Chapter 129: Bewildering Blueprints

Rune guns, rune cannons, rune missiles...

Cang Luo had never considered this before, but now that Li Weiguo mentioned it, he felt a flicker of anticipation.

A product of combining martial arts with technology?

It must be incredibly powerful!

But how would one even do it?

Guns, cannons, missiles—all are projectile weapons. Where should the runes be engraved?

On the bullets and missile heads?

Or on the barrels?

And what type of array should be engraved?

An active-activation array?

Or a passive-trigger array?

Also, the array would certainly need modification—it couldn’t just be copied verbatim...

Cang Luo had no ideas. Though he could draw arrays, he merely mimicked them mechanically, memorizing by rote.

And currently, he only knew three arrays: the Beast Pact Array, the Primary Thunderlight Array, and the Wind Shield.

Among them, the Beast Pact Array had no rank—it was a special array—while the Wind Shield and Primary Thunderlight Array were both Yellow-Rank Low-Class arrays, one defensive and one offensive.

Cang Luo had once attempted to draw the Intermediate Thunderlight Array, a Yellow-Rank Mid-Class array, but failed—his Yuan Shi was insufficient, and he nearly fainted.

As for modifying arrays, to say he could do it was self-praise; in truth, he could only weaken their power, never alter their nature. Unless for creating Yuan Power batteries, such modifications had no practical value whatsoever.

Originally, when modifying the Primary Thunderlight Array, he replaced and removed several key runes, drastically reducing its power so it could no longer generate lightning, only release Thunder-element Yuan energy.

Even that wasn’t simple: the replacement runes had to match the original’s elemental property, and the removed runes had to not disrupt the array’s structure.

Each rune modification required redrawing the entire array to check—extremely time-consuming.

Cang Luo felt that if runes were to be engraved on firearms and missiles, the array’s operating mechanism would need fundamental change—it was far beyond his capability.

But Cang Luo believed that if he couldn’t do it, Earth’s scientists might. Arrays and martial arts were, in some sense, another form of science.

Once you understand one thing, you understand them all. With Earth’s technology, they might truly succeed.

Cang Luo didn’t dwell on it. He first focused on finishing the Steel War Chariot, dismissed the Wind Shield array, and turned his gaze to the video of Professor Yang.

Suddenly, Cang Luo froze, staring blankly at his phone on the table.

The phone... was sitting on the table, not touching him. Why could it still connect to Earth’s network?

Had the satellite’s capability upgraded?

Had his advancement to the Martial General realm strengthened the satellite’s ability?

Cang Luo quickly realized and walked toward the phone without showing any expression, picked it up to inspect it, then placed it back on the table.

After checking, he discovered that even without direct contact, the phone could still connect—but the signal weakened.

At three meters, only one bar remained; beyond 3.5 meters, the signal vanished entirely. When held in hand, it returned to full strength.

Cang Luo faintly sensed a strange connection between himself and the phone—a feeling hard to describe, as if his Yuan Shi could link with the phone’s signal.

But Cang Luo was certain this connection wasn’t Yuan Shi—it was something else...

WiFi signal?

Had he become a router? A relay station between satellite and phone?

Previously wired, now wireless?

Cang Luo chuckled bitterly, stopped wasting time pondering, but resolved to be careful: he should turn off the phone’s signal when not in use—otherwise, if someone picked it up and a call came in, disaster would follow.

At that moment, the video call, severed earlier due to distance, reconnected. Li Weiguo and the others didn’t ask anything—signal drops were normal.

Besides, this was interplanetary, even interdimensional communication—likely spanning light-years. Understandable.

Professor Yang excitedly said: “Little Cang, send us all your data on arrays, along with your concepts and understanding of rune armor.”

Also, send multiple arrays—of various ranks and functions.”

Though we can’t draw them, perhaps we can find patterns, master array design ahead of time, instead of waiting for the two worlds to connect.”

I just looked—rune-to-rune and rune-chain-to-rune combinations and restrictions resemble computer programming. They can be coded...”

Professor Yang spoke at length. Cang Luo was deeply impressed.

Scientists truly were scientists—comparing arrays to computer programs, runes and rune-chains to code, analyzing rune properties and restrictions to study arrays...

Cang Luo nodded in agreement, then added: “I can give you all the array data without reservation. But sending more arrays, especially high-rank ones—I can’t do that.”

You compared arrays to computer programs—I fully agree. Programs are coded, then packaged and encrypted. You must crack them to see the code. Arrays are the same.”

Aside from a few common Yellow-Rank arrays available anywhere, most arrays are sealed with restrictions—hidden runes cannot be seen.”

Cang Luo spoke truthfully. Take the most common one-time arrays drawn on beast hide.

If sold in shops, these arrays are rolled up and sealed. Forcing them open destroys the array.

