Chapter 107: Memory metal (1/2)

Chapter 107: Memory metal

Translated by me, edited by drpetro.

Right now, with ~50K glory points on hand, Ye Qing’s hands were itching to get some action.

Preferably it was an electronic product.

Harbouring some unknown anxiety and anticipation, Ye Qing pressed the big draw button on the screen.

10,000 was immediately deducted from the glory total, and the wheel began to spin.

“Electronics! Electronics!” Ye Qing prayed, but as the wheel slowly slowed down, he became even more nervous.

When the wheel finally came to a stop, the red needle pointed to the slot with a pair of glasses in it.

“Congratulations, you have won a pair of Industrial data glasses.”

“Industrial data glasses?” Hearing the name for the first time, Ye Qing couldn’t deduce much from such an ordinary name.

Pressing use, a pair of elegant, but not overbearing, sunglasses appeared in Ye Qing’s hands.

However, when Ye Qing put them on for the first time, a miraculous thing happened. The two dark pieces of glass, just like a chameleon, began to change into a multitude of different colors.

Transparent, bright green, tea green, dark green……

Glasses that change colors under different intensities of UV light do exist, but when Ye Qing put this pair of glasses on, the entire world changed.

When Ye Qing looked at the metal smelting center with this pair of glasses on, all kinds of data began to fly up onto the lenses.

The metal smelting center seemed to have been datafied. It’s every angle and every line’s length were all clearly displayed on the lenses for Ye Qing to view.

Then, taking a look at the peons at the side, they were also immediately datafied, including how fast they could swing their arms, their distance from him, and so on.

The data could be turned off so that it didn’t show up, and the transparency and the color of the lenses could also be either automatically or manually changed. As long as this pair of glasses was worn, then there was no need to worry about any oncoming blazing light while driving at night, because the lense would filter out all of the unnecessary light.

A surprisingly powerful ability, and a very useful ability. But Ye Qing wasn’t near sighted, and wearing a pair of glasses all day long felt super awkward, so he recalled the glasses back into the Monster Factory awaiting further used in the future.

Continuing to draw, he tried two more times.

Ye Qing won another camera, and a small handheld flashlight.

The 3D camera looked just like another everyday camera, but any pictures taken by it were all 3Dized and coordinated, such that any pictures taken by it could be recreated with either a CNC mill or a 3D printer.

Here’s​ a simple example: currently there exists technology to scan and create an holographic image of a human’s body, which could be recreated when given to a 3D printer. However its precision was seriously lacking and its processing power for detailed parts was beyond abysmal.

In comparison, the 3D camera not only kept with industrial standards, it could also perfectly return any kind of detail back to how it was at the time with zero hiccups.

The holographic scanner must be built within a film studio and needed a ton of sensors and cameras. On the other hand, the 3D camera was as simple as pulling it out and taking a selfie.

The flashlight was called the metal perspective flashlight. Any metal in front of it would become transparent like glass, allowing Ye Qing to see everything that was going on inside.

Three different items, all related to the industry, yet each one of them was more outrageous than the other.

If their abilities were to be utilized properly, then they could allow Ye Qing to save a butt load of material and labour costs.

Packing away these things, Ye Qing then immediately commanded the monsters to smelt the first ever batch of nickel-titanium memory alloy.

The metals needed for the smelting had already been prepared by Ye Qing. Following his order, the master artisan that was watching over the controls, familiarly selected the forge mold necessary for the nickel-titanium memory alloy and placed it in.

The lid to the 50 ton electric furnace automatically opened, then came the giant roars from the mechanisms as the material delivery ramp was rotated into place above the mouth of the furnace.

When the delivery ramp was secured in place above the furnace, two mechanical arms hurriedly shoveled in the necessary raw steel, nickel, titanium, and other metals.

Closing the lid, the furnace began to slowly spin, then the piece of giant circuitry that was hidden away behind a giant slab of steel armor began to spit out terrifying arcs of electricity.

Ye Qing found that all his hairs were standing on end, as if the surrounding air was completely filled with static. The feeling was just like back during school, when he went to visit the science center, put his hand on the glass ball of static electricity, and had all his hair stand up.