Chapter 84: Chapter 84: Surprising Mechanical Techniques (Seeking Yue Votes, Recommendation Votes!)
Wang Sheng obtained three items from the wooden box.
A piece of letter paper, which had already been burned to ashes, then the “Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter” and a stone.
Of course, he also obtained a book of miscellaneous notes.
The contents of the notes were sparse. Over this month, Wang Sheng, who had practiced more, occasionally looked through them, wanting to broaden his knowledge.
However, the writer of the notes seemed to record things as they pleased, so there wasn’t much useful content.
They noted down tasty foods, fun encounters, and even some rumors, just like a diary.
…
It was clear from the notes that the author wasn’t a serious person; after all, who writes a diary?
Of course, there was still some useful information within.
But it required sifting through the sand to find the gold, searching meticulously.
Wang Sheng had indeed found useful information about demon beasts.
This part of the text was about a “secret” the author had stumbled upon, which was then specifically noted.
After various causes, wild beasts that became spiritually aware could possess strength not inferior to that of a martial artist.
But actually, in the Martial Artist World, these spiritually aware brute beasts were categorized.
One type resided in the mountains, guarding their territory without randomly attacking humans, known as spirit beasts; the other type deliberately attacked human villages and even cities, turning humans into their blood meal, known as demon beasts.
This classification was from the human perspective, but since race itself is a perspective, there was nothing much to say about it.
The secret in the notes was related to demon beasts.
It was written that long ago, this world had no demon beasts, only naturally occurring spirit beasts.
However, something happened later that led to the appearance of demon beasts.
According to the information the note’s author had stumbled upon, it seemed to be the advent of the first Master of Destiny that led to the emergence of demon beasts.
It was said that the birth of the Master of Destiny allowed demon beasts to obtain something from humans to enhance their power.
This was an interesting and subtle assertion because some demon beasts indeed acted this way.
Of course, this theory had no evidence, merely pure speculation, as no one knew how the first demon beast appeared.
“The birth of the Master of Destiny led to the emergence of demon beasts…”
Wang Sheng flipped through the notes again, hoping to find more relevant content, but the notes were too chaotic.
“Forget it, let’s take it slow!”
Every time he read this book of notes, it gave him a headache.
“Today’s task is this!”
Saying so, Wang Sheng picked up another book, “Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter.”
This was what he really intended to read today.
As for that stone, he had studied it before but couldn’t figure anything substantial out, so he gave up on it. It was something from Mechanical City, anyway; perhaps he could find some clues in the book.
“Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter”, because it was clear that the technical professionality was substantial, Wang Sheng had only briefly looked through it the day he got it.
Later, because he needed to complete the first steps of Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation, he hadn’t looked at it since.
Now he finally had some time.
Reading the content of the book, Wang Sheng felt fortunate.
“It’s so great that the text’s inheritance wasn’t severed!”
Although Mechanical City was annihilated long before the Great Zhou dynasty, the text from Great Zhou was inherited from previous generations, with only some minor changes, but overall, the same text, so he could understand it. Of course, he also had to thank the special paper of Mechanical City’s inherited books for their good preservation.
When he had read it before, he knew it was a book of inherited secret teachings, and this was not without reason.
Because the opening of the “Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter” wasn’t anything profound but some basic knowledge.
The opening of the book was a sentence,
“The core of mechanical techniques lies in three aspects: material, energy, and powerful martial artists. Material and energy are the foundation of the creation and advancement of mechanical techniques, while powerful martial artists can best utilize the functions of mechanisms.” — Mo Ban, the founder of Mechanical City
This was the opening sentence.
Wang Sheng thought of a theory from his previous life, the three pillars of scientific progress: materials, energy, and information.
This tri-pillar theory had a unique coincidence with Mo Ban’s mechanical techniques theory.
It goes without saying, this was a level of insight not common among ordinary people.
Thus, never underestimate any civilization, or the top figures of an era.
After reading the first sentence, the first section of the book followed, the Material Chapter.
“The Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter” was quite thick as a book of inherited secret teachings and had small, densely written text, very rich in content.
Wang Sheng briefly flipped through the extent covered by the Material Chapter, roughly several dozen pages, followed by the Energy Chapter, which was even more extensive.
The remainder was nearly half of the book dedicated to the creation methods of the Guardian Mechanism Giant Beast “Azure Dragon”.
“Let’s take it slow!”
Wang Sheng knew, even with a progress bar, understanding this entire book of inherited secret teachings would take a substantial amount of time. He couldn’t rush it.
He began reading the Material Chapter’s content.
“Materials, the best materials are naturally occurring spiritual objects. However, as spiritual objects are rare, the most suitable materials are those of gold and iron, which after forging…”
A large part of the Material Chapter’s content taught how to produce suitable materials and explained which materials were suitable for making certain things.
“So, to learn mechanical techniques, one must also learn forging?”
Indeed, every “technology” involved countless dependent branches of learning. Evidently, forging was indispensable in learning Mechanical City’s techniques in this world.
After reading, Wang Sheng couldn’t help but admire the brilliance of the founder of mechanical techniques, who was able to forge different materials for various uses.
Of course, the book he held wasn’t a complete method, as these kinds of inherited secret teachings comprised four books, and he only possessed one. To obtain the complete inheritance, one must acquire all four books.
But he had a progress bar, and perhaps he could integrate some things through the “Azure Dragon Chapter.”
Aside from the forging methods, the remaining content of the Material Chapter included some techniques for identifying spiritual objects and special minerals unique to this world, all detailed very comprehensively.
Wang Sheng didn’t plan to read it all at once, so he started on the second chapter, the Energy Chapter.
Seeing this chapter, Wang Sheng was astonished.
“Is this really mechanical techniques?”
The Energy Chapter included some mechanical design methods, which could even be said to be the focal point of the Energy Chapter.
These design methods surprised Wang Sheng.
For instance, there was something that looked like individual exoskeleton armor, and its function was similar too, significantly saving on effort.
Or the flying mechanism named “Cloud Wings,” which allowed martial artists to soar through the skies. Although this device required a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist at the least, who has begun to externally project their Qi-Blood, it was still extremely astounding.
And more…
Seeing these, Wang Sheng inwardly lamented, “It’s a pity Mechanical City was destroyed!”