You Can't Measure Him by the Standards of a Genius! Part 1

"General Fengqi, this is the data information for all our current metals."

Inside the highest research room of the Transcendent Arsenal, Director Xu handed him the documents.

Cao Fengqi took them and looked at them one by one.

There are 144 types of metallic materials in categories 6-7, and each type weighs at least several thousand kilograms.

He looked through them one by one, and then glanced at the forging blueprints for the explosive shells.

"Does the Lost Land have any forging blueprints that are close to explosive projectiles? Bring them over so I can take a look."

After Cao Fengqi finished reading, he continued speaking to him.

"There are about a dozen, all level 6 and 7, none are level 8."

Director Xu nodded and quickly found it for him and handed it to him.

Cao Fengqi took a look and saw: [Metal-Splitting Sacred Bullet Forging Diagram], [Condensed Frost Ice Needle], [North Wind Instant-Kill Bullet], [Wind-Flame Sky-Blazing Fragment], [Lightning Tribulation Shell Forging Diagram]...

There are bullet-type weapons, and there are also weapons similar to concealed weapons.

"The weapon Artifact Refiner in the Lost Land generally forge level 5 weapons using level 5 metals; they wouldn't even consider forging an item with level 6 power using level 5 metals."

Director Xu spoke up from the side.

"Yes!"

Cao Fengqi. The extraordinary beings in the Lost Land had no shortage of metal, so naturally they wouldn't have such thoughts.

He read through all the forging blueprints one by one.

Director Xu and his team's idea was not wrong; after all, explosive bombs were a successful example of their work.

Their ideas are naturally sound.

Therefore, to make low-grade metals unleash powerful force, one must utilize the properties between metals to make them explode like gunpowder.

By utilizing the properties of metals in a collision, even greater power can be unleashed.

Cao Fengqi casually took out paper and pen and began to calculate.

Forging is a physically demanding task for Artifact Refiner.

However, researching this kind of weapon is a mentally demanding task that requires a lot of knowledge.

Looking at the information on various metals, Cao Fengqi began continuous experimentation and research based on the [Lightning Tribulation Shell Forging Diagram].

"Forging weapons using a specific metal's properties, such as the Heavenly Mechanism Sword, and activating those properties can create weapon techniques... Sword Aura Slash."

"When two metals collide after their properties are activated, the simplest way is to utilize the principle of mutual generation and restraint. For example, explosive shells utilize the principle of mutual restraint among the five elements to unleash the power of a level 6 shell, causing it to unleash the power of a level 7 shell."

"The explosive rounds incorporated more than a dozen Level 6 metals, causing their properties to react and reach this stage."

"The availability of level 7 metal materials has decreased, so they were unable to forge bullets made from level 7 metal that could unleash level 8 power."

"Then I must either combine level 7 metals, or combine more than twenty or even thirty level 6 metals."

Cao Fengqi thought to himself, "I should try using level 7 metal. Using level 6 metal will increase the workload several times over."

However, there are currently only 35 types of level 7 metals available for use.

Choosing a dozen or so from 35 to create a Perfect combination is no easy task.

"This is equivalent to creating a chain reaction that can occur more than ten times, with each chain reaction accumulating even greater power."

Cao Fengqi kept combining the shapes on the paper.

It's not just a simple combination; the amount of each 'metal component' must also be controlled.

"First combine the ingredients, then control the quantity."

He thought to himself, analyzing and recording bit by bit.

Director Xu, standing behind him, looked on in surprise. As the top Smelter in Tianbei Base City, and dealing with a level 7 metal material, he was able to understand the information Cao Fengqi had written.

However, he was somewhat shocked when he saw him casually write down the properties and reactions of each metal.

What level of knowledge is required to achieve this?

Xu Fenghua, standing to the side, also watched with curiosity.

Looking at the boy writing information on the paper.

Looking at his focused and serious expression.

