Although nobody could understand Ke Yunyao’s methods, she herself felt nothing unusual about them.
She was simply conducting a rather bold experiment.
The amount of dirt wasn’t enough.
She grabbed another handful and tossed it in.
None of her teammates questioned her—not even Meng Lingling. Though she didn’t know exactly what a genius looked like, she felt that Ke Yunyao possessed the aura of one.
Especially the way she became completely absorbed in her work, losing herself in concentration. That wasn’t something ordinary people could do.
There was also Wang Yelin.
He sat there grinning foolishly at Ke Yunyao’s furnace, firmly believing she would definitely create a weapon that perfectly matched his wishes.
Just look at Yan Chixi and the others.
At that moment, they were still familiarizing themselves with their new weapons. The expressions on their faces couldn’t be faked—they were beyond satisfied.
Ke Yunyaao did not disappoint Wang Yelin’s expectations.
She finally adjusted the formula and added two more medicinal plants.
After successfully fusing all the materials together, she focused her spiritual energy and began shaping the weapon.
The gauntlets gradually took form in her mind.
At the same time, the molten materials inside the furnace slowly took shape.
Once the pair of gauntlets emerged from the furnace, she began inscribing runes onto them.
She still had paint remaining, so there was no need to prepare more. Quickly, she drew the rune patterns she had already designed.
Whew—
This one was finally done.
Wang Yelin’s eyes, which had been fixed on the furnace the entire time, instantly lit up.
His gauntlets.
They were finished, right?
Could he have them now?
He desperately wanted to rush over and take a closer look.
But he didn’t dare interrupt Ke Yunyao.
And Ke Yunyao had no intention of immediately handing them over after finishing them. She simply set them down casually.
Then she turned around, added more ore into the furnace, and began removing impurities again.
This time, she planned to make the energy guns first.
Three energy guns.
She intended to forge all three at once.
Besides Vashi’s and Meng Lingling’s, she also wanted one for herself.
Although she had the ability to fight directly, she wasn’t particularly fond of close-range combat. She preferred long-range weapons such as energy guns.
In fact, energy guns were the weapons she had practiced making most frequently at home.
As a result, the process was extremely smooth.
Within half an hour, all three guns had been successfully shaped.
After that, inscribing runes onto them took very little time.
Soon, they were finished.
Ke Yunyao had no intention of resting.
Without pause, she immediately began forging the final weapon—
Duan Yang’s hoe.
Once again, she performed a sequence of material combinations that nobody understood.
Under everyone’s gaze, she calmly completed the last weapon.
Just when everyone thought she was finally finished—
She pulled out the remaining pieces of ore and tossed them into the furnace.
She felt the team’s travel speed was still too slow.
So she decided to make several flying boards.
Vashi opened his mouth, then closed it again.
The others also stopped themselves from approaching.
When Ke Yunyao finally completed another round of forging, Vashi and the others collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
This time she was finished, right?
“Yunyao?” Vashi called tentatively.
“Captain, I’m done.”
The moment her words fell—
“Oh yeah!”
Wang Yelin and Duan Yang cheered and immediately rushed forward.
“Thank you, Student Yunyao!”
“Thank you, Student Yunyao!”
After grabbing their respective weapons, the two thanked her in unison.
Knowing that Ke Yunyao wasn’t good with social interactions, they quickly retreated afterward to avoid making her uncomfortable.
Ke Yunyao wasn’t startled by their actions.
Because she had been watching them the entire time.
Her spiritual energy hadn’t been completely withdrawn and still covered the surrounding area.
The moment Wang Yelin and Duan Yang approached, she sensed them immediately.
Within the range of her spiritual perception, their movements seemed incredibly slow.
Slowly approaching.
Slowly leaving.
Completely non-threatening.
Of course, Wang Yelin and Duan Yang knew nothing about this.
They were already impatiently installing A-rank star cores into their weapons and binding them with spiritual energy.
Then they began showing off to the rest of the team.
Hehe!
We have weapons now too!
Look, look!
Aren’t they unique?
Yan Chixi and the others found it difficult to watch.
The expressions on those two faces were simply too smug.
As if they were the only ones with weapons.
The others had weapons too.
While the group played around, Vashi walked over to Ke Yunyao.
She handed him two of the energy guns.
“Thank you.”
Ke Yunyao smiled faintly and shook her head.
“No need. It’s what I should do.”
Vashi glanced at the strange boards lying on the ground.
Curiously, he asked, “Yunyao, may I ask what these boards are?”
“These are flying boards I made. Unfortunately, there weren’t enough materials, so I only made five.”
A trace of regret appeared on her face.
Upon hearing that, Vashi broke into a huge smile.
“Enough! That’s more than enough! Five is already plenty!”
He felt that their team was incredibly lucky.
Lucky enough to have encountered a mecha engineer as powerful and easy to get along with as Ke Yunyao.
She had truly given him an enormous surprise.
Ke Yunyao opened her mouth.
In the end, she decided not to mention that if they had more materials, she could make even more.
…
Back in the office, the teachers were once again stunned by Ke Yunyao’s creativity.
At this point, none of them could raise any objections.
“Kevin, your student is incredible! In a single day, she used limited materials to fully equip her entire team with weapons—and customized weapons at that. This is simply…”
Too unbelievable.
They had not encountered a student this capable in a very long time.
Even many descendants of top-tier mecha families could not achieve this.
Such high productivity with such low material consumption was not something ordinary people could accomplish.
To be honest, many professional mecha engineers couldn’t do it either.
Kevin himself was pleasantly surprised.
Moreover, he suspected that Ke Yunyao’s spiritual energy reserves were far greater than most people’s, and her control over spiritual energy was superior as well.
He didn’t even dare imagine how much she would improve after receiving the academy’s formal training.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
…
With the five extra flying boards Ke Yunyao had produced, Vashi revised the team’s plan for the following day.
Originally, he intended to send two-person scouting teams ahead to locate high-rank star beasts while everyone else waited for information.
However, Yan Zhou felt that would waste too much time.
“Let the non-combat members use the flying boards,” he suggested. “Then all of us can move together.”
With flying boards available, the combat team no longer had to worry about slower teammates falling behind.
That would save a lot of time.
Vashi wasn’t a dictator.
He listened to his teammates’ opinions.
And after thinking about it, he had to admit—
Yan Zhou’s reasoning made perfect sense.