Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Chapter 181 The Bridge of Communication between Elves and Dwarves
Unlike other contestants who chose to use more advanced tools, Simon did not use a pneumatic enchanting hammer to adjust the knife shape, but hammered it manually.

"I'm starting to like this guy a little bit now."

Barn had to admit that even considering the opposing positions between the dwarves and the elves, he still liked the craftsmanship of this elf boy.

The efficiency of a manual hammer is much lower than that of a pneumatic hammer. When the latter was first invented, there were competitions such as the mechanical team versus the manual team.

As the comparison went on, no one mentioned this anymore.

The artificial team has no advantage at all.

Craftsmen who still use hand hammers are either too poor to buy machines or are confident in their abilities.

The feedback from the hammer allows experienced craftsmen to make more delicate adjustments.

Simon is clearly of the confident type.

I hope this kid can put some pressure on the young dwarf craftsmen in the future.

The more Baines looked at him, the more he liked him.

The younger dwarves in the tribe no longer have the patience to delve into the basics.

We often buy finished steel produced by steel mills and directly cut it into the required shape.

It’s not that this is a bad way to improve efficiency. Judging from the management style of the Zhuoge Group, more money can be made by focusing on quantity rather than quality.

However, Baan always believed that craftsmen still needed to learn and understand traditional forging methods so that they could have a more comprehensive understanding of the craft and then use finished materials after the technology was mature.

Simon finished forging the fastest and was far ahead in progress. He put the red-hot knife blank into the bucket of water with great ease to complete the quenching.

"Quenching is an important heat treatment process that heats the steel to a critical temperature, keeps it warm for a period of time, and then cools it down quickly through a medium, most commonly water and oil, to make the finished product harder and more wear-resistant."

Baan introduced.

They are called judges, but they are actually commentators.

At the same time, Simon stared at the quenched knife blank for a few seconds, then put it back into the furnace and heated it again.

"Oh? What is he going to do?" Barn supported his hands on the table in surprise and leaned forward to see clearly what Simon was doing.

"He wants a second quench?" Barn understood.

"This is a dangerous operation. Although there is a way to increase the strength through repeated quenching, the quenching process is uncontrollable. In addition, the water quenching provided on site can easily cause the blade to break if you are not careful."

However, under Barn's shocked gaze, Simon completed the secondary quenching and heated the knife blank again.

Third time, fourth time...

Baines was speechless. He covered his cheeks with his thick palms, unable to understand what the child was doing.

Six times, a total of six quenchings were carried out.

Each quenching will change the internal structure of the tool body and affect the stress distribution.

Who can guarantee whether the internal stress will be adjusted to a balanced state or to a state on the verge of collapse?

Barns was worried that during the strength test later, when the battle axe chopped down, Simon's knife would break into dozens of pieces, and the fragments would fall on his face.

Come out to participate in a show and then disfigure yourself.

Although he is an old dwarf, he has an idol image.

Simon stared at his work after six quenchings for dozens of seconds. At the last moment when the hourglass was about to run out, he nodded and felt satisfied.

He certainly didn't do this on a whim.

Since he was a child, he found that he could hear strange noises while forging iron.

It’s as if the brain automatically makes the judgment on the material, and indicates the degree of completion of the material through the hallucinatory melody.

A soothing melody represents a high degree of completion, while an intense melody represents that the material is full of hidden dangers.

Just like some people see colors that trigger their sense of hot, cold or taste, these people have an instinctive talent for mixing and matching colors, which is called synesthesia.

Many famous painters have this talent.

Who would have thought that a young elf who had not left the Silver City-State for 56 years and started working in the workshop at the age of 8 would have such an outrageous skill of auditory synesthesia in forging.

Thanks to this talent, Simon always chooses more radical operations when forging.

The melody in his mind was like a progress bar, always reminding him of the completion status.

It sounds very much like the cheats in lord farming novels, which help the protagonist achieve material breakthroughs and develop technology that transcends the times.

It's just a degraded version. Nowadays, the cheats used by the protagonists in farming novels are generally much more direct than this.

The knife blank in Simon's hand now sounded soothing and calm, reaching a very balanced state.

If only he could hear something like that on the Ori Crystal.

However, hope is just hope. The reality is that those black, translucent crystals wrapped in a large amount of flocs were as silent as death in his ears.

The material was soulless to him.

Even a handful of soil picked up from the roadside can make a faint sound.

