Li Ming had Zhang Huaiyuan watching as well; it was just another channel.
Zhang Huaiyuan added, "But, at Professor Xia’s, there should be quite a few."
"Hmm?" Li Ming was slightly taken aback and turned his head, "How do you know?"
Zhang Huaiyuan gave an embarrassed smile, "I know the preferences of all the Professors, or rather, we ordinary students all know, just in case we run into them so it’s easier to strike up a conversation."
Zhang Huaiyuan further explained, "Professor Xia is a well-known Mechanical Master; many Advanced Life Forms seek his help to craft weapons."
"The materials are naturally provided by them, and many of the core components of special weapons are Mother Ore grade materials."
Li Ming was contemplative, realizing that many powerful weapons were difficult to produce on assembly lines.
Take his Crystal Alloy Ion Longsword, for instance; the main material was Crystal Alloy, a composite of various materials.
If you want it produced on an assembly line, it means that the main forging line, just in terms of hardness alone, must be a whole big tier above Crystal Alloy, at least B-grade."
Only then can it be assured that it will not get damaged during forging, and just the cost of the assembly line is terrifyingly high.
What’s more crucial is that such weapons are not very versatile, it’s better to just handcraft them.
"I seem to have found another path," Li Ming pondered, crafting weapons, who could be faster than him, just go with the upgrade."
This kind of business was immensely profitable; the materials are provided by others, and they also have to pay for the craftsmanship.
Moreover, the things he controlled, if sold, and used against him one day, would just disappear with a slight touch; wouldn’t that be even more fun.
"I need to make contact with Professor Xia." Li Ming plotted in his mind.
After sending Zhang Huaiyuan away, in the studio, Li Ming was rummaging through a box full of daggers and firearms, adding up to over a dozen of varying sizes.
There were quite a few with assassination skills enhancement, but none temporarily enhanced ability.
Without such abilities, striving for an advanced career would cost at least several tens of thousands of metal energy.
[Tuo-Se Model-12 pistol], this is the Jingnan city guard’s training pistol.
Unfortunately, these types of firearms, having high control energy to begin, would need over fifty thousand points of metal energy to upgrade to C-grade.
The cost of attaining the related career was too high, and Li Ming hesitated.
He did want to use teaching materials for gun control, but the firearms teaching materials in the box were simply uncontrollable, let alone assassination skills.
If he wanted to attain these two careers, it would cost at least a hundred thousand metal energy, which he couldn’t accept at all.
"Swordsmanship teaching materials can be controlled, why can’t firearms," Li Ming pondered, but eventually had to conclude that the techniques for firearms were entirely built upon bullets."
Swordsmanship could be learned from a video, but firearms simply couldn’t.
Not to mention assassination skills, which are wholly empirical and impossible to learn without real combat.
He felt somewhat unwilling, and after much pondering, he disassembled and reassembled the training pistol, then disassembled it again, eventually letting out a long sigh, "I knew it!"
In his hands, the training pistol was almost down to the shell, no magazine, no trigger, even the gun barrel had disappeared.
[Tuo-Se Model-12 Pistol--Ungraded (Severely Damaged): A training pistol reduced to components
Control Conditions: Two points
The control requirement had been reduced to two points, and to upgrade to C-grade, only over twenty thousand points of metal energy were needed, far less than the original fifty thousand.
What he held could no longer be called a pistol; at most, these were parts, and any fewer could not be controlled, any more, and the control energy would rise.
After investing over twenty thousand points of metal energy, he still had one hundred ninety thousand metal energy left.
[Gun Control Advancement, Attained Career--Gunsmith, wish to consume Controlled Objects to permanently solidify.]
[Gunsmith: Proficient in various gun control techniques, and possesses [Bullet Sacrifice] and [Gunfight Technique]]
[Bullet Sacrifice], he had learned long ago.
[Gunfight Technique: Consumes stamina to alter the trajectory of bullets.]
"...As the bullet is fired, by quickly shaking the wrist, the bullet’s trajectory is altered..." This thought spontaneously surfaced in Li Ming’s mind, his expression turning bizarre.
Quite the gunfight technique, altering bullet trajectories, he couldn’t help but grin, this was even better.
After tidying up, Li Ming hummed a tune and went on to develop gene seeds, which he couldn’t neglect.
Another day, today was the time for the announcement of the Heluo Star System referendum results, and Li Ming was quite curious about it.
However, what surprised him was the administration committee of the Heluo Star System stating that they had received new evidence and proof during the virus treatment period that needed verification.
Therefore, the announcement of the results was temporarily postponed, causing an uproar both locally and online.
"Times are changing..." Li Ming sighed, knowing there must be an issue here.
"Wonder if it’s because of Old Wu..."
After finishing a day of development, in the evening, Li Ming habitually turned on his smart terminal before sleeping, replied to Yang Yu’s messages, and opened the Black Hole Network, his gaze sharpening.
The cripple finally sent a message, which was an image--
"Night Walker" purchase order, the address being the Giant Shield Company on Jingnan Star.