The news of the cooperation between the Mountain Sea Sect and the Moon Splitting Sword Guild was like a pebble thrown into a still pond. Soon, it caught the attention of people in the circle and became the center of the ripples.
Many swordsman sects regretted that they hadn't thought of such a good idea.
If the flying sword express network of the Moon Splitting Sword Guild became popular, it would change the logistics and transportation model of the entire Federation. The potential business opportunities were immeasurable.
Many other sects were not optimistic about the business model. They thought that the cooperation between the Mountain Sea Sect and the Moon Splitting Sword Guild was only because they had no other choice. A new piece of magical equipment and a new marketing model was destined to hit the market hard.
In the next ten days, the sales of the Demon Beast Detector soared like a flying sword. But it was like a heavy slap to the conservatives' face.
The Grand Desolate Plateau was full of treasures. The ordinary people living here could make more money than they could in the inland, while risking their lives.
The ordinary people working in the remote mines and the wilderness had even more purchasing power. They just didn't have the channels to spend money.
The express delivery model, which could deliver goods to their doorstep within one day and one night, ignited their consumption.
To deal with the low-end customers, Li Yao made some special modifications to the Demon Beast Detector.
Other than simplifying the structure and strength of the Demon Beast Detector and reducing the cost, he also adjusted the files of the demon beasts stored in the chip.
Ordinary people didn't need to know about the powerful demon beasts above the level of high-level Demon Soldiers. Instead, they needed to know about the common demon beasts such as snakes, insects, rats, and ants, as well as the venomous snakes and scorpions that were not even demon beasts.
The low-end version of the Demon Beast Detector had added a lot of data in that regard.
For the venomous insects and snakes that were commonly seen in the wilderness and in the depths of the mother lodes, detailed methods to avoid and detoxify them were listed in the files. The users could even input the contact information of the local hospital, the garrison, and the Cultivation sect. In case of a demon beast attack, as long as the Demon Beast Detector was connected to the network, it could automatically send a distress signal to the hospital, the military, or the Cultivation sect.
Such functions greatly improved the practicality of the Demon Beast Detector. The consumers also recognized the Demon Beast Detector as the pioneer version of the young generation. It was indeed a piece of magical equipment tailor-made for ordinary people.
In only three days, the online order of the Demon Beast Detector exceeded 10,000 units.
Five days later, 20,000 units were sold.
Ten days later, the number of orders reached an astonishing 47,000 units!
As a survival magical equipment, this kind of sales volume could be said to be terrifying, and this was only for individual users.
As the influence of the Demon Beast Detector continued to expand, many mines, farms, engineering teams, field exploration teams, construction companies in new towns, and so on had proposed to purchase the Demon Beast Detector in bulk from the Mountain Sea Sect. They wanted to distribute the Demon Beast Detector as a labor protection item.
In the next month. The sales volume of the Demon Beast Detector was very likely to exceed 100,000 units!
At this time, Sanbao Magazine also changed their attitude.
When the Demon Beast Detector was first launched, because of the secret operation of the Zephyr Guild, they were able to arrange several third-rate reviewers to post some articles that were quite positive.
But right now, the sales of the Demon Beast Detector were on the rise, and the feedback from the users was quite positive. It was inevitable that people would doubt their professionalism.
Thus, two weeks after the joint press conference. The Demon Beast Detector appeared on the hot review page of Sanbao Magazine and then on the best-selling list of new magical equipment, raising another wave of discussion.
The Zephyr Guild was the most embarrassed about the success of the Demon Beast Detector.
Objectively speaking, this was the first commercial magical equipment refined by Li Yao, a college student. The Demon Beast Detector had many unsatisfactory aspects.
As for the so-called 'Young Pioneer Version of the Demon Beast Detector', it was only because the Mountain Sea Sect was unable to purchase high-quality crystal cameras with a high resolution that Li Yao had managed to put together.
If one wanted to find flaws, one could naturally list 17 or 18 of them.
But the problem was not how good the Demon Beast Detector was. But through comparison, people suddenly found that the old-fashioned detection magical equipment worn on the wrist was too awkward and terrible!
"The Demon Beast Detector is just a toy refined by a college student. Of course, we won't choose it."
"But the detection magical equipment refined by the Zephyr Guild are all worn on the wrist, which is not very convenient to use. Can we change the method and directly display it in front of us?"
Many old customers of the Zephyr Guild expressed their opinions.
As a result, the sales of the few magical equipment of the Zephyr Guild, which used to be very popular, had stagnated or even declined in the past month. The stock price of the Zephyr Guild was moving subtly, too, indicating that the confidence in the Zephyr Guild was wavering.
Although the Demon Beast Detector alone was not enough to defeat the behemoth that was the Zephyr Guild, it was still like a sharp sword that had pierced into the critical part of the Zephyr Guild and started bleeding incessantly.
For Li Yao, the confrontation with the Zephyr Guild had brought him two unexpected benefits.
Firstly, as a refiner, he had distinguished himself in the circle of refiners under the name of 'Fiend Star Li Yao'. He was even somewhat famous among ordinary people.
