Volume 20, Chapter 61 The Rabbit Is Coming

, Herostus! Hephaestus! "A very pleasant and beautiful voice approached us at a very fast speed. The first voice was not very clear, but after two voices, it came directly in front of us. [ ] "Hephaestus, you...eh? How did you...? "

"Aphrodite. Listen to me explain this to you." Hephaestus looked nervously at Aphrodite who just broke in. At the same time, he winked at me and motioned to the few people over there. The helper moved toward the door to block the exit route.

Obviously Hephaestus doesn't know about my relationship with Aphrodite, because we sent her back on a secret mission, and it's impossible to publicize it everywhere. Therefore, it's impossible for anyone in the Olympus Protoss to know about this. matter. Although Medea is quite good at collecting information from the outside world, she can only collect some superficial information, so it is impossible for her to know that Aphrodite is actually one of ours. If even Medea didn't know about this, then it's even less likely that Hephaestus knew about it. Therefore, Hephaestus still thinks that Aphrodite is from the Olympus Protoss, so he was so nervous when Aphrodite broke in and saw me.

Because of Medea's previous introduction, Hephaestus now knows about the things between me and the Olympus Protoss, so now he is very worried that Aphrodite will go out and report, so it will not only be me who will be unlucky. , even he can't run away. Precisely because he didn't want that to happen, Hephaestus nervously winked at me and motioned to his men to block the door, in order to prevent Aphrodite from going to tell the truth.

Compared to Hephaestus, Aphrodite's mood was much calmer. She is not worried that Hephaestus knows her identity, nor is she worried that I will be attacked by Hephaestus, because she has fought with me after all, and she also knows that Hephaestus is not my opponent, so even if her identity is revealed, Lu, at most it would just be to control Hephaestus and his men by force, which would not cause much trouble.

Because she was confident, Aphrodite was just surprised and not nervous. Of course, compared to the two of them, my mood is calmer.

"Hephaestus, don't worry about marrying. Aphrodite is one of our own."

"What did you say?" Hephaestus looked at me suspiciously, and then looked at Aphrodite uncertainly.

Aphrodite has nothing to worry about. Anyway, she is working for me now and I don't even mind. Why should she worry?

"Hephaestus, come here, let's talk somewhere else." I stretched out my hand to wave Hephaestus over. Hephaestus looked at the surrounding situation and ordered his men to clean up the mess, and then he followed us back to the palace on the other side. Anyway, the instruments here exploded, and he had no equipment available even if he wanted to continue research.

After we returned to the palace, Medea also got the news and rushed over. Then I pulled a few people together and introduced them to our current relationship. After explaining their respective situations clearly, everyone's conversation immediately became much more harmonious. After all, everyone was working for two forces before, but now they have become a family, so naturally they will be more harmonious than before.

After everyone was introduced, Aphrodite immediately grabbed Hephaestus and asked: "Where is my equipment?"

Hephaestus, who was originally smiling because he didn't have to worry about Aphrodite informing him, immediately turned bitter when he heard this. "What about Aphrodite?"

"You didn't do it, did you?" Aphrodite saw the hesitant look on Hephaestus's face and guessed the reason immediately.

When Hephaestus heard this, he quickly explained: "It's not that I didn't do it, I did it. It's just...just"

"What is it?" Although Aphrodite is the God of Beauty and Hephaestus is the God of Fire, their personalities seem to be reversed. As the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite has a fiery temper like a ball of fire, while as the god of fire, Hephaestus is a fool, so slow that he can give people a heart attack. Except when researching equipment, this guy is basically at a slow speed.

Forced by Aphrodite, Hephaestus finally had no choice but to whisper the situation, but because his voice was too low, Aphrodite didn't hear it clearly. As a result, just when Aphrodite grabbed Hephaestus and shook it violently, Medea suddenly came over and grabbed Aphrodite to save Hephaestus, and Hephaestus was Phaistos also immediately hid behind Medea like a frightened kitten.

"Aphrodite, do you want to be reasonable? Hephaestus is indeed a forger expert, but forging always takes time anyway. Besides, your equipment is specially made, and it is also a god. Installation, how can such a thing be completed in one day? If you don't mind the lowering of the equipment level, we can produce thirty or fifty sets in one day.

Aphrodite was not someone to be bullied in the first place. After hearing what Medea said, she immediately pushed back with a more ferocious tone, and the two started to quarrel.

I watched them arguing there and figured out the situation. In fact, Medea was not arguing about the equipment, but she didn't like Aphrodite. It’s right when you think about it. As a woman, it is hard to accept that the man she loves deeply wants to marry another woman, even if it is just in name and has no real existence. It is precisely because of this matter that the current relationship between Medea and Aphrodite is in a mess. Basically, if it weren't for using this false name to protect Hephaestus, the two women would have fought long ago. .

