mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 947 Visiting You Is the Best Decision in My Life
The first thing to do when I wake up in the morning is to refresh the Code of the Old Gods.

[I collected the soul rotors that were cut off with the cyclonic kitchen knife.]

[Open the Holy Light Channel and teleport to the Pioneer Partner Safe Haven. Everyone is safe. ]

[The storm has passed, and the door of the tower has been blocked by new sand dunes. The craftsman is leading people to clear the exit.]

[The Pioneer Partners' safe haven is temporarily safe. 】

[I told the residents of Pioneer Partner Haven that the Brilliant Oasis will be open to the residents of Pioneer Partner Haven from now on, and they can enter and exit freely for trade.]

【Everyone was delighted.】

[The residents of the Pioneer Partner Haven made weapons and ammunition for me, and I replenished my firepower. ]

[I open the Holy Light Channel and teleport back to Bronze Eye No. 7 - Rune City Noble Tower.]

[I rested for a night, but arrived at the Rune City at the same time as the storm. ]

[I finally understood that the towering walls of Rune City were used to block the cursed storms and cursed creatures that appeared periodically.]

[The new desert emperor, the rebel leader, ordered the soldiers to close the city gates and defend the city.]

[People in the city were in a panic, and shouts of killing were heard from the top of the city walls. ]

[Just like last time, some people in the city took advantage of the situation to cause chaos, looting and smashing things.]

[After the old emperor was defeated, the True Vision Crystal no longer monitored the Rune City, and the Rune Fragment Store and the Gem Store became my treasure house that I could withdraw at any time. I couldn't sit idly by and watch my treasure house being robbed.]

[I took out the Lugang M1907 and shot a criminal in the forehead who was about to attack the jewelry store.]

【boom! 】

【The criminal was shot in the head. 】

[The crowd holding weapons and preparing to rob paused.]

[Someone exclaimed: It's the Fearless Pioneer, the Fearless Pioneer is back. ]

[I didn't know that my reputation in Rune City was so great.]

[After hearing this, the thugs turned and ran away.]

[The owner of the gem shop expressed his gratitude: "Fearless Pioneer, praise you. If it weren't for you, we would have suffered a huge loss. 】

[I said: No need to thank me, protecting you is my responsibility, and protecting your wealth is equivalent to protecting my wealth. ]

[The owner of the jewel shop sighed: If only everyone could think like you. ]

【I said: That won’t happen, after all, it’s not their wealth. 】

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

This old guy speaks in a very aggressive way.

He cannot allow others to kill his chickens and prevent him from collecting eggs later.

[I then dispersed the thugs who were coveting the material store and rune fragment store.]

[I simply patrolled the most prosperous areas of the city to maintain order.]

[The hurriedly coming and going sand soldiers and the prestigious merchants in the city quickly spread the news that I had returned to the Rune City.]

【More people came to seek my help. 】

Zhao Chuanxin discovered that the power of faith was growing at an extremely fast rate, as fast as a rabbit, and he couldn't help but feel moved.

He wrote:

[I will respond to every request and do my best to protect the lives and property of the residents in the city. ]

[I walked around the city with a gun, occasionally firing to scare off thugs.]

[At the same time, I am also waiting for the new emperor and the cursed body to both suffer losses, so that I can reap the benefits.]

[The Storm and Curse Army are mainly concentrated outside the South Gate. ]

[From time to time, someone would enthusiastically report to me the battle situation at the South Gate.]

[Suddenly someone came to me in a hurry and said: Fearless Vanguard, it's bad, the South Gate was destroyed by a giant cursed creature, and the cursed creature has entered the city.]

[I was surprised, but I didn't do anything rash.]

[Soon after, the descendants of the nobility arrived.]

[The descendants of the nobility brought the new emperor's order. 】

[The new emperor received the news that I returned to Rune City. ]

[The descendant of the nobles said: Fearless Vanguard, the emperor has ordered that as long as you help us resist the cursed body, the emperor will pay you two high-level blue crystals as a reward, and will not mind your unauthorized return to the city. ]

2 high-grade azure crystals, worth at least 30 gold coins.

Even if you have money you may not be able to buy it, and it is one of the rare treasures in the treasure room of the imperial palace.