And the Ori Crystal is not even as good as soil.

But he remained determined to crack its secrets, not because he was seeking a challenge, but because he wanted to fulfill his father's last wish.

As the best craftsman in the Silver City-State of the previous generation, my father claimed to have received revelations from the Holy Tree, which told him that the Ori Crystal was the key to the future.

From then on, he became obsessed with studying this waste crystal, which lasted for hundreds of years until the moment of his death.

Because there had been no works for a hundred years, my father was gradually forgotten by the craftsmen community.

Therefore, the research on Orly crystals has become more extreme.

Eventually, in a failed experiment that caused a violent explosion, he and his mother returned to the sacred tree.

So Simon doesn't like the holy tree. If the Ori Crystal is really the key to the future, why doesn't he tell his father how to use this key.

It was as if the existence above had played a silly joke and took away the lives of his followers.

Simon wants to figure out how to use the Orly crystals.

For my father, and also to calm the anger in my heart.

"The first round is over."

The host, who returned to the studio, rang the bell, breaking Simon's memory.

"Please stop operating and hand the knife blank to the judges."

"Ah!" An unhappy shout came from behind, and the mold in his hand was thrown onto the table.

Until now, he still hasn't cleaned the tin can leather wrapped around the blade.

The knife blank looks like a real thing, but in fact the outer and inner layers are made of different materials.

We can only hope that the referees don't see the problem.

There was no chopping test in the first round. If this "sandwich knife" had a sharp blade, it would definitely chip after one chop.

However, his hopes were soon dashed.

Xin 104 looked at the knife for a moment, then took out a magic device from the desk drawer.

"This is a newly developed strength analyzer by Zhuoge Group. It can analyze the strength of the material and help you determine whether the tools you purchased are qualified. It is sold in all major stores of Zhuoge Group and also provides single-time testing services."

The old goblin stretched out his hoarse voice, forced out a creepy smile, and completed the task of delivering goods assigned by Drogo.

The entire show is filled with overt and covert advertisements for the Drogo Group.

The staff in the surveillance area looked at Xin 104's expression with difficulty.

"Director, do we need to keep this advertisement in the later stage?" asked the executive director.

He felt that this didn't look like an advertisement, and that expression had a threatening feeling, as if if you didn't buy it today, the goblin raiders would come knocking on your door tonight.

Drogo was confused. "Why? Isn't this ad good? Look, isn't the goblin's smile cute?"

"Cute?" The executive director took another look at the surveillance footage. Is this the cultural difference between humans and dragons?

The analyzer scored the strength of all four knife blanks.

The sandwich knife "won" the last place, and Simon's knife was far ahead.

"Is this thing of yours reliable?" Barn expressed his doubt. "It has been quenched by fire six times, six times in total. I guess it looks fine now, but it will break with one cut in the next round." "Don't question the professionalism of the program team." Xin 104 put away the sinister business smile that could scare ordinary children to tears and stop crying children.

He was the one who led the development of the analyzer. Since they gave up fighting and turned to literature, the goblins' self-confidence has been increasing.

In the past, because of their low combat power, their status in the Drogo Group was even lower than that of the animals raised by the orcs.

Now, the goblins all have very high professional levels in the technical sequence.

Baines curled his lips in disbelief.

He didn't dare to use his hundreds of years of forging experience as a guarantee now, as he had already been demonstrated the paper-stuffing and can-taking operation two hours ago.

But I still have to say a few words.

Admire Simon because of his identity as a craftsman, but deny it because of his position as a dwarf.

If only this guy were a dwarf.

Baines thought.

Or it would be even better if he came to become a disciple of the dwarves.

The elves learn the technology from the dwarves, proving that the dwarves are stronger than the elves. Simon follows the dwarves and can also increase the strength of the young dwarves. It’s a win-win situation!

But at most it's just a thought. How is it possible for an elf to learn from a dwarf?

The first round of scoring is over, and the results are not beyond everyone's expectations.

The Sandwich Elf contestant was eliminated, and Simon and two other dwarves entered the second round.

Despite the numerical advantage, Barn was not happy. The second round was about grinding and enchanting.

These are both the elves' strengths.

Apart from their innate better magical talents, Barn felt that the elves were all somewhat possessed.

They regard knife sharpening as a means of spiritual practice to calm their minds. They sharpen their knives at any time. Not only do they make the blades sharp, they also sharpen the blades so that they can be used as mirrors.

is that useful?
The blade can reflect the face of the person holding the knife. Can it increase the advantage in a duel?
But people who buy weapons like this kind, it looks very valuable.

