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From in front of the girl, a huge crystal flower slowly bloomed—exceptionally beautiful.
At this point, all power returned to silence.
The azure core of the Herrscher of Reason was gently lifted and sent back into the 'sealing device'.
'Alicia' also returned to her heroic attire.
"Is it finished?"
MEI has some questions.
"Ah."
“I deconstructed the attribute jade and replaced the underlying structure with the power of the origin.”
'Alicia' gently moved closer to the crystal flower, her fair hand lightly caressing the incomparably dazzling crystal flower, and said with a smile:
"With the power of the origin, it can achieve an effect similar to that of an attribute jade."
"but....."
The girl paused, and Mei, puzzled, asked, "But what?"
"Well, it might have some minor flaws."
"'Minor flaws'?"
"Hmm~ It's nothing serious."
'Alicia' smiled, revealing a slightly 'helpless' expression.
It seems that because it was created using the power of 'Alicia', its idealism is more or less mixed with some of 'Alicia's' elements.
Specifically, it might involve some of Alicia's little hobbies?
Although he also wanted to make the Primal Crystal perfect, there was nothing he could do about it, wasn't there?
Chapter 209 Alicia's New World
The special crystal flower created from the origin and truth—Jiang Qiao calls this imitation of the 'attribute jade' the 'True Self Crystal'.
As long as there is enough Honkai energy, this giant crystal flower will grow and produce 'True Self Crystals' to serve as the core for the 'Twin-Tail Armor' that MEI and her team researched.
MEI casually placed the crystal plucked from the 'True Self Flower' onto the chest of the armor—due to Jiang Qiao's human-centered design, these flowers were naturally compatible with the armor's energy, and there was no need to worry even if there were changes later, because the True Self Crystal was extremely malleable.
The moment the True Self Crystal was embedded, this futuristic suit of armor seemed to come alive.
After perfecting the armor, MEI looked at the readings on the screen and nodded in satisfaction. Then, she looked at Jiang Qiao, who had emerged from the corner, with a serious expression.
"Would you like to try out this armor?"
Without a doubt, Jiang Qiao is an extremely special 'material', and given that he is the creator of the True Self Crystal, no one is more suitable than him to test the abilities of this armor.
At least that's what MEI thinks.
But Jiang Qiao shook her head at this:
"I don't recommend doing that."
The foundation of True Self Crystal is the 'Authority of Truth' and the 'Authority of Origin'.
For Jiang Qiao, who possesses both powers within his body, although he has a high degree of compatibility with the armor, it is clearly inappropriate for testing purposes.
While Jiang Qiao certainly has the ability to unleash its full power, this armor wasn't made for him. Its purpose is to enhance the basic combat capabilities of the Fire Moth, thereby enabling the organization's internal combat to keep pace with the intensity of the Collapse.
Given this, using him as the standard is clearly unreasonable.
"indeed."
After understanding Jiang Qiao's thoughts, MEI nodded in deep agreement.
Because of this suggestion, Alicia also lost the opportunity for her 'first experience'.
This made Alicia, who was like someone who had seen a new and interesting toy and wanted to try it out, glare angrily at Jiang Qiao—you mean Jiang Qiao, you must have done it on purpose!
Hmph, I, Ellie, don't care for that kind of thing!
—Although she is not as good as Jiang Qiao, Alicia is obviously not suitable for the purpose of testing.
Not only does she possess the complete Primal Authority within her body, but her combat power far surpasses that of the rank-and-file warriors of the Fire Moth. How could we possibly obtain the most accurate data from her?
"It seems we need a suitable tester."
MEI said this.
As for who this suitable person is...
"...Is it going to be tested again?"
The green-haired Kosmo, the officially designated guinea pig, looked somewhat uneasy after being 'summoned'.
Seemingly for a rather 'simple' reason, ever since MEI brought him in for testing, Mebius and Vervière have also paid attention to him, summoning him several times. His classmates from the same period often joked that Kosmo had become a big shot above—only Kosmo had no way to express his bitterness.
Being targeted by either Mebius or Vervière is clearly not something to be happy about.
With a mix of trepidation and excitement in his eyes, Kosmo's gaze immediately fell on the 'twin-tail armor' in the cultivation tank. Although the female design made Kosmo a little uncomfortable, given his previous experience, he was willing to make a small compromise and sacrifice if it was for the sake of 'coolness'.
