Chapter 82: Masters of the World
Su Hao came up with an idea and immediately entered the pinball space, starting to use Xiao Guang for structural simulation.
First, he projected ten 'Explosion' runes and observed their structure. If the idea could be realized, he would then scale it up to a hundred runes, or even a thousand.
"The condition for the simultaneous explosion of the runes is that they are all drawn simultaneously. The time it takes to draw each rune from start to finish is not important; what matters is the moment when the drawing is successfully completed. So..."
Therefore, Su Hao's idea was very simple. If the end points of the ten runes converged but remained separate and independent, as long as he filled them up with his blood at the final endpoints, all the runes could be drawn simultaneously and activate the explosion.
"So... a spherical structure!"
Su Hao projected a transparent sphere model and then imprinted the 'Explosion' runes on the surface of the sphere, enveloping the entire sphere. He then disconnected the starting and ending points of the runes. After some consideration, he gathered the broken starting and ending points from the broken ends and converged them at the center of the sphere, in a suspended and non-contact state.
In this way, when the blood filled the paths according to the pattern, all the runes would be in a standby state. Just a gentle touch with blood would activate all the explosion runes simultaneously.
There was one remaining problem: the input end was also located at the center of the sphere! He couldn't stick his hand into the center to activate it, right?
So, Su Hao opened a circular groove at the top of the sphere, leading directly to the center. Then he extended all the starting point paths of the runes to the surface of the sphere, forming a dense cluster of small dots, resembling a honeycomb, to serve as the input end for the blood. The broken end where the center of the sphere converged would serve as the activation end.
They were close together, yet not in contact.
To activate the runes, he only needed to touch the input end with his hand, infuse it with blood, and then gather it at the center of the sphere, at the activation end.
Su Hao applauded himself for his genius imagination.
Then he noticed a problem. "Hmm... there doesn't seem to be a delay device. Am I supposed to activate it with my hand immediately and risk self-destruction? That's not right..."
He scratched his head and continued to think about how to introduce a delay.
While the bomb was still in his hand, he couldn't directly complete the rune with his hand; it could only be supplemented by an automatic device.
So this bomb needed to be divided into two devices. One device consisted of the sphere composed of the 'Explosion' runes, and the other device was a small ball with an automatic ejection mechanism placed at the center of the sphere.
As long as blood was simultaneously inputted into both devices, and the small ball was set to automatically eject after a certain time, connecting all the starting and ending points, the bomb would immediately detonate.
As Su Hao immersed himself in it, tinkering for who knows how long, he finally settled on the final plan.
"Let's give it a try then! First, let's collect some golden wireworms!"
...
Ten days later, Su Hao looked at the basketball-sized metal ball in his hand and revealed an inexplicable smile!
He went to the wilderness, placed his hand on the input end, and carefully infused blood into the ball. A few seconds later, he heard a click from within the ball.
The device was activated!
Su Hao immediately stood up, turned around, and started running while keeping an eye on the metal ball.
Five seconds later.
"Boom!"
A tremendous explosion shook the ground, with rocks and soil flying around. Some debris hit Su Hao's face, making it sting.
"It worked!"
Su Hao ran back and looked at the crater with a diameter of about four meters, his face filled with joy.
It was more powerful than a typical grenade and could withstand a hit from a Martial Grandmaster!
And this was just the initial test version.
Su Hao stood by the edge of the crater, rubbing his chin, contemplating the improvements for the next bomb.
"There is still plenty of empty space inside the sphere. I can try increasing the number of runes from 10 to 50. Also, I have a feeling that if the metal shell is a bit stronger, the explosion power could be even greater."
So, when Su Hao made the second bomb, he added a 'Sturdy' rune to the metal shell. While it wasn't necessarily better for the shell to be too strong, if it was too weak, the explosive force would be greatly diminished.
As for enhancing the lethality by adding steel balls, that was a question for later.
Ten more days passed, and Su Hao came out with a larger metal ball than before.
He looked eager.
After activating the bomb cautiously, he quickly retreated and took cover behind a large rock.
This time, the detonation time was ten seconds, providing ample safety.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion occurred, leaving Su Hao's ears ringing.
His heart skipped a beat.
"Damn, that's awesome!"
Su Hao approached the crater with a diameter of over ten meters, a power that not even ordinary Martial Grandmasters could produce in a single strike.
Even if a Martial Grandmaster was caught off guard and armored, they would still be done for. However, with preparation, evasion, or defense, they could withstand it.
"Hmm, let's strengthen it further and test the effect of a hundred 'Explosion' runes."
A bomb that could only harm Martial Grandmasters was clearly not what Su Hao wanted. What he needed was a behemoth that could solve all problems at once.
"But the materials are running out. I need to replenish them in a nearby town."
However, Su Hao's conspicuous armor might attract suspicion, making people suspect him to be the 'Silver Armor Rune Master,' which could lead to the pursuit of the King of man.
So, he decided to fly outside the small town, hide his Wing Armor, and then disguise himself before entering the city.
As Su Hao flew high in the sky and could see the town from afar, he started descending.
"Hmm? What's that?"
He noticed smoke rising slowly from the town, as if a fire had broken out somewhere.
Su Hao decided not to rush into the town. Instead, he switched to silent flight mode, quickly ascended, and positioned himself above the clouds, squinting his eyes to observe through the gaps.
However, he encountered an awkward situation: he couldn't see clearly.
He was lacking a telescope, which could be solved with runes. Su Hao made up his mind to study it thoroughly once he returned.
But for now...
Should he fly lower? What if he was discovered?
If he was discovered, so be it. Who could do anything to him? He could simply fly away.
With that thought, Su Hao silently lowered his altitude, hovering around seven hundred meters.
This time, he could clearly see what was happening below.
In the middle of the town square, there was a massive fire pit, with a large crowd of townspeople silently watching the burning flames.
At this moment, members of the town's guard were throwing one book after another into the fire pit.
They were none other than Su Hao's sold books, "The Warrior's Path" and "Rune
Compendium."
Su Hao fell silent.
He flew out of the city, landed, changed his appearance, and quickly altered his facial features to another look. Then he entered the town and headed straight to the central square.
After inquiring about the situation from multiple people, he learned the truth.
"The Warrior's Path" and "Rune Compendium" had been classified as banned books. No one was allowed to possess them privately. Once discovered, the person would be immediately imprisoned, charged with the crime of studying forbidden knowledge, and then executed.
Furthermore, anyone who reported a possession and it was confirmed would be rewarded one gold yuan!
As a result, many people panicked and handed over the books they had bought, throwing them into the fire pit.
Some individuals risked their lives, but after several arrests, the impact of the ban on the books immediately became evident. Although it was not possible to completely eliminate all the books or the possibility of copies being transcribed, it severed the channels through which these two books had become popular, ultimately reducing them to private collections for a select few.
This was not Su Hao's intention.
Su Hao clenched his fist tightly, then loosened it.
Silently, he turned around and left to procure the necessary materials.
After bringing all the materials back to his base, Su Hao once again soared into the sky and flew toward other cities.
He needed to confirm if all human cities had classified "The Warrior's Path" and "Rune Compendium" as banned books.
As he had expected, the cities he visited had all initiated actions to ban the books, with numerous volumes being sought out and burned.
It could be foreseen that all of his efforts would become a weapon for those in power to rule the world.
The final result of his actions was far from what he had imagined.
In other words, he couldn't change the world solely with his own power.
Only the people of this world, the true masters of this world, could change it.
Without a flag stained with blood, how could it flutter proudly in the wind?
Without the awakening of the bottom layer's consciousness, how could they truly hold their heads high?
(translated by begs)