Chapter 125 The Great Mechanic - Castellon's Shock

This is exactly where Chen Jinglong feels the difficulty lies. No one will refuse him passage.

But he was not sure whether Li Ming had this ability. Even if Li Ming had amazing potential for development, he was the last bottom line of the University of Science and Technology.

The Polytechnic University was not established for Li Ming alone.

"Why don't you concentrate on developing gene seeds?" Chen Jinglong looked helpless.

"The two are not in conflict. I only started thinking about mechas after I had developed them to exhaustion." Li Ming explained.

Chen Jinglong suddenly thought of a key question, his eyes sharp, "How far have you come in terms of development?"

"35%" Li Ming told frankly.

Li Ming could clearly see that the dean's expression froze for a moment. Where he couldn't see, Chen Jinglong clenched and unclenched his hands behind his back.

After a long silence, he said, "I don't know much about mechanics, so I'll take you to Professor Xia for an evaluation first."

"No problem." Li Ming packed up the metal box and followed Chen Jinglong to Xia Yuanlun's mechanical laboratory.

After arriving and getting out of the car, Li Ming found that there were several hovercrafts parked here, and they were all "embassy" vehicles, apparently visitors.

"It's the car from the Embassy of the Aishan Civilization. Yes, Xia Yuanlun's old friend is here." Chen Jinglong seemed to remember something.

"Here..." Ding Hui panted and jogged over, his head covered in dust, and there were dry black marks on both sides of his temples, which were condensed from sweat and dust.

"Brother Ding, why are you so miserable?" Li Ming was quite surprised.

"Don't mention it. The teacher has been in a bad mood these past two days." Ding Hui said gloomily to Chen Jinglong and then explained to Li Ming, "Mr. Castellon is here."

"It's indeed him, the great mechanic - Castellon." Chen Jinglong was not surprised at all.

"Master mechanic?" Li Ming was surprised and then asked.

"The so-called great mechanic is just a relatively general title. There is no clear standard. Anyone who can build A-level weapons or has participated in the design and manufacture of star-destroying weapons can get it." Ding Hui explained.

"He can create A-level weapons, so he must be very powerful." Li Ming thought thoughtfully: "Is he here to exchange ideas with Professor Xia?"

"What do you mean by exchange and study?" Ding Hui smiled bitterly. "When I was young, I studied at the Yitlan Huangzhong Mechanical College. I was a classmate of Castellon, and we were quite competitive at one point."

"Later, the teacher returned to Blue Star, and Castellon stayed there to continue his training. He became increasingly powerful and often humiliated the teacher."

Li Ming was surprised. "Did this Castellon come here specifically to belittle Professor Xia?"

"There is one of their classmates in the Itlan Investigation Team. Castelon should be here waiting in advance." Chen Jinglong explained.

"Oh oh." Li Ming suddenly realized and listened to Ding Hui continue: "Mr. Castellon's words are really poisonous. We have been humiliated by him one by one in the past two days. I almost became depressed."

"It sounds pretty miserable." Li Ming grinned.

"This way..." Ding Hui led the way: "Teacher has been trying to avoid Castellon these past two days."

They soon arrived at Xia Yuanlun's office. Li Ming had been there once. Ding Hui knocked on the door and stepped aside to let them in.

Li Ming fell behind by half a step. Just as Chen Jinglong stepped in, he heard Xia Yuanlun's gnashing voice: "What are you doing here again? I've already given you ten mother ores. There's no more!"

Huh? Did you get those ten mother ores from Professor Xia?

No wonder he agreed so readily. It turns out he doesn’t feel bad about things that aren’t his.

Li Ming paused, and Xia Yuanlun realized that Li Ming was following behind him. The gnashing of teeth on his face immediately subsided.

It can be seen that Professor Xia has been feeling very depressed these past two days.

"Professor." Li Ming greeted.

Chen Jinglong didn't look embarrassed at all. He sat down and said calmly, "I came to see you because of him."

"Li Ming..." Professor Xia rubbed his temples. "If you have anything, just come to me. There's no need to call him over."

"This matter is a little different. He wants to apply for a small laboratory." Chen Jinglong said.

"Apply for a small lab?" Professor Xia was also a little surprised, but then waved his hand, looking tired. "Apply for it. When the faculty committee convenes, I'll vote in favor."

Chen Jinglong frowned, "I need your help to review the application materials he brought out."

"Let me review it?" Professor Xia was confused.

