Chapter 197 A New Thing that Is Destined to Fail (Transition)

Yan Gongyu dropped a hammer, leaving a big hole on the road surface made of mud and sand, and the sewage slowly flowed into the hole along the edge of the hole.

The retreating black-clothed man locked Yan Gongyu with murderous intent, and at this time he still did not show the intention of the soul ring.

The black-clothed man rushed towards Yan Gongyu and turned his throwing knife from reverse grip to normal grip. At this time, the downward blade was hidden behind the black-clothed man's arm, obviously trying to make it more difficult for Yan Gongyu to detect the attack. His figure was like the wind, and his speed was extremely fast, leaving only a black shadow passing through the air.

With the arrival of the enemy, Yan Gongyu swung the hammer in his hand fiercely, and the huge force directly deflected the black-clothed man's downward stab. Then Gongyu chopped left and right twice, and the hammer drew arcs in the air, bringing gusts of wind.

The black-clothed man turned his wrist, and the dagger flashed cold light in the air, counterattacking every swing of Yan Gongyu's hammer, and the advantage of holding the knife in the normal hand was revealed.

Relying on strong physical fitness and precise control, he used the dagger to block Gongyu's repeated attacks.

Yan Gongyu took advantage of the situation and swept the black-clothed man's calf with a leaning iron hammer. The black-clothed man flexibly retreated half a step and used a dagger to deflect the direction of the iron hammer.

Seeing that the attack failed, Yan Gongyu, who was affected by alcohol at this time, attacked more fiercely. He jumped up slightly and chopped down at the black-clothed man's head, but this fierce attack was intercepted by the black-clothed man before the hammer head fell less than an inch.

Yan Gongyu was shocked by the sudden interception. He had not encountered such an opponent who was superior to him in skills and speed for many years. He was secretly surprised in his heart, but he was not to be outdone, and immediately adjusted the rhythm of the attack.

Therefore, Yan Gongyu had to give up the quick victory and began to use his strength advantage to constantly change the target of the sweep. The up and down iron hammer made the black-clothed man more and more angry. Such a reckless man was not worth spending so much energy on.

The man in black seized the opportunity when the hammer was swinging, and with his left hand, he slapped away Yan Gongyu's right hand swinging the hammer, and stabbed at Yan Gongyu's shoulder.

Yan Gongyu did not dare to be careless. He felt the opponent's murderous intention, and his heart tightened. He subconsciously pushed hard, and the horizontal hammer blocked the forearm that was stabbing down. He wanted to take advantage of the momentum to counterattack, but found that his hammer was firmly stuck by the opponent and could not move.

This was the trap of the man in black. The moment Yan Gongyu stopped his arm, the man in black turned around and stuck the hammer handle backwards, and used both hands to pull and hook it.

Yan Gongyu only felt a huge force coming from his arm, and his body involuntarily leaned forward, exposing his vitals.

At this time, Yan Gongyu's heart was cold, the situation was over, his right hand was controlled, and as long as the dagger was drawn forward along his arm, his body and head would be separated. He wanted to struggle, but found that he was powerless to save the situation.

But the man in black just went up along his forearm and drew a bloody mark on Yan Gongyu's right arm. A cruel smile appeared on his lips, as if he was enjoying Yan Gongyu's despair and fear.

Yan Gongyu took three steps back, covered the wound with his left hand, and stopped the bleeding with his soul power. The dripping blood made him sober up completely.

He felt his breath getting weaker and weaker, and his body getting heavier and heavier.

This won't work. The purpose of this opponent is still unknown, but his intention to torture himself is obvious.

He must find a way to escape or turn defeat into victory. He is unwilling to die here like this. He still has apprentices to take care of and workshop orders to complete.

The old blacksmith swung the hammer and continued to attack the man in black. He no longer retained his soul power, and a layer of faint golden light emerged on the hammer. This is his second soul skill-Hundred Refining Hammer Force.

The old blacksmith was ruthless. Since the attack didn't work, he would retreat! He wanted to use his strength and soul skills to open a way out and escape from this death trap.

