My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Crafting Department – Becoming an Arms Master

“I wonder how many benefits I can get from the Security Division for free…”

Su Chen went downstairs, opened the navigation map, and zoomed in with his finger. “Occupational Analysis Department, let me see where it is. Found it…”

It was noon, the sun was dazzling, and the temperature was quite high.

“It’s an artificial sun, why do we still have the rotation of the four seasons?” Su Chen followed the map’s instructions, walked along the road, avoiding the sun, and arrived in front of a tall building.

There were many people coming and going, including elderly judges and seed members who looked very young and were in the cultivation stage.

The lobby on the first floor had ten windows, but all of them had queues at the moment. Su Chen hesitated for a moment, calculating which window had fewer people.

“Your Excellency Su Chen?”

The woman in the professional outfit recognized Su Chen at a glance. She brushed away the stray hair near her ear, walked over with small steps, and asked softly, “Do you need occupational analysis?”

“Yes, I have some questions to consult,” Su Chen nodded, glancing at her name tag — Shu Zichen.

“You are a core seed member, you don’t need to queue, please follow me,” Shu Zichen said in a low voice.

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“Uh…” Su Chen looked at the long queues, many people noticed him and frequently looked over.

“Alright.”

Su Chen followed Shu Zichen upstairs. He heard some discussions below, but there was no dissatisfaction.

“In my previous life, someone would probably already be holding a phone…” Su Chen thought randomly, and Shu Zichen, who was leading the way, asked in a low voice, “May I ask if you are consulting about a sequential profession or a special profession?”

“Special profession…” Su Chen replied.

Shu Zichen nodded and softly reminded, “Your authority is very high. You can have your personal butler make an appointment in advance, and the consultation office can send someone to your home.”

This was one of the many benefits for core seed members, but he hadn’t thought about this privilege until he actually encountered it.

Shu Zichen led him to a lounge. After pouring him some tea, she respectfully left.

Not long after, two people walked in, one after another.

“My name is Li Zhe, a senior occupational consultant for the Tribunal…” The man in front was tall and straight, wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He pointed to the disheveled-looking guy beside him, whose stubble grew wildly.

“This is Ruan Yuntao, also a senior occupational consultant.”

“Your Excellency Su Chen, we will be serving you this time.”

It was Su Chen’s first time experiencing the so-called “job analysis,” and he was not very familiar with the process.

Li Zhe sat down skillfully, took out his smart terminal, and asked, “Excuse me, what kind of requirements do you need to meet now?”

The Occupational Analysis Department is essentially a supplement to the Translation Department. The occupational requirements are translated into text, but text can have multiple interpretations.

The old men in the Translation Department would never condescend to serve ordinary professionals, so occupational analysts came into being.

“I need to refine metal raw materials,” Su Chen said.

“Refining metal raw materials…” Li Zhe’s eyes flashed, and he immediately entered work mode. “What category needs to be refined? Are there any requirements for the value of the raw materials? To what extent does it need to be refined?”

“Does it have to be done by hand, or can it be operated by instruments?”

Hearing this series of questions, Su Chen fell silent.

Li Zhe explained, “Please don’t worry, we are not trying to pry into your profession. These pieces of information are related to the completion of professional requirements, which in turn affects the success rate and even the strength of professional employment and advancement…”

Su Chen only sighed that everyone had their own specialties. He had never thought about so many issues. The panel even had a progress bar for the requirements, and there was nothing more intuitive than a progress bar.

“These are the only requirements. As for the category, refining level, and so on, I don’t know,” Su Chen shook his head.

“Are there any other requirements for this profession?” Ruan Yuntao, who was next to him, suddenly asked.

Li Zhe frowned and said in a deep voice, “You’re asking too many questions.”

They can only inquire based on the requirements provided by the service target. Asking too much easily makes people wary.

“Actually, I just want you to help me coordinate with the Crafting Department to see if they can provide materials and an environment…” Su Chen said.

The Occupational Analysis Department of the Tribunal has another important role, which is to coordinate with other agencies to complete necessary occupational requirements as quickly as possible.

“Then I probably know what your profession is. You’re an Arms Master, right?” Ruan Yuntao suddenly realized. “Then just contact the Crafting Department directly. They have a fixed procedure.”

