Chapter 309 Optimization

These Gu worms are weaving cloth by themselves?

No, they are not even weaving cloth, but they are spinning silk directly into clothes from the beginning.

Li Qi knows this technology. Some Gu worms cultivated by witches have this function, which can spin silk directly to weave clothes.

It seems that Liu Canzhi has also learned this technology?

Only in this way can it be "natural".

Li Qi continued to observe, but found that these witch silkworms continued to spin silk. Soon, in just two quarters of an hour, they had eaten a broken armor and spit out a new dress.

This new dress is made of extremely fine iron wire. It looks very soft and feels the same as cloth. Only when you use force can you feel the hardness of this thing.

Each of these iron wires is thinner than a hair, so no matter what the original material is, the touch of the cloth after weaving is very soft.

"This thing, reprocessing?" Li Qi tilted his head and said the essence in one word.

This thing, isn't it reprocessing?

The previous armor was disassembled and then made into this dress.

Liu Canzhi laughed, patted Li Qi on the shoulder, and motioned him to pick it up: "This is not that simple. Brother Li, try this magic weapon and compare it with the previous armor. This is a real witchcraft weapon. Although it is only ninth grade, it has other magical powers."

Li Qi was also curious about what was different about this thing, so he picked it up, concentrated his attention, and read the information scanned by Zhenzhiyun.

He just got started, and he noticed something strange.

This thing...

has changed a lot.

The weaving method has changed, the magic contained in it has changed, and even the original flaws have changed.

The previous armor seemed to be used to enhance defense with all its strength. It can form a layer of air shield on the outer layer to resist all external influences, just like a protective suit.

But now this dress is completely different from the armor just now.

The magic has changed. Now it can only protect magic, but it is ineffective against physical attacks. However, the magic defense has been greatly enhanced. The rune construction and various structures have been completely changed.

Except for the same material and the air contained in it, there are no other similarities.

If you don't tell me, it will be difficult to see the origin of this thing.

Liu Canzhi said proudly: "These poisonous insects, as long as the materials of the ninth-grade magic weapon are thrown in, they will continue to produce by themselves, but they need to consume the materials of the soul. The purer the better. I calculated that the residual soul of the monster is the best and most economical. Some other things are too expensive, and some are not so convenient to buy."

"This change... Wait, can it be mass-produced? No, but that's useless. It has no advantage over the standard magic weapon." Li Qi pondered for a while and did not find the advantage of this thing.

It's fun, but it's not worth it. There is no prospect for this technology.

Li Qi knew that humanity is originally a magic weapon assembly line, and the degree of automation is very high, which can produce magic weapons in large quantities and steadily.

The regular soldiers of the Central Plains and a bunch of auxiliary troops similar to the vassal army can all be assigned a complete set of magic weapons that match their own grades.

This kind of thing is basically a degraded version, right?

And it also consumes the residual souls of monsters, which is not cheap. Even in Tang State, there are slaughterhouses that can buy a large number of residual souls cheaply, but the industrial magic weapon assembly line next door does not even need this.

The cost cannot be suppressed, and the efficiency is even more ridiculous. It takes two quarters of an hour, or half an hour, to produce one.

On a mature assembly line, half an hour is enough to equip ten people.

However, Li Qi still asked: "Can this thing be learned? That is to say, it can be woven into different magic tools."

Liu Canzhi explained: "No, these magic tool silkworms can only weave this one piece of clothing for the time being. The other logic is too difficult to weave. I haven't designed a good method yet, and they can only weave clothes. After all, they can only spit out fibers. It's difficult to weave shields or weapons. Maybe I can try to make some green silk accessories in the future. It should be possible."

After explaining, he walked to Li Qi again and took the clothes: "And I have to say, Brother Li, you made a mistake this time."

"Missed? How do you say?" Li Qi was curious.

This is the details scanned by the true know rhyme. There should be no omissions. It is indeed no advantage over mass-produced standard magic tools.

"Indeed, in terms of production efficiency, this has no advantage over standard magic tools, but you know the disadvantages of standard magic tools, right?" Liu Canzhi asked with a smile.

Li Qi replied: "The disadvantage is nothing more than that it cannot adapt to everyone, so it can't play to its full strength, but the magic weapon you produced is the same, nothing special."

