The work progressed quickly, and Sang Fan and the rest soon got the hang of it. Using alchemy to make metal weapons was simple, and did not require much from the maker. With Ye Chong's approval, Sang Fan and the rest promoted it in the Sang Family Village, and now, almost everyone could make it.
The cultivation of the gray mushrooms was also successful. Sang Rubei had studied plants for many years, and soon found the best growing conditions for the gray mushrooms. They even specifically found a few suitable gravity fields to be used as breeding bases for the Gray Mushrooms.
The entire Sang Family Village was involved in this large-scale production transformation. Other than the hunting team, the rest of the men went to mine lavagold, while the women followed Sang Rubei to learn how to cultivate the gray mushrooms.
The hunting team was all equipped with new spears. The lavagold spears were fitted with bitterwood shafts of suitable thickness. The sharpened lavagold spears shone with a beautiful but lethal gleam, making the other villagers envious. However, when they thought about how they would soon have their own spears, everyone became more motivated to work. A warrior's love for weapons was like a playboy's love for beautiful women.
The new spears brought great results in their first appearance. The hunting team's first hunt was three times the usual amount. The mountain of prey made Old Sang De smile so widely that his eyes narrowed into slits. This also proved the power of metal weapons to the people. All the villagers treated Ye Chong with great respect. This was a sincere respect for the man who brought them hope. To be able to stand in front of the teacher and listen to the teacher's teachings was the most fervent wish in the hearts of all young people.
Hence, when Ye Chong told Old Sang De that he needed more assistants, all the young people in the Sang Family Village, except for Sang Ling, came to sign up. Even Sang Pu could not help himself, and wanted to join in the fun, but was scolded by Old Sang De.
In the end, Old Sang De chose 10 young people around the age of 13 or 14. These young people were not fixed in their thinking, and were more receptive to new things.
The reason why Ye Chong needed more assistants was because of his current work. Ye Chong had left the production of the metal weapons to Sang Fan. He was now fully focused on his new research, which was the research on lowheat rocks.
He knew that he was in a race against time. His goal was to save Mu Shang and the others. Otherwise, everything else would be meaningless.
Ye Chong still could not find a way to activate the energy inside the damned mildstone. That was the biggest obstacle in front of Ye Chong. Without energy, everything was just empty talk. Ye Chong understood that while metal weapons could improve the lives of the Sang Family Village, it would not help in saving Mu, Shang and the rest.
Ye Chong was considering if he could use alchemy to activate the energy in the mildstone.
Ye Chong had gained a deeper understanding of alchemy, and was beginning to consider the feasibility of it from an alchemist's perspective.
No one had ever done this before. Ye Chong could not find a single clue in all the information provided by Lunatic Guan. However, Ye Chong could not just sit back and watch. He had to do everything he could think of.
Ye Chong was not a person who liked to express his feelings. In fact, he had never talked about this with Mu and Shang. He never thought that Mu and Shang would leave him. Unknowingly, Mu and Shang had become a part of his life, an inseparable part. When he was separated from Mu and Shang, he had felt lost and lost. However, he soon found another goal besides survival, and that was to save Mu and Shang.
All this while, Mu and Shang had played the role of protector. On the contrary, Ye Chong had never done anything for Mu and Shang. Now, Mu and Shang were trapped in the Red Sea, and their fate was unknown. Ye Chong's goal was to save Mu and Shang. This was not some so-called reward, but a simple thought in Ye Chong's mind.
Alchemy required knowledge of the properties of the materials. This was the most basic rule in every profession. Alchemy was usually done with plants, but most of the plants here were new to Ye Chong. His knowledge of plants was not even as good as a young Sang family villager, but compared to him, Ye Chong had a grasp of scientific methods.
To understand their properties, he would have to do countless experiments. Normally, Ye Chong would do this step by step. While it would take longer and take longer, it would give him a better understanding of the plants.
However, Ye Chong lacked time now.
Hence, Ye Chong needed assistants. The villagers here were all familiar with the local plants, and were the most suitable assistants. With them, Ye Chong only needed to explain the method of the experiment, and hand over the operation and records to them. This would greatly speed up the progress of the research. Even Sang Fan was called back by Ye Chong to join the new research.
No one doubted Ye Chong's research. In fact, they all came to the research lab with great respect, even though it was very simple in Ye Chong's eyes.
They had been taught all kinds of plant knowledge since they were young. This was the product of the accumulated experience of their predecessors, and some of it was even learned through blood and tears of their predecessors. With a foundation in alchemy, it was easy for them to learn it. They progressed quickly, and soon grasped the general method of experiment. Ye Chong allowed them to experiment on all kinds of plants. His only request was for them to record the process and results of the experiment in detail. Besides doing his own experiments, Ye Chong also had to summarize and analyze the records.
