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Chapter 523: Repairing the Proud Dragon, Qian Yi's Dual Evolution
Chapter 523: Repairing the Proud Dragon, Qian Yi's Dual Evolution
Su Ping had no idea what treasures this mysterious secret realm held. What could be inside?
Despite the speculations from Mount Tai and the possible connection to Feifei, the value of this cyclic secret realm was immeasurable.
However, these were all just speculations for now.
According to the Mirror Sage, it would take at least several months, or even half a year, to complete this task.
By the time it was done, it might already be next year.
As of now, this secret realm had already caused him a loss of over ten billion.
Indeed.
Inside the Heart of All Souls, the Mechanical Heart was a factory entirely made of steel and machinery.
Countless mechanical arms grew out of the walls, seemingly without any welding marks. It was as if these mechanical metal arms had sprouted from the building itself.
All these arms were focused on the giant aircraft within the factory.
"Master, the core of the Proud Dragon is undamaged, and the mechanical intelligence is unaffected. However, due to the sudden appearance of spatial fissures, many mechanical energy transport pipes inside the body have ruptured, and numerous circuit boards have lost their effectiveness!"
"Therefore, the mechanical body of the Proud Dragon will likely require major surgery! Of course, some basic structures are still intact! But conservatively speaking, if we only want to restore it, it will consume resources worth over ten billion!"
"If we only do that, even after the Proud Dragon is repaired, its realm level will be lowered, and its high upper limit will be lost!" Feifei's voice echoed within the mechanical room.
Su Ping was dumbfounded.
Fortunately, he was not alone at this moment.
"Senior Mad Sage, what do you think?"
The mechanical man beside him squatted under the tail wing of the Proud Dragon, his infrared electronic eyes fixed on certain spots.
As a veteran Holy Spirit Rank and a self-modified mechanical beastmaster, Wu Kuang was indeed qualified to give advice.
What surprised Su Ping even more was that Wu Kuang slowly stood up:
"When it was designed and manufactured, this thing wasn't fully planned out. It's like a half-finished product, and it was only given to you because someone insisted!"
"This Mechanical Dragon didn't preserve many of the dragon's abilities. It only retained some of the dragon's soul characteristics, and I'm not satisfied with its combat power and upper limit."
"It's a good time to continue researching this while investigating the Golden Heart. There's plenty of free time."
Su Ping was taken aback:
"Senior, are you saying that you designed the Proud Dragon back then?"
"Nonsense! Mechanical beasts, especially those involving the Mechanical Dragon project, are directly under the association. Who else could it be if not that old man Zhu Hong? In the future, I'll definitely establish a mechanical branch in Dragon City!"
Wu Kuang clenched his mechanical arm into a fist.
Su Ping nodded repeatedly, indeed worthy of a veteran Holy Spirit Rank and a top-tier mechanical beastmaster of the Loong Kingdom.
Along with the Holy Dragon, he was a commander of the Star Fleet.
Such a spirit and confidence were likely what brought him to this point.
However, before Su Ping could finish his thoughts, Wu Kuang's infrared electronic eyes turned towards him:
"So, Su Ping, as your mount and as one of the honorary directors of the Mechanical Engineers' Guild, don't you also want to enter this new realm?"
Su Ping's mouth twitched.
So, he had been waiting here for him?
He shook his head, "Senior Mad Sage, I have no understanding of mechanical beasts, and I'm afraid I can't help you. Moreover, I always feel that I don't have much affinity with the mechanical type. Both of my mounts have encountered problems."
Wu Kuang waved his hand, "It's fine, it's fine. If you don't know, you can learn on the spot! In our Mechanical Engineers' Guild, the nurturing of mechanical beasts isn't that mysterious! The mechanical type is a firm materialist faction! Energy line conduction, mechanical metal structure, it's completely different from ordinary beasts!"
Su Ping continued to shake his head, "My time is really tight. My origami beast is about to undergo evolution and nurturing, and there's also the matter of the Sky Tomb..."
