Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1645 - 443: Reverse Pursuit, Discovery of Tampering

After coming out of the small temple, Yu Ziqing originally intended to check on the Evil Lord first.But thinking about what the Mountain Lord said, he felt it was better to focus on the Spirit Transformation Array first.

The situation with the Evil Lord wouldn't change much in a short time; it's a long-term project.

The issue with the Super Large Spirit Transformation Array doesn't seem to be going smoothly.

After gaining initial experience from Dazhen, it should be easier here in Dadui.

The time-consuming part is just the preliminary planning, initial exploration, combining it with the actual terrain, and deciding how to set up the Super Large Spirit Transformation Array according to the real-life situation.

And this step started a long time ago, even when Dazhen was still under construction, it was almost completed.

Later, based on experience and actual circumstances, slight adjustments could be made; the most time-consuming tasks had already been done.

Yu Ziqing didn't manage this matter closely, as it could be organized and executed systematically by someone else.

But it's been several years now, and it seems like there hasn't been much progress.

Yu Ziqing did a round, visiting various places in the capacity of Yi Sijiu, to see for himself.

The progress was indeed slow, as there were genuinely few relevant talents within Dadui, and they hadn't matured yet.

Some specialized talents were also several versions behind in knowledge, still in the phase of catching up.

Luckily, many people had been recruited, and even to this day, batches of people come from Dazhen to Dadui from time to time.

Additionally, there's a Dean with the Super Large Spirit Transformation Array as his research theme, plus apprentices and hard-working students, allowing for stable progress.

Yu Ziqing went around for several days, scratching his head, thinking everything seemed to be going smoothly.

However, the overall progress was slow, with a tendency to become even slower.

Yu Ziqing checked the progress, work environment, and various details, and found that there wasn't a major widespread laziness issue.

Especially those hard-working students, each working themselves to death, their level of effort even made Yu Ziqing a bit scared.

Their eyes were filled with dissatisfaction and a thirst for knowledge, as if wasting a bit of time or learning a little less would leave them with no hope of advancing to Dean in the future.

If he worked that hard, he would have already finished three pages of the reading list by now.

Yu Ziqing made another round and went to discuss with Song, confirming that everyone in the project was working hard, with no one deliberately dragging their feet or sabotaging.

After wasting three months here, Yu Ziqing returned to the starting point.

At this time, the received information showed that the project's speed seemed to have suddenly accelerated.

Yet, the various received messages indicated that there wasn't much change compared to before.

Based on the current pace, it was estimated that this major project could be completed within two years.

Yu Ziqing personally reviewed the data and couldn't figure out why there was significant improvement and increased speed.

After pondering, he concealed his identity again to quietly observe.

This time, he did not notify anyone, continuing to dive deep into the grassroots level.

Everything seemed unchanged from a few months ago, but when he reached a workshop responsible for a type of material smelting, Yu Ziqing sharply noticed that this workshop's shipping speed had increased.

Moreover, the instances of substandard materials had also decreased somewhat.

Why did such changes occur in just a few months?

Last time he came, he confirmed that the smelting workers weren't slacking off or cutting corners.

Because their wages were directly linked to their skill level.

The difference in quality and high qualification rates resulted in income levels differing not by a few tens of percent but by a whole digit degree.

Why was this happening?

Yu Ziqing camped here for three days before figuring out that this workshop was the lowest-tier partner in the entire big project.

However, beneath this workshop, there were even more people in cooperation.

And these people and forces have already exceeded the range that the entire big project can define.

Yu Ziqing continued to trace upwards, looking for upstream raw material suppliers.

From basic smelting to more upstream mining.

Yu Ziqing discovered the issue, that some raw materials produced in the workshop inherently required many more basic raw materials.

And one type of ore came from Dazhen.

It was transported to Dadui by the Hungry Ghost Trading Company.

For the past two years, the commotion in the Abyss Rift Valley has been incessant, affecting the transportation routes.

Additionally, in Dazhen, mining this tipo's ore had also slowed down; rumors had it that something stirred up for some time.

With the most basic ore slowing down, raw material supply was insufficient, and some batches of ore had poor compositions, causing delays in the workshop.

Despite the workshop's apparent full efficiency, it was only just that.

Continuing to hold back the progress upward.

Recently, with the conclusion of the Demon War in the Abyss Rift Valley, the transportation route stabilized, and pent-up demand surged.

Additionally, Dazhen wanted to conduct long-term business and knew the importance of these materials, leading to the supplier of inferior ore being squeezed out by other locals in Dazhen.

Yu Ziqing wasn't too sure about the specific struggles in Dazhen.

However, upon recent inspection, Yu Ziqing found that the Hungry Ghost Trading Company had sent inquiries to Dazhen, that internal struggles over profits were unrelated to outsiders, but the supply had normalized.

Yu Ziqing sent a message to the Deceitful Ghost, asking them to investigate a bit.