Chapter 13 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After logging out of the Virtual Arena, Gu Ding’s Spirit was totally spent. Fortunately for him, the system had recorded his winning streak. That scary woman surrendered after doing those two actions to Gu Ding.

After logging out of the Virtual Arena, Gu Ding felt heavy in his head. Without taking off his clothes, he dove under his blankets and fell asleep within seconds.

When Gu Ding woke up, he felt refreshed. “How long have I slept?”

“You’ve slept a total of 25 hours. While you were sleeping, something happened.” Neptune stopped abruptly as if thinking of how to break the news.

“From your tone of voice, this doesn’t sound like good news?” Gu Ding frowned.

“There are two pieces of good news,” Neptune replied. “First of all, your Spirit has increased from 9.8 to 11 after this extended bout in the Virtual Arena. Secondly, someone from the Virtual Arena sent you a present. I’ve already accepted it for you. It’s a suit of Black Iron grade Combat Armor. You should be receiving it soon.”

“Black Iron Combat Armor?!” Gu Ding was surprised when he heard that. “I’m guessing it’s a gift from that mysterious woman.”

Combat Armor is a product of an ancient mechanical civilization. Its main components are the skeletal cells of genebeasts and a type of memory liquid alloy that can dissolve in its wearer’s bloodstream.

1Combat Armor is unlike heavy, unwieldy body armor. Combat Armor is a lot more flexible, and except for some special types, it was skintight and would not affect the stances of a martial arts practitioner.

1Black Iron Combat Armor was the lowest grade of Combat Armor one could find. Even so, a set of Black Iron Combat Armor would still cost up to a hundred million Star Credits on the open market. It was also incredibly rare to come by, even if you had the money for it.

Wearing Combat Armor had three advantages. Firstly, Combat Armor is dormant in the wearer’s body and can be summoned at will at any time. Secondly, it will upgrade according to the Gene Level of its host. Thirdly, it will repair itself if it becomes damaged in battle. Those are the three reasons why Combat Armor is so desirable.

1Just as Neptune finished talking about the Combat Armor, the doorbell to Gu Ding’s house rang.

“Good day, delivery for Gu Ding. Please sign here!’ A golden delivery robot was standing at the door. Behind it was a white box.

Gu Ding held a finger on the receipt panel and left his fingerprint there, then the robot handed to him the white box. “Wishing you a happy life. Goodbye!” It bowed.

Gu Ding closed the door and added a few padlocks to it. Only then he retrieved the item from the white box.

It was a clear glass syringe, in it contained a black liquid with a metallic gleam. On the syringe was a circular barcode.

1Gu Ding scanned the barcode with Neptune’s screen. The product information was immediately displayed.

Item: Combat Armor

Grade: Black Iron

Usage instructions: Insert the syringe into a vein. After nourishing with red blood cells for 72 hours, the Combat Armor may be summoned at will on the user’s body.

2“A Black Iron grade Combat Armor can increase the user’s attack and defense by two-fold. That is quite a big leap in power for your Ultimate Arts. Also, Combat Armor is upgradable. Now your Black Iron grade armor increases your attack and defense by two-fold. A set of Bronze grade Combat Armor would increase it by five-fold, Silver grade by ten-fold, and Gold grade by fifty-fold. There are no side effects to worry about. The faster you inject this into your body, the faster you can equip it.” Neptune reminded him.

2Gu Ding nodded. He injected the needle into the vein on the back of his hand. As the metallic liquid entered his body, he felt a cold liquid mix with his blood and course up to his arm.