Unexpectedly, the black-clothed man's left hand actually accurately grasped the wound on Yan Gongyu's right hand and pulled it upwards, and the dagger in his right hand slashed his wrist with a reverse blade.

Yan Gongyu quickly swung his right hand outward to shake off the dagger's attack, but the dagger kept rushing towards his face, and the flying blade flew left and right, injuring Yan Gongyu's right hand again.

Yan Gongyu felt a sharp pain, and his right hand had been cut into a bloody mess by the opponent. He endured the pain, held the hammer tightly with his left hand, and smashed it towards the top of the black-clothed man's head. He wanted to fight for his life and fight to the death.

The black-clothed man showed a cruel smile, intercepted Yan Gongyu's left hand, and flashed behind him counterclockwise with his arm as the center, and controlled Yan Gongyu's left hand with an elbow around his arm, and then exerted a fierce force.

"Ah~!" Yan Gongyu screamed in pain, his left arm was broken. He felt his bones shattered and his muscles torn. He almost fainted.

The man in black took two steps back, staring at Yan Gongyu's intact legs, as if he wanted to continue playing with this prey, but the sound of water from the alley startled him.

It turned out that during the time when Yan Gongyu was fighting for his apprentice, Olaf called the Spirit Hall patrol patrolling in the workshop area through the bracelet. The man in black glared at Yan Gongyu, whose hands were completely disabled, and turned and disappeared deep in the alley.

Yan Gongyu sat on the ground, feeling lucky for his survival. He saw Olaf and several people in Spirit Hall uniforms running over. He wanted to speak, but he couldn't make a sound.

The retreating man in black shuttled through the alleys in the civilian area. Half of his face hidden under the hood showed a weird smile. The plan had successfully completed the first step, as long as the blacksmith's hands were disabled.

He recalled the battle just now, and he felt a kind of pleasure. He liked to see the other party's despair and fear, liked to use his dagger to cut blood marks on the other party, and liked to listen to the other party's screams and pleas.

He felt that he was an artist, an artist who painted with blood and pain.

Next, he only needed to execute according to the plan to provoke the anger of thousands of soul masters in the workshop area.

In the face of this, how will the people of the Small Samsara Palace respond? The man in black was looking forward to it.

At this time, no one in the workshop area was aware of the attack that took place not far away. The workshop area was deserted and quiet at night, and only the sound of forging hammers from afar was still echoing.

The moonlight sprinkled on the street, reflecting rows of low stone houses. These stone houses were the residences and workshops of the workshop owners, and each had its own signs and characteristics.

But at this time, most of the stone houses have turned off their lights, and only a few are still dimly lit. Those are some craftsmen who are unwilling to give up time. They are working hard for tomorrow's orders.

The workshop owner is not like the royal nobles who can easily use expensive soul guides for lighting, and the poor illumination and price of traditional oil lamps and candles cannot keep the workshop running day and night.

So most workshops will close down after dark, and only a few workshops with special needs or special customers will continue to operate.

But there is an exception. The Power Workshop, a workshop with a very ordinary name, is a direct workshop of the Small Samsara Academy. When this newly emerged workshop was first established, everyone in the workshop area was not optimistic about it.

After all, this workshop does not have a well-known craftsman as a leader, and this workshop cannot produce products that people applaud, but only some ordinary goods.

However, this workshop has stood firm in this workshop area amid the puzzled eyes of outsiders, relying on nothing else but its extremely low cost and stable quality.

The technical support from the disciples of the Small Samsara Academy has enabled this power workshop to have the most advanced machinery in the entire continent except for the Small Samsara City.

These machines can not only improve production efficiency and precision, but also save a lot of materials and manpower.

The industrial system accumulated and run-in from the workshops outside the Small Samsara City has made the work efficiency and quality stability of this workshop far exceed other traditional workshops.

This industrial system covers all links from design to manufacturing to inspection to transportation to after-sales, etc. Each link has dedicated personnel and processes, and each link has strict standards and specifications.

It is because of this that the power workshop can light up bright lights every night and continue to provide a variety of parts and experimental supplies for the Small Samsara Academy.

The power workshop is located at the deepest part of the street. It has no gorgeous decorations and signs, only a simple iron plate with the word "power" written on it.

