Chapter 63: Weapon Development Finally Begins

"That's all stuff written by the media to attract attention, to fool idiots like you who believe everything." 

The intelligent girl waved her hand and looked at the energetic girl beside her as if she were an idiot. 

"Use your brain. How could zombies and vampires possibly exist? If they did, how could an idiot like you grow up to this size? Come on! Class is about to start." Hua silently looked at the air around her. 

"..." 

Don't think I can't see you when you move so little.

"Mmm…" 

The energetic girl seemed speechless, but the next moment, she perked up again, "How about we go on an adventure together after school?" 

"You, oh you..." The intelligent girl sighed and then noticed Hua looking at her. "That girl in uniform has been staring at you, do you know her?" 

"Ah?" 

The energetic girl who looked like Carol turned her head in her friend's line of sight and looked at Hua strangely. 

After looking her up and down for a few seconds, she shook her head and said, "I don't know her... Ugh, what a rustic outfit."

"Keep your voice down, people can hear you." Hua rubbed her nose embarrassedly. 

She really didn't care much about what she wore, which Master Tian has also complained about many times. 

"I've said it before: dressing fashionably helps a lot in adapting to this new environment." 

Tian Shi said in a confident tone. 

"But it seems we can't get any information out of her. Let's go. At most, we can pay more attention to the news in the future... Or can you say hello to her?" 

"..."

Hua thought about it and decided to say hello to the other party. 

After all, she felt that, as Teacher Tian often said, she couldn't always be out of sync with this school. 

However, when she wanted to greet them, the three girls had already walked away.

"Let's go to class."

[Life in Canghai High School is boring and tedious] 

[Hua's student life here is dull, thanks to your teachings. High school courses are a piece of cake for Hua, and calligraphy and art, which are not within the scope of your teaching, are not difficult for Hua at all... As for sports, needless to say.] 

[For a time, Hua's name as a genius instantly resonated throughout the school. However, the only drawback was that this only highlighted Hua's eccentricity. Although there was no bullying in the class, Hua seemed even more alone at school.]

Bullying... Are you sure anyone can bully the immortal?

[During this period, you began to teach Hua some simple mechanical manufacturing methods; the money for the materials naturally came from Hua's father. Hua's learning speed was still very fast. At the same time, Himeko, who knew Hua's dynamics through her father, also provided some sponsorship.]

[In short, Hua soon spent a month uneventfully in Canghai High School.]

"Master Tian, shall we eat noodles today?" 

For Hua, Tian Shi is the only person she can talk to, so no matter what she does, Hua will always ask Tian Shi.

 By the way, due to this reason, the compatibility between the two has increased by 10% during this period.

"Oh, whatever," Tian Shi, who was already used to it, replied casually, "But I remember the noodles in the school cafeteria don't suit your taste, right?" 

"Well then, let's go out to eat. This afternoon is just a break." 

Hua replied in a low voice. 

At this moment, Tian Shi suddenly felt that something was wrong. Go out... for noodles? This is not good for eating!

"Master Tian, what's wrong?" After spending a long time together, Hua could vaguely feel Tian Shi's emotions.

"It's nothing, it's good to eat something you like once in a while." 

What has to come will come, and you won't be able to avoid it. But when Tian Shi said this, Hua felt that something was not right.

"Master Tian... should I wear gloves?" 

"Why not? Girls have to protect themselves when they are outside." 

(In other words, will you encounter Death Men?) 

Hua understood.

(But since Master Tian has already reminded me, the worst that could happen is that I just need to be careful and alert. It won't be bad if I encounter them, and I can also prevent them from hurting others.)

Hua was probably already at the stage where "the first time was new, the second was familiar" when it came to Death Men. She had no intention of backing down after Tian Shi's reminder.

(And Master Tian didn't seem to want to stop me, which means the Death Man I might encounter this time might be similar to the one I encountered before. If that's the case, then it won't be a problem.)

Hua believed that Tian Shi would never harm her. 

Then there is nothing to fear.

After a vacation and this month at school, Hua, who has realized the future after a life-and-death fight, has made great progress in boxing. 

