Choice

Gu Yuena thought of Di Tian and the others.

Every one of them was a Level 9 Mecha Designer, Level 9 Mecha Maker, Level 9 Mecha Repairman, and a Level 8 Peak Blacksmith.

Perhaps their talent in the four major professions varied, but with thousands of years at their disposal, even someone with poor talent could slowly grind their way up in all four professions.

Gu Yuena had not understood before, but Meng Xinghe's words made many things clear to her.

The things best suited to oneself were always those crafted with one's own hands.

That was why Di Tian and the others had personally handled every step of their Battle Armor production, from the design blueprints and metal forging to the Battle Armor manufacturing, for their Two-Word and Three-Word Battle Armor.

Only when advancing from Three-Word to Four-Word Battle Armor did they rely on Meng Xinghe to provide the Heaven-Forged Metal, because their Blacksmith profession had only reached Level 8 and they could not forge it themselves.

Putting oneself in another's shoes—there was no way humans, with their intelligence, could fail to understand such a simple principle.

However, human talent was limited. Those gifted in all four major professions did exist, but they were exceedingly rare. The norm was having some talent in only one auxiliary profession, or none at all.

At the same time, human lifespans were limited. Their finite lives meant humans could not slowly grind their auxiliary profession levels up over vast stretches of time like Di Tian and the others.

Limited talent, limited lifespans, and limited energy meant that Soul Masters could not complete every stage of Battle Armor production on their own. Division of labor and cooperation thus became the mainstream.

With that thought, Gu Yuena suddenly looked at Xu Xiaoyan seated to her left and asked, "Xiao Yan, what auxiliary profession do you have?"

"Me?" Xu Xiaoyan revealed an adorable smile. "I'm not as amazing as my idol or Miss Gu Yuena. Of the four major auxiliary professions, I only trained in one: mecha manufacturing. I'm currently a Level 3 Mecha Maker."

"My idol said that during the Battle Armor manufacturing process, Mecha Designers are responsible for designing the Battle Armor blueprints. Then Blacksmiths select rare metals according to those blueprints and forge them. Once that is done, the materials are handed to Mecha Makers for final production. Because Mecha Repairmen need to understand both mecha design and mecha manufacturing, they can also participate in the Battle Armor design and manufacturing processes to a certain extent."

"If you only choose one profession to take part in Battle Armor production, the order is Blacksmith > Mecha Maker ≥ Mecha Designer > Mecha Repairman. My forging talent is average, so I chose mecha manufacturing."

Of the four major auxiliary professions, talent in mecha manufacturing was the easiest to judge. Under normal circumstances, a person's hands-on ability was directly proportional to their manufacturing talent. The stronger their practical skills, the greater their manufacturing talent, and vice versa.

Likewise, in most cases, someone with strong hands-on ability would not have poor repair talent either.

Next came mecha design. Someone with high design talent did not necessarily possess high spiritual power talent, but someone with high spiritual power talent would certainly have high design talent.

The hardest talent to judge was forging talent. Forging was not as simple as hammering iron, nor did greater strength automatically mean greater talent. Such talent was difficult to discern from outward appearances.

Xu Xiaoyan's spiritual power talent was not low to begin with. With the boost from her First Soul Skill, her spiritual power could even rival that of peers with top-tier spiritual power talent.

Therefore, her mecha design talent was quite good, and her hands-on ability was not lacking either. In other words, her mecha manufacturing talent was also excellent.

Thus, Xu Xiaoyan had two choices: Mecha Designer or Mecha Maker.

In the end, she chose to become a Mecha Maker.

If she only chose one auxiliary profession, Mecha Maker ≥ Mecha Designer. On the surface, it seemed either choice would work, but that was not actually the case.

The Battle Armor blueprints determined the upper limit of a Battle Armor's quality and performance. The quality of the rare metals and the maker's skill merely ensured its lower limit while allowing the finished Battle Armor to come as close as possible to the ideal upper limit envisioned in the design.

If she chose to become a Mecha Designer, then the Battle Armor made by Heavenly God would naturally be able to approach the ideal upper limit of the design without end. But with her own design standards, that upper limit would only be so-so.

Conversely, if she chose to become a Mecha Maker, Heavenly God could help design the Battle Armor blueprints. Its lower limit would then be higher than the upper limit of anything she designed herself.

Once Xu Xiaoyan understood these principles, she naturally knew how to choose. This was also one of the benefits Heavenly God granted to his followers.

Heavenly God personally designing Battle Armor and forging metals—how could ordinary people ever enjoy such treatment?

A Level 3 auxiliary profession had already reached the minimum threshold for producing One-Word Battle Armor, so Gu Yuena wanted Xu Xiaoyan to join the Battle Armor production plan as well.

In any case, One-Word Battle Armor was merely a transitional tool. Its quality and performance did not matter much.

One-Word Battle Armor was made from Thousand-Forged Metal and could not merge with a Soul Master. It was normally stored in specialized external equipment, and when needed, it required a process similar to "Armor Combine."

And that process could be interrupted.

Yes, you heard that right. The process of equipping Battle Armor could be interrupted. After all, Douluo Continent was not like other worlds, where transformation sequences came with invincibility frames.

At the same time, because it was made from Thousand-Forged Metal, One-Word Battle Armor could not be upgraded.

Therefore, the production of Two-Word Battle Armor had to begin from scratch.

Two-Word Battle Armor was made from Spirit-Forged Metal. Its greatest difference from One-Word Battle Armor was that the metal in Two-Word Battle Armor possessed spirit. Not only could it merge with a Soul Master and be equipped at any time without an assembly process, but new metals could also be added to improve its quality, allowing the later production of Three-Word and Four-Word Battle Armor to avoid starting from scratch.

"Xinghe, Xiao Yan, let's begin. I want to use Demon Silver to make my One-Word Battle Armor. What metal do you want to use?"

Demon Silver was a rare metal whose defining trait was elemental affinity—not affinity with a single element, but with all elements. For a Soul Master like her who controlled multiple elements, there was no more suitable metal.

Seeing how enthusiastic Gu Yuena was, Meng Xinghe did not intend to oppose her.

For Spirit Alloy One-Word Battle Armor, one needed at least Level 4 mecha design skills and Level 5 mecha manufacturing skills.

Gu Yuena's current auxiliary profession levels were still insufficient, so there was nothing wrong with making ordinary One-Word Battle Armor for practice. After all, Spirit Alloy One-Word Battle Armor and ordinary One-Word Battle Armor did not conflict with each other, and the latter could also accumulate experience for future Battle Armor production.

"I'll choose Demon Silver too. My Sky Power already contains several elemental attributes."

Xu Xiaoyan thought for a moment before adding, "My Star Signs attribute also counts as an elemental attribute, so I'll choose Demon Silver as well."