Chapter 289

"The water in the Desolate Sea Rally is very deep. Even in regular races, accidents are always unavoidable every time. Even if it is broadcast live throughout, there are too many places the cameras can't see."

On the phone, Tong Shengnian said bluntly: "Do not overestimate the bottom line of those people, and there is no need for you to wade through it yourself. If you are worried that the water spilled cannot be gathered, I can make arrangements. At a time like this, there is no need to be polite."

"Actually, participating in the Desolate Sea Rally was decided from the beginning, it wasn't a decision made on a whim."

Ji Jue politely declined: "Thank you for Uncle Shengnian's kindness, but I don't like to give up halfway when I do things, so please treat it as having a beginning and an end."

"... Alright, I understand."

Tong Shengnian sighed upon hearing this, and after the persuasion was fruitless, he did not continue to nag: "I will handle other support, don't worry.

Remember that taking care of yourself is the priority. The old man has also been mentioning these days why the young man doesn't come to have tea."

"Next time for sure!" Ji Jue promised decisively.

Tong Shengnian was silent for a moment. In the sound of opera on the other end of the phone, a faint, mocking chuckle from the old man came through.

It still has to be you, kid.

Even lying to the doorstep of the Ether family!

Ji Jue was instantly embarrassed.

No way, he was truly afraid. As a dignified Ether Heaven-Human, if he just took a casual look, he was afraid that even the color of his underwear wouldn't be hidden. He was truly a bit intimidated.

"The future is long, be careful in everything."

Tong Shengnian sighed, and with one last sigh, hung up the phone.

He was truly worried that Ji Jue would have some accident.

Different from Tong Ting's pursuit of fun and excitement, and Tong Shan's appreciation of Ji Jue's personality, he loved Ji Jue's resilience and ability from the bottom of his heart.

Such a talent who had been verified by reality, even if it was just cooperation, was someone he could safely entrust with heavy responsibilities. After clarifying the requirements and goals, he could just let go after sending him out, without having to worry at all, saving heart, effort, and money.

As the person in charge of the Tong family on the surface, he had always been subtle and restrained in his actions. Seven parts of heat were enough; everything in excess is as bad as falling short. What he pursued was the lowest risk and the most stable strategy.

At this moment, feeling the difference between himself and Ji Jue again, he couldn't help but feel regret for it.

If he could be introduced to their own group, and everyone joined hands, wouldn't they be able to make the scale even larger in the future?

But fortunately, that kid A-Shan had a pretty good relationship with him, and there would be plenty of opportunities to deepen the relationship in the future. It's just that, clearly there was someone in the family who had a better relationship with him, so why...

"What's wrong, Second Uncle?"

The simpleton, who was twisting and turning on the sofa while gnawing on dried fruit and playing with his phone, raised his head keenly: "Didn't persuade him?"

Tong Hua nodded suddenly, sighing: "I said, that guy Ji Jue, he's just impervious to reason."

Tong Shengnian's expression instantly became complicated, and he felt a faint stomachache.

"No, it's nothing, you go play."

He rubbed the bridge of his nose, sighed silently, and then thought of work matters, walked out of the living room to call his secretary, only hearing a faint voice coming from outside the door:

"Yes, just this stock, it's almost at the limit down, hurry up and dump it all..."

"Well done."

When the banquet ended, Ji Jue finished replying to the incoming messages and finally received the evaluation from his teacher Ye Xian on the phone.

It was actually a rare positive evaluation.

Ji Jue was instantly overjoyed, and at the same time, couldn't help but be humble: "Actually, I didn't do much, even the design was someone else's credit, at best I was just beating the drums."

"Indeed."

Ye Xian sighed and said bluntly: "You have been too lazy recently, it's completely unacceptable.

There isn't much progress in engineering. I can see a lot of other people's designs, and apart from that, it's all piling up materials and Frankenstein monsters, and I can't see your own style.

In alchemy, apart from that fluid-shaping steel, there are no highlights.

As for the Elephant Sword Talk..."

