Chapter 560: Craftsmen Competition

Facing the opponent's bloody mouth full of sharp teeth, the Mirage Dragon was larger after all, so it stretched out its claws and slapped the opponent's head fiercely! This blow was so powerful that the Yinlin Beast fell to the ground again, and the entire concrete floor was directly smashed into a spider web-like crack.

A sharp tooth was knocked off and fell to the ground, spinning.

The six legs of the Yinlin Beast seemed to be twitching, and it was trying to struggle up from the ground.

The mirage dragon pressed forward and suppressed the Yinlin Beast with its huge body, spewing out high-temperature flames from its mouth, directly spraying it in the face.

The Yinlin beast became more and more crazy as it fought: [Divine Skill: Soul Roar]! "Wow! Wow!" This baby-like cry made the Mirage Dragon lose consciousness, his soul trembled, and his eyes were full of bloodshot, but he was still ferocious. He rushed forward and bit its throat, then slapped it viciously with his claws! The people in the audience stands were so frightened that they seemed to have forgotten to breathe.

They saw clearly that the two giant beasts had some rules in the beginning and even tested each other for a while, but later on it was a war based entirely on savagery and bloodiness.

All kinds of abilities were being used randomly, the rules of the field were in chaos, and the surging strong winds blew away all the clouds in the sky.

The Yinlin Beast was clearly at a disadvantage, but it still fought hard, trying to get up and fight back again and again, but it was forcibly suppressed by the Mirage Dragon, which slapped it with its claws and served it with ice and fire.

The Yinlin Beast's throat was bitten, and it wanted to let out a soul-stirring roar, but no sound came out.

He could only use his sharp claws to scratch at the scales of the Mirage Dragon.

In the high-temperature flames that were like hell, large clumps of burnt and smelly blood sprayed out, and large pieces of scales fell off.

The mirage dragon became more and more wild. It stretched out its two claws, lifted up the giant creature, and threw it heavily to the ground.

One smash! Boom! Two smashes! Boom!

There was a crisp "click" sound.

The Yinlin beast's spine was broken.

Three smashes!

One of the Yinlin beast's eyes fell out, and it let out a wail, then went into complete shock.

If you continue like this, you will be beaten to death!

"Give up... Stop fighting, we... give up." The voice of the dwarf leader came from far away.

These dwarves were actually a little terrified. The Vision War was indeed bloody and brutal, and the consequences were difficult to estimate. They were a little worried that the Yinlin beast on their side had died.

The Mirage Dragon restrained his huge murderous intent.

Like a victorious king, he raised his head high and looked in the direction of the dwarf.

"roar!"

It looked down at its wound, and mist rose up again, disappearing into the horizon.

The arrogant Yinlin beast fell to the ground like a tattered pillow, with blood splattering from its eyes like a leaky faucet.

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The venue fell into silence for a while, and it was only after several seconds that cheers and applause broke out.

"Cool!!"

"The Vision War, the Ninth Era, the first recorded time in the North."

This is a battle that symbolizes pure power and savagery.

Although it lasted for a very short time, with the winner decided in less than 5 minutes, it was indeed thrilling.

The competition on the field and the physical battle alone were enough for them to discuss for three days and three nights.

"We are definitely no match for the Vision...even if it were 10 times stronger, we would still be no match." The chieftain of the One-Eyed Clan was very frustrated.

When the racial values ​​that one is so proud of are completely defeated by the vision, one cannot help but look to another path.

This road is called technology.

Without embracing technology, the limits of human power are obvious at a glance.

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"He beat me like shit... He was obviously a higher race than the other party, but he still fought so ugly. I'm really impressed."

"I said at the beginning that the other party might have the ability to attack with the soul. I have no idea what it is doing."

However, Lu Yuan was very dissatisfied. The little mirage dragon crushed the opponent in the numerical field and had excellent resistance.

The result was only a small victory, so he was naturally not very satisfied.

But as long as he could win, he wouldn't blame anything.

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"We won! We won!"

“It flew back.”

In front of the TV screens in the Green City, people have been immersed in a sea of ​​joy.

Seeing the scarred golden dragon flying back from the sky, some children couldn't help but shed tears of joy and opened their arms to welcome it.

Da Jin, who was full of murderous intent just now, squinted his eyes and enjoyed the flattery and love of human beings - a true warrior needs to stand up and fight bravely at the critical moment, but also needs a gentle harbor to soothe his wounded heart.

That monster is fucking scary!

The swaying tail of the animal fully betrayed its mood at the moment: pleasure, fear, a little enjoyment, and a feeling of being a little powerful.

