Pretending To Be A Boss

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House of Daedalus.

Tang Xian sat next to Ke Ye, as meetings were held daily and thus, a great deal of off-topic rubbish talk preceded them.

For instance, someone would share their views and comments on a certain weapon.

Someone's store introduced some kind of mechanical modules.

Tang Xian yawned, drawing quite a few displeased glances.

"Who is this?" Li Zhenjiang asked.

Ke Ye hurriedly said, "Li, this is my friend Tang Xian. The alloy formulation I presented yesterday was provided by him."

The crowd was astonished.

To them, the proportion of various metallic materials in that alloy formulation seemed like art; without decades of dedicated study, how could one come up with such a thing?

Wang Qi, who looked down on the young, naturally didn't believe it, and said,

"I wonder where Mr. Tang studied."

"I haven't, I'm just a junior employee," Tang Xian answered truthfully.

Wang Qi was stunned and then laughed in annoyance:

"Ke Ye, you brought this person here just so you could release the formulation to the public?"

"The House of Daedalus is the ultimate meeting room that countless weapon designers and metallurgists dream of. You let a junior employee impersonate that senior?"

Ke Ye glanced at Tang Xian, who then said:

"That formulation was indeed designed by me. Although I work at the bottom, I occasionally review my past knowledge, as reviewing the old can lead to understanding the new. It was just a moment of inspiration,"

Tang Xian spoke with a calm and earnest tone, and he didn't try to boast or trivialize the matter.

But even though he was telling the truth, the atmosphere on site was somewhat awkward.

Not to mention Wang Qi, even Li Zhenjiang and Zhang An, including some young people next to Ke Ye, thought that Tang Xian was probably an outsider to their field.

Tang Xian shook his head; he hadn't seen Tang Xiaojiu for some days and missed her. He didn't want to linger, so he went straight to the point,

"You want to release the formulation to the public, right?"

He asked Ke Ye, who nodded.

Then, without paying attention to Wang Qi, Tang Xian directly asked Li Zhenjiang,

"And you think this is an opportunity to reshuffle national power, so we should keep some secrets, right?"

Although Li Zhenjiang was skeptical, he was a composed person and thus nodded in agreement.

Tang Xian said, "Easy. May I borrow some paper and a pen?"

Ke Ye handed Tang Xian paper and a pen.

Tang Xian pondered briefly, then began to scribble.

His hand moved swiftly, and as he hurried to finish the meeting, his handwriting became sloppy but still legible.

The drawings resembled the work of a soul artist, yet it was clear enough for one to discern its intent.

Everything seemed like the casual doodles of an outsider.

However, in the House of Daedalus, no one stopped him; they all waited to see what the young man was up to.

Minutes later, after making several changes and corrections, Tang Xian nearly finished his drawing and handed the paper and pen back to Ke Ye.

"Some aspects of this formulation are still theoretical. Remember what I told you last time, after the battle in Yuepela Plains is over, when there are abundant Soul Crystals available, then you'll be able to use it.

Figure out the rest on your own; restrict it to national use for three years, then go public afterward. And for the formulation I gave you before, to cope with the upcoming conflicts, you should release it now. I'm off to the mines, you know the place. If you want to catch up, come find me."

Having said that, Tang Xian left without delay.

Ke Ye had a dumbfounded expression. Was this man multitasking the judgment, the new formulation, and saying farewell all at once?

He lowered his head to look at Tang Xian's scribbles and couldn't tear his eyes away.

Wang Qi snorted cynically, waiting to be amused. Zhang An, however, noticed something off in Ke's expression.

It was clearly the look of someone who had discovered treasure.

Li Zhenjiang then left his seat and walked over to Ke Ye.

Soon, more and more people gathered around Ke Ye. These masters of weaponry manufacturing all wore looks of disbelief.

Wang Qi finally managed to squeeze in and take a look. At first, he was dismissive, but then he let out a light exclamation.

And then, as if struck by lightning,

"Can... can weapons be made like this?"

Ke Ye was the first to regain composure. The previous formula given by Tang Xian was for an alloy that simply enhanced the toughness, lightness, and sharpness of existing metals, and was in all respects superior to the old alloys. It was hard to see how any improvement could be made on that.

But Tang Xian also mentioned a concept: future weapons would likely use Soul Crystals as the core material.

How to translate theory and ideas into specific plans would require a lot of work.

Even Ke Ye hadn't imagined that Tang Xian's theoretical talk already had a complete plan in mind.

As Tang Xian said, it was a draft that was still in the theoretical stage, but it already provided answers in many of the most challenging areas.

Li Zhenjiang also calmed down and said,

"The younger generation is to be feared indeed. We have indeed become complacent. This man is truly a genius! If we take the Yuepela Plains, humans' domain would expand from the blue to the yellow regions, with the hunting range increasing by several times, and naturally, there would be more Soul Crystals."

"With this, the usage of Soul Crystals, a rare material, in various fields will have more opportunities for experimentation, and so will the weaponry industry! This is truly revolutionary! With this formulation, we can definitely release the previous one to the open source."

Zhang An nodded, and the others agreed as well.

Wang Qi was doubting his life decisions and asked,