Chapter 76: The Alchemist (1/2)
Chapter 76: The Alchemist
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The little tail of the devil wagged on mischievously, ”Such alloy is amazingly strong against physical attacks. It also has an outstanding immunity towards beam-based weaponry.” The devil carried on tempting his master into this, ”The best part is none other than its density, which is astonishingly 1/3 the mass of the lightest alloys currently known for mech-productions. You could easily imagine the terrifying speed it could achieve even with a normal engine from the supermarket.”
Ye Chong was triggered, triggered hard. The desire lustered in his eyes became stronger and stronger.
As long as it was something related to machines or mech specifically, Ye Chong would be wholeheartedly attracted.
”I could conclude that this alloy is the most wonderful choice that would have ever existed in the fantasy for mech-productions. Ye, think about it, if you were to make a mech out of this, who knows… Zzt! Zzzt!” Shang tried to voice exclamation through his mechanical beeps which sounded really bizarre to ears.
Ye Chong did not notice the distorted voice-acting from his partner as his mind was all on that illusionary material before him. If all goes exactly as what Shang had mentioned, that would be lovely!
Wait…
He pinched himself back to the reality, ”So Shang, do you happen to know the formula for this alloy?”
”Well of course.” Shang was proud, ”I was unable to identify the source of this formula, but it seems to have existed in the database a long time ago…” His tone sounded confused. ”Still most of the data in the folder is badly damaged. Mu and I had tried methods of different kinds for recovery yet it seemed damaged beyond repair.”
He halted for ponders, ”However… practically speaking, such amount of Do Kun Stones is insufficient to build a mech,” he added.
Ye Chong stared at the Do Kun Stone of the size of his fists, as he imagined the mech of height about 10 meters. He has a point. Ye Chong nodded approvingly. He knows metallurgy better than me. I only know about mech machineries. If he says so, then so be it!
He remembered something Shang had stated before, ”Shang, did you say that the stones can be cultivated? By using artificial settings to stimulate its growth?”
Shang’s mechanical eyes blinked, ”Yes, that is correct. But regarding the exact input for that setting is currently unknown for that part of the data has been destroyed. I only know the fact that Do Kun Stones could be cultivated using a specific kind of methodology. A preset they call it.”
”Preset?” It was the first time Ye Chong heard of this term.
Ye Chong seemed pretty intrigued and that excited Shang as he finally got the boy’s interests on the outside world, ”A preset is the jargon used among the chemists. It is not surprising that you are unaware of such term.”
”Chemists?” Ye Chong was more confused; seemingly this happened to be another of those classes or occupations he had never heard before.
”Or Alchemist some called it. Ye!” Shang’s turned serious in his tone, ”There are all sorts of occupations in this world. It was never only the Pilot that matters. You know, there are much, much, much more fun out there than being a pilot for a robot like me. If you held interests on nothing than the mechs, then you are missing out a lot!”
Ye Chong was astounded.
He looked at Shang, ”When the heck did you become such a nagging kind? Oh wait, the non-nagging kind was Mu, since he lectures but he doesn’t nag. So Shang, are you the nagging kind for real? I don’t like the habit of nagging you know. You might be right of what you’ve said, but to me, mech is my ultimate interest and being a pilot for a robot like you is the prime joy to my world!”
Man, Mu and Shang sure do not just differ by their names.
”Kaffzzzt! Kaffzzt!” Shang tried synthesizing a sound of cough as he hesitated his response to Ye Chong’s statement. He held up and went silent for a moment. He decided to ignore what Ye Chong had just said, ”So, technically, a chemist is the one who cultivates the designated quality or quantity of crops using his or her supreme control over the growth conditions of the said lifeform. It involves biology, developmental biology, chemistry and other scientific studies.” It would be better for him to cut the nag and carry on with the lecture, ”For instance, we have chemists for spices. They mix some of the cultured solution extracted from the plants of the known spices to obtain spices of a more vibrant or extraordinary flavor. The spices they cultivated would be of high quality and there won’t be side-effects from consumption. So they are much more expensive than the chemical food-flavoring you see in the market.” By then Shang believed that Ye Chong would actually consider being an alchemist, ”There are also chemists for herbs and food. Most of the consumable products have an alchemist behind the scene; they are very popular among the people, not only because of their premium products, but also…”
Shang’s detailed introduction stopped abruptly.
”But also…?” bewildered Ye Chong, as he asked.
Shang’s white noises of beeping rang for a while. He thought it through and assumed the following statement would not give Ye Chong effects by any degree, ”But also… they are mostly women.”
Women? Ye Chong snorted. So what if they are all women? What has it to do with me?
Seeing how Ye Chong reacting to his line indifferently, his mechanical voice produced a sigh of relief. It still sounded like distortion though. It was very weird to the ears.
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”Um…” Ye Chong went on with something else, ”About this Harmony, I still need some time to get used to it, or it would be too passive for me to react if there was something going on.” The nature’s law of survival had been imprinted inside Ye Chong’s mind. Adaptability would be his major concern at anytime, anywhere! He had an absolute confidence of his strength, yet he refused to be lighthearted in the outside world.
He believed that any place could be a war field and he would be dead for sure if he were to relax for even a millisecond in it. The years on Trash Planet-12 taught him alertness, which did not seem really necessary for his current tranquil daily life however.
Fortunately Shang did not overheat from his women talk, ”Mhm.” He nodded, ”Yes, that would be much more important. Let’s see. According to my calculation, in about 3 days time, you should be able to know almost everything on this mech. Even though this mech has an underdeveloped appearance, I would suggest you to stick to it for now. The only useful part of this would be the antique firearm I presume, though you can’t master its use at this point for sure. Mu had already started simulating and calculating the optimum method to use this firearm. So probably by the next time he shows up, he could give you some advice, since dumping the only good weapon you could have would be a big waste.”