Although she couldn't understand it, she felt that the boy in front of her was very impressive.

Whether in the techniques of wrestlers or in this research.

"This guy is actually quite charming when he's serious."

Xu Fenghua couldn't help but think to himself.

"Old Xu, bring me the last thirteen metals I wrote down."

An hour later, Cao Fengqi said to him.

"Oh well."

Since the last time, Director Xu has been very obedient, responding immediately as if he were a deputy.

"Can you even understand what you're looking at?"

Cao Fengqi looked at Sister Fenghua, who had been sitting to the side watching for an hour, and asked with a smile.

"Hmph, I'll watch if I want."

Xu Fenghua sneered at him, "Hurry up and fix this piece of junk and go teach me the techniques."

"Hehe, Deputy Director Xu, this isn't some junk."

Director Xu walked in carrying metal materials. "If Major General Fengqi can successfully research this, it would be an immeasurable achievement. The Extraordinary Tank and Extraordinary Fighter are projects that all ten sanctuaries of our Great Xia are researching. Currently, no place has yet succeeded in creating a Level 8 shell using Level 7 metal materials."

How does the difficulty compare to the last Soul Perception Disc?

Xu Fenghua raised her beautiful eyebrows and asked.

"Both are difficult."

Director Xu smiled and said, "But this time it's even more significant; it can directly enhance the strength of our entire Great Xia."

"Deputy Director Xu, think about it, if Major General Fengqi can develop mass-producible Level 8 artillery shells, what would that mean?"

Xu Fenghua naturally understood what it meant.

When this thing is mounted on a superhuman vehicle or superhuman fighter jet, it can easily blast apart anything below the Fourth Sequence.

This is a godsend for their upcoming journey to the Land of Dawn, to defend their homeland, and for their Tianbei Base Dungeon.

"Old Xu, are there any safety measures? I'm about to start forging; there's a possibility of an explosion."

Cao Fengqi looked at Director Xu and asked.

"Hmm? Fengqi, you'll forge it. You can forge level 8 items now? You..."

Director Xu was slightly taken aback by his words, and looked at him in surprise. "You've broken through to the Smelter Sequence?"

"It's been over ten days; he naturally broke through."

Cao Fengqi looked at him and said calmly.

"..."

Director Xu paused, realizing that he couldn't judge this prodigy by the standards of a genius.

"This level 9 forging stand has a protective device inside, sufficient to withstand the explosion of a level 8 shell."

Director Xu pursed his lips and spoke.

"Good!"

Cao Fengqi nodded and walked to the level 9 forging table next to him.

"Tsk tsk, no wonder it's a level 9 forging table."

Transcendent Emberfire covered it and instantly rose into the air.

The level 9 forging table greatly enhances the power of his Emberfire while consuming less resources.

"Hehe, this is the only level 9 forging table in our Tianbei Base City."

Director Xu introduced it with a smile.

Cao Fengqi, and without saying much more, immediately began forging.

The shell was nearly half a meter long and involved 13 different metals.

As pieces of metal melted, Cao Fengqi fused them together.

Director Xu watched in surprise and disbelief.

"Bump!"

Half an hour later, an explosion was heard.

A golden light emanated from the forging table, suppressing it.

"Damn, there's too much metal in this."

Upon seeing Cao Fengqi muttered a curse and began forging again.

"Boom!"

"Damn, the proportions are wrong."

Forty minutes later, an explosion rang out, and he watched speechlessly.

"Hehe, it's normal to study the explosion of this kind of weapon. When we were researching explosive rounds, we failed 224 times."

"It took more than ten days to complete, Major General Fengqi, there's no need to rush."

Seeing this, Director Xu smiled and said...

Cao Fengqi ignored him; he didn't have that many people with the time to study this thing.

He continued forging with a frown.

"Grass."

Another forty minutes passed, and he began to work on the grass for the third time.

"Merely at the Mundane Forged level."