bdsm-fiction Chapter 287 Poverty Limits Imagination; Sooner or Later, You'll Be Completely Ruined.
Chapter 287 Poverty Limits Imagination; Sooner or Later, You'll Be Completely Ruined.
Chapter 287 Poverty Limits Imagination; Sooner or Later, You'll Be Completely Ruined.
About half an hour later, Huo Yuhao stopped making the changes and looked at the newly renovated blueprints, but frowned slightly.
"If you use the contents of this blueprint as a model, find a reliable level 4 craftsman, and supplement it with enough thousand-refined metal, you will undoubtedly be able to become a one-word battle armor master very quickly."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Enhui's breath hitched slightly.
Becoming a One-Word Battle Armor Master means that she can reach the assessment threshold for the inner academy earlier.
Only by entering the inner courtyard and receiving the academy's true core resources for training can one possess enough power to seek justice for their parents!
Sensing the surge of emotions in the girl beside him, Huo Yuhao rubbed his temples, but then suddenly changed the subject.
"However, even after my modifications, this set of battle armor blueprints still has an unavoidable flaw."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the three girls before him. "In fact, this is a fundamental problem that all of you twin martial soul masters will encounter at the One-Word Battle Armor stage."
Unlike two-word battle armor, which can integrate into the body and change with it, one-word battle armor is essentially a set of armor that needs to be worn externally.
For ordinary Soul Masters, when designing a One-Word Battle Armor, they only need to consider the changes in body shape and attribute compatibility after their own Martial Soul is attached, so the design concept is naturally much simpler.
However, for Soul Masters with twin Martial Souls, especially those whose two Martial Souls are completely different in form, the process of designing a One-Word Battle Armor is like wearing a mask of pain the whole time.
Either the compatibility of one of the martial souls must be sacrificed, or two sets of battle armor with different functions must be made, but this violates the principle of the unity of battle armor.
If a Twin Martial Soul Master is carefully nurtured by other major powers, that's fine. At worst, they can skip the restrictive One-Word Battle Armor stage and have a Two-Word Battle Armor custom-made for them once their cultivation is sufficient.
However, Shrek Academy's inner court examination requirements are exceptionally strict. Not only do soul masters need to become battle armor masters, but there is also a strict age limit.
This approach would naturally not work within the Shrek Academy system.
However, in Huo Yuhao's opinion, forcing a Soul Master with twin Martial Souls to spend a lot of time and energy in the early stages to study a set of ordinary One-Word Battle Armor that is destined to be imperfectly compatible is a pure waste of talent and time.
Of course, Dai Yun'er's situation is another matter.
After all, her other martial soul is the Spirit Eye, which does not change her physical form and attributes, so it is subject to the fewest constraints in design.
It's just unclear what considerations led the academy to set such a simple and crude set of assessment criteria.
Yuan En Yehui, who was still immersed in the bright future, was instantly brought back to his senses upon hearing this.
She lowered her head somewhat embarrassed, her voice softening and lacking confidence.
"I know about that problem. When I asked Bai Hanying to design it before, I specifically asked her to avoid using the spirit alloy..."
As he spoke, Yuan Enhui's voice grew increasingly faint, until the last few words were almost a whisper.
If everyone present hadn't been a Soul Master, they probably wouldn't have been able to hear her words, which were filled with deep resentment and shame.
"...Because I don't have that many contribution points."
The moment the words left his mouth, Yuan Enhui's ears turned completely red.
As the saying goes, even a hero can be brought down by a single federal dollar.
For example, the most basic first-grade metal used to make battle armor is only worth a few thousand contribution points per piece within the academy.
For students like them who rank among the top in the foreign language department, they can still manage to scrape together the money if they work hard.
As a spirit alloy that can usually only be successfully forged by a level six blacksmith, even a small piece can fetch tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of contribution points.
Furthermore, it is in a state of scarcity year-round, with prices but no market availability, and it is not something you can buy whenever you want.
Not to mention the outer academy students, even many inner academy students and even academy teachers have an extremely large demand for spirit alloys.
