Chapter 1429

Some people's progress is very rapid; after a single perfect victory, their strength can leap up by a large margin.

If they suffer a defeat, or win but only by the skin of their teeth, their strength will drop.

All of this needs to be updated and understood quickly.

On the other hand, the specific combat mission wasn't stated very clearly.

The mission Su Qin's reserve squad received was merely to follow along in combat.

There was no combat time given, nor any specific combat content.

At present, everything is still in the confidential stage.

The only thing Su Qin knows is that she cannot afford to expend strength in the recent period.

Everything is being prepared for the battle a few days from now.

Zhao Chi nodded: "Understood. After all, our squad's strength isn't much, so we can only take on follow-along combat missions."

Su Qin panted: "Mm… those small squads… should all have their own missions… should all be striking out on their own… we, we just listen to orders, ow—ugh!"

Accumulating strength is exactly what Zhao Chi hopes for.

He even hopes a whole year passes without fighting, with everyone safe and sound.

What he could develop into by then, he himself doesn't dare imagine.

After getting off the few women, Zhao Chi once again threw himself into the busy manufacturing work.

Another three days passed.

1 PM.

Another 462 sets of the extremely heavy improved Mysterious Maiden Battle Armor sets were finished.

Zhao Chi also finished all the improvements, including the 166 sets of armor from last time that hadn't been super-improved yet — all of them were now improved.

Altogether there are 710 sets of extremely heavy super-improved Mysterious Maiden Battle Armor, with 6 sets to spare.

In the past, Zhao Chi would have given Su Qin a few sets.

But not this time.

Su Qin definitely couldn't bear the weight of the 90-kilogram armor…

He'll just leave them for Tang Ruan and the others as backup armor.

"Aren't you coming in?" Zhuang Ya asked softly.

Zhao Chi shook his head: "I'm done, no need. You can go relax."

Zhuang Ya laughed: "That's right, I'm going to the prison to relax. These past few days there must be a bunch of disobedient slaves again — I'm going to make them all behave."

Zhuang Ya revealed an expectant smile.

Zhao Chi sighed: "Looks like you're really satisfied with this position. Then hurry along, they're waiting for you too."

"Haha, alright!"

Zhuang Ya vanished on the spot, leaving only Zhao Chi standing there with Bai Bai.

These past few days of Zhao Chi working at the military factory have truly yielded a lot.

Especially in terms of professional skills — it's really been a leap forward.

Just like Qi Yue, Zhuang Ya continuously used 6 Quick-Work Talismans per crafting cycle, sustaining 8 crafting cycles per day.

During the 2 Efficiency Guidebooks, Zhao Chi and Zhuang Ya went through roughly 66 crafting cycles together.

Approximately 400 Quick-Work Talismans were used.

That's 4,000 work hours, equivalent to 400 days of workload.

Add to that Zhao Chi's current 10 Intelligence, with a base learning attribute twice that of an ordinary person, and this becomes equivalent to 800 days of workload.

Add the 8x boost from the Experience Fruit and the Goddess Pajamas, and the work hours shoot straight up to 6,400 days.

Equivalent to 178 months.

That's also 178 professional skill points.

So now Zhao Chi's Forging skill has leapt upward, surpassing even his Tailoring.

【Name】Zhao Chi

【Tailoring】239

「Tailoring Specialization」Stockings 73, Blouses 50, Pajamas 66, High Heels 50

【Forging】316

「Forging Specialization」Blades 41, Spears 28, Shields 44, Set Armor 203

Looks like working with 10 Intelligence really does make for rapid progress.

But there's still an even faster method.

It's putting the enhancement points into the learning attribute.

That way it might be even more explosive.

But if you do that, you can't enhance efficiency, and the crafting speed will slow down.

It's simply impossible to finish the full set of extremely heavy equipment within just these few days.

When there's plenty of time later on, he can do it that way.

All the extremely heavy model equipment was distributed.

The female soldiers curiously put them on.

This extremely heavy equipment really is different — it feels distinctly different.

It's thicker and sturdier than ordinary armor.

The female soldiers all looked a size bigger wearing it.

With each step, the sound of their footsteps was somewhat muffled.

It was completely different from their originally light footsteps.

The Moon-Chasing Spear was a bit thicker and a bit longer; held in hand it felt weighty and very dependable.

The Phoenix-Cry Blade's edge was wider and longer, and the back of the blade was thicker.

Now it was practically a long-edged axe.

And that 45-point destructive power said it all.

"My lord, now that we have this heavy Phoenix-Cry Blade, do I still need to carry a shield?"

Qi Yue's four arms each held a greatsword, and the "whoosh whoosh" of her swings sounded just like a high-powered electric fan starting up.

Zhao Chi quickly stepped back.

This Phoenix-Cry Blade was the Shadow-Bearing Phoenix-Cry Blade; Zhao Chi was very afraid that, unable to see the shadow outside, he would cleave himself in half.

"I think you can, but you could still carry one shield on your back — it might come in handy at a critical moment."

"Alright, but now that this greatsword is heavier, my attack speed has slowed down a bit too."

Qi Yue swung the blade rapidly.

Zhao Chi couldn't tell at all where exactly she had slowed down.

But this was perfectly reasonable.

"Of course — after all, it's heavier. It would actually be wrong if the attack speed didn't slow down. Slowing down is fine; both attack power and destructive power are much stronger now."

Qi Yue said with a smile: "Yeah, I think wearing this whole set of armor I can beat Rock Screen."

Zhao Chi's eyes lit up: "Right, you can go give it a try.

Now that she had new weapons, the data inside the Phantom Armory would also update based on Qi Yue's memories.

Qi Yue said: "Then I'll go right now. Tang Ruan, help me hold these."

Tang Ruan was also trying it out nearby, a thick spear in one hand and a thick shield in the other, blocking and thrusting at the same time.

"Oh, alright, give them here."

Four greatswords instantly appeared on Tang Ruan's body.

Qi Yue rushed off excitedly, while Tang Ruan showed not a shred of motivation.

Zhao Chi asked: "Tang Ruan, you can go try it too — just leave your weapons here."

Tang Ruan shook her head: "I'll pass. Although this Moon-Chasing Spear has also gotten a lot stronger, I haven't boosted my attack speed, so I probably still can't beat Rock Screen."

Zhao Chi said: "It's fine — your mission objective is different. You can use your current strength, then pull up Qi Yue's data from back then and see if you can beat Rock Screen. Wouldn't that be great?"

Tang Ruan tilted her head: "Oh right, but Qi Yue won't work. Before, Qi Yue and I already had a chance of taking down Rock Screen together. This time I can try pulling up some of the other soldier sisters and give it a go."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Exactly. Rock Screen's attacks are strong, but now if he wants to kill you, it would take quite a while. If you can coordinate with the soldiers to take him down, that also proves your improvement is very clear."

Tang Ruan said with a smile: "Alright, I'll go try it now. My lord, help me hold my weapons."

Gu Qing said with a smile from the side: "Give them to me — having my lord carry weapons like these is really making it hard on him."