Inside the advanced refining room of the Maintenance Department of the Four Sectors Magical Equipment Center …
It was the advanced maintenance center with the most complete maintenance facilities and the most experienced refiners in the entire Dragon Snake Space Zone. The dazzling facilities here were ten times more professional than the simple maintenance platform next to the test field.
But it still could not stop the dozens of most skilled Crystal Suit maintainers and modifiers of the Dragon Snake Space Zone from frowning in front of the 'Azure Thunder'.
The plate armor and the maintenance panel of the Azure Thunder were opened again, revealing the components that were as delicate as the neural network and the muscle fibers of a human body.
At first glance, as the four deep blue transmission tubes of spiritual energy inputted feeble spiritual energy into the Crystal Suit, the units of the Crystal Suit were still functioning smoothly, flashing rhythmically, like the breath of a giant beast.
However, such 'breath' would be slightly 'disrupted' every few seconds. The super-compressed crystal reactor of the Crystal Suit was like the heart of a giant beast that could not swallow blood smoothly.
A middle-aged man, who looked rather intimidating without being angry, was standing in front of the Azure Thunder in silence. Sha Yongming, the young refiner, was waiting on him carefully.
He was Nie Siyuan, the chief magical equipment maintainer and modifier of the Four Sectors Chamber of Commerce.
He was also the manager of the Maintenance Department of the Four Sectors Magical Equipment Center. He had just returned from the edge of the arena of the 'trump card game'.
However, the renowned master of maintenance and modification in the Dragon Snake Space Zone did not know what the problem was, either. He stared at the Azure Thunder in the same way as Sha Yongming and the other refiners did.
"Master Chu is here!"
"Miss Tang, too. Miss Tang, who had a shocking performance in the test field just now, is here, too!"
The maintainers and refiners welcomed Chu Chongjiu and the girl surnamed Tang in like stars around the moon.
"Brother Chu!"
Nie Siyuan walked forward and cupped his hands at Chu Chongjiu. Then, he bowed at Miss Tang and managed to put on a smile. "Fellow Cultivator Tang, you must be an expert on your side. Forgive me for inviting the two of you here …"
"Brother Nie."
Chu Chongjiu bowed back to Nie Siyuan. "Since we are so familiar with each other, let's cut the pleasantries. Now that the Crystal Suit has been adjusted by the two of us, and something has gone wrong with it, according to the rules of refiners, it is only natural that we come here to see what is going on and see if anything went wrong during our adjustment. If it is truly our fault, we will certainly take full responsibility for it!"
"You are being too serious, Brother Chu. The experts on your side are far more skilled than the refiners of the Dragon Snake Space Zone. This' Azure Thunder 'is not exactly the work of the best experts of the Federation, either. How can anything possibly go wrong during your adjustment?"
Nie Siyuan said solemnly. "Also, after the accident, I checked the surveillance cameras and observed your adjustment techniques. I also retrieved the test records before the second malfunction of the Crystal Suit. Judging from your techniques and the combat data of the suit, there was absolutely no problem. Your adjustment was almost perfect. Fellow Cultivator Tang, in particular, was able to exploit two percent of the maximum performance on the basis of Wu Yaxuan. It was truly marvelous!"
The staff around all complimented him. "Indeed. Master Tang is too awesome!"
"You know the performance of the Crystal Suit better than Wu Yaxuan, the creator of the suit!"
Chu Chongjiu frowned and said, "Then, I don't understand. The Crystal Suit was just maintained and adjusted half a day ago without any problem, but a new malfunction occurred half a day later. Was it because … Zhao Tongtian did some extremely dangerous tactical movements in the Crystal Suit? But it couldn't be. The Crystal Suit was designed for battles in the first place. All kinds of extreme situations had been taken into consideration. As long as it was not hit by a heavy crystal railgun in the face, it couldn't have been so vulnerable! "
"You are quite right, Brother Chu. Besides, Zhao Tongtian did not do anything dangerous. After he received the brand-new Crystal Suit that was adjusted by the two masters in person, he was overjoyed and stayed in the test field of our center for half a day later to familiarize himself with the performance of the Crystal Suit and conduct recovery training."
Nie Siyuan selected dozens of surveillance pictures from different angles and displayed them on the light beam one by one. "Please take a look. This is the picture of Zhao Tongtian training in the Azure Thunder. As you can see, although his combat style is rather aggressive and violent, and there are a lot of habitual movements such as sprinting, abrupt stops, and emergency turns, they are within the reasonable range. Such movements will naturally cause abrasions on the Crystal Suit, but under normal circumstances, it will take at least three to five months for such abrasions to lead to feeble changes in the performance parameters. The Crystal Suit is not made of paper. How could it have been worn out to the extent that it could be sensed by a human body after only half a day?"
