With the success of the first Heavenly Craftsmen Conference, Chu Xingyun finally subdued Heavenly Craftsmen Island.
From this moment on, Heavenly Craftsmen Island, Heavenly Craftsmen Island, and all its residents were branded with Chu Xingyun's brand.
After the conference ended, all the craftsmen dispersed and contacted the 100 workshops they were in charge of, conveying the changes to Heavenly Craftsmen Island and Chu Xingyun's opinion.
At the same time, Chu Xingyun issued another order to select the most outstanding craftsmen from all the residents of the island to form a research and development team to study the craftsmanship of the new product.
Chu Xingyun had set a very high standard for the selection.
First, they had to be young, no older than 50 years old. Craftsmen who were too old would have a rigid mindset and would find it difficult to accept new things.
Second, they had to be knowledgeable. They had to be well-read, have a strong memory, and have an eidetic memory.
If they couldn't meet these requirements, it would be very difficult to keep up with Chu Xingyun's progress. They would be abandoned sooner or later.
Third, they had to be skilled. Painting, spells, and carving had to be at the grandmaster level.
If they couldn't meet these requirements, they wouldn't be able to cooperate with Chu Xingyun's work. Even if Chu Xingyun gave them a task, they wouldn't have the ability to complete it.
Finally, and most importantly, they had to be patient. No matter how boring the work was, they had to be able to persevere for a long period of time.
After a strict selection, only 36 people were selected out of a million people. There wasn't a single one more.
These 36 people were the first batch of heavenly craftsmen in the truest sense of the word!
As the saying went, two heads were better than one.
After passing on the Gale Sharp Golden Arrow's runes to these thirty-six people without any reservation, the next step was to test them repeatedly.
Although it could be said that Chu Xingyun had completed all the designs, in fact … they were only preliminary designs.
It wasn't that easy to mass-produce them.
As the saying went, the best of the best. There was no best, only better!
Most importantly, the Gale Sharp Golden Arrow used Arrow Wood as the material. It was divided into three parts: the arrowhead, the arrow shaft, and the arrow feather.
Now, with the Arrow Bamboo, the craftsmanship naturally had to be improved.
The arrowhead was directly removed. After the Arrow Bamboo branches were cut, they were turned into arrow shafts with their own arrowheads.
As for the arrow feathers, they could be replaced by the bamboo leaves of the Arrow Bamboo, and their performance was even better than goose feathers.
However, although it sounded simple, the first batch of arrows produced did not meet the requirements.
The abandonment of the metal arrowhead caused the center of gravity of the arrow to shift. The arrow was too light, and its flying posture was unstable. Especially when it fell from the sky, the tip of the arrow was not pointed downward at all.
Could it be that it had to be paired with an arrow tip? But in this way, the cost of the arrows would greatly increase, and the entire process would be more than double! The production speed was greatly reduced.
After repeated research, the weight of the arrowhead was a must. Otherwise, if the head was too light, the arrowhead would not be able to display its power.
However, the arrowheads were not necessarily necessary. As for how to solve this problem, it was up to these thirty-six craftsmen, who were truly known as heavenly craftsmen, to study.
Chu Xingyun's instructions were to simplify the process as much as possible, reduce the cost, and increase production on the basis of ensuring quality and performance.
After a large number of tests, finally … the thirty-six heavenly craftsmen unanimously agreed on a set of plans.
Everything else was unchanged. The only thing that changed was that a lead ball was inserted into the bamboo at the tip of the Arrow Bamboo to adjust the center of gravity of the arrow.
The lead ball inserted had many uses.
First, because the tip of the Arrow Bamboo was made of slanted bamboo, there was a cavity. After the lead ball was inserted, it could prevent debris from entering and affecting the performance of the arrow.
Second, the lead ball was very heavy and very soft, making it very easy to adjust the center of gravity of the arrow.
Third, although the lead ball was soft, it was still metal after all. Under the stimulation of the Sharp Metal Array, it could produce a sharp arrow light.
Finally, when the arrow shot into the body, it would explode, causing the lead ball to enter the enemy's body.
Because lead was relatively soft, it often released all of its kinetic energy after hitting the body. The specific manifestation was that the warhead was severely deformed and even ruptured, causing a trumpet-shaped cavity to appear in the body's tissues. The area of the wound was a hundred times the cross-sectional area of the bullet.
In addition, the enormous pressure on the body's blood circulation system in an instant caused unimaginable damage.
The pain of the injured did not stop there. If all the fragments of the bullet were not taken out of the wound, it would cause lead poisoning.
Even if there were only a few fragments and they were taken out by surgery, after the bullet was shot into the body, some pieces of clothing would be brought into the wound, causing infection …
It could be said that a small lead ball directly increased the lethality of the Gale Sharp Metal Arrow by ten times!
Although the speed and penetrating power did not change, the addition of the lead ball made the arrow's lethality extremely terrifying.
Although only a lead ball was inserted into the tip of the arrow, the Gale Sharp Metal Arrow instantly turned from a sharp weapon into a lethal weapon! It was extremely brutal and domineering.
If it was a war with his own kind, Chu Xingyun would rather lose than use such a lethal weapon.
However, if the enemy was the demon race that fed on human beings and wanted to exterminate them, then Chu Xingyun would not mind using any weapon or means.
After confirming the final manufacturing process, Chu Xingyun gave the order, and the entire Heavenly Craft Island started to get busy.
If he were to fully open up the production process, 100,000 master craftsmen, 200,000 assistant craftsmen, 400,000 apprentice craftsmen, and 300,000 elderly, women, and children — a total of one million craftsmen — could produce 100 million arrows in one day.
Of course, the arrows produced in this way would definitely be crudely made. Although they could be shot out, it was hard to guarantee how the arrows would fly.
Bamboo was not as straight as wood. It would more or less have some curvature. Therefore, if it was not handled properly, the arrows would fly out in an arc and would not hit the target at all.
Moreover, the Gale Sharp Metal Arrows that were being produced now needed to be accurately carved with runes. This was not something that apprentice craftsmen and assistant craftsmen could do.
To ensure the quality of the arrows, to ensure that each Gale Sharp Metal Arrow was perfectly straight and accurately, and to perfectly trigger the runes, only the 100,000 master craftsmen could guarantee this.
Under the joint efforts of all the craftsmen, 100,000 shacks were used as a unit.
Among the four apprentice craftsmen, one of them was responsible for finding and collecting the straightest bamboo branches.
The second apprentice craftsmen was responsible for transporting the collected bamboo branches back.
The third apprentice craftsmen was responsible for sifting through the collected bamboo branches, eliminating those that were not straight and had flaws.
The fourth apprentice craftsmen was responsible for cleaning the bamboo branches and cutting them into arrow shafts.
Of the two assistant craftsmen, one of them was responsible for cutting the qualified arrow bamboo branches, cutting out the arrow tips and inserting the arrow feathers.
The other assistant craftsmen was responsible for inserting lead balls and adjusting the center of gravity of the arrow.
After all this was done, the arrows were handed over to the master craftsmen to be carved with runes.
After the runes were carved, a Gale Sharp Metal Arrow was officially completed.
Every Gale Sharp Metal Arrow had to go through the hands of four apprentice craftsmen and two assistant craftsmen before the master craftsmen carved the runes.
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