Chess Mage of Faerûn

Chapter 477 Digitally Controlled Machine Tool

Zhang Yuan took the metal ingot and went to the forge. Abundant flame elements surged and roared in the furnace, and the intense light emitted reddened the surrounding darkness, making the radiant air feel scorching.

Alchemy forges are naturally different from ordinary blacksmith furnaces. Not only do robotic arms and forging presses replace traditional manual hammering, but as part of the entire workshop assembly line, this thing is not as simple as an independent furnace.

After the metal ingot has been preheated and initially smelted, a conduit connected to the reactor will inject the extractant obtained from the raw stone and a series of alchemical processes into it to forge and smelt the metal, transforming it into a primary smelted steel ingot.

That's not all. After being tempered and forged into various shapes, the components must be sent to the next stage for engraving and etching with runes and spells to obtain the finished Shadow Steel parts.

The entire process is not something that can be completed in a short time. Just as Zhang Yuan stopped to observe the real-time operation of the forging furnace, the teacher's voice came over again.

"Let's release those two damaged Shadowsteel Golems and see if we can repair them."

Since it was his teacher's order, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to throw out the two valuable wreckage pieces, while explaining the damage inflicted on them during the battle.

"Well, the chest and shoulder armor, and the joint connecting parts of the limbs, are still within the tolerance range. We can just replace them with new molded parts."

Tyrantir carefully examined the remains of the two golems, his tone tinged with regret, as if he were looking at Pan Jinlian, who had been taken advantage of by Wu Dalang:
"The key issue is this wound. The reactor has been damaged, and the equipment here alone cannot repair it."

The archmage ran his hand along the edge of the wound on the golem that had been knocked down by the Shadow Fiend. The pierced chest armor looked fine, but the through wound had cut diagonally across the power core, with some signs of melting at the edges—the work of the Shadowflame.

"Let's repair the other one that's less damaged first. Quickly try to recall the code numbers corresponding to these damaged parts."

Tyrantir turned to check the condition of the other Shadowsteel Golem, while urging Zhang Yuan to retrieve the information contained in the inheritance.

"Shoulder shell, part number *1895; shoulder joint components, parts numbers *1897 to 1903; bolt parts number…"

After a brief mental scan, he recited a series of numbers in Nessus.

"We've chosen to work on delicate areas like joints, so the repair work will be quite busy."

The Grand Master shook his head and muttered to himself.

That's a very...

Zhang Yuan was also helpless. This Shadow Steel Golem wasn't a rag doll that could be easily subdued by grabbing it. Thinking about how to eat it before even shooting down the wild goose was just too audacious.

Despite the talk, the Tyrantier is surprisingly easy to operate. Fingers glide across the dashboard like the wind, and after a series of keystrokes, a pattern suddenly pops up on the display screen.

The pattern didn't look particularly exquisite, far inferior to the high-definition images of my previous life, and it wasn't even pixelated. It resembled the lines drawn by an oscilloscope, but what happened next was quite astonishing.

With the confirmation of the manufacturing command input, the forged and quenched Shadow Steel ingot was returned to the furnace for tempering and hammered into the initial shape of the part. As the casting was placed on the conveyor belt and sent to the next processing stage, Zhang Yuan could clearly see that its shape was already similar to that of a large shoulder plate armor.

Before long, the shoulder armor casting was put to the next round of work. As soon as it entered the lathe, a crab claw-like robotic arm clamped the component, and two other robotic arms holding cutting tools and chisels moved over. The cutting edges of the cutting tools gleamed with the light of black gold.

Mr. Zhang strongly suspected that the blade was plated with refined gold, or even forged with refined gold mixed in. He watched as several robotic arms flew up and down on the lathe, as if several skilled blacksmiths or sculptors were working together to sculpt and polish the casting, which was originally just a rough embryo, into shape.

What was finally revealed was a golem shoulder armor component in front of the master and apprentice, with uniform thickness, neat cuts, and a smooth surface, possessing an industrial beauty.

Good heavens, this is truly good heavens! Even Mr. Zhang's eyebrows twitched slightly. Does this mean they've even developed CNC machine tools?

Yes, the machine tool in front of him is not very efficient. As he spoke, Zhang had been waiting for quite a while before the component grinding was completed.

This machine tool could not possibly have a CNC system; it must have used some unscientific but magical means to achieve its functions.

Regardless of how you look at it, this is an extremely powerful and valuable piece of industrial equipment, especially in the medieval world of Faerûn, which at first glance seems backward and upon closer inspection is not developed.

With the addition of his own group of Keen craftsmen, this development is far better than starting from scratch.

Of course, nothing in this world is perfect, and this processing and casting workshop, which he considers the mother of industry, still has some minor flaws.

The first thing is efficiency. Although Zhang Yuan did not work as a blacksmith as a side job, he had seen the work and was aware of the difference. Especially for a master like Tyrone from Leichui Blacksmith Shop, who had the skill of mechanical arm processing and forging, he could probably have finished making half a suit of armor by now.

The efficiency of this lathe is slightly lower than that of an ordinary blacksmith.

Furthermore, there's the matter of precision, which is why Zhang Yuantong stood with his teacher in front of the cooled, shaped shoulder armor.

"It looks like it won't be finished today. Without spell circuit runes and special enchantments, the Shadowsteel part is just a high-quality steel casting."

The Grand Master frowned as he looked at the components before him, while Zhang Yuan beside him looked somewhat embarrassed.

"Time was a bit rushed, and I haven't had time to browse all the inheritance information yet. I didn't expect that this step would require the spellcaster to do it themselves."

He hadn't expected that the production line's processing precision wouldn't be able to automate such delicate tasks as engraving inscriptions and drawing circuits; he would have to do it himself.

However, the knowledge and skills of Shadowsteel enchanting cannot be mastered in a short time. Even Tyranitar needs time to digest them.

This led to the scene where the master and apprentice stared at each other in the enchanting workshop.

"It's not that I'm blaming you, but we can stop these devices from operating for now. We've also gained an understanding of their general condition and performance. It won't be too late to come back when we're all ready."

The archmage then moved to the control panel and said softly, "I was too hasty. Such a large gift cannot be digested in a short period of time."

The archmage's hand swept across each button on the control panel, accompanied by several sounds that resembled both steam whistles and sobs. The jubilant, leaping furnace fire fell silent, and the roar of the mechanical steel gradually faded away.

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