It also has no doors or windows, only a huge iron door and several vents. A red oil lamp hung on the iron gate, indicating that it was still open for business.

Behind the iron gate was a huge workshop filled with various mechanical equipment and parts. Some young people in uniforms were busy operating the machines. They were all disciples sent by the Small Samsara Academy to support the power workshop.

Some of them were assembling parts, some were checking quality, and some were packing products. They all communicated and directed with the inside and outside of the workshop with the help of micro-channels.

In the center of the workshop was a huge rune engine, which was the core of the power workshop and provided the power required for the entire workshop.

After the rune engine was invented, it was naturally applied to production, and the power forging hammer that Yan Gongyu secretly competed with was a new application of the engine.

The Douluo Continent, which generally uses free forging, encountered mechanical die forging using rune engines as driving force. This cross-era killer could only die on the spot.

First, use rune technology and the control of gold martial arts to make accurate molds, and then use the forging hammer driven by the rune engine to stamp the material at high speed and high pressure to obtain parts with perfect shapes.

Die forging can greatly improve production efficiency and save manpower. One die forging workshop can complete the output of ten or even more free forging workshops.

And it can ensure the quality and consistency of parts, and there will be no errors and defects caused by manual operation.

As long as it has a perfect design and high-precision model, this set of equipment can produce more complex and delicate parts, and even realize some designs and functions that free forging cannot achieve.

Even die forging can reduce material waste and loss, because the mold can be optimally matched and cut according to the characteristics of the material.

Die forging is a revolutionary production method created by the Small Samsara Academy to promote rune technology. It has brought new vitality and possibilities to the originally backward and conservative industrial field on the Douluo Continent.

In a workshop in the power workshop, pieces of iron sheets rolled out of standard iron ingots have become parts with uniform appearance after repeated stretching, shearing and plasticity. These are parts of one hundred sets of textile equipment customized by the textile team.

These parts are all made by die forging machines driven by rune engines. Each part has been precisely calculated and designed, without any redundancy or missing.

The members of the Small Samsara Academy who were in charge of debugging the machines actually didn't quite understand the Master's intentions. Why would he give the order to manufacturers outside the Power Workshop for processing when the cost and efficiency here were obviously top-notch.

They felt that doing so was a waste of the time and resources of the Small Samsara Academy.

These simple disciples who only focused on production efficiency and inventions certainly didn't know Mu Zhe's ideas. If these advanced production methods were not guided and directly appeared on a large scale, how much turmoil would be caused.

Mu Zhe knew that the rune technology represented by the power workshop was a subversive force that could change the inherent and stable production relations and social structure on the Douluo Continent.

If it is not controlled and balanced, the rune technology is likely to trigger an unprecedented social change, and may even lead to a reshuffle of the relatively harmonious and balanced soul master system on the Douluo Continent.

Mu Zhe did not want to see such a result. He hoped that the rune technology could bring welfare and progress to everyone on the Douluo Continent, rather than chaos and disaster.

So he adopted a gradual and gentle promotion strategy. He asked the power workshop to only accept part of the orders and transfer the other orders to other manufacturers for processing.

Doing so can not only allow the power workshop to maintain a certain profit and reputation, but also allow other manufacturers to have the opportunity to access the rune technology and gradually learn and adapt.

Doing so can also prevent the power workshop from monopolizing the market too much, causing disgust and hostility from other soul masters or forces.

Mu Zhe believes that by doing this, rune technology can be gradually popularized and recognized in Douluo Continent, and the originally backward and conservative industrial field in Douluo Continent can also be revitalized with new vitality and possibilities.

Moreover, the market in Douluo World is still quite primitive. If rune technology is used to liberate farmers in the vast rural areas from labor, the current total productivity of these production soul masters and power workshops cannot meet these needs.

So it is only necessary to let these soul masters get used to the existence of power workshops, and even be curious because of the competitive relationship, then the process of promotion and acceptance will be a natural result.

However, under the destruction and promotion of those old and young, this moderate and steady plan will eventually be destroyed by more drastic changes.

I don’t have much inspiration today, sorry