Chapter 704: Supreme Craftsman Competition
The Longpu rice fields are thriving all over the mountains.
A group of robot teachers are leading the children to visit the fields. The children are always enthusiastic and dig mud, dig earthworms, fish, and some play in the water by the canal.
"With an annual income of several thousand spiritual rhymes, our Green City can be considered worthy of the lowest level of Level 5 civilization." Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows, "But I see that there are still a lot of wasteland in this small world. Can't we expand the planting area? An annual income of 10,000 spiritual rhymes?"
"Oh, that's wishful thinking." The old cat shook his head, "The plants here are all passed down from ancient times, and they need a kind of 'bloodline activation factor' to grow."
"This idealistic component is extracted from the blood of a certain mutant Zerg. This mutant Zerg is difficult to cultivate, and it is impossible to draw too much blood."
"This situation is similar to the farmland I cultivated," said the conch in distress. "If you don't take care of it for three days, it won't grow. If you don't take care of it for one or two months, it will slowly degenerate. If you don't take care of it for half a year, most of them will probably die. But I have a solution."
"What?" The old cat pricked up his ears.
"Store the blood power in a plant called 'blood red Lycoris', and then let the Zerg slowly release it."
The power of blood is somewhat similar to the flame of the eternal fire. It is an idealistic energy between spiritual charm and civilization points.
Generally speaking, there is often a higher concentration of blood power in the blood.
The old cat was immediately discouraged: "After all, you are an innate myth, and your body has abundant Qi and blood. It won't be a problem to draw some out. We, wait..."
Its obsidian eyes flashed: "You two are congenital myths, why don't you donate some blood? Just draw a tube of blood every day, and your whole family will be happy. The happiness of all mankind depends on you!"
Lu Yuan instinctively refused. Human technology has developed to such an extent, and all they need is a little blood from us?! But Hai Luo actually agreed out of softness. She was not good at saying no, especially when Comrade Lao Mao kept fooling her.
"My goodness, it's still the sacred Wang Dafang. Lu Yuan is so stingy! But I was just joking. Your blood is not from the evil dragon clan. It is of no use to the plants here."
Lu Yuan was speechless: "You are still as greedy as ever! I have given you so many things, and you still think I am stingy!"
"Meow! Am I greedy?" The old cat yelled and rushed over to attack Lu Yuan.
In the end, after spending so much effort, it didn't even leave a white mark on its skin! It slowly calmed down: "My, your face is getting thicker and thicker... How is your fighting ability now?"
Lu Yuan was distressed: "I don't know. I have reached an unknown state. I have no opponents and I don't know how strong I am. But I still haven't reached the eternal level."
"Stronger than the Ghost?" The old cat had a vague suspicion.
"I guess most of the [Ghosts] are no match for me. As for the [Ghost Myths], I'm not sure. I'll know only after I've fought them. But I can't deliberately spend money to fight. What if I get beaten?"
"Pfft~" The conch girl laughed secretly beside her. The Greedy Demon God was absolutely powerful.
The old cat asked again: "Where is your real body? How strong is it?"
"Hehe, it's better than Dajin."
Standing in front of you is the humanoid Gundam Lu Yuan, so terrifying.
"That's really good... I observed Daikin a few days ago, and it's quite impressive."
Lu Yuan suddenly thought of something. The reason why the [Greedy Demon] did not reach the eternal level was probably because he did not have [Absolute Ability].
The absolute ability of the [Ghost] is "immortality". Even if he uses all his firepower, he cannot kill any [Ghost].
Yes, any one of them! The ability of the Greedy Demon is "strengthening and amplification", which doesn't sound like an absolute ability.
The reason is... not domineering enough! "I really need to think about it carefully, what exactly is the Eternal Level..." Lu Yuan said to himself.
The group found a buffet restaurant and sat down. They ordered some special snacks produced in the small world, and the robots served the dishes on time.
These days, materials are abundant, and you can purchase extraordinary resources with regular Green Coins. The price is relatively cheap at the beginning, and the more you use, the higher the price will be, rising in a step-by-step manner.
However, Lu Yuan and Hai Luo are not short of money. They are both hamsters with low material desires and cannot spend all their monthly salary.
Not to mention, the rice grains are full and distinct, neither clumping together nor loose like sand. Each grain is crystal clear, with a pearly luster, piling up into a small hill in the bowl. With a gentle push of chopsticks, the rice grains obediently separate, revealing a more moist texture inside.
Paired with the braised pork from the small world, the flavor is amazing! "I suddenly thought of a question, do innate myths also need to eat?" The old cat's eyes were round.
"Isn't this nonsense? Do you think we are perpetual motion machines?" Lu Yuan cursed, then lowered his voice, "You can also choose not to eat and eat souls instead, which can actually increase the strength of your bloodline power."
He stretched out his fingers, and flames flickered at his fingertips. This was the so-called "power of blood", which could be transformed into various divine skills.
The old cat looked around and asked the core question: "Do you... want to poop?"
Hai Luo and Lu Yuan, who were feasting on the meal, were petrified.
