Hou Zitao seemed to have been punched in the chest. His face turned pale. 6d
He had been a warm and cheerful man in the beginning. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been sent to welcome Li Yao.
But however cheerful he was, he was rendered speechless for a moment when he heard Li Yao's assertion that his research would remain on paper.
The other young refiners, including Long Yunxin, were greatly surprised when they saw the equations that Li Yao listed out, too. However, their main focus was not on gun-type magical equipment. Therefore, they did not understand many of the equations at all.
But judging from Hou Zitao's face, it was obvious that he had been completely astounded.
"Sister Long."
Xie Anan pulled Long Yunxin back and whispered into her ear, "Is Sand Scorpion very good at refining, too? Why can't I understand the equations that he listed and the model of the buffer rune array that he constructed?
Long Yunxin was silent for a moment before she replied, "I can only understand one third of them, too. But judging from Monkey's appearance, his heart seems to have been pierced through by his arrow!"
Hou Zitao's eyes were immediately bloodshot. He glanced at the equations that Li Yao listed for a long time, his pale face gradually turning red. He tried to find a loophole, but he failed to say anything for a long time. In the end, he could only smile bitterly and say, "Thank you for your enlightenment, Master Sand Scorpion. You are right. With the technology of the Flying Star Sector right now, it is indeed impossible to refine the buffer unit to such a small size that it will not affect its usability! My path has been wrong from the very beginning. It seems that it is impossible to combine firearms and swords! "
The redness on his face immediately faded into ash, and his entire body slumped.
"Not necessarily."
Li Yao blew at the air softly. The ripples in midair dispersed. He said solemnly, "Vibration sabers won't work. But have you ever considered chainswords? Chainswords mainly provide damage by slashing. The vibration caused by them is much weaker than that of vibration sabers. By combining chainswords and spiritual guns, a brand-new 'chaingun' can be produced. This is also a very good way of thinking. "
Hou Zitao shook his head and said dispiritedly, "Chainsword, vibrosaber, high-temperature battle axe. Of course, I've considered all of these classic melee magical equipment. But comparing the three of them, the vibrosaber's structure is the simplest. As for the chainsword... The structure is too complicated, and it's very difficult to combine it with a spirit gun. "
Li Yao smiled faintly. He drew more than ten sketches in midair again while he said, "Mr. Hou, these are some structural designs that I designed when I was bored. They combine chainswords and spiritual guns. Please give me some pointers."
Hou Zitao glanced at it and was instantly stunned. His eyes wished he could turn into two bloody mouths and swallow all the sketches.
Li Yao said, "Your thesis inspired me a lot. Truth be told, I've been meaning to craft a piece of combined magical equipment that combines remote magical equipment and melee magical equipment for a long time. However, I'm not familiar with the structure of spiritual guns, so I haven't done it yet.
"I've read some of your in-progress reports and believe that your research has reached a mature level. If you hadn't come to greet me, I would've found the time to meet you. I just don't know what you think of my train of thought. "
Hou Zitao was dazed. "What — what rune arrays are used in the structural designs? Why haven't I seen them before?"
Li Yao smiled. "They are ancient rune arrays that I found in several underground relics on Iron Plateau. They should be the rune arrays left by the predecessors in the era of the coalition government of the Flying Star Sector five thousand years ago. "
Hou Zitao gasped. "That would be the golden age before the apocalypse!"
Li Yao nodded. "Exactly. Professors, the overall level of refining on Iron Plateau is far lower than that of the Cultivators of the Flying Star Sector. But as for myself, I had a fortuitous encounter when I was young. I received some legacies from the era of the coalition government of the Flying Star Sector. Therefore, I know some secret arts that are not widely known in the outside world. "
"That explains a lot!"
Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment.
Although Iron Plateau was a desolate place right now, it had been the center of the Flying Star Sector five thousand years ago. It was perfectly normal that certain legacies were buried in relics below the ground.
No wonder Sand Scorpion was so awesome.
Hou Zitao scratched his head and mumbled, "However, no matter how feeble the vibration of a chainsword is, the precision of the weapon will be affected more or less if the buffer units are not used. What should we do?"
"Master Hou, I think that you're mistaken."
Li Yao said, "I don't think that we need to pursue precision and damage blindly. Even if such a 'chaingun' is successfully produced, it will not necessarily be favored by the real experts.
"It is obvious that such a combined weapon will not be as handy as a real saber or sword, and it will not be as accurate as a single gun, either.
