"Huh! Done!" Jing Shaoyu let out a long sigh, held up the drawing on the table, and smiled brightly.
He carefully put away the drawings, then left the room, preparing to go to the seventh floor, to the Manufacturing Building, to try to turn the drawings in his hand into reality.
"Hey, isn't this Ayu? I haven't seen you for more than a month!" Jing Shaoyu met an acquaintance in the elevator heading to the seventh floor.
"Long time no see, Senior Brother Li." Jing Shaoyu greeted Senior Brother Li with a smile. Senior Brother Li was a member of the Designers Association and a level five mecha designer.
Mecha designers are typically easy to get started with but difficult to master. Level one and two designers only need to take theoretical knowledge tests, and they can pass the test with little effort. However, starting from level three designers, things are different as they require personal talent and inspiration.
To be promoted from a second-level designer to a third-level designer, one needs to design a system accessory suitable for a white-level mecha or a third-level soul guide. After the design is completed, it will be manufactured by a special manufacturing examiner and finally tested. Only after passing the test will the assessment be considered passed.
This is only the requirement for upgrading from level 2 to level 3. The requirement for upgrading from level 3 to level 4 is even more stringent. Therefore, almost all city designer associations have a large number of level 2 designers, but very few can be promoted to level 3 designers.
The higher the level of the designer, the rarer they are and the higher their value. Designers above level seven can be considered strategic talents, and level nine designers are all monopolized by the Sun-Moon Federation.
The role that a ninth-level designer can play is definitely no less than that of a Titled Douluo, or even higher.
Jing Shaoyu actually understood it very well, because on the Blue Planet, top scientists can really determine the rise and fall of a country.
"Ayu, what are you doing?" Senior Brother Li noticed the drawing in Jing Shaoyu's hand and asked curiously.
"Oh, this is the soul guide I newly designed. I plan to take it to the manufacturing association for inspection." Jing Shaoyu explained.
"I see." Senior Brother Li couldn't help but sigh, "He is worthy of being the youngest third-level designer in our Donghai City Designers Association. He is extraordinary!"
Jing Shaoyu passed the third-level mecha designer assessment at the beginning of this year. He is the first eight-year-old mecha designer since the establishment of the Donghai City Mecha Designer Association. At that time, several presidents of the Mecha Association were alarmed, and they rushed to accept him as a disciple. Then the old men started fighting, and the matter of accepting him as a disciple came to nothing.
Soon, he arrived at the seventeenth floor of the Manufacturing Building and walked into a room filled with various operating tables and instruments. This was a special soul guide manufacturing room that only mecha manufacturers of level three and above could apply to use. Coincidentally, Jing Shaoyu was a level-three mecha manufacturer.
Yes, Jing Shaoyu is not only a level-three mecha designer; he is also a level-three mecha manufacturer. Besides that, he is also a level-three mecha repairman. He practices three professions at the same time and embarks on the path of an ancient soul mentor.
This is the path that most mecha designers, manufacturers, and repairmen will choose nowadays, but they usually major in one and minor in the other. People like Jing Shaoyu who have upgraded all three professions to level three at the same time are a minority.
Jing Shaoyu came to the operating table in the center of the room and skillfully entered a series of data on it. Then he unfolded the drawings he brought and spread them on the identification area of the operating table. After a moment, the operating table made a "beep" sound, and he put away the drawings and walked straight to the large operating table on the left.
He came to the large operating table. The largest operating table in the room was called a manufacturing table. There was probably no need to explain its purpose.
Jing Shaoyu pressed the red button on the upper left corner of the manufacturing table. After waiting for a moment, he saw changes on the neat and clean surface of the manufacturing table. A shelf rose on the left side, on which were placed various types of standard engraving knives and other auxiliary tools. The table on the right side automatically sank to form a circular pit, in which were placed several pieces of metal of different styles, several pipes and other materials.
These materials are what he needs for this drawing.
In the Manufacturers Association, when each manufacturer makes a new design drawing, the materials for the first copy will be provided free of charge by the association, the second copy will be charged half of the market price, and the full price will be charged from the third copy onwards. This can be considered a benefit, after all, soul guide materials are quite expensive.
