V2/Chapter 20: Transformation is forbidden... Oh, this transformation
In the training ground, Hua folded her arms and walked out of the locker room somewhat embarrassedly.
She was wearing a one-piece bodysuit similar to a competitive swimsuit that covered her limbs.
This tights is used as a base garment in conjunction with external armor. Its purpose is to protect the soldier's body from direct contact with the armor and to avoid discomfort or malfunction caused by temperature, humidity, and other reasons that may harm the user.
'Now I wear it alone, it always feels a bit weird...'
"Have you changed?" Ai Yue naturally noticed the girl's emotional changes, but did not react in any special way. He just opened the box he brought and said, "Then take these things with you."
"What are these?"
Hua half-knelt down and took the thing from Ai Yue's hand. She took a quick glance and found that they were basically some ring-shaped metal devices.
"You'll know in a moment." Ai Yue said mysteriously, and then saw the other party holding the metal device with a blank expression, and finally helped her put it on her wrist, "This is worn here."
Finally, Ai Yue took out a total of five metal rings from the box, including a pair for the wrists and ankles, and the last one was put around Hua's neck. Then there were two large items, one was a forehead protector for the head, and the other was a belt tied around the waist.
Hua wanted to do it herself at first, but Ai Yue did not give her the chance, so she had to stand there stiffly, like a puppet waiting to be decorated.
"That's good." Ai Yue put his hands around the girl's slender waist and fastened the belt behind her waist. He then took two steps back and nodded with satisfaction, "Come on, Hua, say something."
"Ah?" Hua raised her head subconsciously, "What did you say?"
She could feel the metal ring around her neck vibrating slightly because of her voice.
[Voiceprint locked, identity confirmed, owner, Hua, initialization in progress.]
The electronic female voice suddenly came from the belt, and Hua couldn't help but lower her head to take a look, and then turned her gaze to Ai Yue: "Dr. Ai Yue, what is this?"
"It's just a special set of armor." Ai Yue motioned for her to stay standing and not move. "Wait a moment, it's still recording your data."
The next second, the belt made another sound: [Initialization completed, please confirm the activation command.]
Hua looked at Ai Yue with a puzzled look, obviously asking him what this "activation command" was.
"It's just a command to activate the armor system. It will only work if it's spoken by the person whose voiceprint is locked," Ai Yue explained. "As for the content, you can choose freely. You can transform, arm, combine, or even evolve."
Hua thought about it and decided to adopt Ai Yue's suggestion: "Then let's 'transform'."
[Do you want to confirm 'Then let's transform' as the activation command?]
"…Transform."
[Do you want to confirm 'Transform' as the activation command?]
(TL: Henshin!!)
"confirm."
[Confirmed successful.] After the belt said this, its tone suddenly became a little more lively, and at the same time, a passionate music played, ['Primordial Armor', approved for activation!]
The next second, all the metal devices worn on Hua's body began to emit a faint golden light. Then, the girl felt that something cold and sticky was surging on her body surface starting from the metal ring. They were like living things, gradually wrapping up the girl's entire body.
This strange feeling that she had never experienced before made Hua feel a little uneasy, but her qualities as a soldier made her remember Ai Yue's instructions just now. She stood there without wavering, but closed her eyes to prevent this strange thing from flowing into her eyes.
Fortunately, this strange feeling soon subsided, and was replaced by a firm touch. Even through a layer of tights, Hua could feel that her body was covered with a special substance that perfectly wrapped her up.
She finally opened her eyes tentatively, only to find that her vision was covered with a light blue layer, and everything she saw was marked with light blue text.
For example, Dr. Ai Yue in front of him was marked as "the most important person who must not be harmed", and the box next to him was marked "container for the armor storage system, destruction is not recommended."
'This is...'
Hua reached out and touched her face, but could only feel her fingers touching some kind of cold and hard shell. She lowered her head and found that her hands, arms, and even her entire body were wrapped in a set of blue armor.
"How does it feel?" Seeing Hua's movements, Ai Yue knew that he was getting familiar with the armor. "Will it feel boring?"
"Not at all." Hua shook her head, and couldn't help lowering her head to look at her legs, "Besides... this armor is very handsome."
"Rose and I designed the exterior together. She said she took your preferences into consideration," Ai Yue smiled. "If you want to see the whole picture, you can use the 'spectator's perspective'."
"Spectator's perspective?" Hua repeated subconsciously, and then heard an electronically synthesized female voice in his ear, [Confirm the command, activate 'Spectator's perspective'.]