"Can you please not talk about this kind of thing while eating?" Lu Yuan took a few bites. "If you really want to know the answer, then I can tell you... If the Xiantian Mythology doesn't poop, his stomach will burst and he will die."
"But you don't need to shit when you eat souls."
The orange cat suddenly realized: "So that's it, the reason why those guys worship blood sacrifice is because... they don't want to poop?"
"That's right." Lu Yuan stared at it and said righteously, "So they have been planning the blood sacrifice for so long, but they are not as good as you in robot form. You just don't want to shit... Robots are the highest stage."
"I also want to transform myself into a robot in the future."
"Meow!" The old cat rushed up to hit him, and stopped its claws halfway in mid-air. It was unable to break Lu Yuan's defense and was extremely helpless and furious.
Conch was so amused by this funny couple that he almost spit out his food.
The old cat snorted coldly and asked again: "In your normal state, your body is so huge. But now your body has shrunk to the size of an ordinary person. Where did all that mass go?"
This is a big problem, and Lu Yuan doesn’t know the answer.
The innate myth is too rare an identity and is an excellent research subject.
It's a pity that this identity is too sensitive and cannot be made public for the time being.
"Do you mean that you want to create acquired mythology by studying innate mythology?" Lu Yuan touched his chin.
The old cat was very impolite: "This is indeed an unimaginable huge benefit. Even if it is only one-tenth of the strength of the innate myth, it is still very good."
"The 'myth industrialization' speech you released has almost become a laughing stock in recent years."
"Even if the human craftsmen are exceptional, they can only restore a portion of their reputation. Your personal reputation can only be restored by you."
“The industrialization of mythology has been proposed for more than ten years, and there must be some progress.”
"I...I tried my best." Hai Luo hesitated, "I actually wanted to control your body to participate in the Artisan Forging Conference, but when I thought about my own lack of strength, I really didn't have the courage to accept all the difficulties."
Lu Yuan was very embarrassed. He made many bold statements, but ended up disappearing for more than ten years... It can't be said that he disappeared. In the eyes of everyone, he still existed, but he was just there educating the children. He never participated in any exchanges and had no results. No wonder he was considered to be indistinguishable from the crowd by alien civilizations.
Fortunately, his previous achievements were so spectacular, otherwise doubts would have arisen among humanity.
"Humanity has also studied mythological industrialization... Unfortunately, humans have never even forged a mythological item, so what's the point of studying it?"
"Ahem, when is the next craftsman exchange meeting?"
"There are plenty, almost every day..." The old cat's eyes flashed.
"It has to be of a higher level. I, Old Lu, am going to take action myself to add some foundation to the human race."
"Then you have to wait at least three years. The highest craftsman competition is held every four years, and the lowest level of participation is the master craftsman. It has been held three times so far. It is simply the most watched competition! Even alien craftsmen are allowed to compete. You know, there are grand masters among the alien craftsmen, and their strength is not necessarily weaker than yours." The old cat secretly "provoked" Lu Yuan. This guy only cares about his own development and has not forged good things for mankind for a long time.
"If you can make a big splash, the entire Buzhou Ruins will know about it immediately."
"Really? How strong are the craftsmen who are better than me?" Lu Yuan looked up the specific information.
These three craftsmen competitions have given rise to evaluation methods that are completely different from those in the past.
Judgments like "epic is greater than legend" and "legend is greater than excellence" are too vague and lack persuasiveness, so a new scoring method was adopted.
"The extraordinary level only accounts for 20% of the final score. What's more important is practicality, which accounts for 50% of the score. It will be scored by the extraordinary judging team."
"Cost and scalability account for the remaining 30%..."
“Everything is in the service of industrialization. Extraordinary creations that come from a flash of inspiration cannot get high scores.”
Lu Yuan finally understood why the jury asked him those strange questions. It turned out that everything had a purpose!
Of course, he does not deny that "industrialization" is a promising idea.
The old cat said: "The higher the ranking, the more rewards the Buzhou Alliance will give. The top three will receive immortal-level material rewards, and the top 100 and 1,000 will also receive epic-level material rewards."
"Whether it's for fame or profit, many civilizations are putting in their best efforts. The competition is held every four years and is of a grand scale."
Lu Yuan took a look at the rewards and even he was tempted. They included "The Remains of the Weaver" and "The Remains of the Acquired Myths". Those innate myths were slaughtered by the [Greedy Demon] and buried in the Qiankun Continent, but the Alliance still had quite a few corpses of acquired myths.
Some are also produced by the innate plants in the Qiankun world.
"This reward is indeed quite generous... Has the Kamehameha civilization already taken control of most of the seats at the top of the alliance?" Lu Yuan looked at the judges.
"That's true. The innate plants were brought out through their hands. After all, whoever has money has the final say in this world... The Kame civilization probably occupies 35% of the high-level seats, but it is difficult to go further."
The Buzhou Alliance must at least be fair and just on the surface. If the Kame civilization occupies more than 50% of the seats, it will become a dominant faction, which is unacceptable to many civilizations.
"But don't expect Kamebime to give you a black whistle openly. You have to earn your own reputation." The old cat said in a bad tone.
