novel-bin Chapter 40 The Blacksmith
Chapter 40 The Blacksmith
As a child raised by Cocolia and now the "older brother" of the orphanage, Lu Xingchen couldn't bear to watch her shoulder all of this alone.
So, the day after the blood transfusion, he asked Cocolia to discharge him, saying that he was bored in the hospital and wanted to go back to the orphanage to sort out his old things.
At first, Cocolia was naturally very opposed, worried that his body had not fully recovered.
But Lu Xingchen had already prepared his explanation. He first showed Cocolia his abundant energy to prove that he was fine, and then repeatedly assured her that he would take good care of himself and would contact her immediately if he felt unwell.
After much pleading and skillful persuasion, Cocolia finally relented and agreed to let him return to the orphanage alone.
After returning to the orphanage, Lu Xingchen began to think about ways to make money.
He had previously written online novels, and although he had accumulated some readers with his unique ideas and writing style, the royalties were just a drop in the bucket compared to the huge sum of eight million, and could not solve his immediate problem at all.
If he used the ability of '0-01' to rewrite reality and buy lottery tickets or similar items, it wouldn't be difficult to obtain a large amount of money, but Lu Xingchen instinctively resisted this approach.
There was no other reason; he simply didn't want to use that method.
Just like when faced with a yellow donut that has already obtained the insect arrow, the pink octopus head will choose to confront it head-on because of its imperial dignity.
Lu Xingchen also has his own rules; unless it is a truly urgent moment, he will not use such methods to disrupt the market.
Therefore, under these circumstances, he turned his attention to the four most popular professions in Douluo Continent: mecha designer, manufacturer, repairman, and blacksmith.
After half a month of in-depth understanding and analysis, he finally focused on the blacksmith.
As the name suggests, a mecha designer is responsible for designing the overall shape of the mecha, determining which soul guidance array to use, and how to combine the arrays.
This profession requires a lot of knowledge accumulation, so it is excluded.
The maker's role focuses on turning design blueprints into physical objects.
They need to inscribe the soul guidance array with precise and meticulous techniques, and at the same time, they need to perform micro-management to make dozens or even hundreds of soul guidance arrays on the mecha or battle armor resonate with energy and achieve a coordinated effect.
This requires a lot of effort to figure out the soul guidance array, so it is also ruled out.
Repair technicians have it even harder. This profession requires them to learn some of the knowledge from the two professions mentioned above, otherwise they simply cannot do repairs, so they need to be even more careful.
After much deliberation, the only relatively simple job left was blacksmithing. After all, it was just about using a hammer to forge iron. As long as one could skillfully forge various parts and master the corresponding techniques, one could quickly become a master.
Well, just the fact that one can "skillfully forge various parts" is already no easy task.
But it doesn't matter, he has the ability to analyze and imitate '0-02'. During this period, he has watched many videos of forging masters online and has learned almost all of this knowledge.
"Click—"
Just then, a strange sound suddenly rang out, pulling Lu Xingchen back to reality. He looked down and saw that the computer mouse had somehow been disassembled.
"Damn, it's a negative effect."
Lu Xingchen quickly removed '0-02' from the bridge of his nose and raised his hand to rub his slightly swollen brow.
The power of sealed artifacts is never obtained for free; behind the ultimate power, there are often equally terrifying negative effects.
The negative effect of '0-02' is that it arouses the user's curiosity about everything, which gradually distorts the mind and drives the holder to engage in extreme exploratory behavior.
Even though Lu Xingchen possesses the Chaos Sea, which can reduce the negative effects to some extent, it only weakens them, not exempts them.
In the past two weeks, in order to quickly accumulate knowledge, Lu Xingchen has used "0-02" far more frequently than before, and the negative backlash has naturally become more and more obvious.
Before this, he always adhered to an ironclad rule: after each use of a sealed item, he would immediately send it back to the "Chaos Sea" for safekeeping.
Only in this way can the connection between the sealed object and oneself be completely severed, and the negative effects prevented from continuing to fester.
Whenever he needs to use it, he communicates with the "Chaos Sea" through a prayer ritual to retrieve the corresponding sealed item.
This approach has both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that it can maximize one's own safety and avoid the constant worry of negative effects;
However, the drawbacks are equally significant:
The isolation of the "Chaos Sea" is two-way. Once the sealed object is sent into it, it will be completely cut off from the outside world. Unless Lu Xingchen takes the initiative to communicate, even if a major event occurs in the outside world, the sealed object will not be able to break free from the "Chaos Sea" on its own.
The previous incident of the "Messenger of Death" attacking the orphanage was a bloody lesson. If the other party's attention hadn't been drawn to the Spirit Master and the others, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to retrieve the sealed artifact from the Chaos Sea.
After this battle, Lu Xingchen completely changed his strategy for carrying sealed artifacts. Now, he has decided to carry '0-01' with him at all times in order to deal with emergencies.
However, the negative effects of '0-01' also become apparent: it will constantly try to kill the holder.
Although the Chaos Sea's blessing prevented '0-01' from trying to kill him off, some small pranks still kept popping up.
For example, when washing your face with a tap, you might suddenly get splashed with water.
When ordering takeout, I discovered that cutlery was not included.
When convenience store items are on sale, the last one is always bought by someone else.
These are all pranks from '0-01'. Although they are just small, trivial things, they are still somewhat annoying.
However, compared to one's own safety, this minor side effect is still within an acceptable range.
After gathering all the mouse parts and reassembling them, Lu Xingchen turned off the computer and left the office.
In the empty corridor, the sound of footsteps was amplified infinitely, only to quickly dissipate into silence.
In the past, the orphanage was always filled with the laughter and playful shouts of children. Even at night, there would be the sounds of staff on duty walking around and the warm glow of the lights.
But now, the entire orphanage is shrouded in an unusual desolation and loneliness, like an empty house forgotten by time.
Cocolia needed to stay with the children at the hospital, so she didn't stay at the orphanage. Therefore, at this moment, Lu Xingchen was the only one in the huge orphanage.
Without lingering, Lu Xingchen strode out of the orphanage gate and hailed a passing taxi. The door opened, he bent down and sat in the back seat, clearly stating his destination to the driver: "Sir, please go to the Tianhai City Forging Association."
As the taxi engine started, the vehicle slowly drove away from the roadside and headed towards the core area of Tianhai City.