Chapter 88 Unexpected Plan (1)

After the space is divided into multiple small squares of the same size, the calculation formulas can be simplified except for the edge areas.

From this, we can deduce whether the connection between two adjacent spaces is strong and where the structural weaknesses are, and then use numbers to represent the degree of weakness.

Looking at the numerous weaknesses and their levels in Cloud Space on the drawing, Jin Ziming decided to start with the weakest points.

He soon discovered that he was terribly wrong. Repairing a weakness would often create more vulnerabilities, or aggravate the vulnerability of other problem nodes, making the entire space more difficult to stabilize.

Only then did he understand that the spatial layout must be considered comprehensively. He must pursue perfection while accepting inevitable flaws. The key lies in how to balance it.

After a long period of exploration, Jin Ziming gradually found the trick. The three-dimensional space dropped from the original fifty-three weak points to forty-five, thirty-six, twenty-three...

When it was reduced to twelve, he found that this was his limit.

So I turned to think about how to hide these weaknesses without destroying the stability of the space. While I was practicing hard, I suddenly received a message from Xiaochong:

"Master, you are hiding the weakness from the perspective of space, but what you are building is the soul space.

This is my specialty. If you tell me where your weaknesses are, maybe I can rely on my instinct to help you find a way to hide them."

"Yeah, I forgot that you are a soul expert, that's great!"

The bug jumped into the cloud space, and Jin Ziming pointed out its weaknesses one by one. The latter observed and felt carefully, thought for a long time, and expressed his suggestions for improvement.

Jin Ziming modified accordingly and found that nine of them could be made more secretive.

As for the remaining three nodes, if they are changed as Xiao Chong said, it will immediately cause the space to collapse. This is of course caused by the opponent not being good at space.

At this point, the "Soul Cage" has been roughly formed. This move is astonishingly powerful, but it also consumes a lot of soul. If you use it once, you have to practice for a day or two before you can use this move again.

Just when Jin Ziming was addicted to practicing, Brother Monkey came to him:

"Zi Ming, you have a temporary mission.

The first-level sect Tianxing Pavilion discovered a large mine in Jinxi City, which consists of two mineral veins, one is a high-level spiritual mine and the other is a water spirit concentrate.

The mining plan is very complicated, and I couldn’t handle it on my own, so I asked Lao Xiao for help, and he asked you to accompany me."

The next day, the two came to the outside of Thunder City, boarded a small airship that had always cooperated with the branch, and headed for Jinxi.

Brother Monkey introduced the situation to him:

"Jinxi, like the original Shiyun City, is a granary of the sect.

Although Fang Tianxingge, who issued the bid, was the sect of the Qingyu Sect, the Lingyun Sect had a better relationship with the elders stationed there than they did.

Xu Lixi, who used to be in charge of Jinxi City in the branch, was very strong and has been promoted to the regional supervisor. He is equivalent to the same level as Lao Xiao and is the most capable general under Hall Master Gao.

Jinxi belongs to Xu Lixi's district, and Qin Xiangqian is currently stationed there. This project is very big, and Xu Lixi will personally come to accept the bid."

After the two settled in Jinxi City, they discussed with Qin Xiangqian and decided that Brother Hou would make the plan for the high-level spirit stone mine, and Jin Ziming would make the plan for the water spirit concentrate mine.

Thinking that he had just lost an order and must not be careless this time, Jin Ziming said:

"Go forward, I'm not familiar with the situation here. Before designing the plan, I want to go to the mining area for an on-site survey. Can you help me arrange it?"

"Okay, I'll take you there."

"I've been there many times. You two go, I'll stay at the inn to make plans." Brother Monkey said.

Arriving at the mining area, Qin Xiangqian negotiated with the Tianxing Pavilion disciple who was responsible for guarding, and they flew in.

Qin Qianqian pointed all the way, sometimes flying and sometimes walking. When they came to a pool, Jin Ziming suddenly had an idea.

He turned to Qin Xiangqian and said:

"Senior Brother Qin, can you protect me? I have a secret method of prospecting passed down from my family, and I want to try it here."

"Do you still have such skill?"

"Senior Brother Qin, you stay here while I walk fifty feet forward to cast the spell."

Jin Ziming walked over, threw the Lengyue knife on the ground, and then took out some random things and piled them on the ground, while the small fish tank and other items were "accidentally" placed on top of the Lengyue.

After a hundred breaths, he called Qin Xiangqian.

"Senior Brother Qin, we have made some discoveries, but they still need to be confirmed. Let's go look elsewhere."

"Did you really find something? Okay, then hurry up and leave."

They went to four places successively, but in fact only the third place was Jin Ziming's real target. He confirmed it again here, and couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Back at the inn, the two of them went to Brother Monkey's room, and Jin Ziming said seriously:

"Senior Brother Qin, Brother Monkey, I have made new discoveries in the mining area and want to make major changes to the plan."

Then he explained his findings and thoughts.

The two looked at him in surprise, and Brother Monkey said solemnly:

"Zi Ming, I understand that you want to make up for your mistakes.

However, changing the bidding plan without authorization will have a huge impact. Once we make a mistake, we will lose the project that we could have won.

Besides, for the prospecting matter, Tianxing Pavilion must have dispatched Nascent Soul experts, even powerful ones, so there can be no mistakes."