Then he grimaced and couldn't help but let out a breath of cold air... The wound was so painful!

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The dwarves fell silent.

Not only did the expected big victory not come, but we actually lost the game.

This dealt a certain blow to their self-confidence.

"Just a little frustration."

“When I saw the Mirage Dragon, I knew it would be hard to win.” Rock Fist Deep Furnace frowned and said, “And you don’t think that this is the top combat power among the anomalies in Pangu Continent, do you?”

"Two kindergarten kids were fighting, and the onlookers were really shocked..."

Many dwarves were scratching their heads. There was indeed no disaster-level phenomenon in the North... except that it was a little colder.

This is a good thing, but also a bad thing to some extent.

The Council Chairman, Storm Wine, smiled awkwardly: "Elder, then shall we arrange a competition between craftsmen next?"

"You decide for yourselves... We agreed beforehand that we are just supporting from the rear and you can send yourselves up." Yanquan Shenlu sat down in his seat and played with the mobile phone given by the human.

There is an software called "Douyin" in it, which is full of short videos shot by major races in the trading market. You can watch one at a time, which is very addictive.

The dwarves began to select personnel and formulate rules.

They also knew that sending strangers into the arena might seem like an unfair victory - it's not that the dwarves were morally superior, their purpose this time was to challenge the opponent, and if they were criticized and caused a wave of public opinion, their goal would fail.

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The third gambling fight is a competition between craftsmen, which is the most challenging test of a civilization’s comprehensive strength!

Every civilization has craftsmen. Even the one-eyed tribe has blacksmiths.

The comprehensive strength of craftsmen is also the basis for developing the idealistic field.

After brief negotiations, the dwarves proposed a very strange plan: to compete for the sales volume of forged items.

"In my civilization, one or two top craftsmen do not represent the strength of idealism."

"Only a group of skilled craftsmen can represent the ultimate foundation of civilization... I think 100 craftsmen is a good number. So let's set the number of participants at 100. If the craftsmen on the field are tired or run out of inspiration, they can send substitutes to the field. Anyway, no more than 100 people will remain on the field."

This condition... there are already more than 500 dwarf craftsmen, so it is just bullying by numbers.

However, there are many craftsmen on the human side, so it is acceptable.

The dwarf diplomat said, "In addition, we do not advocate forcibly creating high-level items, because the extraordinary level can be piled up with expensive materials, and the cost-effectiveness of such items is often not high."

"We believe that only materials that can be sold to other civilizations, are in short supply, and can be sold at a high price, are good things."

"You mean, let the craftsmen make extraordinary items on site and then sell them directly?" Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows.

"Yes! The civilizations present here generally have good knowledge. The items they are willing to buy are generally good things, aren't they?"

"So let's let their willingness to buy determine the value of the item. We'll ultimately decide the winner based on the amount of goods sold. What do you think?"

When Lu Yuan saw these conditions, he looked at the dwarf diplomat suspiciously.

He always felt that these dwarves were here to give him reputation, and they came to propose these conditions just after his "field industrialization" had made a breakthrough.

"What about technological products?"

"You can use some semi-finished products, but you can't use finished products directly. You should also know that the purpose of gambling is to strengthen our mutual understanding... If you sell laptops and mobile phones directly, we don't need to compete. Obviously, they are not as good as yours."

The dwarves lost the battle and lowered their posture a little.

Humans are a large race with a big golden dragon as their guardian, which makes them very difficult to suppress. The green football trading market may exist for a long time.

But no matter what, they still have to win this game.

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows. This rule also has some loopholes. For example, if a legendary item originally priced at 1,000 is sold for only 100 Spiritual Charms, which is a 10% discount, wouldn't a lot of civilizations be willing to buy it? But whether it is human or dwarf civilization, it is impossible to afford such a large-scale "throwing money" behavior.

The purpose of gambling fights is not simply to determine a winner, but to undermine the other party's reputation.

This kind of "big money-throwing" behavior will only make other civilizations laugh at you as a fool.

In addition, for the major civilizations watching, "stooges" can be arranged. For example, the Ulan tribe can be the "stooges" of humans - they are eager for Green City to win.

But no matter what, the value of an extraordinary item has a rough range.

Everyone knows the purchasing power of a civilization.

If your transaction is too abnormal, it will also cause gossip... There are nearly 300 civilizations here, and it is difficult to increase the transaction volume by "supporting" the real bestsellers.

So without much thought, he agreed to this plan.

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"These dwarves actually made such a request. It seems they are very confident!"

"You should know what to make, right?" Lu Yuan said loudly in the background, "We have a total of 7 days."

