Apocalypse Forecast

Chapter 1300: Chapter 993: Reforging

The next morning, Huai Shi received a call from Luo Su.

As usual, it was a lot of small talk, and he seemed to be in a good mood, even humming a song.

”...Hey, since you’ve already dealt with the Deer’s Sing Hall, don’t mess with the Yingzhou Branch anymore.”

Luo Su, speaking with an accent as if he were just an ordinary bystander, emphasized: ”After all, you’re still partly under the Jurisdiction Bureau. At the very least, we’re colleagues, and among colleagues, harmony is precious!

Listen to your teacher, forget it, forget it...”

”Ha, I don’t believe you at all!”

Huai Shi rolled his eyes, ”Are you up to something again?”

”What could I possibly be up to?”

Luo Su asked innocently, ”Do you think I could be like you and stab the minister in the throat? Huai Shi, you’re not young anymore, don’t act so impulsively. Be a bit more mature. Don’t leave a bad impression on the superiors and make them think Little Huai is a young person who won’t forgive when given reason...”

Huai Shi’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

”...You seem to be joking with me.”

”What’s so funny, you’re not allowed to laugh, be serious.”

Luo Su said seriously: ”I’m in London negotiating cooperation, the atmosphere is good, everyone enjoys afternoon tea happily every day, don’t ruin the mood, otherwise, if the negotiations fall apart, you’ll be in trouble.

Okay, that’s it, I’ll hang up first.”

After saying this, he hurriedly hung up the phone, leaving Huai Shi’s expression twitching.

It felt like Luo Su, that old turtle, was going to sell him out again.

No, he might have already sold him out, and now he’s calling to tell him to calm down, who knows what dirty deals he’s been doing with the Jurisdiction Bureau behind the scenes...

Forget it, he couldn’t be bothered.

Even though not dealing with the Yingzhou Branch left him a bit displeased, the old turtle had spoken, so he had to give some face.

He yawned, swiped his card to open the elevator, and went all the way down.

Tanbo Mining has now taken shape.

This place somewhat looks like a villain’s base in TV shows and movies. Apart from the above-ground buildings sprawling over a large domain, a substantial domain has also been excavated underground.

With scholars present, digging is convenient.

As long as the design is in accordance with the rules and the provided material strength is adequate, there’s no problem digging exaggerated spaces, and even transforming the soil and stone on the spot, saving on transportation.

During these days, aside from designing the Sky Que, Huai Shi has been engrossed in it, only pausing because of the antics at the Deer’s Sing Hall for a few days.

Simply put, farming is too much fun.

Even if the ”Book of Fate” is dull to write, experiencing it firsthand is entirely different. Watching one area after another being developed, then moving in various equipment as planned, eventually assembling into one casting furnace after another, with assembly lines connecting, and finally starting production, the achievement of watching the continuous operation on the assembly line is simply addictive.

”Today, the fourth production line should be completed, right?”

Huai Shi asked the manager next to him.

”That’s right, but since we don’t have much experience operating the technique of casting, manpower is somewhat scarce, so we may not initially meet the planned demand...”

”Manpower shortage?”

Huai Shi scratched his head, thought for a moment, then waved: ”Go ask the American Genealogy for help.”

”Uh...”

The manager of the genealogy was dumbfounded for a moment: ”Will they give?”

”Free talent training, why wouldn’t they? With me, the only remaining Forger, giving guidance personally, plus lots of internship opportunities, they’re getting a big bargain.

Quickly ask them to send over a few more hundred people.”

Huai Shi said: ”Also, later increase the working hours for the American interns by two more hours, that way the manpower shortage will be greatly alleviated, right? Then help me find out from Tai Qing Heavy Industries if they need talent in this area, we can train them on their behalf, make sure to tell them the American Genealogy is already far ahead in this regard...”

Are you even human?

The manager almost tripped, feeling a chill over his bald head. This isn’t entirely an illusion; after all, the top of his head is bare...

This is heading towards making the Sublimators funded by America work to exhaustion.

Is free work really that addictive?

”What kind of look is that?”

Huai Shi turned around, looking serious: ”I’m telling you, regional discrimination is unacceptable.

No matter who they are, when they come to Tanbo, they are one of us. As everyone knows, Tanbo is part of the Ivory Tower, and the Ivory Tower is the stronghold of the Heavenly Kingdom Genealogy, and the Heavenly Kingdom Genealogy is undoubtedly the representative of Utopia.

By rounding up, they are also members of Utopia.

Everyone must demonstrate the excellent tradition of Utopia, being unafraid of hardship or fatigue, facing challenges when there are any, and creating challenges when there are none.

Just a bit of overtime, nothing difficult for us Heaven’s people.”

Huai Shi patted his shoulder earnestly, ”You have to trust them!”

It’s not that I don’t trust them; I don’t trust that you’re human!

The manager wiped the cold sweat off his face, his brain already translating Huai Shi’s long speech into Luo Su’s dog-like barking – so you’re not treating them as humans?

If that’s the case, I won’t pretend to be a gentleman either. I’ll go ahead and deduct the overtime pay to cover their meal subsidies.

Thus, a minor issue was resolved with just a few words.

Everyone was pleased.

With the development in Tanbo, the layout of the smelting industry has now become increasingly complex.

