Arknights' Lock of Heaven

But in Xia Yu's hands... from analysis to manufacturing, did it take more than a minute?

Am I really that bad?

He originally wanted to use this thing to curry favor with Xia Yu and get her to help him deal with Sui.

But who would have thought that he would ruin his own mental state first?

good chance!

As the two were entangled, Kroos quietly approached from behind and then secretly took the metal from their hands.

He turned around, made a quick getaway, and went straight to analyze the composition of the metal.

As for how Xia Yu pirated the Bronze of Shoushan?

She doesn't care about any of that.

All she knew was that she was about to become rich, very rich!

These two people in front of me could give me something that I could use for the rest of my life.

"Calm down, calm down, let me explain!"

139 The Significance of Magic Steel to This World

"Listen to me, we can't compare like this, can we?"

Xia Yu comforted Nian gently, "After all, you know your situation. You're just a fragment, so it's normal that your abilities are limited."

Well, that doesn't exactly count as kind words.

Every strike is aimed at the vital points...

Upon hearing this, Nian's defenses crumbled even more completely.

Her beautiful eyes glared fiercely at Xia Yu, her usual playful smile gone. Just from the sound of her grinding her teeth, you could tell that if she said a few more words, she would probably jump up and bite someone.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore," Xia Yu waved her hand when she saw this, "You should rest for a bit."

Then he decisively turned around and walked towards Kroos.

If we stay any longer, we might really get bitten.

"This is amazing! This is completely unscientific!" Kroos exclaimed excitedly. "Does such a material really exist? Am I dreaming?"

Snapped!

Xia Yu chopped Kroos on the head, then shrugged at the glaring woman and said, "See, you can feel pain. You're not dreaming."

"That was just a metaphor, do you understand what a metaphor is?" Kroos jumped up, her tone aggressive. "Have you ever been to school?"

Xia Yu knew this, of course, but she did it purely out of revenge.

I'm left to comfort you all this year, while you seem to have it all easy for you.

Who was that fangirl-like person, calling me "Master" over and over again?

As a result, the master was heartbroken, but you remained indifferent...

You're probably a fake fan.

"How much do you think this thing can sell for?" Xia Yu's question turned Kroos's angry glare into a beaming smile.

“A sky-high price, an absolutely sky-high price!” Kroos’s smile almost overflowed when she said this. “You know, only national-level organizations are interested in this kind of metal. Small and medium-sized enterprises simply don’t have this demand.”

“And an order from a country… hehe,” Kroos said, rubbing her hands together, her meaning clear without words.

"Want to sell it?" At this moment, Nian, who was standing to the side, looked at his black-hearted little fangirl with a cold face, then curled his lips and said, "You guys should deal with Yan first."

"It's fine if you use it yourself, since no one knows the truth about your space anyway, but if you sell it..."

"This is like the lifeblood of the Yan Kingdom! Believe me, the moment you deliver the goods, their warships will be shoving in your face!"

This statement was primarily directed at Kroos, who is a fake fan.

Well, I'm not saying this to Xia Yu. Heaven knows what he's hiding, maybe he's not afraid at all.

"How dare you slander my innocence out of thin air?" Kroos stood up straight, her face serious. "Look, look, this is the copper from your family's First Mountain."

She pointed to the orange-yellow accessories.

“This is ours, uh, boss,” Kroos turned to Xia Yu, “How about we give this thing a name?”

Hearing this, Xia Yu rolled her eyes at her.

Before, when there was no use, you just called him "that person". Now that big business is coming your way, you start calling him "boss", right?

However, it certainly deserves a name.

"Let's call it Magic Steel," Xia Yu stroked her chin. Hmm, a metal transformed by magic, that's quite fitting.

“Yes, magic steel!” Kroos placed the accessory and the magic steel together, declaring confidently, “Look at them, how can these two be the same?”

"What's the use of telling me?" Nian slowly found a chair, sat down, and crossed his legs. "If you're so capable, try saying the same thing to the warships of Yan and see if they believe you."

"It's just a ship's cannon, isn't it?" Kroos's eyes darted around, and then she jumped behind Xia Yu and began to massage Xia Yu's shoulders attentively.

"You're making it sound like we don't exist. Look at this boss, a man who can summon hundreds of cannons with a wave of his hand. I'm asking you, is Yan Guo afraid?"

"Hey boss, is this a comfortable way to squeeze? By the way, how much of this magic steel do you produce?"

