Chapter 311: Deadly Flaw
Translator: flycrane01 Editor: Millman97
Li Yao was aware that Red Serpent Sect had also invented an MP crystal suit model and therefore was a competitor of his. Since Luo Jingang ntioned the na 'Flying Fla Battlesuit' in the conversation before, it was quite possible that his first custor had been to the Red Serpent Sect's booth just now.
The disciple of Red Serpent Sect apparently had been irritated, since he had co and spoken so rudely.
Li Yao explained patiently, "Fellow Daoist, it's true that our Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit has not been built up by Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. However, with the brand new high-pressure valve design and pressure system, the valve of the suit will automatically open and release the redundant spiritual energy when the spiritual energy pressure inside is too intense and surpasses the warning level.
"In the case of Leader Luo, we can add a set of large cooling system to the suit which is driven by the overflowing spiritual energy from the crystal reactor. It will be totally safe."
Cao Huorong, disciple of Red Serpent Sect, sneered and said, "But wouldn't that reduce the working ti of the crystal suit?"
Li Yao nodded his head and admitted honestly, "Correct. In the worst-case scenario, the working ti of the crystal suit might be reduced by half. However, we believe it's a price that we have to pay. There is no perfect crystal suit in the world. With such a low budget, we must abandon sothing to ensure the performance of the critical parts of the suit."
"Hehe. It's because this is the first ti that the Grand Desolate War Institution has ever refined any crystal suit that you're talking about 'a price you have to pay'."
Cao Huorong smiled and proudly continued, "Red Serpent Sect boasts hundreds of years of experience in the refinent of crystal suits and has produced more than ten exceptional models. Take 'Flying Fla Battlesuit', our latest MP crystal suit model, for example. It is most suitable for scorching hot environnts. Its specification in every regard is way better than that of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, not to ntion that its working ti is twice the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit's. We won't say that our crystal suit is perfect, but we never abandon anything!"
He intentionally raised his voice. Many visitors nearby saw the drama and ca close to watch.
Li Yao's eyes were twitching fast.
Competition between magical equipnt providers, especially those whose products are of the sa type, was not unusual. There was nothing wrong with bragging about one's own magical equipnt and belittling that of one's competitor's in one's own booth.
Li Yao himself was comparing the crystal suits of 'certain sects' to be 'seafood fried rice made from dead fish and lobster', too.
But such words were best to be kept within one's own territory.
'You ca to the Grand Desolate War Institution's booth and nitpick the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and crow over your own crystal suit? Do you want so face slapping?'
Brutality shined in Li Yao's eyes.
'You are seeking your own death. Not my fault!'
"Fellow Daoist from Red Serpent Sect, we've visited your booth just now. Both 'Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII' and 'Flying Fla Battlesuit' are modern classics that we need to learn from."
Li Yao squinted with a fake smile. "Especially the Flying Fla Battlesuit. It employs the sa frawork and spiritual energy flowing system as those of the Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII. Most of the characteristics of Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII can be found on it, too, which basically makes it a smaller-scale Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII. But its price is only 300 million, a fifth of the price of Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII. The price-performance ratio is really impressive.
"However, there is one thing that has been bothering
and I hope the fellow Daoist from Red Serpent Sect can enlighten .
"As far as I know, the long working ti of Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII in extrely hot environnts boils down to the countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that it uses, including Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal, and is not because there is anything special about its structure design.
"Heavenly Sun Stone can absorb heat and transform it into the purest spiritual energy; Phantom Snow Crystal is a natural heat-resistant material that can block hot waves if it is sared out of a magical equipnt component.
"The two Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are very useful and very expensive. If we're going to cover a dium crystal suit with Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal from head to toe, the total weight of the materials to be used can be hundreds of kilograms, the cost of which alone will be well above 500 million.
"It's certainly fine to decorate the Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII this way.
"However, the price of the Flying Fla Battlesuit is 300 million. Its cost will only be lower than that. May I ask how many Heavenly Sun Stones and Phantom Snow Crystals are used on the Flying Fla Battlesuit?"
In a cold smile, Cao Huorong's chin was protruding further and further as he heard Li Yao complinting the Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII.
He didn't expect that Li Yao had dug a big pit in the end waiting for him to jump in.
"Are you playing dumb? As a cheap MP crystal suit model, of course the Flying Fla Battlesuit does not use as many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures as the Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII."
Li Yao smiled.
"Are you indicating that there is no Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal on the Flying Fla Battlesuit?"
Cao Huorong blushed.
"Although we didn't use Heavenly Sun Stone or Phantom Snow Crystal, we have employed a new cooling technology by lting the powder of Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal into the icy moisture made of special materials which circulates among key magical equipnt components. It is a very efficient way to reduce heat and bring down the temperature of the suit!"
"So, icy moisture," Li Yao drawled, with a brutal smile.
When he was visiting Red Serpent Sect's booth, he had watched the Flying Fla Battlesuit closely and guessed that it was made possible by a cooling liquid circulating system.