She paused and did not continue to critique sharply.

Anyway, being notorious in the education world was already a foregone conclusion. For the sake of her own blood pressure, it was better not to think about it in detail.

It could only be said that Ji Jue was able to create such a purely demonic, fire-enchanted ghost thing, and he had some talent in doing evil and leaving a bad name for ten thousand years.

Worthy of being the preferred choice of the corrupt.

Back then, the beating was still too light.

It's just a pity that the disaster was already done, and he couldn't be bent back even if he wanted to. He could only watch him gallop forward on the road of savage growth.

Looking on the bright side, at least the old ancestors' things were passed down.

As for what it was passed down into, that was another matter.

"By the way, when you are done, remember to come back and make up the Spiritual Quality Offense and Defense class."

"Still making it up?"

Ji Jue instantly broke into a sweat: "Didn't you just say it was not bad?"

"Hmm, apart from that, it's all not bad." Ye Xian said slowly: "Among all the products, only that last prosthetic limb has some highlights and conscience."

From the beans and peanuts used to explore the production process at the beginning, to the radishes and cabbages, although the effect was amazing, the essence was nothing more than an internship, implementing the skills mastered in the past step by step.

Not to mention Yan Jian's main output in it.

Even if there were highlights, in Ye Xian's view, it was a matter of course. If it were really a pile of dung, Ji Jue shouldn't be an engineer or an artisan.

It wasn't a loss of face, but at the same time, for Ji Jue, it couldn't be called excellent.

Except for the last chili pepper.

To be precise, it had nothing to do with the military exoskeleton structure. Others had not intervened, and the relevant design and control were all completed by Ji Jue himself—the small auxiliary prosthetic system!

Based on the leg prosthetic designed by Ji Jue in the past, it achieved a full-body design and completion that was on a completely different level of difficulty. At the same time, after throwing away the bad habit of piling up materials whenever he encountered a problem, he constructed the entire system just right, and at the same time, achieved the maximum degree of cost-effectiveness.

For this reason, he went to great lengths to dig the performance of each part's design and materials to the limit, just to minimize the production difficulty and cost investment to the maximum, ensuring its cost was low enough.

Among them, a particularly important point was...

In the final result, there was not a single bit of alchemy processing flow!

Even if there were Isis's calculations and trial and error in the process, and he used Non-Attack and alchemy to tirelessly make many experimental models, in the end, all the hard work and effort ensured that it was a pure industrial product flowing out of the production line.

It did not possess spiritual quality, nor had it been processed by alchemy.

When facing difficult problems, with Non-Attack in hand and the three great inheritances in his body, being able to restrain himself and solve problems purely as an engineer was truly commendable.

You know, among all the products of the Coast Auto Factory today, there are more or less traces of alchemy. Even if it's just on the fringes, even if it's using the rules, the Association will absolutely not let it go in the long run.

If he couldn't find a way to replace the effects of alchemy through industrial processes before this, then he would inevitably be subject to the Association's control, or even a ban.

But that prosthetic limb was different; it could be produced for a long time.

Even if it couldn't make any profit, even if the Coast reorganized and a profit-seeking CEO was put in place in the future, they would absolutely not give up the opportunity to deepen the brand's influence through related products.

This was the golden signboard worth specifically paying money to produce.

No matter who it was, they would not stand on its opposite side. As long as it existed for one day, it would be able to get the support of the Chongguang Church, the Disabled Persons Association, and the Veterans Club.

Likewise, it could also allow those who truly needed them to stand up again.

Even if this change in circumstances was so thin, compared to the bleakness and cruelty of reality, it was already like a dream.

"Well done, Ji Jue."

Ye Xian did not hide her appreciation and praise: "Purely as an engineer, you have already taken your first step.

Let's take this as your graduation design. Later, write a paper on the specific process and the processing involved, and then you can prepare for the graduation defense, solving the master's defense together."

"Ah?"

Ji Jue was sluggish: "This, so fast? No, I just... this isn't even the graduation quarter."