Chu Chongjiu and Miss Tang both observed carefully, but they did not see anything wrong after a long time. They nodded and said, "It's true that he was simply sprinting, turning, and abrupt stops. He also did some dodging training that was not too intense. Although he was hit by more than ten simulated bullets, they were not real explosive bullets. If the Crystal Suit could not withstand such blasts, what kind of Crystal Suit would it be?"
"Yes. There was no reason for the Crystal Suit to malfunction at such a moment," Nie Siyuan said solemnly.
Nie Siyuan said solemnly, "But something happened to it. According to Zhao Tongtian himself, after four hours of recovery training, he was about to perform a series of consecutive sprints when he suddenly heard a 'bo' sound deep inside the crystal suit when he entered the second phase of acceleration, as if something had been broken. Then, although there was no obvious fault with the crystal suit, he simply felt uncomfortable when he was moving. It was even more awkward than before the adjustment. How should I put it? He felt that there were thorns in his back."
"He was not lying."
"After I returned, I supervised the examination of the Crystal Suit in person. I found that there were no changes in the performance parameters, but the feeling when I put it on in person was indeed not right. 'Thorns on the back' was indeed an appropriate description. It was as if the sense of 'harmony' deep inside the Crystal Suit that originated from Wu Yaxuan and even Xie Anan had been completely destroyed!
"If a low-level Cultivator were wearing a common Crystal Suit, they might not have considered such 'awkwardness' a big deal. But Zhao Tongtian is a Core Formation Stage Cultivator after all, and the 'Azure Thunder' is a very delicate, advanced product. It is quite odd that such a problem occurred!"
Glancing at the Crystal Suit that had been opened, Chu Chongjiu asked solemnly, "Brother Nie, what was the problem after your examination?"
With a weird expression on his face, Nie Siyuan lowered his head and said, "That's the weirdest part. I used all the most advanced magical equipment in the refining workshop and invited so many refiners to study it together. Yet, we couldn't find the source of the problem at all after studying it for such a long time!"
Chu Chongjiu and Miss Tang looked at each other and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.
Nie Siyuan was one of the best refiners in the Dragon Snake Space Zone. Of course, there was still a gap between him and the super experts on Firefly and the Xing Yao Federation. But it was impossible that he was so weak that he could not find the cause of the malfunction!
"Let me take a look."
Chu Chongjiu's face was ten times more solemn than when he was in the examination field earlier.
While skimming through the maintenance records of Nie Siyuan and the other refiners, as well as the changes of the parameters of the 'Azure Thunder', he stuck his hands to the chest of the 'Azure Thunder' softly. His spiritual energy flooded into the Crystal Suit like a thick tide, brushing past the uneven surface of every component and perceiving every uncoordinated spiritual wave.
The more he perceived, the more confused Chu Chongjiu became. Frowning hard, he pursed his lips hard. After a long silence, he was as confused as Nie Siyuan.
"This is really weird."
Chu Chongjiu mumbled, "I can't find any fault at all. It seems to be exactly the same as when we finished the adjustment just now!"
Everybody was whispering.
Even Chu Chongjiu, a master of refining from Firefly, could not find any problem? What the hell was going on?
Nie Siyuan, Chu Chongjiu, and all the other workers looked at Miss Tang for help.
Miss Tang, however, was different from them. She was smiling with great interest.
"How interesting."
Flames of excitement were burning in her eyes as she looked at the 'Azure Thunder'. She took out a stick of fragrant ointment from her pocket and smeared and rubbed it on her hands that were as smooth as jade. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and placed her hands into the cold hollow cavity of the 'Azure Thunder'.
Miss Tang's long eyelashes were shivering nonstop. Her hands were truly glittering from inside to outside like jade that carried natural radiation. Even the veins inside her hands could be seen clearly, as if her body of flesh and blood had turned into a translucent crystal!
All the refiners held their breath. Their hearts almost stopped beating.
It was not until three minutes later that Miss Tang opened her eyes again. What was almost flowing out of her beautiful eyes was neither confusion nor panic, but deep fear!
"This is impossible."
Miss Tang could not help but step back. Shaking her head hard, she repeated in a heavier tone, "This — is impossible!"
"What's wrong?"
Chu Chongjiu stepped forward and asked in a hurry, "Have you found any faults?"
"There are no faults."
Miss Tang stared at the 'Azure Thunder' whose door was wide open. The dark space inside was like a bottomless swirl that was about to swallow her soul. Her voice shivering, she said in disbelief, "The Crystal Suit is not faulty at all. It — it has been adjusted to the extreme mode that a Core Formation Stage Cultivator such as Zhao Tongtian can't bear in such a brilliant way!"
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