240: Standard industrial assembly line

The Old Emperor is just a craftsman, not a butcher; he has no interest in killing.

If you were to send a cartload of beauties, the Old Emperor might be happy for a few days.

Han Huohuo couldn't help but curse, "This Sun Yong is truly a shameless scoundrel! Why don't you bring money? He used a pretext to raid Yang Lin's home, seized his family's property, and then sent me Yang Lin's family members' heads as a gift. It's all profit without capital. His calculations are too shrewd!"

Indeed, only a hero truly understands another hero.

Han Huohuo immediately saw through Sun Yong's cunning and vicious calculations; this guy is definitely not a good person.

"Master, let's go. Don't mind these things. We'll continue discussing the alloy."

The Gongsun family's Angel army brought great pressure to Han Huohuo.

These monstrous things don't seem like troops from this world. Like Chaos, they emerged from space-time rifts, and their powerful strength is difficult to estimate.

They can fight back and forth with mech units.

Moreover, those things seem not to die; they revive after death. It's terrifying.

"They revive?" Han Huohuo was also surprised when he first heard this news. "How do they revive?"

"Someone killed an Angel. After an Angel dies, it turns into light and disappears. Later, on the battlefield, he saw this Angel again."

"Huh, are all Angels different?"

"Yes, Lord, Angels are like us humans; each Angel is different, but they cannot be killed. As soon as they die, they turn into light, and then, not long after, they reappear on the battlefield."

This is very troublesome!

If they were ordinary troop types, it wouldn't matter, but Angels are too powerful. If they can revive repeatedly, it's equivalent to having no cost.

Han Huohuo was a bit curious how the Mu family suppressed the Gongsun family and took control of the Capital City. Was it really because of the Seamstress?

The Angels' characteristics reminded him of Chaos.

Chaos is a form of energy that emerges from a rift, transforms into a monster upon landing, and becomes chaos coin after death. However, if you don't collect the chaos coin in time, it will revert to Chaos energy and return to the rift.

Are Angels also the same kind of creatures as Chaos?

They die, turn into light, and then reappear?

But that rift is in the distant Northeast. How can they return to the battlefield so quickly? This is illogical!

He couldn't figure out the principle behind it.

So he decided not to think about it.

Han Huohuo began to focus on the alloy, first creating his own Tier 7 troops, which would make it easier to deal with Angels.

While sending out scouts to gather intelligence on Angels, he discussed the construction of the alloy production line with Master Ouyezi.

Ouyezi led Han Huohuo into the workshop, where his apprentices were melting alloys according to the formula.

The temperature was extremely high.

The flames had turned blue.

But fusing these magical materials with iron was indeed very difficult.

What came out in the end was a chaotic mess, looking dark and lumpy.

Then, they lit the charcoal from sea willow wood and placed the strange lump on the charcoal to bake.

Soon, a five-colored light shone, black impurities were continuously removed, and the alloy gradually became bright.

Ding!

The alloy was finally refined.

Everyone in the workshop had tears in their eyes; these were tears of excitement.

After 99 failures, they finally found the correct method and refined the first piece of alloy.

Ouyezi had never seen this metal before and quickly arranged for people to test the various properties of the alloy.

Soon, several apprentices returned with shocked expressions to report.

"Master, this thing didn't melt even at 5000 degrees! We can't get it to a higher temperature; it's terrifying."

"Master, the hardness of this alloy is at least above level 300! If this material were made into a sword, it would surely be the strongest sword in this world."

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Ouyezi heard one data point after another: flexibility, corrosion resistance, heat and cold resistance—all properties were exaggerated to an absurd degree.

The Old Emperor's heart raced, and he began to ponder how to use this alloy to make weapons.

It couldn't melt even at 5000 degrees, so how should it be processed?

Should it be treated with corrosive magic, or ice and fire spells? Or forged under pressure?

While the Old Emperor was pondering these matters, Han Huohuo frowned, "Master, how long does it take you to produce one of these alloy ingots?"

Seeing the Lord ask, Ouyezi quickly replied, "Lord, with everyone in our workshop working together, it will probably take seven days to refine one alloy ingot. This is truly a treasure!"

After hearing the Old Emperor's report, Han Huohuo almost spat blood. He didn't care how the alloy ingot would be processed afterward; the Armory would naturally find a way.

It takes three hundred alloy ingots to make one mech. How could this production efficiency possibly work? This absolutely won't do!

Han Huohuo shook his head, "No, this efficiency is too slow!"

Ouyezi carefully asked, "Then what does the Lord mean?"

Han Huohuo called Ouyezi and his main disciples over and said earnestly, "Now that wars are breaking out everywhere, our Tongtian City is a rare place of peace and stability. None of you want this place to be affected by war, do you?"

Everyone's emotions were complex, and they all expressed their stance: "We will follow the Lord's arrangements. This is a rare pure land in a chaotic world. We will certainly do our best to protect Tongtian City. Lord, please state your requirements."

Seeing that the atmosphere had been set, Han Huohuo then said, "This alloy has a great use for me. For now, don't consider how to use it; just focus on producing the alloy for me, and it must be done through industrial assembly line production!"

"Industrial assembly line production?"

Everyone hadn't heard of this concept, so Han Huohuo had no choice but to explain the basic knowledge of industrialization to the workshop staff.

Although Han Huohuo knew nothing, he came from that era and understood some basic concepts.

He rattled off concepts like standardized production, assembly line operations, automation, and semi-automation.

Many things Han Huohuo only knew by name; he didn't understand their deeper meaning.

Anyway, everyone understood the gist of it.

The goal was to mass-produce the alloy!

Although Ouyezi was old, his mind was very flexible. Despite his age, he had an eighteen-year-old girlfriend and constantly mingled with young people, never falling behind the times.

The more he listened, the more shocked he became.

He felt that his Lord was simply a deity. How could he come up with these things?

The more he pondered, the more reasonable it seemed.

A modern-day illiterate and an ancient Master found common ground at this moment.

The two communicated late into the night. Han Huohuo shared all the limited industrial knowledge he had, and Ouyezi gradually developed a plan.

The most difficult part of a production line is standardization.

This is the difference between Western and Chinese cuisine.

In Chinese cuisine, seasonings depend entirely on the chef's preference; a different chef means a different taste. In Western cuisine, recipes are precise down to the gram, so no matter which chef prepares it, the steak tastes roughly the same.

Standardized procedures are very important.