White River City, Candlelight:
The Special Forging Room, which was the size of a basketball court, was filled with various rare materials. If an ordinary player saw these materials, they'd most likely snatch them all up.
These materials were worth at least 15,000 Gold. To an ordinary player, this was an astronomical sum. Even though the exchange rate between Coins and Credits had plummeted, it was still enough to allow an ordinary player to live out the rest of their lives comfortably.
"Guild Leader, here are all the materials you requested," A Melancholy Smile said as she handed Shifeng the final 100 Magic Elven Stones.
The various rare materials Shi Feng requested had emptied over half of the Candlelight Trading Firm's stockpile, especially the Titan Silver and Magic Elven Stones. Even in the Flame Demon's Valley's Attribute ore vein, these items were extremely rare. If it were any other Guild, they wouldn't have enough Magic Elven Stones.
"Alright!" Shifeng nodded after inspecting the materials. Very seriously, he said, "I need you to do something for me. However, you absolutely cannot let anyone else know about this."
"Can't let anyone else know?" A Melancholy Smile was a little confused.
Candlelight's members had gone through a strict selection process. Every core member had signed a series of strict contracts, making it very difficult for them to leak the Guild's confidential technologies. After all, these technologies weren't something that could be discussed verbally. They also needed a design. Otherwise, they couldn't produce them even if they knew about them.
Yet, Shi Feng couldn't even divulge these secrets. This was very strange.
"Take a look and you'll understand," Shifeng said as he carefully took out the Crimson Dragon Flying Ship Design and placed it on the stone table.
A Melancholy Smile hadn't paid the Flying Ship Design much mind. After all, she had seen far too many precious designs. However, when she clicked open the design, she was stunned.
"A … A flying ship!" A Melancholy Smile couldn't believe her eyes.
As a Lifestyle player, especially Candlelight's manager, she had dreamed of owning a flying ship for transportation, much less a flying ship for combat.
It could even be said that after seeing the flying ships in the city, countless Lifestyle players had fantasized about the day when they would be able to create these flying machines.
However, this was just a dream.
Due to the various kingdoms and empires' strict restrictions on related Skills, players couldn't learn any of these Skills. As for creating one's own Skills, there was simply too much knowledge involved. Not to mention, one also had to spend a lot of materials to experiment.
But now, Shifeng had taken out the airship design!
A Melancholy Smile finally understood why the Shifeng did not want her to tell anyone else.
Although Candlelight's members were bound by contracts, they couldn't stop their conversations in real life. If news of the airship design leaked, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Countless powers were already drooling over a flying ship. A flying ship that could be used for both transportation and combat wasn't just something to be coveted. The various powers would most likely stop at nothing to prevent Ling Yi from owning a flying ship, even if they couldn't obtain one.
After all, obtaining a flying ship wasn't as simple as obtaining one. As long as he had the design and enough materials, he could produce as many flying ships as he wanted. A full-scale flying ship would be many times more powerful than a Combat Puppet. Current players had ways to deal with Combat Puppets, but they had no way of dealing with a flying ship.
Hence, the various powers definitely wouldn't allow Ling Yi to grow. They would kill her in the cradle.
"That's right, a flying ship. I plan to build one now, but I can't do it alone. Aside from forgers, I'll need a large number of engineers, alchemists, and other Lifestyle Masters," Shifeng said. "To prevent news of the flying ship from spreading, I'll need you to split up the various components. I'll assemble the final assembly."
"We're building it now?" A Melancholy Smile asked nervously. "Guild Leader, not even an Advanced Master Forger can guarantee success when it comes to the flying ship's power source. If we fail, the Magic Elven Stones will go to waste. Why don't we wait a little longer?"
If it were only a matter of money, with Zero Wing's current financial strength, he wouldn't have to worry about it. However, Magic Elven Stones were incomparably rare. They couldn't be bought with money. If the production failed, it would take a very long time to collect 100 Magic Elven Stones.
"I'd like to wait a little longer, but Ling Yi can't afford that," Shifeng said, smiling bitterly.
The various powers were doing their best to level up, and they had most likely begun to explore Level 100 neutral maps. The Shadowless Empire was proof of this.
Only in Level 100 neutral maps would the various superpowers' true advantage begin to show.
After all was said and done, Ling Yi didn't have the support of a major corporation. He couldn't rapidly expand and recruit a large number of experts, not to mention Refinement Realm and above experts. He could only rely on himself to nurture them. He couldn't compete with the various superpowers at all.
