However, Wedel did not use any electronically controlled manipulators.

"Do you plan to smelt iron with only two hands, just like the earthlings did in ancient times?" Haige asked quietly, almost as if whispering.

"Yes!" Wedel replied loudly, and the answer was as decisive as thunder, echoing in the empty blacksmith's workshop, startling Haige.

At this point, he was no longer silent, and began to explain in detail to Haige the steps that would now be carried out, and explained why he had to do it manually instead of using electronic devices.

"Now that AI intelligence can replace humans in everything, I really don't need to use these primitive methods, it looks like I'm playing tricks."

Hai Ge shook his head, but said in his heart, "It's a bit like." ”

"The process of smelting plant metals is fixed and can be done by writing computer formulas, but while it's easy to do, I can't observe what might happen during the experiment," Weedel said. You've also seen how carefully you boil the fiber of purple apricot leaves, and the slightest mistake will be wasted. To be honest, I don't trust my own eyes rather than trust electronic monitors, and I don't feel at ease if I don't rely on my own judgment to determine whether each step has been successfully completed. When the piece of metal was formed, I could no longer see its internal structure, and it was only when I knew that there were no mistakes in the whole process that I thought it was time to start the wrought iron process. So I'm doing this by merging the two processes of testing and building. ”

Successful scholars must have a rigorous academic attitude, which is essential to the research they embark on, and Hai Ge understands the reason why Weedel manually creates plant metals, and admires him even more.

But Hai Ge still asked: "Once your experiment is successful, will you still have to rely on manual operation when plant metal begins to be mass-produced?" ”

Wedel waved his hand and replied: "Of course it is impossible, otherwise when the earth turns into rubble, and the orbital materials will not be fully prepared." If I succeed in the experiment, I will write down a detailed and standardized operating code, set it up as an AI program, and hand it over to the smelter on Woxiang Mountain to complete. ”

"Lying Elephant Mountain?"

Hai Ge's mind immediately appeared in the mountain with the white antenna array erected and the huge pillar of bright electric light flowing along the pillar. It seems that this is the office of the Light of Salvation, and the mountain is where they will actually start their production. It's just that the workers in the factory are also sent down from the ground?

Wedel saw what he was wondering about, and said, "Don't worry, even though there is the core braking equipment of the earth's starting engine in Lying Elephant Mountain, we basically don't go there, but only supervise the robotic labor through the monitoring network in the office area. For such a huge project, if human beings were used as labor, it is estimated that at least one-third of the 8 billion people would have to be reduced. ”

In the middle of the workshop is an anvil about half a meter high, which is a common platform for blacksmiths to make iron. Next to the anvil is a hammer, large and small, depending on which one of them the user thinks is the right one.

The surface of the anvil was uneven, and the pitted scars indicated that Wedel had no idea how many pieces of metal had been hammered on it.

But instead of rushing to put the plant metal on the anvil and beat it, he went to a stone furnace in the corner of the house and threw the iron into it.

There was a faucet-like thing on the side of the stone furnace, and Wedel picked up a rectangular mold and pointed it at the "faucet", and then unscrewed it, and the golden-red steaming liquid flowed out and quickly filled the mold.

The mold may have condensed function, and when the liquid was about to take shape again, Wedell quickly poured it onto the stocky anvil, picked up a hammer and began to beat it vigorously.

The thick metal that was just formed has been reshaped into long thin strips, which are easy to forge.

After a few taps, Wedel couldn't wait to use both hands, grabbed the hot metal strip and looked left and right, carefully examining it.

At first, his face was happy, but it didn't take long for his face to change, and Hai Ge stood by and watched blankly, his mood changing with his expression from time to time.

The heavy hammer fell on the metal sheet again, and sparks flew high, and they bloomed in the air like white flowers, but when they fell, they were extinguished and dispersed, as if to show the transience of life.

Hai Ge stared at those sparks intently, and his worries about the future of the earth hit his heart again, and he also whispered, "May the gods bless ......"

Wedel had no time to take care of his guests again, and he concentrated all his energy on the thin tin that had been beaten thinly. The iron sheet began as a flame red, but when the temperature dropped, it revealed its true form, taking on a moving crystalline form, but it was a metal crystal that could withstand any tempering.

Haige looked at the beautiful new creature with admiration, thinking that this time it would definitely succeed, but who knew that Wedel's face was getting more and more wrong. His two long brown eyebrows screwed almost together, and the sparks reflected in his pupils, forming two clusters of fire that condensed anger and despair. The situation was really not good, the last cone smashed down, only to hear the "click", a crisp popping sound sounded, the iron bar was not broken, but where it was beaten, a thin crack appeared.

"Hey~"

Wedel stood beside the anvil with his hammer in his hand and his mouth wide open, motionless. The blow was so great that he held it for at least a minute, then he threw the hammer away, grabbed the bar, turned and stuffed it back into the furnace, and sat down in annoyance, holding his head in thought.

This time, the smelting experiment of plant metal failed again.

Hai Ge was also sad, but he knew that Wedel's heart was suffering, and it must be much more uncomfortable than him. He is a child who has grown up in abuse, and he doesn't know how to comfort others, and the only thing he can do is to watch silently and try to express his concern with plain eyes.

"Uh~"

Wedel probably felt his gaze, looking up as if he had suddenly woken up from a nightmare, with a look of despondency. It was only then that he remembered that he was not the only one in the workshop.

"Grass-flesh, damn mesophyll again! No matter how much I try to improve the formula and adjust the amount of boric acid, I still can't get rid of those things completely! The residual mesophyll destroys the molecular structure of the supermetal, and reduces the flexibility of the leaf fibers of the purple apricot tree. Such a material is absolutely first-class for making cold weapons, but it is impossible to think that it has an ever-increasing load-bearing capacity! Another pot of scrap iron came out, which could not absorb the background radiation waves of the universe, so it was useless! It's all useless! Useless! ”

Listening to Weddle's roar, the sea song trembled, like the last purple apricot leaf hanging lonely from the branches.