With Tian Shi's blessing, Hua felt that she could break through defenses and kill the enemy by herself. Thinking of this, Hua didn't hesitate and immediately picked up her backpack and joined the crowd of students in front of her.

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"Wow... the noodles are delicious." After walking around the city, Hua finally found a noodle shop that suited her taste. By the time she finished eating, it was already getting dark. 

The small alley in front of the noodle restaurant looked like a deep monster's mouth under the fading sky.

"Hua, I have to say, you really know how to find a place." 

Tian Shi looked at the alley in front of him and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. "Ahem, because restaurants in places like this are usually cheap and delicious."

Looking at the alley in front of her, Hua couldn't help but show a hint of guilt on her face. 

Looking at the scenery in front of her, Hua felt that it would be a pity for the current atmosphere if nothing happened in that alley.

"Anyway, you didn't eat too much, did you?" 

"Mmm."

Hua opened her backpack and took out a pair of gloves that looked a bit heavy.

After putting them on, Hua clenched her palms and punched twice softly, as if getting used to the feel. 

"Everything is fine. The gloves are working normally. Master Tian, do you want to possess it?"

"No hurry, I'll go and see the situation first." Running 50 meters is a matter of seconds for anyone, but what about 50 meters in the air? The height of a sixteen or seventeen-story building.

To use a more realistic analogy... Ultraman, for example, Ultraman Zero's normal height is 49 meters. Therefore, as long as there are no major obstructions, Tian Shi can have a clear view of the street.

"Found it. In the open space outside the alley, there is a white-haired girl you should still remember, and two dead men. They haven't found her yet, but I guess they will soon..."

"Waaaaaaaa!" The little girl's scream suddenly sounded.

"Well, they found her." 

"What?"

Hua's footsteps suddenly accelerated, forcing Tian Shi, who was in the air, to teleport.

"Waaaaaaahh! D-don't come! Don't come!" Two Death Men surrounded Carol. 

There was a concrete wall behind her, which meant she had nowhere to take refuge. The scarlet eyes of the two Death Men in front of her seemed to tear Carol apart with their claws.

((Are there really zombies? Wahhhhhh!)) 

What to do? If I continue like this, I might appear in the headlines of Canghai City's news tomorrow.

"Stay away from her!" Hua rushed out of the alley, and her momentum was so fierce that it successfully attracted the attention of the two Death Men.

"Master Tian, help me adjust the power of the glove to the maximum. I must find a way to kill one instantly." 

"Sure."

Tian Shi, who had possessed the boxing gloves, replied softly. 

The next moment, the fabric on the outside of the boxing gloves was torn to pieces by three steel blades that shot out from the inside, revealing the rough and simple metal structure inside.

This is the result of the research he and Hua have done these days. 

It is temporarily called "Fist Blade Type I". 

Although Tian Shi also wants to give it a cooler name, where is the structure of this thing? Giving it a nice name always gives the illusion that "all the good names are given to dogs." 

The boxing gloves have a simple mechanical structure, and the main killing method comes from the three steel blades that shoot out. 

The steel blades carry a high-voltage current, but without Tian Shi's help to control it, the highest power of the iron blades can penetrate the insulating material and turn against the user. 

Therefore, Tian Shi blocked the highest power level, and it can only be unlocked by his possession. 

Thanks to Himeko's sponsorship, this pair of gloves used a certain amount of Fire Moth military materials. It can be seen that Himeko strongly supports Hua's mechanical experiments. 

After all, there is one thing: the highest black technology of the previous civilization, the "fusion warrior," has not even been put on the agenda yet—this is equivalent to Schicksal without Valkyria armor. 

They cannot rely solely on those few "gifted" people to fight Honkai, so Fire Moth is very enthusiastic about the research and development of anti-Honkai weapons for ordinary people. 

By the way, the reason why the previous civilization did not point to the Valkyrie Armor technology is largely because Mei, the only qualified user of the Blank Key, suffered irreversible damage to her body after using this divine key against the Thousand Herrscher. 