The only way for Zero Wing to survive in Level 100 neutral maps was to secure a stable territory of its own. That way, Zero Wing would have more time and resources to develop itself. Only then could Zero Wing survive in Level 100 neutral maps, where the various superpowers fought intensely.
Now that Ling Yi had his own territory and had begun to recruit NPCs for his Knight Division, he only needed a large amount of money and resources to arm the Knight Division. However, he couldn't guarantee the Knight Division's normal operations with his current resources and funds.
Due to the opening of the Planar Passages in God's Domain, it would be very difficult for him to earn a large amount of Coins and resources quickly.
That was transportation!
The transportation of non-bag space items, in particular, was a lucrative business.
Originally, he had hoped to make money by producing Intermediate Traps, but it was still too early for him to do so. Many large Guilds' main forces hadn't set foot in Level 100 neutral maps yet, and the traps' sales were limited. Not to mention, Candlelight's own members still needed to use the traps. Without at least 100 trap designs, Candlelight wouldn't be able to make enough money.
However, transportation was a different story. Flying ships, in particular, had much more carrying capacity than ordinary sailboats. Generally, flying ships could transport over 500 non-bag space items at a time. In addition, flying ships were much faster than sailboats. Reselling the valuable non-bag space items that the various superpowers needed would be a huge source of income.
Otherwise, the various superpowers wouldn't be so crazy about flying ships and flying ships.
"I understand. I'll distribute these parts' production designs. I guarantee that no one will know that we're building a flying ship," A Melancholy Smile said, nodding. He then began to organize the design designs for the flying ship's various parts.
Concealing the flying ship's manufacturing process wasn't particularly difficult. After all, some of the flying ship's components were very similar to the ship's. The only difference between the two was the forging process. Hence, Shi Feng only needed to craft the flying ship himself.
Following which, A Melancholy Smile distributed the flying ship's design designs to Candlelight's various Lifestyle Masters. None of the Lifestyle Masters doubted the sudden order. After all, this was a common occurrence, especially since the Lifestyle Masters had been busy producing Bronze Speedboats recently.
Shifeng, on the other hand, was responsible for producing the flying ship's power source.
Shifeng was familiar with the power source for the Combat Puppets and War Tanks, but the flying ship's power source was far more complex and precise.
Sure enough, ordinary Advanced Master Forgers aren't capable of producing this thing. Shifeng couldn't help but feel a headache coming on after inspecting the power source.
His production standards weren't a problem. With the Philosopher's Hand, he could forcibly raise his standards to the Advanced Master Forger standard, which was already at the minimum. However, the power source's various magic arrays were the real problem. They were nearly as complex as Master Magic Arrays.
However, Shifeng wasn't in a hurry. First, he calmed himself down and studied the magic arrays. After a dozen or so hours, he finally grasped the magic array's design. Now, he could just barely complete the design in one sitting.
"Good! Let's start producing the power source! "Shifeng said. After resting for a moment, he began to focus on producing the power source.
Producing the power source wasn't easy. To increase his success rate, Shifeng took out the Inferior Legendary material, Long Xue Crystal, from the Ice Dragon Heathwaite.
The Long Xue Crystal was the size of a fist and contained the power of Long Xue. Its energy was as pure as Seven Luminaries Crystals. Not only could it be used to power a city's defensive magic array, but it could also be used to strengthen the magic array. It was worth as much as a Level 100-plus Epic Weapon, yet Heathwaite had only dropped one.
Originally, Shi Feng had planned to use it to strengthen the city's magic array, but after giving the matter some thought, he decided to prioritize his production success rate.
Time passed quickly, second after second, and the power source continued to take shape. While others might find it difficult to refine the power source, Shi Feng only needed to refine it with his Soul Fire, saving him a lot of time and effort.
Finally, after nearly six hours, the power source was complete. The ambient Mana rapidly converged on the power source, and Shifeng began to engrave the magic array.
A major factor in the success of the power source was the engraving of the magic array. Not only did the engraving of the magic array have to be completed in a short time, but it also had to be completed in one go. Only then would the Mana flow be smooth. If there was even the slightest deviation in the engraving, all of the effort would go to waste.
One minute … Three minutes … Five minutes …
As the Mana from the power source grew thinner, Shifeng increased his speed. It was as if he were constantly using Lightning Flash.
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