"For a true expert, he will definitely pursue the most specialized magical equipment, not this kind of combined weapon."
"However, how many real experts are out there? Ordinary people and low-level Cultivators make up most of them after all.
"Right now, everybody in the Flying Star Sector is in a panic. Before, a carrier fleet only needed one or two frigates or a few Exos to protect it. But right now, everybody wants to be a soldier. They will feel uneasy if they don't have at least one weapon in their hands."
"If such a chaingun is truly produced, it should be prepared for the ordinary people. Therefore, there is no need to pursue precision. As long as the cost and the failure rate are reduced, it will be fine.
"Furthermore, we can even make use of the slight vibration caused by the rotation of the chainsword to increase the dispersion of the bullets, which will make up for the shortcomings of the ordinary people. Of course, a lot of new rune arrays will be applied. I need to study them carefully when I get back. Let's talk later."
Li Yao had participated in Project Mystic Skeleton before. He had accumulated a lot of experience in the research and development of MP magical equipment. As a member of the grassroots faction, he knew very well what was most important for a piece of MP magical equipment.
"Trust me."
Li Yao smiled and said to Hou Zitao, "Master Hou, the most important thing right now is time. If we can produce a prototype of such a piece of magical equipment as soon as possible, it will certainly become one of the hottest magical equipment in the entire Flying Star Sector!"
Hou Zitao rolled his eyes and was about to say something when his companions pushed him away. "Master Sand Scorpion, nice to meet you. I am Ning Changfeng from the Refining Department. My main field of study is defense magical equipment. You see, I've run into a minor problem recently …"
While he was talking, another young refiner squeezed close. "Master Sand Scorpion …"
Xie Anan and Long Yunxin looked at each other in bewilderment. Long Yunxin gnashed her teeth. "Those good-for-nothings!"
She strode forward, too, and pushed the two young refiners away. Putting on the most charming smile, she said gracefully, "Master Sand Scorpion, nice to meet you. My name is Long Yunxin. I am …"
"What?"
Xie Anan was dumbfounded. She pouted.
It should have only taken half an hour from the No. 6 space port to the Refining Department of Flying Star University by shuttle.
But they had been on the road for an hour and a half.
It was not because of a traffic jam but because they were discussing refining with Master Sand Scorpion in the shuttle.
By the time the shuttle landed slowly, Hou Zitao and the rest of them were already worshipping Li Yao.
If they had not been reminded, they would have completely forgotten that the person they were greeting was a 'brawny but simple-minded' magnate from Iron Plateau. They would've taken Li Yao for a real master of refining!
"Master Sand Scorpion, this way, please. Be careful. This is the No. 1 Refining Center of the Refining Department of Flying Star University." Hou Zitao bowed and smiled obsequiously.
Li Yao observed the view in front of him with great interest.
Flying Star University truly deserved to be one of the two best universities of the Flying Star Sector. The campus environment was quite splendid. He felt that he was in the middle of a forest park. As far as his eyes could see, there were meadows, woods, and mountains everywhere. Several delicate floating mountains were floating in midair. Waterfalls were sprinkling down, too. The steam from the waterfalls, together with the vague fragrance of the earth, was quite refreshing.
If he did not raise his head, he would've forgotten that he was in the middle of an enormous circular space station.
The entire Flying Star University was located in the No. 3 orbital ring of Heavenly Saints City. The place they were in was actually a cylindrical structure. Therefore, Li Yao could only see that the ground in the distance was tilting upward and extending to the top of his head.
Whichever direction he walked to, he would reach the 'top' of the place where he was standing and return to the starting point.
Raising his head, he saw a vivid blue sky and white clouds.
But Li Yao knew that it was just an illusion created by magical equipment. If the illusion was gone, he should've been able to see the forests and buildings that were hanging upside down in the 'sky'.
In the eyes of the residents there, he was' hanging upside down ', too, except that he was attracted by the artificial gravity field.
"Greetings, Master Sand Scorpion."
Inside the hall of the No. 1 Refining Center, Wei Wenyao, the dean of the faculty, greeted him with a smile.
However, when he glanced at the five refiners who were like stars around the moon, he felt that something was wrong. He mumbled to himself, What's wrong with those guys?
Although I asked them to be more enthusiastic, isn't it too unbelievable that they are doing this for a few research funds? Do they not have the demeanor of an expert at all?
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