[I have always coveted the soul stator of the cursed body, and now there is an additional reward, so I gladly choose to accept the order. ]

[When I arrived at the south gate, the cursed creatures had indeed rushed in. ]

[I set up the Maxim heavy machine gun and shouted to the soldiers defending in front: Get out of the way.]

[The Sand Soldiers of Rune City include the rebels brought by the rebel leader, and the soldiers under the old emperor who were gathered after the capture of Rune City, forming the new Sand Soldiers.]

[Both new and old soldiers recognize me.]

[I never thought that my intimidation was so strong that I could make them move out of the way with just one sentence.]

[Maxim's metal storm caused great suffering to the cursed creatures that squeezed into the south gate.]

[As soon as they rushed in, they were blocked by my Maxim at the city gate and could not move forward.]

[At this moment, chaos suddenly broke out on the city wall.]

[Someone shouted: It's the puppet army, the Desert Emperor is back.]

Zhao Chuanxin frowned.

The puppet army, the desert emperor, this must be referring to the old emperor.

The old emperor really did use any means necessary to choose this juncture to make a comeback.

[I looked up and saw, as expected, puppet soldiers everywhere on the city walls.]

[The puppet soldiers were extremely powerful and invincible. The sand soldiers were immediately killed and routed.]

Zhao Chuanxin and the old emperor were mortal enemies.

Although the new emperor was also a good-for-nothing, Zhao Chuanxin did not fall out with him.

[At this point, I have two choices: one, continue blocking the South Gate. Two, go up to the top of the city wall to resist the puppet soldiers.]

Zhao Chuanxin immediately chose option 2.

[I shouted: You block the city gate, I will climb the city wall.]

Zhao Chuanxin is worried about the Fearless Vanguard's combat proficiency. Don't die again and spend your life. Life is very precious.

He quickly opened the holy light channel and entered it.

On the top of the Rune City, a group of puppet soldiers were indeed killing people indiscriminately.

Zhao Chuanxin flashed to the top of the city twice, took out the eight-edged lightsaber and stabbed it into the back of a puppet soldier.

laugh……

The lightsaber went in without a hilt.

However, the other two puppet soldiers quickly came to the rescue.

Two light swords attacked at the same time, at a tricky angle.

Zhao Chuanxin's swordsmanship was honed through thousands of trials, and with the Six Senses Potion's bonus, he stood with his sword in a bow stance, turned over and intercepted the sword, and the lightsaber almost became an afterimage, easily blocking the two lightsabers.

However, through the flashing of the eight-edged lightsaber's blade and the tiny cracks on the blade, he was shocked to find that the puppet soldier's lightsaber was sharper than before.

The puppet soldiers have made great progress in terms of reaction speed, flexibility, strength, etc.

How did the old emperor manage to evolve his puppet soldiers after losing his treasure house and various supplies?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Zhao Chuanxin did not stop.

He pointed the sword at the top of the head, and the straight stab turned into a continuous slash. He moved quickly, and transformed from being sandwiched between two puppet soldiers to forming a line with the two puppet soldiers.

He rushed to the center line while always keeping himself facing one of the puppet soldiers.

After using the whirlwind to cut off the neck of a puppet soldier with one move, Zhao Chuanxin took a step back, bent over, and used the move of the hidden dragon sucking water to strangle the puppet soldier's sword.

Red light hit red light, and metal hit metal, and flames flew everywhere.

Reverse wrist-cutting flower, and then a horizontal stab in the middle.

laugh……

The second puppet soldier fell.

Zhao Chuanxin killed three puppet soldiers in a row. They were the only three puppet soldiers who fell after the old emperor joined the battle.

The morale of the soldiers on the city wall was greatly boosted.

But Zhao Chuanxin knew how powerful the puppet soldiers were. The puppet soldiers' lightsabers were not inferior to his eight-edged lightsaber, and the eight-edged lightsaber had lost its advantage.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the situation on the field and was not optimistic.

He asked Xingyue: "Do you have any solution?"

Xingyue said: "You block the city gate first, then take control of the South Gate Sand Soldiers, and I will arrange the troops. There may be a glimmer of hope, otherwise the Rune City will be recaptured by the old emperor."

Zhao Chuanxin would never allow that to happen.

He flashed to the city gate and appeared next to a puppet soldier, ready to kill it with one sword.

The puppet soldier twisted his body, and the strange python turned over and used his lightsaber to block his lightsaber.

