283 The Governor (2/2)

”Yezi,” Abraham called him.

The youth turned. ”Yes?”

”When you become an official musician, what’s your research direction? Have you decided yet?” Abraham asked, ”What about the transfer? If you want to work as a Mute, I can find some former colleagues to help you.”

”Well, actually I’ve already made my decision.” Rubbing Jiu Xiao Huan Pei, Ye Qingxuan recalled the name that had been lingering in his ears these days and smiled. ”Maybe the Dreamweaver?”

-

Three days later, Charles and Ye Qingxuan were in the basement.

On a pile of discarded parts, Charles, with heavy dark circles, yawned. After drinking a bottle of beer, he pointed to the things on the table. ”It’s done, try it on.”

Ye Qingxuan looked in the direction of his finger but only saw a bunch of strange parts placed on the Sigh armor. He did not see the alloy skeleton he had expected.

He looked at Charles, but the man was busying drinking. Ye Qingxuan could only pick up the arm shield suspiciously and wear it on his left arm. With a crisp snap, the metal armor fit tightly on his body. Then, the notes on it lit up one by one with a buzzing sound.

Shocked, Ye Qingxuan heard the scattered parts on the work table behind him began trembling and colliding with each other with crisp sounds. This was like...Resonance?

Faint electric light flashed from Ye Qingxuan's arm. In the blink of an eye, the machine parts on the work table were pulled to the teenager by invisible magnetic attraction. Ye Qingxuan reflexively raised his arm to defense. However, the parts connected together on the armor with a snap.

The electricity made the scattered parts evolve around Ye Qingxuan. In a twinkling, a series of crisp sounds could be heard. The attraction of the magnetic force pulled the parts and rivets together. Metallic color expanded rapidly on Ye Qingxuan’s body. In the end, it covered his limbs and back, forming a strange metal skeleton.

With Ye Qingxuan’s actions, the runes on the metal skeleton constantly extinguished and lit up again. They supported his movements lightly and flexibly without any resistance. The weight was only one-third of the original one.

”There’s no power system?” Ye Qingxuan was shocked.

Charles finished the beer and wiped away the wine from the corners of his mouth. He grinned. ”The aether is the best power. Innovation is the life of the designer. It's not my style to work on the original plan.”

Ye Qingxuan nodded. He tried to move forward but did not expect to create a gust of wind. In the blink of an eye, he moved a few meters forward and almost hit the wall. With cold sweat, he looked down at his feet. He tried to bend his knees slowly but felt a repulsive force between the metal bones on his legs. It suddenly dawned on him.

”It’s the impetus and repulsion of magnetic forces?”

”That’s right!” Charles whistled. ”I was inspired by Newton, that old man. Electricity can be used as the power so the repulsion and attraction between magnetic fields should also be useful.

”If you don't want to break a hole in our ceiling, you'd better not jump here. Theoretically, you can jump around ten meters. Both the power of a single thrust and stability are more than twice as strong as the original skeleton!”

”It’s more than that.” Ye Qingxuan shook his head. He looked down at the iron rod that he had twisted into a mangled mess. Charles had definitely made a conservative estimate. If he did not take his endurance in consideration and went all out, he could even fight with the Butcher for a short period.

And...

Moonlight lit up in his eyes. He looked up and could sense the stars and aetheric clouds in the heavens through the ceilings. He could even look through the surface and vaguely sense different rhythms and beats. The feeling was fleeting, but there was a kind of intoxicating beauty.

That was probably the Sea of Aether. One could only sense this after becoming a formal musician.

”The aether resonance...has been strengthened?”

”You don't think that something as dangerous as the 'archangel armor' can be played by most people, right?” Charles laughed. ”It’s a musician’s armor. The fragile musicians used it to become destroyers on the battlefield. Many of the alloy formulae were the product of alchemists. They naturally enhanced the power of musicians. All I did was just to lead them out.

”You can’t store any movements after my simplification and modification, but it’s not inferior to any of other robes at the same stage. You don’t have your own robe yet, right?” Charles patted him on the shoulder. ”Take this as a gift before you become a formal musician.”

Although what Charles said sounded very simple, Ye Qingxuan had learned some mechanical engineering principles before. He obviously knew that to modify archangel armor into this and to retain the original function was very difficult. Thinking of this, he could not help but feel moved.

”Senior, you are really a good person!” He said earnestly and patted Charles' shoulder. ”I’ll remember you my entire life.”

”...” Charles’s face twitched. ”Can you say something nice?”

”Well, how's the job? How much do you earn every month? How much do you have after the tax? When are you going to bring a girlfriend back? When are you getting married? Have you bought a house in midtown?”

Charles looked more and more miserable. He was obviously about to die. ”Ye Qingxuan! Do you hate me? Why do you hurt me like this?”

”I’m just kidding.” Ye Qingxuan could not help but laugh and held onto Charles’ shoulder. ”Thank you, senior!”

”Just remember how good I am.” Charles rolled his eyes and patted the skeleton on his shoulder. ”This is yours. Name it.”

Ye Qingxuan mused for a moment and said, ”What about the ‘Governor'?”

”It sounds a little strange but as long as you like it.” Charles picked up the tools and knocked against the youth’s body. ”Take it off and I’ll adjust it again. After all, this thing can save your life. The more suitable it is the better. I didn’t know you had grown so much these days. You’re almost as tall as me.”

After taking off the 'Governor', Ye Qingxuan sat beside the workbench and said, ”Senior...”

”Eh?”

”Seriously, it's almost Christmas. When will you bring back a girlfriend?”

”Yezi, don’t force me to kill you...”

”Okay, okay, I’ll shut up.”