Chapter 404 - 404 Burrowing Technique
404 Burrowing Technique
Wu Mo silently opened the note in his hand, and the words on it came into view.
[A team of soldiers is being pursued by the foreign races. The Winged Ones are in the sky, and the Demon Hounds are behind them. A large group of three-star Iron Armored Wolves has been discovered up ahead. Please forge a piece of equipment that is suitable for the situation and prevent the entire team of soldiers from being wiped out!]
“F*ck!”
Wu Mo had originally been a little calm, but he couldn’t help but curse when he saw the contents of the note.
He knew that this competition wouldn’t be simple, but he didn’t expect the requirements to be so crazy.
They did not give any requirements for forging equipment. Instead, they wanted him to forge equipment according to the situation and turn the tide of the battle.
According to the military system of the Nine Provinces, there would only be five to seven people in this team. If it was a large team, there would only be about 100 people. They were flying in the sky and running on the ground. There were wolves blocking them up ahead. What equipment could allow these guys to escape?
Did they really think that blacksmiths were omnipotent?
The Winged Ones were one thing, but the Demon Hounds were also chasing them on land. It was ridiculous! Not only did this race run fast, but their noses were also especially sensitive. Even if the soldiers could run for a while, if they could not enter an absolutely safe place, they would eventually be caught up.
This was definitely a hidden pit. If the equipment forged could only solve the problem temporarily, his final score would probably be very low.
After all, even if these soldiers managed to avoid immediate danger, they would not be able to escape the subsequent danger.
The wolf pack before them wasn’t a big threat. The real threat was the two foreign races chasing after them. As long as they couldn’t get rid of them completely, they would die in the end.
Wu Mo’s originally calm expression turned stiff as he turned to look at Xu Wanqing.
Xu Wanqing obviously didn’t expect Wu Mo’s choice of topic to be so challenging. When she thought about how these topics had been verified by the Blacksmith Association, she knew that the topic in her hands wouldn’t be any better.
Therefore, she could not help but pinch the paper in her hand with her fair and delicate hands.
“Open it and take a look!”
Xu Wanqing unfolded the paper, and her mouth opened slightly. She stared at the words on the paper as if she had seen something unbelievable.
[A team of soldiers has encountered a large river. However, there is a ferocious aquatic beast, the One-horned Crocodile, in the river. They must cross the river within 10 minutes. Please forge a piece of equipment to help them!]
When Wu Mo saw this, relief flashed in his eyes, and he immediately calmed down.
This question appeared quite simple, but in reality, if one understood the One-horned Crocodile, one would know that the difficulty of this question was definitely on par with his.
At the same time, it hid a huge trap. A misjudgment would also result in failure.
“A four-star beast, the One-horned Crocodile!” Xu Wanqing complained. There are killer piranhas as well, so they can’t kill the ferocious four-star beast yet. The piranhas would attack everything in a frenzy once they see blood. However, this four-star beast is an existence that even a five-star beast can’t beat in the water. How could such a team of soldiers survive? Fly over?”
“The One-horned Crocodile’s horn can deliver an attack called Frost Spike,” Wu Mo said faintly.
Xu Wanqing already knew without Wu Mo’s reminder. She was complaining precisely because she knew.
Anyone who had knowledge of the One-horned Crocodile would know that it was safer in the water than in the air.
Moreover, the One-horned Crocodiles lived in groups. If one appeared, there would be at least a dozen or more nearby.
It was a little difficult for a group of soldiers to cross the river unscathed under such harsh conditions.
The rules of the blueprint design competition didn’t forbid people from communicating with each other. After all, it was an exchange conference. Naturally, people who knew each other could speak freely. This was also one of the purposes of the exchange conference.
Nearby, Gan Yun, Liu Ze, and Chen Qingbai did not appear too pleased as well. Clearly, their questions were either very strange or perhaps difficult.
The competition lasted for three days, but no one was allowed to leave the venue. There were beds, washrooms, and everything else in the forging room at the back, so the blacksmiths could only stay there for the next three days.
Wu Mo stuffed the note into his pocket and stood up. “I’ll go back and study it. I’ll leave first.”
“Hey, why are you leaving so early? Don’t tell me you’ve already thought of a solution to the problem!”
“I haven’t. Take your time to think about it. I’ll go back and rest first!”
Xu Wanqing was speechless.
Wu Mo went to his assigned forging room, locked the door, and lay on the bed.
However, he did not sleep. Instead, he fell into deep thought.
He already had his question. Although the conditions presented were very harsh, it was not completely impossible.
First of all, the equipment had to ensure the safety of an entire team, not a single person.
It was either a piece of equipment that could be mass-produced based on technology and given to every soldier in the team, or a piece of equipment that could cover the entire team and ensure that they could escape.
To be honest, Wu Mo did not have any clue at the moment.
Fortunately, he had knowledge from his previous life. He began to search through his memories for equipment or ideas that could be used for reference.
If it was just a simple pair of shoes that could increase their speed, they might be able to temporarily increase the distance between them and their enemies.
However, their physical strength was limited, and they would inevitably be caught by their enemies in the end.
Therefore, this method was not advisable.
Flying in the air was not possible either. The Winged Ones were born with wings. Even if these soldiers could fly, they would not be as skilled as the Winged Ones. In terms of combat ability in the air, they would be far inferior. It was not desirable either.
If they couldn’t go up to the sky, they could only go underground.
Wu Mo’s eyes lit up.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t heard of burrowing equipment before. However, it had mainly been based on technology, and results were mainly achieved by quickly digging into the ground. It was fundamentally different from transcendent burrowing equipment.
Obviously, this supernatural world had not developed any equipment or abilities that could allow one to escape underground.
Wu Mo had some ideas in his mind at this moment, but it was indeed somewhat difficult to realize the ability to travel underground.
First of all, he did not know how to burrow underground. Otherwise, he would definitely be able to forge this equipment with half the effort.
“Sigh! I wasted too much time in the past!
“There’s no use regretting now. I’d better enter the space to see if there’s any relevant knowledge I can learn.”
He closed his eyes slightly, and his consciousness entered the Divine Forging Space.
“System, how many points do I need to purchase knowledge related to underground equipment?”
[Knowledge related to the Earth Evasion Talisman costs 50,000 points! Knowledge related to the underground shuttle costs 300,000 points!]
Wu Mo looked at the list that appeared before his eyes and felt a headache.
The Earth Evasion Talisman was cheap, but he really did not know how to draw talismans!
This required practice, and it was not something that could be mastered overnight.