Chapter 204: Yellow Sand and Poplar Trees Cover the Ground
When Ying Zheng thought of the scene of a group of mechas being invincible, his breathing became a little rapid, but Ying Zheng really didn't think about the issue of raw materials.

The model machine in front of us is made of wood as the base and bronze armor. Not to mention the wood, it would take a long time to mine the raw materials for such a large amount of bronze, not to mention the subsequent processes.

Ying Zheng can temporarily stop thinking about the issue of raw materials, but Gongsun Ce cannot let Ying Zheng enter a mindless state.

"A Zheng, are you thinking, if there are many of these things, will they be invincible?"

Ying Zheng looked at Gongsun Ce and nodded straightforwardly.

"Mr. Gongsun knows me."

Gongsun Ce shrugged, interrupting Ying Zheng's fantasy time.

"A Zheng, how much bronze do you think is needed to make this mecha?"

"This?" Ying Zheng suddenly came to his senses. He realized that if they wanted to mass produce, the raw materials would not be enough. "Then, with all the power of the whole country, how many can we forge at most?"

Gongsun Ce patted the model machine and said, "This is not the final product, it is just used as a model, so the finished product will be more exaggerated than this.

Even if we put all our efforts into this project, we can probably only build twelve for the time being, or even fewer.”

After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he realized the story of Ying Zheng forging the twelve golden men. History overlapped at this moment.

Gongsun Ce noticed Ying Zheng's curious gaze, and gently waved his sleeves. A breeze rose out of thin air and sent Ying Zheng to the cockpit of the mecha.

"Mr. Gongsun, how do you use this?"

"Gongshuchou."

Gongsun Ce called out Gongshu Chou, and then Gongshu Chou approached the mecha, but did not dare to get too close.

Gongshu Chou, as one of the creators of the mecha, knew very well how powerful the mecha was. He was afraid of being injured by mistake if he was too close to the mecha.

Therefore, Gongshu Chou could only give instructions by shouting remotely.

"Your Majesty, this mecha is the product of my painstaking efforts. It has three joysticks. The leftmost one controls the mecha's legs, the rightmost one controls the mecha's hands, and the middle joystick is responsible for attacking."

Ying Zheng sat in the cab, his eyes scanning every operating lever, as if he wanted to engrave them deeply in his mind.

He took a deep breath, then slowly reached out and grasped the leftmost lever.

"Push forward to the left, and the mech will move its left leg forward."

Gongshu Chou's voice sounded in his ears, guiding Ying Zheng to carry out the first operation.

Ying Zheng followed the instructions and gently pushed the operating lever to the left front.

Suddenly, the mecha's left leg took a steady step forward, making a low and powerful metal collision sound.

He felt the powerful power inside the mecha, as if there was a force pushing him forward. This was the feeling of being pushed back.

"Push forward to the right, and the mech will step forward with its right leg."

Gongshu Chou continued to guide.

Ying Zheng pushed the joystick to the right front again, and the mecha's right leg took a step forward smoothly.

He felt every movement of the mecha, as if he had become one with it.

Next came the hands that controlled the mecha. Ying Zheng held the rightmost lever and operated it according to Gongshu Chou's instructions.

He felt his fingers trembling slightly due to his excitement, but they soon stabilized.

The mecha's hands waved flexibly under his control, as if they were an extension of him.

Finally, there is the middle lever. This is the lever responsible for attacking, and it is also the most important one. Ying Zheng took a deep breath, and then slowly pushed the lever forward.

"Swoosh, whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

A slight sound was heard, and a crossbow instantly appeared on the right arm of the mecha. The crossbow suddenly shot out forty-eight arrows, making forty-eight holes in the ground.

The recoil of this crossbow is not small. Before this, Gongshujia installed it in the mouth of a mechanical giant python, and the giant python would open its mouth to shoot arrows.

Ying Zheng felt this power and an unprecedented sense of excitement surged in his heart.

He continued to operate the mecha, moving and attacking in the open field.

The mecha moved left and right, forward and backward, and every movement was accurate.

As time went by, Ying Zheng became more and more proficient in controlling the mecha.

He no longer needed Gongshu Chou's guidance, but was able to operate based on his own feelings.

Fusu, who came with Ying Zheng, looked at Ying Zheng helplessly. Not only Ying Zheng wanted to try driving a mecha, he also wanted to.

Gongsun Ce patted Fusu on the shoulder and said, "Be patient. You can take this thing away. You will have a chance to play with it later."

Fusu nodded heavily, agreeing with Gongsun Ce's words, but what Fusu could not have imagined was that Ying Zheng would gradually reach the state of unity between man and machine.

Later, Ying Zheng gradually began to control the model machine and handle official business with a brush, but Fusu still could not drive the model machine.

However, Ying Zheng still had enough self-control and he quickly jumped off the model machine.

"Mr. Gongsun, I heard that you have something to replace the bamboo slips. Is it authentic?"

Gongsun Ce took Ying Zheng directly into the front hall and placed the copper block and bamboo paper in front of Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng looked at the two things in front of him and felt that there might be a substitute for bamboo slips.

