Chapter 36: Post-War Growth
Xiao Longchen walked out of the battle mecha, and after telling the Ba brothers to go back and rest, he walked outside with firm steps.
Whenever the goblin people saw him, they immediately stopped, put their right hand on their chest, and saluted him respectfully.
Xiao Longchen was no longer as sincere and fearful as before, but calmly accepted their respect, but felt that the mission on his shoulders was a little heavier.
He walked quickly to the goblin workshop below, and saw that the Gru patriarch was indeed busy here, even though his face was already tired, but he still waved the forging hammer in his hand as calmly as a mountain.
Xiao Longchen knew that this was the reason why the Gru Patriarch was embraced by all the goblins. While the people gave him the status of leader, he also took on the mission of revitalizing the tribe on his shoulders.
At this moment, in the Goblin Workshop, in addition to the Gru Patriarch, the group of forging masters are also busy.
Yesterday's tragic war was the most powerful spur for all goblins. Now that they knew that the Battlesuit Mechs could make their race stronger, there was no reason for them to slack off in the slightest.
Xiao Longchen's footsteps were very light, and in the sound of "ping-pong" metal knocking, it didn't attract the attention of any goblin at all.
Their expressions were all extremely focused, and they would not allow the slightest mistake in the forging of this weapon, which directly affected the lives of their clansmen.
The Patriarch of Gru was still forging a piece of breastplate, and Xiao Longchen could judge from the color that the material was the new alloy he had made.
And those ordinary forging masters, the parts of forging at the moment are some less important components, and the materials used are also second only to the new alloy of red fire gold essence.
Because there are only a few dozen drawings completed by Xiao Longchen, they have worked hard day and night to forge these dozens of shell parts, and in just one day and night, those components have produced a lot.
Xiao Longchen didn't alarm them, but walked to the forging table that belonged to him and sat down, and continued to draw drawings with a focused expression.
It wasn't until the Patriarch Gru completed the forging of the breastplate and carefully checked that there were no flaws that he found that Xiao Longchen had joined in at some point.
His expression was slightly surprised, but soon a trace of worry appeared in his eyes, and he walked quickly to Xiao Longchen's side, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "Your body has not recovered yet, so let's go back and recuperate for a while!"
Xiao Longchen raised his head, smiled kindly at the Gru Patriarch, and then continued to bury his head in his work.
Although Xiao Longchen didn't speak, the Patriarch of Gru also felt a different aura from him.
It seems that this child has a little less liveliness at his age, giving him a very calm feeling.
The Elder Gru has lived for hundreds of years, so he naturally quickly understood the reason for Xiao Longchen's change, and his eyes flashed with a touch of love as an elder, and then he also persuaded Xiao Longchen, but returned to his forging table and started forging another breastplate again.
Gradually, the forging masters who completed a work also discovered Xiao Longchen who was immersed in his work one after another.
They either walked over and said a few words of thanks, or looked in his direction and smiled kindly. After Xiao Longchen's mood changed, when he looked at these goblins who were still a little hostile to him before, his eyes were as kind as looking at his own family.
Yesterday's events were a traumatic wound for all goblins, so a suppressed emotion enveloped the entire goblin city.
The smiles on their faces were gone, and there were far fewer goblins chatting as usual, almost all of them busily disassembling or smelting metal.
Xiao Longchen also worked silently for a month before finally drawing more than 3,000 components. And a variety of components completed by the forgers were shipped out in dozens of batches.
I believe that in a few days, the assembly of the first battle suit mecha will begin.
It was only at this moment that Xiao Longchen's immature little face appeared for the first time after the war.
He walked briskly back to his quarters, slung the mech that belonged to him on his shoulders, and moved to the forge workshop.
The surface of this originally beautifully shaped bright silver battle suit mecha is densely covered with countless claw marks. After Xiao Longchen explained to Patriarch Gru that he wanted to put on a new shell for his battle mecha, Patriarch Gru silently walked back to his forge table and began to use the new alloy to build every part for him with his own hands.
Xiao Longchen did not refuse the kindness of the Gru Patriarch, but under Xiao Xing's guidance, he began to carefully disassemble all the shells.
His mood was a little heavy at the moment, because the scars on those battle mechs once again brought back the memories that he didn't want to recall.
It took nearly a day for Xiao Longchen to disassemble all the shells. In the process of disassembly, he was also memorizing every word Xiaoxing said, so he had a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the structure of the battlesuit mecha.
Carefully putting the internal components of his battle mecha into an iron box, Xiao Longchen assembled the broken shells again.
Although smelting these discarded shells made of rare alloys could create many components that were comparable to new alloys, Xiao Longchen did not decide to do so.
He has to assemble it again and place it in his room, always reminding him that he must not relax, he must make himself stronger, in order to protect the people around him, and to return to Earth through time and space as soon as possible to save his family.
When the Patriarch of Gru discovered Xiao Longchen's actions, not only did he not have the slightest intention of stopping him, but the corners of his mouth also hooked up a smile of relief.
Although he didn't get along with Xiao Longchen for a long time, he witnessed the rapid growth of this child.
In the eyes of the Grew patriarch, Xiao Longchen not only has natural resources, but also his kindness and the advantages of summing up lessons and lessons are more valuable.
Patriarch Gru also observed during this period of time, and saw that Xiao Longchen had something hidden in his heart, but he didn't ask.
Because it seemed to him that when the child truly regarded their goblin clan as his family, he would explain his origin to him and tell him the answer to the question that he had been guessing all along.
Because he had accumulated a lot of experience, and it was much easier to simply assemble the shell, Xiao Longchen quickly completed the work in hand.
He picked up the much lighter mech's shell, said hello to the Gru Chief, and returned to his residence.
Since he didn't need his help to build a battlesuit mecha for the time being, Xiao Longchen finally had time to continue trying to cultivate star arts.
Xiao Xing had clearly told him that even if he tried to communicate with the ancestral star soul again, there would be no life-and-death crisis like the original one.
Therefore, Xiao Longchen is fearless at all, and simple mental fatigue cannot be an obstacle to him becoming stronger at all.
Xiao Longchen sat cross-legged on the bed, took out the mantra of the first part of the "Nine Volumes of Stars" again, and after confirming that his memory was correct, he slowly closed his eyes.
The familiar feeling appeared again, it was still the familiar starry sky, in the vast galaxy like the sea, Xiao Longchen easily found the most shining ancestral star.
Then his mind reached into the ancestral star, and the image in his mind began to change rapidly, and soon turned into a scorching sea of fire, on which there was a solid barrier that emitted an orange-red halo.
Xiao Longchen looked at the barrier in front of him, took a deep breath, and only after he had completely calmed down and condensed his mind did he begin to gather his spiritual power, forming a sharp sword, and slamming towards the Ancestral Star Barrier.
Because he already knew that there would be no more crises, Xiao Longchen had almost no reservations when he collided.
He didn't care how dizzy and nauseous he was after the defeat, he just wanted to complete the communication with the ancestral star as soon as possible, so that he could start absorbing the power of the star stone to improve his own strength.
This time, he failed again, unsurprisingly.
The ancestral star soul only emitted a wave of intent and sensed it slightly, and when he found that it was still the young man who had failed three times not long ago, the extremely powerful supreme intent quickly retracted, as if he was afraid of something.