Wu Kuang waved his hand again, "It's fine, it's fine. We can take it slow. You'll have time later! After destroying the Golden Guild and some domestic Golden Heart enterprises, I estimate we'll harvest a large number of foreign mechanical blueprints. It's not something that can be done overnight anyway."
Su Ping's face showed a hint of helplessness, "My time is really hard to say, but I'll try my best! I may not be of much help to you!"
Half of Wu Kuang's face smiled, "That's settled then. I feel that you have a heavenly mandate, and whatever you want to do, you'll definitely succeed!"
It was clear that Wu Kuang, who had been in the Mechanical Heart for some time, deeply believed in this.
However, Su Ping's heart harbored skepticism. What happened to the firm commitment to the materialist faction?
But it wasn't a bad idea.
He agreed without hesitation, and the Mad Sage in front of him became even more spirited.
Even though Su Ping had no understanding of mechanical companion beasts, he didn't even need to worry about the Proud Dragon anymore.
The mechanical design and research of the Mechanical Dragon were too profound.
Feifei was fully involved in the process, and when Su Ping had time later, he could study through Feifei's soul connection.
As Su Ping had said, at this crucial moment, the dozens of origami people were all ready.
These origami people were adorned with various colors.
The evolution of the origami people to the Overlord Rank required low-level origami people to use Soul Nourishing Water for compression.
The paper bodies and souls were all compressed and fused together.
And at this stage, it was the critical phase of origami people's cultivation. They now had the same level of intelligence and self-awareness as other companion beasts, as well as some basic communication abilities.
At this point, even if they were compressed with the Quintessence Paper Diagram, they would become like the origami people before them.
Even though Su Ping had seen it many times before, each time he saw this special companion beast created by himself, he felt a sense of accomplishment:
【Quintessence Paper Spirit (Wild)】
【Age: 2 years, 1 month, 3 days】
【Current Realm: Overlord Rank Two】
【Race Limit: Emperor Rank One】
【Race Skills: Super Heaven-Circling Quintessence Body (Beginner), Super Elemental Heart (Beginner), Paper Spirit Body (Proficient), Origami Explosion (Skilled)...】
Emperor Rank One! When compressed based on the Quintessence Paper Diagram, the evolved origami people weren't ordinary 'Paper Spirits' but became Quintessence Paper Spirits.
Clearly, this was a special evolved form.
At the same time, it also broke through the race limit to the Emperor Rank.
Additionally, apart from the Heaven-Circling Quintessence Body, it also gained skills genuinely related to paper.
This was enough to prove that the potential of origami people was undeniable.
However, before Su Ping could finish basking in his accomplishment, Yin Luo, who had heard the commotion from the spatial transmission, came out: "You're here!"
Su Ping nodded: "How's Qian Yi?"
Yin Luo shook his head: "I haven't seen any evolutionary trends or directions yet! Ordinary paper body compression doesn't have much meaning for your little origami person. Also, I'm leaving in two days, so don't rely on me too much..."
Su Ping shrugged: "You can consider it as a final display of your expertise before you leave. Let's go and check on Qian Yi's condition."
As Master Yin said, their opinions were unified during their discussions.
Because Qian Yi's evolutionary direction was quite obvious.
Companion beast cultivation was difficult, but it was also easy. Initially, like the origami people, it was hard to find enhancement directions, and all enhancement paths were blocked.
Regarding the characteristics of origami people, Qian Yi's soul was complete and robust, which was different from origami people. However, the similarity was that Qian Yi's paper body was still very thin.
Therefore, enhancing the body was sufficient.
But Qian Yi's foundation was different from origami people, and he couldn't use those conventional enhancement resources.
So, today's autumn outing was just a way to relax and ease the recent failures.
Now, returning here, they still had to face this issue.
"Waaah!"
Qian Yi: (ω)
Seeing Su Ping's arrival, Qian Yi threw away the remaining resource and let out a dejected greeting.
Su Ping smiled and looked at the dejected 2D avatar face, "Don't worry, evolution is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Didn't we take a long time last time?"
