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"You can think of it as, Transformers?"
Hannah tried hard to find something similar to describe it, but didn't really care whether Jiang Kehan truly understood.
"But you'll know once you're inside. Come on."
She waved to Jiang Kehan and entered the suddenly appearing door first.
Jiang Kehan quickly followed.
Behind the door was a downward-sloping passage, but the walls of the passage were no longer smooth. Jiang Kehan could see huge gears casually exposed, and sometimes steam would slowly escape from them.
Was I actually inside this enormous thing all along?
Looking at these things, Jiang Kehan seemed to be gradually beginning to understand everything.
She admired the steam-cyber-style structure with a touch of amazement, and a strange idea popped into her head.
So the witch's castle really can turn into a mechanical knight and stand up!
Yes, as a qualified alchemist, Jiang Kehan also occasionally dabbled in mecha, mainly because she brushed up on her mechanical knowledge before going to the Mu'ou Clan's shattered space.
These intricate structures, and the special metals used only in factories and mechs, made no attempt to conceal their significance.
The entire mountain is the real staff-making factory.
Yes, a factory.
When Jiang Kehan and Hannah arrived at their destination, she saw the following scene.
Dozens of conveyor belts of varying sizes crisscrossed and formed a complex network, much like the traffic system in the hot pot city of Jiang Kehan's previous life.
In addition, there are some small portals, making it even more difficult to figure out where the parts on them come from and where they are going.
Flames and teardrop-like crystals are the most common sights outside of assembly lines.
The raging fire offers its embrace, while the crystals cut through the sharp edges; they often intertwine, transforming into flames of different colors or flowing crystals.
Jiang Kehan could clearly see the parts on the conveyor belt changing shape and continuously assembling under their action until they became qualified products.
"How many witch eggs from the Noni bird tribe witches would that take?" she couldn't help but ask Hannah.
Jiang Kehan had personally built similar production lines and knew very well that their operation was still based on huge energy consumption, and this scale was just too big!
She estimated that, based on the standards she had purchased last time, at least several thousand witch eggs would be used here every day.
“It costs one Great Witch-level Noni Bird Clan Witch Egg every month,” Han Yi Lin Yi Wu 4 Zhou Na said, glancing at the production line below.
"It's not expensive. For me, who has passed the A2 exam and is working towards the A3 Witch Professor Certificate, it's a very affordable price to buy it from the Witch Organization every month."
Jiang Kehan was somewhat tempted. Although alchemy didn't require such a massive amount of energy, each A2 certificate offered this kind of soft benefit.
She was somewhat looking forward to being able to buy some rare resources cheaply after she finished her A2 exams.
"The materials being processed below are all rough. To forge a qualified, high-quality staff, we need to continuously refine the materials and concepts."
Hannah explained to Jiang Kehan.
"Don't be fooled by the large scale below; the materials produced each month are only enough to make about 10 staves of your type."
"What's most lacking is a suitable concept to act as a lubricant for compression."
For witches, matter can indeed achieve better results through continuous compression, and rune witches are the most skilled at this.
However, this is not without conditions; in essence, this compression relies on conflicts arising from the rules and concepts of other worlds.
Jiang Kehan almost instantly thought of the will of the shattered space world that Bai Bingbing had revealed to her, which was being squeezed by the rules and concepts of the Vortex Society.
These will eventually become commodities circulating in the high-end witch market, contributing to alchemy, runes, magic, and other fields.
The Witch Gold actually has a similar effect, but directly burning money on it is either foolish or a loss.
"And heat dissipation is also a problem." Hannah spread her hands helplessly.
"Most of the concepts I buy are related to flames, which is why it's so incredibly cold here."
"So that little stream outside was the heat dissipation channel?" Jiang Kehan scratched her head.
She understood why the bottom of the stream appeared crimson, like molten steel, when she looked at it.
Because what's underneath is really hot steel!
"Not entirely, extreme cold is also one of my little secrets for forging techniques." Hannah smiled and led Jiang Kehan deeper into the area.
"I am most famous as a blacksmith for creating absolutely delicate and exquisite staffs by relying on the stillness brought about by extreme cold."
"For me, the moment between movement and stillness is the best forging hammer and cutting knife."
Jiang Kehan couldn't help but gape. Was this actually being shaped directly from the microscopic level?!
Chapter 188 The Staff and the Invitation
Hannah's forging table was a small blue and white anvil, not very big, but in the very center was a hole, inside which a small ball resembling a black hole was slowly spinning.
Its color is like frost. It looks very calm, but when perceived by magic, it has a suffocating sharpness, like a needle piercing the eyes.
Jiang Kehan knew that this was actually an essential item for rune forging - World +2 Jiu Liu IXA Clothing ((Eight) Liao Yue - Yi Jie.
Yes, this small sphere is actually a world made in a special way, and the raw material is a broken space that is on the verge of destruction and has no vitality.
Even a normal broken space has a lifespan limit. When it dies, the witch will sign a contract with it.