"clear!!"

All the craftsmen were eager to get started and were in high spirits.

Green City selected a total of more than 200 humans and Blue Roc craftsmen, 100 of whom will go on the field and the rest will serve as reserve members.

In fact, this number is quite exaggerated. There are no more than 5 civilizations in the entire North with up to 100 craftsmen.

Most of these civilizations have so many craftsmen because their racial values ​​tend to be towards "craftsman talent".

In addition, as the ratmen craftsmen are aliens, they will not take part in the action themselves.

Master craftsman Li Datie said excitedly: "Comrades, today is the day when the "Greed Book" will be released and shine in the North! Don't mess it up. Dajin finally won a game for us, we can't lose it back."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

One craftsman even said, "Commander-in-chief, you shouldn't have gone on stage in person!"

"You are the main author of the "Greed Book", and you ended up bullying the younger generation and losing face for nothing."

"You really don't need me to come?"

Lu Yuan was a little confused. He felt that these craftsmen were too proud. They were just setting a flag! But he thought that the industrialization of his field was to be promoted to the whole world, and it was also a unique mark of the Ninth Epoch. If he failed in such a place, he might as well find a piece of tofu and hit himself to death.

"If we lose, we might as well commit mass suicide." Li Datie stiffened his neck and issued a military order.

As the first generation of craftsmen from the Sarawak tribe, he has traveled around the country with the commander-in-chief for many years and has a deep understanding of the great power of "field industrialization".

"Wow haha." Everyone shouted, with crazy expressions.

Lu Yuan thought about it and decided that he could just be a reserve player. If things really didn’t work out, he could still come on the field on the last day to turn the tide.

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"We lost the second game, which is a major challenge for us. But this is our dwarven civilization's advantage event, so we must win it!"

The dwarf craftsman on the other side was also full of confidence.

The dwarves themselves are a race whose racial values ​​are inclined towards forging. They have been preparing for so long just to wait for this moment: to fully demonstrate their powerful team of craftsmen. In this world, development is more important than war!

Craftsmen are the foundation for developing idealism!

One after another, ancient forging tools were being moved out of the floating fortress. Furnaces, machine tools, cutting machines, carving and engraving tables, etc., were laid out in an area as large as a large playground in a blink of an eye.

This time, there is no restriction on any materials. Even if you use immortal-level materials, it is not impossible! Of course, such high-cost behavior of taking advantage of others is something that neither humans nor dwarves would do.

The duration of the craftsmen's gambling competition is 7 days.

All crafting actions must be stopped after 7 days.

The leading Bronzebeard dwarf raised his hammer and shouted, "Only victory is allowed, not failure!"

Many craftsmen shouted: "Victory!"

"Council President, what should we forge?"

"Create something that you are good at, that sells well, and that you are proud of. It would be best if you could create a legendary piece of equipment that shocks the world!" Storm Wine stroked his beard, and various thoughts came to his mind. "Can you create a legendary piece of equipment?"

The Bronzebeard Dwarf was stunned for a moment: "We don't have any inspiration right now, how can we forge it out of thin air? Unless you give me higher-level materials! At least legendary materials will give us more certainty."

"We do have some legendary materials in our inventory. You are now authorized to use them."

Another craftsman had a bitter face, somewhat confused: "Chairman, even if we spent a huge amount of money to create a legendary masterpiece, can we still sell it cheaply? This time we are competing on the volume of transactions."

"It's too expensive, and other civilizations can't afford it. This is really stupid and a waste of materials."

"Legends are the product of destiny. If you sell them at a low price, you may be strongly condemned by the Senate, or even impeached."

Stormbrew waved his hand and said, "No, of course I can't sell it at a low price! It doesn't matter if I can't sell it. This masterpiece is just to show the strength and wealth of my dwarven civilization... It's like a facade."

"I understand. As long as we have high-quality materials, a legendary item can still be created."

The Bronzebeard dwarf waved to his companions and walked out the door.

Two hundred craftsmen walked into the arena with high spirits and vigor, and forged extraordinary items in their respective venues.

Extraordinary forging science is still mainly based on handicrafts, and only human power can produce supernatural effects.

But there are many times when some technological creations are used as an auxiliary, such as 3D printers, high-end machine tools, punching machines, shearing machines, molds, etc.

As for small things like chips and sensors, they are not made by human hands - of course, humans do not sell electronic products.

Therefore, the forging techniques of the two civilizations are actually subtly different.

Human beings tend to be a bit materialistic. High-end machine tools rumbled and started to work. Things like metal smelting, filing and cutting were all left to machines.

