Chapter 203 - 185: [Rune Blacksmith]; The True Bud of the Magical Civilization; Inviting Lin Aoxue
Chapter 203: Chapter 185: [Rune Blacksmith]; The True Bud of the Magical Civilization; Inviting Lin Aoxue
When Zhang Yi saw the Five-Star character his grandfather had given him,
the moment he saw it, Zhang Yi understood his grandfather’s intentions.
’This Divine Domain Card my grandfather gave me is paving the way for me!’
’Paving a great path for me, one of multi-racial coexistence, leading to a Magical Civilization!’
Right now, Zhang Yi’s Divine Realm already had two great Clans: the Dwarves and the Elves.
The Elves were dominant.
When Zhang Yi, as the Great God of Nature, issued a command,
he could naturally make the two Clans cooperate fully and advance according to the Great God of Nature’s directives.
But without the commands of the Great God of Nature acting as a lubricant,
would the two Clans be able to continue cooperating as they did now,
and continue developing the budding Magical Civilization according to the Great God of Nature’s vision?
That was a big unknown!
To most people,
the weapons of the Elf Clan were both practical and exceedingly elegant.
The weapons forged by the Dwarf Clan were sturdy and practical.
But in Zhang Yi’s view, both still had their shortcomings.
Although the weapons forged by the Elf Clan were exquisite, they sacrificed some of their practicality.
This lack of practicality stemmed from their complex material requirements and overuse of high-end materials.
Meanwhile, the Dwarf Clan was overly reliant on manual craftsmanship.
The entire process for a single Weapon, from mining the Ore to forging it, had to be completed by one person, which was far too time-consuming!
For a civilization to develop, it must have a clear division of roles and cooperative labor.
The Industrial Revolution was the best proof of this!
The civilizational impact of the hundred years following the Industrial Revolution was far greater than that of the preceding thousand years of feudal society.
Purely manual forging,
seemed too backward, too crude, and too slow in Zhang Yi’s eyes!
High-end Weapons could be subject to continuous improvement,
but the production speed for ordinary, standard-issue Weapons needed to be accelerated!
So, if the wisdom of the Goblin Clan were introduced,
they could naturally achieve the optimal balance of all three: beauty, low cost, and practicality!
Due to the innate nature of the Goblin Clan,
their physical constitution was far inferior to that of the Elf Clan and the Dwarf Clan.
As a result, the Goblin Clan rarely relied on physical strength in battle, instead depending on the various Weapons they developed themselves.
In the Multiverse, the greatest achievement of the Goblin Clan was developing an Artificial Divine Spirit, using a mortal body to achieve the feat of Godslaying!
And this all went to show that the Goblin Clan actually possessed a wealth of wisdom!
If the gods of the Multiverse hadn’t later joined forces to destroy the Artificial Divine Spirit created by the Goblin Clan and placed a divine curse upon them,
then with their wisdom, the Goblin Clan might have become a famous Clan in the Multiverse, comparable to the likes of Giant Dragons, Angels, and Elves!
But what Zhang Yi valued even more about this Character Card from his grandfather,
was the impact the Goblin Clan could have after joining his Divine Realm!
If a goblin were forced to choose between a Weapon’s beauty and its durability,
they would often provide a third answer: "It works!"
The Goblin Clan’s philosophy was simple: cheap, and it works.
Compared to the Elf Clan’s pursuit of beauty in their Weapons,
and the Dwarf Clan’s pursuit of quality,
the Goblin Clan’s pursuit was simply "the cheaper, the better, as long as it works!"
As long as it didn’t break mid-use,
even if the Weapon broke the moment the battle was over,
that was no problem at all!
The addition of the Goblin Clan was the true budding of the Magical Civilization Zhang Yi sought—Magical Industrialization!
Producing standard-issue Weapons on an assembly line,
with the Elves responsible for Weapon Enchantment, the Dwarves for quality, and the Goblin Clan for assembly line production and practicality.
This combination of the three would allow the Weapons in the Zhang Yi Divine Realm to achieve the best possible cost-effectiveness!
At the same time, the Goblin Clan’s entry into Zhang Yi’s Divine Realm would also create a "catfish effect" in terms of technological research and development.
The catfish effect was somewhat similar to involution,
as both involved using certain methods to spur others to work harder.
When the Goblin Clan developed something the Great God of Nature wanted,
the Great God of Nature would not be stingy with his rewards.
In order to protect their own honor,
both the Dwarves and the Elves would be forced to make certain changes!
This change was the key Zhang Yi hoped to see—the key to the three Clans jointly developing the vast path toward a Magical Civilization!
The only shame was that the Zhang Yi Divine Realm currently lacked a sufficient number of goblins.
But that was a simple problem to solve; he just needed to buy and load a few more Goblin Clan Divine Domain Cards.
The only thing that troubled Zhang Yi was the current restriction of being able to load only one Divine Domain Card per month!
’But that will change soon,’
’it’s only like this during the first year of a Divine Realm’s existence.’
’Once the second year begins, the number of Divine Domain Cards one can load each year will be determined by the quality of the Divine Realm they created in the Subspace!’
Zhang Yi believed that with the support of his grandfather, as well as his parents,
his Divine Realm would enter a phase of rapid development after he entered the second year!
After he finished examining the Divine Domain Card from his grandfather,
Zhang Yi remembered something.
His grandfather was planning to give him a personal demonstration tomorrow,
showing Zhang Yi how to recruit a Subordinate God.
Furthermore, after Zhang Yi’s first Subordinate God was confirmed,
they would officially determine the amount of support Zhang Yi would receive from the family each month!
Zhang Shumo had actually decided on his grandson’s development path long ago.
After all, Zhang Shumo had great expectations for this grandson of his!
Unfortunately, that departure had meant more than a decade in the Main World!
One had to understand that between the Main World and other worlds, the greater the difference in power, the greater the disparity in the flow of Time.