"As a professor at Tianmen University, I still have this bit of power. Besides, with your current appearance, it's the problem that you are still clinging to your student status at Tianmen University, right?"

Ye Xian asked back: "Don't you intend to graduate?

That's just right, I can also arrange for a master-doctor combined program. I have a few troublesome projects for you. After you finish them and get results, you can almost strive for a formal teaching position at Tianmen.

However, I guess you don't have that ambition."

"This, I... haven't thought about it yet."

Ji Jue scratched his head and hesitated for a moment.

However, Ye Xian was right. He really had no interest in being a teacher.

If he were really allowed to follow the traditional academic path to teach and educate people, that would be called spreading poison endlessly and leaving harm for ten thousand years. Who knows what kind of treasures he could bring out.

Moreover, although the identities of engineer and artisan can be balanced, with Ji Jue's current situation, before becoming a Heaven-Human, he should focus on his own rank and skills.

Since the teacher arranged it, then it's decided.

Anyway, Ji Jue didn't care.

His home was right at the entrance of the Tide Sound Workshop, could they drive him away?

Ye Xian finally said: "As for the Desolate Sea Rally, Lu Yingyue just told me. It's a good thing to see more of the world, it doesn't hurt to try."

Ji Jue's eyes instantly lit up: "Then Brother Kunpeng..."

"I have use for the Ghost Work, don't think about it." Ye Xian said: "Since you dare to sign up, you have to be prepared to cover your own bottom line, don't count on others to help with everything.

Besides—"

She paused and reminded meaningfully: "Isn't the client side waiting for you to speak?"

Please... you... bookmark_(!)

As an artisan, if you don't even know how to ask for a budget and investment, then just delete your account and don't play.

Where is the logic in going out and working for free for others?

After hanging up the phone, Ji Jue returned to the workshop under the factory area, and did not show his face again. He threw all the miscellaneous trifles to others to solve, focusing on preparing for the Desolate Sea.

It wasn't until more than a week later that a boiling sound suddenly erupted inside the huge furnace.

Endless blood color surged and churned, like a dam breaking in a sea of blood, spreading wildly. In an instant, it broke through the shackles of matter, and the scarlet between reality and illusion swallowed everything into it.

Including Ji Jue.

But from beginning to end, Ji Jue remained unmoved, like a reef.

Indifferently looking down at the furnace in front of him.

The rushing blood color came to his eyes, as if it were fear, suddenly opening from the center and going to both sides. But no matter how it flowed and permeated, it could not break through the shackles of the workshop.

Countless bubbles rose from the blood color, burst, and revealed wails.

But the moment Ji Jue reached out his hand, the wailing stopped abruptly. It was as if time had reversed, the rushing blood color retreated, contracted inward, and was pulled back into the furnace by a tyrannical force even greater than it.

Bathing in flames, suffering torment.

Until a faint, metallic ringing sound rose again from the withered blood color, resounding through the silence, echoing throughout the workshop. Wherever the lingering sound passed, it was as if even the air was cut by an invisible blade, crackling and ringing, endless.

The moment the last fire extinguished in the darkness, an invisible hand of spiritual quality reached into it, gripped it, and cut off the last sword sound.

A wisp of flowing light transformed and shuttled over.

The crystal-clear broken blade appeared before his eyes!

Mo Xie changes again!

After experiencing the previous slaughter and sacrifice on the wasteland, it completed three tempers in one breath and officially entered the beginning of changing form and marrow.

After hunting many lives and sacrifices, the blood color on the old broken blade that was so thick it seemed to drip at any time actually converged a lot, turning into a translucent sword body like crystal, and within the enchanting scarlet crystal, strands of pitch black spread along the sword spine like blood vessels.

The length had reached one foot four inches, and held in the hand, it no longer looked as awkward as it once did.

Moreover, the feel was much more considerate.

Like an arm.

Held in the hand, even without any experience, many sword techniques and moves that seemed like whimsical ideas appeared out of thin air in his mind, and when he waved it casually, there was no stagnation.

