txolops Chapter 40 An Unexpected Joy, An Invincible Body
Chapter 40 An Unexpected Joy, An Invincible Body
After leaving the palace, Li Yao waved goodbye to Angel Yan and Angel Zhui, then turned and flew towards the Tianji Research Institute.
The research institute is quite far from the royal palace, located in the western part of Tiancheng.
Li Yao landed at the entrance of the research institute, then suddenly stopped.
As he looked at the automatic sensor door, the image of being tricked by He Xi last time involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
He had come here to avoid trouble before, and he was standing in this spot when he was transported directly to the palace gate by a wormhole before he could even enter the door.
Once bitten, twice shy.
So when Li Yao arrived here, he subconsciously stopped and scanned the area.
After confirming that there were no problems, he continued forward.
The automatic door slid open silently, and a cold, mechanical voice announced: "Identity scan... Atomic check... Angel Li Yao... Identity confirmed."
Li Yao strode into the research institute.
The space inside is very large, with spacious and bright corridors and transparent laboratories on both sides.
Angels dressed in white research lab coats walked around inside, some engrossed in calculating data, others gathered around the holographic projection, engaged in heated discussions.
With their wings folded and dressed in white research suits, these angels looked at first glance no different from a research institute of a pre-nuclear civilization.
But Li Yao knew that the angels' attire was actually diverse and easy to switch between; they could change clothes in just a few seconds by transporting them through the wormhole.
When they go out on missions, they usually wear silver-white armor. In their daily lives, they wear casual clothes. When working at the research institute, they wear white research coats and fold their wings in order to conduct experiments.
He had only taken a few steps when he was spotted, and then the angels greeted him one after another:
"Yo! Yao's back!"
"Hey! Li Yao."
"You've come to see the Heavenly King, haven't you?"
Li Yao smiled and waved to them: "Hello, sisters!"
As he walked inside, he said, "We'll talk later, I need to see my teacher first!"
Amidst the enthusiastic welcome from everyone, Li Yao finally reached the end of the corridor and stood in front of the largest laboratory.
The door opened automatically, and he took a deep breath and went inside.
The laboratory is spacious and bright, with various instruments and equipment arranged in an orderly manner, and a huge holographic worktable standing in the center.
Standing before the stage was a beautiful woman with silver hair, none other than He Xi, the Heavenly King of the Angelic Civilization.
She was dressed in a simple silver-white robe, her slender fingers fiddling with a 3D model suspended in mid-air.
Hearing the noise, she turned her head, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"You're back?"
"Teacher," Li Yao stood up obediently and called out.
He Xi smiled and nodded, then stopped fiddling with the model. Instead, she crossed her arms and gave him a half-smile.
"What were you thinking about that lingered at the door for so long? Did you remember what happened last time?"
"How is that possible!"
Li Yao quickly shook his head, and said righteously, "Isn't it because I'm about to see my beautiful and charming teacher?"
"The students were extremely excited to be reunited after so long, so they took a moment to calm their racing hearts to avoid losing their composure!"
He spoke with such sincerity that he was practically ready to raise his hand and swear an oath.
He Xi chuckled and shook her head: "Stop being so cheeky."
Li Yao chuckled, dropping the pretense, and leaned forward to ask, "Teacher, how's my research on the third-generation divine body going?"
He Xi turned to look at the holographic projection, and with a light swipe of her fingertip, enlarged a core model.
"Except for the part that requires your personal involvement, everything else is pretty much done."
She glanced at Li Yao sideways, a hint of doting in her eyes: "What, can't wait?"
"No way!"
Li Yao quickly waved his hand: "I was just worried that you were working too hard, teacher, and I wanted to finish the upgrade as soon as possible so that you could rest."
He Xi snorted lightly, not buying his act: "Alright, stop being so glib."
As she spoke, she sent over a data file: "This is the divine body plan I prepared for you. Go and familiarize yourself with it first. We'll begin once I've finished processing the remaining data."
After receiving the data, Li Yao nodded and said, "Then you go ahead and get busy, don't overwork yourself."
He Xi raised an eyebrow, a playful look on her face: "What if I'm really tired?"
Li Yao patted his chest and boasted, "Needless to say? Your students will give you a shoulder massage, leg rubs, and serve you tea and water—a one-stop service!"
"If you're still tired..."
He thought for a moment, then added, "I'll take care of all the miscellaneous work in the lab; you can just lie down and give instructions!"
He Xi's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Li Yao replied sincerely, "Of course..."
Under the teacher's expectant gaze, he changed the subject and said with a grin, "It's fake."
"Tch!" He Xi rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay him any more attention, and turned back to continue fiddling with the model.
Li Yao stopped bothering them and took the data panel to the sofa next to him. He sat down and began to look through it seriously.
He had only been looking at it for a short while when a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
Holy crap!
He discovered that in this divine body plan, in addition to the upgrade of the third-generation divine body, He Xi had also given him an additional invincible body, that is, an invincible physique.
The Invincible Body is a technology independent of the Third Generation Divine Body. If the Third Generation Divine Body is likened to hardware, then the Invincible Body is more like a plug-in.
Its essence is to control light energy through the super gene system of the dark dimension to achieve physical defense and self-repair, which originally belonged to the Shenhe Technology system.
This thing focuses on enhancing hardness and regeneration capabilities. Its hardness surpasses that of a typical third-generation divine body, but unlike a third-generation divine body, it doesn't come with powerful backend computing power and a gene engine.
To put it simply, it is not only incredibly hard, but also has an extremely strong self-healing ability.
As far as Li Yao knows, only Ge Xiaolun and Angel Chase currently possess the Invincible Body.
But even though it's the same thing, different people use it very differently.
This is because the Invincible Body can only exhibit its strongest hardness, regenerative ability, and power when it is maintained by sufficient energy. The same applies to the Third Generation Divine Body.
On Ge Xiaolun's side, there was a shell but no oil, not enough energy to maintain the operation of the program, nor the ability to develop it. At best, it was just a lump of iron, and it was still pierced through by the Flame-class weapon.
But the angels are different.
They know how to develop it, and they have enough energy to maintain the invincible body at its peak.
The Flaming Sword felt like a tickle when it struck; even if someone was killed, as long as the gene engine wasn't damaged, they could be resurrected on the spot once the energy was replenished.
She turned her invincible body into a resurrection armor; anyone who didn't know better would think she had installed a biological engine like Angel Yan.
"With a third-generation divine body and an invincible body, doesn't that make me an unkillable cockroach?"
Li Yao became more and more excited as he read, and almost jumped off the sofa.
"Huh, it's just an invincible body, why are you so happy?"
He Xi had finished her work at some point and walked over gracefully.
A slight smile played on her lips, her tone casual: "This is nothing."