Chapter 91 Metal City, Terminals and Base Stations
Long Yan Province has a city that is famous in the whole continent - Gengxin City.
This is the largest blacksmith center and metal trading center in the mainland. Here, you can find all kinds of conventional metals and rare metals. In terms of quality, not quantity, it is worthy of the name of "Metal Capital"!
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Entering Gengxin City, the metallic aura that hit your face greeted you for the first time.
This is the sourness of iron, the heat of fire, the fishy smell of quenching oil, the bitterness of evaporated sweat, the throat-choking sound of charcoal fireworks, the clanking sound... a special feeling of multiple senses mixed together. Once you smell it, you will feel It's hard to forget.
Looking at the street curiously.
Blacksmith shops can be seen everywhere along the road, the kind of traditional blacksmith shop where big hammers and small hammers jingle. The reddish-yellow iron block deforms and expands under the beating of the forging hammer. After cooling, it is heated again, plasticized again, and finally quenched and modified.
Very original way of working.
Perhaps this is a characteristic of the supernatural world that has not yet developed? High-end energy matches the most primitive manual operation.
——How interesting. If I were in sociology, I might be able to write a paper.
Chi Ping thought.
"But in the final analysis, the technology is still not enough to support it. If...well, forget it. Business is more important."
Walking along the street, more features of Gengxin City are revealed before your eyes.
Chi Ping had to admire that although the blacksmiths here have very primitive working methods, their craftsmanship and processing accuracy have reached a very high level. For example, he saw a piece of silver-plated fish scale armor in a store. Although it was almost useless in terms of applicability, the technology it displayed was worthy of recognition.
The nail plate is made of steel, with a thickness of less than 1 mm, and the visual error is within 10 wires. This technology is already comparable to machine tool processing.
——Perhaps it is indeed possible to leave part of the processing to the local blacksmith shop.
Keep going, and soon, a tall building appears in front of you.
Looking up, the building is at least thirty meters high and covers a very large area. Overall, it looks almost like the Great Soul Fighting Arena in Soto City. A dark iron plaque hangs directly above the building. There are no words on it, only two engraved images of a hammer and a chisel.
This is the headquarters of the Blacksmiths Association in the center of Gengxin City.
There will be five levels. The first level is the trading area. Blacksmiths will bring their favorite works or some metals here to trade, and there are also vendors who specialize in selling various metals. The second floor is the high-end trading area, where extraordinary rare metals are sold.
The third floor is the blacksmith registration and assessment area, the fourth floor is the VIP area, and the fifth floor is the office area of the blacksmith association.
Walking into the association quietly, Chi Ping only walked around the first floor and bought 20 kilograms of mithril and 20 kilograms of black iron. He then went to the second floor and bought ten high-quality crystals and some other rare materials.
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In Gengxin City, blacksmiths are divided into junior blacksmiths, intermediate blacksmiths, senior blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, master blacksmiths and divine blacksmiths.
A year ago, the five level 6 soul tools given to him by Xue Qinghe were all analyzed. After a year of precipitation and integration, Chi Ping was able to independently design and manufacture level 4 soul tools.
The purpose of coming to Gengxin City this time was to purchase raw materials and rough processing for his first (or first batch) level 4 soul tool.
According to Chi Ping's investigation, to meet his processing requirements, the level of a blacksmith is sufficient.
But Chi Ping's plan is to build a thousand pieces at a time, which is difficult to do.
The orders of independent handicraft workshops rarely exceed one hundred pieces, and the quantity of one thousand pieces is simply too large.
"Boss, can this batch of parts be built?"
This is the fifth time Chi Ping has asked.
The sturdy middle-aged man with black hair and beard carefully evaluated the drawings at hand and shook his head.
"This part is not complicated, but a thousand pieces is still too much. Our store really can't handle this order." Chi Ping sighed, "Which store do you think can handle this order?"
The store owner hesitated and asked, "Does the customer have to have it made in one store?"
Chi Ping said: "I have relatively high standards for this batch of parts. If they are made in different blacksmith shops, the craftsmanship of the masters will be different and the consistency of the parts cannot be guaranteed."
The shop owner said, "If this is the case, I am afraid that only the disciples of the master craftsmen in Gengxin City can eat it."
"A disciple of the Divine Craftsman..." Chi Ping lowered his eyebrows in thought, "My budget is only 50,000 gold soul coins, can I hire him?"
As a Soul Emperor, and a Soul Emperor whose combat power is comparable to that of a Soul Saint, coupled with other identities such as a soul mentor, Chi Ping can still make money at a very fast rate.
The shop owner grinned, "Do you have any friendship with Master Lou Gao?"
Chi Ping shook his head.
Shop owner, "Then you'd better lower your requirements."
Chi Ping sighed, "That's all we can do. Looking at you, can I introduce you?"
The shop owner nodded, "Our shop has some relationships with three other workshops."
"If it's 250 pieces for a family, it's acceptable." Chi Ping handed over, "Then it's troublesome for the boss. This is a deposit of 10,000 gold soul coins."
Chi Ping took out a golden ticket.
The shop owner smiled and accepted it.
"Please rest assured, I promise you will not be disappointed."
Three days later, the contract was negotiated, and the four blacksmiths and blacksmiths worked together to place an order for one thousand parts, which were delivered one month later. The progress and quality of the parts could be checked at any time.
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Xue Qinghe once wanted Chi Ping to design a communication soul guide, but Chi Ping always remembered it.
In addition, since Chi Ping himself is from a lower class background and has been traveling in the mainland for three years, he also hopes for a communication soul guide that can connect the entire continent.
Chi Ping spent a year designing a basic communication hardware system and supporting software system.
The communication hardware system can be divided into two parts, the terminal system and the transmission system. The terminal system is responsible for the encoding, sending, receiving and decoding of signals, and the transmission system is responsible for the transmission of signals.
The terminal system includes signal receivers and transmitters, decoders, encoders, processors, and displays. The signal receiver and transmitter are designed with mycelium as the main body, and other functional components are designed with soul guidance technology as the main body.
The transmission system relies on hyphae channels throughout the continent and a tentative one thousand base stations to form a transmission network.
The ultimate transmission distance of the mycelium channel is similar to Chi Ping's perception limit. It is about 100 kilometers. If you want to transmit the signal to a longer distance, you need a signal base station to act as a relay to amplify the signal and send it again.
At the same time, the base station has simple processing functions and can perform directional transmission and signal classification according to the received signal protocol to improve transmission efficiency.
Timely transmission may not be possible for the time being, but it can be guaranteed to be sent from one end of the continent to the other within one day.
This signal base station and supporting terminal are the first level 4 soul guide designed by Chi Ping.
The scale is a bit exaggerated, but from a technical perspective it can only be considered level 4.
(End of chapter)