Chapter 60: The Prototype of the Stereo Maneuvering Gear

For Su Yu, he had no thoughts of guarding against Ju Zi.

During the half a month or so that he spent with Ju Zi, she took care of him like a gentle and quiet older sister, although this older sister would sometimes act a bit foolish.

As the time they spent together grew longer, Su Yu also gradually understood the pain that Ju Zi had been trying to escape.

Ju Zi always deliberately avoided the topic whenever family was mentioned; although Su Yu's current status was also that of an orphan, it did not necessarily mean he could understand the pain of being one.

However, in the half month he spent alone with Ju Zi, Su Yu was very happy; he let go of his burdens, like an ordinary person without worries. At least for this moment, here, he was Ju Zi's junior, someone she was willing to take care of with all her heart.

What follows people as they grow is never honor, but hatred. The more deeply hidden the hatred, the more it drives people mad...

"Luo Yu, although I have to admit you are a very capable little cook, you still haven't reached the height of my father. Even though you are much younger than me, I have to admit that your culinary skills are indeed better than mine. I, Ju Zi, am going to marry a chef as excellent as my father in the future."

Speaking of this, Ju Zi looked out the window with some sadness. Perhaps, the destruction of her family was a pain she could never erase.

Watching Ju Zi, who had fallen into a flashback, Su Yu lowered his head and drank the soup in his bowl in one gulp. "Sister Ju Zi, the future is uncertain. Why are you so sure that you will marry a chef?"

"What, you little guy are still questioning my decision? Your Sister Ju Zi here is not going to just find someone to marry. Whether I marry or not depends on my own will." Ju Zi reached out and pinched Su Yu's face, but Su Yu did not think her words were right.

Life is always full of unexpected turns. Looking at the smiling girl before him, Su Yu leaned on Ju Zi's shoulder and composed his mind.

He said to himself in his heart: "How I wish that you, who leave others feeling so aggrieved, could live a plain and simple life..."

Everyone has emotional changes, and one's emotions dictate one's choices. Ju Zi's choice was revenge rather than letting go. If it were Su Yu, he asked himself, he could not let go.

Hopefully, Sister Ju Zi, you won't run into that scumbag Huo Yuhao again in the future...

Because if you truly love someone and have someone in your heart, even if it means being shattered to pieces, even if it means being an enemy of the world, and even if it means sacrificing your own life, you would not hesitate.

Just like that silly girl who shared everything she had with that loser; in the end, the loser wiped away his tears and swore to avenge her, even if it meant sacrificing his own life.

Even though he knew that killing that monster would not change the ending beneath the Red Well...

But, did Huo ever persist? Did he ever fight back?

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"What would a little guy like you know? Stop sighing and hurry up and eat."

Getting up from the hospital bed, Ju Zi habitually pinched Su Yu's face, packed up her things, and didn't forget to tease Su Yu a little before leaving.

Under Xuan Ziwen's tireless arrangements, Su Yu's injuries received excellent treatment, and he was fully recovered and discharged in just half a month.

After returning to the academy, Su Yu threw himself back into the research and development of Soul Guidance Devices, but this experiment truly left Su Yu stuck in a difficult problem to overcome.

The problem Su Yu had to overcome this time was the integration of the Flying Hook Claw and the Soul Guidance Device.

The mobility of the Flying Hook Claw, combined with the power system of a Flying Soul Guidance Device—if the two were combined, the effect produced in forests or other complex terrain environments would be far more effective than a single Flying Soul Guidance Device.

Su Yu had already studied the production of the Flying Hook Claw thoroughly while at Shrek Academy, not to mention the explanations in the Hundred Secrets of Hidden Weapons.

But currently, he was only involved in the production of Third-level Soul Guidance Devices at best. Even if he could produce a simple Flying Soul Guidance Device, the consumption of the Flying Soul Guidance Device was ultimately not conducive to long-term combat.

So Su Yu wanted to use one thing: a Soul Power Storage Device, or to put it bluntly, a Milk Bottle. But the production of a Milk Bottle was extremely complex, and with his current ability, it was impossible to complete.

"So annoying, damn it. If only there were a battery or something, I wouldn't be in such pain. If you're really capable, you damn well build me a sealed Milk Bottle to use as a battery..."

For this, Su Yu had worried until his hair turned white. He had also made improvements to the load-bearing capacity of the Flying Hook Claw, replacing the mechanism of the Flying Hook Claw with precious metals unique to the Sun Moon Empire.

To ensure the compatibility between the Flying Hook Claw and the Soul Guidance Device, Su Yu also specifically reduced the size of the Flying Hook Claw. In addition, he attached several Soul Guidance Arrays to it, all to speed up the launching and retracting of the claws.

The basic design was already completed, and even the blueprints for the Stereo Maneuvering Gear were drawn, but Su Yu really couldn't ensure that Xuan Ziwen would keep it secret. After all, what Xuan Ziwen lacked most was research funding and space.

