manynovel Chapter 1017 Kong Deming's Hesitation
Chapter 1017 Kong Deming's Hesitation
Chapter 1017 Kong Deming's Hesitation
"Old Kong, how did you figure that out? But that's not important. What's important is our cooperation!"
Ye Nanxiao followed Kong Deming into the innermost laboratory.
After passing through the triple-gate verification, the luxurious laboratory behind it was revealed.
Various metal raw materials are neatly categorized and stacked in a special transparent warehouse.
The large-scale experimental equipment was complete, which made Ye Nanxiao very envious. His own underground laboratory did not have such complete experimental equipment. This place even had a combined metal smelting furnace.
At this moment, a figure carrying a large piece of metal ore walked out of the warehouse. He looked up and saw Kong Deming, nodded, and when he saw Ye Nanxiao, he was surprised to shake the metal ore in his hand and "whoosh" appeared in front of Ye Nanxiao.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Elder Kong, I thought you were just going out to do a perfunctory job, but I didn't expect you to even capture the enemy's core members!"
Ye Yulin marveled at Ye Nanxiao as if she had seen something new, scrutinizing him.
"How did you manage to catch this kid? Yan Shaozhe is no pushover! This kid's a real sly one!"
Kong Deming walked to his soul guidance experiment table, picked up a piece of metal that had just been carved into a rough shape, and continued working on it.
"He wasn't captured by me; he came back voluntarily. As for why, I need his help."
Kong Deming did not hide his purpose; he brought Ye Nanxiao back because he coveted Ye's understanding of soul tools.
Of course, the premise is whether this kid will keep secrets, and what price you are willing to pay in exchange for this knowledge.
"Hey! You're doing this voluntarily, kid! You're not thinking of using us two old guys, are you? Using this lab?" Ye Yulin said in surprise.
"You're absolutely right!" Ye Nanxiao didn't bother to hide it; after all, walking into a trap was a matter of willing participants.
Seeing that Ye Nanxiao had actually admitted his purpose, Ye Yulin became even more curious. "Aren't you afraid that I'll lock you up? Do you know the dungeons of Mingdu? That's a terrifying place!"
Ye Nanxiao sighed softly, then looked at Ye Yulin with the kind of look one would give someone with intellectual disabilities.
I've been there twice already, and I've met quite a few talented people along the way. If I had more time to plan, I could have taken some of those talents with me.
"Hey kid! What's with that look?" Ye Yulin was clearly annoyed by Ye Nanxiao's disdainful gaze.
Although he doesn't care much about saving face, he pretends to be serious in public but lets loose at home, he still has dignity!
"Is there any project you need my help with? Of course, it won't be free," Ye Nanxiao asked, bypassing Ye Yulin.
Kong Deming didn't speak, but instead picked up a record board from a pile of metal on the ground and tossed it to Ye Nanxiao.
"The Silver Moon Divine Light Shield has merged with itself, creating a natal soul tool?! You're showing me this?" Ye Nanxiao put down the recording tablet and looked at Kong Deming with a puzzled expression.
"If I remember correctly, the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield is your most powerful soul tool, right? You're showing me your greatest secret?"
The Silver Moon Divine Light Shield is Kong Deming's most important soul tool. Although the contents on the recording board are only a part of the information, it should not be shown to an outsider like himself.
"I sense that you're quite familiar with the term 'natal soul tool,' you obviously know something about it. Even if I showed it to you, so what? I can create the most advanced soul tool in the world today, I'm not afraid of being surpassed by you!"
"Even if I gave you all the information, the manufacturing materials listed here are not something that your Tang Sect or Shrek Academy can obtain. As for the three great empires or Shrek Academy..."
"Even if you send the information about the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield back, with Luo Rui and you working together, it will still take at least a few years!"
Kong Deming was proud of himself; he was the most powerful Soul Master in the world today.
Ye Nanxiao nodded. The deformable and extended metal needed for this alone is one of the top strategic rare metals that the Sun Moon Empire strictly controls and does not circulate to the outside world.
Although Shrek has money and connections, he doesn't control many mineral veins.
The war between the three great empires and the Sun and Moon Empire completely changed the fighting style of the two continents.
It was also at that time that the three great empires began to attach importance to the development of soul tools and firmly grasped the metal mines in their respective territories, especially those involving important strategic rare metals.
For a strategic rare metal vein, even a small one, empires would secretly wage war, assassinations, and small-scale battles disguised as sectarian conflicts or bandit raids.
Even Shrek Academy participated in the occupation of rare metal veins.
However, Shrek Academy's reputation was too great, and the three great empires secretly made some underhanded moves to suppress its development.
To date, as far as Ye Nanxiao knows, Shrek Academy controls less than a dozen mineral veins, and this is only after paying a huge price over the years.
Shrek Academy, which has almost solidified its position as the number one academy in the world, only controls less than ten rare metal mines.
Ye Nanxiao was shocked when he first heard the news.
