Tool Person Perpetual Motion System

"This is truly impossible to explain."

As night fell, the area of the dense forest, scorched earth, and sealed caves was brightly lit, as if it were daytime.

Eight 3,500-watt dynamite lamps illuminated an area of several thousand square meters with crystal clarity, revealing even the grain of charred wood on the ground. These lamps, often used for large-scale nighttime lighting at construction sites, outshone all magical lamps and mage Illumination Spell with their long-lasting and bright light.

After all, magical lamps, due to their precious materials and relatively complex craftsmanship, are luxuries enjoyed only by spellcasters and the wealthy. As for Illumination Spells, even long-lasting ones have a time limit, and maintaining a stable and continuous light requires constant maintenance and adjustment by the spellcaster...

Therefore, the large-scale nighttime lighting needs of this other world still require the use of fire.

Not to mention ordinary households, being able to use an oil lamp was already a luxury.

Therefore, the few suspended dynamite lamps that Kang De set up were seen by spellcasters as cutting-edge technology, with strong light and long-lasting effects, and they didn't need to be replaced with magic stones for several hours.

It wasn't that they weren't curious about the principles behind it, but casually exploring the principles of an alchemist's works and tools was taboo, especially since the other party was Kang De, who could not only create such cool and powerful alchemical weapons, but also cast Forbidden Spell. Who would dare to infringe on the intellectual property rights of such a person?

But what shocked them even more was yet to come.

In just a few hours, a steel fortress has been erected in this area.

The lights reflected a chilling light on the cold steel. The strangely shaped tower was completed in less than three hours. From afar, they could see Prince Kang De flying around in his magnificent steel suit, occasionally spitting out blue flames from his hands. The steel plates, beams, and smooth, steel-reinforced stones that appeared out of thin air were firmly assembled and heightened.

Its efficiency far surpassed that of Goth's National Civil Engineering Corps.

After all, no matter how solid the architects of the Engineering Legion's theoretical knowledge is or how skilled they are in earth magic, they cannot conjure up large amounts of materials out of thin air, nor can they arbitrarily stack building materials without them collapsing.

The former is clearly more terrifying.

Although they didn't know what Kang De was up to, the top legal scholars from the Danfeng Lucerne region gathered there were all astonished by this scene.

Especially the officials sent by the Azure Waves Province to provide assistance.

The Azure Waves Province is located on the west coast of Goth, separated from Valentan, which is located on the eastern border, by a Goth. It is also far from Danfeng Lucerne. The officials and nobles here have only heard the legend of Kang De and know that the war was won inexplicably because of him. The so-called alchemical weapons are unparalleled in the world, and the Forbidden Spell are awe-inspiring. However, they have not witnessed it with their own eyes, and there is still some instinctive doubt and disbelief in their hearts.

Then I witnessed Kang De pile up steel equivalent to a week's worth of steel production capacity in the entire Azure Waves Province in just a few hours, creating a steel fortress as if it were free.

The official witnessed the entire thing, almost biting his fingers.

He was certain that the steel had not come from Goth's treasury, because the stacks of steel plates were straight and piled up like mountains, all the same size, length, width and height, which meant that the purpose of the steel was determined when it was forged—even elves would not be so extravagant.

"Father, they're probably starting to suspect you've gotten your hands on the Philosopher's Stone."

Kang De, suspended in the air looking down, heard Horus whispering.

Kang De shrugged. "Think whatever you want—by the way, once the Zhuerban development begins, we can get steel from various countries for free. Then we can sell this steel to them continuously, letting them forge swords, spears, halberds, armor, and helmets. Steel production capacity is a perpetual source of fighting power."

Iron Son said, "Shamelessly profit until all the countries have fully upgraded their weapons before starting to sell guns?"

"Good, you've grown up," Kang De nodded. "And we'll start by selling muzzle-loading guns."

"..."

This was something Horus had not anticipated.

Kang De continued, "After making a quick profit, we'll sell them the technical principles and gunpowder formula."

