683. Conflict

Inside the laboratory.

Sulu gazed at the mercury-like liquid in his hand, its surface shimmering with flowing light.

"It certainly looks good. I'll name it 'Flowing Light,' then!"

This set of Flowing Light bio-armor required a mecha pilot with "super-sensory perception" to wield it perfectly.

At a thought from him, the silver liquid seemed to come alive, spreading across Sulu's entire body and transforming into a suit of silver-white bio-armor.

"My Knight power is at Level II. Flowing Light can boost it by two energy levels, making it Level IV overall. It barely passes..."

With another thought from Sulu, the silver mecha armor on his body automatically folded away, transforming into a set of white clothes.

"Mm... from now on, I'll save the Lir I spend on clothes and the time spent doing laundry... And it's quite breathable too."

He smiled and walked out of the laboratory.

Equipped with the Flowing Light bio-armor, he had gone from a second-rank professional to an extraordinary individual comparable to a fourth-rank master!

This was how convenient it was for humans to rely on the power of tools.

It might even be possible to rival Legends!

"It's just that... relying entirely on external objects becomes problematic at the fifth and sixth ranks... For example, even if a sixth-rank extraordinary individual puts on a sixth-rank trump-card mecha, they still can't advance to the seventh rank. That's completely impossible..."

"Below the Legendary level, though, using mechas to maintain Legendary or even Mythical combat strength is still somewhat feasible..."

As Sulu stepped out of the laboratory, he saw Sila approaching him. "The mentor said... it would be best if you didn't go home recently and rested in the laboratory instead."

University laboratories all had lounges, prepared for research fanatics who became so engrossed in their work that