Mystery: But the Witch's Path

Chapter 77 Weapon Manufacturing

The next morning, after Altair was woken up by Eileen, the first thing he saw was a bag and letters on the bedside table not far from his bed.

In stark contrast to her were the servants busily attending to her, who seemed to deliberately avoid looking at the bedside table. They never glanced at that spot, so no one noticed anything on the table until she finished washing up.

After the servant left, Altair went to the bedside table, picked up the special letter, and opened it to find:

"Last night I delivered the items you requested as promised, but finding you sound asleep, I didn't want to disturb you, so I left them in a bag on the bedside table. The way to open the bag is: Hermes for 'open.' There are quite a few items, so I suggest opening them from the separate 'jewelry box.' I hope this suits your needs. If anything is missing or needs to be replaced, just let me know, and I will take care of it for you as soon as possible."

May you sleep well last night.

"Adam"

This shows that Adam is quite considerate of his subordinates. After returning from the Twilight Hermits' Guild last night, Altair went straight to sleep because she really hadn't expected that the work of collecting raw materials and machines, which she had entrusted to Adam, could be completed so quickly.

However, did they really finish collecting all the raw materials that quickly, or was everything arranged by the script...?

After reading the letter left by Adam, Altair immediately used "Black Flame" to ignite it, making sure the letter burned completely and left no hidden dangers.

She picked up the bag beside her and examined it closely. The material had an indescribable leather feel, and the exterior was plain and unremarkable. If it weren't for the faint spiritual aura emanating from it, Altair would have thought Adam was playing a trick on her.

After examining it, I couldn't help but sigh again, "The 'Gateway' is really useful, whether it's its extraordinary characteristics or its ability-created items. So when will I come across one?"

If we happen to meet, I will guarantee, through my abilities as a "generalist," that I will absolutely extract every last drop of value from you and not waste a single bit.

As for that salted fish, Backlund, forget about her. She's just a small fry with a low rank. Even if you squeeze her repeatedly, she won't produce anything good.

After expressing his feelings, Altair directly meditated and connected with the 'ancient castle' deep within his consciousness, allowing his true body to enter the 'library' in the spirit world.

After finding the 'jewelry box', they used spiritual communication to enter its associated space.

Completely different from the independent world I had imagined, there were no mountains or water here, only a quiet and enclosed space with a tiny, extremely faint light source.

This faint light felt not like the warmth of sunlight to Altair, but rather icy cold. If she hadn't known beforehand why she was there, she would have left this space long ago.

After picking up the bag, Altair calmly said in Hermes, "Open," while facing the opening.

Before she finished speaking, silvery ripples appeared at the mouth of the bag, and a palm-sized, semi-transparent portal materialized out of thin air. Following Altair's thoughts, the items inside the bag floated out one by one and were neatly arranged where she desired.

Looking around at the items, from machines to raw materials, Altair couldn't help but wonder, "Aren't 'evil gods' supposed to be poor? Why is Adam so rich?" After finishing organizing the machines, Altair left the 'jewelry box' space.

After having breakfast at the restaurant, they returned to this special space with the items that old Clayton had prepared.

Perhaps to satisfy his wicked sense of humor, Altair deliberately chose the Mosin-Nagant rifle, preparing to let the world once again witness the great battle between German and Soviet weaponry.

Then he took out another "sealed artifact, the mechanical heart," which was the pale yellow transparent crystal given to him by Adam. Altair named it the "mechanical heart."

Once it got its hands on it, Altair used its second ability, "Infuse Spirituality to Summon Steam Elemental Warriors".

Once the summoning was complete, Altair used her mind to manipulate them, starting to place and debug the machinery. She prepared to produce the equipment using an efficient division of labor and assembly line method.

Once everything was ready, Altair activated 'Ability 1' using spiritual power and used it in combination with 'Ability 2'.

While controlling multiple machine tools to simultaneously manufacture items such as gun barrels (drilling and rifling), receivers (milling and drilling), firing mechanisms, and stocks, the steam element warriors place semi-finished products onto the machine tools.

The first Mosin-Nagant took Altair a full 30 minutes to complete. After examining the rifle in her hand and confirming that there were no problems, she used the sealing artifact to make the machine tool run at full power, constantly squeezing out the machine's power. Subsequent guns were produced like dumplings being dropped into a pot, with a qualified rifle coming off the production line every 5 minutes.

When the three-hour journey ended, Altair, seeing the faint gear-like patterns appearing on his skin, was forced to stop manufacturing. He thought to himself, "It seems that even with my 'high rank,' I can't affect the side effects of this 'sealed artifact.'"

Back in the real world, Altair began to ponder, "How can we maximize production within a fixed timeframe?"

Replacing this space with a real-world worker recruitment plan is definitely not an option. Although she can use sealed artifacts to create a closed factory, no one would choose to work in such a factory.

If the restrictions are lifted, the workers will definitely spread the word everywhere. If that attracts the attention of MI9 spies, then it will be a loss.

Although she did not recognize George III and had no sense of belonging to the country, it did not change the fact that this matter was essentially "treason and collusion," and she would certainly face persecution if discovered.

Moreover, manual manufacturing isn't necessarily faster than using machinery... Machinery... Yes, I can design a special production line, just like fully automated production.

Without hesitation, Altair left the 'jewelry box' and began searching the 'library' for usable optimization solutions.

The widespread adoption of specialized machine tools in the fully automated weapon production system, as described in "The Evolution of Gun Making," includes deep-hole drilling machines (specifically designed for drilling gun barrels, dozens of times faster than manual drilling) and rifling machines (which create multiple rifling grooves at once)...

And then there's this "Optimized Design of Automatic Artillery Weapons," which could reduce the number of parts and lower accuracy requirements... but let's forget about that. After all, our selling point is high-precision, high-powered weapons; if we can't even meet these requirements, I'm afraid no one will buy it.

However, he could wait until they escalated the war further before guiding them to propose a simplified solution, since his weapons weren't cheap. Altair thought to himself, "I'm so good to them, even thinking of finding optimization solutions for them. I'm a good person."