"Brother Monkey, I am absolutely sure, please believe me."

"This matter is too big. Brother Monkey and I can't decide. Senior Brother Xu will be here tomorrow and we need his consent." Qin Xiangqian said.

"All right."

At noon the next day, Xu Lixi arrived. He was a handsome and elegant young man. He was in the early stage of Nascent Soul cultivation and looked extremely calm and sophisticated.

Qin Xiangqian gave a brief report on the project, and he completely grasped the context, and then he started asking questions, all of which got to the point.

After the three of them had finished answering and jotting down a few questions that needed improvement, Qin Xiangqian tentatively said:

"Senior Brother Xu, there is another important matter that you need to decide on. Junior Brother Jin is responsible for designing the mining plan for Shuiling Concentrate.

After his on-site inspection yesterday, he said he wanted to break away from the bidding documents and make a brand new plan."

"Junior Brother Jin, what's going on?" Xu Lixihu asked.

Jin Ziming had no choice but to repeat what he told those two people yesterday, and added:

"Senior Brother Xu, I would like to make an oath to ensure that what I say is true."

When the three of them heard this, they were immediately awe-struck. You must know that once the oath is violated, the monks will be haunted by inner demons. Unless they are absolutely sure, no one is willing to take such an oath.

Xu Lixi fell into deep thought, and the three of them remained silent, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Three junior brothers, I came here mainly because I received reliable news that Qingyu Sect is bound to win this project and the bid will be very aggressive.

Moreover, they have done a lot of work at the Jinxi station and have received support from several elders.

Although my relationship with the Great Elder is better than theirs, the Qingyu Sect is not bad either, and our risks this time are very high."

These words made the three people present feel nervous, especially Jin Ziming. The consequences of losing orders continuously would be too terrible.

"If it were normal times, I would definitely win in the simplest way.

But this time there are big variables, and Junior Brother Jin is so confident, so we might as well take a risky move and report Junior Brother Jin's new plan.

Qingyumen thought we would compete with them on price, but we chose to win with solutions.

Moreover, the new plan will bring an implicit benefit, which can prevent Tianxing Pavilion from having a balanced mind when making decisions, allowing us to share the project with Qingyumen and each undertake the mining rights of one of the ores."

After a pause, Xu Lixi continued:

"Junior Brother Jin, you don't have to swear an oath. Since we choose to believe you, we will bear the possible risks together.

I will go to see the chief elder at the station in private. Go ahead, you go see the third elder. We need to communicate this matter with them in advance.

Junior Brother Jin, Hou Sheng, you two need to work harder..."

Just as he and Brother Monkey were frantically making solutions, Xu Lixi walked in and said helplessly:

"Junior Brother Jin, the branch has sent a request from the headquarters, asking you to write a summary and reflection on the Shiyun Lost Order project by today at the latest, and send it back to the branch by midnight.

The branch will forward your and Lao Shen's report, as well as the elders' opinions on how to deal with it after discussion, to the headquarters. Finally, the internal affairs hall will communicate with Elder Teng before making a decision."

Jin Ziming had no choice but to squeeze in some time to write a profound review and asked Qin Xiangqiang to ask someone to bring it to Sun Xia.

He and Brother Monkey worked hard for two nights and finally came up with the plan.

On the third day, the bidding began, and a total of six second-level sects participated in the competition.

The second family of Qingyu Sect answered the bid, and when they came out after speaking, Jin Ziming noticed that except for the leader, Gujing Wubo, the rest of the people had happy faces on their faces.

Xu Lixi led the three of them, as well as a senior brother in charge of the project who arrived yesterday, and walked in together. After a brief greeting with the elders and deacons of Tianxing Pavilion, the bidding process began.

This time, Xu Lixi will personally explain the bidding process. Only in certain technical details, he will designate his companions to answer, and the rhythm of the bidding is completely under his control.

Jin Ziming's eyes were opened. The other party obviously didn't spend much time on the plan, but he told it as if he had made it.

Xu Lixi did not talk about the new plan as soon as he came up. Instead, he responded to the bid normally and finished their first set of plans and quotations in accordance with the requirements of the bidding document.

The three elders who were close to Qingyu Sect looked at each other imperceptibly, with hidden smiles.

Unexpectedly, Xu Lixi suddenly changed the subject and continued:

“Lingyun faction attaches great importance to this project and specially organized several mining experts to conduct a joint review.

Based on the mountain trend of Jinx City, the distribution of mining areas, climate and Feng Shui, combined with our many years of mining experience in Hongqingjie, the final conclusion may surprise the elders."

As soon as these words came out, the judges who were originally a little depressed immediately became energetic. Xu Lixi continued:

“If it’s just a simple bid, it doesn’t represent our true capabilities.

We have prepared a second plan, which is likely to bring unexpectedly large benefits to Tianxing Pavilion with little change in costs.

Of course, if the new plan does not match the actual situation, please understand our sincerity and allow us to still use the first plan to apply for the bid.

The second set of "Optimization Suggestions" is just that as an old friend who has cooperated with us for many years, I want to try to do my best for Tianxing Pavilion, so I ask the judges for your understanding."

BTW: There will be another update at 7pm tonight.
Chapter completed!