In the vast laboratory, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen watched Lu Yi's hands without blinking.
Under Lu Yi's deft touch, a modular Energy-Gathering Core Array was installed on the angular humanoid armor before them.
Once the last piece of armor was fitted into place, Lu Yi lowered his Wand.
"Will it work?"
Seeing that the armor showed no response, Xiao Hongchen spoke with some unease.
Over the past half year, Lu Yi had gone from barely speaking to him to actively asking him to teach him how to carve advanced Core Arrays. He had also shown a keen interest in the Thousand Refined metal Xiao Hongchen forged.
When pressed, Lu Yi had said he was interested in high-level Soul Tools like humanoid armor.
Xiao Hongchen had little experience with Soul Tool Battle Armor, but his sister knew it well.
As a close-combat Soul Engineer, Meng Hongchen's research into Soul Tools naturally differed from that of a long-range artillery specialist like Xiao Hongchen.
She sought speed, agility, and the most comprehensive protection possible. She even owned a set of Quasi-Level Seven Soul Tool Full-Body Armor, which she had used in an individual match against the Shrek Team during the Finals of the Soul Fighting Tournament several years ago.
That armor was light and agile. Though Meng Hongchen had not made it herself, she had been deeply involved throughout its creation and had learned the techniques behind it.
So when Xiao Hongchen heard Lu Yi's request, he dragged Meng Hongchen over.
Meng Hongchen had been bewildered at first. Even if her brother's relationship with Lu Yi had improved, surely they should not have become this close?
Before coming to Shrek on exchange, Xiao Hongchen had wanted to devour Lu Yi alive whenever his name came up.
But for more than half a