"No, I still have to help you test later." Perlis muttered, rubbing her neck.

"Ah? Test?" Pace was a little surprised. "Why don't I know about this?"

"Because you didn't listen to anything... Stupid young man..."

When Perlis was complaining, Carly's voice came from a distance:

"Hey, you two over there, get to work!"

Ah... I have a bad feeling. Pace covered his head slightly, sighed, and then walked towards the test bench with Perlis.

The large screen on the test bench showed the blueprint of an exoskeleton armor. It was the "Fighting God" that Carly had built for Pace in La Vatino. But there was something different about it. It seemed to have many more parts installed on it, and it looked much more advanced.

"Before, the conditions in La Vatino were limited, so I couldn't complete all my ideas." Carly turned her chair slightly, crossed her hands, nodded, and leaned back in the chair. "Now, thanks to this lovely animal lover who provided the upper-class toys, it has come true."

"Hey, if you keep being sarcastic, I'll kick you out!" Lian glanced at Carly in dissatisfaction, then sighed, "Brother Thebite, put on the giant armor and test it out."

After that, Lian's mechanical arm extended to the experimental table and pressed a button. Then, a cylindrical container rose in the center of the laboratory, accompanied by bursts of steam. When the container was opened, a brand new exoskeleton armor was embedded between the outlines.

"Wow..." Pace's eyes lit up, "What a sophisticated federal industry!"

"It has nothing to do with the Federation," Carly rolled her eyes, "It's the exquisite Carly Fellowes Industries."

"Ah? I thought it was 'exquisite toy industry exclusively for the upper class'!" Lian said bluntly.

"Hey~" Carly smiled mischievously.

Under the gazes of the crowd, Pace walked towards the container, and the giant force armor fit his body very naturally. The tiny mechanical modules kept running, fitting with his body and attached to him.

"Oh my god, this is so cool..."

"Don't be so cool, just give it a try," Carly snapped her fingers lightly, and then she realized that she was not in her own laboratory, "Hey, lovely Miss Lian~ Trouble~"

"Humph, bad guy."

Lian helplessly pressed the controller hidden inside her sleeve, and the wall at the other end of the room suddenly began to sink, revealing a transparent glass wall.

On the other side of the glass wall is a white testing area.

"Wow... no wonder this house is so big," Pace's eyes lit up for the nth time, "it turns out..."

"Alright, alright," Perlis finally couldn't help but patted Pace's back gently, her eyes full of disgust, "Go, go."

"Oh."

Following Lian's instructions, Pace stood on a lift on the floor. As the lift began to operate, Pace sank into the ground and fell into darkness.

.......

"General testing... starting..."

"Identifying the subject... Giant Armor..."

"Matching objects..."

During the broadcast, Pace felt a beam of light shining down from above his head.

Then, he rose up with the lift and came to the white testing site.

"Let's test some upgrades first," Lian's voice came from the radio. Pace looked at the glass wall on the side and found that Carly had been driven down from the operating table by Lian. "Factor Hook, to be honest, I have no idea what the point of this pink-haired otaku designing this thing is... It feels like some boring fantasy..."

"Because it's more useful in the jungle, stupid animal lover," Carly's voice came from the radio, but it was very small, obviously not as good as Lian's microphone, "Just think about it, there are so many obstacles, if you use a traditional grappling hook, then..."

"Okay, okay, let's start the test!" Lian interrupted Carly.

"Beep——"

Following a loud noise, Pace nervously turned to the lift platform across the room. The lift platform seemed to be carrying something huge, which aroused Pace's endless reverie.

Could it be some kind of super-invincible giant robot from the Federation? That would be too scary.

However, when the lift was fully raised, Pace was surprised to find that there was only a small round ball on it.

"Huh? What is this?"

As if to answer Pace's confusion, a blue light suddenly burst out from the sphere, casting a vague shadow.

The shadow was illusory and formless, as if hundreds of images were flashing alternately, making Pace dizzy.

Eventually, the shadow took the form of a ferocious hungry wolf, with green light flashing in its eyes.