Then Chen Jinglong waved his hand, and the alloy box that Li Ming was carrying opened from the center. The tank mecha hanging on the support column instantly attracted Xia Yuanlun's attention.

He ran over in a hurry, stroking the alloy surface with his palm as if he was seeing a peerless beauty.

"This..." Xia Yuanlun was not an expert in this area, and he saw the key point in just a few minutes.

"This... this was made by you, right? Is this the heavy armor you told me about before? How did it become a mecha?" Xia Yuanlun looked at Li Ming excitedly.

Chen Jinglong frowned slightly. He saw it at a glance. Were these two guys acting?

"How can you be sure that this was made by Li Ming?" Chen Jinglong asked.

"Aside from Li Ming's style, I've only seen such a regular forging process on an assembly line." Xia Yuanlun's eyes were blazing. "A small laboratory is definitely qualified. Anyone who says he's not qualified will be furious!"

"That's right, that's right..." Xia Yuanlun was in high spirits, as if he suddenly thought of something. He closed the metal box and dragged Li Ming out.

"Come, follow me, damn Castellon, I can't scare you to death this time!" He murmured, his old face flushed.

Chen Jinglong's eyes flashed and he followed.

Before reaching the large factory, Li Ming heard a sharp and piercing sound faintly coming.

"Is that the idiot Xia Yuanlun handed it to you like this?"

"With your level, you might as well replace it with a few forging robots."

"They're still using this crude method of stamping and forging!"

As he listened to the voice, Xia Yuanlun's face became darker and darker.

With a bang, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the scorching heat hit me in the face. Cheng Tienan, Ding Hui and other familiar faces were all there.

Except for Cheng Tienan, everyone else looked unhappy.

"Heh, Xia Yuanlun, I thought you had really turned into a coward and didn't dare to show up."

Who is speaking?

Li Ming was stunned for a moment, then looked down, his expression becoming extremely interesting.

I saw a short red man walk out from behind the workbench not far away. He had thick arms and a thick red beard on both sides of his cheeks. He looked very sturdy and his eyes were wide open.

dwarf?

"That kid, what's with that look?" Castellon said bluntly, "You humans just love racial discrimination!"

"Uh, sir, this stereotype seems to be racial discrimination?" Li Ming hesitated.

"Hmph, the people under Xia Yuanlun only know how to argue." Castellon obviously had a deep grudge against Professor Xia.

"Castellon, I told you three days ago that you are not welcome here. Why are you still staying here?" Xia Yuanlun said coldly.

"I just like staying here." Castellon sneered, his eyes glancing at the metal box Xia Yuanlun was carrying. He seemed to have discovered something through the gap.

Then he grinned, flashed, and snatched the metal box from Xia Yuanlun's hand.

Such a fast speed! Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. He didn't know what level of life form this guy was.

"Castellon!" Xia Yuanlun's face changed drastically.

But Castellon seemed to have discovered some secret, and immediately opened it, and the Tank Guard mecha appeared in front of everyone.

"Haha..." Castellon glanced down, touched it again, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then laughed:

"Xia Yuanlun, Xia Yuanlun, I thought your skills had remained stagnant over the years, but I didn't expect you to have regressed so much."

"Did you build this mecha?" he asked.

Xia Yuanlun frowned: "So what?"

"I came all the way here to humiliate you, but it seems you're not even worthy of being humiliated. Look at this forging craftsmanship, it's soulless."

"As a heavy mecha, it doesn't even have an energy engine, an ammunition bay, or energy weapons. Its intelligence is too low, too low!"

"And these useless edges and complicated patterns, tsk tsk... just for defense, right?"

"It's already the standard of a C-class mecha. What's the point of simply defending? Where's the outlet for releasing your abilities? This is a cage you've built for yourself, afraid that others will win."

"The shock absorption system is just average, the hydraulic transmission is completely unremarkable, and there's not even a magnetic shaft. What about the temperature control system? What about the air filtration system? It's no different from something that came off the assembly line."

"Wrong, it's not even as good as the junk from the assembly line!"

Castellon cursed loudly, and Li Ming touched his nose. He really didn't realize there were so many shortcomings.

This thing directly uses his physical strength to upgrade all the way, so naturally it does not need an energy engine.

The others were all shaped by the control system, so he didn't pay much attention to them, and mainly focused on defense.

