Chapter 685 - 369: Fox Mountain’s Mold Engineers and the Connection Between Knowledge Containers
In the Bronze Hall, Bai Mo, having satisfied his hunger and thirst, returned to the desk at the back.
He took a sip of hot tea and continued to read through the documents.
He read stories of failed attempts to worship Douluo Heaven.
After going through the documents, it turned out they were all failures.
"Oh, perhaps the successful ones all wrote their insights using Sequence Five characters?"
Bai Mo still didn’t understand what this so-called Douluo Heaven truly is. What’s inside?
Even with such a high failure rate and the risks associated with the ascension ceremony, Marquis Qing Yue would not prevent it.
"To think about it... After cultivating for a thousand years, one finally gets the chance to worship Douluo Heaven and ascend to Sequence Five.
"In such a situation, even if the Marquis advised against it, how many would be willing to give up?"
Bai Mo looked through the documents for a while longer and then saw the calculations made by the Marquis.
[This Bronze Altar is a one-time consumable item; no altar has ever been reused twice]
[Each time it’s recast, five hundred people need to burn countless firewood and coal, consuming thousands upon thousands of pounds of fire fuel, taking over a month to recast an altar]
[Last year, the total manpower of the Pill Palace...]
The more detailed accounts below were blurred.
Bai Mo chuckled bitterly, seemingly able to feel the Marquis’s pressure.
"That thing... It’s too big and requires strength; it’s indeed difficult to handle."
With Fox Mountain’s current resources, it cannot produce much.
In the short term, it can probably only produce one or two.
"Let’s test the waters first."
...
Under the dark clouds, fierce winds howled.
A massive Gray Star Oak over a hundred meters long soared past the ground!
Only upon closer inspection could one see that at each end, a small car was staking the oak!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The speed, acceleration, deceleration, and even bouncing in rough terrain of the two cars were perfectly synchronized!
It seemed as if they were firmly welded beneath the enormous oak, as if they had grown out of it!
In the medicinal field, Peach Blossom Eyes and White Earrings watched from afar, unable to help but gape in awe.
"Ying ying ying?"
"Ow ow ow?"
Were Fox Mountain’s truck drivers skilled to such an extent?
Two cars managed to transport a giant oak over a hundred meters long?
...
Excavation Site.
One by one, Bronze Altars were dug up, cleaned, and lain out in a row on the surface.
These altars, each over a hundred meters high, were slim and tall in design; some had broken, some were cracked, and most had blurred engravings.
Piaopiao Xue, Hu Hufeng, and other engineers from the Fox Mountain workshop department wore pocket vests, filled with rulers, knives, and ink-lines while weaving amid the altars.
"Ying ying ying!"
These altars had engraving damage at different locations. Some were damaged at the top, others at the bottom.
As engineers, they need to piece together a complete set of engravings to produce a qualified altar!
"Ow ow ow!"
The altar truly is too large!
Moreover, as advised by their masters, the object required significant strength and had to be cast as a whole!
Currently, it seems only the largest Gray Star Oak in the medicinal field, over a hundred meters long, could serve as a giant mold.
Whoosh...
The two cars traveled in tandem, carrying the massive Gray Star Oak to the excavation site, arriving at the massive basin-like pit.
They worked in perfect harmony and soon found a suitable parking spot.
A group of fox siblings in Immortal Qi Vine Armor then ran up and unloaded the massive wood, laying it alongside the altars.
"Ying ying ying!"
"Ow ow ow!"
Twenty foxes sent by the workshop department immediately rushed forward, readying their claws on various parts of the wood, preparing to carve the mold.
Quanquan Hu scooted over to Piaopiao Xue.
"Ying ying ying? Ow ow ow ow ow?"
Previously, when everyone carved wooden sculptures together, Quanquan Hu was also involved and knew the crafting skills of the workshop department’s siblings were strong! But they had only carved small items before. Could they really carve such a large altar mold now?
Piaopiao Xue puffed out his chest with pride, tossed aside his vest, and displayed his claws, "Hoo," blowing air on his sharp claws.
Time to showcase true skills!
The engineers of the Fox Mountain workshop department use their eyes as rulers and their claws as knives!
One glance and they have blueprints in their minds!
A quick scratch and the mold is done!
What? The vests just removed, along with the rulers and ink-lines inside? These aren’t important; they’re merely decorations, worn to make them look more like engineers.
...
An afternoon swiftly passed.
Bai Mo read some documents, made some summaries, and took a brief stroll through Fox Mountain, as time slipped away.
After dinner, he returned to the dormitory hall.
He didn’t look at the documents but lay on the bed, resting his head on his arm, contemplating issues.
The hall was dimly lit, with the fox apprentices gathering in circles, sometimes bragging and chatting, sometimes practicing swordplay or boxing.
There was even a group piecing together document fragments?
Bai Liandan’Er, Quanquan Hu, White Ears, Small and Big Eyes, Butterfly Knot, and other apprentices frequently engaged in document assembly were joined by Piaopiao Xue, Hu Hufeng, and other apprentices from the foundry workshop department, gesturing, fox-speaking, sharing experiences.
"What are they up to?"
Bai Mo didn’t think too much, continuing to lay on the bed, lost in his own thoughts.
Two fox apprentices, White Earrings and Black Earrings, lay on either side of the master, rubbing against him with their heads, faces filled with happiness!
"Ying ying ying!"
"Ow ow ow!"