After seeing the new announcement, Li Hongyun immediately returned to the Orderer space and found the entrance to the new trial illusion.

The entrance to this trial illusion is consistent in shape with the cavalry trial illusion, and is clearly distinguished from the original four basic identity trial illusions.

[Trial of the Divine Machine: Ingenious Craftsmanship]

Seeing the name of this new trial copy, Li Hongyun took a deep breath and prepared himself mentally.

Well, it's definitely not going to be simple anymore.

The previous cavalry trial dungeon was called "Exploring the Bag to Get Objects", but after entering, I discovered that the task was for players to play General Qin Kaiyun and behead enemy generals in the midst of thousands of troops.

But this time, since it's called ingenuity, I'm afraid it will take a lot of twists and turns.

However, this also makes Li Hongyun look forward to the additional talents and skills he will gain after obtaining this status as a divine machine.

Judging from the name, the word Shenji should come from the Shenji Camp, but it should not simply refer to the soldiers who use firearms. In that case, this trial should not be too difficult no matter how it is arranged.

Because those soldiers were just shooting and firing, and this kind of thing itself did not have much technical content.

Li Hongyun felt that judging from the urinary nature of the game "Ansha", the trial would never be that simple.

If it is "knowing what is happening, you must also know why it is happening"...

So in this dungeon, will there be some challenges that require craftsman skills to complete?

This is probably a high probability event.

Li Hongyun thought for a while and had some guesses, but finally decided to take a look at the copy first.

If the identity of Shenji can provide him with a talent with more accurate marksmanship and stronger lethality, then the attraction of this subsidiary identity to him will completely surpass that of the cavalry.

…

After passing through the entrance of the trial illusion, Li Hongyun found himself in a large open-air workshop.

There were many craftsmen with strong bodies and dark faces around.

At this time, these craftsmen were not working in full swing, but like a group of tool men, quietly waiting for Li Hongyun to give orders.

Li Hongyun first briefly checked the surrounding environment.

In this large workshop, you can see furnaces, anvils and other common forging equipment, but compared with those in the previous fiefdom, the scale is obviously much larger.

In addition, there are a large number of different raw materials such as iron ore, iron sand, charcoal, and lime on the site.

In the center of the workshop, there is also a very large furnace.

Compared with the furnace that Li Hongyun saw in the fiefdom before, this furnace was completely different in scale.

Too big!

Because these two furnaces actually have completely different uses.

The small furnaces you see in the fief are actually used to smelt formed iron blocks.

Use this small furnace to burn the iron until it is white hot, and then continuously forge it into strips or sheets on the anvil next to it. This is the process of "forging iron" that players are familiar with.

The super-large furnace in the center of the workshop is responsible for a more primitive step: smelting iron ore or iron sand into thick iron blocks.

In the past, although players could also forge some crude weapons on the furnaces and anvils of their own fiefdoms, the difficulty has actually been greatly reduced compared to the real ancient method of iron smelting.

Because the iron blocks they got from the Fortress of the Orderer were all iron blocks that had been processed by craftsmen. The iron blocks themselves had been tempered by the craftsmen in the fort to remove a large amount of impurities and carbon, so the purity of the iron blocks itself was already relatively high.

It is high and has good performance.

Players only need to smelt and hammer these iron blocks again, and as long as they have patience, they can shape them into the shape they want.

Moreover, in the game "Dark Sand", the difficulty has been reduced for players. For example, players have unlimited physical strength during the blacksmithing process, and some boring time can be accelerated and skipped, etc.

In ancient times, physical strength and time were the two thresholds for blacksmithing.

Before the advent of specialized hydraulic forging machines, only the strongest people could become blacksmiths, because even ordinary iron farm tools required hundreds or thousands of hammerings. People with insufficient physical strength were simply unable to do the job.

The process of iron making and forging requires a lot of time.

The blacksmiths cannot catch fish or do other things in the middle. They must always observe the temperature and heat. Otherwise, one oversight may cause an entire furnace of precious iron ore to be scrapped.

Therefore, players' forging in "Dark Sand" is already simplified ancient forging.

However, in this trial copy, the difficulty has suddenly increased.