"..."

"Then we'll sell rifled guns."

"..."

We still have a long way to go.

Kang De took out his phone from the storage module on the side of his suit, opened a video he had specially saved on it, and nodded, saying, "This part is finished. It's reinforced three layers inside and three layers outside. Lily will then seal it on the outermost layer. Perfect. Next, we'll..."

Horus composed himself and exclaimed excitedly, "Two conveyor belts! One ammunition depot!"

Kang De's tone became subtle. "You seem quite excited?"

Horus immediately replied, "Of course! I'm excited to fight alongside my father again!"

... pick.

Kang De knew exactly what this guy was happy about.

Damn, this is so annoying.

Around midnight, the mob farm was officially completed.

The entire enclosure is now complete.

The internal structure was completely encased in layers of steel plates and reinforced concrete, with the steel plates further reinforced by enchantment, and Lily adding another layer of seal to the outside.

As solid as a rock.

After Kang De went out, he met with Stella and instructed her to do a good job in defense and vigilance. He also went to check on his trusted troops. Under Hong San's leadership, the anti-aircraft artillery and machine gun formations had been deployed and formed a cross pattern on the outer side of the monster-spawning tower. Even if a monster did rush out, it would be doomed.

Then he led A Xing and Dragon Girl into the fortress.

Seal the gate.

The interior was brightly lit, exuding a sinister, steely atmosphere.

Lily looked around and could hear strange rumbling sounds. The ground was also shaking slightly. Everything here was unfamiliar and mysterious: strange devices, strange flashes of light, and strange mechanical structures.

She turned to look at Kang De: "Your plan is to build this steel fortress to stop those monsters from breaking out? You might as well sell this steel to Dragon Island Defense. Use the money to hire dragon thugs to do this kind of thing. It's definitely more cost-effective than building a steel house."

What a spendthrift! They don't know how to manage money.

Kang De shook his head. "No... never mind, you'll find out when the time comes."

Dragon Girl shrugged. "Whatever—so we're going to break the seal, then block the cave entrance and have a big slaughter to reduce the number of those monsters?"

In Lily's view, Kang De's plan should be like this: build an indestructible steel fortress to prevent these monsters from rushing to the outside world, then open the seal and let the monsters keep rushing out from underground, turning this area into a bloody arena where everyone can kill to their heart's content—what a mess.

She glanced at A Xing, then said to Kang De, "Once the seal is broken, use your spatial abilities to go outside. The two of us can handle things here. Your alchemical weapon isn't very effective in this kind of place..."

Kang De held up one finger to her.

Lily frowned and asked, "What?"

"Let me let you know, Lily, I'm not the kind of leader who devises near-suicidal plans and sends my teammates to fight tooth and nail in front of me—I prefer safety, efficiency, and speed."

Kang De smiled and then said to her, "The first line of defense to prevent monsters from escaping to the outside world consists of my weapons, the second is the internal structural defense, the third is you—your mission is to hunt down any that manage to slip through the net—and the outer layer of this fortress is the fourth, the Greenskin Musket Corps is the fifth, and Stella's Survey Corps is the sixth—understand?"

He stretched his limbs and stepped aside. "In my plan, the security measures starting from your location are all just-in-time precautions. That's my style."

Then Kang De stopped, and the Dragon Girl noticed that there were two long, black ribbons of strange material in front of him and behind him, supported by strange structures and tools made of steel, extending to places she couldn't see, leading to who-knows-where.

Lily was still wondering when Kang De said, "See the light and shadow under your feet? Follow the arrow to break the seal, then leave following the arrow. There will be a prompt sound."

Horus's voice blared from a nearby loudspeaker. "Greetings, Miss Wen'ai."

"..."

Grass.

Lily was surprised at first, then pointed to herself. "Is he talking about me? What does that term mean? 'Wen'ai, it sounds like Zhendan Language, what does it mean?"

