Chen Yang running back was no joke.
He had Lu Lin's men draw up a route for him, a route that led from G country all the way to NF country, even crossing one or two no-man's-land along the way.
However, some areas are covered by dense rainforests, and some places have rivers that he cannot cross, so he has to travel by car.
Fortunately, Africa is not as strict as other countries, and there are not many border control personnel. With Chen Yang's abilities, passing out is not a problem.
He was nocturnal, running under the stars. During the day, if the timing was right, he would briefly enter the microcosm before continuing his frantic run at night.
“I was chased by a herd of bison, probably several hundred of them, but I managed to shake them off. I also encountered lions, but they saw I was too fast and didn’t chase me.” Chen Yang
"I jumped across a large canyon today, not very far, only about ten meters apart."
"Do you know what I encountered today? I happened to stumble upon a tribe having a bonfire party, so I stopped and danced with them for a while before leaving. However, they weren't wearing many clothes."
Chen Yang encounters different scenery every time, making others envious and jealous.
But all we can do is envy and resent it. Being chased by bison, bumping shoulders with lions, leaping across canyons, and even entering primitive tribes—who could do that?
While Chen Yang was racing across the African continent, he did not forget the Micro Realm. Upon entering the Micro Realm, he continued to work with Hong Gui every day and frequently checked on the situation in various places. Apart from the Western Border River and the plateau, which were inconvenient to visit due to their distance, he often visited the camp and the Indus Mountains.
There was nothing to worry about in the camp; everything was stable. Two more houses were built after the New Year, and two more sheep were added. The villagers were all healthy and free from illness and disaster.
However, the Indian Mountains have been through some turmoil.
The tea plantations were doing well; with Li Su'er's help, everything was taken care of. However, the silkworm rearing wasn't going so smoothly. Initially, the room temperature was unsuitable, causing some silkworm larvae to die. Later, the mulberry leaves grew too fast and were too old, outpacing the silkworms' growth rate, forcing them to search for tender mulberry leaves overnight. The silkworm larvae eat extremely quickly; their entire lives are spent eating, constantly increasing in size until they spin silk and die.
Jiang Yining also made a mistake by feeding the silkworms leaves that hadn't been wiped clean, which caused some of the silkworms to die, and she felt guilty for a long time.
Although silkworm farming has been bumpy, it has finally started to stabilize. The silkworms are growing healthily. After a while, once the silkworms spin their cocoons, they can start harvesting the silk.
The girls had been looking forward to this for a long time.
They raised quite a few silkworms, enough for two whole silkworm rearing rooms to make one pair of silk underwear for everyone. As for silk pajamas, that would probably not be enough, but it would be barely enough to make a bellyband for each woman.
Even so, women have been waiting for this for a long time.
Pure silk underwear is very precious, but what they care about is not whether silk is expensive or not, but that they can finally change out of those extremely uncomfortable animal skin underwear.
The silkworm farmers and tea pickers in the Yinshan Mountains are very busy every day, and the camp staff often go over to help out. It's a busy time right now, and the camp also needs to do planting and construction, so they can't spare too much manpower.
Chen Yang and Hong Gui happened to be blacksmithing, and they made some farming tools.
Chen Yang's skills are indeed quite good now. He had been blacksmithing on and off for a while before, so he had a certain foundation. Now that he has the Extreme Body, his advantages are even more obvious.
Hong Gui was strong enough to keep hammering and breaking the iron block.
But Chen Yang was even more terrifying. Although his skills were not as good as Hong Gui's, his strength and endurance far surpassed Hong Gui's. What Hong Gui needed ten blows to solve, he only needed one blow. Even so, he kept hitting the iron block repeatedly and tirelessly.
On this day, they prepared to forge a sword, a sword for Chen Yang.
They had already decided on the style and size of the sword, and had even tested it twice before. Both swords were quite good and were sent to the camp for the hunting team to use.
Hong Gui and Chen Yang worked together to forge the next sword, which was also the most serious they had ever worked together. With both of them present, the forging process was much more efficient.
After casting, Chen Yang and Hong Gui, one holding a large sledgehammer and the other a hammer, continuously struck the iron block. They repeatedly opened and folded the block, hammering it repeatedly. This process reduced and diluted impurities like sulfur in the steel. This was the Han Dynasty's "hundred-refinement steel" technique, which involved repeatedly forging raw materials within reasonable limits to make the structure more uniform, finer, and the material extremely strong and tough.
The sword is slowly taking shape; this is the forging process, where steel is hammered and stretched into the shape of a knife or sword. At this stage, the basic form of sword-making emerges.
The two men struck the sword for at least three hours, and after striking it ten or twenty thousand times, the sword had taken shape.
Both of them were naked and covered in sweat. The people who came to watch did not dare to disturb them and could only peek through the crack in the door. They were very envious of the two men's different but perfect figures.
"Li Sen, if only Hong Gui hadn't been turned gay by you, I might have even pursued him," Xu Meng said.
Li Sen was extremely smug: "You can all just be envious."
“Why aren’t you chasing after my alien Yang? My alien Yang is handsome too, okay?” Li Su’er said.
“I like guys who are a bit more muscular,” Xu Meng said with a smile.
The conversation outside was quite loud and didn't disturb the two people inside. Besides, they only glanced at the conversation occasionally; the two had already fought for most of the time, and watching them all the time would be quite boring.
However, both Chen Yang and Hong Gui were extremely patient, forging the sword blank tirelessly. After the forging was completed, they began to refine it. This step was done by Chen Yang, who used tools such as shovels, chisels, and files to refine the sword blank, making its size and shape meet his requirements.
This step alone took more than two hours, and then came a very demanding process in sword forging—quenching!
Quenching involves rapidly cooling the fired sword blank in cold water to increase its hardness and strength, and also to make it sharper. This requires a high level of practical skill, and since Chen Yang was not as adept at this as Hong Gui, he delegated this step to Hong Gui.
Chen Yang watched the entire process as Hong Gui completed this step. He became somewhat nervous when the red-hot sword blank was placed into the cold water tank, as this step was crucial to success or failure.
A large amount of water vapor rose up, and after the water vapor dissipated, Hong Gui took out the sword blank and revealed a smile.
"It's a success."
Chen Yang looked at the sword and breathed a sigh of relief. With this hurdle cleared, the next step was the time-consuming polishing process, which he and Hong Gui would take turns doing. The sword was now considered complete.
“I’ll talk to Yu Xuan and have him come over tomorrow to check the dimensions. We’ll leave the scabbard and hilt to him,” Hong Gui said.
Chen Yang nodded, and then drowsiness finally overcame him. However, he didn't have time to sleep; in reality, he had to set off. He still had hundreds of kilometers to go.
(End of this chapter)
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