past hundred years!
"Not bad at all!"
Li Yao stayed in the weapons and firearms section for a long time and nodded repeatedly.
He discovered that in the past hundred years, the development trend of the single battle magical equipment in the federation was, on one hand, naturally more destructive and lethal, but on the other hand, it was showing the features of 'lightness' and 'automation'.
The so-called "lightness" was to reduce the dispersion of spiritual energy and the so-called "recoil" as much as possible.
The offensive magical equipment from a hundred years ago had a very powerful "recoil force". Due to the poor sealing and other reasons, the violent spiritual energy that escaped would deal a heavy blow to the soul of the operator. Only the powerful soul of a Cultivator could resist such a blow.
Therefore, even for a piece of light magical equipment such as a storm bolter, only the strong and vigorous men were qualified to use it among ordinary people. If the old, the weak, the sick, the women, and the children used it recklessly, chances were that they would pass out the moment they pulled the trigger.
Even the strong men in the army could not use the magical equipment at a high intensity for a long time as long as their spiritual root was not awakened.
Before Li Yao's spiritual root was awakened, he had seen a squad of soldiers of the Union Army use the 'Taiyi Lightning Railgun' on a train north to the Grand Desolate Plateau. Leaving aside whether or not the enemy was hit, almost all the soldiers were bleeding from the corners of their eyes, their fingernails were broken, and their hair was standing on end. Their souls were almost falling apart because of the blast.
But right now, at least judging from the demonstration videos next to every piece of magical equipment, the problem of the spiritual energy escape had been significantly improved. Many pieces of gun-type magical equipment were sold on the premise that 'any ordinary person could use it easily'.
Secondly, it was' automation '.
The biggest problem for ordinary people when they used weapons and weapons was that their reaction speed was not as fast as the speed of spiritual energy inside the magical equipment and the enemy's escape speed. However powerful a storm bolter was, it was useless if it could not be aimed at the enemy!
In the past hundred years, however, the Federation had developed almost a hundred kinds of automatic aiming magical equipment and special bullets that adopted 'spiritual energy tracing rune arrays'. A lot of magical equipment that adopted the 'shoot after shooting' mode had become popular. As long as the trigger was pulled after aiming at the general direction, the hit rate would be at least three times higher than in the past!
The consequence of 'lightness' and 'automation' was that the combat ability of ordinary people had been significantly improved compared to the Cultivators. Although they were still minor characters on the battlefield, they were at least able to kill an elephant when there were too many ants.
A squad of well-equipped soldiers could easily take down a low-level Cultivator, but if thousands of infuriated ordinary people were fully armed, even a Core Formation Stage Cultivator or a Yuanying Cultivator would have to think twice before challenging them.
The Xing Yao Federation did not abandon the ideals of a hundred years ago. Everybody who made up the Federation, be they ordinary people or Cultivators, residents or citizens, was burning their strength hard!
Looking at the picture of the ordinary soldiers roaring together and drowning the highland in the demonstration video, Li Yao felt that his blood was boiling, and sweat was popping up on his forehead. He felt that he had crawled into the light beam and turned into one of them!
Other than the individual magical equipment, the newest products that interested Li Yao the most in the past hundred years were the game cabins or the thinking training cabins.
In such equipment that was similar to capsules or cocoons, through special nerve endings connection liquids, one could enter a deeper level of the Grand Illusionary Land and simulate the training and battles of the Crystal Suit or even the Colossus.
The nerve endings connection liquids could directly stimulate the reactions of the nerves, cells, and muscles of the human body. Compared to the traditional game mode of the Grand Illusionary Land, it was more effective for training. It was also of great help in the stimulation of the Spiritual Actualization Quotient.
The soul-stirring life-and-death battles in the game could significantly stimulate the Spiritual Actualization Quotient. Whether or not one had become a Cultivator, one would be able to gradually grasp the usage of the Crystal Suit. Based on such a model, the probability of the spiritual root awakening of the ordinary people in the Federation had greatly increased in the past hundred years, and the number of well-trained Exos had increased exponentially, too.
Also, with the technology of the 'skill card' brought by the Flying Star Sector and the large-scale industrial production of the low-level Crystal Suit, the cost of the crystal suit had been lowered, and the Crystal Suit had been popularized among the people. Ordinary people could afford to buy, or at least rent, a Crystal Suit. The Federation right now was an out-and-out world of Crystal Suit!
"This is so amazing!"
Li Yao looked at an advertisement of the Crystal Suit that was targeted at ordinary people. It was as plain as the advertisement of the shuttles from a hundred years ago. He felt that his dream had come true after he woke up from a dream.
"This is my motherland. This is … the home that deserves my protection!"
Li Yao blinked and suddenly felt extremely happy.
The Crystal Suit, the 'king of magical equipment' in the traditional sense, had fallen into the hands of ordinary people. The most direct consequence was that the 'Armadominers', the creators of the Crystal Suit, enjoyed a significant rise in status and exposure.
Not just in the circle of refiners, even in the circle of Cultivators and even the circle of ordinary people, the Armadominers were the most famous, most respected, most profitable, and most glamorous superstars.
It was especially so when an 'Armadominer' developed a groundbreaking or 'magically modified' a classic Crystal Suit, which would raise a storm in the entire Federation and even in the Dragon Snake Space Zone and Firefly!
Li Yao saw that, at the center of the Four Sectors Magical Equipment Center, in the atrium in the sky where the flow of people was the highest and the best location, an elegant, colorful crystal suit that looked like a butterfly was standing on the dazzling display table.
The light beam nearby introduced it as follows: Phantom Butterfly, a famous master of Crystal Suit in the Federation. Designed by 'Solar Eclipse' Jiang Shaoyang in person, it was produced by the Red Line School Crystal Suit Center through authorization.
It was not produced by a master in person but merely an authorized imitation. Yet, it was enough to show off and occupy such an important position in the place.
It was not hard to infer the importance of the Armadominers and the Crystal Suit in this era.
"Master Solar Eclipse Jiang Shaoyang …"
Li Yao stuck his nose to the crystal glass and looked inside carefully with his eyes wide open. "Jiang Shaoyang's technology is not bad at all. Judging from the perfect combination of the streamlined design of the plate armor and the abnormal curves of the plate armor, he is already far better than I was a hundred years ago! It seems that he has been training crazily in the past hundred years. Chances are that he has had some special adventures, too!
"Although it was not produced by him in person, his abundant experience and expertise can be seen just from the design alone. I really wonder what Jiang Shaoyang could have achieved if he had crafted it carefully himself!"
"Get lost!"
Li Yao was swallowing when the security guard nearby drove him away impatiently. "Stand back. Outside of the light circle!"
"Okay!"
Li Yao scratched his hair and blinked. "If I may ask, how much is this' Phantom Butterfly '?"
The security guard eyed him up and down and smiled. He pointed at the two lines of words below the display table, which read:
"Not for sale."
"For display only."
[To be continued]
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