It is no longer a small fight like blacksmithing in the fiefdom, but starting from the most basic sponge iron.

Not far from the workshop, there is a "sword testing platform".

There are three different things on the table, namely a piece of hard bone supported by a wooden frame, a hanging dead pig, and a piece of stretched leather.

In front of the sword-testing platform, there is a stone tablet with the conditions for passing the first stage of the trial illusion, "Ingenuity" written on it.

Use the weapons you forged to chop these three things with force.

The requirements are to be able to cut hard bones without serious curling or breaking, to be able to cut a dead pig in half with one knife, and to be able to easily cut through the stretched leather.

During the entire forging process, the surrounding craftsmen are absolute tool men. They will help put in the raw materials, pull the bellows, beat the forging with a certain strength and frequency, etc.

Whatever needs to be done by craftsmen, these tool makers can do it well.

Moreover, Li Hongyun can also fast forward or directly skip some links that he considers unimportant. The raw materials in the entire workshop are also in unlimited supply.

Immediately afterwards, three talent skill cards appeared in front of Li Hongyun.

[Geng·Observation of details (gold): Your ability to observe details and memory are improved.]

[Gen. Power Generation Skills (Gold): Your power generation skills have been improved and you can use your power more smoothly and accurately. 】

[Geng: Calm and composed (gold): Your emotions are calm and you can deal with danger more calmly. 】

Li Hongyun glanced at all three talent cards and sighed silently.

"It's this kind of all-gold talent again, and every one of them seems to be useful..."

There is no doubt that this subordinate status trial is another hellish difficulty.

While scanning the entire workshop, Li Hongyun had basically understood the mission goal at this time.

It is to forge a weapon using ancient methods, and then pass the test of sharpness and toughness on the sword testing platform.

Although he doesn't know much about ancient forging techniques, he still has some basic common sense.

The most difficult part of ancient forging technology is the control of details.

For example, how many impurities are contained in the material, what is the specific carbon content of the smelted iron, and what is the temperature in the furnace at this time...

There are many ways to confirm such detailed information in modern times, but in ancient times, it could only rely on experience, observation of the color of the flame, or just luck.

Even a top ancient craftsman cannot guarantee that a furnace of iron ore will be smelted to the required quality, let alone when a magical weapon can be forged.

These three talents are obviously useful.

Observing the details allows him to better confirm the heat during the smelting and forging process;

The force-generating technique allows him to forge iron himself and maintain the most appropriate force throughout the process;

Being calm and composed can reduce his tension and anxiety, allowing him to complete the entire forging process calmly.

It's hard to choose.

Just like the Cavalry Trial, if all three talents can be selected, then the difficulty of the dungeon is normal. But if you can only choose one, the player needs to rely on his own strength to make up for the shortcomings in the other two aspects.

Li Hongyun did not make a choice immediately, but quit the game without hesitation.

"goodbye!

"I'll come back after I do some knowledge research first!"

…

An hour later, Li Hongyun returned to this trial illusion.

In reality, he consulted a lot of information on ancient steelmaking methods.

There was no way. This was not because he was steady, but because he knew very well that the possibility of clearing this dungeon by accident was extremely slim.

Even if you can pass the level, it will only be after countless trials and errors, and it will definitely take a long time.

Since there is a lot about ancient steelmaking in reality, why not preview it before coming back?

Although many details of ancient steelmaking have been lost, understanding the basic principles will definitely be of great help in clearing this trial fantasy.

After some preparation, Li Hongyun decided to make his first attempt.

He chose the talent of [observation of subtleties].

The reason is simple, "experience" is what he needs most at this time.

Ancient craftsmen needed to use the color of the flame to judge the temperature of the furnace, and the color of the iron ore to judge whether the temperature was up to standard. Even in the subsequent sorting process, they also needed to use the naked eye to observe whether the quality of the sponge iron was up to standard.

All these processes require experience.

At this time, Li Hongyun had zero experience.

He is different from Cui Huowang. Cui Huowang is an enthusiast of steelmaking and often plays with these things in real life, and his starting point is much higher than him; while Li Hongyun has never been exposed to ancient steelmaking at all, and has no experience with these things.

Nothing is known.
To be continued...