Her pronunciation was fairly standard, and Kang De dared not lie and say it meant "dragon" in the Zhendan Language, lest she go and verify it with someone and expose his lie. So he said seriously, " In the Zhendan Language, the first word means 'literature,' and the second word means 'love.' 'Literature love' means you have a love for literary works. Yes, anyone who enjoys reading novels can be called a 'literature lover'..."

As he said this, Kang De glanced coldly in the direction of the camera.

Perhaps sensing the threat, Horus refrained from causing any further trouble. Following the projected arrows on the ground, the Dragon Girl arrived at the entrance to the cave where the seal was located. She discovered that the cave had been suppressed by extremely thick layers of steel and stone, leaving only two exits, one large and one small.

She entered through the small passage.

"Madam, after breaking the seal, please return immediately along the same path. Be quick," Horus said solemnly. "This is very important; please act fast."

The Dragon Girl said calmly, "I understand."

She walked towards the reinforced seal, looked around, and asked, "Can we begin?"

"Please."

So Lily took a deep breath, and her mind instantly became clear and calm. A cold sensation swept over her from the inside out, engulfing her body and mind, and extending to her hands and feet.

She slowly raised her hand; her delicate, small fist was exquisite and adorable, but it was trembling slightly because the accumulated dragon power was almost uncontrollable.

Then she threw a punch with lightning speed.

The air was still, time stood still, as if nothing had changed.

The Dragon Girl turned and left, her figure as swift as lightning, running wildly along the path she had come from.

A surprised question rang out in the air, "Is it ready?"

Without turning her head, Lily said calmly, "It's already broken."

The next moment, she heard a blank "Oh," followed by a series of loud bangs and the sound of iron gates falling behind her. The Dragon Girl turned around and saw iron plates falling continuously behind her, blocking the entrance.

She flew back to the hall along the way she had come and saw that Kang De was already fully dressed.

The Dragon Girl recognized it as a protective suit recommended by the Arcane Council's Life Department, used to defend against all sorts of mutations, curses, corruption, and erosion.

Then the iron gate structure continued to fall, separating him from the two conveyor belts.

Through a pane of glass, she saw Kang De make a gesture to her.

It was a gesture where the thumb and forefinger were bent into a circle, with the remaining three fingers spread out. She didn't understand what it meant, but she knew what Kang De meant.

The Dragon Girl smiled, looked at A Xing standing to the side, and followed the instructions to stand in another spot.

It seems this Fire Thief is indeed different from the previous one.

Kang De took a deep breath.

The seal has been broken!

Horus's voice rang in my ears. "Tool system final overhaul complete, officially powered on!"

Kang De roared, "Fuck you!"

Immediately afterwards, his voice was drowned out by the continuous roar of gunfire.

A series of explosions, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the earth trembled.

Those on guard outside were unaware of what was happening. Details about the mysterious energy were kept well secret, but the cave and the anomaly were not, and could not be, kept secret. The spellcasters and soldiers only knew that an erosion had occurred in the area, and that Prince Kang De was containing it.

They saw a violent roar emanating from the steel fortress that had risen within hours, from which flashes of light and sulfurous smoke billowed – the sounds of Prince Kang De's battle.

"It must be very intense."

Officers, mages, nobles, soldiers... the vigilant observers, listening to the roar and watching all this, silently worried and prayed.

In any case, the person who is the first to stand in the front and defend against danger will always earn everyone's respect.

They could only pray with gratitude that His Highness Kang De's battle would go well.

--But what they didn't know was that His Highness Kang De was not fighting.

At least not on the front lines of the battle.

The dragon seal was broken, and the light shining into the cave quickly attracted the attention of the nameless monsters. A few minutes later, the sound of claws tearing through the rock walls echoed.

Numerous monsters leaped out one after another, sniffing, listening, and exploring—the scent of flesh and blood, the direction of the breeze, the feedback of claw strikes. Surrounded by impenetrable, solid walls, only one direction carried a delicious aroma. They roared in unison, excited, and raced forward along a sloping passage to hunt, tear, digest, and reproduce!

