Chapter 17 (1/2)

Translator: Noodletown Translations  Editor: Noodletown Translations

Huh! Mu Fan’s eyes glistened, and he suddenly didn’t feel tired anymore as he grabbed Chubby Harry’s arm and asked, “Where is it?”

Chubby Harry pulled back a little. As he looked at Mu Fan, who had steam rising off of him, he quickly pointed to the side and said, “Stop! Don’t touch me with all that sweat! How about you head to the changeroom and switch to another set of clothes?”

“Alright.” Mu Fan looked down at himself; he did look a bit messy. He scratched his head helplessly and grinned before walking away to freshen up.

When Mu Fan came out of the changeroom, he saw Chubby Harry already sitting on the carpet with his skycom in his hand. There were two black boxes next to him; one was opened while the other one was still unopened.

“Hey, the unopened one is yours. I, Brother Chubby, am watching the latest combat videos between pros. One should continue to learn as they get older. See how studious I am? You should learn this from me,” seeing Mu Fan coming out, Chubby Harry said to him while casually pointing at the box that was unopened and staring at the screen projected out by skycom.

“Is this an optical computer?” Mu Fan walked over and picked up the box before he looked at it from side to side.

“Silly, press the black circle on the box,” Chubby Harry reminded Mu Fan as he saw that the latter was taking forever to open the box.

“Oh, thanks.” Mu Fan grinned again and pressed the button. The box slowly cracked and flipped open, lying flat on the ground on all four sides automatically and revealing a delicate-looking helmet inside.

“This is the newest optical computer that can be bought on Planet Loga; I will need to travel to the planet responsible for the administration of the subdivision to get the newer ones when I get the chance. Come here and sit beside me; I’ll show you how to use it.”

Mu Fan’s thumb rubbed lightly against the ring on his ring finger as he sat down beside Chubby Harry, staring at the latter’s hands to see how he was using the helmet.

Chubby Harry pointed at one side of the helmet and said, “This blue button is the power button, and you can put the helmet on once it’s turned on. There’s a brainwave synchronization instrument inside, which can automatically connect to the interstellar network. But of course, it will only work in the coverage area of the network. If you go to uninhabited planets, it probably won’t work.”

Chubby Harry then pointed to a small area at the back of the helmet and continued. “This is the chip recognition area. This is where maintenance will take place if there are problems, and it’s for the professionals to dismantle and fix, so don’t touch it. The optical computer uses compression energy technology, so it’s very energy efficient. You only need to charge it once and then you can use it for a month. That’s basically it, not much else needs explanations.”

“After you put it on, there will be a notification telling you to register an account. After you do that, you can add me. My ID is LB004LJX0077852319, and my nickname is… ‘Lemon Balloon’!!! How’s that? Doesn’t it sound refreshing and meaningful? Hahahahaha!” Harry paused a bit when mentioning his nickname, and then he laughed out loud as if he was trying to cheer himself up.

“… ” Mu Fan stared at Chubby Harry who was sitting on the ground at a loss for words.

“Anyways, did you remember the string of numbers and letters? If you didn’t, I can say it again, it’s LB…” Chubby Harry flipped the page and said to Mu Fan calmly.

“LB004LJX077852319, and the nickname is ‘Lemon Balloon’. I’ll remember,” Mu Fan interrupted Chubby Harry.

“Very smart. Now, let’s go in, and I’ll teach you the basics.” Chubby Harry patted Mu Fan’s shoulder with excitement as he thought to himself, I will need to quickly teach him a lesson when we get in; there won’t be such a chance ever again.

“Okay, let’s enter,” Mu Fan said as he picked up the helmet and looked at Harry.

“Okay,” Harry replied as he put down his skycom and put on his optical computer helmet before activating it.

After having seen that Harry put on his helmet, Mu Fan quickly moved his right hand to the back of the helmet, and his ring finger pressed onto where Chubby Harry said the chip was located.

Something miraculous happened. When his finger pressed against the helmet, the ring on Mu Fan’s finger turned into a streak of silver liquid metal, as if it melted, and it started to move towards the chip area. Then, it slipped through the slits and got into the helmet.

It only took a blink of an eye for the small streak of silver liquid metal to disappear completely into the helmet.

Mu Fan’s hands trembled a bit as he held the helmet delicately, deeply moved on the inside. He turned his head toward Chubby Harry and clenched his teeth as he put on the helmet and pressed down on the blue power button.

Buzz! Activated!