Though called a helmet, it was more accurately a half-helmet. It covered only the face and ears, leaving the back and top of the head exposed.
As for its design...
Chen Hao took a look.
It resembled those VR gaming headsets on Blue Star.
He hadn't deliberately designed its appearance. But in artifact refining, form followed function.
It needed to cover the eyes and ears and fit snugly against the face, so naturally, this was how it turned out.
Chen Hao took out the first finished product and set it aside.
Then he sent the second piece of boundary space stone into the furnace.
The same process. The same precision.
Another half day passed.
The second finished product emerged from the furnace.
The two Consciousness Helmets sat side by side on the table. Their dark silver shells gleamed with a soft metallic sheen under the lights of Tusita Palace.
Chen Hao picked one up and probed it with his divine sense.
Spatial anchoring... stable.
Divine sense transmission... unobstructed.
Buffer layer... intact.
It was ready to use.
He put both helmets into his Qiankun Bag, stood up, and left Tusita Palace.
By the time he returned to the loft, the sun... or rather, the simulated light source of the Thirty-Three Heavens... was already sinking in the west.
Chen Hao sat on the balcony and brewed a pot of tea. The two helmets rested on the stone table beside him.
He waited for them.
Footsteps came from the connecting bridge.
A little later than yesterday... the two of them must have stayed at the Heavenly Pivot Array Sect until the very last moment today.
Yang Wanqing smelled the tea as soon as she entered the loft and headed straight for the balcony.
"Master..."
Then she spotted the objects on the table.
Two