When the group rushed to the Hope with their tools and materials, something that Qinchuan had expected happened. The materials couldn't be installed on the Hope, not even with brute force.
Even though the materials were of good quality, they still couldn't be installed.
This discovery was like a bucket of cold water being poured over everyone's head. Their high spirits were instantly dampened. They couldn't even do the most basic repair work, let alone the follow-up work.
Deo, on the other hand, seemed to have expected this. He smiled when he saw everyone scratching their heads and said, "Everyone, we've tried many times before, and we've come to a conclusion. You all need to use the wood nurturing spell to nourish the materials in your hands before you can send them back to the Hope."
Hearing Deo's words, everyone was reminded of the Wood Nurturing Spell that was given to them earlier. It was a Wood Nurturing Spell, and it was a Level 5 Auxiliary Spell.
It was no wonder that the Hope had only recruited level 5 and above talisman matrices who were proficient in the wood element. It turned out that before repairing the Hope, they had to use wood nurturing spells to nourish the materials. Therefore, even talisman matrices who were proficient in other elements would not be of much use.
"The reason I didn't warn you earlier was to let you experience it for yourself. That way, you'll realize the difficulty and won't have any more questions."
Deo chuckled and said, "Generally speaking, a piece of material needs to be nourished with the Wood Nurturing Spell for about 10 days, so let's get started as soon as possible."
Hearing Deo's words, everyone put down the tools in their hands and took out their talisman brushes and began to inscribe the Wood Nurturing Technique on the materials. Everyone's mental strength was different, so the number of Wood Nurturing Techniques they could inscribe was also different. The weakest person would have to recuperate after inscribing three Wood Nurturing Techniques. The strongest person, such as Qin Chuan, would have no problem inscribing ten Wood Nurturing Techniques in a row.
Although Qinchuan wanted to repair the Hope as soon as possible, he couldn't stand out too much at the moment. Therefore, after inscribing five Wood Nurturing Spells, Qinchuan stopped and pretended that his mental strength was exhausted. He sat down and started to rest.
One after another, more and more people stopped what they were doing. The last person to stop was the only 6th Tier Talisman Formation Master among them. He had inscribed a total of 10 Wood Nurturing Techniques. At this moment, he was so tired that his face was pale and he looked very tired.
"There are 68 of us in total. Adding up to 360 Wood Nurturing Spells, we've inscribed 360 Wood Nurturing materials."
Qinchuan looked at the one-meter square of material inscribed with Wood Nurturing Spells in front of him, then at the pile of materials in the distance, and then at the broken Hope. He couldn't help but sigh. To repair the Hope, they would need at least several hundred thousand Wood Nurturing Spells. Based on their current work efficiency, it would take them at least half a year to 10 years to gather all the materials. Including the time needed to repair the Hope, it would take them at least a year to complete the task.
And this was without considering any unexpected factors. If they encountered other problems during the repair process, it would take even more time.
Originally, Qinchuan only wanted to use this opportunity to get close to Sharmila and then find a way to enter Sector 4 with Sharmila's help. However, facing the broken Hope, he had to change his original plan. He had to find a way to repair the Hope and at the same time, investigate the ins and outs of this matter!
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For the next 10 days, Qinchuan's group did nothing but focus on inscribing Wood Nurturing Spells on the materials. Qinchuan even took some time off to go through the suppressed Minor Calamity. Due to this, his performance was at the bottom of the list.
By then, the first batch of nurturing materials was ready for use. When the group tried to repair the Hope with the materials, they ran into another huge problem. Even though the materials had been nurtured, they were still incompatible with the Hope. It was extremely difficult to fit a single piece of material into the Hope.
After 10 days of nurturing, the impossible had become extremely difficult. Even though there was progress, the group was still disappointed and even despairing.
Finally, they understood why factory No. 9 had offered them such a high salary. Based on the difficulty of the task, no one would be willing to do it without a high salary.
At the same time, Deo also noticed the change in the group's mood. He quickly adjusted the group's salary by another 20% to motivate them. With the help of money, the group's mood improved significantly. They were more enthusiastic when it came to inscribing Wood Nurturing Spells.
A month passed by just like that. Even though the amount of nurturing materials had increased, the Hope's repair work hadn't made much progress. The people who originally thought the Hope would take at least a year now thought it would take at least two years to repair the Hope.
During this period, Qinchuan was calm. He was patiently waiting for Sharmila's arrival. He believed that Sharmila would come to inspect the work in person soon.
When the group's motivation from the salary increase dissipated, Qinchuan finally saw Sharmila. This was already the third month since he joined factory No. 9.
Sharmila's arrival was a very secretive matter, but Qin Chuan still managed to guess it through the increased security and the large number of defensive forces deployed in factory No. 9. When Sharmila, who was wearing a long golden dress and looking like a fairy, suddenly appeared in front of the depressed crowd, everyone boiled up and went crazy.
Countless words of praise almost drowned Sharmila. Facing the group's enthusiasm, Sharmila smiled and used her melodious voice to say, "Thank you for your hard work in the past three months. I hope everyone can maintain the same enthusiasm for work in the future."
Facing Sharmila's encouragement, the group quickly stripped away the dark emotions in their hearts. They were all excited, especially when Sharmila announced that their salary had increased by another 20%. Everyone's faces lit up with ecstasy.
However, Qinchuan was not one of the ecstatic people because his voice transmission to Sharmila was blocked!
Even though Qinchuan was smiling, he was thinking about how to get a chance to talk to Sharmila alone. Now that voice transmission was blocked, if he did anything too radical, he would definitely be captured. If that happened, he would not be able to get any information from Sharmila. He would be lucky if he did not expose his identity.