Secondly, through the advertisements, everybody knew that such a young man had traveled in the Thunderous Sound Mountain for ten days and ten nights with the help of the Demon Beast Detector.
Secondly, on every Demon Beast Detector, there was a star with a naughty smile on his face, which was the symbol of Fiend Star.
Secondly, not only had he reached a closer cooperation with the Mountain Sea Sect, he had also reached out to the Moon Splitting Sword Sect. The two parties had reached a loose agreement. If Li Yao produced any new magical equipment, he could sell it according to the model that he had just established.
What was more coincidental was that the Moon Splitting Sword Sect, which was famous for its unmanned flying swords, boasted a high degree of expertise in the production of crystal cameras. The crystal cameras of the 'Microstar' and 'Alkaid' series that they produced were both excellent pieces of magical equipment in the industry.
Now that the high-resolution crystal cameras were guaranteed, the next step was to move to the high-end market.
Li Yao was quite ambitious. He took the opportunity to upgrade the high-end version of the Demon Beast Detector. It was almost a complete redesign. The communication function, the automatic mapping function, and the directional recognition function were integrated into the Demon Beast Detector.
As for the latter function. It could be used even when there was no Internet connection. It was a conclusion that he had drawn based on his experience when he was lost in the Thunderous Sound Mountain.
The principle was that the Demon Beast Detector would scan the environment and make virtual markings according to the features of the environment. If the Demon Beast Detector lost its way, the Demon Beast Detector would automatically show an arrow and help the user escape by activating the 'backtrack' function.
This enhanced version of the Demon Beast Detector had been named the Demon Beast Detector Jedi Warrior Edition. It was specially designed for low-level and middle-level cultivators to use when they were fighting and training in the wild. The "retrace" function was the biggest selling point of the Demon Beast Detector.
The production, marketing, and promotion of the Demon Beast Detector were all entrusted to Shang Tianling, the professionals of the Mountain Sea Sect, and the Moon Splitting Sword Sect.
The business of the Demon Beast Detector came to an end. Li Yao didn't have the energy and interest to develop a new product for the time being.
He devoted himself to Project Mystic Skeleton.
The Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution could be said to be a gathering of talents.
The few experts of the grassroots were almost all gathered here.
They were adept at everything. Some were experts in power rune arrays, some were experts in the refinement of sabers and swords, and some were experts in firearms. Experts in crystal processors, experts in aerodynamics …
These experts were the members of the Project Mystic Skeleton team. They were also the lecturers of the Refining Department. The middle and advanced courses they taught had only one student, who was naturally Li Yao.
Therefore, most of the time, they simply moved the class to the laboratory. Usually, seven or eight experts would sit in a circle. Hundreds of blueprints of the Crystal Suit would be spread out. They would argue with each other about a certain technical problem or the arrangement of runes. Li Yao would be their assistant and take notes. He would ask questions and learn at the same time.
Li Yao was very fond of such a teaching method.
He was like an insatiable octopus that extended its tentacles full of suckers and crazily absorbed knowledge from the experts.
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, too, gradually became fuller and more hideous under the concerted efforts of the experts.
However …
On the second day after the Demon Beast Detector Jedi Edition was released, a piece of shocking news exploded like a heavy bomb and raised a storm in the world of Cultivators!
The MP Crystal Suit jointly developed by Deep Sea University and the Gold Armor Clan had solved the most critical technical problem and produced the first test model!
In the Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution, all the members of the Project Mystic Skeleton gathered together and stared at the huge light beam with solemn expressions.
It was the joint press conference of Deep Sea University and the Gold Armor Clan that was being broadcasted.
The scale of the press conference was dozens of times larger than that of the Demon Beast Detector.
Below the stage, there was a sea of people.
Li Yao felt as if the entire press circle had turned out in full force. Ten out of ten reporters of the Federation had gathered here.
Their impatient expressions were like dogs that had been starved for three days and three nights and were staring at a meat bone hanging from the ceiling.
"What a huge gap!"
Li Yao sighed in his heart.
Originally, he was quite satisfied with the press conference last month. He had secretly paid attention to the sales and user reviews of the Demon Beast Detector and felt a little proud.
But today, after watching the press conference, he finally understood what it meant to be a dominator in the circle of refiners and what it meant to be 'famous' in the Federation!
Just by releasing a piece of news, without even a prototype or relevant performance data, all the magical equipment discussion boards and media were occupied. Everyone was crazily discussing the new Crystal Suit.
In front of the stormy waves, all the topics related to the Demon Beast Detector were completely drowned.
"One day, the magical equipment that I refine will be as sensational as this!"
"However, Deep Sea University is indeed powerful. It has only been a few months, and they have already produced a test model of the MP Crystal Suit, which is even faster than our university. There is no reason for this!"
Soon, the relevant leaders of the Refining Department of Deep Sea University, including Dean Chu Xiuhong, Supernova Jiang Sheng, and the leadership of the Gold Armor Clan, walked to the rostrum with smiles on their faces.
However, the crystal loudspeaker was handed over to a young man who was less than 30 years old. (To be continued...)
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