What was even more creepy was a certain instinct that came with it.

No, it was more like a matter-of-course cognition.

Awakening!

Humans live in the world, and it is based on killing something to continue—killing cows for meat, killing sheep for skin, killing grain for hunger, and even killing lives to seek success!

It was as if he instantly broke free from the shackles and chains of morality and scruples, able to logically eliminate opponents, break through karmic obstacles, and destroy enemies.

The one who blocks the way is killed, what is wrong with that?!

The logic of the human world should be like this!

No need for greedy greed to urge, no need for crazy killing intent to erode. The moment this realization floated in his chest, even the most stubborn Confucian scholar would one day turn into a madman who slaughters his own kind and treats life with contempt.

"To be fair, indeed."

Ji Jue stroked the sword blade and sighed: "In this world, counting on one's own kind to pity each other is too extravagant, and harming each other has instead become common sense.

Even if one writes all the moral articles, in the end, one still has to resort to swords, which is truly sad.

It's just..."

He paused and asked with a smile, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Instantly, the blood color and pitch black on the sword body converged, and all anomalies disappeared without a trace.

In the dead silence, only a wisp of trembling wailing remained.

Humble prayer.

Ji Jue flicked his hand, too lazy to look again. The sword blade rose into the air, and before it fell, it was gripped by a ferocious iron claw. Layers of seals were opened, dragon blood spread, seals entangled, pulling it into the scabbard.

Immediately after, the body of the little Niu Ma transformed, contracted, and expanded. Accompanied by the sound of steel friction, it turned into a huge vehicle again, still looking like an off-road vehicle, but after days of modification and recasting, it looked even more weird and ferocious.

Soon, even the last bit of leaking aura was completely converged by the dragon blood, and its appearance returned to normal.

It was just like an off-road vehicle that was just modified strangely.

It's just that, now this car was excitedly twisting its body, flashing its headlights at Ji Jue, and panting through the huge exhaust grille.

Already, couldn't wait.

"Sir, Tong Shan sent a message that the airship has landed, waiting for you to arrive at any time."

Isis reported: "Yesterday, Miss Ye Chun sent a message that your paper seemed to have made her overwhelmed. She told you to be careful when walking at night in the future.

Miss Tong Hua told you to remember to bring local specialties.

Miss Wen Wen sent a bottle of combustible drink aged for twenty years, reminding you to drink it if you are sleepy on the road.

After you leave, the relocation work of the workshop will also begin. According to the progress, stage reports will be sent to your phone, please pay attention to check."

"Really cold, Isis."

Ji Jue raised his hand to take the suitcase handed over by the mechanical arm, turned his head, and looked at the workshop spirit woven from countless starlight: "Before going out, don't you intend to say something?"

Isis was still cold, that faint human silhouette just bowed slightly to say goodbye: "Then, I wish you a smooth journey."

"..."

Ji Jue was stunned, sluggish, doubting he had heard wrong.

So much so that it was unbelievable:

"Really or fake?"

"Sorry, it's fake."

Those surging starlight changed faintly, and that blurred face image revealed a trace of contempt and disgust: "Then, I wish you to get what you want and have your corpse exposed in the wilderness."

Ah yes yes yes, this is the taste!

Ji Jue instantly beamed, refreshed, and finally waved goodbye.

Behind him, the gate rose.

The huge armored off-road vehicle roared and sped out, just like that, gradually moving away, never to be seen again.

The engine sound like thunder was no longer clear.

The gate slowly fell.

And in the workshop, it returned to silence.

A line of sunlight spilled from the narrow window, falling between many pieces of equipment, faint spiritual quality light spots flickering and dancing, and then disappeared without a trace.

So quiet.

After saying goodbye to the troublesome owner who only knew how to bark like a dog, it was finally quiet.

Everything was harmonious, silent, and wonderful.

It's just that, I don't know how long after, in this seemingly eternal silence, an unpleasant sound rang out.

"Tsk..."

(End of chapter)