Ye Chong was gradually getting used to the gravity here. Even under such stressful circumstances, Ye Chong did not forget to improve himself. Everyone here was a strong warrior, and Ye Chong would never run out of opponents. Ye Chong's learning ability amazed everyone who had sparred with him before. "Sir is indeed Sir, even learning martial arts so quickly."
Even Ye Chong himself was surprised by his improvement. Ye Chong's body had reached a bottleneck a long time ago. Even the occasional improvement was minimal. Ye Chong had once thought that he had trained to the highest level possible for a human. However, when he came here, under the stimulation of the high gravity, he found that his body was rapidly strengthening, and the bottleneck that had been troubling him was suddenly broken. Sometimes, Ye Chong would feel unfamiliar with his own body. This was why he persisted in his training even under such stressful conditions.
As for Ye Chong's assistants, they were all working so hard that they did not even have time to rest. They were so focused that even Ye Chong, their actual teacher, felt ashamed. The hope that had lasted for centuries was finally here. The sudden burst of energy was beyond Ye Chong's imagination.
The research progressed quickly. With the addition of Sang Rubei, the progress was much faster. Ye Chong could not help but feel that an expert was much more useful than a bunch of novices.
Every day, Ye Chong would analyze the results of his experiments, and input them into the photon processor to create a new database.
Time passed, and Ye Chong still could not find the trigger to activate the mildstone's energy. He grew more and more anxious, but could not find a solution.
In the gravity region, Ye Chong was venting his frustration. As the days passed, he felt more and more stressed out. If it were anyone else, he could ignore them, but this was Mu and Shang. He could not do that.
His fists and kicks made the wind howl. After days of training, even Sang Pu dared not underestimate Ye Chong's strength.
Ye Chong's movements grew faster and faster. He could not help but let out a long howl that echoed far and wide. The usually crowded gravity region was now deserted. The villagers had all gone to mine lavagold.
It had been three months since he lost contact with Mu and Shang. He would have to wait until he found the trigger to activate the mildstone, then make a flying machine out of the skeletons, and teach the Sang villagers how to fly the full-skeleton flying machine. All of this seemed like a long time coming. Then he thought of Mu, Shang, and the Coxcomb trapped in the Red Sea. Ye Chong was anxious.
Everything in the gravity field was vulnerable to Ye Chong's punches and kicks. Everything was as fragile as paper before Ye Chong. Ye Chong punched out a few large holes in the ground, which was as hard as steel.
Before entering Archipelago, Ye Chong could already break an alloy door with a single punch. Now, his body was as strong as the Sang Family Village. However, Ye Chong did not feel like a Jie expert at all. Lan Yixing's chip told him that when a combat expert reached a certain level, there would be a bottleneck. Some could never break through this bottleneck. Once he broke through this bottleneck, he would become a Jie expert.
A Jie expert was the most fearsome Grandmaster of Combat. Not only did they have a much deeper understanding of combat techniques than the average Grandmaster of Combat, but most importantly, after becoming a Jie expert, they would gain some unimaginable abilities.
For example, Lan Yixing's muscle control had reached an unimaginable level after becoming a Jie expert. This could not be explained by physiology, and his sixth sense had become extraordinarily sensitive.
However, this was proven by countless combat experts, and it did not affect Ye Chong at all. Ye Chong was sure that he was much stronger than Lan Yixing now, but he still could not understand the so-called Jie expert. However, the chip said that only a Jie expert could defeat a Jie expert in combat.
"Looks like I'm a freak," Ye Chong smiled bitterly. Fortunately, he did not care much about Jie experts. Strength was more important. If he could defeat a Jie expert, becoming a Jie expert or not would not matter to him.
The Sang Family Village's combat style had greatly influenced Ye Chong. Now, Ye Chong's combat style was completely different from before. Combining the September Lan Family, Black Cove and Sang Family Village's combat techniques, Ye Chong's combat style could be considered a whole new school.
Hand-to-hand combat was not that important to Ye Chong. Mech combat was more important. It was a pity that he had not found a new energy source yet. He did not dare to use Han Jia for training. He still hoped that Han Jia's remaining energy source could be used to save his life at critical moments.
Ye Chong felt better after venting his frustrations. He was about to go back and continue his research when he saw someone flying towards him. It was Sang Pu.
Sang Pu moved quickly, reaching the edge of the gravity region in the blink of an eye. He did not stop, and entered the gravity region easily.
Sang Pu must be looking for Ye Chong.
As expected, Sang Pu called out when he reached Ye Chong, "Sir, come quickly!"
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