Li Zhe’s eyebrows twitched, and he forced a smile. “I’m sorry, my colleague is just like that.”

“It’s fine.” Su Chen didn’t mind.

Li Zhe breathed a sigh of relief and said, “I’ll contact the Crafting Department for you now. If you go now, you should be able to start once you get there.”

The efficiency is really high, Su Chen sighed again. If he had to contact them himself, he didn’t know how much time would be wasted.

After seeing Su Chen off, Li Zhe angrily looked at Ruan Yuntao, “Old Ruan, we’re colleagues, if you want to die, don’t drag me into it!”

Ruan Yuntao picked his nose and said lazily, “He didn’t get angry, did he? But you, this time you didn’t personally send him to the Crafting Department. Last time, when that core seed member came, didn’t you personally send him to the Engraving Department?”

“Times have changed. Last time, a core seed member was still a core seed member, but now, it’s hard to say.” Li Zhe shook his head. “I don’t know what the Chief Justice is thinking, changing things for no reason.”

“It’s just that he saw how utilitarian you people are, bowing and scraping to core seed members, creating factions,” Ruan Yuntao sneered.

“Now that there’s uncertainty, you immediately change your tune.”

“It’s not just fear of uncertainty.” Li Zhe wasn’t annoyed by what he said. “If it were other core seed members, then fine, but Su Chen and Chu Xuan, these two haven’t been tested yet.”

“Gossiping behind people’s backs, being two-faced.” Ruan Yuntao couldn’t stand this person and turned to leave.

“Who’s gossiping?” Li Zhe angrily said, “If your brother-in-law wasn’t the section chief, you would have been ostracized long ago, yet here you are pretending to be noble!”

…

Su Chen was unaware of the quarrel in the Occupational Analysis Department. He had already left the Tribunal and was heading to the Crafting Department.

The Crafting Department, Engraving Department, Potion Department, and other profession-related departments, but mainly auxiliary, were all under the Resources Department. Its director was also a member of the Elder Council.

These places held a secondary position in Ying Feng, although they were inferior to the Tribunal, Security Division, and Translation Department, they were still places many people found difficult to enter.

The Crafting Department was located in a slightly remote area. It took Su Chen some time to arrive, and he could see giant furnaces from afar.

They resembled crawling steel beasts on the ground, with cooling towers behind them continuously emitting white smoke.

Next to it was the Engraving Department, which appeared quite serene, with only large, continuous white buildings.

These two departments had many areas where they could cooperate. In some ways, they could even be considered inseparable.

After verifying his identity, Su Chen stepped into the Crafting Department, and the felt temperature significantly increased.

“An Arms Master… we have many professionals like that in our Crafting Department. There are no specific requirements for the metal raw materials needed for refining, ordinary crisp gold ore is fine.”

The person in charge of reception was Sun Zhiyu, the Administrative Section Chief of the Crafting Department. He had been waiting at the gate for a long time. He was a capable middle-aged man with a light brown skin, as if he had been exposed to high temperatures for many years.

He led Su Chen inside, saying, “We have a process here where we refine the raw materials to 90% purity before handing them over to you. This way, you can save a lot of time.”

Thump! –

Su Chen looked at the testing ground on the left, where rhythmic vibrations were heard. A hammer-shaped impact device was testing a new type of armor, and each impact generated a considerable energy ripple.

Hearing this, he said, “Section Chief Sun, let’s not follow the old method. I want to refine it myself, from raw materials to finished product.”

Sun Zhiyu paused his steps, rather surprised. “Refine it by hand? If you use the crude method, a hundred tons of raw materials will take a lot of time to refine…”

“Striving for perfection,” Su Chen smiled.

Sun Zhiyu didn’t say anything, within a certain range, he just needed to provide whatever Su Chen wanted. He was just a little surprised earlier.

The two continued to walk deeper, the noise was loud, and the temperature gradually rose, especially when passing the furnace, Su Chen felt his body sweating.

Buzz–

Shadow enveloped Su Chen. He looked up and saw the vault of the neighboring warehouse slowly opening. A magnetic levitation forklift was transporting bundles of crystallized steel ingots to the fine processing center. The cooling patterns on the surface of the steel ingots shimmered with a faint blue light.