Under such circumstances, Yuanen Yehui naturally wouldn't even dare to think about using spirit alloy to forge his own one-word battle armor.
Even though she knew better than anyone that for a twin martial soul master, no thousand-refined metal could match the compatibility of a spirit alloy.
More precisely, even those disciples from prominent families rarely go so far as to use spirit alloys to forge their one-word battle armor.
The main reason is that high-level blacksmiths are too scarce.
Spirit alloys can be further forged using spirit forging to create the most advanced two-word battle armor.
Further up, you can undergo Soul Forging to create a Three-Word Battle Armor.
Using spirit alloy to forge a one-word battle armor for a junior is simply a waste of money.
This was clearly not something that Yuan Enhui, who had been impoverished for several years, could hope for.
Wu Siduo, standing to the side, couldn't help but furrow her brows.
The predicament she faced was indeed remarkably similar to that of Yuan En Ye Hui.
The design difficulty of the one-word battle armor increases dramatically due to the existence of twin martial souls. Moreover, when creating the two-word battle armor in the future, the process will have to be repeated, which is a complete waste of their precious time.
Even though she is the most talented young member of the dance family, it is still an extremely difficult thing for her to get the family to use a large amount of spirit alloy to create a one-word battle armor for her.
Seemingly oblivious to the slightly strange atmosphere around her, Dai Yun'er's eyes darted around.
She wrapped her arms around Huo Yuhao's neck from behind and said in an unusually intimate tone.
"Lingbing, my dear Lingbing. Since you've put it this way, you must have some good solution, right? You certainly won't just stand by and watch Senior Yuanen suffer, will you?"
Dai Yun'er had already been making her own plans.
To completely suppress Wu Siduo, this big cat with an outrageous figure who is always looking for opportunities to cheat, we must introduce another one with an equally outrageous figure, Yuan En Ye Hui, to create a counterbalance!
Now that I'm helping Yuanen Yehui, I can do him a favor, show my magnanimity, and defend my own Yuhao—it's killing three birds with one stone!
For a moment, Dai Yun'er silently gave herself a thumbs up for her amazing wisdom.
As expected, Yuan En Ye Hui, who was in a predicament, immediately turned his gaze, which was a mixture of gratitude and surprise, to Dai Yun Er.
It was as if she was only now realizing that this blonde girl, who always seemed a bit arrogant, actually had such a reliable and considerate side.
"There are solutions, of course."
Huo Yuhao felt the warmth on his neck, smiled helplessly, then nodded slightly and gave his solution directly.
"I can provide you with all the spirit alloys needed to forge your battle armor at cost price. On that basis, I will redesign and personally craft a set of one-word battle armor for you, with spirit alloys as its core."
"Then... how many contribution points would be needed?"
Yuan Enhui's cherry-like lips parted slightly, and she asked the question almost subconsciously.
Even with the cost price of the spirit alloy, plus the personal involvement of a level nine designer and manufacturer...
Such extravagant treatment would probably be a drop in the ocean even if one emptied their newly accumulated wallet.
Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly and said, "I only need you..."
Before he finished speaking, Dai Yun'er, who had been unable to contain herself any longer, jumped up dramatically and let out a strange scream.
"No, absolutely not. Senior Yuanen is a respectable person, how could she do that?"
Dai Yun'er appeared to be thinking of her senior, but then changed the subject, staring intently at Huo Yuhao with her watery eyes, and her voice became sweet and coquettish.
"My dear Lingbing, if you really have any special ideas, you can just come to Yun'er. Whatever you want to do, Yun'er will be tolerant of you..."
Upon hearing these fierce words, Yuanen Yehui and Wu Siduo's cheeks flushed almost simultaneously.
They all knew that, given Huo Yuhao's gentle and reserved nature, it was impossible for him to make any impolite remarks in this situation.
But for some reason, after Dai Yun'er broke through that ambiguous barrier, an absurd idea uncontrollably popped into their minds.
If he really made that request, he might actually be making a huge profit for himself?
Just as this ambiguous thought arose, a cute scream broke the awkward silence.
