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Imagine that one day, you activated Creative Mode. You could even rewind and fast-forward time, without having to pay any price at all...
And with a press on the system panel and a clap of your hands, anything you wanted would appear!
So, your choice was:
A: Seize the time and save the world.
B: Race against the clock and work diligently.
C: Get some awesome stuff and fucking enjoy yourself first!
Ji Jue's choice was [C], [C], [C], [C]...
He would smash that [C] button first!
However, as an Embers Craftsman, Ji Jue had already moved beyond such ordinary, lowbrow pleasures as top-tier graphics cards, fishing rods, supercars, carbon-fiber bicycles, and the like.
He wanted to play with something more advanced.
For example, the ultra-massive leyline Spiritual Substance transmission discs—of which there were supposedly only eleven in the world—which could directly turn leylines into Spiritual Substance channels and enable ultra-long-range transmission with no loss... From the Federation to the Empire, with Central Earth as a relay, the journey took less than half a second!
For example, the Federation's Kuafu-type Aerospace Hub, a city said to fly above the stratosphere, capable of carrying more than a thousand Fighter Jets and dozens of gigantic Airships. It was also equipped with over six rapid-response Powered Armor legions, capable of deploying a fully staffed heavy-armored legion to the battlefield within fifteen minutes. Or the Empire's Centipede Fortress, a mechanical miracle that advanced across the earth like a moving mountain range... And so on, and so forth!
There were too many goals he wanted to achieve, and too many things he needed to craft by hand. Compared to all those expensive Workshop facilities, Ji Jue chose to start with some simple, unpretentious little things to whet his appetite.
For example...
The strategic deterrent