"You two, I think you'd better stop arguing. Your conflict is nothing more than the status of Hephaestus and Aphrodite. When this mission is over, you can completely resume your normal status. Anyway, Zeus will never be able to blackmail you with this again."

Aphrodite and Medea looked at each other and then refrained from speaking. Although both of them understood what I said, they were still awkward until the matter was resolved, so they could only maintain the status quo and avoid fighting. It is already considered a good performance.

After the two of them calmed down, I said to Hephaestus: "Sooner or later you will have to make Aphrodite's equipment. Even if you join our Frost Rose Alliance in the future, you will still have to continue to research and make various equipment. , so you might as well do it now."

Hephaestus nodded and said: "I have no intention of slacking off, but Aphrodite said that the equipment this time must be stronger than the last one, so I can only think of ways to enhance the performance of the equipment. . But you also know that our senior blacksmiths make high-end equipment just like those painters paint. They also need inspiration. Sometimes when you suddenly have an idea, you can come up with a very powerful set of equipment, but when you don’t have the feeling, you If you force me to fight, I can only make some super-machine mortals with pretty good basic attributes."

Hephaestus explained a lot to me, and finally I understood that blacksmiths like him had to wait for inspiration to make equipment.

The blacksmiths' forging skills are equivalent to basic attributes. How much attack and defense a set of equipment has. These basic values ​​all depend on the blacksmith's basic forging level. This does not require inspiration, just proficiency. However, although good skills can produce high-attack and high-defense equipment, the subsequent additional attributes all depend on inspiration. For example, the attributes of the Eternal Sword such as ignoring defense and penetrating strike are not created by relying on basic technology.

Of course, a blacksmith with a high forging level will have a higher probability of adding attributes to the equipment. For example, if Hephaestus adds equipment, he can at least add ten or eight of his attributes, but if he is in an extremely bad mood , then it would be possible to add only three or five attributes, but if he happened to be inspired at that time, it would not be impossible to add twenty or thirty attributes.

In short, the blacksmith's technical level is just a foundation. The blacksmith's status can greatly affect the forging attributes, and what the final equipment will look like. In addition to considering the first two situations, luck is also a very important attribute. one.

Aphrodite's equipment is a very high-quality equipment. It was originally made by Hephaestus on a whim, but now he is suddenly asked to immediately come up with a set that is better than that one. This is a bit difficult. .

Seeing that Hephaestus said so sincerely, I said to Aphrodite: "I will get your equipment for you sooner or later, but it is useless for you to force Hephaestus, why not wait first?" ." Although Aphrodite really wanted to get a good set of equipment now, she can be regarded as my subordinate now, but she has to sell this face, so she could only nod helplessly in the end.

After Aphrodite confirmed, I turned to Hephaestus and said, "Aphrodite gave in, but you can't relax. Under what circumstances are you usually in a better state?" He When Phestos heard this, he immediately said: "Generally, drinking some wine will improve my condition, and the better the wine, the better the effect. However, the amount must be controlled. Drinking too much will have the opposite effect.

Also, if you have something happy, you can usually be in a good state. Oh, by the way, sometimes I get very excited when I get some technological breakthroughs. "

"That's easy." I said directly: "Go and prepare the materials. Let's go get the equipment now."

"Well, I'm not in the state right now?" "I'll let you get into the state."

"Oh, come on then."

The furnace Hephaestus finally took me to was not the furnace we saw before. It was said that it was only a place for processing primary metals and practicing crafts. The reason why it was placed next to the lava was to save energy and to facilitate the disposal of waste residue. .

The forging room that is actually used to make high-end equipment is actually behind the palace. The forging room here is much cleaner than the flame furnace. The walls and floors are all covered with a special kind of brick that I have never seen before. This kind of brick has many small holes and looks like a sponge.

Of course, its hardness is very high and it will not deform at all like a sponge.

There are three furnaces in this room, all with the same shape and configuration. Of course, these furnaces do not use lava for heating. The basic heat source they use is the very precious advanced flame array, and the fire crystal powder is used to quickly heat up. Fire crystal powder is the powder obtained after grinding fire crystals. It is a one-time consumable, and the flame magic array consumes a large amount of magic crystal to drive it. In short, this thing is a money-burning machine. It starts to waste money as soon as it is started. Most people really can't play it. No wonder Hephaestus didn't dare to practice with this thing even with his financial resources. He would only activate it when officially building equipment.

After seeing the heat sources of these three stoves, I asked Hephaestus suspiciously: "Don't you have a lava stove? Why do you still use such an expensive stove?"

