Chapter 16: Amazing Learning Speed

“System, activate Ouyezi’s Smart Core AI!”

Zhou Huai gave the command mentally.

“Ding! Clone ‘Myriad Forms Divine Craftsman Ouyezi’ Smart Core AI System 1.0 has been activated!”

The cold System prompt sounded.

The next second, Zhou Huai felt himself withdraw from Ouyezi’s body.

Ouyezi’s eyes, in front of him, were momentarily blank.

Then, he moved on his own!

Ouyezi first stiffly moved his limbs, seemingly getting used to this new body.

He walked to the Forging Station and picked up the heavy Forging Hammer.

“Clang!”

He didn’t hold the hammer steady, and it dropped directly to the ground with a thud.

Ouyezi bent down and clumsily picked up the hammer.

He picked up a piece of red copper Ore and put it into the forge.

He pulled the bellows.

Flames rose.

The entire process was filled with awkwardness.

When he clamped out the red-hot Ore and brought down the first hammer blow.

“Bang!”

He used too much force!

The Ore was directly smashed into pieces, sparks flew everywhere, and one set of Materials was scrapped on the spot!

Zhou Huai watched from the consciousness space, shaking his head.

This AI, it seems, still needs some training.

Ouyezi paused for a moment, seemingly analyzing the cause of the failure.

He silently cleaned up the scrapped Materials and took out another set.

This time, his movements were significantly steadier.

Hammering, shaping, Fusion.

Although still somewhat mechanical, it no longer had the previous awkwardness.

An hour later.

“Ding!”

The crisp sound of a hammer falling.

The first pair of gauntlets successfully came out of the forge!

Ouyezi picked up the gauntlets, and the attribute panel automatically appeared.

“Apprentice Gauntlets”

“Quality: Fine ☆ (One-Star)”

“Rank: LV5”

“Physical Defense: +20”

“Stamina: +1”

“Durability: 50 / 50”

“Fine One-Star?” Zhou Huai nodded with satisfaction.

“Not bad, not bad. To adapt so quickly, he already has half of my skill.”

He yawned.

Continuously controlling the Clone to forge consumed a considerable amount of mental energy.

“Now, I’ll just let the AI play on its own.”

Zhou Huai completely withdrew his consciousness and returned to his main body.

Butler Fu had already prepared the meal.

After a simple meal, Zhou Huai fell into a deep sleep.

On the other side.

Inside the Forging Guild’s exclusive Forging Room on the third floor.

Ouyezi’s forging did not stop for /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ a moment.

“Clang! Clang! Clang!”

Rhythmic hammering sounds continuously emanated from within the door.

He seemed like a tireless machine, repeating the monotonous forging process over and over again.

But each hammer blow was more precise than the last.

Every step was more skilled than the last.

From awkwardness to proficiency, then to flowing smoothly like water.

A steady and focused aura, characteristic of a true Forging Master, gradually emanated from Ouyezi.

At the same time.

Outside the Forging Room door.

Supervisor Shen Qiu paced back and forth, hands behind his back, agitated.

He occasionally glanced at the tightly shut iron door, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

“It’s been five hours, why hasn’t he come out yet?”

“Even an S-Rank Forging Master wouldn’t take this long to forge a pair of Level 5 gauntlets, would he?”

He began to mutter to himself.

Did he misjudge him?

That kid, he wouldn’t be deliberately bragging to trick the Guild out of its resources, would he?

“Old Shen, what are you doing? It’s dinner time, aren’t you getting off work yet?”

Old Zhang leisurely walked up from the second floor, carrying a lunchbox.

“Here, I just got it packed downstairs. Want to eat together?”

Shen Qiu waved his hand, annoyed: “I can’t eat!”

“You tell me, that kid wouldn’t be messing with me, would he?”

Old Zhang was stunned: “Brother Ouyezi? No way, right?”

“Those two Fine Two-Star longswords of his were real; I saw him take them out with my own eyes.”

“Moreover, I was guarding outside at the time, and it was indeed his first time entering the Forging Room.”

Shen Qiu sighed: “Who knows.”

“But it’s been over five hours, and there’s no movement at all. My heart is in turmoil.”

Old Zhang chuckled: “Supervisor, don’t be more anxious than the emperor himself.”

“Maybe he’s brewing a Great Master move in there?”

“Oh, by the way, could you give me a hint? What Rank of Forging Master is Brother Ouyezi exactly? Is he worth you personally guarding here?”

Shen Qiu glared at him: “Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask!”

“Besides, it’s not even certain yet!”

...

Zhou Huai slept soundly, oblivious to time.

When he opened his eyes again, the sky outside the window was dotted with stars.

“Hiss, that was a good sleep.”

He stretched, and the first thing he did was immerse his consciousness into Ouyezi’s body.

As soon as he connected.

“Hmm?”

Zhou Huai was stunned.

He saw that the Forging Station, which had been piled with Materials, was now neatly arranged with a row of brand-new gauntlets!

A rough count revealed nine pairs!

“Damn it! Is the AI that fierce?”

Zhou Huai stepped forward and picked up the first pair of gauntlets.

“Apprentice Gauntlets”

“Quality: Fine ☆ (One-Star)”

Not bad.

Then he looked at the second pair.

“Apprentice Gauntlets”

“Quality: Fine ☆☆ (Two-Star)”

“That’s good!”

The third pair was Fine Three-Star.

The fourth pair, Fine Four-Star!

The fifth pair, Fine Five-Star!

Zhou Huai grew more and more astonished as he looked.

The AI’s learning and evolution capabilities were simply abnormal!

When he picked up the seventh pair of gauntlets, his hand trembled slightly.

“Apprentice Gauntlets”

“Quality: Rare ☆ (One-Star)”

“Rank: LV5”

“Physical Defense: +45”

“Stamina: +3”

“Agility: +2”

“Special Effect: Lightness (Passive) - Attack Speed increased by 10%”

“Durability: 80 / 80”

“Rare quality! And with a special effect!”

Zhou Huai’s breathing quickened a few beats.

The eighth pair, Rare One-Star!

The ninth pair, Rare Two-Star!

“My goodness!”

Zhou Huai looked at the nine pairs of gauntlets, especially the last three Rare quality ones, his eyes shining.

Nine forges, 100% success rate!

And the quality soared all the way!

From Fine One-Star, all the way to Rare Three-Star!

If this got out, the entire forging world would explode!

“The passive of Myriad Forms Divine Craftsman saved 30% of the Materials; there’s still quite a bit left.”

“However, it’s enough for now.”

Zhou Huai controlled Ouyezi and slowly pushed open the door of the Forging Room.

“Creak—”

Outside the door.

Shen Qiu and Old Zhang were chatting idly. Hearing the sound of the door opening, both looked over at the same time.

Shen Qiu’s face immediately broke into a stiff smile, but his heart sank.

Taking this long to come out probably meant bad news.

“Mr. Ouyezi, you... you finally came out.” Shen Qiu chuckled dryly, “Was the forging smooth? No problems?”

Ouyezi’s expression was calm; he reached out and pointed inside the Forging Room.

“The equipment has all been forged.”

“Please, Supervisor Shen, go in and inspect them.”

“Good, good, good, of course, of course.”

Shen Qiu was polite with his words, but he no longer held any hope.

He stepped into the Forging Room.

The next second.

When he saw the nine pairs of gauntlets, neatly arranged on the Forging Station, each shimmering with a different light.

He froze on the spot.

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

He counted carefully.

A full nine pairs of gauntlets!

And that luster! That texture!

Finally, he could no longer hold back and blurted out a curse:

“What the f*ck?!”