novelcrest Chapter 406 -406-New Material, Mushroom Cloud
Chapter 406 -406-New Material, Mushroom Cloud
Facing everyone’s doubtful gazes, Caelan merely smiled faintly, a trace of confidence on his face.
"Facts speak louder than words. For something like this, won’t you know once you test it yourselves?"
Hearing Caelan say this, Avril and the other two exchanged glances, then nodded at the same time.
As for Chris, he was already impatiently picking up the hammer on his workbench. He needed to personally prove whether the structural diagram Caelan had drawn could truly surpass His Eminence the God of Puppets’ design.
If it really surpassed it...
Chris did not dare continue thinking about it, because even he was uncertain whether he would completely break down when that time came.
So Caelan handed his design diagram to Chris without the slightest hesitation.
"Go try it."
Chris looked eager to begin. He immediately started gathering the materials he needed.
Seeing this, Wesker fell silent for a moment before speaking bluntly.
"Since this is an experiment, it would be best to go outdoors. Mr. Caelan, what do you think?"
Caelan had no objections to this suggestion, so he nodded and followed Wesker and the others to a large experimental open space on the outskirts of Gamma Academy.
"Chris, roughly how long will you need?"
Faced with Wesker’s question, Chris fell silent. At some point, his forehead had become covered in dense beads of sweat.
Originally, the moment he received the design blueprint, Chris had been extremely confident that he could manufacture the mechanical body shown on it, because the structure did not seem difficult at all.
However, only after he truly began working on it did he realize how naive his thoughts had been!
It was clearly a very simple structure, but once everything was placed together, a stacking effect would occur, damaging the materials and preventing them from bringing out their original effects. It could even further affect the overall structure.
Even so, Chris still refused to give up. Instead, he kept trying to further modify and polish the materials through craftsmanship.
In truth, only those who had come into contact with mechanical body manufacturing would understand that design difficulty was one thing, but actual production was equally difficult. In particular, the selection and refinement of materials were even more challenging.
Many people believed that design was the hardest part, but in reality, not having suitable materials was the truly unsolvable predicament.
Therefore, for any kind of technology, the development of materials science was of great significance.
"Wesker, don’t rush me. Do you know that our craftsmanship and materials are completely unable to satisfy the requirements of this structural diagram?"
"I need some time to study the material ratios. For this kind of property, perhaps I can try vibranium and black ink grass..."
Just as Chris sank into endless experimentation and became completely absorbed, Caelan yawned, then casually moved closer to Chris.
What kind of joke was this?
Caelan did not have time to wait here for him!
So he casually picked up a clump of fluorite powder, then grabbed a few pieces of yellowstone ore and threw them together in front of Chris.
"Add these two in, and your material will be usable."
Chris took the materials and glanced at them. Then he immediately shook his head.
"No. Vibranium and fluorite powder will react with each other. Not only will they destroy the structure of the vibranium, but they will also lead to a waste of materials."
"Mr. Caelan, I admit that your design is outstanding, but when it comes to forging..."
Before Chris could finish speaking, Caelan, too lazy to listen to his nonsense, directly threw all the materials he had just taken out into the crucible.
In the next instant, a large amount of white mist instantly soared into the air. It even formed a magnificent mushroom cloud beside Gamma City!
At this moment, many residents in Gamma City saw the mushroom cloud on the outskirts of Gamma Academy. They all raised their heads and began discussing it heatedly.
"Great His Eminence the God of Puppets above, is this the newest miracle You have created? It is simply too magnificent!"
"That’s the location of Gamma Academy. How exciting! Could they have received His Eminence the God of Puppets’ blessing again?"
"Could there be a new mechanical body design coming out? My mechanical arm is no good anymore. I really need to install a new arm..."
"Brother, installing an arm is too expensive these days. It’s more cost-effective to just switch to a tool instead. Do you want a modification? I can give you a discount..."
...
The residents’ discussion was extremely lively.
That was because it had been a very long time since they had seen Gamma Academy produce any inspiring research results.
All along, what Gamma Academy had been doing was merely iterating continuously on the original foundation. At most, it could be considered optimization. There had not been any real innovation at all.
It could not exactly be said that there had been no innovation. It was just that after a small problem happened last time, Lord Chris had been forbidden from innovating.
At this moment, in the testing field on the outskirts of Gamma Academy, Chris patted the dust off his head, then coughed heavily twice.
"Cough, cough. Human, do you know what you just did?!"
"Just now, you almost destroyed the entire Gamma City. Do you know that?!"
Faced with Chris’s anger, Caelan remained calm and composed. He patted Chris on the shoulder, then said calmly,
"Chris, don’t be so nervous. In truth, this thing isn’t that scary. You just need to keep it away from people. Besides, the residents of your Gamma City are all mechanical bodies. What the hell are you afraid of?"
Chris thought about it and felt that what Caelan said did make some sense.
But for some reason, he still felt that something was not quite right.
However, before he could figure it out, Caelan, standing beside him, took out a piece of crystal-clear metallic substance from the crucible and handed it to him.
"Now there’s no problem with the material. You can try forging it according to my blueprint."
And so, Chris somehow ended up muddleheadedly taking the material and continuing the forging process.
In truth, the structural diagram Caelan had drawn was indeed very simple. After just ten short minutes, the prototype machine had already been forged by Chris.
Looking at the mechanical body he had personally created before him, Chris fell into a brief daze.
This design was clearly much cruder than the mechanical bodies designed by His Eminence the God of Puppets.
Yet for some reason, Chris believed that the upper limit of this mechanical body might even surpass the mechanical bodies personally created by His Eminence the God of Puppets.
For a moment, he even fell into confusion, unsure whether he should continue.
At the same time, Wesker and Avril beside him also fell into the same strange atmosphere.
Just then, Caelan spoke and broke the silence.
"Stop standing there. Hurry up and test it!"