"Give us your body and we will give you a final burial."
The burial mentioned here is not destruction, but rather recording everything that happened in the broken space, including civilization, in a special story so that it can be passed down.
The witch will also transplant the existing creatures inside, either placing them in the ideal world as normal citizens or in the imaginary world as slaves, giving them a greater chance to become witches.
These will all be chosen by the will of the shattered space itself.
This contract is also the witch's last act of mercy, which some world wills would call crocodile tears.
But witches don't care about the opinions of other races or the world; they simply respect the indelible civilization and the traces of life.
The witches' power began with the existence of magic, but flourished with their exploration of truth, and these civilizations and traces are the soil of their immortal monument.
Plunder only brings emptiness, only inheritance can prolong life—so said Anmonica, the Great Sixth Seat of the Sin Capital.
"The raw materials are all ready, and we can start forging now."
Hannah took out a large pile of different metals from the cabinet next to her, making her look somewhat disheveled.
The metal objects she was embracing were so tall they completely covered her head. Fortunately, magic could serve as a witch's "third" eye, otherwise Jiang Kehan was worried that she might fall.
"Let me see." Hannah placed the metal on the anvil, and amazingly, when the metal touched the small ball, it slowly compressed inward.
They resemble the upper half of an hourglass, strangely reduced to fragments floating within the small spheres.
"I've got it! Frostbite is perfect as the core for forging. It not only has excellent magic conductivity, but it's also extremely hard."
"Now those timid catballs have no reason to run away."
After Hannah put down the metal, she left it there, and as it all fell into the ball, she gently tapped her temples with her sharp nails.
The most important part of rune forging is the core.
However, the so-called core is not like these metals; it serves to become a component of the staff's material.
Rather, he was the commander.
The core concept of witch runes is completeness, such as transforming originally different things into something that is conceptually completely unified.
This is why rune crafting, unlike alchemy which alters the properties of matter, can transform ordinary materials into powerful equipment simply by "stacking" and "assembling" them.
Hannah carefully took out a small bottle from her personal space. Inside, it seemed as if waves were constantly swaying. She carefully picked up a drop, and after all the metal had fallen into the small ball, the drop landed on the ball.
"boom!"
Like a blizzard accompanied by a mountain avalanche, Jiang Kehan couldn't help but take a half step back, staring in astonishment at the small ball.
It exuded an astonishing aura, making her feel as if she were facing the turmoil of a world's destruction, a silent stillness originating from within.
The world is desolate, but all that remains in my heart is an unbearable sense of helplessness. I can only close my eyes and wait for the silence of the final curtain.
"Don't be afraid, just watch!" Hannah laughed, and a large hammer appeared in her hand, which she forcefully smashed at the ball.
"Look at where your staff came from, and see how it became something you can trust!"
Some indigenous peoples believe that dripping blood during forging makes weapons easier to handle.
Hannah also had her own understanding: a truly good staff must have a connection with the user that transcends magic, a connection that originates from the soul.
Jiang Kehan tried to widen her eyes, but she couldn't use her magic to watch the turmoil inside; it would be too much for her to bear.
At this moment, her eyes, connected to her heart by blood, will serve as the sole medium for her to witness the birth of her staff.
The metal inside was destroyed by the calamity, but was reborn under Hannah's wielding hammer.
Starting with extreme compression molding, and transcending common sense, they are transformed into a state that is both liquid and gaseous, as if they should not exist in the world.
At that moment, destruction was suddenly compressed into a single point, and Hannah raised her hammer high, slamming it down hard on the top of the ball.
The concept was finalized, matter was given command, and everything was given its final meaning.
Beneath the enormous roar was a hollow sound that transcended the five senses, like the predetermined explosion of the universe that no one could know.
Jiang Kehan felt her heart skip a beat. She clutched her chest, waiting for the dust to settle.
Hannah leaned against the sledgehammer, panting heavily. Although she was just hammering the ball, she was actually the will of calamity within the ball, and needed to grasp every detail.
There is also a great deal of magic.
She's now more exhausted than a high school student who's done five math tests in a row; she's entered a state of mental clarity.
Despite Hannah's excited and enthusiastic demeanor during the forging process, she was already somewhat exhausted after recovering, with sweat dripping from her colorless scales.
Jiang Kehan thoughtfully took out a bottle of water and handed it to Hannah, and waited with her for the staff to emerge from the small ball.
"You've worked hard, have some water."
Hannah looked at the little girl who was still staring intently at the anvil. After a brief moment of surprise, she smiled and took the water from her, drinking it all in one gulp.
"You're still the first witch to offer me water after I've finished forging something. Qin Luoyu's taste is as good as ever."
"Not all witches care about a poor blacksmith. I'll invite you for a drink sometime."
The witch's deals are absolute; it's either success or failure. The effort put in by the other party is already included in the reward, and there's rarely any specific concern for them.
This also shows that the witch is unwilling to interact too much with others.