Upon hearing this, Ju Zi looked thoughtful, tapping her chin with her fingertips for a while before shaking her head with some regret. "With the current strength of the Soul Tool Hall, it would take at least two months to achieve stable mass production of this generation of mechs."
She was also helpless. The reason why this prototype could be put into production so quickly was that she and Lou Gao, the two top figures in the Soul Guidance and Forging fields, personally oversaw the entire process. Those core parts with extremely high precision requirements were naturally easy for the two of them to handle. However, if other blacksmith Grandmaster wanted to create precision parts of the same quality, it would take them several times more time and effort.
Secondly, this prototype was created by assembling almost 90% of the manpower and resources of the entire Soul Tool Hall. Everyone worked around the clock to rush it out. If mass production were to be rolled out, it would be impossible to maintain such a speed.
"One unit every two months..." Luo Can's face showed regret, then he asked, "How long will it take to shorten the production cycle?"
After pondering for a moment, Ju Zi quickly gave her answer, "It will take about six months, until the blacksmiths have fully mastered the forging process of soul guide parts, to increase production to two units per month. If the number of Grandmaster blacksmiths in the Soul Tool Hall can double, production capacity can reach five units per month."
Luo Can nodded knowingly. He understood that, given the limited productivity of this era, it was already a miracle that the Soul Tool Mecha from 20,000 years in the future could be turned from blueprints into reality.
To achieve true large-scale mass production, we'll probably have to recruit Soul Guidance talents from the Douluo Dalu III era and have them build a complete Soul Guidance industrial system in this era before it becomes possible.
" A-Can, don't look so gloomy! Hurry up and give it a name!" Ju Zi shook his arm with a smile, breaking his thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Luo Can stroked his chin and pondered for a moment before saying, "Let's call it 'The Fire Starter Mark I '."
" Fire Starter Mark I... a symbol of Everlasting, a very nice meaning," Qian Renxue immediately agreed with a smile.
"Master, Master! Can we go up and try too?" Just then, Xiao Xiao grabbed Tang Ya's hand and ran to Luo Can's side, looking up with her eyes full of undisguised longing.
Luo Can chuckled and shook his head, then reached out and ruffled the heads of the two little girls. "No, your soul power isn't enough yet. Once you break through to the Soul Grandmaster, your master will let you play to your heart's content."
"Ah..." The two little girls immediately deflated, their heads drooping, their faces full of disappointment.
Only after Dugu Yan had completely had her fill of fun and exhausted all her mental energy did she reluctantly emerge from the cockpit.
Luo Can then had Ju Zi carefully return the prototype of the Fire Starter Mark I Machine to the Soul Tool Hall.
A day has quietly passed.
In the dead of night, all was quiet.
Luo Can had a thoroughly enjoyable "sparring" session with Qian Renxue and Ju Zi, and was still full of energy. He quickly slipped out of the Wooden House, intending to Fishing by the lake, but then he changed his mind and, in a flash, landed silently on the Lake Heart Island.
As soon as he landed, he was amused by the scene before him.
In the center of the island, the Ice Jade Scorpion was surrounded by a group of Immortal Herb. Its small body was curled up in a ball, and its eight scorpion legs were almost digging into the ground. It looked like it was being "ganged up on".
"I already said I didn't do it on purpose! Can't you guys be reasonable?!" Ice Jade Scorpion shouted angrily, her clear, childlike voice full of grievance.
"Hmph! You took a big bite out of Lanlan's leaf, and you still say it wasn't intentional!" Luo Kui, the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, put her hands on her hips and snorted coldly.
"How was I supposed to know you were all Hundred-Thousand-Year Plant Spirit Beast! I had barely started to bite when you surrounded me and started beating me!" The Ice Jade Scorpion became more and more aggrieved as she spoke.
It had followed Xiong Da on a tour of the entire Fate Defying Valley, and immediately took a liking to the Lake Heart Island, the place with the most abundant life energy, and decided to settle down there.
