Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 886 - 797: It Exploded! (Part 2)

"Isn't this nonsense? He hasn't even boarded the Immortal Ship, let alone started it, yet he slanders my creation. You shouldn't be so intimidated; when faced with such unreasonable people, our attitude must be firm to fiercely refute them, lest our well-crafted Immortal Ship gets defamed just as it's completed."

Fu Qingzhou coldly snorted with his hands behind his back: "Surely it's an unskilled artifact refiner trying to elevate himself by belittling Mr. Fu. Such shameless people should be strung up and beaten harshly!"

"Um..." Wu Chen dismissed his subordinates to let them busy themselves, then spoke softly: "I know this model of the Immortal Ship is your painstaking creation, but... would you like to test it again? The day I took it for a test flight, I did feel a slight vibration. Afterwards, I stored it away and brought it to the shop as a sample, never starting it again, just in case..."

"There's no such thing as 'just in case,' my personally crafted item, do I not know it?" Fu Qingzhou spoke decisively, but to prove his creation absolutely couldn't have defects, he waved his hand to signal him to follow, and the two ascended the Immortal Ship one after the other.

Though it's a personal version of the Immortal Ship, with space materials aiding it, the internal space is spacious enough for three or four people to stand comfortably.

Naturally, the Immortal Ship being sold can't be refined as one's own; to start it requires operating on a simple control panel.

Skillfully checking the Spirit Stones were enough, Fu Qingzhou pressed his palm on the jade panel, using spiritual power to ignite the Spirit Stone ignition method, immediately his face tensed!

"The vibration was more intense than the day I tested it," Wu Chen said truthfully, "Exceptionally brief, but indeed there."

Unconvinced, the other extinguished it and started again; after switching the energy source to Immortal Jade, he repeatedly started it.

However, the truth was, regardless of what energy source was used, a slight vibration occurred momentarily or significantly on each ignition. This subtle vibration can only be sensed by cultivators with very strong perception or very high realm, who are particularly familiar with the Immortal Ship; others cannot detect it.

"Quickly dispatch all the shop staff and ensure you find that customer!" Fu Qingzhou's face turned extremely grim.

It's not because he was publicly embarrassed, but rather his proudly anticipated masterpiece actually having a flaw, and thinking about it eight hundred times without finding any issue is immensely troublesome!

"Luckily, reservations just started and haven't yet been delivered..." He touched the Immortal Ship's control panel hesitantly: "Do you think it could be because it's not refined?"

Unless purchased by a sect or family for a large Immortal Ship, usually for daily communal use, it wouldn't be specially refined.

Such small personal version Immortal Ships are mostly chosen to be refined for exclusive travel use. With a cultivator's spiritual power nurturing them, there's typically no need for additional consumption of spare energy sources, and the core won't experience instability or vibrations."

Wu Chen didn't want to discourage him, but the matter is significant, so he cautiously replied: "The issue is, even if refined for personal use, encountering cultivators not high in realm or with insufficient spiritual power, or when needing to start at ultra-fast speed, spare energy sources must be consumed.

There's a connection problem in this aspect. There's still a chance of safety hazards.

The most important things now: first, finding that customer; second, we need to determine if the vibration is caused by an unstable core and whether there's really any risk of explosion. Perhaps it's merely a vibration without danger."

"Even unwarranted vibrations are unacceptable!" Wu Chen scowled: "My masterpiece cannot have any blemishes. You continue seeking that cultivator; if it fails, even issuing a bounty order must find them; I'll go to the testing site and start it a thousand times, I refuse to believe I can't find the root problem!"

He immediately acted, swiftly descended from the Immortal Ship, touched it with his right hand to store it in the storage bag, and headed straight out of the city without looking back.

"Be, be careful!" Wu Chen stretched his short hand but couldn't stop him, just reminded him.

The other had already flown away, leaving a sentence carried by the wind, "Don't worry, can an artifact refiner not have protective treasures? Quickly find him!"

Find?

Wu Chen felt helpless, amidst the bustling Trapped Snake Island with countless visitors, having only seen him once, how could I possibly find him?

