Dream Travel

Chapter 337 It's worthless if you don't use it.

"Customization doesn't necessarily mean being flashy and impractical..."

"But the standard version is modified according to environmental conditions." The designer glanced at Bai Mu's weapon case. As a professional, he could tell Bai Mu's needs at a glance.

"However, carrying such a box will definitely require modifications to the vehicle."

As he spoke, he took out a pen and asked Bai Mu, "Have you decided which vehicle you want?"

"I initially wanted an off-road vehicle."

The designer clicked his tongue: "Great idea, I'd like one too, but do you have the resources?"

"Of course it wasn't enough, so I switched to a motorcycle."

Bai Mu wanted to mention that he had a special horse, but then he thought there was no need to say it. He came to Yimeng to experience more things.

Weapons, equipment, customized vehicles, etc., may seem meaningless, but once he leaves the dream world, the things he comes into contact with may be condensed by the dream world's mist.

He wouldn't mind having another Dream Eclipse vehicle; if it weren't a vehicle, anything else would be fine too.

"Okay... do you need to make the vehicle carry this box better? That's not a difficult thing."

The designer quickly made some changes to a design drawing and showed the sketch to Bai Mu.

"Isn't there... someone even more handsome?" Bai Mu began to make demands.

"Who are you trying to impress with your good looks? Aren't you afraid those demons will try to steal you away? Even the rugged-style demons will try to steal you away, so if you look good, even more will try to steal you away."

Bai Mu's eyes lit up: "There's such a good thing?"

"Well, due to the limitations of the equipment, don't expect to be able to make some of the designs from Otherworld. The Hellish style is pretty good."

"Let's try to make it as refined as possible, but don't make it too wild."

The White Curtain of Hellwind is not opposed, but many of the vehicles they have seen so far are similar in style to 'Mad Max'.

"Okay, no other requests, right?"

"Can it haul goods?"

"...Then why didn't you choose a tricycle?"

"It doesn't look good."

The designer paused for a moment, then said, "You can find someone who knows magic to handle it, but there's no one here who does."

He gave Bai Mu a suggestion: have someone with magic enchant it, since hellfire metal is an excellent conductive metal.

Make a folding board out of hell metal, enchant it with spells like levitation, and you can meet the White Curtain's cargo hauling needs.

"Get the car made for me first. How long do I have to wait?"

"It won't take too long, just the production of the carrier will take some time. Wait for me." The designer said as he left, seemingly to find the person in charge of the camp.

Not long after, he returned, carrying an engine from the camp's warehouse with White Curtain.

"An engine made of hell metal. Don't worry, it's not hell alloy, it's just further refined hell metal."

The designer and the white curtain were introducing the engine.

"This thing is extremely violent, with a maximum horsepower exceeding 600, probably in the 700 range. However, to reach this level, it requires burning very high-quality hellrock."

"...This thing can fly, right?" Bai Mu looked at the engine; he didn't know much about the vehicle's parameters.

But this kind of horsepower should be used in large-scale events, right? No, large-scale events don't usually require this level of power.

"Is this considered a standard-issue engine?"

“Of course not.” The designer shook his head. The performance of this thing was already overkill. “Just consider it a prototype. This thing was originally intended for emergency use, but since you’re here, I’m giving it to you.”

Bai Mu expressed skepticism: "I don't think I'm that lucky."

"This is definitely not luck. No one else could have brought back several tons of partially refined hell metal."

"And you've already managed to bring back so much hellmetal, you'll surely bring back even more later."

The designer patted the engine: "And although this prototype is good, it's basically impossible to take it out. It's uncertain whether it will be usable in the future. If it's not usable, then we'll have to destroy it."

He shook his head with some regret at this point. After the battle between humans and demons ended, many things that couldn't be taken with them would be destroyed.

Even if the demons in this alternate dream obtain what they left behind, it won't affect reality. But the question is, why leave it to those demons in the first place?
So this thing should be used when necessary. As a prototype, the engine's performance is indeed very strong, and the people who made it have put a lot of effort into its research.

In Hell, an environment lacking high-quality equipment, the difficulty of creating such an engine is unimaginable.

However, it is necessary to test this thing. Once it is successful, we will have the corresponding data, bring the research results to reality, and after taking out some of the hell metal, we will be able to make something even better.

As for the problem of the engine burning hellrock, that's actually easy to solve. Hellrock isn't the only energy source, and there are other alternatives.