Upon arriving on the island, it saw a group of quietly "sleeping" Immortal Herb. Their abundant life energy tempted it, so it randomly picked an orchid with eight white petals and took a bite.
As expected, the other animal woke up with a loud "Ouch!" in pain, which also startled all the other Immortal Herb around it. Seeing that their sister had been bullied for no reason, the other Immortal Herb were not about to let it go, and immediately surrounded it and gave it a "loving lesson".
Fortunately, Luo Can appeared in time, and the group of Immortal Herb goddaughters immediately stopped what they were doing and swarmed around her, starting to complain all at once.
"Daddy, Daddy, look! It's what bit it!" The pitiful eight-petaled fairy orchid, Roland, stretched out a leaf, which was indeed missing a small piece.
Ice Jade Scorpion huddled to one side, muttering under its breath, "I didn't do it on purpose... It just looks so delicious..."
Luo Can was both amused and exasperated. He first carefully examined Luo Lan's wound. Fortunately, it had only bitten off a small leaf and hadn't damaged the root. Given the concentration of life energy on the Lake Heart Island, it would heal in less than two days.
He patiently calmed her down for a long time, and then used the life energy of the Life Gold to replenish Luo Lan's strength. Only then did the little girl, still fuming, decide to let the Ice Jade Scorpion go.
Once the commotion subsided, the Ice Jade Scorpion immediately hobbled over to Luo Can's side, asking incredulously, "How come you have so many Hundred-Thousand-Year Plant Spirit Beast here? And they're all so friendly with you?"
"I raised them," Luo Can said with a smile, shrugging his shoulders.
"You really are a strange human." The Ice Jade Scorpion circled him twice, its compound eyes full of suspicion. " Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Titan Giant Ape, and so many Hundred-Thousand-Year Plant Spirit Beast, are you really human?"
"A genuine human, no doubt about it." Luo Can chuckled, rubbing its cool scorpion shell. "And don't worry, there will be even more Spirit Beast here in the future."
Upon hearing this, the last bit of wariness the Ice Jade Scorpion had of Luo Can vanished. After all, a human who could get along so closely with so many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and treat them like children could not possibly be a bad person.
Luo Can didn't say anything more. He walked through the cluster of Immortal Herb and reached the very center of the island, looking at the Blue Silver Emperor.
In the uniquely blessed environment of the Fate Defying Valley, nourished by the continuous life energy of the Life Gold at the bottom of the lake, this Blue Silver Emperor not only has its leaves become bright and vibrant, full of vitality, but has also grown much taller. Now, it is two to three hundred years old.
"How has it been lately? Has it been causing any trouble?" Luo Can turned to look at Luo Youyou, the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and asked.
"She's been quite well-behaved, just quietly absorbing energy every day without causing any trouble," Luo Youyou replied obediently.
Luo Can nodded in satisfaction, and played with the group of chattering goddaughters of Immortal Herb for a while. Seeing that it was past midnight, he walked to the edge of the island, took out his fishing rod, and began his Fishing for the day.
Time ticked by, and five hours of Fishing time passed in the blink of an eye. He cast forty-four times in total, and the system ultimately gave him a "Good+" overall rating.
Putting away his fishing rod, Luo Can immediately rummaged through his System Space and found a bunch of unused items: two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, two Level 5 Soul Tool, plus several piles of unused rare metal minerals.
"System, disassemble!"
[Ding! Decomposed two 13,000-year-old Spirit Bone, Points 4,000 points!]
[Ding! Disassembled two Level 5 Soul Tool, Points 3000 points!]
After a series of notification sounds, all seven items were completely dismantled, and Luo Can earned a total of 15,000 Points. Adding the 15,000 points reward from this Fishing, he gained 30,000 Points in one operation.
"Not bad, not bad. At this rate, I can accumulate a million Points in a month at most, and the system license upgrade will be just around the corner!" Luo Can was in a great mood. He hummed a little tune as he put away his fishing rod and turned to walk towards the Wooden House.