Chapter 240: Rewriting the history of inventions
There was a metal target suspended in the wide open Yun Sect testing grounds.
The target was created from an iron alloy with a melting point of over three thousand degrees, far surpassing normal metals. It was around four times harder than normal iron and was the most common material used to make armours for soldiers.
The metal's thickness was more than ten centimeters, around six times thicker than normal armours and helmets.
If a cultivator at the 3rd Awakened Soul Layer did not have any special defensive cultivation techniques, their defense would be around the same level.
Chu Tian had specially made this target just to test the might of the new weapon. If the Source Energy Pistol could deal enough damage to this target, this meant that Chu Tian's weapon could kill any soldier and even had the ability to harm a cultivator at the 3rd Awakened Soul Layer. This would be a milestone setting large invention!
"Please stand back, otherwise you'll be injured."
Chu Tian was wearing a set of protective gloves and had released the Starlight Immortal Body to protect himself.
After all, this gun was newly made and was only a test product. Chu Tian did not specialize in making weapons and if it did explode, then it would cripple his hands, so he had to properly protect himself.
"Look carefully!"
Chu Tian raised the Source Energy Pistol and aimed it at the metal target before pulling the trigger.
A dazzling light came from the gun's muzzle. What shocked everyone was that the stable Source Energy Battery was quickly depleted. The runes on the gun light up and several source energy arrays began to turn, condensing a terrifying power.
Peng!
A flash of light appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The metal target was sent flying by the explosive might and four-five red hot pieces fell to the ground. The part in the center that had been hit showed signs of being melted!
Everyone was stunned staring at it!
A target that was six times thicker than normal armour was instantly torn apart!
What kind of power was this?
Instantly melting an alloy that had a melting point of three thousand degrees.
What kind of energy was this?
The ball of source energy released from the Source Energy Pistol had a strength that was equal to an attack from a cultivator at the 4th Awakened Soul Layer. The energy instantly reached a temperature that was over ten thousand degrees!
Everyone was petrified.
"So strong! So strong!" Meng Yingying had the strongest mind and recovered the quickest. She immediately applauded and shouted, "Chu Tian, you have to make one for me!"
"God!" Meng Qingwu's beautiful eyes went wide, "How is this possible?"
Yun Tianhe found this unbelievable, "How did you achieve this? This might is just too strong! If this weapon could be mass produced, then just thinking about it would fill a person with fear!"
The one that was most shocked was the Divine Wind Marquis.
"This, this.....isn't a dream!"
The Divine Wind Marquis walked over in a daze to the broken metal target. He didn't care about how hot the debris was as he picked it up. Feeling a sharp pain, he knew that this wasn't a dream!
His wide open eyes stared at the iron allow fragment, as if he could not believe the fact in front of him.
Damn!
Why couldn't this fellow be born a few years earlier?
If he could have been born earlier, the Southern Summer Country wouldn't have had to sacrifice so many lives on the battlefield!
The entirety of the Divine Wind Marquis' direct family died on the battlefield. His big brother, little brother, father, and even his wife had all died to the spirit beasts!
On the final battlefield, his wife had used her life to attract the attention of the spirit beasts which allowed the Divine Wind Marquis to survive and destroy the spirit beasts' army in one fell swoop, allowing him to become one of the Eight Marquises!
The honour of being a Marquis, how many people dream of this!
However for the Divine Wind Marquis, to trade the lives of his family and wife for it, it was nothing more than a heavy burden!
It was because of this that after the Divine Wind Marquis isolated himself in Central State, he no longer seeked fame and fortune, living an easy life.
If this weapon could be distributed to the Southern Summer Country's army.
Then would the Southern Summer Country have to pay with such heavy casualties?
Would the spirit beast kingdom act so arrogantly and approach their borders like this?
Everyone looked at the Divine Wind Marquis who was dejected for a while and then excited for a while. Sometimes he was talking to himself and sometimes he broke out in laughter.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.
What happened to the Divine Wind Marquis?
Could it be that he couldn't handle this stimulation and it had turned him crazy!
The Divine Wind Marquis took a long time to come back to his sense and also understood why Chu Tian was so assured the Calm Martial Ruler would help him.
The Calm Martial Ruler was the military god of the Southern Summer Country and the commander in chief of the northern spirit beast front, battling the spirit beasts for many years now. For the Calm Martial Ruler, this Source Energy Weapon was more precious than anything!
"This is an invention that will change history!" The Divine Wind Marquis then asked, "When can this weapon be mass produced?"
"Not right now. The barrel melted and the rune was destroyed, so this front part needs to be strengthened." Chu Tian shot it once, the front part of the pistol had changed shape, "I have to find a better material for this. As for production cost, it doesn't cost much, so it can be mass produced in a factory. The key part is that the source energy arrays need to be hand engraved."
The Divine Wind Marquis was filled with excitement.
If this kind of weapon could be mass produced, it would definitely change the northern battlefront.
If a single source energy pistol could release this much power, then what would be the result of one hundred, one thousand, or even ten thousand pistols? If they fired all at once, it could instantly mow down even the strongest spirit beast army.
Yun Tianhe asked in a curious voice, "Where does this energy come from?"
"From the Source Energy Battery." Chu Tian pulled out the Source Energy Battery for Yun Tianhe to examine, "The source energy array on the battery is different compared to normal, this is a highly effective energy extraction array. It can extract high amounts of source energy instantly, releasing it in a strong attack."