If Su Yu handed his design drawings to Xuan Ziwen for help at this time, it would be hard to guarantee that Xuan Ziwen wouldn't hand them over to Mingde Hall in exchange for research resources.

Once Mingde Hall obtained these blueprints, with their research strength far exceeding his own, it was entirely possible for them to equip the Sun Moon Empire's armored legions with them in a short period of time.

"No, I can only ask Sister Ju Zi to help me make the Flying Soul Guidance Device. Xuan Ziwen still cannot be fully trusted for now."

As for the Flying Soul Guidance Device, for now, he could only ask Ju Zi. But he still had to prepare one or two Milk Bottles. With Su Yu's current soul power and Soul Guidance technology, he could at most use a Milk Bottle as a temporary reserve.

This could be considered a temporary relief for soul power consumption. Afterward, Su Yu took the detailed Flying Soul Guidance Device blueprints and went to find Ju Zi.

"Looks like you've recovered well. Any interest in another fight?"

Ji Juechen looked at Su Yu, who was holding the blueprints, and stepped forward to ask.

"No time for now. However, if you're interested, I do have a way to solve the shortcomings of your swordsmanship."

Su Yu continued walking forward. He felt no strangeness in facing Ji Juechen as he had before. After all, during this period, Ji Juechen had often come to visit; mainly because this guy had caused trouble in the academy again, even making some teachers cry for their parents.

This guy would complain about having no opponents while being exceptionally attentive to Su Yu, even bringing some precious medicinal herbs from who knows where and throwing them to Ju Zi without a word, telling her to feed them to Su Yu.

Looking at the young boy before him, a rare glimmer of color appeared in Ji Juechen's eyes. He asked with interest, "What, you say my swordsmanship has shortcomings?"

Ji Juechen was incomparably clear about his own situation. The Sword Intent he pursued could never have problems. Su Yu's words gave him inspiration and allowed him to see the direction he was pursuing.

But today, Su Yu actually told him that his swordsmanship had shortcomings?

Was that possible?

"Actually, to be precise, it's not a problem with your swordsmanship, but a problem with your tactics. Your fighting style is completely accustomed to head-on confrontations. In head-on confrontations, there is basically no one among your peers who is your opponent."

Speaking of this, Su Yu stopped. In his mind, he suddenly had a very bold idea. Some people's minds were simple, not as complex as others. Now that he had hit a bottleneck in his Soul Guidance Device design, he might as well help him; it would be a win-win situation.

"But, once an opponent opens up distance from you or conducts long-range suppression, your attacks will never be able to get close to the target. The worst-case scenario is that you are exhausted of soul power by the opponent using Soul Guidance Devices or other long-range attack methods."

Su Yu's words were not without reason. Xuan Ziwen and Ji Juechen had fought once before. Because Ji Juechen could not get close to Xuan Ziwen at all, he was eventually exhausted of soul power by Xuan Ziwen using Soul Guidance Devices and lost that match.

The two walked side by side on the path provided by the academy. Ji Juechen fell into deep thought. After thinking for a long time, he finally spat out a few words, "You're right."

"I can help you solve this problem. Although it also uses Soul Guidance Devices, I don't want you to over-rely on Soul Guidance Devices and abandon the Sword Dao you pursue yourself. Therefore, you must promise me that Soul Guidance can only be a means for you to cope, not the power you rely on."

For Su Yu, Ji Juechen was definitely an excellent experimental subject. However, this short-range dash Stereo Maneuvering Gear was definitely suitable for Ji Juechen, who could seal a throat with one sword. When an opponent was difficult to deal with, Ji Juechen could definitely rely on the effect of an instant dash to kill with one strike!

Unless it was extremely complex terrain, this Stereo Maneuvering Gear would not be of much use to Su Yu.

Because the soul bone Su Yu had previously obtained, which granted him the soul skill Mirror Image Transfer, was fully capable of making up for the gap in speed.

"I naturally understand this. My Sword Dao cannot be abandoned because of an external object. Then what exactly is the thing you mentioned?"

Ji Juechen's curiosity was completely stirred up by Su Yu. He wanted to know what kind of Soul Guidance Device this teenager, who relied on strange swordsmanship and soul skills, could design that he would dare to claim could make up for his own shortcomings.

If it were anyone else, Ji Juechen would probably have gone up and struck with a sword, letting them feel what Sword Intent was first.

But Su Yu was different. This guy could not be treated as a thirteen-year-old boy at all. His gaze always had unique insights, and even Ji Juechen, who was at Level Fifty-eight, could not see through him.

It was precisely because of this that the relationship between Ji Juechen and Su Yu was exceptionally good. Ji Juechen, who was not good at socializing, had met Su Yu, who was like a kindred spirit.