Chapter 242 Hei Xuanzi breaks through defenses, Kong Deming successfully copies homework again.
At this moment, Soul Masters from the underworld gathered in the squares of major cities, their discussions rising and falling, sounding particularly jarring in this oppressive atmosphere.
The image of Huo Yuhao's "Black Hole" armor on the sky had not completely faded, and its powerful display cast a shadow over the hearts of every witness.
"Level ninety... Just by wearing a set of armor, one can actually raise their combat power to level ninety. This is truly unbelievable," a Soul Master murmured, his expression filled with emotion.
"Sigh, I don't even know how to be envious anymore. Yuhao in the white world is so awesome."
The people's discussions revealed a deep sense of helplessness.
They began to realize that, faced with such an absolute disparity in strength, all the efforts of the underworld seemed somewhat pale.
Amid this atmosphere of despair, the top leaders of the various forces in the underworld each had their own different schemes.
In the shadows of Shrek Academy in the dark world, Xuanzi ignored the commotion in the square.
He seemed somewhat agitated, and the gourd in his hand creaked as he gripped it tightly.
At this moment, what he cared about most was not the increase in strength of Huo Yuhao in the White World, but whether the Sun Moon Empire was analyzing these technologies through the Sky Curtain.
If the Sun Moon Empire achieves another qualitative breakthrough in soul tools, Shrek Academy, which was already in a precarious situation, will face an even more difficult predicament.
Without hesitation, Xuanzi quickly pulled out a concealed soul-guided communicator from his pocket. This was originally a top-level spy communication device planted in the core research and development department of the Sun Moon Empire.
He took a deep breath, lowered his voice, and answered the call.
"Report on the situation over there." Xuanzi's voice was a little hoarse, but he tried his best to remain calm. "What is Kong Deming doing? From the moment the details of the inscription on the two-word battle armor were displayed on the sky screen, what were they doing?"
The agent's rapid breathing came from the other end of the communicator, with what sounded like the clanging of metal and the noise of data processing in the background.
"Your Excellency, Kong Deming has been conducting research since that moment," the agent said in a low voice, his tone visibly tense. "He has mobilized all the elites in the R&D department, and all the recording equipment is running. They are analyzing every single movement of Bai Huoyuhao's inscribed battle armor in the sky frame by frame. This is not simply learning; it's more like replicating."
Xuanzi's heart sank.
"A replica? Can they replicate it within three months?"
"I don't know, but they're in a state of frenzy right now." The agent's voice trembled slightly. "The entire R&D department is trying everything, regardless of the cost. They've not only recorded the blueprints, but they've even started using prototypes for matching. Now, all entrances and exits to the R&D department are blocked. Kong Deming has ordered that no one is allowed to leave until preliminary test results are obtained."
Xuanzi hung up the call, his face extremely grim. He stood in the dimly lit corridor, feeling a surge of anger at being abandoned by the times.
As a Limit Douluo, he possessed immense power, yet he felt a profound sense of powerlessness in the face of such a technological gap. He knew very well that once the Sun Moon Empire succeeded, the balance of the underworld would be completely shattered, and Shrek Academy would become the first victim to be affected.
Inside the Royal Soul Tool Research and Development Center of the Sun Moon Empire, the situation was exactly as the intelligence agency had reported; it had long since become a massive battlefield.
The laboratory doors were tightly shut, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of heated high-energy metals.
Kong Deming sat in front of the control panel, his eyes bloodshot.
Before him floated dozens of 3D blueprints generated in real time by a soul-guided projection device. These blueprints were the soul power circuits that Bai Huoyuhao had inscribed in the sky, after countless reorganizations and revisions by their research and development team.
"The final step is the fusion of the core formation." Kong Deming's voice was calm, but that calm contained extreme repression. He looked at a Soul Saint-level experimental subject beside him.
"You, go up there. This is the prototype of the two-word battle armor that we reconstructed according to the instructions from the heavens. No matter the outcome, we must test the true data of the soul power amplification."
The chosen Soul Master looked solemn as he entered the testing room, where the silver-white metal armor hung quietly on the rack.
This is not Bai Huoyuhao's perfect "black hole", but a replica made with the technology of the dark world. Although it is crude, it already has the core structure of a two-word battle armor.
The Soul Master took a deep breath and placed his hands into the slots of the armor.
Buzz—!
A deep, resonant sound echoed in the laboratory. As soul power was injected, the inscriptions on the metal plate began to light up one by one, emitting an unstable, eerie blue light that appeared somewhat dazzling.
The armor quickly disintegrated and covered the Soul Master's body.
The pointer on the testing instrument jumped wildly at that moment.
Basic Soul Power: Level 71.
As the armor closed, an extremely strong surge of soul power emanated from the Soul Master's body. This surge was no longer the gentle level 70, but was climbing at a visible rate.
Seventy-two...seventy-five...seventy-eight...
Finally, it stabilized at level 80.
The entire laboratory fell silent for a moment, then erupted in cheers loud enough to lift the roof off.
"We did it! We did it!" an assistant shouted excitedly. "Amplification level 10! Base soul power level 70, after wearing it, we directly reached the combat power of a level 80 Soul Saint peak! Although it is still different from the level 20 amplification in the White World, this is an unprecedented breakthrough!"
Kong Deming clenched his fists, staring at the armored Soul Master with undisguised fervor in his eyes.
"This is the power of knowledge." Kong Deming slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. He ignored the minute cracks that appeared on the armor during its operation, and he paid no attention to the exhaustion caused by the soul master's overload of soul power. He only saw the result.
"As long as we can replicate it, as long as we can master this technology, the power structure of the underworld will be determined by our Sun Moon Empire from today onwards."
He sat back down at the control panel and gave instructions to his assistant behind him: "Scal up the production line. Based on this structure, not only should we replicate it for the Royal Soul Guidance Legion, but we should also include it in the mass production plan. I want every frontline soldier to have this armor that amplifies their power."
Kong Deming didn't care what damage this mass production would cause to the ecological balance of the underworld, nor did he care whether it would lead to a larger-scale war. He only saw the feasibility of the technology and the absolute dominance it represented.
Meanwhile, inside Shrek Academy in the dark world, Xuanzi received news of the Sun Moon Empire's successful test.
(End of chapter)