The main material for the Source Energy Batteries was crystal oil.
This crystal oil was very, very cheap.
To create an one hundred milliliter Source Energy Battery, around forty-fifty milliliters of crystal oil was needed.
If a small mine focused on extracting crystal oil, they would be able to extract over a hundred thousand tons per year. With just the output from a single oil mine used to create batteries, then they would be able to make several tens of thousands of batteries every year.
The cost of this weapon was not high at all!
Not to mention right now when everyone still hadn't realized that value of crystal oil yet. Even after they realize the value of this crystal oil and begin to occupy these mines, with the crystal oil reserves of the continent, the price of the crystal oil would not be high for a long time. It would be a very cheap resource for the populace to use.
It would take around ten thousand years before the main local crystal oil reserves would dry up.
Chu Tian had enough energy, so he didn't need to raise the prices.
"The Source Energy Weapons have three advantages."
"First is its low production cost."
"Second is that it uses common materials to make, so it is easy to mass produce."
"Third, the Source Energy Weapon is very easy to use. Although it isn't as versatile as talismans, normal people will be able to use it. It won't be like talismans where one needs a certain cultivation base and technique to use it."
If an ordinary person had this Source Energy Pistol, they would be able to kill an Awakened Soul Cultivator in one attack!
So once this new weapon came out, it would have a large significance. It would completely change the market of this era. The continent was filled with chaos with many countries fighting each other. If an outstanding weapon were to appear, it would definitely be capable of changing the continent.
Meng Qingwu finally understood the words Chu Tian said before.
Weapons really did make the most money in this world.
In the end, if Miracle Commerce could create the most advanced weapons on the continent, then Miracle Commerce would be able to train a strong army. At that time, they could set up a headquarters in an appropriate place and become an independent force, governing themselves. It wouldn't be like right now where they were influenced by kingdoms and outside forces.
Yun Tianhe asked, "What changes do we still need to make?"
"First, it's a problem with the material. We need to find a thermostable material."
"Second, we need to improve the array. We need to make it gather faster and condense high density energy for lower periods of time, lowering the gun's consumption and increasing its fire rate. This will make the gun even stronger."
"Third, we need to improve the battery's design. This kind of battery energy density is not high. I only shot it once, but it used one third of the battery's energy. This also means that this battery can only be used to shoot two-three shots which is nowhere near enough!"
"Fourth, we need to create a better design to make the weapon more stable."
Chu Tian had completed the core technology, so he would just give the research department the task of optimizing it. Everyone was already impatient to see the final completed product.
"How long will it take approximately?" The Divine Wind Marquis asked, "Imperial City will not wait that long!"
Chu Tian replied, "No, I won't be sending them the complete product, so we'll be able to send one out in the next few days."
Meng Yingying asked, "Wouldn't sending an incomplete product decrease the Calm Martial Ruler's evaluation of us?"
"It won't!" Chu Tian did not even have to say anything before Meng Qingwu explained it for him, "This weapon itself is very shocking and even an incomplete product will show the Calm Martial Ruler its value. It is because the product is incomplete that the Calm Martial Ruler will want to protect us, giving us enough time to finish researching the product. If we give them the completed product right away, then we might create more trouble because it is hard to predict a person's heart."
It wasn't that they didn't believe the Calm Martial Ruler.
It was better to test his attitude before making a decision.
Chu Tian used a precious metal to build another pistol that night. The metal was worth ten times more than gold, but it had a high temperature threshold and was very strong, so it wouldn't melt while being used.
Chu Tian also made several energy magazines that was sealed inside a crystal box. He wrote a letter and was prepared to send it to Imperial City.
"It's not safe to trust others, I'll personally go!"
The Divine Wind Marquis knew how important this was. There was no one that could harm Chu Tian in Central State right now anyway. His two cousins had been stripped of their power and Miracle Commerce had completely fooled the public. At least in Central State, there was no one that would attack them.
If the Divine Wind Marquis was willing to go, that was for the best.
After Chu Tian gave the items to the Divine Wind Marquis, he immediately gave a new order to the research facility. They were to create a perfected Source Energy Pistol blueprint in half a month, regardless of cost or waste. He also made other preparations because once the design was completed, they would begin to manufacture it.
The Source Energy Pistol could not compare to the Magnetic Recording Machine, its design was too complicated!
Not only did they need to perfect the design, they also needed to perfect the energy source, array, materials used, and all kinds of other aspects.
However Chu Tian had already completed the core technology and personally did most of the research. The Yun Sect was filled with scholars and if the several hundred people all worked overtime, there was plenty of time for them to finish.
The source energy array task was given to the source energy array department, being headed by Yun Tianhe.
The energy magazine's task was given to the energy department, being headed by Meng Qingwu.
The pistol's design task was given to the design department, headed by Tong Xiaoyu.
It was not hard to change the materials. The weapons department was just formed and it had several well known Central State refining masters. The refining masters were very good at refining weapons and had a high knowledge of metals, so they would definitely know of an appropriate stable material.
Other than that, Chu Tian was using all his resources to find the Ultra Wave Crystal.
This was also an important material for Miracle Commerce.
Meng Qingwu gave some information to Chu Tian. It's said that there was a special crystal found in Central State and had similar properties to the Ultra Wave Crystal. Moreover, it was very close to South Sky City. Chu Tian felt he had to make some time to see this.
Of course, the ore would not run, so it was more important to deal with Imperial City.