Chapter 79: Chapter 60: The Origin of Professional Talent
April 4th, 5 AM, game time enters night at 5 PM.
Chun, having taken a short nap, was awakened by his alarm clock. Before him lay a bustling town alive with lights and sounds—just like before, the town had come back to life!
Excited, Chun disembarked and entered the town, only to witness Tie, glowing with white light, arguing heatedly with a short and skinny black smoke Evil Spirit, surrounded by a crowd of cheering Evil Spirit townsfolk.
The Evil Spirits spotted Chun: "Dog—er, the City Lord is here!"
Tch! As long as you acknowledge me as the City Lord, I’ll take being a dog.
Chun was quite eager: "Tie, how’s the progress?"
The blacksmith pointed angrily at the wall: "His design is a hunk of shit; it can’t even be crafted!"
Holy shit!
Chun took a closer look, and sure enough, the large gear set within the small gear looked abstractly like a hunk of shit.
Chun was speechless: "Why did you draw on the wall?"
The short and skinny one snorted coldly: "There are no paper and pen tools, so of course, I can only draw on the stone wall. Anyway, I’m just an Advanced Mechanician; I can’t compare to him, the Grandmaster Blacksmith. If he’s not convinced, he should do it himself!"
Hmm? Chun wondered if he misheard something.
Tie, enraged, shouted: "Try not working and I’ll hammer you!"
The short and skinny one was somewhat afraid: "If you can’t do it, what’s the use of hammering me?"
Chun quickly asked for confirmation: "Are you an Advanced... Mechanician?"
The short and skinny one snorted coldly: "Advanced Mechanician, Chifanda! Not an Expert, sorry about that."
Holy shit! This name is more random than Smith, but that’s not the point!
In the game, the Five Major Cities have five mainstream professions. Black Iron City has Warriors, Silver City has Paladins, Gem City has Mages, Oak City has Medical Masters, and Bronze City has Mechanicians. Mainstream professions are a vast skill upgrade system; there’s no such thing as Advanced, Expert, or Master—these correspond to different skill levels.
By comparison, professions like Blacksmith, Miner, Tailor, and Chef are merely skills, such as Forging Technique, Mining Technique, Tailoring Technique, and Cooking Technique. As long as you learn these skills, you can use them to earn a living, which can’t compare to the Five Major Professions.
But now, Mechanician has appeared as a skill! So is there a possibility that the Five Major Professions were just skills from the beginning—as my hidden profession Cleaner Fish is essentially just a Purification skill.
Of course, Warrior is definitely an ancient and long-standing profession, but Mechanician is entirely new. This Chifanda is in the state of origin for this profession—so he’s an ancestor! The source code!
Having figured it out, Chun was thrilled: "Mr. Chifanda, do you know Bronze Vanguard City?"
The short and skinny one was visibly impatient: "Know my ass! We’ve been dead for over a hundred years, how would we know what happened later?"
Chun immediately said: "Nowadays, Mechanician has developed into a mainstream profession on par with Warrior and Mage. They can build ships, mining vehicles, airships, submarines, and various combat firearms and cannon skills, very powerful!"
The short and skinny one was shocked: "On par with Warrior and Mage?!"
Tie was also shocked: "What about us blacksmiths then?"
This... Would telling the truth affect his mood, or even damage his prestige?
But is there a possibility that someone like Tie, a Grandmaster, is most likely to evolve into a hierarchical ancestor of a profession? So, he needs a bit of motivational stimulus?
Chun cautiously spoke up: "Modern blacksmiths are all obsessed with making money and gaining fame through various dubious Master selections, which can’t compare to your genuine and true Grandmaster self—"
Before he finished speaking, the short and skinny one pointed at Tie and laughed: "No future—"
Tie slapped him away angrily with a sigh: "How can it be like this!"
Seeing the short and skinny one getting slapped away, Chun panicked: "Please, don’t let anything happen!"
Lying on the ground, the short and skinny one howled and laughed: "The one with no future hit me to death! I can’t work anymore!"
Holy shit, this guy is still an Evil Spirit; his attitude remains hard to manage. However, there’s still a solution: as long as I find a way to perfect his design, his confidence will definitely increase and his obsession will be fulfilled. Maybe he’ll upgrade and turn white?
Chun pulled out his phone to photograph the design on the wall. Although he wasn’t a mechanical design major, he had some basic related drafting software on his tablet. The 2D common software, AutoCAD, was quite simple, and 3Dmax wasn’t difficult either; he often modeled anime characters in his spare time for fun. But the 3D professional software CATIA was just at a beginner’s level, or should he use the recently released GPT intelligent software?
The key issue is, even if a dynamic image is simulated, how can it be drawn and realized in the game? This isn’t within the ordinary player’s scope of playing games; it feels more like voluntary work to improve the game’s AI database...
While pondering, Tie suddenly said: "Although there’s a design difficulty, the key component, the magnifying lens, has already been completed. City Lord, if you’re interested, you can come to the blacksmith shop to take a look."
Chun was immediately interested: "A magnifying glass?"
"It’s just taking those broken wine bottle shards from the bar, melting them in the furnace, and then having the lighting glass shop owner Old Wall Lamp cool them in water to shape them..."
Old Wall Lamp! Is that a name or a nickname?
Chun was intrigued: "What’s his skill level?"
Tie chuckled: "I’m not really sure; in our time, glassmakers were all called artisans. They probably haven’t been rated yet."
But now they’re lucrative craftsmen! From luxurious noble lighting to commoners’ windows, and even medical factory bottles... wait! And Aileen’s urgently needed Magic Mirror!