Of course, activation doesn’t require unrolling—the seal can be triggered directly.

Arrays engraved on weapons are even more complex: key sections are encrypted, some even drawn directly inside the weapon’s core.

Array masters aren’t fools—they guard their knowledge fiercely.

“I see...” Professor Yang nodded in understanding.

Both sides fell silent for a moment. Cang Luo couldn’t help asking: “Professor Yang, what about my electric motorcycle’s armor? What do you think?”

Professor Yang smiled: “No problem. Old man and a few students will start designing tonight—you’ll be satisfied...”

By the way, Little Cang, you’re having the armor forged by martial arts smiths from the Yuanwu Continent, right?”

Seeing Cang Luo nod, he immediately excitedly added: “Can you secretly film their forging process? Especially the rune engraving?”

Cang Luo froze. That’s extremely dangerous!

Stealing techniques could get you killed!

Observing the armor forging might be possible—but rune engraving? Absolutely forbidden to outsiders.

Cang Luo spoke honestly. Professor Yang again understood, then prepared to end the call to begin designing the armor.

At that moment, Cang Luo suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly said before Professor Yang disconnected: “Professor Yang, could you also design two weapons for me?”

One is a detachable, combinable spear. The other is a fast, lethal hidden weapon?”

The spear is for Baili Wunan—her spear was broken by Zhang Zhen during the first Wolf Pack hunt.

Cang Luo saw how heartbroken she was. He said nothing then, but secretly remembered—and decided to help her rebuild one. Now was the perfect chance.

The hidden weapon is for myself. My close combat is strong, unmatched in my rank—but I lack ranged attacks. I can’t rely on Erha forever.

Besides, more skills never hurt!

Professor Yang stayed silent—he wasn’t skilled in designing cold weapons.

Beside him, Li Weiguo chuckled: “Leave that to us. Feng Lin Huo Shan has no shortage of cold weapons.”

Cang Luo was overjoyed. “Thank you! Your Feng Lin Huo Shan finally has some use!”

In the video call, Li Weiguo’s face turned black again...

Cang Luo laughed heartily and ended the call, then waited for the blueprints.

Three days later.

Cang Luo received over thirty A3-sized blueprints.

Most were for the Steel War Chariot’s armor—designed by the electric motorcycle manufacturer based on the original model, perfectly fitted.

The armor’s overall design was highly technological, sharply angular, stunningly cool. Some structures were even movable, adaptable to different environments.

For example, side and tail wings could deploy, making it lighter and faster with the wind.

Professor Yang and his students were thorough—they even designed an external mounting system for weapons.

Attach a spear for charging and ramming. Mount a crossbow to fire arrows. Add skis to turn it into a snowmobile. Add side seats to make it a “girl-carrying miracle”...

Of course, these external weapons were also designed for Cang Luo, matching the Steel War Chariot.

Professor Yang had considered one more thing with great care—Cang Luo felt immense gratitude upon seeing it.

Installing the armor required removing the original shell. Professor Yang even sent instructions on how to disassemble it.

Also, knowing Yuanwu Continent might lack precision screws and nuts, he designed all armor joints as mortise-and-tenon structures—easy to assemble and disassemble.

Truly meticulous!

Moreover, Professor Yang considered tire inflation and designed a simple air pump.

Now, Cang Luo stared at the Steel War Chariot’s render, overjoyed beyond words.

Imagining riding it back to Xuantian Sect, the Wolf Pack gang would be stunned.

He grinned foolishly, then picked up the spear and hidden weapon blueprints.

The spear’s design was equally technological: the tip was a flat rhombus with multiple sharp edges and multiple blood grooves, greatly increasing damage.

The shaft, per Cang Luo’s request, was designed for detachable assembly using mortise-and-tenon joints.

Mortise-and-tenon joints were convenient to disassemble, more stable than threaded joints—which loosen over time—and easier to forge.

The hidden weapon was a three-pronged dart with tail fins and blood grooves. Though simple in appearance, it concealed complexity—more intricate than the spear.

The secret lay in its tail fins: they were movable, allowing the user to control the dart’s flight path—straight or curved.

This feature greatly increased its threat—unpredictable, leaving opponents defenseless—but required extensive practice to master trajectory changes.

After viewing them, Cang Luo could only describe his reaction as stunned.

Yet, after the shock came sudden bewilderment.

How could these blueprints be shown to Yuanwu Continent’s smiths?

Could he hand them the phone?

He’d be murdered for it!

"Then, I guess I have to draw the blueprint on paper?" Cang Luo let out a bitter laugh and collapsed onto the bed.

At this moment, Cang Luo hated Professor Yang to the core—why did he design something so complicated?

Dozens of A3 sheets—how long would it take to draw them all?

How do I even start?