As the freshmen were picked up by their respective student unions one after another, the plaza, which was bustling with noise and excitement, quickly became deserted. Only Li Yao and seven or eight freshmen were left. ※ ※
Except for Li Yao, everyone was frowning and sighing — they were all freshmen of the Refining Department.
"Sigh, everyone has settled down. Only a few of us are left. The Refining Department is worthy of being called the trashiest department of the Grand Desolate War Institution. Look, even the freshmen are half a beat slower than them. Until now, no one has appeared!"
A slightly fat boy with dark skin curled his lips and said with a wry smile.
His name was Huang Tong, and he had an extroverted personality. Very soon, he connected the atmosphere and made the fellow sufferers familiar with each other.
After everyone finished introducing each other's names and hometowns, Li Yao finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been lingering in his heart:
"Fellow brothers, why is everyone so gloomy? Although the Refining Department isn't that great, it is still one of the 'Nine Elite Universities'. No matter how bad it is, it can't be that bad. After graduation, you can always find a job. Is there a need for you to feel so bad? "
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other in dismay. All of them looked at Li Yao with a very strange gaze.
Li Yao felt goosebumps from being stared at by them. He said in a daze, "Did I say something wrong?"
Huang Tong laughed strangely:
"It seems that before Student Li Yao filled in his application form, he certainly didn't have a good understanding of the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department."
Li Yao frowned:
"I really didn't have a deep understanding of it. I only know that it is one of the worst departments of the 'Nine Elite Universities'. So what? At most, the teaching level is a little low. As long as we work hard enough, it's not impossible for us to succeed. As the saying goes, the master can lead us through the door, but we have to cultivate ourselves! "
Huang Tong heaved a long sigh and said:
"I knew that you definitely didn't have a deep understanding of it. Otherwise, with your identity as a city-level college entrance examination champion, how could you step into this quagmire? "
"Quagmire? I don't understand! "
"Let me tell you, Student Li Yao. The biggest problem of the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department is not that the teaching level is too low, but that the refining philosophy here is fundamentally different from the mainstream of the refiners' circle. It belongs to the 'non-mainstream' category."
"If we use the words of the ancient cultivation world from forty thousand years ago — in the mainstream refiners' eyes. The Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department is a heretical school! "
"Unorthodox — that serious?" Li Yao was shocked.
Huang Tong nodded and said, "It's more serious than you think. It can even rise to the level of a 'Great Dao Struggle'!"
"Battle of the Great Dao?" Li Yao frowned. Ding Yin had said the same thing, so it seemed to be true.
He remembered that on the Distant Expanse, he had once encountered a conflict between a Star Nebula University professor and a Federation First Military Academy teacher.
In order to argue about the nature of spiritual energy, the two of them had a "competition of beliefs", and they almost went out and had a "fight".
If it wasn't for the fact that it was a public place and there were many onlookers, the two of them might have really started a fight. Someone had died.
Zheng Dongming had also explained to Li Yao that a 'Cultivator' was a 'person who pursued the truth'. Every Cultivator was extremely stubborn about the beliefs that they carried out.
No matter how gentle a Cultivator's temperament was, once they encountered a "competition of beliefs", they would show their edge and not compromise, until the "truth" that the enemy believed in was completely destroyed.
The "truth" was the foundation of a Cultivator, and the "competition of beliefs" was the biggest war of a Cultivator. It was even more serious than the war against demons and ghosts; there was not the slightest room for negotiation.
"Is the 'truth' that the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department believes in and the mainstream ideology so different? It can actually rise to the level of a 'competition of beliefs'? "
Li Yao really didn't understand.
Huang Tong coughed. He explained:
"The so-called 'competition of beliefs' is the debate between the elites and the grassroots."
"The mainstream refining theory represented by Deep Sea University advocates the elite route. The more complex the design of the magical equipment, the more rigorous the structure, and the more powerful the magical equipment, the better!"
"As for the magical equipment that is refined, the cost is too high. The structure is too complex, resulting in a high failure rate. At the same time, the requirements for the magical equipment are increasingly harsh … These problems, in the eyes of mainstream refining theory, are trivial and irrelevant. "
"According to this ideology, the ones who decide the outcome of a war are the high-level Cultivators. Therefore, we must refine powerful high-level magical equipment at all costs for the use of Core Formation Stage experts and Yuanying Old Monsters. At most, we can refine some ordinary magical equipment for the use of Building Foundation Stage cultivators. "
"As for the Refinement Stage cultivators and ordinary soldiers, they are unable to influence the overall situation and are not worth our time. They are not the focus of the refiners' attention."
"This is the general view of the refiners' circle. The majority of the schools and refining sects think this way."
"And our university's Refining Department is probably the only exception. Because our university rose from the grassroots, we pay special attention to the combat strength of low-level Cultivators and ordinary soldiers."
"In the refining ideology of the grassroots, the ones who decide the outcome of a war are not the high-level Cultivators. On the contrary, the masses of low-level Cultivators and ordinary soldiers are the key."
"As long as the thousands upon thousands of Refinement Stage cultivators and ordinary soldiers are equipped with suitable magical equipment, enough ants can bite an elephant to death. Even the Yuanying Old Monsters would be crushed into meat paste under the attack of thousands upon thousands of Refinement Stage cultivators!"