This is the difference between standard magic weapons and customized magic weapons.

Customized magic weapons can easily adapt to one's own skills, one's own habits, and are completely in line with the human body, and can exert more power.

But no matter how much the standard magic weapon is optimized and designed, it must be for the public, so if it can't achieve this degree of fit, the power it exerts will naturally be worse.

So generally people with conditions will prepare magic weapons for themselves, and standard magic weapons can only be used in large-scale military weapons or urban infrastructure like the Tang Dynasty.

"Wrong, you are wrong about this, Brother Li, look at what this thing is." Liu Canzhi picked up the clothes, put them on, and activated them.

But the magic contained in it began to work, and a layer of protective wall faintly enveloped Liu Canzhi.

And... it fits his body perfectly.

It's not the kind of fit that was made according to his body in advance, but this magic weapon quickly changed itself to make itself fit the user.

"Hmm?" Li Qi also noticed this immediately, and he was surprised and said, "How did you do this?"

"Haha! This is the power of the witch silkworm. This thing is not a standard magic weapon of humanity, but a combination of the natural magic weapon method of witches. Brother Li, I found some "alive" characteristics in the witch magic weapons you sold to me. After extracting them, it is like this."

"This piece of clothing is essentially a living thing, so it needs to be composed of soul-like materials such as residual souls. You have used witch magic weapons, so you should know this property, right?"

"In other words, this is a combination of the natural magic weapon method of witches, plus the existing automated manufacturing of humanity. How about it, it's amazing!" Liu Canzhi threw the clothes to Li Qi and asked him to try it.

Li Qi no longer looked at it, but put it on and started using it.

Just as Liu Canzhi said, the clothes began to gradually adapt to his body, and gradually began to fit his body.

But... Li Qi found that because his body was too strange and mixed with too many things, this thing seemed to have no strength when it was halfway through the transformation and could only be stuck there.

But it was also very powerful.

He immediately realized the power of this thing.

Business opportunity!

This thing can make a lot of money!

Because he still had debts from Luofu Mountain, Li Qi's first reaction was to make money!

"Brother Liu, how is the cost and efficiency of this thing? Can it be used to develop a new type of magic weapon?!" He immediately looked at Liu Canzhi and asked hurriedly.

Seeing Li Qi's shocked look, Liu Canzhi was immediately proud and he knew that Li Qi would definitely be shocked.

So he shook his head proudly: "As for the cost, it is about fifteen times more valuable than the standard magic weapon. The main thing is that it needs to directly use the ninth-grade magic weapon as the raw material, and add the corresponding grade of the monster residual soul. The quality cannot be bad, otherwise the degree of change will be reduced and the degree of adaptation will be too low."

Li Qi shook his head when he heard it.

What a joke!

Fifteen times more expensive? It's enough to find a refiner to customize one for you, and it can also incorporate the refiner's own techniques and understanding, which is definitely much better than this thing.

"As for the new type of magic weapon, you can only refine this one for now. If you need other magic weapons, you need to cultivate new witch silkworms from scratch. A nest of witch silkworms can only learn the refining method of one magic weapon, and with my current ability, the witch silkworms I cultivate can only make ninth-grade magic weapons at most."

"If you want to cultivate a nest again, it's probably the price of a seventh-grade magic weapon, just this nest." Liu Canzhi pointed to the nest of witch silkworms and said.

Li Qi couldn't stop shaking his head after listening.

The cost is too high, there are too many restrictions, and the initial investment is also large.

Although it seems that there is still room for improvement in technology, it is probably wishful thinking to use it to make money now.

However, Li Qi can naturally see that this thing is very likely to have future prospects. Although it is not very good at present, if the technology is mature, it may be of great use.

Therefore, he said to Liu Canzhi: "Brother Liu, don't be discouraged. Although the witch silkworm does not seem to have any competitive advantage now, it also has its own unique characteristics. If it continues to develop, it will definitely shine in the future. If the cost is reduced, the efficiency is improved, and the speed of new product development is increased, this thing...may replace the current mass production pipeline?"

