Reconstructing Building Materials' Microstructures: A Reinforcement System for Every Material Type

After the foundation solidification plan was implemented, the reconstruction work of Konoha finally took the most critical first step.

The soil solidification configuration designed by Rinto has far exceeded everyone's expectations. The trained Earth Release ninjas, working in teams of two, according to the operating specifications, can complete the deep foundation solidification of a block in half a day. The original loose and broken, the soil layer with no bearing capacity, after structural treatment, has a strength that far exceeds that of natural rock layers, and its density, anti-settlement, and anti-liquefaction capabilities have all reached unprecedented levels. The foundation treatment that was originally expected to take three years to complete, according to this progress, can cover the entire village in at most two months.

But as soon as the foundation problem was solved, a new desperate situation appeared before everyone - a comprehensive crisis in building materials.

Super Shinra Tensei's shock wave not only leveled the buildings, but also exploded most of the masonry, wood, and reinforced concrete components into fine rubble and powder. The building materials that can be recycled are less than one-tenth of the original ones. Although Land of Fire Daming Mansion urgently allocated a batch of building materials, it was only a drop in the bucket to meet the reconstruction needs of the entire village. What's even more fatal is that even the newly shipped conventional building materials could not meet the reconstruction needs of Konoha.

In the temporary command tent in Hokage Building, the atmosphere, which had been relaxed for a few days, fell into solemnity again. The official in charge of supplies and building materials slapped a thick supply gap report on the table, and his face turned pale. "Lady Tsunade, no, we can't keep up at all. Even if Daming Prefecture allocates all its efforts, it will take at least half a year just to bake bricks and stones, process wood, and smelt steel bars. The rainy season is coming in less than a month. The villagers are still living in temporary shacks and cannot withstand the heavy rain."

The Doboku Clan patriarch, who is responsible for the architectural design, then added, "Not only is the quantity a problem, the quality is also completely insufficient. The previous Konoha buildings were mostly brick and wood structures with a small amount of concrete buildings. In this shock wave,, almost completely destroyed. Even if we rebuild it as it is, next time we encounter an attack of this level, it will be instantly razed. We want to improve the building's ability to resist impact and Ninjutsu attacks, but conventional building materials simply cannot meet this requirement."

"We tried using Earth Release Ninjutsu to strengthen masonry and wood, but the effect was too poor." A ninja in charge of building materials research and development said with a grimace, "Earth Release hardening can only temporarily increase the strength of the surface layer, and over time it will It will crack and fall off, and will make the material brittle, making it easier to break. The anti-corrosion, fire-proof, and flexural strength of wood cannot be improved by conventional means. Even if it is painted with fire-retardant paint, it will still burn through Fire Release Ninjutsu in an instant."

Everyone talks about unsolvable problems. The large quantity gap, the long production cycle, and the performance are not up to standard. The three problems are stacked together, causing the reconstruction work that had just started to pick up to stall again. The villagers watched the foundations being repaired day by day, but the houses were not built for a long time, and the people's hearts, which had been stable, began to fluctuate again.

Tsunade was sitting on the main seat, pressing her temples with her fingers. She felt that one head was as big as two. The foundation problem was solved by Rinto, but the building materials problem, should we bother Mr. Rinto again? She thought It is clear that Rinto has no interest in this kind of "house-building chores". He was able to solve the foundation problem last time because those soil damage samples could provide data for his research. No one can say whether he will be willing to take care of the building materials issue this time.

"How about... we go and beg Mr. Rinto again?" Shizune said cautiously, "Although Mr. Rinto was impatient about the foundation last time, he still gave him a plan. The microstructural transformation of building materials should not be difficult for him, right?"

"The difficulty is not whether he can do it, but whether he is willing to do it." Shikaku sighed, "Everyone knows Mr. Rinto's temperament. He will not take a second look at anything without research value. In his eyes, things like strengthening building materials may be just chores without technical content."

The tent became quiet again. Everyone knew that among all Shinobi World, only Rinto could solve this problem, but no one was sure that they could invite this gentleman who only cared about his own research.

At this moment, Shikamaru, who had been silent, spoke up, his tone still determined. "We can try it, and there is a high probability that it will work."

Everyone's eyes instantly focused on him. Shikamaru continued, "The last time Mr. Rinto took action to solve the foundation problem, the core was that he wanted to study the microstructural interference of inorganic substances and Yin-Yang Release's application on non-living substances. The solidification of the soil layer in the foundation is just a by-product of his research. The strengthening of building materials is essentially an extension of the same research field, and is even more valuable than the research value of soil layer solidification."

