Chapter 438 Assembly Line, Combined Magic Weapon!
There are constant battles in Yuhua City, and the supply of magic weapons cannot keep up.
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows and had an idea. He turned to look at the weapon refiner Mo Tianhong and said:
"Master Mo, we can try to use assembly line production."
Mo Tianhong heard this word for the first time and said curiously:
"City Lord, what is assembly line production?"
Bai Yu said:
"To put it simply, it's a division of labor. Each person is responsible for a part of a magic weapon."
"Producing a magic weapon involves several steps, such as tempering the materials, refining the rough embryo, burning the formation patterns, and unsealing the spirit. Refining it from start to finish will take at least a few days."
"So we broke down these steps and each person was only responsible for one small step."
"For example, the tempering of materials can be left to novice apprentices, and the refining of rough embryos can be left to low-level weapon refiners. Intermediate and high-level weapon refiners only need to be responsible for the core formation pattern burning."
Assembly line division of labor is the core technology of industrialization in later generations.
Although it seems simple, it can greatly improve efficiency.
Mo Tianhong frowned after hearing this.
Surprisingly, he was not surprised by this and pondered:
"What the city lord said has actually been tried before."
"The speed is faster, but the quality of the magic weapon is reduced, and the refining is easy to fail."
"For example, when it comes to tempering materials, only the refiner himself knows the temperature. Otherwise, it will affect subsequent refining."
Bai Yu had already expected this.
The so-called slow work and careful work, the main focus of assembly line production is large quantity and sufficient control. As for the quality, it doesn't matter.
He sighed:
"Master Mo, the situation is urgent now. We don't care about the quality. We just need to increase the refining speed."
Mo Tianhong thought for a moment and then said:
"Okay, just follow what the city lord said."
"According to my experience, after the division of labor, the refining speed can be increased by more than 20%, and a thousand magic weapons can be refined every day."
Refining a thousand pieces every day consumes more than three thousand, but there is still a gap that cannot be filled.
Bai Yu thought for a while and then said:
"No, it's still not enough."
"Master Mo, look at this, can you refine a combined magic weapon?"
Mo Tianhong was confused:
"What is a combined magic weapon?"
Bai Yu started to explain:
"It means dismantling the formation patterns of the magic weapon, carving various formation patterns separately, and finally putting them together."
"For example, low-level weapon refiners are responsible for the primary reinforcement formations, floating formations, etc. Only the core formations are handed over to the high-level weapon refiners for completion and finally put together."
Unexpectedly, Mo Tianhong shook his head like a rattle.
"Sorry, can't do it."
"The spiritual array patterns of the magic weapon are interlocking, precise and subtle. It can only be burned from the beginning to the end in one go. If there is any mistake in the middle, the embryo will have to be recast."
"It's absolutely impossible to burn the formation patterns separately and then combine them."
Bai Yu didn't say anything more and took out a magic-proofing arrow.
Then they demonstrated on the spot how to carve the formation patterns separately and finally combine them.
Although the refined magic-proofing arrow is thicker than an arm, it is indeed refined.
I think back then, Bai Yu used this trick to trick his master, Wu Weizi.
The expression on Mo Tianhong's face was very exciting, as if he was constipated.
"This is also called an arrow? It's thicker than an arm. How can it be used?"
Bai Yu directly picked up the magic-breaking arrow and threw it like a javelin.
"Sorry, I am born with supernatural powers."
Mo Tianhong was stunned:
"This...this...this...is this okay?"
Bai Yu smiled and said:
"Master Mo, please think more broadly. It's just that the material is thicker and the formation pattern is thicker."
"It's a battlefield consumable anyway, just barely usable."
Mo Tianhong felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly.
Although I always felt that something was wrong, facts spoke louder than words, and Bai Yu really did it.
After a long while, he agreed that he could try to dismantle it.
"However, I have little talent and little knowledge. If I want to dismantle the formation patterns, I'm afraid it won't be possible overnight."
He took a large stack of magic weapon refining blueprints and began to think hard.
Bai Yu smiled slightly and directly selected a few of the most commonly used magic weapons. After observing them for a while, he started adding points.
[The proficiency of the high-grade magical weapon Blazing Bronze Spear has been improved, reaching perfection! 】
[The proficiency of the Platinum Flying Sword is improved, reaching perfection! 】
[The proficiency of Earth Dragon Shield has been improved, reaching perfection! 】
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With the highest level of proficiency, Bai Yu is very familiar with the structure of these magical weapons.
He took out the pen and paper and started swiping away.
It didn't take long for the magic weapon array patterns to be disassembled one by one.
Even how to divide the refining steps and where special reinforcement is needed are marked out.
"Okay, let's do this. There is no requirement for quality, as long as the speed is increased."
Mo Tianhong looked like he had seen a ghost.
"City Lord Bai, can you do this?"
Bai Yu smiled slightly:
"Know a little bit."
Mo Tianhong was sincerely convinced, took the drawing and started refining it step by step.
I failed several times at the beginning, but gradually became proficient and actually used the assembly line to refine a combined magic weapon.
Although the guy who was refined can be said to be stupid, big and black.
The blazing bronze spear looks like a pillar, and the platinum flying sword looks like a door panel.
But no matter what, the core formation recording speed has been greatly improved, and the refining speed has indeed gone up.
Now the daily output of magic tools has reached more than 3,000 pieces, which can just make up for the gap.
If you are more skilled, it can be even faster.
Soon, this batch of combined magic tools was put into use and received unanimous negative reviews from the frontline monks.
If they were not facing a powerful enemy, they would have rushed into the weapon refining workshop with a 40-meter-long door-panel sword and asked the weapon refiners:
"This is also called a sword?"
After solving the gap in magic tools, Bai Yu began to think about other things, such as the Nine Earths Fire Array.
If it can be upgraded to the Nine Heavens and Nine Earths Thunder Fire Array, the power will leap forward.
He found Mu Li Zi and asked:
"Mr. Mu, how can the Lihuo formation be upgraded to the Nine Heavens and Nine Earths Thunder and Fire formation?"
The war was slowing down a bit at this time, and Mu Li Zi was drinking tea and taking a break, so he said:
"If you encounter a place struck by lightning, you can build nine Heavenly Thunder Towers to draw down the heavenly thunder to cooperate with the earthly fire."
Bai Yu:
"Do you have to use heavenly thunder? Can you replace it with other lightning?"
Mu Li Zi was really stumped by the question:
"Other lightning may really work, but the power is not as strong."
"But the most important thing is that the thunder required by the Heavenly Thunder Tower is not a little bit. Even if all the thunder monks are gathered together, it is a drop in the bucket."
Unexpectedly, Bai Yu was relieved.
"I will solve the thunder and lightning problem. Let's discuss upgrading the formation and building the Heavenly Thunder Tower first."
Mu Li Zi asked curiously:
"Lord Bai, you also know the formation?"
Bai Yu: "I know a little bit."
Mu Li Zi almost spit out a mouthful of water.
"I heard that City Lord Bai is good at prospecting, refining equipment and talismans, and now he knows formations. How many skills do you have, City Lord Bai?"
Bai Yu: "I know a little bit of everything."