Explosives, this word made Sui Xiong's imagination run wild.
From the Nobel Prize to the world war, from Samsung mobile phones to terrorist attacks … All kinds of thoughts surged into his mind like a tide, lingering.
It turned out that there were explosives in this world!
As far as Sui Xiong knew, there were no so-called explosives like those on Earth in this world. If explosives were needed, people in this world would use magic with this effect, or they would detonate things with rich magic such as magic stones and magic crystals to achieve a similar effect.
There was no doubt that these two methods were very expensive. The most common explosive spell was the Fireball, one of the typical middle-level spells. The value of a magic stone or magic crystal was even higher than hiring a middle-level mage to cast the Fireball.
So for a long time, except for some very rich people, few people would use explosives to kill their enemies. That was until Crick Keane appeared out of nowhere. When he was so ill that it was difficult for him to even walk, he arranged for Wizard Damwade to refine a large number of explosives and then buried them under a hall, blowing up a large group of villains who harbored evil intentions. Not a single one of them managed to escape.
But after that, no one made explosives again. Wizard Damwade focused on studying agriculture and did not come into contact with this again until he became a god. Crick Keane himself died in that explosion and became the Holy Spirit of the Void Mask.
… At least in the eyes of the "insiders."
In fact, Crick and Sui Xiong were the same person. The so-called "extinct Crick Bomb" was simply a recipe that Sui Xiong had made by referring to a web novel he had read.
He could not remember the name of that web novel. What impressed him the most was the detailed description of a large number of industrial technologies, including all kinds of blueprints. In terms of explosives, it described the steps of making acid, producing glycerin, nitration, and so on in great detail. In theory, as long as there was no fear of an explosion during the actual operation, a middle school student could follow its introduction and make powerful explosives.
When Sui Xiong first read that novel, this was the part that left the deepest impression. That was why he could rely on this impression to invent this dangerous item that had won a Nobel Prize on Earth and use its power to make a big news.
However, even Sui Xiong did not know that dwarves were also studying explosives, and it seemed that they had made some progress …
"Explosives? What's that? " Of course, it was impossible for Hoppes to know anything about explosives. Hearing Dudu speaking so mysteriously, he could not help but ask.
Dudu thought about it and said, "You can think of it as something similar to magic crystals, but they can't output magic steadily and can only be used for explosions."
Hoppes nodded to show that he understood. Sid asked again, "Then... how strong is the explosive effect of such a large piece of bedrock? Compared to a standard fireball, is it bigger or smaller? "
He pointed to a chunk of bedrock about half the size of his palm.
Dudu pondered for a moment and said, "Probably equivalent to four or five fireballs."
Sid's face suddenly turned pale. He gently placed the bedrock that he was playing with on the ground. After thinking for a while, he still felt uneasy, so he picked it up and placed it on Dudu's bed.
"How do you detonate this thing?" he asked.
"Knock it or burn it with an open flame. Either will do."
Hoppes' countenance immediately turned as pale as a sheet of paper. In order to hammer the long nails into the rock wall, he had lost count of the number of times he had hammered the rock wall …
Looking at how nervous they were, Dudu could not help but laugh. "Don't worry. Under normal circumstances, bedrock is unable to explode."
With that, he picked up the piece of bedrock and placed it on an anvil at the side. He casually swung the hammer that he was used to, and with a loud bang, the bedrock was smashed into pieces.
Sid and Hoppes looked at this scene with trepidation, almost wanting to escape through the door. Thankfully, Dudu's earlier words had given them some confidence. Otherwise, they would definitely not have the courage to stand here and continue talking.
"We, the dwarves, discovered bedrock a long time ago, but it was only a few years ago that we discovered that it can explode." Dudu smiled and said, "The crux of this is our secret. Please forgive me for not being able to tell you. Actually, knowing this won't be of any benefit to you, right? "
Sid and Hoppes looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
Right now, they were already a little regretful that they had asked for the information. One look and they knew that this matter was no small matter. It was really not something that two greenhorns like them could handle!
They did not dare to ask further and went back to sleep. As for whether they would be able to sleep and whether they would have nightmares, only the heavens would know.
The next day, Hoppes went to pull out all the long nails that he had put in.
"We've already laid them all the way here. It's really a pity to give up now!" A member of the exploration team felt that it was a pity.
Hoppes could not explain the reason, so he only smiled and explained, "Anyway, there's no way to go up the last section. Rather than wasting the long nails here, we might as well pull them out."
"It's not a waste to leave them here. We might need them in the future."
"No … Anyway, the holes that we've made are still here. If there's a need in the future, we can reinstall the long nails. It's not that troublesome." With that, Hoppes led the team back to the campsite.
Actually, he had already decided that he would definitely not go near this cliff in the future.
There was a large amount of dangerous goods up there! Although he did not know under what circumstances it would explode, the thought that a piece the size of half a fist could explode with a power comparable to four or five fireballs made him nervous.
It was better to stay as far away from this godforsaken place as possible!
At the top of the cliff, in a place that could not be seen clearly from the ground, Sui Xiong held a piece of bedrock that had just been dug out and examined it carefully.
The secret in Dudu Hill's heart was as clear as if it were written in black and white in his eyes. The key secret that the dwarves had discovered to turn bedrock into explosives was actually to grind it into powder.
Grinding the bedrock until it was as fine as flour would allow the originally stable bedrock to become explosive. The finer the grinding, the more explosive it would be.
Currently, the method that the dwarves used was to grind it before sifting it with a gauze net. After sifting it with an extremely fine gauze net, the resulting bedrock powder could be used as pretty good explosives. However, this method was time-consuming and laborious, and the production efficiency could not keep up. They were still thinking about how to improve the process.
As far as Dudu knew, a few dwarf master craftsmen were working together to research a set of machinery that could grind bedrock. Currently, they had quite a lot of inspiration and had tried to make some prototypes, but the results were not ideal.
In order to prevent the bedrock from exploding when it was crushed and ground, the machinery had to work in water. Only by immersing the bedrock in water and grinding could it avoid explosion. However, it was really too difficult to make a machine that could work stably in water.
"Maybe … I can think of some other way …" Sui Xiong mumbled to himself as he looked at the piece of bedrock that was not very big. "Explosions are art. As an artist, if I don't put in the effort, who will?!"
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