Chapter 107: Dragon Factory

White Reed could never forget the feeling when he first opened the Internet.

Shock, thrill, excitement, secret delight!

He was shocked by the value contained within the Internet;

Thrilled by the power of the Internet God;

Excited about the limitless future;

And secretly delighted to become an employee, or rather a servant, of the God.

To glimpse a part is to understand the whole.

Just by engaging with the Internet, he felt the Internet God’s uniqueness and vast power!

But when he opened his eyes from his Flesh Avatar and saw a magical world entirely different from the Velia Main Plane, he was once again awed by the Internet God’s mighty power.

It took him three whole days to gradually understand and adapt to this world.

This world made him both fearful and excited.

Fear because the upper limit of power in this world far exceeded his imagination.

In his world, Gods were vague and elusive. Though the Church was revered, many superhumans doubted the existence of God.

But what about Aezia?

Gods lived directly among humans.

The Internet God’s ally, the Goddess of Music, even established a Godly Kingdom next to the Kewell Empire.

What shocked him most was that the Internet God had just waged a war with the five most powerful Prime Gods recognized on the Azaea Continent.

From online videos, the power demonstrated by the Five Prime Gods exceeded his imagination.

Naturally, the Internet God, who could contend with the Five Prime Gods, was even more unfathomable.

From what he learned, the Internet God had appeared in this world seemingly less than half a year ago.

Clearly, the Internet God was an invader, just as he silently invaded the Velia Main Plane.

This was a God full of ambition!

Besides Gods, this world’s magicians’ power surprised him even more!

This was a profession that could rival Gods when refined to the extreme.

This excited him.

After all, who wouldn’t want to possess power equaling that of a God?

These series of discoveries filled White Reed with motivation, making him feel young again, full of energy!

He officially took over the industrial enlightenment of the Azaea Continent as Ajef’s assistant.

It’s worth noting that although the Azaea Continent amazed him, he held contempt for its social structure and productivity.

Despite individuals being incredibly powerful, their productivity was incredibly weak.

This completely contradicts itself!

He had no energy to study what caused such a bizarre social structure.

He only wanted to complete the Internet God’s tasks, demonstrate his value, and thus gain more favor and rewards.

In this world, the industrial system was almost nonexistent.

He needed to build it from scratch.

Fortunately, with the support of the great Internet God, he not only had unlimited low-interest loans from the Internet Bank.

He also had skilled blacksmiths and production lines brought from Velia.

Thus, the establishment of the factory went very smoothly.

The only issue was with mechanical power.

Velia’s mechanical power mainly relied on steam engines.

With the help of the Mechanical Steam God’s Divine Rune, it could burn nearly anything organic, even seawater, to provide power.

But this industrial core heart clearly couldn’t be brought to the Azaea Continent.

Because once the Divine Rune is activated, it will inevitably be detected by the Mechanical Steam God.

Fortunately, this was the most prosperous Magical Capital on the Azaea Continent.

Under the will of the Internet God, a group of magicians easily solved the mechanical power problem with magic.

They used fire and water magic to create high-temperature steam, replacing the Divine Rune’s function.

However, although magic is versatile, compared to Divine Magic, it has a significant gap in efficiency and cost.

A divine magic steam engine can burn a variety of organic materials, with great applicability.

A magic steam engine, however, relies on magic.

Compared to the former, the latter’s usage cost is obviously very high, making it hard to popularize.

But for now, it’s sufficient for industrial manufacturing.

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“Woo, woo…”

Hot steam gushed out of the valve. Compared to the initial panic, Cotton could now handle it calmly.

It only took him two days to get familiar with this process.

Sometimes, human adaptability is just that strong!

With the roar of hot steam, the power shaft began its reciprocating motion, driving gear after gear to mesh together.

In a blink, the massive metal creation before him came to life with a clang.

Piece by piece of metal was gradually shaped on a complex assembly line and flowed to the next process.

This scene, beyond common sense, still felt unbelievable to Cotton.

He had long heard that Lord Ajef was the smartest person in the Empire.

He always lacked a direct concept of it.

Until this sudden conscription by the Empire, put under Ajef to work, he felt firsthand the vast wisdom of Lord Ajef.

Such a large metal creation, although he didn’t know what it was producing, just in producing swords, its efficiency surpassed blacksmiths by countless times.

Amazed, Cotton also felt deeply proud!

“Keep your spirits up!”

“Move faster!”

A slightly cranky scolding interrupted Cotton’s daze, and he quickly focused on the equipment in front of him.

That was the factory director of the “Dragon Factory”, also Ajef’s assistant—White Reed.

Compared to Ajef, who was always gentle and kind in his few visits, this bastard was like a devil in human form.

It’s rumored Ajef controls a demon army. Is he one of them?

He was just too stringent.

Always stern-faced, exceedingly fierce.

Compared to the friendly Ajef, he was worse.

In the clatter of machines, time flew by.

Soon, it was noon break.

Cotton turned off the machine, stretched, and tiredly walked out of the workshop.

The next moment, someone appeared that swept away all his fatigue.

“Lord Ajef?!”

Indeed, Lord Ajef came striding over in a white fencing outfit.

Beside him, White Reed followed with a fawning smile.

This filled Cotton with disdain.

Of course, he dared not show it outwardly.

At this time, all the workers noticed Ajef’s arrival, each extremely excited.

No one went to lunch; they stood still with eyes fixed on Lord Ajef.

When Ajef reached the open space of the workshop, White Reed clapped his hands, and workers brought in an object covered with a red cloth.

“Lord Ajef, after these days of adjustments, the parts’ pass rate has reached 80%, basically meeting industrial production. This is the first bicycle produced by the factory, also the first bicycle in this world. Please inspect it!”

White Reed introduced proudly.

Yu Sheng’an nodded, a hint of delight on his face.

The appearance of bicycles would further liberate the Empire’s productivity, allowing more personal cultivation time, even Internet use.

Ultimately, all this will be feedback to him through Source Essence.

This was his fundamental reason for sticking to the industrial route instead of magic.

Productivity is the ultimate decisive force in social development!

Yu Sheng’an went to the bicycle and pulled off the red cloth.

“What’s that thing?”

A commotion erupted in the factory.