Hephaestus replied while preparing things: "The temperature of lava is only three to four thousand degrees. Even if it is heated cyclically with a special structure, it can barely maintain a temperature close to five thousand degrees. For some advanced materials, this The temperature is simply impossible to melt, and the temperature requirements for advanced forging are very strict. The temperature of the lava itself is unstable, sometimes high and sometimes low, so the temperature of the lava furnace is also unstable. It is still possible to use that thing to hit ordinary equipment. It's okay, if you use it to make high-end equipment, it will definitely be scrapped. Although it is a bit expensive, the temperature of the magic furnace can be adjusted to the desired temperature at any time. If you want to build good equipment, you can only rely on it." Speaking of this, He Huai Stoss couldn't help but ask again: "By the way, are you really sure that you can get me excited? Is this stove going to be full of money when it starts up?"

"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be so excited that you forget your name."

After hearing my assurance, Hephaestus could only activate the magic furnace with suspicion. This thing is similar to a general thermodynamic machine. It must be preheated before starting. However, because this thing is a high-precision device and can only use magic energy, the preheating process requires a large amount of magic crystal energy. If our guild uses the rechargeable central power core, the consumption will be nothing. After all, our average energy cost is much lower. But Hephaestus did not have such technology. He still used the most basic method of extracting energy from a magic circle. This method is easy to use, but the energy extraction efficiency is very low. If our equipment can extract energy from a piece of magic crystal, One hundred units of magic energy can be extracted from the stone. This kind of magic circle can be considered very efficient if it can extract 40 units. Because of these reasons, Hephaestus's stove can be said to burn money as soon as it is lit, and it burns very quickly. No wonder Hephaestus was so stingy that he didn't want to start it. It was all because this thing cost too much money.

After Phaestos lit the fire and started the furnace, he walked up to me again, then looked at me and asked how to get him excited. Aphrodite and Medea, who followed to watch the fun, also looked at me curiously to see what I was going to do. .

Just as they were staring at me, I dragged out a large crystal communication machine from Fenglong Space. Although I also have an earbud communicator on me, the next work requires this big machine to complete.

When I was setting up this thing, Hephaestus kept asking about the principle and operation of this thing. He was very interested in all technical things, but the crystal communicator used technology that was completely unrelated to his technology. system, so he seemed not to understand.

After I set up this thing, I immediately started the communicator, and then turned a crystal probe, and a projected image immediately appeared in the void.

I walked forward and directly operated the screen with my hands. After clicking on a few options, I pulled out a catalog of technical information. Then I said to Hephaestus next to me: "Go and take a look."

When Hephaestus saw those diaries, he had already moved closer to me and wanted to step forward to operate, but he was embarrassed to push me away because I was in the way. Now when I said it was okay, I immediately jumped on it.

The crystal communicator is completely motion-sensitive and the interface is extremely simple. In addition, Hephaestus has watched the operation for a while before, so he already roughly understands how to operate it.

After obtaining the operation rights, he immediately clicked on a directory that stated the principles of composite metal composition. After a few clicks on the new directory that popped up and selected iron-based composite metal, a lot of information suddenly popped up. In addition to the accompanying text introduction, there are also a large number of illustrations and dynamic demonstrations, which are simply more vivid than multimedia teaching software.

"This, this, this..." Hephaestus was so excited that he didn't know what to say after seeing those things. He excitedly started to look up the information. After quickly reading about iron-based metals, I flipped through the composition of other metals. Finally, I returned to the upper level catalog and chose the introduction to the effect of temperature on metal structure. Then I kept shouting excitedly while reading.

While Hephaestus was flipping through the documents excitedly, I suddenly patted him, and then handed him a wine bottle before he could react. Hephaestus took the bottle and instinctively took a sip. His eyes never left the screen. But just after he swallowed the wine, Hephaestus, who was still focusing on the information, suddenly He was stunned for a moment, then looked at the bottle in his hand with a surprised look on his face.

"This wine...?"

"Qiongjiangyuye, heaven's secret immortal wine, is only served during special banquets. How do you like it? Does it taste good?"

Hephaestus hugged the bottle and shouted excitedly: "This is the most delicious wine I have ever drunk.

Just perfect. Compared with this, were the things I drank before just boiled water? "

"Drink if you like. You can read the information while drinking."

Hephaestus heard my suggestion and thought about the issue of information, so he immediately dug out the information and started reading the information while drinking. During this period, he kept shouting excitedly.

Seeing that Hephaestus had entered a semi-crazy state, I gathered together and walked to Medea and asked: "Isn't he almost in a state like this?"

Medea looked at Hephaestus who was going crazy over there with some surprise and said: "I have never seen him so crazy." Then she turned to Aphrodite and said sourly: "This time it will be easier for you. Got it!"

hatch. "Aphrodite snorted, but the pride in it could be felt without deliberately listening.

"Haha, I have an idea. I want to build the most perfect set of equipment." Hephaestus suddenly threw down the flask and information, turned around, grabbed a few pieces of materials, and rushed to the stove to start working. It was obvious that he had entered status.

When I saw Hephaestus starting work, I called to Aphrodite and said, "It seems like there's nothing going on here. You'd better tell me what you've gained in the past two days."

"Okay." Aphrodite said immediately: "I just have something to report."! .