Xu Zhenjiang: I'm Deaf Too
"Discern patterns and identify mechanisms to find the key; concentrate to break through restrictions and dismantle barriers; analyze threads, eliminate redundancy to return to the truth; remove clever tricks, cut off mechanisms, and eliminate dross."
"Yes, that's right!"
"..."
"Holy crap? I see. Sigh, I've taken too many detours. In the beginning, all I needed to do was fix it. This thing doesn't need any soul fragments at all."
"Luckily, the official crafting blueprints for the Soul Perception Disc don't exist, otherwise I really wouldn't have had this opportunity."
Inside the Supernatural Research Shelter, Cao Fengqi at the forging blueprints he had deduced, muttering to himself in silence.
No wonder there was a corpse inside that pillar; I thought it was a live stake being driven in.
I see!
"Hahaha!"
Thinking of the generous reward he had already received, Cao Fengqi grinned and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
At first, he thought the project would be very, very difficult, but it turned out to be so easy.
Sometimes, fate is just so capricious!
"..."
Sitting idly to the side, Xu Fenghua, who was playing with her communicator without understanding what was going on, heard him suddenly burst into laughter and looked at him speechlessly. "Keep your voice down, everyone else is busy."
"What are you so busy with? It's almost vacation time!"
Cao Fengqi grinned, looking at her excitedly. "Sister Fenghua, go and call those three Smelter over, and have them forge this Soul Perception Disc for me."
"What did you say?"
Xu Fenghua paused slightly, looking at him in surprise. "You've deduced the forging blueprints?"
Cao Fengqi smiled and shrugged, "My technique is so-so, I barely managed to deduce it."
"..."
Xu Fenghua looked at him and slightly opened her mouth.
Just now, some Smelter in the arsenal said it was impossible for them to deduce the forging blueprints. Out of curiosity, she asked them to help her disassemble it. Now, in just over two hours, it's really finished?
"Okay, I'll go and call them over."
Thinking about the boy's strange behavior, Xu Fenghua walked to the side.
"Deputy Director Xu, you are not Artifact Refiner and have no understanding of our extraordinary techniques. This is simply impossible."
Soon, Director Xu and his team arrived, their brows furrowed and faces full of disbelief.
Leaving aside how to deduce the forging blueprint for the level 8 Soul Perception Disc, just the fact that it was deduced in just over two hours is simply too far-fetched.
Xu Zhenjiang, who had come over, also had a furrowed brow.
"Cao Fengqi..."
Xu Fenghua glanced at them, then looked at Cao Fengqi, who was lying on a chair like an old man, and called out to him.
This is a signal to him to prove himself.
"I don't want to waste time talking to them; let them forge it directly."
Cao Fengqi knew these guys didn't trust him and didn't want to talk to them anymore. He then looked at Xu Zhenjiang beside him. "Also... Lao Deng, prepare my reward for me. I spent over two hours on it."
"..."
Xu Zhenjiang's face darkened upon hearing his words, but... looking at the young man's confident demeanor, he was slightly surprised and suspicious.
Director Xu and the others looked at him in astonishment, their gazes falling on the forging blueprints he mentioned.
"This?"
Next to the forging blueprints were several blueprints that were clearly derived from calculations.
They thought about it for a moment, then went over and picked it up to take a look.
Their expressions quickly hardened.
"Stop looking, just start forging. I need to go home for dinner tonight."
Cao Fengqi looked at them and urged them on.
Director Xu and the other two ignored him and continued to look at the simulation drawings. The more they looked, the more alarmed they became.
After a long while, the three of them looked at each other, and a hint of surprise could be seen in each other's pupils.
Although they could not confirm the accuracy of the blueprints, the process of deduction alone undoubtedly required extremely powerful knowledge of Artifact Refiner.
"Let's verify it."
Director Xu looked at Zhu Mingshan and the other man and spoke.
"Good!"
The two nodded, their hearts filled with shock and a sense of unbelievable unease.
Whether the forging blueprint in front of us is genuine or not can be verified directly.
The verification process was quick because usable parts were readily available nearby.
All they need to do is assemble and repair the damaged parts, and 'replenish the soul'.
If the forging blueprints are genuine, then the final repair, 'Soul Replenishment', will be successful.
The three of them worked together and moved quickly.
Xu Zhenjiang stood aside, watching silently.
"!!!!"
"This... my god, it actually succeeded? It really succeeded!!"
"Is it true? It's true!"
In less than half an hour, the uncontrollable noise spread throughout the entire research institute.
Director Xu others stared in disbelief at the Soul Perception Disc in front of them.
They felt a little unreal, a little dazed.
He actually managed to deduce the perception disc that they thought was impossible to deduce.
They were no longer shocked, but bewildered.
It's like they always thought 1+1 equals 2, and now you're suddenly told that the real result is 3.
This completely shattered their understanding.
A Mystic Artificer at the ninth level of mastery actually managed to deduce a broken yet sophisticated weapon that none of them could solve?
This...
Seeing their shocked expressions, Xu Zhenjiang, who was standing to the side, also focused his gaze and stepped forward to look.
Damn it, didn't that old bastard Director Xu say that unless a miracle happened, it was absolutely impossible?
[Soul Perception Disc Forging: Level 8 Quality]
[Effect 1: The handheld sensing disc can detect similar objects within a 5-kilometer range.]
[Effect 2: Can be installed on formations for combined use.]
They stared intently at the attributes of the Soul Perception Disc, their minds churning with a mixture of turmoil and delight.
It really worked!
The detector, which they considered extremely difficult to work with, was actually built so quickly.
"There's no need for soul fragments at all; as long as those corruptors, believers, and servants of evil gods hold them, they can sense it."
Xu Fenghua also saw the attributes of the Soul Perception Disc and looked at Cao Fengqi with some admiration. "You're amazing! This Soul Perception Disc of yours can save so many people in Great Xia."
"So-so."
Cao Fengqi smiled faintly, his gaze drifting towards Xu Zhenjiang: "Old Deng, am I really that ordinary?"
"..."
Damn it, that bastard is really vengeful!
"Snort!"
Xu Zhenjiang's expression changed, and he snorted coldly, gritting his teeth, "Just lucky."
"Haha, Old Deng, your mouth is harder than a rock in the toilet."
Cao Fengqi chuckled.
"Click-clack!"
Xu Zhenjiang clenched his fist.
Damn it, this blond kid is so shameless, he doesn't give him any face at all.
He had an urge to hit someone.
However, this young man had just made such a huge contribution to the Great Xia, so he forcefully suppressed his anger.
Hmph, I'll pretend I didn't hear that.
He also pretended to be deaf.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, the reward!"
Cao Fengqi looked at them, his eyes burning with urgency.
Although he already possessed the Transcendent Source Metal, he wanted to expand his sanctuary further, so naturally, the more the better.
In addition, even if it's not used to build shelters, it can be used to forge 'upgradeable' weapons.
And there are those 5 tons of Grade 7 metal.
With so much metal, he could finally upgrade his Transcendent Shelter.