The dwarves' utilization of technological equipment is significantly lower.

Because the rules of this gambling fight required the items to be sold, and representatives of each race were allowed to visit the site, the atmosphere was not as tense as it was at the beginning.

Soon, the arena became as lively as a vegetable market.

It is rare to see a large number of craftsmen forging at close range.

"Are you going to produce a Giant God?" Lu Yuan saw several dwarves using shears to break and separate metal. "In 7 days, you can make a Giant God? This thing is quite complicated, right?"

"There are several versions of the Giant God Soldier of my civilization!" The Bronzebeard dwarf glanced at him. "There is a combat version that can accommodate a driver, and there is also an automatic mining version... What I want to make now is a Giant God Soldier that can grab the earth veins. It can drill into the ground to a depth of ten thousand meters and absorb the energy of the earth veins."

"I see. How much money can you make from one grab?"

"After charging, you earn 1.7 spiritual charms. The whole process takes 6-12 months."

"That's indeed possible... Humans don't have the technology to do that."

Lu Yuan saw another dwarf making a gear the size of a tire. "This should be the core control structure... Is it the content in the Gear Codex?"

"You humans also know the Gear Book?" The Bronzebeard Dwarf did not hide it. Perhaps every craftsman has a sincere heart, so that they can reach a higher level.

Lu Yuan smiled without saying anything, watching them forge the core gear, engrave the inscriptions, and print the energy circuits.

The principles of robots based on idealistic technology are different from those of physical robots.

Idealistic robots generally need to realize the two functions of "mind control" and "memory infusion".

When it is just born, it is a blank sheet of paper, and it needs intelligent creatures to control it with thoughts to make it work.

Once the Idealistic Robot has "remembered" the corresponding working steps, it will work fully automatically. If it encounters a problem it doesn't know how to solve, it will contact the owner and let the owner control it and further remember it.

Physical robots are controlled by software systems, and if problems arise, the operations team has to update the software.

So these are two completely different directions.

"From the perspective of productivity, physical robots can be mass-produced, and the difficulty of writing software is naturally very high. Idealistic robots... it is difficult for one person to control 10 robots. The requirements for the industrial chain are relatively low, and a few craftsmen can complete a robot."

Lu Yuan wandered around for a while and suddenly realized that there were indeed more onlookers on the dwarf craftsmen's side than on the human side.

He was curious and wanted to find out the reason.

"Is this... a fire scale dress?"

Lu Yuan saw a dwarf forging a dress made of scales, fur, red cloth and a small amount of metal. The "ding-dang-dang" sound was quite crisp.

In terms of quality, it is at best "average grade".

There are some remarkable aspects in the forging techniques, and the basic skills of the dwarf craftsmen are indeed solid.

The functions are not that great... warmth, plasticity and a small amount of physical resistance.

However, thanks to the dwarves' vigorous promotion over the past century, the nobles of all the major civilizations in the North are proud to own a "flaming scale dress".

"This thing is actually very popular?!" The old cat standing on Lu Yuan's shoulder was stunned and stretched out the syllables.

“This seems to be a luxury product…”

"Luxury goods?" Old Cat wondered.

"Yes." Lu Yuan shook his head.

He has no need for luxury goods, but you know, that's how the world works...

Just like in the Earth era, brands like Louis Vuitton and Hermes obviously did not have superior technology.

But these brands can be sold at high prices and can be sold to the rich, the middle class and even the poor.

"The more you lack something, the more you desire it. Those weak tribes may use this thing to keep up appearances."

"There is such a situation..." Lao Mao couldn't understand it. Obviously, there was no such phenomenon on the football field.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Hundreds of people gathered in the front, all staring intently, and from time to time there were sounds of noise and excitement.

"Look at this technique... He is integrating the carvings into the interlayer of the material..."

"The method of engraving the fire seed! Did you see it?"

"If my civilization had a master craftsman, its status in the North would surely rise again."

"Alas, it's a pity that talents are easy to find, but materials are hard to find. A master craftsman needs a lot of materials to be trained."

Lu Yuan even saw the lord of Ulan City, Tagang, who was standing on tiptoe and observing.

"Mr. Lu, he seems to be forging a legend!" Tagang was excited, but also had a bitter face, "And he is still in a state of no inspiration, forging a legend! What should we do?"

The legend that suddenly appeared opened the eyes of all races. Craftsmen of all races looked eagerly at the splashing flames and listened to the "ding-dong" sounds, trying to figure out the reason from this forging - unfortunately, they lacked too much basic knowledge and could only watch the fun in the end.

(End of this chapter)