"Replace the mass production magic weapon? Wouldn't that subvert the foundation of the contemporary Mohist masters? How dare I do that? I'm already very happy to be able to improve it to a practical level." Liu Canzhi received Li Qi's praise, but shook his head instead, no longer looking complacent, and turned to think about the actual situation.

It seems that he is also very confident in his heart, just wanting to show off his achievements to Li Qi.

After all, it's only been a month.

It's only been a month since he got Li Qi's witch magic weapon, and there has been such progress. It can only be said that Liu Canzhi is worthy of being a genius who can enter the Imperial Academy to study.

Everyone has their own abilities. Li Qi just realized that except for practicing faster, he doesn't seem to have any special skills to show off.

Liu Canzhi is good at refining weapons, Shen Shuibi is good at medicine and alchemy, Boyue is strong in numerology, Zhong Minglou is a charlatan, Yanke is good at dancing with long sleeves and also knows the law of cosmic light.

As for Li Qi himself, basically everything he knows is limited to paper talk. He can talk very well and can easily pick up various theoretical books, but he is at a loss when he starts to practice.

He can't fight, his fighting talent is basically zero, and he has no special characteristics in cultivation.

If you have to say a characteristic, it is fast.

He entered the seventh rank in less than four years, and his cultivation speed was ridiculously fast. He relied on this to stand shoulder to shoulder with other geniuses.

As for the others... He practiced too fast, so he had no time to practice his special skills.

Thinking of this, Li Qi comforted him: "Is the giant so powerful at the beginning? Was the assembly line like this from the beginning? If he develops it, even if he can't replace it, he may be able to make a name for himself."

"Yes, following Brother Li's words, alas, there is still room for improvement, but unfortunately I can't find anything more suitable than the remnant souls of monster beasts to provide such activity, and I don't know what the witchcraft relies on to cultivate Gu insects. What, what should we do?" Liu Shenzhi looked at Li Qi with a look of unwillingness, and then blinked.

Li Qi was stunned.

Uh-huh...

This guy... called me here for this reason?

However, it seems that if he wants to make progress in this area, he must understand the methods of witchcraft better, and there is obviously no good way to do this in Chang'an.

Then, asking Li Qi directly is the best choice. After all, Li Qi is the master of Wushen Mountain, and Liu Shenzhi also got his magic weapon from Li Qi. Li Qi must know something about it.

But perhaps due to personality reasons, Liu Shenzhi did not ask directly, but chose this indirect approach.

Li Qi wanted to understand the reason and smiled: "I don't know how to cultivate Gu insects. It is the art of witchcraft. I am Wu Zhu. There is a big difference between them. But you have to say it is better than the residual soul of the monster beast. I have some materials.”

As he spoke, a golden flame popped out of Li Qi's hand.

This flame has no temperature, only a brilliant flame.

There was smoke rising from the bright candle flames, and there seemed to be some kind of murmuring sound ringing around, and there was a constant buzzing in the ears like mosquitoes and flies.

This is the holy flame from the holy king of the holy flame world.

This is what Li Qi just thought of.

Liu Shenzhi just said that the residual soul of the monster was added for adaptive activity. So, what if it is a divine soul product with higher activity?

If you want to cultivate the activity of this kind of Gu insect, then... So far, the most active material that Li Qi has seen and the most suitable for the cornerstone of the Kingdom of God is undoubtedly the Holy Flame.

This ray of holy flame was originally made by the Holy King, and Li Qi brought it back to prepare samples for sale.

But now, it seems that it can come in handy.

"This thing is a specialty in one of my worlds. Why don't you try it?" Li Qi Shengyan gestured.

Liu Shenzhi's expression was solemn.

"Is there anything of lower quality? It's best to be of ninth grade. This one you have... I can't tell the depth, which means it's at least the essence of seventh grade or above. I'm afraid my witchcraft silkworm can't bear it." He said immediately.

Liu Shenzhi did not refuse.

He also felt that this kind of activity was far beyond the remnant soul of a dead thing!

The holy flame is the product of spiritual resonance and has an extremely strong spiritual will, so Shinto likes it. The remnant soul is a dead thing no matter what, and it cannot compare to the holy flame!

"Nine-grade ones, of course." Li Qi immediately took out another ninth-grade holy flame and handed it to him.

This was echoed by the strong men of the Holy Flame Clan.