The next second, Hua felt a lightness on her head, as if something had detached from the armor and was floating up. Then, her vision changed. The field of view that was originally seen from the human eye suddenly shrank to the corner, and a completely new perspective that was rotating around her occupied most of her field of vision.
From this angle, Hua could clearly see every detail of the armor on her body. Its main color was blue, with black as embellishment, which made this streamlined armor look cold and serious. At the same time, the design of the armor was simple and capable, giving people a clean and neat feeling, like a dagger unsheathed, sharp and dangerous.
Hua suddenly remembered that when she was playing a mecha game with Prometheus two days ago, the other party asked her to choose a style she liked, and she chose a mecha with a similar color and style.
Is this what it means to take care of one's own preferences?
"How do you feel?" Ai Yue looked at the two small cameras flying around Hua and smiled. "This is a function used on the battlefield. It can prevent the enemy from launching sneak attacks from blind spots."
"It's a good design, but it makes me a little... dizzy." Hua blinked, trying to suppress the dizziness, "Maybe I need to get used to it."
"It's true that it's hard to adapt to suddenly seeing the world from a different perspective, but you can overcome this with some effort." Ai Yue said nonchalantly, "The armor has many special functions, and you can try them out slowly in the future. Let's test its combat data today."
"Okay." Hua then closed the spectator perspective and looked at the various equipment in the training ground. "Then I will..."
"Hey, what can you test with a bunch of dead things?" Ai Yue waved his hand and looked at the entrance of the training ground. "I found a sparring partner for you. He should be here by now."
'Sparring partner?'
Hua was about to open her mouth when she saw a figure walking in: "Dr. Ai Yue, I'm here, what is the mission…what is this!"
Kosma stood at the entrance of the training ground, looking at Hua who was armed with the Armor with a shocked look.
'God, so handsome!'
"Kosma?" Hua was a little surprised. She didn't expect that her first combat target would be a fusion warrior. She subconsciously looked at Ai Yue, "Dr. Ai Yue, is this appropriate?"
It would be a bit too difficult to fight with fusion warriors right away. You know, except for a few spiritual-perception fusion warriors, the physical fitness of other people is far beyond that of ordinary people. Even combat armor can hardly compete with their flesh.
This is why fusion warriors do not need to wear heavy armor when going to the battlefield, because the protective capabilities of those things are not necessarily much stronger than the fusion warriors themselves, but will affect their body flexibility.
"It's indeed not appropriate." Ai Yue thought for a moment, and then said in Hua's expectant eyes, "So Hua, you have to turn off the combat auxiliary function of the Taichu Armor."
(TL: Taichu Armor (太初装甲) is a high-tech combat suit in Honkai Impact 3rd. It was developed by Schicksal's R&D department and is one of the most advanced power armors in the game's lore. The armor is designed for high-ranking Valkyries and warriors, significantly enhancing their combat abilities against the Honkai.)
'Huh? So it's my fault?'
Hua was still in a daze, but Kosma had already walked over. He circled around Hua, his eyes so meticulous that it seemed as if he wanted to imprint every detail of the armor in his mind, which made Hua feel a little strange.
"Is this inspired by the design of 'Deep Blue Lone Star' in the latest 'Star Wars'?" Kosma's eyes revealed a trace of barely perceptible envy, "That's great."
"Please be careful with your words, Kosma." Prometheus finally couldn't help but speak, "I also designed the mecha in the Star Wars."
"Eh, is there such a thing?" Kosma was stunned for a moment, then turned his attention to Hua's armor, "Um, can I touch it?"
"Okay, don't be so excited, Kosma." Seeing that Kosma was about to show his strange side, Ai Yue quickly stopped this meaningless conversation. "I asked you to come here to conduct actual combat training with Hua, so as to obtain the combat data of the armor, which will facilitate future upgrades and modifications. Is that okay?"
"Of course!" Kosma agreed without hesitation, "Shall we start now?"
Although he had just returned from a mission, he did not feel tired now. Instead, he was full of fighting spirit because he could fight with such cool armor.
In contrast, Hua Yao seemed a little hesitant: "Dr. Ai Yue, can I really do this?"
"Trust in the armor I developed," Ai Yue patted her shoulder and looked into the girl's eyes hidden behind the armor. "Most importantly, believe in yourself, Hua."
"The skills you hone day after day in the training ground will never be lost to anyone."
Hearing Ai Yue's encouragement, Hua was slightly stunned, then nodded.
