Chapter 1280

Zhao Chi confirmed the building he was currently in.

In an instant, light scattered outward.

The entire building's light and shadow flickered for a moment.

In an instant, several cheers came from outside the window.

"Holy crap, a Master really is using an Efficiency Guidebook — this trip was worth it!"

"Hahaha, I booked this place in advance too. I just knew that after this commendation conference, a Master would come here to use the Guidebook."

"Thank you, Master!"

"Thanks to the Master's good fortune, I bow in gratitude!"

"Thanks, thanks!"

The people outside seemed to deliberately raise their voices very loudly.

And all the voices came from downstairs.

They should all be Advanced Craftsmen, or Expert-level Craftsmen.

Their skills were a bit weaker, and relatively speaking, earning money wasn't easy for them, so naturally they couldn't bear to use an Efficiency Guidebook worth 200 contribution points.

Even for a Master, it wasn't actually possible to use it often.

So… perhaps among those expressing thanks, there might be Masters too?

Zhao Chi waited a while longer; the thanks outside the window ended, followed by the sound of windows closing.

Those people were probably all hurrying to make good use of these 100 hours.

Zhao Chi confirmed that it was currently safe.

Tang Ruan already put on the Mystic Maiden Battle Armor and the High-Efficiency Shirt, and ate the Experience Fruit.

So now, activate the Speed-Work Talisman and begin working.

Soon, some options appeared before Zhao Chi's eyes.

【Please select the type of insight】

【1. Expert-level Tailoring Insight】 (Your Tailoring skill: 201 points)

【2. Advanced Oil Refining Insight】 (Your Oil Refining skill: 62 points)

Zhao Chi: "…"

Now Tailoring exceeded 200 points, which counted as a Master-level Tailor's value, and Oil Refining exceeded 50 points, which counted as an Advanced Oil Refiner.

So he could currently only write these two types of insights.

But Forging was only 37 points, which could only be considered an Intermediate Blacksmith.

He still couldn't write an insight for it.

He had forgotten to change his professional skills…

Zhao Chi immediately exited the crafting mode.

Then he opened his own information.

He clicked on the Professional Skills column.

A dazzling golden light flared up.

Zhao Chi directly swapped the values of Tailoring and Forging.

【The current direct skill difference for the change is 125 points. Do you wish to consume 13 Gene Improvement Points to make the change?】

Improvement Points were truly essential for Zhao Chi.

He clicked confirm.

In an instant, two colors of light circled around Zhao Chi's body.

It was as if the two professional skills were being swapped with each other.

Soon, the light vanished, and Zhao Chi's professional skills had indeed been changed completely.

However… the specialization had not been changed.

Although it was a bit awkward, it wasn't a big problem.

If necessary, the specialization values could also be changed.

He'd talk about it when it was useful.

Now, immediately begin working.

【Please select the type of insight】

【1. Master-level Forging Insight】 (Your Forging skill: 201 points)

【2. Advanced Oil Refining Insight】 (Your Oil Refining skill: 62 points)

Isn't this perfect now?

Select 1.

In an instant, Zhao Chi's mind was filled with an understanding of forging.

This understanding was not provided by the building.

Rather, it surfaced from within his own mind.

This knowledge and understanding was the embodiment of his own 201 points of Forging ability, entirely belonging to him.

And now, this workbench was simply allowing this knowledge to surface more clearly in his mind.

Assisting Zhao Chi in his writing.

What he had to do now was write all of this down.

Beside him were plenty of sheets of paper and various types of pens.

Zhao Chi casually picked one up and began to write.

His forging ability was actually only 37 points; the current 201 points had just been converted over.

So the content Zhao Chi wrote out surprised even himself a little.

So there's actually this kind of nuance to controlling the heat?

There's actually this kind of variation in the force of the hammer strikes?

Choosing different coolants for quenching actually produces these several different results?

So the final polishing is this important too?

Zhao Chi wrote while he learned.

Over 4 hours later, he finished the first production cycle and actually wrote the insights to 96.7% completion??

He's about to finish the first one already?

This was quite a bit faster than he'd expected.

But this was, after all, still considered work.

Tang Ruan's super-high morale, and the super-high mood brought by the Carefree Spring, also gave this work a considerable boost.

Added to that was the boost from the Super-Efficiency Shirt, plus the continuous use of the Swift-Work Talisman, and finally the effect of the Efficiency Guide — he had indeed written it to 96.7%.

If it were an ordinary master-level blacksmith.

Normally speaking, they wouldn't have such high morale and mood, and of course they wouldn't have this Super-Efficiency Shirt that Tang Ruan was wearing.

And they certainly couldn't continuously use 26 Swift-Work Talismans.

Even if their willpower was strong enough to use 5 Swift-Work Talismans in a row, plus the sleeping time after using them up, they'd still need a full 140 hours to finish 1.

And these 140 hours couldn't be completed continuously by them.

If broken down by 10 working hours per day, that would be 14 days.

2 weeks' time.

Having a master-level craftsman do nothing else, only focus on writing, spending 14 days, just to obtain this 1 insight.

And it would also consume 120 Swift-Work Talismans, equivalent to a cost of 60 gold coins.

And this was still for a master with strong willpower.

Calculating by ordinary willpower, where each time only 3 Swift-Work Talismans could be used.

Then 22 days of working time would be needed to obtain 1.

A full 3-plus weeks.

If a master were doing their actual job, with such a long time and so many Swift-Work Talismans' support, the products output would definitely be worth more than writing this insight.

At least from an economic comparison, writing this insight really wasn't quite worth it.

But this was for cultivating future talent.

From the perspective of continuity, it was still worth it.