Of course, what's even more upsetting is that he wasn't the only one who came this time.
A blonde girl who had come to join the fun excitedly chimed in: "Hey, is this the 'secret weapon' that Kosmo mentioned he tested before? It looks pretty cool! But it seems to be a women's version, right?"
This manic and frenetic behavior is undoubtedly the work of Desdobia, the second most notorious social terrorist within the Firemoth organization after Alicia.
Since testing one person is the same as testing two people, and we found that these two people happened to be together, we decided to bring them both in, and also take the opportunity to consider the differences between men and women.
In short... let's test it!
"Can't this one transform like the previous one?" Although he was a little embarrassed with Desdobia by his side, Kosmo's eyes still couldn't hide his desire for the 'transformation armor' - however, he couldn't help but have doubts about the 'twin-tail armor' that was presented in the form of armor - the 'True Self Armor' which was renamed in accordance with the True Self Crystal's naming.
"Because it's a prototype for testing, it's not equipped with anything yet, but that will be added later," MEI said.
Most of the so-called transformations are done through 'spatial teleportation'. For example, the Valkyrie armor of later generations uses imaginary number projection technology. For the current pre-civilization, this technology is not yet available—but with the technology provided by Snake, it is not a problem. They can catch up later.
Her main concerns now are whether it's feasible and what the results will be.
"Well, I'll take care of this."
Kosmo glanced at the unfamiliar young man with black hair and black eyes with some doubt—Jiang Qiao didn't mind solving this minor problem along the way.
It's just a mere transformation bracelet; such a small problem can be easily solved with the portion of Truth Authority within me.
A sliver of authority over truth, a sliver of authority over imaginary numbers...
"Okay, all done!"
"Wow, so beautiful~"
Desdobia's eyes lit up when she saw the 'small bracelet' that Jiang Qiao had placed on the table.
This thing is designed to be crammed into a girl's G-spot—an incredibly exquisite bracelet.
Even Miss Alicia, with her cheeks pouting, couldn't help but swallow hard; what a beautiful bracelet.
Damn it, I'm even angrier now!
Such a beautiful bracelet... How could that wicked Jiang Qiao not get one for herself!
Ellie, I'm so angry! The consequences will be severe!
As we all know, people often do irrational things when they are angry.
For example, Alicia—she got really angry!
"...This bracelet is a bit difficult to put on."
Desdobia was excited holding the bracelet, but when she tried to put it on, she had a problem... it got stuck.
"Hmm... there might be some issues. Let me put it on for you." Jiang Qiao examined it for a moment and nodded. The one in Desdobia's hand was modeled after Alicia, but Desdobia and the pink fat lady seemed to have some compatibility issues—of course, this was not a big problem for him at all.
All we need to do is modify this transformation bracelet, which was originally based on 'Alicia', to resemble the shape of 'Desdobia'.
"Okay, okay~"
The rather naive Desdobia didn't think much of it and happily nodded, extending her wrist. Under the 'gaze' of Kosmo, who was also trying on the bracelet, and Miss Alicia, who was watching from the sidelines, Jiang Qiao put the bracelet on the fair wrist of the blonde girl.
At that moment, Kosmo seemed to feel a heaviness in his head—a strange feeling, but nothing to worry about. After glancing at it, Kosmo started fiddling with his own things.
Transformation armor, transformation armor! Only the armor that appears after transformation is the soul of transformation armor!
Ah Mo, I can't wait to experience the brand new armor! According to that man named Jiang Qiao, compared to the previous bracelet, the new armor has been modified and contains all sorts of 'surprises'.
Given Kosmo's love for tokusatsu, there's no need to say more about this so-called 'surprise'—he was practically drooling with envy.
He had even imagined that this improved transformation bracelet would correct the somewhat unacceptable side effect of 'turning into a girl,' and instead move towards the kind of high-tech feel seen in special dramas.
Dark Night Hero Kosmo, a grand serialized story!!!
...The air temperature is a bit hot, that's strange, is the air conditioner still on?
While Kosmo had some doubts, the source of the unknown heat—Miss Alicia, who had just watched Jiang Qiao finish making a bracelet specially made in the shape of 'Alicia' for another girl—was already screaming in her heart!
Aaaaaah!!! You wicked Jiang Qiao!!!
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