He paused and spread his thoughts little by little. "The soil layer is a natural mixture of inorganic substances with complex composition, and the building materials we commonly use, whether masonry, wood, metal, or concrete, are materials with clearer compositions and more controllable structures. For Mr. Rinto, these different types Building materials are different types of experimental samples that can help him systematically improve the theoretical system for the transformation of inorganic microstructures. Wood has an organic fiber structure, metal has a crystal structure, and concrete has a composite cementitious structure. Each has different research value. These are all types of samples that it is difficult for him to obtain at one time in the laboratory."

"Moreover, we can promise that the enhanced test data of all materials, long-term durability monitoring data, and application data in different scenarios will all be synchronized to him. The entire reconstruction of Konoha is his full-scenario application experimental field. These long-term measured data can never be simulated in the laboratory."

Shikamaru's words made everyone's eyes light up. Just like last time, they did not need to use "village reconstruction" or "villagers' safety" to impress Rinto. They only needed to tell him that this matter could provide unique samples and data for his research, which was enough.

Tsunade immediately made up his mind, picked up the building materials sample list and performance test report on the table, and stood up. "That's right. No matter he is doing it for research or something else, as long as the building materials problem can be solved, we will fully cooperate with all his requests. Shikamaru, follow me to Mr. Rinto's place again, and bring all types of building material samples, as well as all the failed test data we have done."

Half an hour later, Tsunade and Shikamaru once again stood outside the gate of Rinto. They were carrying large and small sealed boxes in their hands, which contained samples of all the building materials commonly used in Konoha's reconstruction: red bricks, bluestone, logs, steel bars, sand and gravel, concrete test blocks, and even samples of fire-retardant coatings and waterproof materials. There were a lot of them.

Tsunade took a deep breath, raised his hand and knocked lightly on the courtyard door, his tone still respectful. "Mr. Rinto, I'm sorry to bother you, we have questions about building materials and want to communicate with you."

There was silence in the courtyard gate for a few seconds, and then Rinto's cold voice came, with a hint of impatience at being disturbed. "I'm not interested in the building materials matter, I'll handle it myself."

The opening was exactly the same as last time. Tsunade quickly followed the words prepared by Shikamaru in advance and said quickly, "Mr. Rinto, we are not here to ask you to help solve the building materials gap. We have encountered it. We would like to ask for your help regarding the technical bottleneck of material microstructure strengthening. We have brought samples of all types of building materials used in Konoha reconstruction, including organic, inorganic, metal, and composite materials, as well as all our performance test data and experimental records of strengthening failures."

She immediately threw out the core bargaining chip. "If you are willing to study the corresponding material strengthening plan, we can provide you with all types of material samples and cooperate with you to do any experiments. During the subsequent full Konoha reconstruction process, all materials will be strengthened. Test data, long-term durability Monitoring data and performance change data under different environments are all synchronized to you at the first time, and the ownership of all research results is yours. We only need you to provide standardized enhanced configurations and operating specifications, and the specific execution will be completed by ourselves, and we will never disturb your experiments frequently."

After saying that, the two held their breath again and nervously waited for the response from inside. They knew very well that this was the only chance to solve the building materials crisis.

After more than ten seconds of silence, the courtyard door slid open again silently.

Rinto stood inside the door, his eyes first falling on the large and small sample boxes they were carrying. The impatience in his eyes dissipated, replaced by a trace of interest in research.

As Shikamaru expected, he was not interested in Konoha's lack of building materials and whether he could build the house on time. However, the soil solidification in the previous chapter was just his preliminary attempt to study the rules of inorganic matter, and these different types of building material samples allowed him to systematically study Studying the interference mechanism of Chakra on different material microstructures, improving the application model of Yin-Yang Release in non-living systems, and even touching on the underlying relationship between material structure and performance, this has extremely high research value for him to improve the material rule system of the entire world.

Especially for organic biomass materials such as wood, and multi-phase composite materials such as concrete, he had rarely had the opportunity to do systematic research before. Soil solidification is only the bonding of inorganic particles, while material strengthening requires the design of completely different interference schemes for different material structures, allowing his theoretical system to cover a wider range of material types.

"Bring the things in and put them on the table." Rinto stepped aside, his tone still flat, without any enthusiasm, only the need for research samples, "Leave all the material composition test reports, performance test data, and failed experimental records."

"Okay, okay." Tsunade and Shikamaru quickly walked into the courtyard and carefully placed all the sample boxes and data reports on the experimental table in the courtyard, for fear of damaging the samples inside.