Sure enough, shortly after, the shop staff returned empty-handed.

"While you still remember the customer's appearance, quickly go invite an artist to draw it; I'll take the portrait to Agarwood Pavilion, hopeful that their agent can divinely locate him." He sighed heavily, "Otherwise, Fu Qingzhou will be angry with me again."

As night fell, on the rooftop of the Immortal Boat Workshop on the lamp-lit Trapped Snake Island, two figures sat side by side, one big, one small.

Wu Chen dared not speak, just repeatedly fiddled with the piece in his hand;

Fu Qingzhou had regained his usual elegance, but his left hair was noticeably burnt, with a minor injury on his forehead, wearing a black Magical Robe embroidered with golden bamboo, sitting on the roof looking up at the sky motionlessly.

"It suddenly just exploded."

Wu Chen, nearly asleep, suddenly heard his friend, silent for so long, suddenly speaking.

He immediately straightened up to catch the words before they fell to the ground, comforting: "Luckily, you have a protective treasure and weren't injured, which is fortunate amidst misfortune;

Besides, I've spent heavy money hiring Agarwood Pavilion to inquire and search for the person. You said that issuing a bounty or the like is unrealistic and could anger them;

Also, discovering early before delivery, I've temporarily sealed the information. As long as we find the key problem and solve it before delivery, there won't be an impact.

As for store sales, I've released the message that orders are overly popular, temporarily not accepting new orders, waiting for you to fix the issue before resuming sales."

"It exploded without any warning." Fu Qingzhou seemed not to hear the long reassurance, wholly absorbed in the blow, his voice a bit hoarse: "I remember it very clearly, the three hundred and sixty-nine test flights.

The Immortal Ship had just started, still a fleeting slight vibration. Just like before, I controlled it to fly, had barely risen over three yards, without any warning! Suddenly a giant 'bong' explosion!

When I woke, there were still a dozen shard pieces of the Immortal Ship I could find, luckily I had a strong protective treasure, otherwise, if not dead, I would have been peeled alive."

Wu Chen didn't know what to say, weakly comforting: "Luckily we found out early, before delivery. Don't rush, think carefully about where the problem is, with your rich experience..."

"I was too confident precisely because of my rich experience!" The other dejectedly said: "For many years, I haven't designed a blueprint, forged the Immortal Ship, followed by flying for a year and a half determining enough stability before selling.

Every time, I've designed the blueprint based on experience, confidently assuming no issues, so up till now, I look at those blueprints and can't find the root of the problem!"

He suddenly pressed Wu Chen's shoulder, emphasizing: "We must find that customer! Since he can spot the issue at a glance, he's definitely an artifact expert!"

"But the problem is... even if he can spot the issue, it doesn't mean he can modify it." Wu Chen said helplessly: "Highly perceptive or high realm cultivators might have certain methods to predict danger, it's very possible.

Moreover, he came to the Immortal Boat Workshop, probably intending to buy an Immortal Ship, not steal your design, indicating he likely doesn't have the ability to forge Immortal Ships. So don't hold too high hopes."

Saying this, he also looked up at the sky and sighed: "The vastness of the Wilderness, countless people, who knows where that unknown cultivator could be?"

.........

In the star-dotted, dark-toned void, a not-so-large irregularly shaped giant rock floated motionless.

Through the thick stone walls, inside was an idyllic scene of the setting sun and tranquil bamboo grove.

"Indeed, it's a big project, this is just making a paper model of the Immortal Ship, if artifact refiners forged the Immortal Ship, how much effort and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures would it consume?"

Jiang Yuan sat under the pavilion, looking at the new version generated using the high tower skin blueprint and the recently obtained, improved personal Immortal Ship blueprint, aligning each part's paper materials needed, sighed.

No wonder a fixed price of five million Spirit Stones, from this view the first-hand factory price seemed indeed not expensive.

However, with his paper workshop producing advanced paper as a foundation, creating a personal Immortal Ship that can be used multiple times in a high tower version is very cost-effective for him—at most, it costs a lot of time, but such temptation from the high tower made Jiang Yuan feel his first "retreat" in the Wilderness World was worthwhile!