75: Awesome Biological Armor (I)

"Oakes, I don't understand logistics and support."

"But there's specialization in every field..."

"I believe in your capabilities, Oakes, and I know you wouldn't hold me back in this area."

Grimm, the Experimenter smiled and said, "From now on..."

"I'm entrusting all logistics and support for the Bio-armor to you."

"If you need my help or cooperation, just say the word."

"Now, Oakes, tell me in detail about this incredibly awesome and cool armor."

"I'm quite interested in its past and present, its formidable strengths, and how it can protect my life."

"Alright, Grimm, logistics and support are already my job, and I'll do my best."

Oakes gave his assurance.

Then he began to explain the Bio-armor to Grimm, the Experimenter.

"The Bio-Armor Project is an ambitious plan our academy launched 32 years ago."

"At that time, the number of Peak Wizard Apprentices in our academy was very small, and Advanced Wizard Apprentices were not skilled in combat. We were frequently at a disadvantage when competing for resource points with those Black Wizards in the Mist Islands."

"Therefore, the great Formal Wizard, His Excellency Joyce, took the lead in organizing and launching the Bio-Armor Project."

"Its main objective was to develop a life-saving armor that could effectively protect the lives of Advanced Wizard Apprentices, help them survive, and even enable them to strive to become Peak Wizard Apprentices."

"Over the past thirty-plus years, the academy has invested countless resources and mobilized thousands of intermediate and Advanced Wizard Apprentices, as well as top mentors from various fields, to participate in this great project."

"The academy fully leveraged the advantages of us White Wizards: high unity and cooperation, fearlessness in sacrifice and difficulty, and the ability to concentrate resources on major undertakings, overcoming countless challenges."

Oakes's expression was solemn and dignified, as if he was narrating a magnificent historical epic... "Ultimately, we successively introduced three versions of the Bio-armor."

"The first two generations of Bio-armor, after various experiments, all had more or less fatal flaws, and the academy has now decommissioned them."

"The fourth generation of Bio-armor is still in the laboratory undergoing technical evaluation; it will likely take another seven or eight years to be released."

"So..." Oakes paused for a moment, emphasizing his tone, and continued, "This third version of the Bio-armor is the main force of our academy today!"

"This is the academy's first Bio-armor that has no fatal flaws, is cost-effective within an acceptable range, and whose protective capabilities meet the design specifications."

"Therefore, the academy plans to conduct small-scale mass production of the third version of the Bio-armor to address the shortage of top combat power at the Wizard Apprentice stage in our academy."

"Grimm, the Experimenter, the bio-armor no. 8 you see now is the latest mass-produced armor; it's the last of the first batch of 8 armors produced."

"Next, I will explain the basic parameters and design philosophy of this Bio-armor."

"The Bio-armor is an innovation in armor development, utilizing our academy's advantage in cultivating Demonized Plantss."

"This set of armor adopts a '6+1' model."

"'6' refers to the six main components of this armor: chest plate, back plate, left arm guard, right arm guard, left leg guard, and right leg guard."

"These six main components are all made of refined profound steel as the main body, mixed with a large number of rare wizardry materials such as gold essence, mithril, and red copper."

"Each component is inscribed with a Hexagram Wizard Array, which has been reinforced to the level of advanced Demonized Plants items by Demonized Plants item makers using secret techniques."

"Therefore, based on the material properties of this armor alone, it can withstand wizardry attacks or physical blows below 30 Intensity."

"This is the last line of defense this armor provides you when you are subjected to a sudden attack, ensuring you won't be instantly killed."

"Therefore, it's not highly recommended to rely on the armor's material itself to directly absorb attacks, as this will significantly reduce the armor's lifespan and greatly increase maintenance and repair costs, except during experimental tests, of course."

"At the same time, these six Wizard Array components also form a positive and inverted triangular Hexagram Wizard Array."

"Wearing this guardian Wizard Array armor, you can activate this positive and inverted triangular guardian Hexagram Wizard Array by striking a specific pose."

"It will activate a weakened version of a first-order guardian force field, protecting your safety 360 degrees without blind spots."

"This Wizard Array guardian force field can withstand any wizardry and physical attacks below 100 Intensity."

"After all, it is a positional defense, neutralizing the force of attacking wizardry or physical attacks through a repulsive force field."

"Wear it, Grimm, and you can realize your dream: charging forward while shrugging off a sky full of enemy fireballs!"

"Haha..." Grimm, the Experimenter laughed, his eyes lighting up.

If this Bio-armor was really that powerful, what was shrugging off fireballs? A small case.

"Ahem..." Oakes cleared his throat and continued.

"The connections between the six components of this armor are all made by Demonic Black Vine specially cultivated by the academy."

"Note that the Demonic Black Vine is alive!"

"It can switch between active and dormant states."

"When active, it requires plant vitality-activating agents to stimulate and replenish its vitality, allowing it to rest and receive nutritional supplements. At this time, it will actively detach from the six major components, making it convenient for us to inspect and maintain these six major components."

"Generally, if there's no damage, we need to perform a comprehensive maintenance on the Bio-armor every four months, which takes seven days."

"If there's combat, depending on the situation, we should appropriately shorten the maintenance interval to once every two months or once a month."

"Grimm, the Experimenter, this maintenance is the main task of our logistics and support team. The process is very tedious, and the consumption of potions and precious materials is particularly high."

"When I took over this Bio-armor last week, I had already performed a comprehensive maintenance on armor no. 8 with the team's mentors. I estimate the material cost alone was over a thousand magic stones."

"So..." Oakes looked at Grimm, the Experimenter's increasingly bright eyes, and the strong urge he had to claim this awesome Plus Bio-armor for himself, and couldn't help but remind him.

"Grimm, don't even think about buying a Bio-armor."

"Even if you could afford to buy it, you wouldn't be able to afford to maintain it afterwards."

"Even my family can only support the consumption of one armor; this thing is a huge money pit..."