“Here we are, this is the rough processing area…” Sun Zhiyu led him into the work area. As the heavy steel door opened, a wave of heat rushed out.

It was a hive of activity, with reddish-hot metal ore on the conveyor belt leading to the central furnace. Hydraulic forging hammers worked in sync, their clanging sound incessant, and splashing oxidized scales shot out like meteors.

The Crafting Department has many subordinate agencies. Large-scale standardized weapons are not manufactured here; this place is more like a small refinery and weapon laboratory.

Passing through the work area and reaching the independent workshop in the back, Su Chen could faintly see someone wielding a large hammer, seemingly also working, through the thick glass window.

Sun Zhiyu opened an empty room and explained, “Many prototype weapons could only be forged manually at first. After various tests, molds could then be made.”

In the room, there was a small forging table, and in the corner, there were metal hammers of various shapes, along with a few pieces of black and pale gold metal ore.

“Hmm…” Su Chen thought for a moment and asked, “Can I refine it in another place?”

“Where would you like to go, Your Excellency?” Sun Zhiyu was slightly stunned.

“My residence in the Tribunal,” Su Chen said. Refining materials would obviously take a lot of time, and he also wanted to train simultaneously.

It was quite far from the Tribunal, and there was no training environment there.

“Hmm…” Sun Zhiyu frowned slightly. “Although refining crisp gold ore doesn’t require an overly strict environment, I’ll have to ask for instructions on this matter. Please forgive me.”

He left in a hurry to find his superior, while Su Chen walked into the studio, activated the forging table, and the plasma flame nozzle in the middle suddenly spewed out a dazzling fire.

Su Chen clamped a brick-sized piece of crisp gold ore onto it, then walked to a row of metal hammers in the corner, weighing them.

[Crimson Steel Forging Hammer (Tier 2): Made from high-strength crimson steel alloy.]

“They’re actually all tiered items…” Su Chen was quite surprised. He picked a comfortable one and tentatively smashed it onto the crisp gold ore, which had already been burnt crimson.

Clang!

In the crisp collision, Su Chen felt a recoil force transmit along the hammer. Some crimson particles splashed, quickly oxidizing into black in mid-air, which were the impurities within.

“Brother Su?” A call came from the doorway. Su Chen paused his movements and looked up, “Jiang Xi?”

“It really is you…” Jiang Xi was even more surprised. He walked up quite excitedly, “I heard from a colleague that a core seed member came, and I thought it sounded like you. What are you doing here?”

“Oh, fulfilling a professional requirement, need to refine some materials.” Su Chen explained.

“You haven’t forged metal before, have you?” Jiang Xi seemed to hesitate to speak.

“Indeed.” Su Chen didn’t shy away. “Any tips you can teach me?”

Seeing Su Chen’s humble request, Jiang Xi quickly waved his hand, “It’s not really a secret. Every metal material has different properties, and your flame temperature is a bit low…”

Jiang Xi could tell the approximate temperature of the flame with his naked eye and adjusted it up for him. “And…”

He specialized in this knowledge and taught Su Chen some small tricks to improve efficiency.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The clear clanging sound gradually became rhythmic. Soon, the crisp gold ore was refined almost to completion, shrinking by nearly half, only the size of a fist.

Glancing at the panel, the progress of refining metal raw materials showed a 0.01% indicator.

“It seems that refining to this extent is enough,” Su Chen estimated.

“…Your Excellency Su Chen…”

While refining, Sun Zhiyu returned, looking surprised at Jiang Xi who was standing by, and said, “The superiors have approved it. A small forging furnace can be moved over. Just return it when you’re done.”

This was not a big deal, approval was inevitable, and Su Chen was not surprised. He mused, “There are too many raw materials, and I probably won’t have space for them all at once. Let’s send them in batches.”

“Just let him send it.”

Su Chen pointed to Jiang Xi next to him.

Sun Zhiyu thoughtfully said, “I understand.”

Su Chen further confirmed the size of the small forging furnace with Sun Zhiyu, and found that it could barely fit into the gravity training room.

