Douluo, my martial soul is a mushroom

Chapter 92 Metal City, Terminals and Base Stations
There is a city in Longyan Province that is famous throughout the continent - Gengxin City.

This is the largest blacksmith center and metal trading center on the continent. Here, you can find all kinds of conventional metals and rare metals, and the quality is the key, not the quantity. It is worthy of the name of "Metal City"!
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As I entered Gengxin City, the first thing I was greeted by was the metallic smell that hit me in the face.

It is the sourness of iron, the heat of fire, the fishy smell of quenching oil, the bitterness of evaporating sweat, the choking sensation of charcoal flames, the clanging sound of collisions... It is a special feeling of multiple senses mixed together. It is hard to forget once you have smelled it.

Looking at the street curiously.

Blacksmith shops can be seen everywhere along the road, the traditional ones with big hammers and small hammers clanging. The red and yellow iron blocks are deformed and stretched under the beating of the forging hammers, and then heated again after cooling, plasticized again, and finally quenched and modified.

A very primitive way of working.

Perhaps this is the characteristic of the undeveloped supernatural world? Advanced energy matches the most primitive manual operation.

——It's really interesting. If it were a sociology student, he might be able to write a paper about it.

Ikehira thought.

"But in the end, the technology is still not enough to support it. If... well, forget it. Business is more important."

Walking along the street, more features of Gengxin City appear before your eyes.

Chi Ping couldn't help but admire that although the blacksmiths' working methods here were very primitive, their craftsmanship and processing precision had reached a very high level. For example, a piece of silver-plated fish scale armor he saw in a store was almost useless in terms of applicability, but the technology it demonstrated was worthy of recognition.

The nail plate is made of steel, with a thickness of less than 1 mm and a visual error of less than 10 millimeters. This technology is comparable to machine tool processing.

——Perhaps it is indeed possible to outsource part of the processing to the local blacksmith shop.

Continuing forward, soon a tall building appeared in front of us.

Looking up, the building was at least thirty meters high and covered a large area. Overall, it looked like the Great Fighting Arena of Soto City. A dark iron plaque hung directly above the building. There were no words on it, only two relief images of a hammer and a chisel.

This is the headquarters of the Blacksmiths Association in the center of Gengxin City.

The headquarters is divided into five floors. The first floor is the trading area. Blacksmiths will bring their proud works or some metals here to trade. In addition, there are also vendors who specialize in selling various metals. The second floor is the advanced trading area, where extraordinary and rare metals are sold.

The third floor is the blacksmith registration and assessment area, the fourth floor is the VIP area, and the fifth floor is the office area of ​​the Blacksmith Association.

Chi Ping walked into the association quietly, and only took a tour of the first floor, where he bought twenty kilograms of mithril and twenty kilograms of black iron. He then went to the second floor and bought ten pieces of high-quality crystals and some other rare materials.

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In Gengxin City, blacksmiths are divided into junior blacksmiths, intermediate blacksmiths, senior blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, grandmaster blacksmiths and divine blacksmiths.

A year ago, the five level 6 soul guides that Xue Qinghe gave him were all analyzed. After a year of accumulation and integration, Chi Ping can now independently design and manufacture level 4 soul guides.

The purpose of coming to Gengxin City this time is to purchase raw materials and do rough processing for his first (or first batch) level 4 soul guide.

According to Chi Ping's investigation, the level of the blacksmith is sufficient to meet his processing requirements.

But Chi Ping's plan is to build a thousand pieces at a time, which is very difficult.

Independent workshops rarely receive orders for more than a hundred pieces, and a thousand pieces is simply too large a number.

"Boss, can these parts be made?"

This was the fifth time Ikehira had asked.

The stocky, beardless, middle-aged man with dark hair carefully assessed the blueprint at hand and shook his head.

"This part isn't complicated, but one thousand is still too many. Our store really can't handle this order." Chi Ping sighed, "Which store do you think can handle this order?"

The shop owner hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do customers have to make it in one shop?"

Chi Ping said: "I have high standards for this batch of parts. If they are made in different blacksmith shops, the craftsmanship of the masters will be different, and the consistency of the parts cannot be guaranteed."

The shop owner said, "If that's the case, I'm afraid that only the disciples of the Godly Craftsman can take over this Gengxin City."

"The master craftsman's disciple..." Chi Ping lowered his eyebrows and thought, "My budget is only 50,000 gold soul coins. Can I hire one?"

As a Soul Emperor whose combat power is comparable to that of a Soul Saint, plus other identities such as a Soul Instructor, Chi Ping's speed of making money is still quite good.

The shop owner grinned, "Are you friends with Master Lou Gao?"

Ikehira shook his head.

The shop owner said, "Then you should lower your requirements a bit."

Chi Ping sighed, "That's all I can do. Judging from your appearance, can I introduce you to him?"

The shop owner nodded and said, "Our shop has some connections with the other three workshops."

"If a family orders 250 pieces, that's acceptable." Chi Ping cupped his hands, "Then I'll trouble you, boss. This is a deposit of gold soul coins."

Chi Ping took out a gold ticket.

The shop owner accepted it with a smile.

"Please rest assured that you will not be disappointed."

Three days later, the contract was negotiated, and the four blacksmiths and their forges jointly took on an order for one thousand parts, with delivery scheduled one month later. The progress and quality of the parts could be checked at any time.

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Xue Qinghe once hoped that Chi Ping would design a communication soul guide, and Chi Ping always remembered it.

In addition, since Chi Ping himself was born in the lower class and had traveled around the continent for three years, he also wanted a communication soul guide that could connect the entire continent.

Chi Ping spent a year designing a basic communication hardware system and a supporting software system.

The communication hardware system can be divided into two parts, the terminal system and the transmission system. The terminal system is responsible for the encoding, sending, receiving and decoding of signals, and the transmission system is responsible for the transmission of signals.

The terminal system includes a signal receiver and transmitter, a decoder, an encoder, a processor, and a display. The signal receiver and transmitter are designed based on mycelium, and other functional components are designed based on soul guide technology.

The transmission system relies on mycelium channels throughout the continent and a tentative one thousand base stations to form a transmission network.

The maximum transmission distance of the mycelium channel is similar to Chi Ping's perception limit, which is about 100 kilometers. If you want to transmit the signal to a longer distance, you need a signal base station as a relay to amplify the signal and send it again.

At the same time, the base station has simple processing functions and can perform directional transmission and signal classification according to the received signal protocol to improve transmission efficiency.

It may not be possible to transmit in time for the time being, but it can be guaranteed that data can be sent from one end of the mainland to the other within one day.

This signal base station and the matching terminal are the first level 4 soul guide designed by Chi Ping.

The scale is a bit exaggerated, but in terms of technical level it can only be considered level 4.

(End of this chapter)