Chun got excited: "Does Old Wall Lamp know how to make mirrors?"
Tie said: "Making mirrors isn’t difficult, I can do it too. It’s just a layer of molten silver on the back of glass, though mercury and molten tin work better, but there’s no silver on the island."
But there’s Magic Gold!
Chun asked eagerly, "What about the Magic Mirror?"
Tie was stumped, "I don’t quite understand, ask Old Wall Lamp."
As he spoke, Chun arrived at the blacksmith shop and saw the expert jeweler, Tissina "Cui," comparing something in front of several glass beads on wooden racks.
Chun’s attention wasn’t on the glass beads, "Are these wooden racks newly made?"
Tie said, "It’s the puppeteer artist Pinocchio who dismantled some usable furniture lumber to make them, using an axe I just forged!"
Holy Shit?? Each name is more mystifying than the last!
Chun quickly asked, "So he’s a woodworker?"
Tie laughed, "I really don’t know, artisans like to keep their unique skills a secret. Unlike us blacksmiths and jewelers who like to publicize our skills to attract more business."
Holy Shit Holy Shit! Woodworker Artisan, Glass Master, Jeweler, Mechanician, Grandmaster Smith, the pioneers on this island a hundred years ago were really talented!
Cui’s picky voice sounded, "Too many impurities in the lens, the focal point and focus are all wrong, it needs to be remade!"
Tie was also helpless, "Old Wall Lamp!!"
A hunched black shadow appeared, "City Lord, the conditions here are too simple, the problem is mostly that the cooling water is not clean. Rather than making magnifiers, it’s better to first make a simple glass distillation system to clean the water."
Chun immediately agreed, "That works, no problem!"
Tie was furious, "Why didn’t Old Wall Lamp say so earlier? Wasting my coal!"
Old Wall Lamp snorted, "It’s your commission, not mine! What’s in it for me? So the distillation system should be personally commissioned by the City Lord!"
Holy Shit, I thought the Evil Spirits here were dumb enough to be solved with fists...
Tie got even angrier, "I never asked for any benefits!"
Chun was also troubled, "I don’t have any rewards to pay for the commission either?"
Old Wall Lamp said solemnly, "No benefits? Then how did he become a Grandmaster?"
Chun got excited, "You mean you want to get promoted too?"
Old Wall Lamp nodded.
It’s really a perfect match! Chun quickly asked, "Do you know how to make a Magic Mirror? Can the Magic Mirror improve your glass skills?"
Old Wall Lamp was excited, "Of course! Doesn’t the City Lord have Magic Gold? Just melt it and apply it on the glass."
Holy Shit, is it really that simple? Actually, come to think of it, inlaying the Divine Format Ring isn’t urgent, I just want Tie to keep the stuff. Instead, making the Magic Mirror to enhance Aileen’s power as a Mirror Spirit is more urgent.
Chun took out the remaining two pieces, "I have Magic Gold!"
Old Wall Lamp’s eyes, filled with swirling black smoke, instantly became greedy and fiery, even his voice changed, "Give...commission me, I can forge the Magic Mirror!"
Holy Shit, I can’t trust this state you’re in!
Cui immediately shouted, "Old Wall Lamp is talking nonsense! How can glass become a Magic Mirror or lead to promotion? It requires gem refining! The higher-grade, the better!"
Holy Shit, there’s indeed a trap!?
Old Wall Lamp got angry, "Where on the island is there half a gemstone? Applying it to glass might be weak, but it’s still a Magic Mirror!"
Cui sneered, "Wasting precious materials! City Lord, I know that the Black Flag Commerce Association had a ship that sank in the Wind Howling Fjord, carrying gemstones. As long as the City Lord salvages the gemstones, I can refine them into a mirror! I want to get promoted too!"
Holy Shit, triggered information, just a bit far! But it doesn’t matter, I have expert-level Sailing Technique, I can navigate hands-free automatically.
Chun urgently asked, "The exact location of the shipwreck?"
Cui smiled, "The City Lord has the Black Flag Order, which can show the assets of the association. That ship is a standard registered asset, you can find it with a quick tour. Even if there are safes on the ship, the Black Flag Order can open them too."
So the Black Flag Order can be used like this!
Old Wall Lamp got even angrier, "It’s been over a hundred years, who knows how many times the Black Flag Order has changed hands, who knows if the shipwreck is still there?"
Cui argued, "That’s the Wind Howling Fjord, with strong winds, vortices, and rocks, who has the skills to salvage? Since the City Lord can dive deep and defeat Slime Monsters, you can definitely salvage! Doesn’t the City Lord have a small boat? Just bringing back a small boat of gemstones is enough for refining!"
Chun was instantly tempted, it makes so much sense! Right, I have Four Sea Souls, diving is no problem! The one-day cooldown for the Sea Race Personal Guard is up, I can handle a Sea Monster for a moment! And the Resentment Beam from the Necromancer Ring, I can protect myself against regular small monsters! And two boats, I can bring even more back, won’t this make a fortune? Besides, it can promote three talents!
Tie was annoyed, "Are we still going to work on the distillation system?"
Old Wall Lamp was enthusiastic, "This is the premise of everything, it must be done! City Lord, commission me, commission me!"
It must be done, the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish!
Chun made up his mind, handing the remaining two gold pieces to Tie, "Then I’ll commission you three to form a Magic Mirror manufacturing team with Old Wall Lamp fully supervising! As for me, I’ll leave the island to find gemstones. Watch out for outsiders coming to the island."
Tie solemnly accepted, "No problem!"
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