Sun Zhiyu guessed Su Chen’s thoughts and couldn’t help but say, “You’re really diligent. In five times gravity, a small forging furnace should barely be able to operate.”

The small forging furnace from the Crafting Department and the first batch of crisp gold ore almost arrived at the Tribunal at the same time as him.

After putting the small forging furnace into the gravity training room, the area he could move in was almost reduced to one-third, barely enough to swing a large hammer.

“You’re really going to train and forge iron at the same time, huh?” Jiang Xi was moving the crisp gold ore and saw Su Chen gesturing in the training room, unable to help but exclaim.

Being a core seed member is not easy.

“Saving time and increasing efficiency…” Su Chen replied casually.

Training is essentially about consuming and recovering to enhance physical strength. The difference between body forging techniques and swinging a large hammer lies only in their efficiency.

“The essence of the Sun-Glow Body Forging Technique is to stimulate body cells through electromagnetic stimulation. Even without matching exercises, it should still be effective…”

Su Chen pondered how to fully combine swinging a large hammer with training.

He picked up the green steel hammer. Under five times gravity, it felt incredibly heavy. After adapting for a while, Su Chen could slowly swing it.

Electric arcs sparked on his skin. Changing the movements made him very uncomfortable, but Su Chen kept trying little by little.

Fortunately, the Sun-Glow Body Forging Technique was only E-grade, and not so complex as to affect the whole body with one move.

The core was to stimulate the body with electromagnetism. The fixed movements of swinging a large hammer weakened the stimulation effect, but it allowed him to balance training and forging.

“This is perfect…” Su Chen tried it for a moment and then stopped, asking Jiang Xi to adjust the small forging furnace for him. After all, working in a gravity environment, both the flame intensity and stability would fluctuate.

Jiang Xi, being only a Tier 1 professional, found it difficult to work in a five-gravity environment. He could only remotely guide Su Chen. It took him over half an hour to adjust the small forging furnace to similar effectiveness as in a normal environment.

“Fortunately, it’s just crisp gold ore. The refining temperature required isn’t high, otherwise, it really couldn’t be done,” Jiang Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief.

“Thank you for your trouble.” Su Chen saw him out, and Jiang Xi repeatedly shook his head, “Just a small help, no trouble at all.”

After seeing Jiang Xi off, Su Chen returned to the gravity room, poured the potion, and picked up the large hammer.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Faint, crisp collision sounds echoed from the gravity room.

Night fell, and in another villa not far from here, the lights were still bright.

The first floor had been transformed into a banquet hall, with pleasant music playing. The inner court’s seed members gathered in twos and threes, chatting with each other.

On the second floor, He Kang’s eyebrows furrowed even more, looking “distressed” as he said with a wry smile, “Su Chen didn’t come.”

There were only five people in the room, and Chu Xuan was actually here. Wei Yu Fan in the center looked even gloomier upon hearing this.

Someone next to him grumbled, “He Kang, how did you convey the message? Brother Wei invited him, and even Chu Xuan came, yet he won’t even give him this much respect?”

“Liu Chen, I did convey the message, but whether he comes or not is out of my control,” He Kang said helplessly. “Perhaps he had an urgent matter.”

Liu Chen scoffed, “Chu Xuan is preparing to advance to a top-tier profession recently, and he still came.”

Chu Xuan, on the side, looked even more composed and didn’t speak.

“As for that Su Chen, he went to the Translation Department in the morning and the Crafting Department in the afternoon, never stopping. Does he still need to make this trip tonight?” He was very familiar with Su Chen’s whereabouts.

“When he gets promoted to Tier 3, I’ll let Chu Xuan beat him up, and then I’ll challenge him myself, just to see what it feels like to be a core seed member.”

“It’s not that easy,” He Kang shook his head. “Everyone knows how Su Chen performed during the assessment. Even if Tier 3 is just an advanced profession, his strength is still considerable.”

Chu Xuan’s face turned cold, and he thought of the assessment scene again.

“So what if it’s not bad? Tier 2 is not Tier 3, and he definitely lacks experience. It just depends on who is faster and takes him down,” Liu Chen said dismissively.