Zhao Chuanxin was surprised. How could a sneak attack be caught?
He looked carefully and found that the puppet soldier's eyes were different from before.

This puppet soldier's eyes are rounder and more prominent.

The puppet soldier's eyes are made of true vision crystal. They were originally flat, but now they are more like convex lenses.

Zhao Chuanxin chose to retreat, taking a step back and striking with the sword.

The puppet soldier turned his wrist to block, and Zhao Chuanxin drew his sword slightly to avoid a head-on confrontation, after all, he was not as strong as the puppet soldier.

He stabbed the point straight, then stabbed it again, and then stabbed it a third time.

From the perspective of others, it seemed as if he was wielding three swords at the same time.

The puppet soldier was able to see through such a fast speed and used the whirlwind sword technique to intercept Zhao Chuanxin's lightsaber.

Ping pong, sparks flying.

But Lao Zhao is a master of all weapons, with a Lugang M1907 in his left hand.

Bang bang bang.

Four shots were fired in succession.

Although the puppet soldier blocked Zhao Chuanxin's lightsaber, it also meant that it had no time to react to the gun in Zhao Chuanxin's hand.

The true vision crystal of the puppet soldier's eyes was shattered, and he instantly became blind, swinging his light sword blindly.

Zhao Chuanxin chopped off its head with his sword: "Ah... tui! You brain-eating bastard!"

He jumped off the city wall, grabbed the edge of the city gate with one hand, put on plastering gloves, and the sand pile brought by the storm became ready-made material.

Gather sand into a tower.

A stone gate rose from the ground.

The Sand Soldiers who were struggling to hold on at the city gate cheered upon seeing this.

"Fearless Pioneer, Fearless Pioneer..."

They shouted in unison.

Zhao Chuanxin felt the power of faith surge again.

The power of faith on the battlefield is so huge?

But the good times did not last long. Although the city gate was blocked, screams came from the city wall one after another.

The screams are usually short, followed by abnormal silence.

Zhao Chuanxin and the others looked up at the same time and found that the soldiers on the top of the city were pierced by the soul rotors. When the soul stator began to absorb the soul, the person would be controlled, so he fell into a strange silence.

The sand soldiers below had never seen this before. They were dumbfounded and their legs were trembling with fear.

The unknown is scary.

The old emperor's puppet army attracted attention, and the cursed body took the opportunity to absorb souls.

They are in cahoots with each other.

It was hard for Zhao Chuanxin not to think that this curse storm was related to the old emperor.

He turned over and went back to the city wall, wanting to rescue.

Just as he guessed, there was some kind of tacit understanding between the old emperor and the cursed body.

When he tried to cut off the Soul Rotor with the Cyclone Kitchen Knife, the Puppet Soldiers surrounded him from all sides and prepared to besiege him.

Zhao Chuanxin fired a cruise missile towards the area where the puppet soldiers were most densely concentrated.

boom!
The gleaming flames and the diffuse smoke obscured their vision. When the light dimmed and the smoke disappeared, the puppet soldiers lost track of Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin appeared, and the cyclone kitchen knife cut off the soul rotors repeatedly to rescue the sand soldiers.

At first, the puppet soldiers were led around by Zhao Chuanxin and were played around in circles.

Later, they became smart and stayed where they were and waited. After all, Zhao Chuanxin wanted to rescue the sand soldiers one by one.

The rescue work of Zhao Chuanxin became difficult, and due to this delay, many people had their souls sucked dry and died.

Holy light surged in the storm, the gate to the realm of chaos opened, and countless cursed creatures poured in.

Xingyue said: "You need to gather the defeated soldiers immediately and regroup. By the way, take the bodies of the four puppet soldiers you killed with you. I want to study them."

Zhao Chuanxin first collected the corpses of the puppet soldiers and their light swords that fell to the ground, and then retreated with his men.

At this moment, the old emperor's voice resounded through the South Gate and even reached the city: "Rune City, your emperor is back!"

"You dare to betray me, you will pay the price!"

The desert emperor who once made people tremble is now at the gates of the city.

The fear of being dominated by city-wide surveillance once again struck everyone's mind.

Despair breeds.

A soldier said in despair: "Fearless Vanguard, what should we do?"

Although many people died, the amount of power of faith did not decrease suddenly, which shows that Zhao Chuanxin is still the backbone of these people.

Zhao Chuanxin is not afraid of the old emperor. The old emperor was once defeated by him, but now he is even stronger.