After rushing for dozens of meters, the first monster lost its footing and plummeted downwards.

It swung its claws in the air, trying to grab something, trying to change its posture to cope with the impact, and then it saw the flash of death. On the side wall of this barn-like cylindrical cavity, heavy machine guns were deployed, from bottom to top and from top to bottom. The blazing fire was like a sharp lightsaber, cutting through the monsters that couldn't brake in time and stepped into the air, and blood splattered in the sky.

The remains of monsters fell to the ground.

The floor of this killing chamber, a fan-shaped surface with a central bulge, is now slowly rotating, flinging the monsters' flesh and remains to the edge.

At one edge, a leaf lay horizontally, blocking the turning monster's corpse until it piled up into a heap. The side door then opened, and the pile of corpses fell into the minecart.

The mine cart rumbled along the conveyor track to the outside.

Spikes kept falling down along the way, and later even chainsaws and impact drills were used to confirm that all the monsters were dead. After a series of processes such as disinfection, scanning, filtering, and packaging, baskets of fresh monster materials were finally delivered to the fully armed Kang De along the conveyor belt.

Master Kang expressionlessly reached out and pressed the outside of the teleportation box.

The Power of the Fire Thief is activated.

Extraction, obliterating flesh and blood, extracting mysterious Element.

Then he turned away expressionlessly.

The box of ammunition was teleported right next to him, waiting to be enchanted and enhanced.

"..."

--Am I fucking working at Foxconn, you bastard!

The ammunition, now enchanted by mysterious Element, was transported along the conveyor belt to the main building of the mob-spawning tower. Horus, in tower defense mode, controlled the lever arm to send it to various locations. In addition, replacement gun barrels, repaired steel plates, and other parts were continuously sent to it and to Kang De for further enchanting and enhancement.

The Transformers, wielding this massive weapon system, relentlessly hunt down the mindless monsters that keep pouring out of the cave entrances to die. This shooting game is incredibly exhilarating.

It was definitely exciting.

It feels so good to fight alongside my father!

Kill monsters with ammunition enchanted with mystical elements, then extract the same ammunition from the monsters' corpses, and repeat this cycle – this is the essence of the Tool Person Perpetual Motion System.

The most amazing thing is that the system was designed by the father himself.

Wonderful, wonderful!

Horus, the machine spirit, was overjoyed.

Bullets streaked through the air, streaks of light flashed, and a continuous barrage of firepower crisscrossed the battlefield. The enhanced ammunition system was far more lethal, making it increasingly easier to deal with these monsters. The father and son worked together seamlessly.

Lily witnessed all of this silently.

She could hear the continuous rumbling sound, the sound of the alchemical weapons Kang De used.

And the agonizing roars and howls of the monster being torn apart.

Clearly, behind the thick steel plates and stone walls, a continuous massacre was taking place. The underground cave that the three of them had painstakingly sealed was now completely open, and the enormous number of extremely troublesome monsters had been reduced to crates of flesh and blood, which were being delivered to the Fire Thief.

Extracted by his power.

The Dragon Girl watched Kang De in the cubicle. The Fire Thief was fully armed, his head completely covered, and he was busy among the constantly being transported flesh and blood.

He's just like the sausage maker in a butcher shop.

She couldn't see the other person's expression; she could only see their eyes through the protective chip.

But the Dragon Girl is best at reading eyes.

However, her skills are completely unnecessary in this situation.

Because it was obvious to everyone that the Fire Thief rolled his eyes.

His eyes were filled with joy.

Even she herself didn't notice that a gentle smile appeared on the corners of Dragon Girl's mouth. The smile was natural and pure, completely different from her previous fake smile, cold smile, lewd smile, and strange smile.

This generation of Fire Thief is truly different.

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PS1: Update... Day 10 of Ring Fit Adventure, and then suddenly I realized that Meituan Waimai (Meituan Takeout) is working again -- hold back! Forget about it, forget about it, forget about it!