Chapter 318 - 318 The First Experiment
318 The First Experiment
There were already many staff members waiting around the central control console. They were adjusting the instruments and preparing to start them at the same time and send steam energy to all the large machines.
Bright lights shone down from above Wu Mo’s head, and the large instruments around him constantly rumbled as they operated. It was like a scene from a steam punk movie, and it made him a little excited.
Wu Mo stood in place for a moment. When he noticed the screens of the instruments light up and saw how they normally worked, he immediately walked toward a large instrument not far away.
The reason he had rushed to the research facility in advance was to fuse the new metal with high-molecular polyethylene and forge it into a new alloy. It would be the main material for the Three-dimensional Maneuver Gear’s exoskeleton.
The working environment required to forge a new alloy was difficult to achieve with ordinary furnaces, so he could only use these modern instruments to mix the two materials together.
Although Wu Mo already knew all the theoretical knowledge about forging a new alloy, he had never actually put it into practice, so he was not sure if he could successfully forge it.
Last night, he had used the backtrack function in the Divine-grade Forging Space to successfully forge three sets of raw materials for the new alloy. With three chances, Wu Mo had to succeed no matter what.
If the alloy forging failed this time, the Three-dimensional Maneuver Gear’s progress would inevitably be delayed.
However, he did not have much time now. There were less than two months until the end of the year. He had to seize every minute and second!
At the research facility, Wu Mo did not have to line up like he did yesterday because he came in at the opening time.
He stood in front of the large material fusion machine and took a deep breath. He then took off his work pass and placed it on the operating table.
Soon, the material fusion machine was successfully activated, and the nearly three-meter-tall device before him started to buzz.
In the next second, the work entrance next to him opened. Wu Mo put his mind to work, and a ball of tightly stuck, white granular polymer polyethylene appeared in his hand.
He threw it into the tool’s mouth, then threw in a fist-sized affinity metal and some rare auxiliary materials.
After waiting for the operation port to close, Wu Mo immediately began to adjust the instrument’s internal fusion environment, including the temperature, humidity, oxygen concentration, and other attributes.
After everything was settled, he pressed the red processing button without thinking.
Chi…
He heard a sound, and the instrument in front of him suddenly emitted a large amount of white steam. The next moment, the screen on the control table lit up, and the words “processing” were displayed on it.
“Let’s hope I can succeed on the first try.”
Pursing his lips, Wu Mo slowly stepped back and waited for the machine to finish working.
By now, many other workers had already appeared in the research facility.
They shuttled between all kinds of instruments. Some were studying the properties of materials, while others were looking up at the screens nervously.
From time to time, he could see young girls in blue overalls, holding documents and going in and out of the office area not far away.
Wu Mo waited patiently as the fusion machine finished its processing.
Out of nowhere, the youthful voice of a man interrupted him from behind.
“Little Brother, you’re here to forge materials so early in the morning?”
Wu Mo had been focused on the screen, but the sudden voice startled him.
He turned around subconsciously and saw a middle-aged man in a gray coat standing behind him.
“You… How are you doing?”
Wu Mo nodded politely.
It was only his second day at the armory, so he definitely did not know the middle-aged man in front of him.
“Haha, don’t be nervous. I’m not in a hurry. It’s fine if you use this device a few more times. By the way, you don’t look familiar. You must be new to the armory.
The middle-aged man smiled and shrugged, then started to chat with him.
Seeing that the equipment in front of him was about to finish processing, Wu Mo did not want to miss the time to take the finished product out of the furnace. “Oh… I just arrived yesterday, so it’s no surprise that you don’t know me,” he said absent-mindedly.
He turned around and stared at the entrance of the fusion machine.
The middle-aged man behind him wanted to say something, but just as he was about to open his mouth, a burst of steam interrupted him.
The instrument before him emitted white steam, and the surrounding temperature immediately rose a little.
Wu Mo’s eyes lit up. He waved his hand to fan away the steam around him. Then, he immediately put on a pair of insulated gloves and took out the materials inside.
The two balls of materials he had thrown in earlier were the size of a fist, but the metal block in front of him now was only the size of a sugar cube.
The metal block was light gray in color, and its surface was hard and rough. There were some feathers on the edge. It seemed to be a failed product.
Seeing this, Wu Mo was not discouraged. Instead, he took out a small knife from his pocket.
The knife was only a dozen centimeters long and had a yellow plastic shell. The body of the knife was made of fine iron, but the tip was inlaid with diamonds. It could easily cut through materials with a hardness of less than 70.
He held the light gray metal block in his left hand and the diamond knife in his right hand. Then, he frowned and cut the surface of the metal block with force.
The two objects came into contact, and he heard a piercing sound that made one’s teeth ache.
At this time, Wu Mo was surprised to find that the diamond knife, which was close to full marks in hardness, only left a shallow white mark on the surface of the light gray metal block!
This shocking scene made the middle-aged man, who was bored from waiting, open his mouth slightly.
“Hey, Little Brother, what kind of material are you using? It’s so hard!”
As an early-stage six-star blacksmith, he naturally knew that the diamond knife in Wu Mo’s hand was used to measure hardness. Therefore, he was very aware of the metal block’s hardness. It was at least 85 points and above.
However, in reality, the only materials that could achieve such hardness were few alloys that could be named.
However, the metal block in the young man’s hand did not belong to any metal he knew, be it in shape or color. This immediately aroused his curiosity.
The middle-aged man was curious, but Wu Mo did not answer him as if he did not hear him. The joy on his face gradually disappeared, and it was replaced by disappointment.
“Although the hardness is good enough, there is still a problem with the weight. The fusion of the affinity metal and polyethylene is not sufficient. What’s the problem?”
Wu Mo frowned as he pondered. When the middle-aged man behind him heard what he seemed to be mumbling to himself, the man’s pupils suddenly shrank.
After all, he was the team leader of the metal weapons production workshop, so he had a thorough understanding of various materials.
However, he had never heard of polyethylene, which was classified as plastic, being able to fuse with metal.
It was obvious that the young man in front of him was developing some kind of new metal. Otherwise, he would not be frowning when the hardness of the material was above 80.