He shouted: "Everyone, listen to my orders."

Everyone's spirits were lifted.

The former "dragon slayer" is right beside them.

As long as the Fearless Vanguard is not in despair, they still have a chance of survival.

At their moment of despair, Zhao Chuanxin successfully seized the military power at the South Gate.

He gathered the Shining Blade Archers and divided the ordinary Sand Soldiers into three teams.

Two teams of weak soldiers and one team of strong soldiers.

Zhao Chuanxin shouted, "Archers suppress the puppet soldiers on the left wing, and the first team will charge with me. Teams two and three will block the right wing. We only need to stop the cursed creatures at 100 Black Dragon Corners. Reserve team, I want you to cut off the route for the cursed creatures to spread to the west city. Everyone, let's take back the wall."

An archer's arrow with a Light Blade rune fragment.

When there are large numbers, even puppet soldiers will find it difficult to resist.

Thousands of arrows were fired at once, and the puppet soldiers jumped off the city wall to dodge.

Those who did not have time to retreat were pierced to death by thousands of arrows.

Sharp arrows with Light Blade Rune Fragments can only be supplied in one wave, after all, they are very expensive.

But it was enough for Zhao Chuanxin to lead his men to attack the left wing wall.

Zhao Chuanxin pulled the safety pin and threw the grenade at the wall without any hesitation.

Boom boom boom...

Instantly, a piece of land was blasted out for the army to take shelter, allowing a team to climb to the top of the city wall calmly.

This is hope.

The soldiers at the South Gate were very excited.

Without the puppet soldiers blocking him, Zhao Chuanxin ran and fired with the Xingyue M1909 light machine gun.

Tata Tata...

Xingyue controlled the black puppet craftsman wrapped around the neck of the soft golden armor, holding the God of War M1907 and shooting at both sides.

The remaining fish that slipped through the net were handed over to a team of sand soldiers at the back to clean up.

Soon Zhao Chuanxin rushed from the left wing to the right wing and helped the second and third teams climb onto the top of the wall.

When the sand soldiers completely recaptured the city wall, the cheers on the top of the wall were as loud as thunder and lightning.

"Fearless Pioneer, Fearless Pioneer, Fearless Pioneer..."

In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color.

Zhao Chuanxin's time was up. Before exiting the state, he glanced down at the city and found that there were more and more cursed creatures.

"Huh..." The high-intensity battle just now made Zhao Chuanxin a little mentally exhausted.

[The storm moves back, and the cursed creatures retreat 300 Black Dragon Corner distance from the city wall.]

【I rested against the city wall. 】

[I heard some sand soldiers whispering: I heard from our ancestors that a long time ago, when the curse storm came, the old emperor's puppet soldiers would not have their souls sucked away, and they could easily block the invasion of the cursed creatures. But the new emperor let us die with our flesh and blood...]

This is not a good sign.

【The battle is far from over.】

[Until dark, the cursed creatures did not attack again. ]

[I have arranged the defense line and will take a rest first. ]

Zhao Chuanxin closed the "Old God Code".

He was just about to take out the corpse of the puppet soldier for research when there was a knock on the door.

Margot came in holding Zhao Lingjun.

"Dad!" Zhao Lingjun became excited when she saw her dad.

Dancing with joy.

Zhao Chuanxin immediately put everything else behind him.

In the past, he always taught others that beatings can produce filial sons.

Zhao Chuanxin admitted that he was a hypocrite.

Zhao Chuanxin happily took Zhao Lingjun and really wanted to take his daughter away and raise her himself.

There is no problem in taking my daughter to the sky to catch the moon or to the ocean to catch turtles.

After playing with Zhao Lingjun for a while, Aksu, who was in the artificial fiber business, came.

"Mr. Zhao, I'm alone. Let's discuss the details of the cooperation." Aksu rubbed his hands and sat down, his butt only touching half of the chair. "I brought samples."

As Zhao Chuanxin turned around, he took out six machines.

He held Zhao Lingjun in his arms and introduced them to Aksu: "Cutting machine, crusher, grinding and baking wire drawing machine, wire winding machine, thread winding machine, weaving machine. Give me the samples you brought."

As soon as Aksu sat down, he stood up again. He couldn't help but walk to the six small machines to observe them, and gave the samples of nitrocellulose and cuprammonium fiber to Zhao Chuanxin.