"Okay, follow my instructions," Lian's voice was extremely lazy, but Pace's eyes were still on the hungry wolf, "Launch your grappling hook at the obstacle on the wall - it should be out now."

Pace looked up and found that there were white stripes of varying heights on the walls of the laboratory, which looked like they were simulating the protrusions on the rocks.

He then raised his left hand and pressed the launch button.

"Pfft-"

With a flash of blue light, a grappling hook head sprayed out blue factor energy light and hit the high obstacle firmly, but even so, there was no rope connecting the grappling hook head to Pace's arm.

"Hmm? Where's the rope?" Pace turned his head and looked at Lian on the other side of the glass wall, "Ms. Lian, why..."

"Then the testing began."

Before Pace could react, a ferocious roar came from the other side of the room. He turned around and found that the hungry wolf had already rushed towards him without him knowing when. Pace could even see the reflection in its eyes.

"Ahhhhhhhh, this is not a martial arts ethics——"

In a panic, Pace once again pressed the grappling hook button, and a blue factor energy gravity line instantly connected the grappling hook head and his arm, pulling him towards the obstacle.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Pace was pulled into the air and flew over the wolf's head very quickly. Then, the launcher on his left hand firmly attached to the grappling hook head, hanging him in the air.

"Oh my god, this is so cool..." Pace breathed a sigh of relief while hanging in the air. He looked down at his feet, and the hungry wolf was staring at him with ferocious eyes. "But, what's the difference between this and a regular grappling hook?"

"The difference is that it's faster, more stealthy, and can ignore obstacles," Carly's voice came, "The terrain and visibility of the Weird Mist Forest can support you to use the [Factor Hook] to complete some unexpected surprise attacks. Of course, this is all my idea, the premise is that you have to be able to control it."

"I don't understand what you mean, but it looks really impressive," Pace couldn't help but sigh, "Can I come down now?"

"Okay, come on down."

Before Pace could come to his senses, the obstacle on the wall suddenly retracted, and he fell directly from the air -

"Ahhh-"

......

2) Broken Wrist (Part 4)

"Okay, let's start the second test."

Pace rubbed his butt and just as he stood up, Lian's voice came from the radio.

"Next... um... let me think... what to play with..."

Play!? Pace was a little panicked. Did she think she was playing a tower defense game or something?

"Oh, yes!"

Before he finished speaking, the wolf's shadow suddenly became blurred and flickered. When the shadow gradually became clear, a lion appeared in front of Pesce.

"Now, activate your [One-Sided Factor Shiled]. It seems like you have used this thing before, but the pink-haired otaku used my technology to strengthen it for you... I feel like I'm at a loss."

Following Lian's instructions, Pes lightly pressed his arm forward, and a blue factor energy shield appeared on his arm. The blue shadow energy shield flashed a reassuring blue light, and the surface of the shield flashed with ripples. This shield looked almost exactly the same as the one Pes used in [Shura Field] before. If there was any difference, it might be that the unfolded volume was slightly larger.

"There's no difference from before, right?" Pace was a little confused. "Where has it been enhanced?"

"Don't worry, let the bullet fly for a while."

After hearing what Lian said, Pace realized that the device on his arm was absorbing countless tiny blue particles. When the charging bar was full, he pressed the button again for some unknown reason.

"bass--"

A factor energy wall was extended from his arm, blocking him, enough to cover at least three people. The volume of this factor energy wall was much larger, but its strength did not seem to decrease at all, and it was extremely reliable.

"Oh my god," Pace exclaimed, "this thing is... too..."

"Strength test begins."

Before Pace could finish, the lion standing opposite him roared, and a violent strong factor energy storm followed -

"boom--"

The violent factor energy shock wave caused Pace's arms to ache. He used all his strength to hold up the factor energy shield, and supported his body with his feet on the ground in the azure storm.

“Ahhhhh…Oh…Oh my God…”

Under the roaring torrent, Pace saw cracks appearing on his factor energy shield, which gradually began to break. In the factor energy storm ejected by the lion, he was like a drifting boat, which could capsize into the torrent of death at any time.