“However, he hasn’t started seeking advancement yet. Not long after entering the Tribunal, he chose a profession, but he hasn’t contacted the Occupational Analysis Department for preparation,” another person wondered. “He did go there this afternoon, but he seemed to be asking about a special profession.”

“Is he trying to avoid it?” Liu Chen couldn’t help but ask.

He Kang and Su Chen had exchanged a few words and believed that the other party was not someone who would avoid things. “No, he wouldn’t shy away from promotion just because he might be challenged.”

Liu Chen’s eyes flickered: “Who cares about him? If he wants to be a maverick and stand alone, he needs to see if he has the capital to do so.”

Wei Yu Fan glanced over, and said lightly, “Mind your manners.”

………

The struggle among the four core seed members intensified. As time passed, some inner court seed members, who had been suppressed for years, finally made their move after observing several battles.

Two months after the challenger ranking system appeared, Liang Jingcheng, the third-ranked core seed member, was defeated with difficulty by Feng Zi, an inner court seed member.

This caused a huge sensation, as he was the first person to successfully challenge a core seed member from an inner court seed.

Chong Jingtian himself appeared at the scene to congratulate him on becoming the new core seed member, and Su Chen even went out to take a look.

The others also finally realized that the core seed positions were truly unstable. Even after seven or eight years, they could still be challenged and taken down today.

Feng Zi, who was once a member of Liang Jingcheng’s faction, could be considered an internal struggle. This caused a considerable stir within the small group, and Liang Jingcheng’s staunch supporters left, which can be said to have severely damaged his vitality.

The enthronement of the “New King” further ignited the desires of many inner-court seed members.

This was followed by even more urgent challenges. Several truly powerful inner court seed members stepped forward. Ming Lin and the other two had several difficult battles, almost losing.

But in the end, they managed to defend their positions.

Facing the tenacity of the veteran seed members, many turned their attention to the two nascent new seed members, with many awaiting their promotion to the third tier to claim their positions!

Su Chen didn’t care about the outside world’s turmoil. Every day felt like a repetition: forging, resting, resting, forging.

That day, he swung his hammer down, and the crimson crisp gold ore made a crisp sound.

Su Chen froze, his mental power uncontrollably pouring out. The brownish-black particles splashed on the floor trembled uncontrollably.

[Inferno Meditation Method upgraded to Master level, acquiring the ability – Inferno Chant and Cauldron: Ability derived from mental power infused with fire element attributes.]

His meditation method had indeed been upgraded to Master level. Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, restraining his growing mental power.

He then glanced at the panel——

[Wind Lightning Envoy: 70%]

[Arcanist: 85%]

[E-grade Sun-Glow Body Forging Technique – Mastery: 60%]

The Arcanist progress was almost full, but the progress of the body forging technique had fallen behind due to the recent iron forging.

“It’s time for a new meditation method…”

Su Chen stopped, first turning off the gravity field, then took out his smart bracelet from his storage space and called up the data.

With his current authority, he could access E-grade training methods at will.

This time, the meditation method he chose was named—[Cloud Breath Meditation Method], which could enhance mental acuity.

He held his breath, meditating as his mental power spread like clouds, omnipresent.

After grasping the basics, Su Chen continued to swing the large hammer. The progress of refining metal raw materials had reached 98%. It would be completed by tonight at the earliest, or by tomorrow morning at the latest.

Perhaps because the goal was clearly in sight, his movements quickened. Just after midnight, Su Chen threw the green gold hammer aside.

“Finally… it’s over.”

Su Chen took a deep breath, feeling a sense of relief.

He didn’t find forging interesting. After nearly a month of it, he only found it too monotonous. If it weren’t for the Arms Master dangling in front of him, he would have thrown it aside long ago.

“Employ me!”

Su Chen was impatient. In an instant, he felt a heavy blow to his head, and a large amount of knowledge was forced into him: the properties of various metal materials, temperature control, the angle of the hammer, and so on…

The learning knowledge-based job requirements were removed, and now they were forcibly instilled in him.

[Arms Master job completed, acquiring ability – Arms Forging: Can nurture weapons and, by consuming double the materials, cause them to evolve.

