Vill-V couldn't wait to pull Luo Lin and Raven into Helixcraft, arriving at a spacious experimental site within the workshop. She then grabbed two soulium chip boards from the mechanical arm behind her and handed them to the two.
"What is this...?"
Luo Lin weighed the object in her hand.
Compared to the initially tested chip that only emitted light, this chip was larger by two circles, and its thickness had increased significantly. Holding it in her hand felt like holding a book, with densely carved patterns on it, and energy slowly moving within.
"It's the basic trial product of that special Helix Signet," Vill-V explained, adjusting her hat slightly and pondering for a moment. "According to your previous explanation... 'When activating this chip, it emits a bright light after using a 'weapon skill'.'"
Luo Lin paused for a moment, somewhat puzzled.
"Just emitting light?"
Vill-V squinted her eyes, carefully examining Luo Lin's face, and finally confirmed that the other party didn't mean to mess with her mentality but genuinely believed that Vill-V could do better.
"All right, all right, it seems you haven't understood where the new progress lies," Vill-V sighed, explaining, "I've found the energy loop that determines whether a weapon skill has been used."
The Expert sighed and explained, "Based on this loop, I can further analyze what a 'weapon skill' is, how the mechanism of 'using a weapon skill' works, and how this 'Signet' operates afterward..."
"This is a very important 'starting point,' like finding a thread from a large tangle of cables, and this thread can help us understand the essence of the cables, clarify their direction, and eventually enable us to master the method of making cables."
Luo Lin respected her solemnly, looking at Vill-V's slightly tired face and said sincerely, "Thank you for your hard work!"
The Expert was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily. "Haha, if only the people of the previous era were as straightforward in expressing concern... Unfortunately, in their eyes, I was always an elusive danger."
Vill-V crossed her arms, putting her slight fatigue aside. She smiled and said, "Come on, let's start our experiment and see if these chips are doing what they're supposed to do!"
Luo Lin and Raven glanced at each other, picked up the soulium chip boards, and carefully infused them with Honkai energy.
The Valkyrie quickly found herself establishing some kind of spiritual connection with the chip board in her hand. Luo Lin had experienced this feeling when she was manipulating the "Divine Keys" not long ago.
It seemed that Vill-V had adopted a very mature spiritual connection technique, allowing users of the soulium chip board to clearly feel that it had been "activated."
"Next is using weapon skills... Everyone, be careful!"
Luo Lin turned her head to look at the target placed in the middle of the laboratory and activated the weapon skill of "Feather of Brilliant Jade"!
"Throw high explosive!"
In the next moment, a purple light flickered slightly, and under the operation of the Valkyrie, a projectile just condensed from Honkai energy accurately hit the center of the target. The subsequent explosion even triggered a fierce wind gathering inward, the strong suction making Raven's cloak rustle.
The mercenary exclaimed in fear, "How can you call that a high explosive!"
Luo Lin tilted her head and stuck out her tongue. "Eh heh?"
Seeing this, Raven made an exaggerated gagging sound. "Eww, wake up, pretending to be cute doesn't suit you!"
The Valkyrie jumped up. "How can you say I'm pretending to be cute?! I'm still very young, okay?!"
Vill-V was not interested in the banter between Luo Lin and Raven; she was more focused on the chip board in the Valkyrie's hand, which, as the engineer expected, emitted a soft light.
"Sure enough, Luo Lin, you have a very clear understanding of what a 'weapon skill' is."
Vill-V handed Raven a steampunk-style, uniquely shaped battle bow. "Alright, Miss Natasha, it's your turn. Try to trigger the judgment with this bow."
"Me? But I don't know the characteristics of this weapon yet..."
Raven had already "appraised" her own war bow, "Obscuring Wing," before, so she could easily use the weapon skill. Now, Vill-V handed her a brand new bow and arrow that she had never touched before, leaving the mercenary a bit confused.
"That's exactly what I want, understand? It's okay if you can't trigger the judgment mechanism."
The engineer said, "That's it, go ahead and try."
The mercenary could only grit her teeth and give it a try, aiming her bow at the completely blasted target while trying various poses to trigger the "weapon skill" of this unknown bow and arrow.
Meanwhile, Vill-V set up a huge detection device beside her, closely monitoring the energy reaction on Raven's body.
After about ten minutes of groping, Raven actually succeeded in triggering the weapon skill of the steam gear war bow, and the chip board hanging from her waist emitted the same soft light.
Vill-V took out a notebook and asked the mercenary how she felt about it.
"What do you want me to feel? I just feel like I tried and it worked..."
Raven felt somewhat incredulous herself, panting as she looked at the bow and arrow in her hand, saying, "Maybe the feeling of using a weapon skill that had been 'appraised' before helped..."
Luo Lin became interested and took the war bow from Raven's hand, using the system panel to "appraise" its weapon skill.
["Experimental Gear War Bow," besides the basic aiming and shooting of arrows, hitting weak points for additional damage, its weapon skill, after hitting an enemy, would also inflict multiple instances of physical damage over the next five seconds.]
Vill-V raised her eyebrows, somewhat surprised, murmuring, "It succeeded? This bow was made by me casually from scraps... even substandard products have weapon skills?"
Standing beside the engineer, Luo Lin clearly heard her words, and the corners of the girl's mouth twitched involuntarily.
Is it possible that you underestimated your own manufacturing level, and even casually made products have weapon skills... equivalent to a three-star level weapon in Honkai Impact 3rd?
"It seems that next time I should find someone who knows nothing about 'weapon skills' to do the experiment."
Vill-V closed her notebook, took back the soulium boards from the two, and smiled satisfied, "I am very satisfied with the results of the experiment... hmm, how about some rewards for you? Raven, this bow is yours, you can fold it up..."
Under the engineer's guidance, the mercenary folded the gear war bow into a blocky object the size of a pen case. If the pocket were a bit larger, it could even be carried in it.
Raven was very pleased; this thing would be very useful for assassination.
Then Vill-V turned her head and looked at Luo Lin.
The Valkyrie looked into her eyes, feeling like something was about to happen.
"Don't resist, I want to try my 'Helix' on you~"
The genius showed a mysterious smile, grabbed the girl's hand, and lightly tapped Luo Lin's head with her fingertip.
"Hope you have the qualification to bear this suprise!"