Rinto picked up a red brick sample casually, held it with his fingertips, and a very fine wisp of Chakra penetrated into it. He instantly understood the internal structure of the red brick - the sintered clay particles, which have a large number of pores and micro-cracks inside. This is also the core reason why conventional red bricks have low strength, high brittleness, and easy water seepage. With just one glance, he understood the fundamental problem of the failure of conventional strengthening methods.

"There are still three conditions, the same as last time." Rinto put down the red brick and looked up at Tsunade, "First, all test data, whether successful or failed, must be synchronized to me completely and accurately, without any omissions. Second, I We only provide enhanced configurations and operating specifications. The specific execution, mass production, and quality control are all your own business. If there are problems caused by operational errors, please do not bother me. Third, I need to supplement any type of samples and do any tests. You must cooperate unconditionally and not interfere with my experimental process."

"Everything is no problem! We fully comply with it!" Tsunade immediately nodded in agreement without any hesitation, "If you have any other needs, we will meet them and will never disturb your normal research."

"Hmm." Rinto responded, his eyes already falling on different sample boxes, and he waved his hand, "Leave the things behind and you can go. In three days, come over and get all types of material strengthening plans. If you have special needs for materials in the future, send the samples and parameter requirements, and I will adjust them individually."

"Thank you, Mr. Rinto!" Tsunade and Shikamaru quickly thanked them, quietly exited the courtyard, and closed the door.

After walking far away, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Shikamaru smiled helplessly, "Fortunately, as I expected, these samples and data are attractive enough to him."

"As long as he is willing to take action, there is no problem that cannot be solved." Tsunade's face finally showed a trace of relief, "In three days, we can come up with all types of solutions. If we rely on our own R&D team, we may not be able to figure it out in three years."

In the yard, Rinto had already carried all the samples and information and walked into the laboratory.

He put different types of building material samples, classified according to organic, inorganic, metal, and composite materials, on different testing instruments. He first conducted a full-dimensional microstructure and performance test for each sample.

Under a shadowless lamp, a high-precision microstructure analyzer magnifies the internal structure of different materials to the nanometer level and clearly displays it on the light screen:

- Inorganic non-metallic materials such as red bricks and bluestone have a large number of pores and micro-cracks inside, weak bonding between particles, high brittleness, and poor flexural and impact resistance;

- The core of organic biomass materials such as logs is a stacked structure of cellulose fibers. The bonding force between fibers is limited, and it is easy to corrode and burn. Its mechanical properties are greatly affected by moisture content;

- Metal materials such as steel bars have uneven internal grain sizes and have defects such as dislocations and inclusions. They have insufficient fatigue and corrosion resistance and are prone to brittle fracture under high impact;

- Concrete is a composite material with insufficient density of hydration products, weak interface transition zone, easy cracking and water seepage, poor long-term durability, and weak impact resistance.

Conventional Ninjutsu strengthening only uses Chakra to forcibly compress the volume of the material, or form a hardened layer on the surface, which does not solve the microscopic defects inside the material at all. It may even produce more internal stress and micro-cracks due to the forced compression, causing the material to become brittle and the long-term performance to be worse.

What Rinto wants to do is not this kind of superficial and crude strengthening, but to reconstruct the internal structure of the material from a microscopic level, fundamentally solve the performance defects of the material, while retaining the processing characteristics of the material itself, and even giving the material new functions.

He started with the most basic inorganic non-metallic materials such as masonry and sandstone.

In response to the problems of this type of material with many pores and weak particle adhesion, he designed two core configurations: one is the pore filling and densification configuration, which allows the molten material inside the material to be accurately filled through material reorganization mediated by Chakra The pores and micro-cracks realize the overall densification of the material and eliminate internal defects; the other set is the particle interface bonding strengthening configuration, which optimizes the interface structure between particles, improves the bonding force between particles, and fundamentally improves the strength, toughness and impermeability of the material.

He even added an adjustable parameter module to the configuration, which can adjust the strength, weight, heat insulation, sound insulation and other properties of the material according to needs. It can be used as wall tiles for residential buildings or as high-strength armor tiles for defenses, and can be adapted as needed.

Next, there is the strengthening of logs. This is the most interesting part. Wood is an organic biomass material, and its structure is completely different from that of inorganic matter. Conventional Earth Release Ninjutsu cannot effectively strengthen it at all. And Rinto designed a completely different strengthening scheme based on the previous Yang Release research experience.

