"For example, the most famous heavy Crystal Suit in the cultivation world, the 'Luminous Crystal Suit', requires the use of the extremely precious' Luminous Stone 'during the refining process. Luminous Stone is a type of meteor from outer space. In the entire Tian Yuan Realm, only one piece has fallen down in the last five hundred years. In other words, only one Luminous Crystal Suit can be refined. It is impossible to refine a second one!"
"These two points add up to the fact that the vast majority of Crystal Suit cannot be mass-produced. The number of Crystal Suits is very small. On the battlefield, only commanders or commandos can equip them."
"If the Crystal Suit's price is a little cheaper, its structure is a little simpler, and the refining difficulty is a little lower, it can be mass-produced. Every cultivator will have one, and the Crystal Suit army of the Star Ocean Era will reappear. Let alone flattening the Demon Beast Wasteland, even the Blood Demon Sector will be crushed. Any Demon Generals or Demon Kings will be completely submerged by the flood of human steel!"
Yuan Manqiu's smile became more and more mysterious:
"Very good. Student Li Yao has hit the nail on the head. He has pointed out the two major problems in refining the Crystal Suit. Whoever can solve these two problems and refine a Crystal Suit that can be mass-produced at a low cost will be able to set off a storm in the industry. They will even change the combat mode of the entire cultivation world!"
Li Yao pondered for a moment before he suddenly understood Yuan Manqiu's meaning. He suddenly jumped up:
"Could it be that our Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department is refining a new type of Crystal Suit? A Crystal Suit that can be mass-produced at a low cost? "
As soon as these words came out, all the freshmen were in an uproar.
Freshmen who could enter the Nine Elite Universities were absolutely not fools. Everyone quickly realized that once this "Mass-Produced Crystal Suit" was successfully refined, it would set off a huge wave.
Let's not talk about anything else. Let's talk about the military ordering three to five thousand Crystal Suits in one breath. No. Just one to two thousand Crystal Suits would be enough. The profits would be astronomical. It would be enough to build the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department into one of the most powerful Refining Departments in the Federation!
"Really, Professor Yuan? Refining a Mass-Produced Crystal Suit? This is something that even the Deep Sea University's Refining Department would find difficult to accomplish. How can we actually do it? "
"Low cost? How low can it be? Can it be kept within 300 million? "
"Not using heavenly materials and earthly treasures? However, many of the key structures of the Crystal Suit were very precise, and there were special requirements for the strength and spiritual energy conductivity of the materials. Only very few Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures could satisfy these requirements. Ordinary materials could not handle them at all. Will it disintegrate in the air? "
The new students were all talking at once, and their faces lit up with joy. Their morale instantly soared to the peak, and they no longer had the lifeless appearance from before.
Yuan Manqiu struck while the iron was hot and smiled.
"It's true. As early as more than twenty years ago, when Old Mo and I were exploring a relic in the wasteland, we accidentally discovered a fragment of a jade chip. After more than ten years of analysis, we finally deciphered some precious information contained in it. We discovered that it was the manufacturing technology of a low-level Crystal Suit from the Star Ocean Imperium. However, it was incomplete, and many key steps and procedures were missing.
"Wow!"
Including Li Yao. Therefore, the eyes of the new students sparkled.
At the end of the Great Dark Age, the greatest human cultivator, the Supreme Emperor, was born and established the Star Ocean Empire, which spanned across the universe.
That was the peak of human cultivation technology. Supreme experts and supreme magical equipment were emerging one after another.
Unfortunately, during the "Armageddon Rebellion", the Supreme Emperor's strongest clone, the "Blood God", was corrupted by the extraterrestrial demons and became the strongest demonic cultivator, the "Mad Armageddon", setting off a second civil war in the world of cultivators.
The Star Ocean Empire was also destroyed in the flames of war that lasted for thousands of years. All kinds of cultivation technology plummeted, and the level of cultivation civilization regressed by at least thousands of years.
For the current Tian Yuan Realm. A fragment of a jade chip from the Star Ocean Imperium was absolutely a priceless treasure.
Yuan Manqiu was very satisfied with the new students' reaction. She continued.
"Old Mo and I established a research team ten years ago, and we worked day and night to overcome the difficulties. We hoped that we could apply the technology in this fragment of a jade chip to the modern Crystal Suit and refine it into a low-cost, mass-produced Crystal Suit. "
"Five years ago, we finally made a breakthrough. Therefore, we gathered all the teachers and students of the Refining Department, formed a refining team, and invested all our resources."
"At present, we have refined several key parts, and the overall structure is almost complete. The most difficult part of the project has already passed, and the completion rate is more than 90%. As long as we work harder, we will soon achieve success!"
"Today is the most important day for the launch of the 'Super Compressed Crystal Reactor'. All the teachers and students of the Refining Department are gathered in the refining workshop, so we have neglected everyone."
"However, as long as the Crystal Reactor is successfully operated, it will be able to output a steady stream of spiritual energy for the Crystal Suit, and the entire project will be 99% complete!"