"Ouch~~ That hurts."
After Huo Yuhao flicked her forehead again, Dai Yun'er squatted down miserably, covering her forehead. Her big eyes quickly filled with tears as she looked at him with a tearful expression.
"Yun'er".
Huo Yuhao sighed helplessly, his tone carrying a hint of an elder's admonition.
"How many times have I told you to listen to others completely before giving your opinion? And in your eyes, am I really the kind of bad person who would take advantage of someone in distress?"
Listening to this series of not-so-stern admonitions, Yuanen Yehui and Wu Siduo felt increasingly strange.
The scene before me looks exactly like a parent having a terrible headache over their mischievous grandchild.
Although Lingbing was indeed their elder in a certain sense.
But Dai Yun'er often talked about love and affection, and declared to them more than once that she and Ling Bing had known each other for a long time.
Looking at it now, the way these two interact seems rather strange and incongruous.
Wu Siduo's lips curled up slightly involuntarily, revealing a knowing smile, and her gaze toward Dai Yun'er held a hint of amusement.
After Dai Yun'er repeatedly promised that she would never take things out of context again, Huo Yuhao had no choice but to let her go.
He turned his gaze back to Yuan En Ye Hui, who had been somewhat uneasy since earlier, and finished speaking.
"All I need is for you to give me an IOU, specifying the approximate amount owed. You can pay me back slowly when you're able to."
Regarding the problems of the Yuanen Yehui family, he already had a general idea in mind based on what he learned from Zhuoshi and Nanali, as well as the parts of the fate he had glimpsed.
The Titan Giant Ape martial spirit, according to common sense, should absolutely not be able to awaken in a human.
The so-called Yuanen family is most likely formed from the bloodline descendants left behind by Erming in the human world.
As for this family that is extremely poor despite possessing a Limit Douluo, once the matter I asked Ya Li to resolve is no longer a major issue, I might be able to bring them under my wing without much effort.
As for the IOU that Yuan Enhui has now written.
Once the misunderstanding between her and her family is resolved in the future, her grandfather or father can work hard to repay the debt on behalf of her "benefactor," and it should be settled in no time.
Yuan Enhui was naturally unaware of Huo Yuhao's complex considerations. She only understood that the young man before her had once again shown her "unconditional" kindness.
She nodded vigorously and solemnly promised, "I, Yuan En Ye Hui, will repay this debt of gratitude as soon as possible and will never make things difficult for you."
Despite working hard at the Foreign Languages Institute for several years, her wallet remained empty.
If it weren't for the unexpected windfall she received today, she wouldn't even have had the courage to come and seek Huo Yuhao's help.
But she believed that as long as she could become a One-Word Battle Armor Master and pass the assessment to enter the Inner Academy, everything would be alright.
If a person has no dreams, what's the difference between them and a salted fish?
Even if she has to shoulder a huge debt that could be astronomical from today onwards, Yuan Enhui will live like a giant ape.
"Great, that's very energetic!"
Huo Yuhao nodded in satisfaction at Yuan Enhui's high morale and casually remarked:
"The spirit alloy used to make battle armor has a base fusion rate of 60%. For every 5% increase, the price varies. When it reaches 90% or more, it is practically priceless."
"Since we're already on an IOU, let's not be stingy. Let's just upgrade the quality of the spirit alloy to the highest level and create the most solid foundation for your battle armor."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Enhui couldn't help but shrink his neck, suddenly feeling a chill run down his back.
Even though the young man in front of her maintained a gentle and proper demeanor from beginning to end, she always felt as if she were facing an exceptionally ruthless manipulator.
If you're not careful, you might lose everything, and still be willing to count the money for him.
However, the thought only lingered for a moment before being replaced by an even stronger desire.
If I could really possess a set of one-word battle armor made of a divine alloy with a fusion rate of over 90%, wouldn't the day of "avenging" my family be a little sooner?
Driven by this strong thought, Yuan Enhui gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
He looked like a gambler ready to give up everything, solemnly nodding in agreement.
(End of this chapter)