At the top, Huaizhi Industry is a group jointly invested by the Ivory Tower, AnFang Financial Group, and Australia Green Turf, with Huai Shi mainly holding shares, while below it further branches out into various components.

It can mainly be divided into the research center established in Tanbo, the production base established in AnFang, and the collaboration department established in Australia.

After getting tricked once by the Deer’s Sing Hall, Huai Shi simply flipped the table and decided not to play with this bunch of fools anymore, transferring all external business under the jurisdiction of AnFang Country. Regardless, he monopolized the mineral transport in Australia, and at the worst, Tai Qing Heavy Industries would take over, ensuring there’s no shortage of business.

With the channel of Tanbo Marine Transport as a source of easy profit, Tanbo won’t lack income.

Moreover, the goal of the research center was never production.

But rather the development of technology.

Apart from conducting fusion experiments of the Technique of Casting, Alchemy, and Scholar’s Laws, it gradually became Huai Shi’s private domain—becoming his largest casting base produced as a Forger in Current Circumstances.

After Huai Shi’s application passed, a large amount of equipment from the Town of Dusk underwent deep inspection before being transported here, calibrated, and reinstalled.

Unfortunately, due to the Yellow Pages warning from the Astronomical Society, the core left by the King of Casting couldn’t be brought into Current Circumstances, nor could the Eternal Frozen Heart be reconstructed...

According to Luo Su: The conditions are tough, you’ll have to make do for now, keep the stuff here without moving, and I’ll set up an independent border for you.

Then we can swap out the cage for a bird, and you’ll have full control to do as you please.

As for the output here, it will all be internally supplied.

After some maneuvering, Huai Shi is now considered an important supplier of the Heavenly Kingdom Genealogy.

Just unsure if this counts as exploiting power for personal gain.

Since the Technique of Casting itself spans across both the Scholar and Alchemy domains as Hell technology, besides the technique to fully exploit the properties of materials themselves, it also possesses the ability to combine with Hell Catastrophe for refining.

While not as precise as the Alchemy Workshop’s processing ability, it cannot achieve lightweight production, being overly cumbersome and reliant on external environments, but there’s one advantage, and that is mass production.

As long as the assembly line is set up, it can immediately carry out large-scale output.

Conducting preliminary rough processing poses no problem whatsoever. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

Now, the main production is divided into three parts, with the majority supplied to the Iron Crystal Throne to build the Heavenly Prison Fortress. A small portion of precise processing production is taken by Beelzebub.

Every little bit counts, and the reconstruction of Osiris relies on this poor child accumulating little by little over time through a small pipeline.

With this base present, the skeleton part is merely a matter of time; for other essential equipment, it’s likely money and time can’t resolve them.

The remaining portion is the resources Huai Shi can freely manipulate himself.

Although accounting for less than a third of the total, supplying Huai Shi alone for splurging poses no problem at all. Furthermore, the establishment of Tanbo, aside from the foundation laid by Huai Shi himself, entirely relied on Heavenly Kingdom Genealogy. Unless necessary, even his portion is supplied for the Iron Crystal Throne’s needs.

It’s just that it’s temporarily suspended for these recent days.

When the dedicated elevator descended to the bottom, it was entirely Huai Shi’s private domain.

The depths amidst the mountains, the lowest level of Tanbo Industry.

It’s also where the largest casting furnace in Current Circumstances is located.

Occupying one-third of the research center’s budget, mobilizing the physical resources of the Ivory Tower, modeled after the structure of the Eternal Frozen Heart and Huai Shi’s own casting furnace, powered by a standalone power station to create a colossal entity.

It wasn’t completed until just a few days ago.

In the vast hall, aside from Huai Shi’s seat, there’s only an array extending towards the ceiling.

And the Broken Spear·Seishui floating amidst beams of light.

The last task he needed to complete before advancing to Cloud Monarch.

Regarding the re-forging of Seishui!

Though he fully accepted Ying Fangzhou’s legacy, after all, Seishui was already incomplete, and Huai Shi couldn’t master a ferocious spear technique like Ying Fangzhou’s, which was aggressive and uncompromising, utilizing thunder as a spear.

To truly master the power of Cloud Monarch, he must first upgrade and re-forge Seishui as its vessel, then transform it into his own Source Armament.

The restoration stage doesn’t require Huai Shi’s worry.

After issuing instructions, the casting furnace has taken the time to complete it these days and conducted preliminary corrections.

Now, as the light faded, the Seishui that fell into Huai Shi’s hands was already completely different from before.

It’s not as long as a complete Seishui, while preserving Seishui’s power and meeting Huai Shi’s request, maintaining the length within a range convenient for collaboration with other Source Armaments,

Full length of three feet three inches seven points, totaling one hundred twenty-four centimeters. Only half of Seishui’s original length, just right for Huai Shi to hold most comfortably with one hand.

Apart from the grip area, there are four edges protruding on the spear body, slightly converging forward, the front end’s broken part has been completely leveled.

With this design, it’s completely unrelated to a spear.

After referencing Dongxia’s strongest, also famous for their use of thunder, the Kylin·Fu Canlight’s double-handed divine whip, turning it entirely into a mace!

Now, everything’s ready.

Huai Shi swung the iron mace in his hand twice, turning to look behind him.

”Uncle Fang, are you ready?”

The old man smiled and nodded.