Chapter 457.3 - The Academys Soul Engineer Legion Plan (1/2)

So it’s about this matter. Huo Yuhao finally understood, and said with gratitude, “Thanks, Qiuqiu. I’ll return and ask eldest senior for permission first.”

Nan Qiuqiu nodded and said, “Alright, I’ll go and find my mother too. I’ll ask if she’s free within this period of time. Haih, our sect’s territory has already been occupied by the Sun Moon Empire. If we return, we must be careful too.”

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, “No worries, it won’t be some kind of death trap. We’ve already overcome the Death God. Do we need to be afraid of ordinary soldiers from the Sun Moon Empire?”

Nan Qiuqiu laughed and said, “Eldest senior just lectured you, but you’ve already gone back to your old ways. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll report you to him?”

Huo Yuhao laughed, “I’m not afraid. You aren’t that kind of person. You’re the most loyal.”

Nan Qiuqiu snorted and said, “It seems like we can only be good brothers in this life.”

Huo Yuhao chuckled, “It’s great to be good brothers! See, I’m so good to my brothers. Alright, I’ll find Teacher Xuan first. We’ll talk when we get back.”

In the next few days, Huo Yuhao was completely busy. His discussion with Xuan Ziwen took six hours before he invested his energy into developing stationary soul cannon shells. Xuan Ziwen handed this job to him. If it were Xuan Ziwen, he would find it very easy to complete this task.

As for the Earthdragon Sect, Bei Bei allowed him to proceed there after he was done with this task.

During the breaks in his experiments, Huo Yuhao wanted to make a trip to the Sea God’s Island and ask Elder Xuan about a problem he had faced during his cultivation. It was just that he found it difficult to turn his attention away from his experiments after he started on them. He only found the time after he completed all his experiments.

After the Class 4 stationary soul cannon shells were completed, they were only two-thirds as strong as normal Class 4 stationary soul cannon shells. However, their effective range was almost the same. This was the result of the materials used. Furthermore, Xuan Ziwen was already very pleased that they could make it this far.

Huo Yuhao had used a few techniques in their construction. Amongst them, the most important technique was the delayed activation component of the stationary soul cannon shells.

When such cannon shells were fired, they normally relied on the thrust at their tail ends to reach far away before exploding. The components that gave them their thrust and power had to be separated using a strong rare metal. The stronger a cannon shell was, the more precious the rare metal needed to separate the components.

However, Huo Yuhao went against conventional logic this time in his design. He used a new activation technique.

First, as these soul cannon shells were specially designed for Zhuge Divine Crossbows, Huo Yuhao fully tapped into their thrusting force.

The cannons were able to fire the cannon shells around two kilometers in distance. If the shells were detonated within these two kilometers, a lot of energy is undoubtedly wasted.

Huo Yuhao didn’t separate the components but placed them together in the same compartment. At the bottom of the cannon shells, he used some mechanical principles and created a delayed activation component.

When these shells were fired by the cannons, they would automatically be activated. However, as it didn’t have the thrust component, the power component should directly blow apart.

However, with the delayed activation component, the power component was meant to blow apart after some time. It would take a few seconds. Within these few seconds, the shell would have flown more than two kilometers away. When the power component was about to be detonated, the central detonation component would take effect. The power component was divided into two parts. One of these parts was the second thrust component. This second thrust component would increase the speed of the shell once again, reaching the speed of an original Class 4 shell and flying far away. Due to the initial propulsion, it just needed to increase the speed of the shell. In this way, a lot of energy was conserved. Although the strength of the power component was slightly reduced as it was smaller, it was important to remember that the outer shell and mechanical components were made completely from fine iron! It was already very difficult to achieve this.

Such a cannon shell would be two-thirds as strong as usual, but its cost would only be a tenth of normal. This was not even including the fact that some rare metals couldn’t be found on the market. It was indeed possible to mass-produce such cannon shells.

Of course, Huo Yuhao’s research only went this far. Stronger stationary soul tools couldn’t be manufactured in this way. This was because they were too strong, and needed rare metals for their outer shells. However, adopting this method would undoubtedly help to conserve resources.

He had finally finished. Huo Yuhao reported his results to Bei Bei and was excited as he sat in the chair in front of Bei Bei, gulping down water. He was completely tired out over the past half month.

Bei Bei couldn’t help but smile when he saw Huo Yuhao’s excited look. After Huo Yuhao and the rest returned, they had helped him with a lot of work. He had been much more relaxed over the past half month.

“Yuhao, when are you planning to leave since the experiments are done?” Bei Bei asked.