"I see."
Ai Yue smiled, then picked up the box to make room for the two of them.
"Hua, don't worry," Kosma pulled away and then looked at the girl in front of him, "I will show mercy."
"Don't show mercy, Kosma." Hua took a few deep breaths and finally regained her usual calm. "That will affect the authenticity of the combat data."
"Okay." Kosma nodded very straightforwardly, then lowered his body slightly, ready to attack, "Then, I'm going to attack!"
After issuing the warning, Kosma suddenly rushed forward, came to Hua's side at an extremely fast speed, swung his right hand and punched straight into Hua's chest!
The distance between the two people was about twenty meters, but Kosma only took three steps - this is the power of the fusion warrior. Facing this punch, even a tank-level Honkai beast would be torn into pieces.
Even in actual combat training within the fusion warrior team, no one would choose to take such an attack head-on. Dodging is the most correct option.
However, Hua did not move at all. She raised her arms and accurately blocked the punch.
boom!!
The fist hit the metal armor, causing a loud roar. Kosma took a step back and readjusted his posture, but Hua took four or five steps back before finally stopping.
The seemingly disadvantageous confrontation made Hua breathe a sigh of relief.
Because this punch didn't hurt.
The armor's powerful defensive capabilities completely neutralized the damage from Kosma's fist, and Hua retreated only to neutralize the impact of the opponent's high-speed charge.
She has not yet fully gotten used to this kind of battle, but she has already had a basic understanding of the armor's capabilities.
She can fight - as long as she has this armor, she will be able to fight against fusion warriors!
"Very hard." Compared to Hua, whose confidence had increased greatly, Kosma was also surprised. He shook his hands and looked at Hua's armor with curiosity, "What kind of metal is this?"
If he was just curious about the coolness of the armor in the beginning, now he really began to pay attention to this armor that looked more gorgeous than practical - after all, armor that could take the punch without any deformation could definitely be said to be the strongest alloy that humans could currently develop.
If that's the case, then he should really get serious.
The two men's thoughts only lasted for a moment, and after a slight pause, they fought again.
Hua is best at boxing and kicking, while Kosma's weapon is a pair of sharp claws. The two close combat experts constantly counter each other's moves, making every frame of the battle look thrilling.
However, although both were close combat, the styles of the two were different. Hua, as a warrior from a martial arts school, had honed skills that were the essence of the summaries and distillations of countless predecessors. Each of her moves was quite exquisite, and no matter whether the next move was forward or backward, the connection was extremely smooth, and the offensive and defensive momentum could be switched freely, making it difficult for Kosma to find any flaws.
Kosma's fighting style is closer to that of a wild beast. Relying on his amazing physical fitness, he can often do moves that ordinary people can hardly imagine. Although Hua can easily find the opponent's flaws, Kosma can make up for the flaws with unexpected moves and turn the tables, forcing Hua to temporarily avoid the edge.
However, as the battle lasted longer, Hua gradually gained the upper hand - because she figured out Kosma's fighting methods, and gradually got used to his fighting style, and thus found a way to restrain him. Even though Kosma had been suppressing the opponent with his attribute advantage, he was still unable to cause effective damage.
However, just as Hua was looking for an opportunity to end the battle, Kosma suddenly stood there and became unresponsive.
A powerful and dangerous aura emanated from the other party, which gave Hua a bad feeling.
"Ai Yue..." Hua subconsciously looked at Ai Yue beside her, wanting to stop the fight, but in her peripheral vision she saw Kosma suddenly disappear from the spot.
The next second, a violent impact burst out from behind her, catching Hua off guard and sending her flying. Fortunately, she reacted at the last moment and resolved some of the force in time, thus avoiding rolling on the ground.
"Dr. Ai Yue, there is something wrong with the energy fluctuations in Kosma." Prometheus' voice came into Ai Yue's ears, "According to speculation, it should be 'that' state."
"As expected." Ai Yue nodded, and then said loudly, "Hua, activate the 'combat assistance' function!"
The next second, Kosma's figure appeared again in Hua's outstretched hand, his right hand's sharp claws raised high, and then he chopped down fiercely at Hua's head.
The head is the most vulnerable part of the human body. Even if Hua is protected by armor, if she is hit like this, she will probably lose her combat capability immediately.
But almost in the next moment after Kosma made his move, Hua completed a series of actions with incredible speed, including twisting her body, cutting sideways to relieve the force, and raising her elbow to strike.
This time, it was Kosma's turn to fly out.