novelraw #240 - Chapter 240 Action Preparation
#240 - Chapter 240 Action Preparation
“Let's talk about this operation first. This is Level 5 Esper, [Void]. She will set up portals for you, allowing you to move quickly inside and transport all the collected items back.”
Yu Ding introduced [Void] Kong Que to Qi Jing. She said to Qi Jing with a blank expression:
“Hello, I am [Void]. Just call me Aunt Kong.”
Qi Jing greeted, “Hello, Aunt Kong!”
“Mm.” Kong Que nodded slightly.
Looks like this aunt isn't as difficult to talk to as she seems.
Yu Ding pointed to Shui Bingbing and said:
“This is the principal of Bing Campus, and also my teacher. You met him last time.”
“Yes, hello Principal Shui!”
“Good, wait for me to get something for you.”
Shui Bingbing reached into his chest and rummaged around.
A few seconds later, he took out a black and red bag and handed it to Qi Jing:
“This is the latest space bag I developed. It can hold two tons of stuff. I'll give you one.”
Awesome!
Another space storage item!
But this color, why is everyone's aesthetic so strange?
Qi Jing took it and casually touched it, feeling even stranger. It felt like… meat?
Seeing Qi Jing's actions and his slightly furrowed brow, Shui Bingbing explained, “This is a biological stomach pouch. It's a bit soft, but it's indeed the best space bag material currently.”
So it's a stomach pouch.
No wonder the texture and color are so strange.
Qi Jing put it back into his sleeve space.
If he guessed correctly, this is Principal Shui Bingbing's imitation of Kirby's stomach. I wonder if Kirby is awake now?
“The last one is your teammate for this mission, Fu Tantan. He's an old classmate of mine.”
Saying that, Yu Ding kicked the salted fish who was squinting and dozing off:
“Introduce yourself, hurry up.”
Fu Tantan lazily glanced at Yu Ding, then yawned for a full five seconds.
Haa~~~~~ Ah~~~~~
“Hello, my name is Fu Tantan.”
Although this guy seems unreliable, Qi Jing, as a good student, still needs to greet him:
“Hello, Brother Fu!”
“Mm, hello.”
Fu Tantan waved his hand, then went back to spacing out.
If there weren't no seats here, Qi Jing guessed he wouldn't even move his butt.
Yu Ding patted him on the shoulder and said to Qi Jing:
“This guy is always like this. You can order him around when you're working with him.
You should have guessed, he's the one with the 'Copy' ability. He can copy other people's skills, several at a time depending on his level.
In other words, he can have four skills from other people at the same time.”
Fu Tantan's “Copy” copies skills, not abilities. For example, he can't copy Yu Ding's ability “Mind,” but can only copy Yu Ding's mind power detection, mind power control, mental interference, and other branch skills.
“Okay, the personnel for this operation have been introduced. Now, about the steps for this operation…”
Yu Ding began to explain to them in detail.
An hour later.
Qi Jing and the others arrived at the giant ship in the center of the Time Sea.
This was his first time at this so-called “rich people's retirement home” and “Time Research Institute headquarters.”
Looking out, he couldn't see the edge of this giant ship.
It's freaking huge!
“That's where those rich people want to delay their aging. Because time is slow here, living here for a year is equivalent to living a few days outside, it's so comfortable for them.”
Gou Dehao pointed to the room on the right and said:
“And our rent is calculated based on the number of days here. You can't even imagine how rich they are. The money we collect from them every day is more than selling a year's worth of equipment!”
Without waiting for Qi Jing to speak, Kong Que interjected:
“Let's go to the entrance of the Time Whale Graveyard first.”
With a wave of her hand, she opened a spatial door, and then stepped into the submarine parked in front of the Time Whale Graveyard.
Just now, the few of them walked directly from Kong Que's spatial door to the teleportation door leading to the center of the Time Sea, without taking an extra step.
So convenient, it's a lazy person's god-tier skill.
In Qi Jing's view, her spatial door and the teleportation door have a few small differences.
Ordinary teleportation doors are like a large mirror. If you don't touch it, you can't tell it's a door at all.
Kong Que's spatial door is like a window. It seems to connect two different locations, and you can directly see the scene on the other side from here.
But the feeling of teleportation for these two doors is exactly the same, making Qi Jing have to suspect that the teleportation door is just a low-end version of her spatial door.
“This is the submarine we use to observe the Time Whale Graveyard. Look, that's the entrance to the Time Whale Graveyard.”
Yu Ding pointed to a large window at the front of the submarine and said:
“This abyss is the Time Whale Graveyard. As long as you pass through this gap, the flow of time will change from slowing down dozens of times to speeding up hundreds or thousands of times.”
Qi Jing turned his head and looked in the direction he was pointing.
There was a huge crack, the pitch-black color like a black hole in a science fiction movie, like a huge mouth devouring everything around it.
Only the places illuminated by the lights could be seen with a little other color. If it weren't for the blue stones distributed around, Qi Jing probably wouldn't be able to see where this big crack was.
“It's like a skylight of the Time Whale Graveyard. Submerging for a few minutes will reach the ground, but with Aunt Kong here, one step is enough.”
While introducing, Yu Ding took out a black suit and handed it to Qi Jing:
“Put on this battle suit. It can display your life activity at any time and has many miniature cameras that can broadcast everything around you.
It has communication, defense, enhancement, and pressure resistance functions, but there is a drawback, which is that the lifespan is very short. If it sends out an alarm, we will open the spatial door to let you come back and change into another set of clothes before going down.”
This is the best battle suit they can produce with current technology, but because the speed of time flow in the Time Whale Graveyard is particularly fast, it greatly shortens its service life, so you must come out and change it every once in a while.
“It would be great if your time anchor could also anchor the surrounding equipment.”
Hearing Yu Ding's sigh, Qi Jing said:
“Brother Yu, I drew a skill before called New Clothes Art, which can turn clothes back to their original state. I shouldn't need to change them frequently.”
New Clothes Art is, after all, the first and only “Legendary Magic” he drew. Even the Xing Tian Armor can be restored, this battle suit should be even easier.
“Oh? I didn't expect you to have such a good skill. Give me a battle-damaged suit to try. If it can be restored, then this step is not necessary.”
Mo Wang took out a very old-looking piece of clothing from a box in the submarine. The color on it was less lustrous than the one in Qi Jing's hand, and there were more traces of rust.
“zxcvbn... (spell omitted)”
As Qi Jing chanted, his New Clothes Art was successfully cast on this battle suit.
A burst of white light flashed, and as Qi Jing expected, this battle-scarred battle suit returned to its original appearance.
Gou Dehao carefully tested its various functions and exclaimed:
“Little Qi is amazing! This piece of clothing cost a lot of materials to manufacture. It costs a lot of money to repair, but I didn't expect a spell to restore it. It's a money-saving secret technique.”