Engraving Soul Guidance Chips, Far More Intricate Than a Level 9 Soul Tool!
The transaction was complete.
Xiang Bei had obtained a Storage Soul Tool with an enormous amount of space inside, holding five thousand tons of raw materials and a production line.
As for the Lithography Machine data,
the man gave Xiang Bei a crystal. "Press it against your forehead, and the data will be imprinted in your mind."
Boom!
Countless pieces of data and structures exploded in Xiang Bei's mind. Just how much technical data was there on the Lithography Machine?
He couldn't say. After all, the principles alone involved knowledge from multiple disciplines.
A full minute later, he recovered his senses.
He took the production line and some of the raw materials out of the Storage Soul Tool and placed them in an open space outside. The production line took up a huge area, roughly several hundred square meters.
"Xiao Yu, use the unmanned transport vehicles to move the raw materials inside, receive the finished products, and estimate the production time."
"Yes, Master, but... I'm hungry."
Xiao Yu held out her short, stubby hands and rubbed her belly. One word was written all over her face: "Hungry."
Xiang Bei felt helpless.
He knew she wasn't really hungry. She lacked the computing power to think deeply about his questions, which was why she needed the Snow Empress's origin to enhance her intelligence.
"Eat, have some more."
He controlled the extraction of the Snow Empress's origin, which transformed into rice on the large screen. Xiao Yu began shoveling it down in great mouthfuls.
"We can draw back the computing power from Mingde Hall. Let's get the Lithography Machine made first."
"Yes, Master."
Douluo Continent.
Shrek Academy.
Yu Xiaogang, who had already become the dean of the Soul Tool division, furiously cursed at the heavens:
"Shortsighted, truly shortsighted! What are all these things they traded for? Soul Power, Soul Power!"
He waved his arms and legs excitedly. "Soul Power! Soul Power is the core of a Soul Tool. Without it, a Soul Tool is just a pile of scrap metal. What use is all that scrap?"
"Honestly, rotten wood cannot be carved! I'm furious!"
"Teacher." Tang San looked at Yu Xiaogang and spoke. "Do you know anything about Soul Tools?"
Hm?
Noticing his disciple's tone, Yu Xiaogang quickly reined himself in.
"Little San, you must remember that Soul Tools are merely external things. A Soul Master must rely primarily on his own abilities. What you need to do is advance your cultivation and increase your Soul Power!"
No, I have to find a way to make Little San understand that Soul Tools aren't all that good.
That way, he'll focus on cultivation. In the future, he might even become a Titled Douluo, or become a god!
Hahaha! Then I'll tell everyone I meet that I trained a god. Wouldn't the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan have to beg me on their knees to return?
Hehe... even if they beg me, I won't go back.
Having finished speaking,
he put on an inscrutable air. "Speaking of Soul Tools, I happen to have one here. It's called Twenty-Four Bridge Bright Moon Night, a Storage Soul Tool."
"However, its storage space is made up of twenty-four separate spaces, each one cubic meter in size. It can't compare to the one on the Sky Screen."
Tang San took a deep breath.
"It can hold five thousand tons of materials and such an enormous production line. The space inside that Storage Soul Tool must measure over ten thousand square meters."
"Can Soul Tools really be developed to such a level in the future? Perhaps I should pay more attention to combining Soul Tools with Tang Sect Hidden Weapons from now on."
Spirit City.
The Pope's Palace.
"Your Holiness, we've gathered nearly half the blacksmiths on the continent, but..." Chrysanthemum Douluo hesitated.
Bibi Dong's gaze sharpened. "Go on."
"But of the continent's three divine craftsmen, Lou Gao has led Gengxin City in refusing to serve Spirit Hall, Tang Hao's whereabouts are unknown, and Tai Tan belongs to a subordinate sect of the Clear Sky Sect. No one knows where they've been living in seclusion all these years."
Chrysanthemum Douluo continued, "Besides that, we also found two damaged Soul Tools passed down from ancient times. According to those blacksmiths, the materials can be forged, but the Soul Guidance Arrays inside must be engraved by Soul Masters."
"Can they make the armor that young man was wearing?" Bibi Dong asked expectantly.
Chrysanthemum Douluo looked troubled. The Pope still couldn't forget that strange armor capable of raising a Soul King to a Soul Saint.
But even he found it utterly terrifying just to think about.
It had so easily transcended the limits of rank. If there were armor of an even higher grade, then... Spirit Hall's army of Soul Masters would surely sweep aside everything in its path!
"This subordinate will do his utmost."
Chrysanthemum Douluo knelt on one knee, his tone grave.
"Mm." Bibi Dong acknowledged him. "Pass down my orders. Send troops to Gengxin City. I don't care what method you use, secure Lou Gao. He is the president of the Blacksmith Association. With him, Spirit Hall's Soul Tool research will surely lead the entire continent!"
"Yes!"
The Sky Screen.
A day passed quickly.
Xiao Yu was an intelligent life-form and didn't need sleep. She stayed by the production line all night.
"Brother Bei, I brought you a meal. Also, look who's here?"
Early that morning,
Meng Hongchen knocked on Xiang Bei's door, carrying a self-heating lunchbox Soul Tool.
"Coming, coming."
The door creaked open, revealing a pretty young woman standing before him, with delicate features and long orange hair.
Ju Zi? It's actually her?
Xiang Bei was inwardly startled. Ju Zi's identity automatically surfaced in his mind, and his gaze was drawn to her face.
Everyone appreciated beauty.
"Hello, Xiang Bei! I heard about you from Hall Master Hongchen. He said you're a genius Mingde Hall only sees once in ten thousand years."
Ju Zi held out her hand.
"Hello. That's all excessive praise," Xiang Bei said, shaking her hand.
"Not at all. Brother Bei, I can't even understand that ai system thing you just developed," Meng Hongchen protested.
"Oh! Ai? What's that?"
Xiang Bei invited the three of them into the workshop. After a day's time, two Lithography Machines had already been produced and connected to an external power source.
On the screen,
a round little girl sat in midair eating rice, a red hat perched on her head.
"She's so cute!" Ju Zi's eyes lit up.
"Who are you? Master won't let me talk to strangers."
Xiao Yu picked up her rice bowl, her face full of wariness.
"That's the ai system's visual form. You can call her Xiao Yu."
Xiang Bei spoke up.
"By the way, Xiao Yu, cut the rare metals in the warehouse and send them to the Lithography Machines. Engrave them according to the preset Soul Guidance Arrays, then assemble them into the computer room yourself."
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Yu polished off the white rice in her bowl and put on the air of someone ready to work in earnest.
In fact,
none of these operations required her to lift a finger. She only needed to use her backend computing power. She was doing this simply because she didn't want anyone to see her slacking off.
In secret, she was multitasking. She had long since found a way into the Soul Tool defense systems of Mingde Hall and even the Sun Moon Empire, continually stealing all kinds of data and absorbing extra Soul Power as reserve energy.
Ju Zi noticed the enormous machine nearby. She moved closer for a look and let out a startled cry.
"So intricate. How is this possible?"
Inside the machine was a material made from some kind of rare metal. Its surface area was no more than one square centimeter, yet several hundred Soul Guidance Arrays had been engraved onto that tiny surface, and more were still being engraved.
The level of technology involved already far surpassed the core components of a Level 9 Soul Tool.
Not even a Level 9 Soul Tool is this freakish!
"The crown prince sent me to inspect the progress. He really was far-sighted. If I'd come a little later, I'm afraid Mingde Hall would have overturned the Sun Moon Empire."