Chapter 1981

If it were a pleated skirt or something, that would work.

Imagining it does paint a picture.

A pencil skirt seems a bit lacking.

But fortunately, this is a fashion effect.

It will definitely take effect.

If fully upgraded, it can increase hang time by 100%.

What's the use of that?

Seems pretty ordinary.

It can't boost combat power, can it?

Zhao Chi didn't have a very intuitive grasp of this matter.

But now he had to think it through clearly.

Combining the nearby hints and notes, he gradually figured out the effect.

Normally speaking.

When a person jumps from a height of 3 meters, the probability of sustaining minor injuries is already fairly high.

They might get a sprain, a bruise, a fracture, a twisted ankle, end up black and blue all over.

Of course, with training and landing in the correct posture, the injury can be greatly reduced.

Even to the point of no injury at all.

The fall time from 3 meters is about 0.8 seconds; if hang time is doubled, it becomes 1.6 seconds.

Doesn't seem like much time.

But with 1.6 seconds, most people can adjust their landing posture.

However, time is only one aspect of this effect.

The other aspect is impact force.

Think of a parachute.

When a person falls from a great height, without a parachute they'll die on impact; with one, they have a very high chance of surviving.

The main thing is increasing hang time and reducing the impact force on landing.

This skirt can also reduce the impact force on landing.

Zhao Chi couldn't do the math.

But the notes beside it spelled it out clearly.

According to the notes...

If hang time increases by 100%, it becomes twice the original.

Then the impact force is reduced to one-fourth of the original!

In other words...

To reach the original level of injury, the height would need to be increased fourfold!

Zhao Chi didn't know why either, but the notes said so, so it had to be right.

With this, a fall from 3 meters that would normally cause minor injuries...

... would now require a fall from 12 meters to cause minor injuries.

12 meters...

That's the height of about a 4-story building.

And that's only for minor injuries.

Normally speaking, serious injuries occur at distances above 5 meters.

Fatal injuries occur at distances above 7 meters.

With this short skirt increasing hang time...

The height for serious injuries becomes over 20 meters, about 7 stories.

The height for fatal injuries becomes over 28 meters, about 9 stories.

That's a very great height.

However, this is only the effect of the skirt itself.

It also has to be paired with the genes of Taoyuan women.

They all carry an enhanced version of the soft-body genetic trait, and through genetic linkage, it can reduce impact force by a full 50%.

Fall injuries are impact injuries.

So this height can be directly doubled!

Minor injuries at 24 meters, about 8 stories.

Serious injuries at 40 meters, about 13 stories.

Fatal injuries at 56 meters, about 19 stories.

This is absolutely more than enough!

Normal female soldiers would never fall from such heights.

Looks like this hang time is pretty useful too.

At least it's a nice supportive effect.

It must be maxed out too!

And there's also a special note.

This hang time can be adjusted freely.

If attacking an enemy mid-air, it can be cancelled, letting the full body weight slam down onto the enemy.

If falling, it can be left active to reduce the damage taken.

Quite flexible.

Not bad at all.

By this logic, spiritual power and air-time must both be maxed out.

Ten improvement points left — which one to upgrade?

Defense, comfort, cleanliness.

Pick one of the three.

Cleanliness is definitely out.

They all wear self-cleaning underwear — not a speck of filth, everything scrubbed spotless.

Zhuang Ya is very fond of this outfit.

After all, the way she welcomes Zhao Chi is different from other women — she has to wash carefully every time.

Now with this outfit, she can go straight to find Zhao Chi without worry — any time, any place, whenever she wants.

No need to bother washing at all.

To test it earlier, Zhao Chi had specifically examined Zhuang Ya in detail.

Her pink gate was spotlessly clean.

Every tiny crease was clean and pink.

Not only was there no filth, there wasn't even the slightest unpleasant smell.

Quite miraculous, quite practical.

So cleanliness is eliminated outright.

That leaves defense and comfort.

Upgrade comfort?

Make them howl in pleasure the moment they put it on?

Possible, but unnecessary.

After all, nothing is more comfortable than the Carefree Spring.

And in battle, it's still better to boost combat-related attributes as much as possible.

If you want comfort, just go to the Carefree Spring after the fight.

Then defense is the only choice.

Once new Mystic Maiden Ruler shards are obtained later, the skirt's attributes can be reset, and every enhancement point can be put to good use then.

For now, let's just go with this improvement plan.