“Hmm, a little more to the left,” Xia Yu comfortably shook her neck, then weighed the magic power consumption and replied, “As for the output, well, you can convert it to ten tons of Originium to make one ton of Magic Steel.”

“The same weight of Originium, right? Let me think,” Kroos did some quick calculations, “Three years! In three years I can build at least three hundred siege cannons!”

"I'm not selling them without a plan. We'll sell them after we've finished building the cannons! Anyone who dares to question us will have their head blown off by three hundred cannons!"

Kroos became more and more excited as she spoke, "In my opinion, Yan is still too conservative. Why not export such a good thing? Anyway, your defenses are already sufficient, and many countries need this stuff."

"That's a lot of foreign exchange! It's all money!"

"Once we have the money, we can expand production, and then sell a portion of it. After several cycles, the expanded production alone will far surpass what we could have achieved during the previous period of financial hardship."

Kroos looked at her with a disappointed expression.

"It's not as easy as you think," Nian finally couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Do you think they don't want to expand production?"

"Due to some unknown reasons, expanding production is extremely difficult. Otherwise, those people wouldn't have let me analyze the copper from Shoushan. They must have wanted to find another way to produce it."

"But so many years have passed, and no one has figured it out yet."

"How do you know they haven't figured it out?" Kroos's eyes darted around before she retorted, "Maybe they just didn't tell you? Anyway, you don't seem to be on the same page as Yan, right? Why would you tell me and create more problems?"

"Hmph, who else could they turn to if not me?" Nian sneered. "Do you think everyone has that kind of ability..."

"No, you're trying to trick me!"

"Haha, so it really wasn't that we didn't want to, but that we couldn't," Kroos clapped her hands. "Then our magic steel will be an exclusive product, with no competitors at all, hehehe..."

Upon seeing this, Nian slapped his forehead, realizing he had been so angry he'd lost his mind; he'd fallen for such a basic platitude.

But what Kroos said does have some potential...

After thinking about it carefully, Nian realized that he had contributed to the creation of this magic steel, hadn't he? Even a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice; if it weren't for the copper from the First Mountain that he had contributed, Xia Yu wouldn't have been able to create the magic steel.

Hehe, I'll take the magic steel back and show it off to those old men, saying that I and others "co-developed" it.

Hey, you don't believe me? Look at those hundreds of magic steel cannons in the sky, do you believe me or not?

Not to mention the Celestial Master's Mansion, even the emperor has to speak to him politely.

How impressive that would be! Just think of all those brothers and sisters, and yet they're all completely dominated by the Great Yan. If only I could be so impressive...

Thinking of this, Nian slammed his fist down and said, "Bottoms up!"

However, just in case, let's confirm first.

"Are you sure that the production of magic steel can reach this level?"

"Would I lie to you?" Xia Yu pouted, then pulled out a bucket of soil from somewhere, put her hand on it, and saw the soil slowly transform into magic steel.

Just kidding, the wisdom of the people is such that they can even mold Noble Phantasms out of clay, and once molded, they can still clash with the Noble Phantasms in the Royal Treasury without being at a disadvantage.

After transferring my household registration from Type-Moon to Terra, thanks to the generosity of my new boss, I retained all my original abilities, so what's wrong with creating a Felsteel?

Is it really beyond common sense? It's not like it's created out of thin air; it's just using magic as a medium to transform the properties of matter.

Although the latter is also absurd, it at least makes sense. After all, when it comes to magic, who has more authority on the subject than Xia Yu in Terra?

“Hmm, ten tons of Originium for one ton of Magic Steel…” Nian pondered for a moment, then exclaimed, “That’s so cheap… This price-performance ratio completely blows away the copper from First Mountain.”

Don't be fooled by the fact that ten tons of Originium seems like a lot; it depends on what you're comparing it to.

Compared to metals like magic steel, which can be considered strategic resources, it's really cheap.

Look at Ursus, a major producer of Originium, and with a damn long border with the Demons. They suffer terribly from the daily incursions of the Demons. If they knew about the existence of Felsteel, believe me, they could launch a full-scale attack on Rhodes Island tomorrow (lol).

Then Xia Yu will take away the million-strong army with a few Noble Phantasms.

Of course, this is just an exaggerated analogy; Ursus isn't so foolish as to mobilize the entire nation's army.

But they are perfectly capable of deploying over 100,000 people to surround and intercept Rhodes Island.

I did a rough calculation of the market that year and found that there were many countries that needed magic steel.

The Great Yan Dynasty itself doesn't have enough copper from its own First Mountain, so it definitely has to buy some.