Chapter 1478

"And this extremely heavy equipment, after your miraculous enhancement, is what made it so powerful."

"Mm." Zhao Chi did not deny it.

"And we also need the enhanced over-limit load gene before we can successfully equip it. So what's amazing and exaggerated isn't the gene itself — it's you, my lord."

Zhao Chi said nothing.

That's right — what's exaggerated isn't the gene, it's Zhao Chi…

To reach the current level, the "Equipment Fusion" gene alone is far from enough.

They must have the enhanced "Over-limit Load" gene before they can wear ultra-heavy equipment.

And they must have 【Flower-Plucking Jade-Substitution】 to transfer data. Only then can the Mystic Maiden Battle Armor reach such exaggerated stats.

If it were other lords…

Even with a full set of Mystic Maiden Battle Armor, they could only wear the standard weight, with a single-piece durability of just 400 points.

And even with two super-improvements to durability, each normal improvement only raises durability by 30%, so each piece would still only have 640 points.

After all six pieces of equipment are fused, plus the shield, it only adds 768 extra HP.

768 HP is already very strong.

But compared to Zhao Chi's side's 6,744 HP, it's still far, far behind.

However, on the other hand—

6,744 HP is indeed an enormous amount.

But it's only the HP of 67 ordinary people.

Roughly calculated, killing 67 ordinary people would be enough to kill Zhao Chi's super-strong female soldiers.

If ordinary people wear iron armor, equivalent to gaining 400 points of equipment durability HP, then this 6,744 HP would only equal the HP of 13 ordinary iron-armored soldiers.

If they're ordinary people wearing steel armor, then it's equivalent to 7 or 8.

Although these female soldiers are powerful, they're not so strong as to be invincible.

Still, this is extremely strong.

But Zhao Chi still had one question.

It was: although this HP seems to grant an enormous boost, what's the difference compared to not fusing?

Werewolves can't conveniently wear equipment in wolf form — wolf claws can't hold weapons — so stacking equipment bonuses maximizes the effect for them.

But for these women, does it seem to make much difference?

Before fusion, although the HP wasn't this exaggerated, the equipment was still there, with durability that could be consumed.

Now, although the HP is high, the equipment is gone.

The improvement doesn't seem very obvious.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "My lord, I can answer that question for you — I've also mastered it."

Zhao Chi turned his head and saw that Gu Qing and Zhuang Ya, after Tang Ruan's reminder, had also fused all their equipment into their bodies.

The two of them were likewise wearing white silk stockings, high heels, and dress shirts.

Likewise, their HP and defense were extremely enhanced.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "It seems like fusing equipment like this doesn't improve much over wearing it. But there's an essential difference! Don't forget — HP can be healed."

"Healed?" Zhao Chi was startled.

Can the HP granted by this kind of equipment also receive healing normally?

Tang Ruan smiled and said, "My lord, don't be surprised — whether it works or not, won't you know once you try? Sister Gu, hit me hard this time, otherwise I'll recover in one second."

Gu Qing shook her head and smiled, "Your HP is so high now, even if I hit you hard it won't matter, right? You'll recover in one second anyway."

Zhuang Ya said, "Why don't you just hit me, Gu Qing? I don't have her kind of powerful recovery."

Gu Qing said, "I'm afraid it'll hurt you."

Zhuang Ya smiled and said, "When have we ever cared about pain or not? Being torn open isn't anything new — come on, it's nothing."

Gu Qing said, "Then I'll use silk — I'll heal you right away after the corrosion."

"No problem, go ahead!"

Zhuang Ya extended her fair, tender arm.

A bundle of red silk sprayed from Gu Qing's palm and wound over.

In an instant, the red silk enveloped Zhuang Ya's arm, corroding it and sending up a wave of pungent white smoke.

Yet Zhuang Ya didn't show even a hint of pain.

She said in astonishment, "Huh? Why don't I feel anything? I can feel you touching my arm, but there's no pain at all — it's like you're burning my armor."

No pain, no injury.

This is also one of the benefits of this equipment fusion.

Although the women of Taoyuan fear nothing, their sense of touch is still normal.

They can still feel pain, still feel itchy.

They can still be made to tremble by Zhao Chi.

There are even those like Zhuang Ya, so sensitive they collapse at a single touch.

So being able to avoid pain on the battlefield is indeed a very nice ability.

Gu Qing asked, "That's great — even pain is gone. See how much damage you took?"

"Mm… 133 points."

"Good, then I'll try healing."

As Gu Qing's thought moved, a faint fluorescence rose from Zhuang Ya's arm.

Zhuang Ya stared intently at her own body's status.

"Okay, okay, Gu Qing is already fully healed! Looks like the life converted from equipment can also be healed."

"That's great, then I can still heal everyone at any time, and from the very start, no need to wait until the equipment breaks before healing."

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "Gu Qing, you'll have more time to show off your prowess from now on, but you might get more tired."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "It's fine if I'm a bit more tired, saves you from having to repair equipment. But if this kind of equipment suffers heavy wear, it might still lower the maximum durability. We can try it with ordinary equipment."

Zhao Chi said: "Alright, let's try it. Even if the maximum durability drops, it's fine. The fact that you can use healing to restore equipment durability already saves me a lot of time."

After trying.

The maximum durability does indeed drop.

It's the same as repairing after the equipment is damaged.

Additionally, all kinds of skills and effects that boost life have no effect on the life converted from equipment durability.

Only skills or effects that boost durability can increase the life converted from equipment.

This is only natural.

But it doesn't matter.

Returning to the very first question, the three of them are all wearing fashion outfits now, but after trying just now, it doesn't directly damage the fashion outfits.

Although the fashion outfit is displayed on the outside, the first thing to be attacked is still life.

It's the life converted from equipment.

Zhuang Ya nodded.

She conveyed her feeling to Zhao Chi: "Zhao Chi, what you said just now was right. The equipment slot did indeed disappear, but it didn't really disappear — it fused into the body. So now only the fashion slot is displayed on the outside, and what shows up can only be the fashion outfit."

Gu Qing added: "Right, and although what's displayed is the fashion outfit, if you don't switch to fashion mode, what's still in effect is the equipment slot. So when I attacked Tang Ruan just now, it deducted her life, not the fashion outfit's durability."

"Understood." Zhao Chi nodded.

But he still had one concern.

"When you use the equipment fusion ability on the battlefield in the future, will you all end up like this? Wearing stockings and high heels?"

Gu Qing nodded: "I'm afraid so. It's like those werewolves — what shows up is the original body state."

Zhuang Ya said: "Those werewolves all have fur that can cover their bodies. Luckily we have fashion outfits that can also cover our bodies."

Tang Ruan looked down between her legs.

Smooth and bare, nothing worn at all.

She said softly: "If that's the case, when we use this ability, we still need to wear a little underwear, right?"

Zhao Chi said speechlessly: "Of course… And it's only you few who are like this. The other female soldiers all dress properly."

Gu Qing covered her mouth and laughed: "Isn't this to your liking, my lord? You won't let us wear anything, so you can admire us anytime, anywhere."

Zhao Chi said: "I only said to do that inside the room. I never told you to do it outside too."

Zhuang Ya laughed and said: "I don't recall you setting a designated location. Otherwise, why would even the most obedient Tang Ruan and Qi Yue be like this?"