Big Project

Jiang Ming seemed to be venting something, sentence after sentence spilling out so quickly that Fan Yu could not even get a word in.

A few minutes later, Jiang Ming had poured out every thought in his heart.

These were words he had kept bottled up all this time, and after saying them all, he felt his whole body relax.

Fan Yu looked at Jiang Ming with a somewhat complicated gaze. After a long while, he slowly said, "I'm willing to help you."

Jiang Ming was overjoyed. If he had to set up this production line on his own, with his ability as a Rank 4 Soul Engineer, success would be practically impossible!

But with Fan Yu involved, though it would still be fraught with difficulties, at least they had a good beginning.

"Don't get happy too soon. I need to remind you that building a Soul Tool Production Line, especially a soul cannonball production line, comes with several problems you have to consider first."

Seeing how excited Jiang Ming was, Fan Yu immediately poured cold water on him.

"First of all, researching something like this costs money. A lot of money! What do you plan to do about that?"

Jiang Ming thought for a moment, then asked tentatively, "I can put up one hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins in the early stage. Is that enough?"

The corner of Fan Yu's mouth twitched, and he spat out two words.

"Heh heh."

"Forget it. Pretend I never said anything just now."

Fan Yu turned around and made to leave.

Was this a joke?!

One hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins?

To research a soul cannonball production line, one hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins was not a question of whether it was enough or not. It was not even enough to count as spare change!

Jiang Ming hurriedly reached out and grabbed Fan Yu, saying with a smile, "Teacher Fan Yu, please don't be angry. I was joking just now."

Fan Yu glanced at Jiang Ming and said helplessly, "Jiang Ming, it's not that I won't help you. With one hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, forget a production line—you couldn't even buy a somewhat inferior Rank 7 Soul Tool!"

As a twelve-year-old student, it was already extremely astonishing that Jiang Ming could produce one hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

But compared to the production line Jiang Ming wanted to build, it truly was not even enough for spare change!

"Jiang Ming, I can give you a rough estimate. The highest Fixed Soul Cannonball our Soul Tool Department can currently produce is at most Rank 5! Other soul cannonballs can reach Rank 6 or 7, but those are not Fixed Soul Cannonballs.

"And if we build a Fixed Soul Cannonball production line according to your requirements, even if we brought over every Advanced Soul Master in the entire Soul Tool Department, we could at most reach Rank 3. Any higher than that is completely impossible with our technology!"

"And even a production line for Rank 3 Fixed Soul Cannonballs would require an enormous amount of manpower, resources, and money! There are far too many things involved in this.

"If this is all you have, then even if I'm willing to help you, it's impossible to make this thing a reality!"

After listening to Fan Yu, Jiang Ming nodded.

After coming up with this idea, Jiang Ming had also roughly estimated things himself, and he understood that it was impossible to make this thing with one person's strength alone.

So.

"Teacher Fan Yu, I alone am not enough, and the two of us aren't enough either, but what if we bring in the entire Soul Tool Department? With the academy supporting us, that should be enough!"

Jiang Ming said in a low voice.

From the very beginning, he had never planned to build this production line by himself. That was simply impossible! Impossible in every respect!

He could not possibly stake all his energy on this!

But if he brought in the entire Soul Tool Department and used Shrek Academy as his backing, then the possibility would be raised to the greatest extent!

"You mean, submit this idea and develop it as a project for the entire Soul Tool Department?"

Fan Yu frowned, considering the feasibility of the matter.

The idea of a Soul Tool Production Line was undoubtedly a shock to soul engineers, and the resources required would be far too many. But if it could really be realized, the benefits it would bring would be enormous!

"Yes, Teacher Fan Yu. I believe this absolutely has research and development value! And it will inevitably be the future trend of the soul engineer world!"

Jiang Ming said with great confidence.

Over the years, while researching soul tools, Jiang Ming had thought that soul tools would definitely become the mainstream of the Douluo Continent in the future. Just like those electronic products in his previous life, this was the general trend!

And once soul tools became mainstream, large-scale production of soul tools would be essential!

But there were only so many soul engineers, and only so much productivity. It definitely would not be enough to support the entire continent.

When that time came, the soul engineer world would definitely undergo something similar to an industrial revolution.

This was inevitable!

To resolve the contradiction between the people's ever-growing material needs and backward productivity, the solution could not be to reduce demand, but to raise productivity!

"What use is what you think?!"

Seeing Jiang Ming's confident appearance, Fan Yu snapped irritably.

"I'll go find the Dean of the Soul Tool Department and give it a try. I can't guarantee it'll work, but if it doesn't, you'd better rein yourself in and focus on raising your Soul Engineer rank first!"

After saying that, Fan Yu said no more. He found another teacher to take over his class, then strode toward the Dean of the Soul Tool Department's office.

Jiang Ming watched Fan Yu leave, his heart filled with gratitude.

Although what he had said sounded logical and reasonable, there were still many problems with it.

Even so, Fan Yu was still willing to believe him and help him.

Jiang Ming tucked that gratitude away in his heart, then turned and left the Soul Tool Department.

He still had classes that afternoon, had to cultivate with Mu En for an hour in the evening, and had cultivation to do at night. His schedule was still rather packed.

Night fell. Mu En left with his lounge chair, and Jiang Ming returned to the dormitory, released his Book of Spirits Martial Soul, and began cultivating.

It was worth mentioning that after its evolution, Little Light could already enter Jiang Ming's Sea of Consciousness to cultivate.

Perhaps because Little Light was part of the Book of Spirits Martial Soul, it could freely enter and leave Jiang Ming's Sea of Consciousness.

After Little Light entered the Sea of Spirits, Jiang Ming could clearly feel that the strength of his Sea of Consciousness had increased by a great deal.

This was good news.

He had powerful talent in both his martial soul and Soul Engineer paths, but in terms of spiritual talent, he truly was not that strong.

After Little Light entered his Sea of Consciousness, it happened to make up for that weakness.

Breathing in the scent of top-grade agarwood, Jiang Ming quickly calmed his mind and began cultivating.

At that same moment, on Sea God Island in Shrek Academy's Inner Court, several of the academy's highest-ranking elders were locked in a fierce argument inside the Golden Ancient Tree!

"I don't agree with this plan!"

Yan Shaozhe, the Dean of the Martial Soul Department, who sat on the left, said in a deep voice.

"Yan Shaozhe! What does our Soul Tool Department's plan have to do with your Martial Soul Department? You don't agree? What damn use is your disagreement?"

On the right, Xian Lin'er, the Dean of the Soul Tool Department, slammed the table and glared at Yan Shaozhe without the slightest politeness.

And just as the two were facing off, the figure lying in the lounge chair at the head of the table tapped the tabletop, drawing everyone's attention.