His core idea is to optimize the structure of cellulose fibers and strengthen the interface. Through the special Yang Release Chakra configuration, on the one hand, the cellulose molecular chain structure inside the wood is optimized, improving the strength and toughness of the fiber itself; on the other hand, the lignin bonding layer between the fibers is strengthened, The original loose fiber structure formed a complete and strong whole. At the same time, he also added hydrophobic and flame-retardant modified modules to the structure. By changing the molecular structure of the wood surface, the wood itself has waterproof, anti-corrosion and fire-proof properties, without the need for additional paint.

In order to verify the feasibility of the plan, he picked up a pine wood sample and injected the optimized Yang Release Chakra configuration into his fingertips. In just ten seconds, the internal structure of the originally soft pine wood was reconstructed. He did a simple test and found that this piece of pine wood, which was originally broken when broken, was stronger than low carbon steel of the same volume. When ignited with a lighter, it could not burn at all, and it did not absorb water at all when soaked in water.

More importantly, the configuration he designed has an extremely low threshold for operation. Even a ninja who only knows basic Yang Release Chakra control can complete batch strengthening of wood in accordance with the specifications without the need for him to do it himself.

After dealing with organic and inorganic non-metallic materials, he turned his attention to metallic materials.

Steel bars and steel structures are core materials for large-scale buildings, bridges, and fortifications. Conventional smelting methods are difficult to further improve performance. The strengthening idea of Rinto is to refine metal grains and repair defects. By interfering with the crystal structure of metals, Chakra refines grains, eliminates internal defects such as dislocations and inclusions, and achieves a qualitative leap in the strength, toughness, fatigue resistance, and corrosion resistance of metals.

He can even precisely control the grain size and distribution of metals by adjusting the configuration parameters to achieve different performance focuses - for example, if high strength is required, the grains can be refined to increase hardness; if high toughness is required, the grain structure can be optimized to improve impact resistance, which can be customized as needed.

Finally, it is the most commonly used concrete material in construction projects.

The performance shortcomings of concrete mainly lie in the insufficient density of cement hydration products and the weak interface transition zone between aggregate and cement stone. To address these two core issues, Rinto designed the hydration product optimization and interface strengthening configuration. On the one hand, Chakra dry The hydration reaction of pre-cement generates more high-strength hydration products, reduces pores, and improves the compactness of the matrix; on the other hand, it strengthens the interface transition zone between aggregate and cement stone, eliminates weak links, and allows the concrete to form a complete and dense whole. The compression resistance, flexural resistance, anti-permeability, and anti-cracking properties can be improved by more than ten times.

He even designed a set of concrete on-site pouring synchronous strengthening configurations, which do not need to be prefabricated in the factory in advance. Ninjas can complete the microstructure strengthening of the material while pouring concrete at the construction site, greatly improving construction efficiency and perfectly adapting to the reconstruction progress of Konoha.

The entire research and design process lasted two full days and two nights.

Rinto did not pause at all. For each material, he completed full-dimensional microstructure analysis, enhanced configuration design, laboratory small sample verification, and even adapted and optimized parameters for different application scenarios. He not only solved the problem of Konoha has solved the existing building material performance issues and designed several new composite building material configurations based on its own research on material rules, which can achieve lighter weight, higher strength, and better functionality, far exceeding the existing building material level of Shinobi World.

At the same time, he also made all the strengthening plans into standardized operation manuals, which detailed the Chakra input levels, configuration activation methods, operating precautions, and parameter adjustments in different scenarios. Even a Chunin level ninja can get started with the operation after simple training, and can fully implement large-scale batch applications without causing any subsequent disturbance to him.

On the morning of the third day, Tsunade and Shikamaru, along with several experts in charge of building materials research and development, were waiting outside the hospital gate early. They were both looking forward to it and anxious. They didn't know whether Rinto could come up with a plan that covered all types, let alone whether the strengthening effect could meet expectations.

As soon as the appointed time arrived, the courtyard door opened. Rinto casually threw out a thick seal scroll and a stack of bound operation manuals, and said in a calm tone, "All types of material strengthening plans are here, divided into different material types and application scenarios, and the operating specifications are clearly written. We will first do small batch testing and personnel training to confirm that the operation is OK before large-scale promotion. The full amount of test data, as well as long-term monitoring data, will be sent to me on time."

Tsunade quickly caught the scroll and manual, hugged it tightly in his arms, and quickly thanked you, "Thank you so much, Mr. Rinto! After we have finished testing, we will send you all the data as soon as possible!"

Rinto did not respond, turned and walked back to the laboratory and closed the door. He was not interested in the test results of Konoha. What he wanted was only the massive measured data of different scenarios and materials after subsequent large-scale application to further improve his theoretical system of microscopic interference of inorganic substances and organic materials.