As for how to replace it and how to solve it, that's the engineers' job.

He was merely the designer who created the vehicle; he was just a user of it.

He accepted White Curtain's commission to create a motorcycle chassis capable of housing the engine.

The camp has no shortage of parts, so the vehicle that White Curtain wants can be made quickly.

Even from a purely impractical standpoint, this engine alone is more valuable than the hell metal that White Curtain brought back.

But even the best things need to be used. This engine was a product designed to test the performance of engines made from Hellmetal. If Whitebeard wants an off-road vehicle and has enough resources, the camp can also produce another prototype engine.

As for practical applications... come on!

This thing burns Netherrack a bit too quickly, so the human faction is already trying to conserve resources and only uses it in emergencies.

Otherwise, a mature engine would be better, with comparable power and fuel efficiency.

"Since you've put it that way, then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll come here first whenever I get more hell metal."

“You couldn’t have come this far if you hadn’t run far enough,” the designer said casually, then stopped talking when he noticed the white curtain looking around the camp.

The campsite was large, but there weren't actually as many people as I had imagined.

There is an army, but not all of them are concentrated here.

The camp is more like a special logistics base and production area.

The military camp was hidden in another area, and it was a classified area.

"If you're free, you can come and help." After testing the engine, the designer said to Bai Mu, "I see you're quite strong, so if you want to get the car faster, you'd better come along."

“Okay.” Bai Mu did not refuse.

After that, he found out what the help was for: some of the vehicle parts had to be handcrafted!
Bai Mu can't forge iron, but he can still handle some things using the equipment here.

"Can't you bring anything useful?"

After working for several hours, Bai Mu looked at the processed materials and said to the panting designer.

Although he wasn't responsible for much physical labor, and there were other busy workers on site, the remaining work still left him quite exhausted.

"You have great stamina." The designer took out a small bottle and drank the water inside in one gulp.

"With these things, everything should be fine, right?"

"The frame is finished, the rest is easy to handle."

The designer found a place to sit down: "Leave the rest to us. We should be able to get it done by tomorrow."

Bai Mu can rest, but he has to go to work overtime. As for continuing to drag Bai Mu to help... forget it.

What Bai Mu is doing now is a great help.

"Where did you find this guy? If we keep him here in the workshop, our work efficiency will increase by at least half." After Bai Mu left, one of the technicians nudged the designer.

"What are you thinking? He's a ruthless guy who can bring tons of hell metal all by himself."

"A few tons...that's not too much, is it?"

The technician who spoke seemed somewhat dismissive; those of them who worked here came into contact with large amounts of hell metal every day.

"Preliminary refined".

The technician rubbed his stubble-covered chin: "That's impressive..."

The initial refining of hell metal is best done in hell lava.

This method can extract the hellrock from the hellmetal to the maximum extent possible.

If other methods are used, this step alone would have to be repeated several times to achieve the same effect, and only after that can it be considered a preliminary refinement. The process is time-consuming and laborious.

Further refining is not so troublesome.

"This guy's tough. Get his car finished quickly." The designer wiped his sweat and stood up again.

He's a designer, which sounds like an office job, but in this strange dream, those with physical strength and power are treated like cattle and horses.

Those without relevant skills will be used as expendable laborers first, and then as full-time laborers once they have developed their skills. Even 'office' staff have to do hard labor here.

He was initially frail, but during his time working in hell, he visibly became rougher and stronger.

The reason they can work in Hell for so long is that the camp has sacred texts that reduce the influence of Hell's power.

This sacred script also prevents them from being detected by demons, and the daily drinking water here is infused with non-toxic holy water.

The various protective measures ensure that the people in the camp can maintain their condition for a long time in the hellish environment.

As for supply depots, those places are inherently vulnerable to attack, and the personnel turnover is extremely frequent, leaving no resources like those of a camp.

But the people at the supply depot didn't envy those in the camp.

Living conditions at the supply station were poor, but the personnel there rotated frequently. They could go back to rest after a week or so, or at most ten days or half a month.

Better conditions at the camp come at the cost of longer working hours.

No matter what you do, once you're assigned here, work for a month or two first!

If this were a normal alternate dream, no one would complain, but this is hell.

As a designer, he has been working here for more than three months, but his requested leave is still nowhere in sight.

He even wanted to discuss with the camp leader whether he could be assigned to a nearby supply station, as he wanted to help his colleague bear the hardships of working at the supply station.

The person in charge disagreed.

(End of this chapter)