As for the outlet for releasing his abilities, he could utilize the characteristics of the Sword Wing Knight to attach his own elemental abilities to the mecha, which was not necessary.

"Of course, the only advantage is the fusion technology of the parent ore and alloy materials." Castellon didn't just belittle it. He at least pointed out one advantage and said casually, "The hardness of this alloy is quite acceptable."

In fact, Castellon was quite surprised, because he had never seen such fusion technology before, and it almost perfectly matched the alloy material itself.

It makes the mother ore display its characteristics to the extreme, and takes the overall defense to a higher level again, which is very unique.

Of course he couldn't praise him, but after he finished scolding him, when he looked up, he found that Xia Yuanlun was grinning and laughing.

"Are you crazy because of my scolding?" He frowned.

Xia Yuanlun scoffed, "Just barely acceptable? The fusion rate of the heavy earth mother ore and its alloy material is probably no less than 95%. In your eyes, it's only slightly acceptable?"

Castellon curled his lips. "It's quite impressive, but if you can't even reach this level, it's not worth me coming here to scold you."

"Even if the fusion rate is higher, it can't cover up the other shortcomings of this mecha. You have regressed too seriously."

Although he said this, he actually knew in his heart that it was most likely Xia Yuanlun's experimental product. If he could maintain this fusion rate on other weapons.

Its level will probably reach a new level.

"If it was really made by me, then your denigration is not wrong." Xia Yuanlun said leisurely.

Castellon was stunned when he heard this. "What do you mean it was really made by you?"

"Castellon, let me tell you the truth. This mecha was not made by me, but by him." Xia Yuanlun pointed at Li Ming.

"Him?" Castellon turned to look at the silent Li Ming and sneered, "How old is he?"

"He should be nineteen." Xia Yuanlun said.

"That's impossible!" Castellon said firmly, then sneered, "Have I pushed you to this point?"

"Find a young man to come and fool me?"

If this mecha was built by Xia Yuanlun, then he has many shortcomings. After all, he is a senior talent who has studied at Huangzhong Mechanical College, and Xia Yuanlun is quite talented.

Although not as good as him.

But if this mecha was built by this young man, it would be completely different.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ding Hui and Cheng Tiannan running over hurriedly, staring at the Tank Guard mecha carefully, and muttering to each other.

"There are almost no traces of manual work. It really looks like Li Ming's technique." Ding Hui couldn't help but be amazed.

"Well, if it's not a product of the assembly line, then it was made by Li Ming." Cheng Tienan's tone became more certain.

"Are you trying to trick me?" Castellon still didn't believe it, so Ding Hui explained, "It's really him. The pair of gloves you criticized before were left by him."

"Huh? He is Li Ming? The talented kid you mentioned." Castellon was suspicious. He had heard Ding Hui mention it these past two days, saying that this guy named Li Ming had a high sensitivity to materials.

He was a little disdainful at first. How could anyone be taller than a dwarf?

The fusion of mother ore and alloy has indeed reached an exaggerated level.

This matter is actually not difficult to verify. At most, he can just make a new one. If Xia Yuanlun uses this method to frame him, it is indeed not decent and meaningless.

Instead, it will lead to even more fierce ridicule from him.

So...

Castellon's face changed slightly and he looked at Li Ming. He was able to make a C-class mecha at the age of nineteen. Although he had many shortcomings, with a little training, he would definitely be a great mechanic in the future.

Do humans have this talent?

There is also the mother ore fusion technology. Even with his material sensitivity, it is difficult to achieve such a high level of assistance in forging the optical computer.

In the interstellar age, most of the hard work and repetitive processes can be replaced by machines or assisted by intelligent means.

But that last bit of perfection and spirituality cannot be replaced.

Even hundreds of millions of simulations by intelligent systems cannot compare to a single sudden burst of inspiration.

"With a little guidance, the child has finally come into his own." Xia Yuanlun held his head high and paced slowly. "By the way, I heard your son was accepted into Huangzhong Mechanical College. I haven't congratulated you yet."

"I persevered for two or three months, and made a few mistakes during that time. I never really reached this level, I just honed it through hard work." Li Ming explained, "I still have many other shortcomings."

"I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do." Castellon said expressionlessly as he walked straight past the crowd.

"Don't leave in a hurry. Li Ming still wants to learn from you." Xia Yuanlun shouted.

As he finished speaking, Castellon had already disappeared into the corridor.

"Ha!" Xia Yuanlun let out a breath of anger, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)