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Chapter 428

This NPC Has Gone Crazy

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"It really turned into False Thing. Is it because of some underlying architecture incompatibility? But that makes sense, those reusable Electromagnetic Muscle Bundle are a bit ridiculous in themselves, and they're not like renewable shape memory alloys..."

Back in the "Game World," Feng Xue looked at the mechs and exoskeletons that had all been turned into False Thing, but there was no disappointment on his face. These physical objects were just things he had used as references; the real focus was still on the blueprints.

The Constantine Snake Venom series of mechs are mid-range models among fifth-generation mechs, with six variants: assault, melee, fire support, sniper, infiltration, and maintenance. In addition to a prototype frame, even ignoring some standardized features, there are over 20,000 pages of complex blueprints, enough to fill a room if printed out.

However, size and quantity are not the key points. The key point is that these sheets of paper with printed blueprints remain True Thing after being brought into the "Game World".

This experiment made Feng Xue realize that the knowledge she carries is not "transcoded" when it travels through the world; of course, whether this is even possible is another matter.

This is similar to the difference in physical parameters between two worlds. In the Yu-Gi-Oh!! world, playing cards can generate energy, but this rule is not supported in the real world. Therefore, the D-Wheel from the Yu-Gi-Oh!! world would become False Thing in the Real World, but the paper with the manufacturing method of the D-Wheel written on it would not become False Thing.

Even if the D-wheel were manufactured exactly according to the blueprints, it would only be a one-to-one high-fidelity replica.

But at this moment, everything is different, because Feng Xue has the power of [Search According to Map].

As long as he has the blueprints, he can make the actual product.

The question now is whether what is made according to the blueprints is True Thing or Phantom Object.

If it's just Phantom Object, that's one thing, but if it can be made into True Thing, does that mean this power can achieve the same effect as Phantom Object, anchoring rules and adding specific rule parameters to that world?

If possible, could people in this world learn how to manufacture this thing by disassembling the True Thing?

"This game is great in every way, but the constant server downtime for maintenance is such a pain!"

As the final open beta Closed Beta began, players who received activation codes flooded into the game. However, as the screen gradually became clearer, the players who spawned in Big Locust Tree Village were completely bewildered.

The once picturesque village has lost all its ancient rural charm, replaced by an industrial style filled with Heavy Metal aesthetics.

The ear-piercing sound of hammering echoed over the village, and thick smoke carrying the smell of scorching metal blackened the clouds in the sky.

Tower cranes have sprung up around the village. If it weren't for the fact that the Big Scholar Tree and the Ancestral Hall remain unchanged, players might even wonder if they've logged into the wrong game.

"What the hell is that?!" Yun Yao stared wide-eyed at the column of smoke shooting straight into the sky in the distance. Although she hadn't logged in for a month, she clearly remembered that the direction was definitely the Thatched Hut of her crazy NPC master!

"Yao... Sister Yun, that looks like Master's house!"

Five Kills was clearly bewildered by the sudden change in art style, even wondering if the update had jumped several hundred years, turning ancient martial arts into modern steampunk.

When Yun Yao heard Five Kills's words, she just rolled her eyes, glanced at her fellow apprentices who had even formed a band offline, and her lips twitched slightly. Although she had no evidence, she instinctively felt that her master was probably going to cause trouble again.

However, what she didn't expect was that this strange thing was far bigger than she had imagined!

"High, high, high, high, high..."

"Gundam!"

Five Kills uttered the word for Yun Yao, who was now completely stuttering. The huge robot in front of them, suspended by several cranes, was only a half-finished product and no more than ten meters tall, but it was definitely a Gundam!

Looking at this giant whose outer shell was made of wood, but whose exposed parts revealed a complex and intricate metal structure, the players were stunned for a long time. It wasn't until they saw their master cut a familiar Coffin board into the right size and install it on the robot's body that they finally realized what was happening.

"Master, what have you done?!"

Yun Yao let out an incredulous cry, but Feng Xue, seeing her disciple, revealed a bright and cheerful smile and said:

"The traveling merchant I met last time told me that there is a kind of large puppet armor in the West, I think it's called 'Titan' or something, with amazing Combat Power, which can enhance the pilot's strength by several levels and can also deal with super-large monsters."

"I found it quite interesting, so I bought the design drawings from him. Unfortunately, the drawings I received were incomplete; they only showed the external structural installation. I had no idea what the frame and operating mechanism looked like. I can only try to recreate it using my Mechanical Arts skills. Speaking of which, the village blacksmith really put in a lot of effort; otherwise, I really couldn't have made so many parts by myself..."

Listening to Feng Xue's somewhat emotional explanation, the players all wore strange expressions. But just then, Liao Yunhuai suddenly frowned and said:

"Wait a minute, I remember weapon design drawings were huge, even simplified ones, there were at least five or six hundred drawings for just one aircraft..."

"An airplane? What's that? What does it have to do with Wooden Kite?"

Seeing his master's curiosity immediately piqued, Five Kills quickly interrupted:

"That's not important. What's important is, Master, could you let us see that design drawing?"

"Of course!" Feng Xue walked into the thatched hut with a cheerful smile, and then came out with a crudely bound booklet. A group of players curiously crowded around, but as the booklet was opened, everyone's expression became extremely strange.

Finally, Yun Yao stammered and asked:

"Master, are you saying that you created this huge thing using just this?"

"Yeah, that traveling merchant said this stuff is quite famous in the Western Regions, you guys know it?" Feng Xue maintained her usual innocent and naive demeanor. After hesitating for a while, Five Kills couldn't help but blurt out:

"Although... but this thing is a model blueprint from the B Corporation!"

To everyone's surprise, Feng Xue, instead of getting angry after hearing his words, clapped her hands forcefully and said:

"A model? No wonder!"

"I knew it! That's why the frame couldn't support the steel armor at all. To reduce the weight, I used wood in many places to barely make it move. Turns out, the frame was the problem..."

"I was wondering how those 'scientists' in the Western Regions solved the weight problem... If there's something wrong with the skeleton on this blueprint, I'll pretty much understand. Hmm, looks like we'll have to revise it again... Wu Sha, go find Wang the blacksmith at the village entrance and tell him you need his help to process another batch of parts, and he'll pay you the same as before."

"My name is Five Kills... Never mind, you're my master, call me whatever you like..."

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