The Great Thief

Chapter 748: Advanced Engineering

Translator: Halcyon Translations Editor: Halcyon Translations

In fact, the construction of the Gnomish Cloaking Device was very simple. As long as the engraving had been done correctly and nothing went wrong in assembly, all that it cost was a bit of time.

Once the first part was successfully made, the second part would naturally follow.

In the end Lu Li produced more than 30 items and failed seven times. Two of those times, the item exploded, but fortunately, it wasn't enough to kill him.

He quickly reached level 190 and started making the Self-Destructing Sheep.

The Self-Destructing Sheep was a more complex item. In the words the NPC Engineers, it was one of the mysteries of Engineering.

The main materials required were Wool Cloth, High Explosives, Lesser Moonstone, Bronze Frames and High-speed Bronze Gears, but the prices of these materials were much cheaper than those of the Gnomish Cloaking Device. The cost of making one Gnomish Cloaking Device could easily cover five Self-Destructing Sheep.

Lu Li had valuable experience in making explosives from his time crafting Ivy's Bombs. The Warehouse was still stocked with those.

First of all, Lu Li ground the Lesser Moonstone into a powder.

Lesser Moonstone was widely used in Engineering blueprints because it had good electrical conductivity.

After this came the construction of the bronze frame components. The Hammer Of Cresso played a major role in this matter.

While he was cutting the Bronze, Lu Li's knife broke.

Bronze was not the same as Mithril – Mithril was a softer material and this so-called Superior cutter that he had purchased from the System store couldn't take the strain.

It seemed like it would be necessary to find himself a better knife.

Lu Li sighed and tried to recall the strategy for obtaining this Engineering tool. It was difficult, but he remembered a certain quest that had a chance of dropping Engineering equipment or blueprints.

The task wasn't difficult to complete, but he needed to wait until he was between level 45 and 50.

After pulling out his spare knife, Lu Li continued the engineering process.

Now, he had to assemble the frame, wrap it with Wool Cloth and mount the legs. The original cold, metal skeleton was beginning to look more like a sheep, but Lu Li had not sewn it together because there weren't any explosives inside it yet.

It was called Self-Destructing Sheep, but the actual animal was irrelevant. The most important part was that it could blow up.

The empty abdominal cavity was where the explosive device would be placed. Lu Li collected some unused items lying around and cleared out his work table before starting the next step.

The next step in the process was the construction of the explosive. Lu Li dared not to do this carelessly.

The explosives were placed onto a weighing pan where the desired components were accurately measured and put into individual pellets. A complete explosive device soon formed in Lu Li's hand, which he carefully picked up and put into the belly of the sheep.

The System then prompted him that he had successfully created the Self-Destructing Sheep.

He had spent exactly 20 minutes on creating one sheep, which was much longer than he had expected.

This was a big waste of time. No wonder everyone abandoned Engineering and practiced one of the other lucrative Trading Skills.

However, no matter how hard it was, he had to keep going. He had almost reached Advanced level 200 and intended to complete his training by the end of the day. After that, he was going to ask his guild to help him find more blueprints.

Lu Li also wanted to find an NPC to give the Ivy's Bomb so that they could strive to research an even more-advanced explosive.

Two thousand fire damage was very high, but it obviously wasn't enough for the monsters that now had 5000-6000 HP. If you could research into higher-level bombs that dealt 10,000 damage, you could rapidly increase your levelling speed.

One by one, Lu Li created an army of Self-Destructing Sheep. Once his backpack was full, he would transfer them to the warehouse. He had opened a personal warehouse, so he didn't need to go to the bank to access one.

He was so focused that he had lost track of time. When the System prompted Lu Li that the day was almost ending, his Engineering level had increased to 203.

There was no more experience to gain from producing Self-Destructing Sheep.

Lu Li packed up the workshop and asked Square Root 3 how the farming had gone today.

Ruling Sword's players had received quite a bit, not only in terms of EXP, but also in the prize items rewarded. Everyone had been quite fortunate.

The basic feature of a Hawkstrider was its slender nick and wide beak. They also had two slender legs that were good for running, so they were often used as land mounts.

The Blood Elves were the ones that used Hawkstriders for this purpose.

Any other race would just need to keep farming reputation and they would eventually receive one. However, the Alliance players had no choice but just to keep dreaming about owning one.

It was no surprise then that a place that produced Hawkstriders would cause a great commotion.

Even the Trade Skill players were attracted to it. Square Root 3 had organized each group of combatants to also have a Trade Skill player. Not only did this allow them to gain some EXP, but they would also receive another turntable slot.

As for the formulas, there had also been a great harvest of those.

There were several Engineering blueprints that Lu Li could use which required level of 205. The materials needed weren't hard to find either.

The guild player who had drawn this Engineering blueprint first thought he had been unlucky as it was better to receive an exquisite item. He didn't expect Lu Li to find him and ask to pay guild points for his blueprint, so he was quite excited when that happened.

This was not only because Lu Li's offer was quite high, but also because he was a big fan and was happy to interact with him.

Additionally, but unsurprisingly, Drizzle Court had brought on Peerless City to this event.

Lu Li was a little uncomfortable at this. He knew that Peerless City wasn't his enemy, but it was unusual to help his rival guilds become stronger like this. However, Square Root 3 thought that it was perfectly fine.