V2/Chapter 30: The Age of Bonkemon is Coming
The special training ground is a special venue used to simulate battlefield environments. Not only is the space inside huge, it also imprisoned captured living Honkai beasts and had an extremely high concentration of Honkai energy. It would only be activated during large-scale actual combat exercises.
Of course, with Ai Yue's current authority in the Fire Moth, no one would object even if he used it every day.
"This time... How did you get yourself into this state?" Kevin was on standby at the headquarters. After receiving the news, he immediately came to the special training ground. He was shocked by Ai Yue's appearance. "Why don't you go and have a rest first?"
To be honest, this was the first time he saw Ai Yue get himself into this state—what had he researched out? Could it be a weapon that could destroy the Herrscher to Death with one shot?
"I'm so excited right now, how can I rest?" Ai Yue waved his hand, signaling Kevin to wait by the side, "Vill-V, release the monster!"
"Okay!" Vill-V, who was standing in the control room next door, waved her hand downwards and then activated the mechanism.
Along with the sound of the cage opening, thirty Honkai beasts rushed into the venue and quickly locked onto Ai Yue's location.
Mobius took a step forward. If Ai Yue's new equipment could not play the role he expected, then...
Ai Yue also put on his helmet at this moment. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate: "Rose, load the virtual Honkai beast data, target 'Parvati'."
"Virtual Parvati, loading--"
Along with Prometheus's slightly hollow voice, the coil-like component on the top of the helmet began to charge and soon emitted a beam of light forward.
However, this ray of light was not intended to kill the Honkai beast. Instead, it was projected onto the open space in front of Ai Yue. Moreover, the diffusion of the light was very obvious, covering a large area.
"Hmm?" Kevin was the first to notice something was wrong. He looked around with a subtle expression on his face. "Is the concentration of Honkai energy decreasing?"
"It's not decreasing, it's gathering." Mobius also sensed the flow of energy. She looked at the coil component on the top of Ai Yue's helmet. "That device is gathering Honkai energy through electromagnetic force? What does he want to do?"
"I don't know, but he just mentioned Parvati." Kevin made a rare joke, "Is Ai Yue trying to create a Honkai beast?"
The next second, the two fell silent.
Because as the Honkai energy continued to gather, a light purple figure gradually condensed in the open space shrouded by light.
A heavy body shaped like a wild boar, two protruding and sharp fangs, and horns extending forward in an arc from both sides of the head... Isn't this Parvati!
Even the Honkai beasts that had been approaching Ai Yue felt some kind of threat. They marked their spots, giving people a feeling of "restlessness", as if they were stuck in this place, unable to advance or retreat.
But soon, Kevin discovered that this was not similar to the Parvati in his memory, because after this phantom finally solidified, an extra layer of thick ice armor condensed on Parvati's head, and at the same time, a sharp horn pointing straight to the sky condensed at the tip of his nose.
This shape makes the already ferocious Parvati even more hideous, fully highlighting his identity as a weapon of war.
But having a ferocious appearance alone is not enough. Whether this human-made Honkai beast is just for show or not depends on the actual combat that follows.
"Very good, Parvati, attack!" Compared to the shock in Kevin and Mobius' hearts, Ai Yue was the more excited one. He pointed forward, like a beast tamer, and said, "Use 'Ice Thousand Miles'!"
"Does this thing have its own consciousness?" Mobius' eyes widened immediately.
Creating a virtual Honkai beast and creating a virtual Honkai beast with self-awareness are two completely different concepts!
"No, Dr. Ai Yue just had a seizure." Prometheus explained promptly, "After giving the order, he still has to rely on his mind to control the virtual Parvati's ability."
The next second, Parvati raised his head and roared. From his mouth, purple ripples that had turned into substance were spreading forward. Wherever the ripples reached, countless sharp ice cones condensed on the ground and pierced diagonally upwards. With just one move, all the Honkai beasts were impaled on the ice cones.
"It's not bad." Mobius touched her chin. "It looks like this effect is not as powerful as it could be. If it were used on the battlefield, it would be able to play a significant role. Kevin, what do you think?"
"Yeah." Kevin nodded. "So this move is called 'Thousand Miles of Ice'?"
"…You're sick too, right?"
The conversation between the two ended instantly, because Ai Yue had turned around and fixed his gaze on Kevin.
The Parvati behind him also turned around. Although Kevin couldn't see its eyes, he could feel that it was also locking its eyes on him.
However, he did not rush forward, but glanced at Mobius from the side.
Of course, he did not forget that two weeks ago, Mobius would not allow him to fight back no matter what.
"Anyway, it's not Ai Yue himself you're fighting." Mobius shrugged, "Do whatever you want."
Kevin then stepped forward and raised his hand to condense a huge frost sword.
Similar to the situation of Virtual Parvati fighting Honkai Beast, the process of Virtual Parvati fighting Kevin was also very simple and quick - Virtual Parvati used Thousand Miles of Ice, but Kevin slashed at it with a sword through countless ice cones, directly shattering the ice armor on its head. When Virtual Parvati was about to use Thousand Miles of Ice for the second time, Kevin, who was close to him, chopped it into two sections with a sword, and it turned into countless particles and dissipated into the air.
"Very good strength." Kevin said sincerely, "I thought the first sword would be able to solve it directly."
This was indeed what he really thought. Although Kevin did not use his full strength, the first sword had about 60% of his strength. With this sword, even an emperor-level Honkai beast would be knocked down. In the end, the virtual Parvati only broke a layer of ice armor.
And if he was not mistaken, as long as it was given a little more time, this layer of ice armor could be condensed again.
"Not bad at all. Virtual Parvati also has ice attribute and has extra resistance to ice damage, but it couldn't withstand this." Ai Yue rolled his eyes. "You are really powerful. Wait, I will be even more powerful next time…"
He didn't finish his words, because fatigue was quickly spreading across his face and eventually overcame his will, causing Ai Yue to fall backwards.
However, Ai Yue did not fall to the ground because Mobius supported him in time.
"How long have you not slept, this guy?" Mobius said unhappily, "You should fall down to wake yourself up."
Although she said so, Mobius did not let go. Instead, she supported Ai Yue's body and lifted him up.
"It has been more than 76 hours since Dr. Ai Yue last slept." Prometheus responded, "During the 346 hours of research, Dr. Ai Yue's total sleep time was 10 hours, 48 minutes, 29 seconds 35."
"You only sleep this much in two weeks?" Mobius couldn't help but frown. "Very good, I'll go back and give you an anesthetic that will last for five days!"
She was about to walk outside carrying Ai Yue, but she stopped in the end and glanced at Kevin: "What happened today needs to be kept highly confidential. You should understand who you should tell and who you shouldn't tell, Kevin?"
Kevin nodded. He naturally understood how shocking this invention was. Before the technology was mature, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
Seeing Kevin nod, Mobius continued to walk out the door, while supporting Ai Yue's body.
"I hadn't noticed before, this guy has a pretty good figure."