Tsunade and his party immediately rushed back to the command tent and couldn't wait to open the scroll and manual. When the contents inside were unfolded, all the building materials experts, civil engineers, and Earth Release ninjas present were shocked.

They originally thought that it would be great if Rinto could provide enhancement plans for several core building materials. However, they did not expect that Rinto not only covered all the types of building materials they brought, but even The waterproof materials, thermal insulation materials, and decorative materials considered have all been strengthened accordingly, and the adaptation parameters for different scenarios such as civil, public, and fortifications have been divided into details. Every operation step and every Chakra parameter has been detailed.

"Oh my God... even the fireproofing and antiseptic properties of wood are directly solved? No additional processing is required, and it is already fireproof and waterproof after strengthening?"

"The strengthening plan of steel bars can actually increase the strength five times and improve the toughness. This is stronger than the best special steel we can smelt!"

"There is also this concrete strengthening solution that can be operated on site. It hardens faster, is ten times stronger, and is also resistant to cracks and seepage. This completely subverts our understanding of concrete!"

"Not only the performance, but the operation threshold is so low? Can Chunin do it? Then we can organize a large number of ninjas to strengthen building materials in batches, and the gaps in building materials and production cycle problems will all be solved!"

Uncontrollable cheers and exclamations erupted in the tent. The building materials crisis that had troubled them for more than ten days was not only completely resolved, but they even received an enhancement plan that far exceeded expectations and could directly improve the Konoha construction level by an era.

Tsunade immediately ordered that all ninjas who could master the basic Chakra control be divided into different groups, and the corresponding materials and specifications for emergency training were strengthened, and a small-scale test verification was launched at the same time.

The test results were better than the expectations marked in the manual.

After strengthening, the compressive strength of red bricks has increased eight times, and the impermeability performance has increased by more than ten times. If you scratch it with ordinary Kunai, not even a white mark will be left;

The weight of the strengthened pine wood has not changed, but its strength exceeds that of steel bars. It is fireproof, waterproof and anti-corrosive. If you throw it into the fire for half an hour, the surface will only turn slightly black, but the internal structure will be intact;

The performance of the strengthened steel bars and concrete far exceeds the highest existing standards of Shinobi World. After calculations, engineers found that even if a house built with these materials encounters a Shinra Tensei-level shock wave, as long as the foundation is intact, the main structure will not collapse and can even withstand direct attacks from conventional Ninjutsu.

The news quickly spread throughout Konoha, and the villagers who had been anxious because of the slow reconstruction instantly became hopeful. Everyone knew that the village could solve these unsolvable problems so quickly, all thanks to the reclusive Mr. Rinto. Many of them The villagers all spontaneously wanted to send some food and supplies to Rinto, but they were all stopped by the ninjas guarding the gate. Everyone knew that Mr. Rinto hated being disturbed, and this intention was far less practical than sending him accurate test data on time.

In the following days, Konoha's reconstruction work entered the fast lane. On one side, the Earth Release ninjas completed the solidification of the entire area's foundation, and on the other side, a large number of ninjas strengthened building materials in batches. The construction team followed closely to build houses on the repaired foundations, and the progress was rapid.

And every night, the ninja in charge of statistics would compile all the material test data and enhanced application status of the day into a complete report and send it outside the gate of Rinto, never daring to delay.

In the laboratory, Rinto receives massive amounts of measured data every day. He inputs these data into his research system, constantly optimizes the configuration of material reinforcement, improves the microscopic interference model of inorganic and organic materials, and integrates previous scattered research into a complete Chakra reinforcement theoretical system covering all types of materials.

He even derived a more general material structure interference formula based on these data. No matter what type of material it is, as long as he has basic composition and structural data, he can quickly design a corresponding strengthening or modification plan.

Just when the problems with the foundation and building materials were all solved and the reconstruction of Konoha was fully launched, new problems appeared again.

Several core public buildings of Konoha - Hokage building, hospital, Ninja Academy, Anbu headquarters, as well as the village's defense boundary system, all require higher standards of structural design and defense Protection capabilities. Conventional building design, even with the use of reinforced building materials, cannot meet the needs of these core buildings. In particular, how to integrate the defensive barrier with the building structure itself has become the biggest problem for Civil Engineering Team and Barrier Team.

And this problem once again made everyone think of Rinto. After all, in the entire Shinobi World, this gentleman is the only one who knows the best about the boundaries, the structure, and the rules of Chakra.