Investigating the Eternal Cataclysm Star Orbit

The following morning, inside the work car of the Doomsday Locomotive.

Several bandages were stuck to Su Ming's forehead, with traces of blood still stained the edges. He touched the wounds but couldn't remember when he had been injured.

When I brought Zijin back yesterday, I saw a glaring bright red stain on the front of her clothes, and my heart almost skipped a beat. It wasn't until after the examination that I discovered the blood was my own.

But the healing powers were all focused on treating more serious injuries, so his minor wounds were simply disinfected and bandaged.

Su Ming slumped in front of his workbench, rubbing his throbbing temples as he reviewed yesterday's battle. He felt there were many issues, such as:

"Your performance when Abigai was manipulating you was superb!" Su Ming criticized the scholar's acting skills. "It's only because that old woman was too arrogant that she definitely would have noticed!"

Upon hearing this, a playful smile appeared on Zijin's slightly pale face.

"You acted quite well, colluding with her behind my back?" The scholar began to settle scores.

"So! What's the background of Yise's Sword of the Scales?" Su Ming decisively changed the subject.

Zijin rolled her eyes, but still explained, "The real name of that sword is ' Stars · Cease Hostilities ', the royal weapon of the Star Empire. Its effect is to seal the opponent's weapon for a short while."

"Luckily, she didn't use this during the Battle of Agate Sea— wait a minute!" Su Ming had barely uttered the words when he realized, "She couldn't change it!"

It wasn't that Yise didn't want to, but rather that it was Saint Rank weapon, and the Divine Favor Scepter was something he couldn't do without.

"This stick has quite a few advantages," Zijin rarely admitted.

Next is the issue of rocket launch platform explosion.

The exact cause of the secondary explosions is still under investigation, but it is a fact that a significant number of rockets failed to ignite and went out of control in the air.

The defects in the quality of firearms pose enormous risks and causes immense harm to our own side—this is a profound lesson!

"The production time was too rushed," Zijin shook her head slightly. "The raw material problem is even more serious. The alchemical explosives we seized came from all sorts of sources, and their processes and performance varied greatly."

The use of alchemical explosives in this other world is extremely crude; most are simply thrown and detonated, or buried and detonated. For ordinary explosives, as long as the explosive power is high, no one cares about quality indicators such as stability and uniformity.

"The quality of the propellant captured from the enemy artillery units and used as artillery shells is barely up to standard." Su Ming searched through the batch records of the rockets, matching them with the fault numbers recorded at the time.

The failure rate for propellants made with this portion of gunpowder is only one percent.

"It's a pity the quantity is too small. The number of rockets used in this battle was too large; we had to use them all," Zijin said. "This shows that the conditions in this world are capable of producing good products," Su Ming said. "Our rudimentary workshop-style production methods can't keep up with the demand." He frowned deeply. "We must establish a standardized system."

For products on the technology side, they must be developed according to the technology side model, including standardization, quality management systems, and process control.

"Now that we have Newman, and the first batch of personnel will be arriving soon," Zijin agreed with Dictionary. "We can start doing some work in that area now."

Before Su Ming transmigrated, when he attended meetings in the factory, he would be absent-minded and daydream whenever he heard these kinds of clichéd pronouncements.

Now that it's his turn to worry about these things, he realizes how difficult everything is.

****

The conversation between the two did not last long.

The Zijin was clearly in poor condition; the aftereffects of the law's backlash would be long-lasting. The scholar opened his laptop and started playing Plants vs. Zombies to relax his ailing mind.

Su Ming picked up his notebook, preparing to take a look around. He put on his coat, opened the car door, and jumped out of the car. The cold morning wind immediately hit his face, making him involuntarily shrink his neck.

The Youth Civilization is currently parked on a leeward slope about three kilometers from the Him Cavern. To maintain its mobility, it is only equipped with three functional carriages and two living carriages.

The Adjudicator Squad was stationed inside the cave, busy treating the rescued girls and the wounded.

Su Ming trudged through the snow, rounded a snow-covered ravine, and soon arrived at the cave. Newman had set up temporary lighting inside the cave—several high-powered LED lights were fixed to the rock wall with simple metal brackets, powered by batteries, casting cold white spots of light on the uneven cave walls.

This gave Su Ming a slight sense of déjà vu when he visited cave attractions with his parents as a child.

The first person they encountered was Yise, who had changed into the canvas overalls provided by Younier and was carrying some warm clothing.

Upon seeing Su Ming, she snorted coldly and turned her head away, her golden ponytail drawing a rapid arc in the air.

Su Ming didn't bother trying to strike up a conversation with her. He knew he couldn't simply let this go either.

Then came the trio of Jielusi, and surprisingly, Jielusi was the one who was most seriously injured.

The girl fell into a coma shortly after the battle. Fortunately, there were many priests present, most of whom had decent healing abilities. After a lively consultation, they quickly reached a consensus: Abigai had secretly cast a corruption curse on her during his final attack.

Even a Saint Rank on his deathbed tried to take her away. Jielusi's "Forbidden Fruit Pact" truly solidified her hatred. Su Ming sighed inwardly.

"Does your world also have legends of forbidden fruit?" Su Ming asked Zijin through the link of the White Bone Mark.

[Of course, the legends on both sides are the same.] Zijin's reply carried a hint of languor as she casually tapped on plants on the screen with her mouse. [The serpent tempted Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit, and then Adam and Eve cooked and ate the serpent.]

"No, it's completely different!" Su Ming protested.

"Don't you eat snakes?" Zijin asked strangely.

[They eat it, but they don't eat it in this myth.]

"Why not eat the delicious food?" Zijin asked, puzzled. "Why choose that awful apple?"

[Is this a question of whether it tastes good or bad?] Su Ming sighed, [Besides, apples are clearly delicious!]

****

Inside the outer chamber of the cave, some girls with minor injuries were busy. They lit charcoal they had brought from the locomotive and set up an iron pot on a makeshift stove to melt snow and prepare food.

Among the seized supplies were many food items—bags of corn kernels, dried meat chunks, pickled vegetables, as well as these simple iron pots and wooden spoons.

The aroma of food gradually filled the cave, adding a touch of warmth and humanity to this temporary refuge. Several younger girls gathered around the pot, working while watching the boiling soup, occasionally swallowing their saliva.