Chapter 34
Xia Fei followed Phantom’s gaze and glanced over at the time, “The Windshade Mark IV combat suit. Is it any good?”
Phantom nodded, “The combat suits of the Windshade series are specifically designed for Speed Ability Users, and can minimize air resistance to a great degree while also providing a very good defense for the user. Soon, you’ll be crossing your first hurdle as a Speed Ability User, where you would create a sonic boom once your speed surpasses the speed of sound.”
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“If you’re not wearing combat gear when that time comes, the powerful surge of force would severely injure your body, and the loud sound you’d create would even alert your enemies, making it impossible for you to catch them by surprise.”
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Xia Fei had once watched a television program on sonic booms. When an airplane has to surpass the speed of sound in flight, in that moment when the airplane has to break through the sound barrier, there would occasionally be a spectacular sight where clouds of mist would form around the airplane.
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What followed the clouds of mist was a deafening explosive sound, as the powerful shock caused the fighter jet to tremble violently, which only showed the immense force a sonic boom created.
“The Windshade Mark IV combat suit is a product that was made a long time ago and is no longer available in the market. It uses a rare Blackstar Spider Silk as raw material. This kind of Blackstar Spider could only be found on extremely cold planets. It takes a thousand of these Blackstar Spiders a whole year before they could produce enough silk for a set of combat suit.”
“Due to the high production cost, there were already very few who would use this particular raw material anymore. Instead, they would use some advanced chemical fabrics as a replacement. Although such chemical fabrics are good, they still can’t compare to the quality of the natural raw material. This Windshade Mark IV combat suit must have been kept by some collector.”
It would be an embarrassing situation if the mechanism for the hidden blade were to be triggered when shaking someone’s hand and a shortsword were to sprang out from the user’s sleeve.
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The double-edged hidden blade utilized a mechanical spring, so the raw material used could not be too poor as it required a high level of hardiness as well as tensile strength to achieve the purpose of retractability.
Due to the continuous technological advancement, many ancient production techniques had already been modified to automated production, but there were still some exceptions. Some special techniques simply could not be replaced by machines.
Take the double-edged hidden blade as an example. The craftsmanship needed to produce such a weapon had been passed down from generations after generations, and the secrets within had never revealed beyond the circle.
Many experts had made countless attempts to crack the secret to make such a weapon that only ended in failure until the experts finally realized that there were some things that technology would never be able to replace.
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The shopkeeper noticed that Xia Fei seemed to be somewhat interested in that double-edged hidden blade the man was holding, so he hurriedly added, “I think that weapon doesn’t seem to be of conventional origins. Judging from how secretive he was acting, I’m sure he must have stolen it.”
Xia Fei chuckled and left the shop, ignoring the enthusiastic persuasion from the shopkeeper for him to stay.
Standing in the middle of the street and glancing around, Xia Fei spotted that middle-aged man heading to the other side of the street, his mouth swearing non-stop, apparently looking very annoyed.
Xia Fei caught up with the man in a few short steps and intentionally coughed twice to draw his attention.
“Is that a double-edged hidden blade in your possession?” Xia Fei asked.
That middle-aged man looked very alert, as he checked Xia Fei from head to toe as he said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Xia Fei laughed, “There’s no need for you to be afraid. I’m earnestly looking to buy what you have. Besides, we are in a virtual space; you couldn’t possibly be afraid that I would steal your thing, right?”
That middle-aged man helplessly sighed, “Were it not for the fact that my father is severely ill and is in urgent need of money, I would not have even sought to sell this ancestral item of mine. But to think there would actually be no one on this street with a discerning eye, insistent that what I have is worthless, with even some accusing me of having stolen it!”
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Actually, these people could not be blamed. This was nothing more than him selling something; no one would have suspected anything if he had taken it out openly to sell to others. But he had chosen to go about it so furtively that people would obviously suspect that he had come about the item through dubious channels.
“I would like to see the information of your item,” Xia Fei said.
Soon, the information regarding the double-edged hidden blade appeared in Xia Fei’s mailbox.
It was a holographic 3D image that could be flipped at will as if the real weapon itself had been placed there.
Phantom took several glances at the weapon as he stared at it before suddenly calling out in a somber voice, “I recognize this weapon. It’s called Chasing Light!”