Chapter 2715: Stabilizers and Yellow Rubber Shoes

At the end of the tour, or rather the inspection, Xia Duo watched the final process of the Magic Glue Products, which was the production process for items like the Protection Layer.

After the Magic Glue has been deacidified and dehydrated, if one does not consider its service life, it can already be used as a production raw material, but just like the Magic Glue water pipes Xia Duo saw half a month ago, not only is the material too soft and mushy, it is also easily dissolved by water.

Therefore, after more than half a month of research, the actual production process here at Yi Nu Wei Qi involves adding stabilizing substances during the deacidification and dehydration of the Magic Glue; only such finished products can be used as final production materials.

"President, after testing, we found that two types of materials are most suitable for use as stabilizers: one is charcoal, and the other is sulfur. Among them, Magic Glue stabilized with charcoal can still maintain a certain degree of elasticity, while the one with sulfur added will lose most of its elasticity."

"So the protective clothing the glue-harvesting workers were wearing just now is made of Magic Glue with charcoal added?"

"Yes, but currently, whether it is the craftsmanship or the material itself, there is still a lot of room for improvement, and in the future, we will certainly be able to make more perfect materials."

While introducing, Yi Nu Wei Qi showed Xia Duo the production process of the protective clothing; it was somewhat different from what Xia Duo had originally imagined, but after seeing it, he felt it was quite reasonable.

It turns out that the laboratory uses a mold-casting method similar to metal casting, only instead of adding molten metal into the mold as in metal casting, they add liquid Magic Glue here.

The subsequent steps are the same: cooling and setting.

"If you do it this way, will the protective clothing definitely turn back into liquid if it gets cold?"

Following that, Xia Shao also visited the rubber shoe production process that he had been keeping in mind; it was also a mold-casting method, but because the stabilizer added was different, the protective clothing was overall a light gray, while the rubber shoes were a yellow that gave a strange sense of déjà vu.

But the practicality was slightly lacking; the shoe body was too hard. If it were only worn for a short time, or if one sat down and didn't move after putting them on, that would be fine, but if one kept wearing them while walking, it would inevitably feel like a Binding, or even pinch the feet.

But one could also feel obvious elasticity; it was not completely devoid of elasticity, turning into a solid like wood, iron, or stone.

Including the preparation of materials, subsequent detailed construction plans, and so on.

Even if the Magic Glue material using sulfur stabilizer had better water resistance, it is estimated that it would be hard to last over a month before the soles were "corroded" through.

Even if water from the Li Jie could be avoided as much as possible, how could the sweat from the soles of the feet be avoided?

What was gratifying was that a group of new Mages could produce so many results in such a short time, while the disappointment lay in the fact that these results were too superficial and did not include the pipe material he wanted that could truly resist water erosion.

And yet, Xia Shao had asked Yi Nu Wei Qi to develop rubber shoes precisely for the territory's residents to use, or rather, developed for labor scenarios, so that the residents wouldn't have to run around wearing straw sandals.

Of course, evaluating a pair of shoes requires looking at more than just comfort; there are also many factors such as practicality, appearance, price, and so on. In terms of comfort alone, I think the Yellow Rubber Shoes currently produced by the laboratory are acceptable.

So Xia Shao continued to suggest, "One could consider using different materials for the sole and the shoe body to increase comfort."

Therefore, the actual service life of these rubber shoes currently might only be about one month. The reason I say "might" is just because the rubber shoes have not been born for a full month yet, but it is calculated based on the usage of the protective clothing and the rubber shoes up to now.

It reached the level of high-quality leather shoes.

"It won't. The raw Magic Glue itself changes its own properties during the heating process. Although it doesn't involve the fundamentals, it will cause its critical temperature for re-melting to rise significantly after cooling and forming, so there is no need to worry about a little hot water dissolving it."

Taking the rubber shoes from the hands of a new Mage Researcher, Xia Shao first held them in his hands and examined them carefully. The newly demolded shoes had a faint scent of sulfur when brought close.

This was also not quite the same as the protective clothing seen just now; that had no strange odor at all. Magic Glue itself is odorless, but whatever is incorporated into it will, to a large extent, emit that scent.

"Yes, President."

Leaving the laboratory, Xia Shao declined the offer from Yi Nu Wei Qi to see him off and left with only Laidun. Walking on the road in the workshop area, Xia Shao had to instruct Laidun again to check the various preparations for the reconstruction project.

After visiting most of the R&D and production processes in the laboratory, Xia Shao prepared to leave. To be honest, regarding this visit, he felt both gratified and inevitably a bit disappointed.

But those things had actually been prepared before today, just waiting for the Magic Glue material, but who told the Magic Glue material to still be a little bit short!

Nowadays, the reconstruction project in Linshui Village is being delayed again and again. It would be impossible for Xia Shao to say he is not anxious at all, but being anxious about such things is useless; only by continuing to increase investment is it possible to get what he wants.

Xia Shao gave an Indication and immediately proposed to try on the newly demolded Yellow Rubber Shoes. Yi Nu Wei Qi appeared very happy about this; if the President was satisfied after trying them on, it would definitely be a huge Gumu for him.

"Coloring agents can be added to change the color of the material, but adding coloring agents may also change the properties of the material itself. We haven't researched in that direction yet, so for the time being, there is only this original yellow color."

Although the current rubber shoes have far surpassed straw sandals, from the perspective of Xia Shao's own experience, they can actually continue to be improved.

Later, Xia Shao asked about the precautions for using the rubber shoes, which were basically similar to those for the protective clothing. The most important thing is to try to avoid contact with water, even though the Magic Glue material with stabilizers added is already somewhat unafraid of water.

However, sulfur itself has a certain insect-repellent effect, so Xia Shao didn't pay too much attention to it. He then squeezed the shoe body and sole with his hand; because they were mold-cast from the same material, the sole was fine, but the shoe body was somewhat hard.

Xia Shao couldn't help but sigh in his heart!

Xia Shao compared the sizes, and after confirming he could wear them, he took off the Dragon Skin Boots on his right foot and changed into the Yellow Rubber Shoes, then changed the other foot as well.

So that's how it is!

"Are there other colors for these rubber shoes?"

Thinking that in the future there might really be territory Mages walking around in Yellow Rubber Shoes, that scene—tsk tsk, the corners of Xia Shao's mouth couldn't help but rise.

In the case of not contacting water, the usage time can be greatly extended, but how could a thing like shoes completely avoid contact with water!

"Sigh—"

He walked a few steps inside the laboratory to feel them out. As of now, he hadn't found any major problems. Not only that, he even thought that from the perspective of comfort alone, they had already surpassed most cloth shoes.

When he was visiting, it just so happened that two pairs of Yellow Rubber Shoes were demolded, so some images buried deep in his memory began to surge into his mind: "Yellow Rubber Shoes, shorts, professional Mage."

But after too much contact, they will still be "corroded" and "coagulated" by water.

Since the water-erosion-resistant material is not yet available, Linshui Village can only wait, but waiting idly is not a solution either, so Xia Shao requested the Development Department to have all preparations completed.

It is still just "might," not "definitely can."

"That can be researched; it would be best to be able to make various different colors."

The Magic Glue monster he saw at the barracks initially, which had eaten its fill of mud and swill, was exuding a foul, rotting stench all over.