The shop owner, who was drilling the second hole, paused for a moment and said:
"It should be larger. I've read Mr. Rein's invention announcement many times. One of the current drawbacks is that the items made this way will be larger than normally engraved items."
"After all, modern seal engravers obtain the object first and then design the circuitry. Unless it's particularly complex, it won't affect the size of the object itself; some things can even become lighter because of the seal engraving."
"I see, "Ed thought to himself. "It seems that traditional Psionic Energy Circuit aren't entirely without a place to exist. After all, many people still choose ancient techniques for aesthetic reasons."
I just hope that hundreds or thousands of years from now, the Psionic Energy Circuit engravers won't become intangible inheritors of some World of Disorder, just selling handicrafts through live streaming every day.
As the conversation progressed, Ed realized that he seemed to have met a die-hard fan of Mr. Rein.
The other party's initial introduction was limited to Rein's contributions, but later, when they ran out of things to praise, they even started talking about how upright Rein's character was...
Dude, is Rein your son? You even know whether he has any issues with his personal conduct.
As Ed silently grumbled to himself, he felt the creations of the Graycast Corridor gradually merging into his body.
He began to sense it; it seemed that the rules of the Graycast Corridor would promote the fusion of the body and mechanical creations, which must be one of the powers or rules established by that Grand Foundry Master.
After drilling the third hole, the boss's incessant chatter finally ended, and he switched to a different tool to start threading the edges of the hole.
Ed for a moment and asked:
"Boss, have you ever heard of Gray?"
" Gray?"
" Gray Griss."
"Who is this guy?"
"It's alright now."
After questioning a shop owner, Ed successfully obtained a wealth of publicly available information and even more private information about a candidate for the Grand Foundry Master...
There is also a reinforced prosthetic eye that is fixed to the eye socket with three-point bone screws.
He can switch between the telescope and the magnifying glass simply by moving his eyelids in a specific way or by manually rotating and adjusting them.
If he works in a related industry, this feature would be very convenient, at least for watch repairers or lookouts.
With this in mind, Ed tried to avoid the pitfalls of relying on statistics—what if this whole area was full of Mr. Rein's supporters?
So he walked two blocks and arrived at another prosthetics shop, chose a mechanical arm, and then lay down on the modification table with remarkable skill:
"Boss, in the election for the Grand Foundry Master, who do you support?"
" Rein Hansen, Suolaer Aoermo, Luke Aoziben..."
Three Soul Returner had been caught up in the chaos a few days earlier wandered to the vicinity of the city hall, trying to find some clues.
One of them looked at the official announcement on the Graycast Corridor in front of him and began to read its contents word by word:
"... Suolaer Aoermo, male, 28 years old, main achievements: traversed the Floating Corpse Sea, opened a new sea route to the ' Skeleton Alliance,' and established maritime trade routes with the Skeleton Alliance..."
"Hey buddy, what brings you here? What's this about opening up new sea routes?"
Hearing his soft recitation, the other two heads immediately crowded around, and the three of them began to read the middle man's resume together.
Soon, the image of a young, decisive, and ruthless captain appeared before everyone.
The main continent of this world is shaped like the letter "Г", while the ocean surrounded by the northern and western continents is known as the " Floating Corpse Sea " after the Demonic Tide.
The reason for this is that countless creatures died in the numerous battles that followed the outbreak of the Demonic Tide, and many species have become extinct.
During that same period, large-scale Calamity such as seawater intrusion also occurred. After the seawater receded, the sea area surrounded by the continent was filled with the corpses of various races.
The sea, corrupted by the Demonic Tide, was no longer ordinary. Countless corpses floated and sank within it, yet they could not decompose. They could only drift back and forth with the ocean currents day after day, eventually forming the so-called " Floating Corpse Sea."
The Floating Corpse Sea is not only a harsh environment but also has turbulent undercurrents. The extremely frequent hurricanes can stir up countless floating corpses from the sea, amplifying their power.
Therefore, although a glance at a map reveals the Bone Alliance on the other side of the sea, no one has been able to successfully forge this path in the past few decades.
But Captain Suolaer of the expedition ship did all of this. He learned from the lessons of his predecessors and spent ten years exploring and recording the direction of the ocean currents, steadily advancing the process. Each time, he explored a little further than the last, and then immediately returned along the same route.
His cautious and meticulous approach allowed him to bring back new nautical charts every time.
Finally, three months ago, Suolaer's expedition ship successfully crossed the Floating Corpse Sea and returned, also establishing contact with the Skeleton Alliance, which occupied half of the former empire before the Demonic Tide, on the other side of the sea, and bringing back the Skeleton Alliance's token.
This was not without its challenges; a week before they were to reach the Skeleton Alliance, a hurricane arose on the Floating Corpse Sea.
The expedition's first mate attempted to instigate a mutiny to force Captain Suolaer to return to port, but Suolaer, drawing on his previous experience, made the right judgment, not only quickly quelling the unrest but also ultimately proving his decision correct.
After reviewing Suolaer's information, all three players were visibly surprised.
"That's a ruthless person..."
One person nodded and said:
"To be honest, I think he's suitable to be the new Grand Foundry Master."
The other person immediately grabbed him by the collar:
"You traitor!"
The third person adopted a peacemaker tone:
"Wait a minute, everyone, there's still one person who hasn't seen it yet."
Then everyone remembered that there were three candidates for the Grand Foundry Master, so they looked at the last announcement.
" Aoziben? The Green Goblin is here, huh? Is this the Great Labyrinth City or New York?"
"Stop talking nonsense and keep reading."
"... Luke Aoziben, male, 30 years old, major achievements: In the past five years, Luke Aoziben led the Corridor Guard in five direct confrontations against the York Lineage's Corpse Tide, defeated the Wens Lineage's Corpse Tide three times, successfully resisted the Rosalind Lineage's Corpse Tide twice, extended the Corridor's border eastward by 150 miles, and oversaw the establishment of satellite cities 122 to 126..."
"Wow, he's a war hero!"
"Invincible, bro."
"How much of a transformation has he undergone? Does he not react to infections at all?"
While the three were arguing and discussing, they also took photos of the information they obtained and posted them on the official website forum and in a group they had temporarily created.
A few kilometers away, [ Do Some Farm Work ], who was leading the King of Fall Resistance, I Guess to participate in the patent assessment, quickly noticed the information of these three people.
"Master, great navigators, and war heroes..."
[ Do Some Farm Work ]'s smile froze on his face:
"How dare Gray win?!"