Published: February 6, 2025
"Thank you to my brother Xiao Kang for the naked run, and to Leng Qiu, Ke Xiaotong, the hesitant Xiao Cheng, Lingnan, and many other brothers and sisters. Also, thanks to Qianmu, You Shou Ai Piao Xiang, and a269994631 for the red envelopes sent for this book. Thank you all!"
The name of Le Da Yuan, the father of magic crystal weapons, was known to everyone in the previous world.
If nothing had changed in Le Da Yuan's encounters before meeting Ye Zhongming, then Ye Zhongming also didn't know how Le Da Yuan was saved at that time, or what happened afterward that led this man, revered by the entire world, to embark on his road to fame.
But one thing Ye Zhongming was sure of was that magic crystal weapons would not be invented for several more years, and by the time they were promoted during the apocalypse, it would take even longer.
Magic crystal weapons were a revolutionary discovery, or rather, an invention. Under the numerous evolutionary tides caused by mutated life forms, humanity was already struggling to survive, with survivors in various cities, regions, and countries completely passive.
The danger of extermination was imminent, and at this time, magic crystal weapons emerged, allowing humanity to no longer be entirely passive but to fight back against mutated life forms.
It was during this period that the number of high-level evolvers began to surge explosively, with the number of nine-star evolvers more than doubling, all thanks to magic crystal weapons.
In this lifetime, Le Da Yuan was found first by Ye Zhongming. Technically, he could not provide this master with any support; he did not know the principles behind magic crystal weapons, nor did he understand the complex structures of those weapons later on.
However, Ye Zhongming knew the simple methods for making magic crystal weapons. These basic techniques, which were common knowledge in the previous life, were enough for Le Da Yuan to learn about the wonders of magic crystal weapons several years in advance, allowing him to invent and create along a path already proven in the previous life.
This was equivalent to starting from a higher point by standing on the shoulders of giants.
This somewhat irregular item was a type of magic crystal weapon that Ye Zhongming had mastered in his previous life—magic crystal grenades.
Magic crystal grenades were the simplest type of magic crystal weapon, suitable for small-scale destruction, and were quite powerful in a limited range. Before arriving in Ying City, Ye Zhongming spent some time making two of them with Le Da Yuan.
Although these items were almost ubiquitous in human settlements in the previous life, in this lifetime, due to the early onset of the apocalypse, some materials needed to construct these simple items were somewhat hard to find. It wasn't that the raw materials were scarce, but rather that humanity had not yet started mass production of related fitting parts. For these two small gadgets, they were hand-crafted overnight by Le Da Yuan and his four assistants. When Ye Zhongming left, only two were completed.
However, in this lifetime, magic crystal weapons were applied on humanity for the first time.
In the face of such a dazzling invention from the previous life, Little Brother Jiu's confidence and pride were shattered.
He and his men began to lay down their equipment on the ground, starting with weapons, then armor, shoes, and magic crystals...
Soon, the once-dominant Radiant World Army turned into a group of muscular men dressed only in their underwear, each face marked with humiliation.
The white-robed man had just regained consciousness thanks to his three-star evolver’s impressive physique, but upon seeing his companions’ state, he let out a short cry and fainted again.
One characteristic of magic crystal weapons was that explosions produced thin, blade-like energy shards that were nearly invisible to the naked eye. These energy blades scattered with the explosion force, cutting through everything they encountered.
The fragmented bodies of the zombies and the white-robed man's legs were all damaged by these energy blades.