Jing Shaoyu was operating with full concentration. Time passed by, minute by minute. As he completed the engraving of the last rune, a happy smile appeared on his face.
"Success!" He excitedly raised the hexahedral metal block in his hand and shouted happily, "Level 3 Soul Core Driver!"
After a brief excitement, Jing Shaoyu began the final assembly. He placed the third-level soul power core driver among the other parts that had already been completed, then observed for a while and started to work.
Not long after, a fifty-centimeter-sized metal bird appeared in Jing Shaoyu's hand. This metal bird was a third-level soul guide device, a reconnaissance bird, which Jing Shaoyu had designed and manufactured personally over the course of three full months.
As the name suggests, the main purpose of the reconnaissance bird is reconnaissance. It has special cameras installed in its eyes and chest. The third-level soul power driver in its body allows it to detect up to 500 kilometers. The simulated wings can release wind blades, and it has a certain combat effectiveness. Coupled with Jing Shaoyu's special design, this reconnaissance bird can avoid the perception of Soul Masters and soul masters below the Soul Master level.
"Give it a try!" Jing Shaoyu was eager to try it. He took the controller of the reconnaissance bird in his hand and started operating it.
With Jing Shaoyu's control, the reconnaissance bird immediately flew up, then flew out of the window and flew downstairs. The camera in the bird's eyes and chest transmitted the images it saw in real time to the controller in Jing Shaoyu's hand. There was a rectangular display on the controller, which clearly showed the scene seen by the reconnaissance bird.
The sixteenth floor of the Manufacturing Building is a public area, so people were coming and going within sight of the Scouting Bird. As a result, the Scouting Bird was soon spotted. Through the surveillance screen, Jing Shaoyu saw a man walking towards the Scouting Bird.
When the man was about to catch the reconnaissance bird, Jing Shaoyu immediately controlled it, flew away from the sixteenth floor, and flew back to his room.
"Huh, not bad. It looks like it was successful." Jing Shaoyu landed the reconnaissance bird on the operating table in front of him, put down the controller in his hand, and smiled faintly.
This reconnaissance bird was inspired by the drone in Jing Shaoyu's previous life, but in this extraordinary world, there are many possibilities for this kind of remote-controlled drone.
"Knock, knock, knock~" At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the room, followed by a deep voice, "Ayu, are you in there?"
"Yes!" Upon hearing that, Jing Shaoyu immediately walked over and opened the door.
A burly man wearing the uniform of the Mecha Association was standing outside the door. When he saw Jing Shaoyu, a smile appeared on his face. He said, "Was the soul-guided bird that just ran downstairs your fault?"
"This is a new level-three soul guide I made. I just wanted to test it out, but I didn't expect to alarm you, Uncle Wu. Hehe, I'm so sorry." Upon hearing this, Jing Shaoyu immediately smiled embarrassedly and said.
"Really?" Uncle Wu's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he said, "Can I take a look?"
"Of course!" Jing Shaoyu nodded and said, "Even if Uncle Wu doesn't come to see me, I will come to see you. This newly designed third-level soul guide is very practical and extensible. Maybe the seniors in the association can get inspiration from it and develop a better and more complete soul guide!"
As he spoke, Jing Shaoyu led Uncle Wu into the room and handed him the reconnaissance bird. Uncle Wu then began to play with it carefully.
This Uncle Wu is the vice president of the Donghai City Mecha Manufacturers Association, a seventh-level mecha manufacturer, a seven-ring soul saint, a black-level mecha master, Wu Mian.
"Good boy, what a brilliant idea!" Wu Mian quickly figured out the structure and working principle of the reconnaissance bird, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Tell me, how do you want to divide it this time?"
"Hehe, it's better to keep it the same as before." Jing Shaoyu touched the back of his head, revealing a sunny and confident smile, and said.
"Okay!" Wu Mian agreed readily and said, "No problem, I'll take this scout bird first, and treat it as a sample. When the final test results come out, the share will still go into your soul master card as usual."
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Wu!" Jing Shaoyu said with a smile.