Icy moisture was a very rare liquid material that was barely used in the modern Cultivation world.
However, it shared the sa drawback as many other liquid materials recorded in the books of the Hundred Slting Clan, which was…
"A special cooling liquid by lting the powder of Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal into icy moisture can bring down the cost as well as maintaining the normal functions of the suit in high-temperature environnts, which is indeed a marvelous design."
Li Yao smiled.
"However, have you sorted out the biggest problem of the icy moisture, which is that it becos extrely volatile?
"The Flying Fla Battlesuit of yours is designed according to the Bursting Fla Battlesuit XVII, which uses Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to cool down and therefore is not distinguished for its airtightness.
"Now that the icy moisture needs to flow through all the circulation tubes in order to cool down the suit, the rate at which the icy moisture is used will increase.
"The Flying Fla Battlesuit that you are demonstrating does not carry a pot to store the icy moisture, which ans its entire cooling system is based on the little icy moisture inside the circulation tubes. I wonder, how long can the icy moisture work before it is completely gone? Three to five days, isn't it?
"Icy moisture is not expensive. But if you are going to refill it every three to five days, the long-term cost can be quite startling after a few years, which will not be much less than buying the Bursting Fla Battlesuit right now.
"Besides, if the crystal suit is to be used for a mission that lasts for more than five days, you'll have to carry a pot filled with icy moisture. Not only will it be a huge nuisance, it will also cause major trouble if it is blown apart by the enemy in a battle, won't it?
"If we take that into consideration, the working ti of the Flying Fla Battlesuit might not be much longer than that of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. In fact, it could be even shorter!"
Everyone watching the scene nodded their heads approvingly and looked at Cao Huorong suspiciously.
Confused, Luo Jingang asked, "Fellow Daoist Cao, if the Flying Fla Battlesuit is to be used to patrol and fight in underground mines that are a thousand ters deep at a temperature of hundreds of degrees, how often will the suit need to be refilled with icy moisture and how much will it cost?
"Well…"
Cold sweat was dripping off Cao Huorong's head. He felt his head was dizzy and his ears were humming, which made him unable to say anything.
Li Yao's words had hit his critical part.
It was true that the rate of the icy moisture consumption was extrely fast. Otherwise, the Bursting Fla Battlesuit would've made use of it a long ti ago, and they wouldn't have waited until right now to put it into the Flying Fla Battlesuit.
anwhile, in order to compete with other MP crystal suit models, the price of the Flying Fla Battlesuit had been reduced to minimum, to the extent that there was barely any profit.
Red Serpent Sect had been planning to promote its product with a low initial price before making profits through post-sales services.
According to the plan, Red Serpent Sect would monopolize the components and the maintenance service of the Flying Fla Battlesuit.
For example, Red Serpent Sect could sell the icy moisture at a high price and gain inco from it over ti.
There wouldn't be an option if the buyer wanted to switch to another kind of icy moisture provided by other sects, since Red Serpent Sect had added almost twenty micro-constituents into its own icy moisture.
Only with this particular icy moisture could the crystal suit function normally. Faults would occur if a different kind of icy moisture was to be used.
The repair fee would be a huge source of inco, too.
Not just Red Serpent Sect. Quite a few other sects who had invented their own MP crystal suit models were actually planning the sa thing.
Otherwise, it would be a miracle that almost twenty different MP crystal suit models could be produced within one year.
Cao Huorong never expected that Li Yao would be able to point out the biggest problem of the Flying Fla Battlesuit straight from the start.
'How can the boy know the details of such a scarce material as the icy moisture?'
He was startled and knew that he had been caught in a dilemma.
If he was to go back just like that, when the news spread out, there was no chance that the Flying Fla Battlesuit would be sold, let alone the military order that his sect was trying to bid for.
His leader would tear him apart and eat him alive!
Hearing the louder and louder discussions around and seeing many other Cultivators shaking their heads, Cao Huorong's face was flushed in embarrassnt and anger as he gnashed, "Talk is cheap. If you are so confident in your crystal suit, I challenge you to a duel to see which one is more suitable for high-temperature combats, Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit or Flying Fla Battlesuit!"
The crowds gasped at his words.
A duel between two pieces of magical equipnt was always in the repertoire of the Magical Equipnt Exposition and often the most amazing part of it.
Generally speaking, if one party challenged soone else to a duel, the other party wouldn't say no, because it concerned the pride of the refiner as well as the honor of the sect or university behind him.
Everybody was aware that the military was going to reveal the bidding plan at the Magical Equipnt Exposition. At that ti, more than twenty MP crystal suit models would be engaged in a trendous fight!
But they did not anticipate that the first duel would take place so fast!
Li Yao looked back at Yuan Manqiu.
With a solemn expression, Yuan Manqiu bit her lips and nodded her head vigorously.
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