"Wuwu!" Qian Yi: (へ╬)
The little guy regained his youthful vigor, which also affected Su Ping's mood.
Over the past half a month, Su Ping had been summarizing Qian Yi's various attempts and his thoughts during this period.
Obviously, in Su Ping's opinion, his previous idea was absolutely correct.
Qian Yi's Sword Intent was fully prepared, and the same was true for energy. In the end, what needed attention was the paper body that would guide the evolution.
However, if conventional enhancements couldn't be achieved, what should be done?
Moreover, he also needed to integrate the Super Heaven-Circling Quintessence Body, a super-tier skill, into Qian Yi's body. But this was relatively simple, and Su Ping had some confidence in it.
However, he wanted much more than this! Nowadays, even ordinary Quintessence Paper Spirits had Elemental Hearts and Quintessence Paper Bodies. As his own Contract Companion Beast, Su Ping naturally wouldn't neglect it.
His eyes narrowed slowly.
Suddenly, he had a very special idea.
He turned to Yin Luo beside him, "Master Yin, do you know how to forge a sword?"
"Hmm?" Yin Luo was taken aback. "Forge a sword? You mean the kind of sword-forging that uses metal?"
Su Ping nodded, and Yin Luo was speechless.
But Su Ping also understood him. After thinking for a moment, he said, "On the level of Tool-type Beasts, it's fine. But recently, when I obtained the Venom Vase, I searched for some ancient artifact-forging techniques. I did gain some understanding of sword-forging.
It's actually quite simple. Take ordinary metal ore, melt it, pour it into a mold, and then start hammering! Through high-temperature tempering, remove the impurities from the ore, then melt it again and hammer it again. That's what 'Thousand Hammers and Hundred Forges' means."
Obviously, Su Ping wasn't speaking without reason.
Yin Luo also fell into deep thought: "You mean, we can forge this Origami Person's body like ancient sword-casting, and guide its evolution through hammering? The 'impurities' you mentioned should be the soul fragments of an ordinary Origami Person, right? You want to compress the paper body of the Origami Person into Qian Yi's body and then hammer out these 'impurities' of the soul?"
But we've tried this before! Previously, we tried compressing the soul of the Origami Person into the body of another evolved Origami Person through a different method, leaving only the paper body behind.
However, without the corresponding paper body control, it's just a pure piece of paper containing undead energy. At most, it can be used as a resource like Soul Suppressing Paper, but it has no other function!"
Su Ping didn't speak but continued to ponder, perfecting the idea in his mind and considering its feasibility.
He always felt that it shouldn't be that simple! But where was the key to breaking through?
Su Ping looked up, and on both sides, Origami Persons stood tall. Qian Yi wasn't idle; after greeting Su Ping, he started fighting with one of them.
Fortunately, there was a separate room in the lab that isolated all energy.
The two little guys had obviously fought many times before.
Qian Yi threw a sword made by connecting Origami Persons to a Quintessence Paper Spirit. Without any energy infusion, it was just a pure exchange of sword techniques for these level of Companion Beasts, like a game.
Watching this scene, Su Ping's eyebrows slowly furrowed, and then slowly relaxed.
After thinking for a moment, he furrowed his brows again.
He kept frowning as he watched Qian Yi play with the Quintessence Paper Spirit.
About twenty minutes later, Qian Yi seemed to have had enough. His sword techniques suddenly became extremely fierce, and even without energy infusion, each move seemed deadly, like an ancient deadly swordsman.
Finally, the Wind Sword struck the throat of the Quintessence Paper Spirit, causing no harm, but both sides stopped.
The outcome was clear.
Then, Qian Yi seemed bored and threw the Wind Sword away.
In the air, the Wind Sword slowly transformed, and three connected low-level Origami Persons named Ababa appeared on the other side, looking dazed and confused.
However, at this moment, as he watched the disintegrating Wind Sword, Su Ping blinked, and a flash of insight suddenly struck him.
(End of Chapter)
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