"Mr. Gongsun, what is the production volume of bamboo paper? What raw materials are needed?" Gongshu Chou knew that Gongsun Ce didn't know, so he answered first: "Your Majesty, one pound of bamboo can be made into more than two taels of bamboo paper. It only needs bamboo and lime to process it."

After thinking for a moment, Ying Zheng was roughly sure that bamboo paper could indeed replace bamboo slips, and he was very happy.

Gongsun Ce suddenly asked Ying Zheng a question at this time: "A Zheng, the emergence of bamboo paper and printing means that the dissemination of texts no longer faces strong resistance.

So, when the time comes to choose, you will choose to open the people's wisdom or block their wisdom."

At this time, Ying Zheng answered without hesitation: "Let future generations judge."

This answer which was not an answer made Gongsun Ce somewhat satisfied. It was good that the answer was not an excuse.

Seven days later, Gongsun Ce came to the endless yellow sand. Looking at the desert without any landmarks in front of him, Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows slightly.

Gongsun Ce was sitting on a sand sled that looked like a snowmobile. There were a lot of dry food and water bags behind the sled. The commander of the army was flying high in the sky pulling the sand sled.

The commander of the army moved forward along the poplar trees planted by the previous expedition team.

Seven days later, with the help of the Lord of Soldiers' high-speed flight, Gongsun Ce had arrived at the oasis that the previous expedition team had passed by.

The Lord of Soldiers stopped flying and landed vertically, smashing into the yellow sand like a nail.

As the Lord of Arms descended abnormally, the yellow sand on the surface was lifted up, and many corpses of camels and other animals were buried under the yellow sand.

Gongsun Ce made a pinky gesture, and a camel skeleton floated in front of him.

After careful observation, Gongsun Ce found many round gnawing marks on the camel's corpse.

Gongsun Ce concluded that it was true that death worms would leave offspring in camels, and this camel was obviously eaten up after the larvae of the death worm were born.

In other words, under this yellow sand, in addition to the giant death worm, there are also many small death worms.

Gongsun Ce raised his hand slightly and recited the dragon script.

Word Spirit: Eyes of the Wind King

Immediately afterwards, a strong wind suddenly arose, and dust flew. Under his control, the strong wind turned into a huge drill, breaking through layers of yellow sand.

The sand was quickly stripped away by the strong wind, and a deep pit gradually formed in the desert.

As the sand pit expanded, a strong smell of blood wafted into the air, foreshadowing that some horrible creature was about to appear.

Sure enough, as the strong wind blew, a giant blood-red death worm slowly crawled out of the pit.

Its body is huge and twisted, like a giant snake from hell.

The death worm's skin was covered with dark red lines, as if blood was flowing.

When the death worm completely crawled out of the pit and felt the sunlight, it roared to the sky, and the sound shook the yellow sand in the sand pit like thunder.

Its roar was filled with dissatisfaction and anger towards Gongsun Ce, as if it was venting its dissatisfaction at being woken up.

Gongsun Ce looked at the giant death worm in front of him, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

This kind of thing didn't deserve to die, especially since it ate members of the expedition team, so Gongsun Ce couldn't let it go.

The giant death worm stood up and opened its huge mouth full of sharp teeth.

A stream of bloody venom gushed out of its mouth and headed straight for Gongsun Ce.

However, Gongsun Ce just waved his hand lightly, and a strong wind blew towards him.

The venom was blown back by the strong wind and hit the death worm hard.

The death worm was corroded by its own venom and let out a shrill wail.

Its body began to tremble and it was in great pain.

However, Gongsun Ce had no mercy at all. He raised his hand and waved it again, and the strong wind turned into countless wind blades and attacked the death worms.

The wind blade cut the body of the death worm like a sharp blade, constantly cutting its body apart. Its blood spilled into the yellow sand, attracting the small death worms under the sand pit.

Those small death worms also crawled out from under the yellow sand one after another. They seemed to be the descendants of the giant death worms.

Gongsun Ce, however, showed no mercy. He once again controlled the strong wind to kill those small death worms one by one, leaving only a few as test subjects.

Seeing this, the giant death worm knew that it was in a desperate situation.

It no longer dared to engage in direct combat with Gongsun Ce, but turned around and fled.

However, Gongsun Ce would not let this enemy go. He stretched out his right hand and grasped the air, and the strong wind lifted the giant death worm up again.

Gongsun Ce flew into the air and observed the giant death worm closely.

He found that this death worm was indeed the same as the legend said, with only one mouth on its body.

Its mouth is full of sharp teeth, some of which look like large pencil sharpeners. You can imagine what will happen if something falls into its mouth.

Gongsun Ce suddenly thought of creatures like bats. He felt that death worms might have some similarities with bats.

Perhaps they rely on things like ultrasound or magnetic fields to determine the presence of nearby creatures in order to hunt and eat.

This idea gave Gongsun Ce some other ideas about the death worm.

(End of this chapter)