"boom--"

There were more and more cracks on the energy shield, and Pace felt that he could not hold on for much longer. He gritted his teeth and resisted with all his strength.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

"Finish."

As soon as Lian's voice sounded, the lion and the storm disappeared, leaving only an overheated projection ball lying on the ground, smoking and emitting red light. After confirming that the danger was over, Pace put away his energy shield and panted with sweat dripping from his body, as if he had just run hundreds of miles.

"Ahaha... wow... so tired..." Pace wiped the sweat from his head, panting, "Ms. Lian, this is too dangerous..."

"Of course, the short-range factor energy storm emitted by this thing can reach 1/8 of the power of the Tower of Babel. It is basically impossible for the human body to survive in it," Lian said the terrifying thing in a very weak and calm voice, "However, since it can last for more than ten seconds, it means that the design of the pink-haired otaku girl still makes sense..."

"It not only makes sense, but this is an idea I designed myself! If it is supported by redstone, this shield will definitely be able to withstand the storm of the Tower of Babel!"

"No, I don't believe it..." Lian said disdainfully, "Nothing can withstand the power of that thing..."

"Don't believe it? How about lending me a red stone?"

"I won't lend it to you. Don't you have it yourself?"

"I have to maintain the intelligence system. You're not going out anyway, so I'll return it to you after the competition."

"Tsk... With your physical condition, you'll probably die of exhaustion before even reaching the Weird Mist Forest... How can I possibly lend the redstone to an unreliable guy like you..."

"Who said that!" Carly's voice was extremely indignant, "My physique is better than yours!"

"Oh? Have you forgotten about the morning jog? Who vowed so confidently, 'I must stick to the morning jog for a month', and then disappeared the next day?"

"That time there was something wrong!"

"......"

Carly and Lian kept bickering, while Pace was panting. The energy storm just now was just one of the toys Lian picked at random. If she went all out, would she really have a chance of surviving?

As expected, one cannot underestimate the ability of any [Blade of Babel]...

Pace tried to adjust his breathing. Since leaving Thebite, he realized again and again how insignificant he was in front of the higher-ups. Compared to Lian, Perlis, and Carly, his own strength was too weak. Even with the giant armor, he could only barely survive against that giant force.

If this continues, even if I manage to make it out of the competition alive, it won't be possible to achieve anything great, right?

Pace shook his head and decided that he needed to climb even harder.

However, thinking on the bright side, this set of giant armor feels so strong. It can withstand Miss Lian's attack for so long. It shouldn't be too difficult to fight other enemies who are not [Blade of Babel]? Thinking of this, Pace suddenly felt more confident and stood more firmly.

"Alright, alright, I won't argue with you anymore!" Lian said angrily, ignoring Carly, "Brother Debita, let's do the final test."

"Final test?" Pace raised his head, looked at the glass wall, and looked at Lian. "Miss Lian, are there any other functions?"

"There's another one I added, but it may not be tested here, so let's put it aside for now," Lian said as she debugged the lift, "For the final test, it won't have anything to do with the new function."

"What kind of test is that?"

"Just... can you guess?"

"Uh..."

Pace scratched his head, confused. Since there were no new features, what else could he test?

Use the grappling hook to fly up, and then use the Element Energy Shield as a sled to land? No, that's too far-fetched...

As the machine was running, Pace was thinking. He looked across the glass wall and felt that something was wrong from the beginning...

Oh, shit.

Pace suddenly realized something. From the beginning, there was one less person on the other side of the glass wall.

"Rumble--"

The sound of the lifting platform was heard, and Pace looked towards the opposite side of the test site, just in time to catch a glimpse of the figure rising from the ground -

"Little Princess!?"

Pace stared blankly at Perlis who was standing opposite him. The girl's bloodshot eyes were indifferent and ruthless, and the butterfly knife in her hand was slowly spinning, as if she didn't know Pace at all.

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