After that, Mei was forbidden to use the blank key. The previous civilization suffered a great loss in this regard, because although the upper limit of fusion warrior technology was high, the lower limit was also very low, and the risk was also high. 

At its peak, there were only a few hundred of them. In the memories of the future Fu Hua, most people are only at the level that, "are talented human soldiers after hard training."

Even if the physical fitness of pre-civilization humans is a bit higher... it's not cost-effective. 

So, the Thirteen Heroes are truly the result of one person selected from billions, the final crystallization of the entire civilization. 

Well, let's get back to the topic. This is the first time this pair of gloves has been used in actual combat on the battlefield.

"Hua, whether we can scam funds and eat free food depends on you."

What does it mean to defraud funds and consume public food? As an honest child, Hua really wanted to complain about Tian Shi's words, but now with two Death Men in front of her, Hua could still control her mouth.

With the experience of the last time, Hua's punch this time was cleaner, neater, and fiercer.

Three steel blades went straight for the dead man's head.

"Remember, the first task is to save people, and beating these two dead men to death is just an optional task." Tian Shi reminded Hua not to forget the important things. 

Hua's eyes focused, and then she feinted to avoid the Death Man's attack. 

The special steel blade of her other boxing glove, which also carried a high-voltage current, directly pierced the Death Man's waist as if cutting tofu. 

In an instant, under the terrifying voltage of the electric current, the dead man's body instantly became weak.

"For the record, the high-voltage current connected to the Fist Blade Type I still has an objective effect when acting on the body of a low-level death warrior, but it is not lethal." 

Without access to Fire Moth's Honkai research files, Tian Shi could only record various information on his own.

"As expected of Fire Moth's military steel, this sharpness is probably enough to damage the shell of a Honkai Beast. Hua, finish it off." 

-Uppercut! 

The steel blade directly pierced the dead man's head from the lower jaw, and the sharp blade and high-voltage current directly destroyed its brain. 

This process was so fast, so fast that the scarlet in the other Death Man's eyes barely faded due to its confusion about the current situation. 

With its intelligence at the level of a wild beast, it couldn't comprehend what was happening at that moment. Hua, with and without a weapon, is completely different in combat effectiveness.

"Roar--!" 

The crimson light in the eyes of the dead man who had just reacted became even brighter, and it rushed towards Hua without any fear. But Hua threw out her fist and faced the dead man rushing towards her. 

The last trace of anxiety in Hua's heart was gone. I

ndeed, as Master Tian said, this kind of dead man is really just trash fish that is not even worthy of being on the battlefield.

 As long as I have a weapon, I can easily deal with it even without Master Tian's help... ...

"This this this..." Carol looked at the "zombie" that had blocked her fiercely before and was now lying on the ground without making a sound, and looked confused. 

"Are you injured? Um... I remember your name is Carol, right?" Hua looked at the white-haired and brown-skinned girl with some concern. 

It seemed the other party was quite frightened. She didn't recover until Hua called her name.

"Eh... I guess I'm okay. I haven't been scratched or bitten." Carol subconsciously touched her body. "That's good, as long as you haven't been bitten." Hua nodded. She had received some knowledge about the Death Men from Himeko. 

"That's good, that's good." 

Carol nodded with lingering fear. 

Fortunately, she fled at that time and was not caught by the two zombies. But then, Carol suddenly remembered something and showed a look of surprise on her face, "Wait, do you know me?"

"Well…" 

"Let me take a look..." 

Carol immediately moved her head closer to Hua and looked her up and down as if wishing she could use a magnifying glass.

"Hmmmm... It does sound familiar. Who are you...?" 

"Um, Carol, my name is..." 

"Wait! Don't say it! Let me think for myself!" Carol shouted to stop Hua, who was about to speak. "Don't worry! I'll definitely remember!" 

"Okay…" 

Looking at Carol, who was completely lost in her thoughts, Hua couldn't help but be speechless. She had never met a girl with such an eccentric personality.

If we have time, we should call Himeko first and ask her to send someone to deal with the scene. Of course, we should also sign a confidentiality agreement. 

Tian Shi reminded softly.