"From this point of view, the criteria to determine the quality of a magical equipment is obviously not its power."
"Low cost, simple structure, stable performance, not easy to damage, or in other words, easy to repair after damage, using ordinary raw materials instead of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, being able to mass produce on the assembly line, and being able to quickly learn how to use it … Only with these advantages can a magical equipment be truly good!"
"You see, the refining ideology of the elite faction and the grassroots faction are diametrically opposed. This is the most typical 'Great Dao Struggle'."
"At present, the elite faction is the mainstream in the circle. 90% of the refiners belong to the elite faction. They regard the grassroots faction as ignorant barbarians. They even laugh at the grassroots faction for refining magical equipment that are like fire rods or lumps of iron. They simply can't be considered as real magical equipment."
"The pillar of the grassroots faction is our department's dean, Professor Mo Xuan. He almost single-handedly carries the banner of the entire grassroots faction. He has persisted in refining magical equipment for ordinary people and low-level Cultivators for decades without wavering. Therefore, in the refiners' circle, he has the nickname of 'Madman'."
"The mainstream refiners' circle despises the students of 'Madman Mo' very much. After we graduate, it is almost impossible for us to find a good job in the mainstream refiners' circle. Even the big sects ranked in the top 500 of the Federation will not recruit graduates of the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department. We can only go to some small and medium-sized sects or the grassroots army to engage in the most basic refining work. In short, our future is very bleak. "
"That's all. This is the 'Struggle of the Great Dao' in the refiners' circle. As long as one has a deep understanding of it, they will not apply for the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department. "
"Take me for example. Even in my dreams, I have never thought of studying in the Refining Department. My first choice was the Sword Cultivator of the Combat Department. However, I chose to 'obey the assignment'. In the end, my score was not enough to become a Sword Cultivator, so I was transferred to the Refining Department!"
"I really didn't want to come, but I have already repeated two years. I really don't want to repeat three years and become a 'sixth year high school student'. Isn't that too shameful? I had no choice but to pinch my nose and come. "
Huang Tong's words aroused the resonance of all the freshmen. Everyone began to talk at once.
"Me too, me too. I also didn't want to study in the damn Refining Department. It was my dad who forced me to come. In any case, it is one of the 'Nine Elite Universities'. It is still very awe-inspiring! "
"Who would be willing to study some grassroots refining technique? I have already thought about it. As soon as I have the chance, I will transfer to another department. Let alone the four major departments, any department is better than going crazy with 'Madman Mo'! "
"Same, same. Brothers, let's work hard together. Strive to transfer to another department as soon as possible! "
When Huang Tong saw Li Yao's pensive appearance, he thought that Li Yao was worried about his future. He couldn't help but laugh and say:
"Student Li Yao, what are you worried about? You are so strong that the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall have already sent you an invitation. You can transfer to another department at any time. No matter how bad the Refining Department is, it has nothing to do with you. "
Li Yao pondered for a long time before he shook his head and said:
"Thank you for your introduction, Student Huang Tong. However, I have no intention of transferring to another department. On the contrary, after listening to your introduction, I feel that choosing the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department was the right choice. The refining philosophy here is very much to my liking."
All the students were dumbfounded. It was as if they were looking at a monster.
Huang Tong said in amazement, "Don't tell me you are the same as' Madman Mo '? Do you also adhere to the grassroots refining philosophy?"
"Yes." Li Yao calmly admitted.
After swallowing a large amount of Ou Yezi's memory fragments, Li Yao's understanding of refining had unwittingly been tainted with the style of the ancient cultivators from 40,000 years ago.
In the ancient cultivators' era, there were not that many complex magical equipment. For example, the "Taiyi Lightning Railgun", which required hundreds of thousands of components to be refined, simply did not exist.
Even if it was a divine weapon that could kill a Divine Transformation Stage old monster, it would at most be composed of a few hundred components.
Therefore, Li Yao naturally advocated the simple and direct refining philosophy. He was somewhat resistant to particularly complex and precise magical equipment.
More importantly...
Li Yao vaguely remembered that a long time ago, in a strange dream, in the world of his previous life, there were two super hegemons. Starting from two different design philosophies, they created two completely different styles of weapons that were equally tyrannical!
One was the "Soviet style"!
The other was the "German style"!
The German style weapons were like the magical equipment of the elite faction. The structure was complex and precise, the manufacturing cost was high, the production process was complex, and the requirements for the operator were extremely high.
Of course, the power was also incomparably powerful.
As for the Soviet style weapons, they were like the magical equipment of the grassroots faction. They were specially created for the human wave tactic. They did not demand power, only simple and reliable structure. The manufacturing cost was low, and they could be mass-produced in the most simple and crude workshops. Illiterate ordinary people and even women could immediately use them.
Relying on the powerful German style weapons, the former super hegemon once swept through the entire world and swallowed half of the civilized world. On the tactical level, they achieved one glorious victory after another.
However, on the strategic level...
The Soviet style weapons, which were simple in structure, cheap in cost, and easy to operate, continuously poured out from the simple and crude workshops and assembled into an overwhelming army of steel. Under the operation of a group of boorish and barbaric soldiers who only had courage and courage but no combat experience, they forcibly withstood the devastation of the German style weapons and the most elite soldiers. In the end, they even pushed back and smashed the extremely exquisite German style weapons, which could be called works of art, into pieces.
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