Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 634 - 553 The Power of Science_2

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Also located in Steel City in the Cumberland Mountains.

Clang! Clang! Clang!...

In the massive workshop made of a mixture of steel and wood, white steam swirled upwards, as the steam hammers roared continuously, and various weapons quickly took shape in the craftsmen's hands.

The application of various steam machinery here has greatly improved the efficiency of forging swords and manufacturing various weapons.

With a sufficient supply of orders, the arms factory, which Aiven anticipated would only gain power later, unexpectedly became one of the most profitable industries in the Georgia Territory alongside Steel City.

Standing on this prevailing wind that can blow pigs into the sky, he made a fortune from the war economy.

Thanks to the workers trained by these orders and a series of supporting facilities painstakingly established by alchemist apprentices, Aiven has already begun secretly testing shipborne artillery using a steam drilling machine!

Although cannons aren't very useful in this war to counter the "Spirit Tide," however, the heavy guns over 24 pounds that can be equipped on battleships determine the future status of Georgia Territory.

Of course, it is just beginning, and for now, the main products in the arms factory are still to respond to the "Spirit Tide."

The re-equipment was almost completed in two months.

Considering cost and manufacturing difficulty, lead bullets permeated with positive energy, low-grade sword oil, and holy salt bombs are the three main products, and they are consumables with incredibly fast consumption speed.

Additionally.

The "Brilliant Starry Night" possesses mysterious, star, Gate of Spirit Realm, prophecy... and other divine positions, being one of the most mysterious True Gods, mastering various enigmatic and unpredictable knowledge and powers.

One could say that the "Starry Night Order" is one of the forces most adept at dealing with spirit-type creatures in the Material World.

Aiven once acquired a "Rune Silver Dagger·Demon Breaker" from the "Starry Night Order," claimed to repel Evil Spirits, even injuring some kind of "concept" constituting their core.

He has personally experienced their power.

So he directly selected practical portions from the mysterious knowledge attached by Aliyi, selectively modified them, and applied them to this large-scale arms production, also replacing Aiven's initial design scheme.

The daggers with light red blades, ultimately used by the Werewolves, are the most typical among them.

This is not an enchantment effect but originates from a special kind of steel—coral steel.

The distinction among iron and steel is mainly the difference in carbon content, and steelmaking is the process of continuously reducing the carbon content in pig iron.

Wrought Iron (Forged Iron): C%

In this era, there are mainly two methods: "Hundred Tempering Steel Method" and "Stir-Frying Steel Method."

The "Hundred Tempering Steel Method," to put it simply, is to heat and repeatedly forge to remove impurities and refine steel, which is also the main method adopted by most national armories currently.

However, the craftsmen of the Phaletis Kingdom have already taken the lead among the nations, inventing the "Stir-Frying Steel Method" that can mass-produce steel. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The normal steps are to crush pig iron and put it into the furnace, with air blown in from above. Due to the small volume of the pot-shaped underground furnace, heat is concentrated and not easy to dissipate, which helps increase temperature.

When pig iron is heated to a molten or semi-molten state, stirring increases the contact surface between iron and oxygen. It can oxidize the carbon in iron, and with the carbon content decreasing, iron's melting point increases, and it starts to solidify gradually.

If stirring continues in a semi-solid state, with the help of oxygen in the air, oxidizing the remaining carbon can turn it into low-carbon wrought iron; or, by controlling the necessary carbon content before complete decarburization and terminating the stir-frying process, it can become medium-carbon steel or high-carbon steel.

With Aiven, he chose to directly fry it into wrought iron, then added a carburizing agent.

The normal carburizing agent is usually charcoal or coal powder, but Aiven improved this step by replacing it with a magic potion called [Red Potion], formulated with Swamp Valley Reed, Black Mage Rose, and agave flower stamens as the main materials.

The final steel ingot product seems indistinguishable from ordinary steel on the surface, but the forged weapon's blade presented a crystalline form and has a quite distinct light red color resembling coral.

No extra enchantment is needed to cause powerful damage to spirit bodies, and it is called coral steel.

The most important thing is its low cost and potential for mass production.

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Wizard Tower.

During this time, Aiven himself hasn't been idle at all.

He has been continuously practicing alongside Angie, quickly assimilating the knowledge of [Flesh Puppet].

[Flesh Puppet] is the ultimate achievement of Volume II, but within the series of witchcraft systems derived from it, [Flesh Altar] serves as the true core as a precursor.

Mastering the [Flesh Altar] allows one to ultimately create Flesh Puppets, Flesh Bombs, Flesh War Chariots... and a series of applications.

One of the most essential functions of this witchcraft, integrating multiple abilities, is "rapid troop deployment"!

Providing there's sufficient raw material.

Because of Aiven's initial "planned obsolescence" strategy, the armaments sold to the "Tempest Church" were effective, but the consumption rate during the war with the Sea Monsters was also swift.

Now the goods payment provided by the "Tempest Church" includes not only gold, silver, and precious witchcraft materials but also an additional item—a massive number of Sea Monster corpses.

Nothing can better provide Aiven with abundant Extraordinary Creatures' flesh and blood than Sea Monsters.

After being absorbed and digested by the flesh altar built around the magic book "Flesh Sacrifice" as the core, they became the raw materials for reconstructing [Flesh Puppets].

So the environment in the Wizard Tower has indeed been somewhat indescribable lately.

If the radical priest of the "Eternal Flame" had to choose between destroying the "Vitalist School" and the "Mechanical Immortality School" at this moment, it's hard to say which path would be chosen.

Of course, for Aiven, another most critical use of the [Flesh Altar] exists.

It involves using the Extraordinary Creatures' flesh and blood of Sea Monsters to continuously cultivate a strand of "Night Spirit Bloodline" isolated through [Bloodline Transplant].

Concerning his path to Tier 3, this is also one of the projects he personally supervises.

Why does a Warlock Clan's power diminish through intermarriage with mortals? Why, although demonized creatures are harder to reproduce, can they steadily propagate? Why can demonized creatures' bloodline power augment continuously during growth?

The origin still lies in the Extraordinary Traits.

Excellent bodybuilders require a balanced diet to maintain a good physical state, necessitating Glutamine, (Protein Powder) Amino Acids, Creatine, Vitamins, and Minerals... alongside regular food.

So, naturally, the Extraordinary also needs equivalent "nutrients" for replenishment.

Standing beside the flesh altar, watching as that slight amount of Extraordinary bloodline originally has now grown to the equivalent of two adult Night Spirits, Aiven smiled gently:

"One of the powers of science lies in its replicability!"

Without the aid of the [Flesh Altar], even if the number of "Night Spirit" sisters doubled, it might not be enough to meet his research consumption, but now the dawn seemingly appears to be imminent.