So annoying.

Barn watched Simon's second round of operations, which were even more skillful than the first round. The more he watched, the more uncomfortable he felt.

I don't even want to explain anymore.

You can't just lie with your eyes open and say that the dwarves are not at a disadvantage now and are not at a big disadvantage.

He glanced at Antinoya next to him and felt even more annoyed.

She was about to burst into laughter as she explained Simon's operation in detail.

Not only do you have to praise while introducing something, but you also have to make yourself look cultured.

He would occasionally insert a few lines of poetry when praising someone. Barn didn't understand what they were, but his intuition told him that the words should be quite elegant.

It shows that you have read books, right?
He said angrily in his heart.

What’s so great about having been to school? Do you dare to compete with him in auto chess skills?

After more than half a season of research, Barn can confidently say that his formulaic blacksmith lineup has now inherited 80% of Toto's true teachings.

Help him successfully reach the silver rank in solo queue.

That was a peak he had never reached.

And once you reach the silver realm, you won't fall anymore. There is already a nice thick barrier between you and those stupid bronze and black iron dwarves.

No, I have to find a way to get back at him.

Baan pondered over it and noticed the empty workstations left behind by the elf players who were eliminated.

It would be better to study the principle of inserting paper into the can by yourself, and then explain it to the audience after you understand it, to show that they, the dwarves, are still knowledgeable.

After consulting the program team, Drogo readily agreed to Barn's request.

Encourage any behavior that the judges want to do.

A camera was arranged specifically to shoot Barn, and the legendary dwarf craftsman began his operation.

Follow Simon's example and put a circle of paper around the tin can, then fill it with saw blades and iron filings.

He didn't need to compete, he just wanted to verify the canning, so he didn't bother to remove the rust from the remaining broken saw blades, but just stuffed them all in and sealed the lid.

Magic-based welding techniques are much simpler and easier to use than arc welding.

At least without goggles, you can't see any dazzling sparks or light.

Barn put the iron can into the furnace, and judging whether the temperature reached the standard had become muscle memory for him.

His movements are smooth and chic, which makes people not think of him as a drunkard who is high on card drawing. Working hard can indeed improve one's appearance.

It's just that the other two dwarf players were a little embarrassed. They were already very weak compared to Simon, and now Master Barn came out to compete himself.

There is a kind of invigilator who walks around the exam room and looks at your paper from time to time. After looking through it, he may even smack his lips, shake his head, sigh or something like that.

My mentality exploded on the spot.

"Ugh--"

Baines sighed.

The good news is that paper plugging is not so common, and isolation fluid still has its practical value.

The basic principle of paper plugging is to burn the paper into carbon to form a carbon powder layer and cavity to achieve isolation.

The bad news is that Barn didn't get rid of the can completely.

First of all, the carbon powder produced by burning paper may combine with iron, resulting in a very high carbon content, which increases the hardness but reduces the plasticity.

Secondly, the cavity formed by the paper is not sufficient, and the isolation effect is not that strong, which requires good temperature control and mastery of heating time.

He failed.

It cannot be said that Barn is not as good as Simon, but in terms of proficiency in taking off the can.

Barn pulled it.

The old dwarf glanced stealthily in Simon's direction and saw that the boy was staring at him.

This kid has completed the work that needed to be done in the second round ahead of schedule. Judging from the results, if there was no problem with the analyzer, he could have been declared the winner.

Why is he looking at himself?

Barn was under a lot of pressure. He couldn't lose face in front of his juniors, especially the younger elves.

Why do you still want the title of Crucible?

He made up his mind and decided to use the dwarven secret magic.

A forging skill inherited from a dead god of craftsmen that inflicts magical slashes while hammering.

Barn pretended to be forging as usual and used the secret method.

After a few blows of the hammer, the iron can was cut off.

From the final visual effect, it is as successful as Simon taking off the can.

Baines wiped the sweat from his forehead and fanned himself, pretending to be overheated.

At this time, Simon walked over quickly.

"That forging method just now."

He figured it out? Baines was shocked.

"Can you teach me?"

"Ah?" Barn and Antinoya were both shocked.

"I heard it. The Ori Crystal resonated with that forging method."

Simon said this seriously, not seeming to be joking.

(End of this chapter)