"Because Old Mo is the leader of this project, and he was the one who first discovered the fragment of the jade chip, and he and I invested all our money, everyone used the word 'Xuan' in his name and called this project 'Project Mystic Skeleton'. And this mass-produced Crystal Suit is called 'Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit'."
"Our goal is to suppress the refining cost of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit to … below 100 million!"
"Fellow students, welcome to the 'Project Mystic Skeleton' and set off a super storm that will sweep the world of cultivators!"
Yuan Manqiu held her head high and said with incomparable pride.
"Wow …"
After listening to her words, all the freshmen were finally moved. Each and every one of them seemed to be full of air as they beamed with joy and were in high spirits!
What was the concept of 100 million?
Some of the more high-end armed shuttles, such as the Mystic Bird Battle Shuttle and the Crimson Flame Battle Shuttle, were priced close to 100 million. And apart from being a little faster, their combat power was absolutely no match for a Crystal Suit.
Before the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, the cheapest Crystal Suit cost more than 500 million, and this was only the training model, not including the offensive magical equipment installed on it.
It was equivalent to equipping at least five Cultivators with the same amount of money that could only be used to equip one Cultivator!
Even if the performance of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit was a little worse than other Crystal Suit, in the face of a 5: 1 or even 10: 1 advantage, no matter how big the performance difference was, it could still make up for it.
Not to mention that some of the slightly better Crystal Suit would easily cost more than a billion, several billion, or even tens of billions.
If all of this money was spent on the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, it could simply equip an entire legion!
Yuan Manqiu was right. If Project Mystic Skeleton was really successful, it would absolutely be an out-and-out Crystal Suit revolution. It would set off a world-shaking storm in the world of cultivators, and even completely change the current fighting style of cultivators!
At that time, every low-level cultivator would buy a Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit at all costs, and the military would send a huge order in the first instant!
They didn't even need to produce a Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. Just by providing the authorization and letting the military and other cultivation sects refine it, they would be able to make a lot of money by collecting the "authorization fee".
"It seems that I made the right choice to apply for the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department. As long as the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit is successfully refined, the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department will definitely leap to become one of the top refining departments in the Federation!"
Li Yao secretly thought to himself with a happy expression on his face.
The other freshmen were also beaming with smiles and extremely excited.
The older students were still sleeping and snoring incessantly.
However, in the eyes of the freshmen, even the oil stains on their clothes had become cute — after all, everyone was working so hard for the sake of the "Project Mystic Skeleton"!
The earlier the project was successful, the earlier everyone would be able to make a name for themselves!
Soon, after crossing more than half of Wild Waves City and passing by the majestic and large-scale floating mountains of the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall, the flying shuttle arrived at a somewhat messy and gloomy area.
This place was like the old district of Wild Waves City. The buildings on the ground were dilapidated, and the walls were peeling off, exposing the bumpy rock mass.
Seven or eight floating mountains were floating alone in the sky. They were one size smaller than the floating mountains in the city center.
One of the floating mountains seemed to have a problem with the anti-gravity array glyphs. The spiritual energy escaped and transformed into heat energy.
In order to dissipate the heat, they had to install a cooling pool next to the anti-gravity array glyphs. A large amount of water vapor gushed out from the cooling pool, causing the sky to be filled with smoke and miasma.
"Look, that floating mountain in front of us is our teaching building. Don't be fooled by its appearance. Inside, there is a very advanced laboratory, refining workshop, and a small metal smelting room, which can satisfy the most basic refining needs. As the saying goes, a sparrow may be small, but it has all the essentials!"
Yuan Manqiu pointed at a round floating mountain in front of them and said.
This floating mountain had no style to speak of. It was like a messy mixture of classical, modern, and futuristic styles. From a purely practical point of view, only function was considered, and aesthetics were completely ignored. It was simply like a huge pile of garbage floating in the sky.
If Yuan Manqiu had not said those words a moment ago, it was estimated that more than half of the freshmen would have thought of transferring after seeing this teaching building.
But now, everyone was very excited. They were immersed in the beautiful imagination of the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department thriving after the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit was successfully refined.
"Even this floating mountain was only built after Old Mo and I begged the headmaster for several years. Because we didn't have enough money, the facade is a little ugly … But it doesn't matter. As long as the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit is successfully refined, we will definitely build a super floating mountain that is even larger than the main teaching building of the Combat Department!"
Yuan Manqiu fiercely waved her fist as she spoke passionately.
Moved by her enthusiasm, Li Yao's fingers were also itching. He wished he could fly into this "garbage mountain" right now and start refining the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit together with Professor Mo Xuan!
"As long as the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit is successfully refined, there will be an astronomical amount of funds and earth-shattering resources pouring into the Refining Department. In a few years, the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department will become a key department like the Combat Department. Within ten years, there will definitely be an opportunity to be on par with Deep Sea University's Refining Department. At that time..."
"Boom!"
Just as Li Yao was immersed in an incomparably beautiful fantasy, he suddenly heard a world-shaking explosion.
A flame soared into the sky. A mushroom cloud spread out like an octopus, entangling the entire floating mountain. (To be continued)
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