Note (The number of weapons that can be nurtured depends on the rank of your mental profession)]

“Double materials…” Su Chen rubbed his temples. His guess was indeed correct. According to the relevant data from the Translation Department, upgrading weapons through an Arms Master would consume at least three to four times the extra materials.

But now he only needed to consume double, probably because of the crucial issue of “hands-on.”

Perhaps… it wasn’t that no one discovered this problem, but a hundred tons of raw materials crafted by hand, according to his method, would take half a year or even longer.

Many people probably wouldn’t want to waste that much time.

[Triggered additional reward: Arms Forging material consumption reduced by half.]

Text appeared on the panel again, and Su Chen’s eyes lit up, “I almost forgot about this extra reward.”

“The upgrade cost is further halved, meaning I can upgrade weapons with even less material than a Weapon Crafter using forging methods?”

Normally, upgrading weapons through forging uses about 1.2-1.5 times the theoretical amount of materials due to various losses, plus there are “labor costs” and so on.

“In this way, it has saved a lot of resources and energy instead,” Su Chen was in a good mood, and his efforts during this period were not in vain.

“Let’s try… the so-called nurturing…” Su Chen took out the Green Rope from his storage space. “It’s said that thoroughly nurturing a weapon also takes some time to… huh?”

He froze, a string of information appearing in his mind——

“…Made of green steel alloy, best upgraded with refined gold as the main material, supplemented by spiritual fiber…”

“This… already nurtured?” Su Chen was astonished.

His eyes moved, and he understood.

“Nurturing and upgrading can be simply understood as a magic that is activated through mental power. The essence of nurturing is to thoroughly immerse the weapon with mental power, thereby understanding its characteristics…”

“And I had already turned them into Mystical Items, highly compatible with my mental power, so I could directly skip the nurturing step.”

“Tsk, a magical synergy.” Su Chen felt even better. This saved him a lot of time.

“These materials are not precious…” Su Chen estimated, “However, to upgrade them to Tier 3, my mental profession must also be Tier 3.”

“No rush, it’s almost there. Let the Gu family prepare first.”

“First, move this furnace out. Finally, I can properly train.”

When his gaze fell on the furnace, Su Chen recalled when he had refined materials before, “Hmm… the force was a bit too strong, and the interval could be extended appropriately. Crisp gold ore is…”

As he thought, Su Chen’s face darkened, “What the hell, I’m not a blacksmith.”

It was the knowledge that came with being an Arms Master that made him subconsciously recall his previous mistakes.

“Without Jiang Xi sending materials again, the Crafting Department will probably just think I’m impatient and won’t think too much of it.”

It wasn’t long until dawn, so Su Chen simply took a shower and had Zero prepare a sumptuous breakfast. He was genuinely hungry.

While eating, Su Chen listened to the news Zero had gathered.

“Ming Lin was almost defeated too?” Su Chen raised an eyebrow. “There are really many hidden talents among the inner court seeds.”

To this day, the chief seed remains undecided, and the positions of several core seeds are precarious.

After breakfast, an unexpected visitor arrived.

“Du Yu?”

Su Chen was quite surprised and invited him in. The two hadn’t seen each other for some time.

“Brother Su, you should go out and socialize more often. Training all the time isn’t good either.” Du Yu was familiar with Su Chen’s situation. He, Zhang Hengyu, and a few others from Nanfeng often had small gatherings.

“I’m used to it,” Su Chen asked, “Are you… here for work at the Tribunal?”

People from the Supervision Department couldn’t enter the Tribunal without permission.

“No, Deputy Director Cheng granted me the authority to come and deliver a message for you,” Du Yu said, sitting on the sofa and pressing his hand on the cushion.

“Cheng Lang?” Su Chen then remembered the person’s previous recruitment.

The clanging sounds had rattled his brain so much that he almost forgot about it. He muttered to himself, then heard Du Yu say, “He’s inviting you to meet at the Translation Department.”

“Okay, I understand.” Su Chen nodded. His Arcane Energy Crystal and Thunder Core would probably have to rely on this Cheng Lang.

Du Yu secretly envied him. Deputy Director Cheng was considered a big shot in the Supervision Department, and even in Ying Feng.

A personal invitation could only elicit a casual “I understand” from Su Chen.

(End of this chapter)