Easy Promotion to Lieutenant General, Part 1

Inside the mines of the Lost Land, black gold shimmered continuously.

The level 9 Bloody Scarecrow transformed into a tireless excavation machine, its six-meter-tall body rooted in the ore vein. Countless dark gold-patterned straws pierced the Radiant Obsidian Gold Ore Layer like steel chisels, each stirring accompanied by the sound of metal being cut.

The efficiency of 110 kilograms in 2 minutes completely gave Cao Fengqi a break.

He sat comfortably in his wheelchair, eating a golden peach, a relaxed smile on his face.

"This place should still be safe. Let the level 9 Bloody Scarecrow dig here. Go back and rest."

After a moment's thought, Cao Fengqi decided not to stay there.

After giving the Bloody Scarecrow a few orders, I returned to reality.

Having spent over twenty hours in the Lost Land, he needed a good rest.

Feeling refreshed!

Ten hours later, Cao Fengqi stretched and entered the Lost Land.

"Hmm? This efficiency is even more terrifying than I anticipated."

When his figure appeared inside the mine, and when Cao Fengqi saw the 30,000 jin of Radiant Obsidian Gold inside, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Ahead, the Bloody Scarecrow was still tirelessly digging.

"Rest when you're tired!"

Cao Fengqi's eyes flashed as he conveyed a message to the Bloody Scarecrow.

"Splash! Splash!"

The Bloody Scarecrow nodded respectfully to him, transmitting some information through mental fluctuations.

Not tired!

"Haha, it's good that I'm not tired!"

"Before, I could only dig for 10 hours at most, but this level 9 Bloody Scarecrow has taken me more than ten hours to dig."

Cao Fengqi's eyes lit up as he collected all the metal.

His eyes were fixed on the level 9 resource displayed in the script.

He originally thought it would take at least three days to dig to the location of the level 9 metal, but now with the Bloody Scarecrow excavator, he estimated it would only take a little over two days.

"I'll also take this opportunity to deal with those level 8 Perfect cannonballs and get my hands on 1000 level 7 souls."

Within the space of his Dimensional Cloak, there are still five Three-Eyed Crow waiting for him to form a contract with them.

With that thought in mind, he returned home.

"It's just lunchtime."

Stepping out of the room, Cao Fengqi saw his father and the others eating and walked over with a smile.

"It's already late, Fengqi. Why have you been spending so much time in the Lost Land these past few days? Are you that busy?"

When Liu Xiuxiu saw him, she immediately served him rice and chopsticks.

I was quite busy the past few days, but things aren't so busy anymore.

As Cao Fengqi spoke, he moved his hand and took out a large bag of golden-veined peaches, moon-heart fruits, and star spirit leaves. "I've gotten some fruit here."

"Wow, Uncle got something delicious again?"

"Uncle, let me help you carry it!"

Dabao and Xiaobao saw this and excitedly came to greet them.

"Hehe."

Cao Fengqi patted their heads and handed a large bag of fruit to Dabao: "Here, have some."

"So many level six spirit fruits?"

Cao Jiancheng looked surprised.

"We found a few fruit trees."

Cao Fengqi said, "From now on, we won't be able to eat these fruits as much as we want, but we won't be short of them either."

"We still need to be careful. I learned from the higher-ups at the Spark Guild today that our Tianbei Base City will be relocating to the Fifth Land of Shelter in twenty days."

"They say the Fifth Land of Shelter is the Land of Dawn, while all other places will be plunged into eternal night."

Cao Jiancheng frowned and asked him, "Son, is this true?"

"Yes, really."

Cao Fengqi nodded. "This time, Dad, you don't need to worry. Even if we migrate, it won't be like last time."

"Oh, right..."

Cao Jiancheng nodded slightly and continued, "Guo Daoming and the others said that the exchange meeting originally scheduled for more than twenty days later in Tianbei Base City has been moved up to ten days later."

"Ten days later?"

Cao Fengqi raised an eyebrow; he was quite looking forward to the exchange meeting in Tianbei Base City.

"I'll get some metal and trade it later; after all, I essentially own an level 8 metal mine now."

He thought to himself that after the family had eaten, Cao Fengqi teased Da Dabao, Xiaobao, and his sister-in-law again.

"I've got the Perfect level 8 shell sorted out today!"

That evening, Cao Fengqi returned to the mine in the Lost Land and began his research.

"There are only 35 types of level 7 metal materials, which is too few. I need to try adding level 6 metal materials."

Cao Fengqi took out the level 9 forging table and a bunch of level 8, 7, and 6 metals and began to study them.

Inside the mine, the fiery red light of the Transcendent Emberfire began to bloom.

"Based on the Class 8 artillery shells Mundane Forged at the arsenal last time, we will upgrade them."

As he looked at the metal samples, his mind raced, rapidly devising optimization strategies. His vast knowledge, accumulated at the ninth level of Weapon Master, surged forth like a tidal wave.

The characteristic thresholds, fusion ratios, and reaction critical points of each metal are revealed one by one.

"..."

"The explosive force of this level 7 Meteoric Explosion Metal is too high and needs to be controlled. It cannot be too violent, otherwise it will damage the projectile structure."

Cao Fengqi muttered to himself, looking at the group of metals. He took out a small amount of level 6 Sky-Splitting Dark Iron molten liquid. The two metals reacted instantly, and fine black lines appeared in the dark red molten liquid, cleverly restraining the explosive force.

Next, he added level 6 Thunder-Patterned Copper, Azure Nurtured Spirit, and Branch Xuan Metal in sequence.

"Boom!"

A muffled explosion rang out, and Cao Fengqi wasn't too surprised by this defeat.

The 7th and 6th grade metals involve hundreds of types, and at least twenty types of metals must be selected for combination. The amount of metal required for each combination must be very precise.

If anything goes wrong, it will fail.

There is a very high probability that it will explode.

However, this failure was nothing to him. In Cao Fengqi's view, a level 8 Perfect shell was not that difficult.

"Boom boom boom----"

"Buzz!"

"Haha, it worked! I told you, it wouldn't be a problem."

Less than seven hours later, after more than thirty explosions, when a shell about half a meter in size 'steadily' appeared on the forging table, Cao Fengqi couldn't help but laugh.

[Unnamed Weapon: Tier 8 Quality]

[Effect 1: Perfect- grade projectile weapon, forged from over ten types of metals including Rushing Thunder Meteoric Iron, Mountain Wind Stone, Sharp Dark Metal, and Condensed Tide Steel, combined with seven types of level 6 metals. It will unleash powerful damage upon collision with an object. Single-use ammunition.]

[Effect 2: Possesses extremely strong splash damage, with the added effects of lightning-induced Paralysis and armor penetration.]

"Less than eight hours, easily done. Heh, becoming a lieutenant general is far too easy for me."

"However, developing a level 9 shell will be extremely challenging."

Cao Fengqi looked at the Perfect level 8 shell in front of him and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Of course, the difficulty in developing the Level 9 shell was not his fault.

The official supply of level 8 metal is too low.

With only a dozen or so level-eight metals available, even with his Weapon Master knowledge and skills, he was powerless.