Chapter 1218

Lin Cheng, wholly absorbed in forging the mechanical arms, did not care how many people around him were watching, as long as they did not disturb his forging.

He melted all the basic materials into liquid with spell flames, mixed them in a specific ratio, and finally shaped them, gradually forming the embryonic forms of six mechanical arms.

The mechanical arms were composed of multiple parts: magnetic devices, outer shells, armor, built-in mechanical arms, launch devices, and so on.

Beneath the seemingly simple design, hidden complexities lay in wait.

On one hand, this all-in-one mechanical arm required flexibility no less than a human arm, which meant an enormous number of built-in small parts were needed to ensure the mechanical arm's flexibility.

On the other hand, the many functions of the mechanical arm also made its assembly filled with difficulties.

This was undoubtedly a massive project; Lin Cheng planned to tackle it step by step, starting with assembling one mechanical arm.

The magnetite began to melt; he added other precious heavy metals to mix and forge, picked up an iron hammer and began hammering and shaping continuously. To exert magnetic force, not only was a magic crystal needed as an energy source, but a built-in rotor had to spin at high speed to convert the energy into magnetism.

Soon, an hour later, Lin Cheng finally sat down cross-legged, having only assembled one embedded mechanical arm in his hands, yet such a mechanical arm still needed five more to be made.

The workload was truly too great.

The onlookers beside him also grew somewhat puzzled—after spending so long, only one mechanical arm had been assembled; what exactly was this arm meant to do?

They could not understand at all.

Yet the complexity of this mechanical arm absolutely deserved to be called first-rate, because the small parts they saw numbered no less than a pile; such a precision mechanical arm couldn't possibly be used to replace a human arm, could it?

But wasn't Lin Cheng's pair of hands perfectly intact?

Then what was this mechanical arm for?

The Huoerde Society president also began discussing with an elder; that elder happened to be an expert who had studied mechanical prosthetics for many years, dedicated to serving those wounded, hoping to craft mechanical prosthetics whose flexibility was no less than a human arm, so as to let those disabled people return to normal life.

Now, after watching Lin Cheng's process of making the mechanical arm, many problems suddenly became clear in his mind, and some previously troubling difficulties were also resolved as if by magic.

"Elder Zhai, what do you think of the flexibility of Lin Cheng's precision mechanical arm compared to a human hand?"

"A very advanced mechanical prosthetic!"

In Elder Zhai's soft voice, there was an indescribable excitement.

"President Huoerde, Master Lin Cheng's technique is extremely advanced, and his skill far surpasses my own. Although I cannot personally take part, I know that this kind of ultra-precise mechanical prosthetic, in terms of flexibility, would absolutely not lose to a human arm; it could even perform actions a human arm cannot—without any question."

An old man over sixty willingly addressed a young man roughly the same age as his own grandson as Master; one could imagine how much Elder Zhai admired Lin Cheng's skill from the bottom of his heart.

What frustrated him was that Elder Zhai sighed that he simply could not forge such precise tiny parts like Lin Cheng, nor did he understand the principles behind those small parts; he only knew these small parts could be assembled into a precise mechanical prosthetic.

Otherwise, given his own attainments in mechanical prosthetics, the flexibility of his forged mechanical prosthetics would surely reach a higher level.

"Once this is over, I will bring my grandson along to seek guidance from Master Lin Cheng—it will surely be a tremendous help for the mechanical prosthetics we've been working on!"

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"Mm, if we can forge mechanical prosthetics whose flexibility is no less than human limbs, then for those people who have been disabled for years, it would also be a good thing."

"I think so too, President."

"These years have been hard work, Old Zhai; the mechanical prosthetics you've kept at will finally be put to use." President Huoerde patted Elder Zhai's shoulder. These years, it was precisely because of these unsung forgers who devoted themselves wholeheartedly to serving the people that some of the disabled citizens could continue to live on with resilience.

"Yes!" Elder Zhai grew excited just thinking about it—this was a great blessing that would benefit those disabled people!

According to the Empire's incomplete statistics, every year not only did a large number of disabled mercenaries emerge from the Magic Beast Forest, but some disabled soldiers were also rescued from the battlefield.

If human-hand-and-foot mechanical prosthetics could be thoroughly developed, allowing these disabled personnel to regain combat ability, then for the entire Empire, combat power would undoubtedly be greatly boosted!

At the same time, it would let those disabled personnel completely escape the nightmare of being crippled; mechanical prosthetics were absolutely a blessing project that benefited both the people and the nation.

Time flew by swiftly.

Seeing that it was already past noon, Lin Cheng was still wholly absorbed in crafting the mechanical arms. The elders standing nearby exchanged glances, their stomachs a bit hungry, yet since President Huoerde had not spoken, how would they dare to take the initiative to suggest anything?

Instead, the forgers outside the door went to eat lunch one after another, and after eating, continued watching.

It was not until past four in the afternoon that all six mechanical arms in Lin Cheng's hands were finally completed; what remained was the back connection device, as well as the chest armor that could be worn on the body and simultaneously satisfy the functions of mental sensing and fixation.