"Of course... With my strength, do I really need to cheat?"
This guy boasted shamelessly.
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After saying goodbye to the old cat, Lu Yuan leisurely took his wife for a walk on the street.
Conch is trying on the latest popular clothes. Women are very strange creatures. They can be so diligent and try on clothes for an hour without feeling tired, even though all the clothes look similar.
The service staff in the store are all robots, and they are also very patient.
Lu Yuan racked his brains to think about the problem.
"For three years, I have made careful preparations. I want to not only surpass all the master craftsmen, but also make a big splash."
Lu Yuan's mind raced. Now that he was an innate myth and had experienced another round of "rebirth" inspiration, he had to set higher standards for himself.
But no matter what, this task is too difficult.
A craftsman’s creation is not just doing homework. Just like scientific research, it will not be affected by any subjective will.
The more pressure you put on yourself, the slower your achievement.
"I really don't have the ability to mass-produce mythical equipment! How can we industrialize it?" Lu Yuan scratched his head in annoyance and complained, "What should I do, wife!"
"I can only mass-produce immortal-level equipment. Will people look down on me if I tell them about it?"
This Versailles remark made Miss Conch, who was also a craftsman, so angry that she laughed.
She had been deeply involved in this industry for more than ten years before she realized how deep the water was. You know, her qualifications were good enough, but she was still lingering in the ranks of master craftsmen and could not even create an epic equipment.
She said speechlessly: "I have to remind you that the first three competitions, the first place winners were all the result of teamwork... their achievements are definitely not low."
"Take a look at the information first, don't work on your own."
"Wife, how about you join me in the game? If I'm despised by 300 billion people, you can share the pressure with me."
Conch couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead. You are so shameless!
While Lu Yuan was teasing her, he received the data on his tablet.
The first place winner of the first session built a large idealistic processing machine tool. In addition to idealistic technology, this thing also uses a large number of materialistic chips, which can automatically manufacture carved weapons! "Isn't this the universal factory rewarded to us by the gear civilization?" Lu Yuan was amazed. In addition to some core knowledge, most of the principles of this large machine tool were actually open to the public.
"No, it is more powerful and smarter than the Universal Factory." Conch said, "I have personally observed this machine tool. Its daily productivity is 20,000 glyph bullets, which is equivalent to 5,000 glyph engravers. So it is the winner of the first competition."
"The quality of this machine tool is epic, which is pretty good. The civilization it produces is the March civilization."
"Huh, I remember they bought 10,000 points of divine skills from the temple..." Lu Yuan's face turned serious. AI chips and fully automatic processing were indeed awesome things, and they were beyond his knowledge base.
The first place winner of the second session...is actually a human!
"Humanity is also a powerful civilization. Isn't it natural for us to win first place?" said Conch with a smile.
The craftsmen, with Li Datie as the core, produce the "Bloodline Anti-Entropy Conversion Field", which is a rather complicated field with a complex manufacturing process and is equipped with all kinds of sensors and control centers.
Purifying ancient blood is a technical job. According to the type of life, adjusting specific idealistic parameters can better purify the blood and transform some ordinary animals into extraordinary creatures.
Don't underestimate this point, the reproduction of extraordinary animals has always been a big problem.
Even if there is a "resting field" that speeds up the reproduction rate, it only increases it a little bit... one in a hundred thousand, which is not much different from the efficiency of two in a hundred thousand.
Now humans are too lazy to spend a lot of effort to reproduce extraordinary life, so they just put a lot of ordinary animals into the "bloodline anti-entropy conversion field". As long as there are enough of them, there will always be animals with ancestral blood! This instrument can bring thousands of spiritual benefits to humans every year!
"Hehe, this machine is extremely valuable, and a lot of civilizations are coveting it."
"It's a pity that manufacturing one is extremely difficult. After Li Datie manufactured one, it seemed like he had used up all his luck. Everything went wrong, and he still hasn't recovered after ten years." Hai Luo said helplessly, "Otherwise, I would have planned to sell a few to other civilizations. It would be much better to sell civilization points."
"Haha," Lu Yuan sneered, "This thing is against the harmony of nature and has disrupted the laws of operation of Pangu Continent. It is normal to delay it for a few years."
"Is there such a saying?"
"I just said it casually..."
Continuing to look through the materials, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little pressure, because most of these award-winning works are on the path of idealism and materialism, and many works also use field industrialization, leveraging the capabilities of the field to achieve more functions!
That was a mountain he had created himself! It would be extremely difficult for him to climb it.
Even in the selection process, the extraordinary level is not the most important, the level only accounts for 30% of the weight, and the functionality and replicability account for the majority. Even if Lu Yuan made a mythical equipment, other civilizations could not copy it at all, and the function was average, it would not get the first place.
"Why, you have no confidence?"
"Simple. I developed a few new fields and it was easy for me to rank among the top few."
"A new field? Is that not enough? With 30,000 civilizations, they must have developed all kinds of new fields in four years. If you show that little thing to others, you will probably be ridiculed. Especially since your reputation is not that good to begin with, you must be the best among all the others." The girl's tone was weird.
(End of this chapter)
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