Since the Tang Clan was re-established, it has also acquired two rare metal mines.
This was something that the original owner had gone through a lot of trouble to acquire from the Xu siblings, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu.
Although it came at a cost, it was a real rare metal ore vein that we actually obtained.
The Shrek people are too kind and moral.
"Can the supply of raw materials keep up with the consumption?" Ye Nanxiao asked after taking a few glances.
Kong Deming nodded slightly. "Of course! All materials will be supplied to me first!"
"Wow, you're really rich! Can you sell the rare metal ore vein?" Ye Nanxiao asked.
Kong Deming was slightly taken aback. How could this person's thinking jump around so much?
"Wow, you're pretty arrogant, at least more arrogant than me. I wouldn't even dare to mention buying a rare metal mine!" Ye Yulin gave Ye Nanxiao a thumbs up!
If you were to reveal something like this, you'd likely be summoned by the secret guards for interrogation and investigation.
"No wonder you share the same surname as me!"
Kong Deming glanced at the boisterous Ye Yulin and started to feel a headache coming on.
I originally thought Ye Nanxiao was a shrewd businessman according to the information, but now it seems that this guy is also an ambitious man!
"Impossible, don't even think about it," Kong Deming said directly.
Xu Tianran has a tight grip on every single kilogram of strategic rare metals, ensuring they don't leak out.
Ye Nanxiao glanced at Kong Deming, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.
"Impossible? Elder Kong, you didn't bring me here for an impossible collaboration."
As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on Kong Deming's face vanished.
"Are you threatening me?" Kong Deming asked calmly.
Ye Nanxiao shook his head slightly. "Cooperation? We came together because we both wanted each other's resources."
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Upon hearing this, Kong Deming laughed angrily, pointing at Ye Nanxiao and saying, "Don't you know how many people are willing to join my project for free, or even at their own expense? Ye boy, don't be ungrateful!"
Ye Nanxiao put down the recorder in his hand, walked to Kong Deming's soul guidance experiment table, picked up a half-finished core magic array, examined it for a while, and then condensed a small ice blade at his fingertips.
Use your fingers as a knife to carve efficiently.
Ye Yulin's nonchalant expression vanished, and her eyes were fixed intently on Ye Nanxiao's movements.
He was aware of Kong Deming's experimental project, but even he, the father of the Starry Sky Soul Guidance Device, could only follow Kong Deming's guidance and assist him.
That's right, Ye Yulin, one of the three great Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire, can only perform certain operations by following guidance.
Ye Nanxiao, on the other hand, was clearly someone Kong Deming had just brought back. Judging by the time frame, he had only looked at about one-tenth of the entire project materials.
What he is doing now is to "continue" the process based on the core magic array that is already half-carved on that piece of metal.
Ye Yulin held her breath and slowly moved behind Ye Nanxiao, holding a soul-guided protective shield in her hand.
To prevent self-destruction due to failure in inscribing the core magic array.
Kong Deming also frowned, his gaze following Ye Nanxiao's fingertips intently.
He didn't believe Ye Nanxiao was bluffing him.
However, years of experience and knowledge told him that he couldn't possibly understand the principles behind his project just by glancing at it twice.
With only one-tenth of the information, they probably haven't even finished reading the core concepts of this project.
Tiny fragments of ice, frozen with metal shavings, fell off, revealing regular patterns on the metal surface.
After an unknown amount of time, as Ye Nanxiao finished his last stroke, the entire piece of rare metal in his hand began to automatically operate its core magic array, emitting faint fluctuations of soul power.
"No, you're not using my principles, kid!" Kong Deming snatched the stone from Ye Nanxiao's hand and examined it carefully.
Ye Nanxiao shook his hand, frowning deeply. Carving that core magic array had taken him a lot of effort.
"I took a look at your structural framework and then offered a small suggestion: reduce two loops in the framework and rebuild it using the existing loops."
"But your method is very risky!" Ye Yulin said seriously. "If you're not careful, the metal will self-destruct!"
"Methods are discovered through trial and error. Before absolute success, all methods can be prerequisites for success." Ye Nanxiao is not afraid of failure.
This is Ye Nanxiao's philosophy: he is not afraid of failure, but of doing nothing.
Kong Deming carefully examined the metal block in his hand; the stable fluctuations of soul power proved the success of this core magic array.
"That alone is not enough."
"The Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, I have a little confidence in it." Ye Nanxiao knew that Kong Deming's scales had tipped in his favor.
Ye Yulin looked at Kong Deming in surprise.
Rare metal veins—those are vital resources for the empire, and it seems they could be used for trade!
In the past, Kong Deming's attitude was always firm, so why is there now a slight wavering?
If Ye Nanxiao knew what Ye Yulin was thinking, he would definitely say that she didn't understand the concept of exchanging benefits.
Like his former homeland, the rabbits on Blue Star, who were so poor they could sell mushroom bombs and have sand camels pick them up in their backyards.
Moreover, these are fixed metal mineral resources.
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