"Sir, did you just make these machines?" Aksu asked him in shock.

Zhao Chuanxin nodded: "I just made it yesterday. Let me show you how."

He plugged it in, turned on the switch, and the motor started humming.

He stuffed the raw material in, and the nitrocellulose was cut into strips.

At this point, Aksu was not surprised, it was very easy to do.

After turning off the cutter, load the long strips of nitrocellulose into the crusher and cover it with a glass cover.

The motor rotates and the blade shreds the strips of nitrocellulose in the glass cover.

Zhao Chuanxin turned on the switch and ordered Aksu, "Pick up some debris. I'll turn on the grinding, baking and drawing machine, and you put it in slowly."

Aksu picked up the fragments nervously, and Zhao Chuanxin turned on the switch.

The heating wire below is heated and the motor above is rotating. Aksu puts the fragments into the "bowl" according to the instructions, and the cotton-like wire is thrown out by centrifugal force.

Zhao Chuanxin picked up the handheld silk winding machine. The metal fork at the front end of the machine rotated at a low speed, and the silk was wound into a cocoon shape.

When it is wrapped into a little thicker than a corn cob, Zhao Chuanxin will take it off.

Zhao Lingjun stared at it intently and reached out to grab the fluffy silk cocoon, but Zhao Chuanxin pulled him away.

By this point, Aksu was breathing heavily.

These few simple machines alone were enough to open his eyes.

There are machines for processing synthetic fibers, but there are none as simple and efficient as Zhao Chuanxin's.

Then, Zhao Chuanxin pulled out a silk thread from the cocoon, rubbed it slightly with his thumb and index finger, and rubbed out a cotton thread, which he fixed on the winding machine.

The spindle of the winding machine is turned and rotated, and the lines are crossed and wound into a bobbin.

The boards are straight and neat.

Finally, Zhao Chuanxin fixed the thread ends on a circular loom. The loom rotated up and down, and the threads spun from artificial fibers were quickly woven into a loose cylindrical fabric.

When the fabric is long enough, Zhao Chuanxin cuts off the thread and takes off the fabric: "Tie this end."

Aksu did as he was told.

The tubular fabric becomes a hat.

Aksu was surprised: "This..."

Zhao Chuanxin blinked: "Think about it, if we use large machines to form an assembly line, how many hats can we produce in a day?"

The artificial silk collector produced in 1901 was also simple, but far less efficient than Zhao Chuanxin's.

Besides, it was a man-made machine.

Aksu was suddenly drenched with cold water. He smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, your machine is excellent. The problem is that even if we have the machine, the output of nitrocellulose is not enough to produce fabrics on a large scale. And cuprammonium fiber is too expensive and even more difficult to mass produce."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said, "These are the two main points I want to talk about today. First, I have a material science expert under me. Together with your company's professional team, we will develop a new, cheap, mass-produced artificial fiber. Second, I don't understand why you always think that wool fabrics can only be wool fabrics, and pure cotton must be all cotton. Why not blend artificial fibers with natural fibers? That way, the elasticity is guaranteed, and it is not easy to shrink or be eaten by insects. It is easy to store and can also retain warmth?"

The new artificial fibers he mentioned are actually artificial fibers extracted from plants such as soybeans and corn, namely artificial wool, and plastic products - polyester fibers.

As for the antibacterial, deodorizing, and antistatic properties of cuprammonia fiber, it is blended in small quantities to make high-end fabrics.

Ordinary fabrics are blended with synthetic fiber spandex.

hum...

Aksu's head was buzzing.

He completely believed that Zhao Chuanxin really had an expert in materials science under him.

Otherwise, Zhao Chuanxin would not have been able to put forward so many subversive views.

Liu Yuanshan, who was far away in the United States, didn't know that she was praised by the charcoal worker as an expert in materials science...

Aksu said excitedly: "Sir, coming to visit you is probably the best decision I have ever made in my life."

"Don't try that nonsense. Just tell me how many shares you want?" Zhao Chuanxin said with disdain.

I have already gotten rid of the low-level interest of getting something for nothing, and now I am trying to make money with real goods, so how can I not ask for a high price?

Aksu: “…”

In short, Aksu walked out of the reception room with a smile.

Outside, Royal Dutch Shell President Henry Deterding and Philips President Gerard Philips were waiting...

(End of this chapter)