"Yes, the item inside the wooden box is your new weapon, Master Fuli."
Jin Wanlin glanced over and looked at the ordinary-looking wooden box, which was packaged like normal freight. Then she said:
"We were originally just helping to inquire for you, but they over there acted very swiftly and told us to report our location so they could airlift the item over quickly..."
"The research institute over there said that after Master Fuli completes the signing, you should try out the feel and weight first, and if there's anything unsatisfactory, it can be discussed after the Mid-Autumn Festival..." Jin Wanlin said.
The researchers at the Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute get holidays during the Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as National Day and the Spring Festival.
Although they are leaders in the cutting-edge field of spiritual particles as basic materials, outwardly they might just be temporary workers or tea-drinking, newspaper-reading idle staff in some state-owned enterprises.
They might also be part of a company's management or regular staff at a common research institute.
Though their identities are given from above, they still have holidays when not busy, truly playing the part thoroughly.
When Master Fuli asked about the progress of the new weapon, the staff of the Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute guessed that he might have some novel idea or want to add some peculiar item to the new weapon.
The danger of working overtime during the holidays was looming.
After discussions, the researchers directly sent the new weapon to Master Fuli so he could try it himself, and if there was anything unsatisfactory, it could all be discussed after the holidays.
Even if...
Now if Master Fuli called there, he could only see the security personnel on duty, as the entire Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute had already been shut down, and the researchers had all left.
"......."
Upon learning that the Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute had gone on vacation, Ansheng's mouth twitched, feeling like the head of the institute had a hint of Xia Dongren or Lingdong Chaoshan blood in him. Otherwise, whose company could start the holiday and go home so early?
"Hmm..."
Jin Wanlin pondered and said: "Even though confidentiality agreements might mean little to Master Fuli, due to procedural reasons, I still need to make a statement here."
"The items in the box are made of a specially classified metal casting of extraordinary significance. From the moment the recipient signs off, please adhere to the 'five don't asks, three don'ts' until the L—046 metal is fully decrypted."
"Don't ask what shouldn't be asked, don't divulge confidential information in private interactions, don't disclose confidential information to relatives and friends, don't discuss confidential matters in non-confidential settings, don't expand confidential information under any circumstances."
"And don't share confidential information in public, don't share it on social media, and don't transmit it through non-confidential channels."
Before signing for the delivery, Jin Wanlin mentioned the things required for signing off the goods.
The five don't asks, three don'ts.
Jin Wanlin had repeated it many times, but facing a fox for the first time while saying this content, she felt something strange inside...
"An's mouth is famously tight, guaranteeing adherence to the five don't asks, three don'ts."
Ansheng appeared eager, looking at the giant hammer produced by the Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute.
From the introduction by Grandmaster Lin, Ansheng already knew the strength of this institute, so naturally, he had very high expectations for its products.
It's the top material research institute of Xia Country!
A high achiever capable of molding top-notch airplanes and cannons, surely they could craft for him a nuclear-powered hammer?
Ansheng took a few quick steps forward and began unpacking the box under the watchful eyes of Jin Wanlin and Uncle Jinlong.
As for Grandmaster Lin, he had already been invited inside the villa by Feng Wenyu when Jin Wanlin started reading the confidentiality agreement, preventing him from watching the unboxing process.
Or rather...
The reason Lin Qi was munching sunflower seeds at the village entrance was completely because the Security Bureau had arrived and invited him out.
"What could it be? What could it be?" Jin Wanlin and Uncle Jinlong watched curiously as Master Fuli lifted the lid off the wooden box.
The Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute has a great reputation within the academic community.
But most products from the research institute remain in the laboratory for research or are sent to subordinate institutes for mass production studies, with only a very few items reaching the outside world as rewards for outstanding merit.
"Hmm?"
When Master Fuli lifted the lid and peered into the box from its edge, his expression froze in surprise, scratching his head in confusion.
"Are you sure... the item wasn't sent incorrectly? How come it looks to me like a spiked war hammer?"
"Spike... spiked war hammer?"
Jin Wanlin was momentarily stunned by the words, frowned, and stepped forward to look inside the wooden box.
The war hammer lying in the box was the same model as Master Fuli's original safe-like war hammer.
But it was anything but high-tech, with the hammer body formed by one-piece casting technology.
The entire hammer had a mottled mix of black, brown, and green, that looked like a lump of iron eroded by time, weathered by ages in a corner.
The surface of the hammer body had some protrusions, resembling defects from using a poor-quality mold, but its long, slender grip was perfectly smooth with no protrusions.
"That shouldn't be!"
Jin Wanlin murmured with doubt, but she herself had no understanding of L—046 metal, which was an internal code of the Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute.
Jin Wanlin stepped forward to help, unfastening the straps securing the box's contents, wanting to take the war hammer out for inspection.
But after unfastening the straps, beneath the layers of covering, there was a small metal box secured at the base of the box.
Jin Wanlin took out the metal box and found a video player labeled with an instruction manual inside.
"Having an instruction manual is not bad."
Looking at the MP4 device Jin Wanlin handed over, Ansheng turned on the player to see how this hammer is used.
The video opened.
The first thing visible was a Gravity Hammer, an ultra-large gravity hammer used for compacting ground piles in construction engineering.
And beneath the Gravity Hammer was the strange large hammer that Ansheng had received.
The gigantic Gravity Hammer smashed down repeatedly on the war hammer Ansheng had signed for.
"L—046 metal, the first spiritual particle metal released by the Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute. The Gravity Hammer before you exerts a force of 480 tons, hammering 18 times per minute..."
In the video player, there was no figure, only a blurred-out audio continued:
"The product has passed tests and meets the requirements, possessing the basic features of Heaven and Earth Longevity, and complies with production standards."
"We do not know what the recipient intends to hammer with such a weapon, but I can give you a definite answer—you could even use it to hammer an aircraft carrier."
"As for why it looks ugly...."
"That's none of your concern. Just being able to shape it is already the limit of our current technology."
At the end of the demonstration video, the extremely blurred electronic voice seemed to think of something, and gave a somewhat stiff explanation.
It seems.
The Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute might have received similar complaints about the ugliness of experimental products.
But being able to develop a new type of spiritual particle metal and not just hand over a piece of metal from the previous era tied to a spear and given to the receiver is already the greatest progress.
The Heaven and Earth Longevity Institute is responsible for researching different attribute spiritual particle metals.
Metal processing isn't really their job.
The fact that they can process it is already very remarkable.
"....may I write a complaint letter?" Master Fuli asked Jin Wanlin after thinking for a moment.
"Hmm?" Jin Wanlin was slightly confused. The video had just explained that metal processing is difficult, and molding the synthesized metal is already the highest level of craftsmanship.
Even complaining about this...
"I'm not complaining about the metal; I'm complaining about their staff insulting my lack of culture through the video!" Ansheng grumbled, his face entirely black-lined with frustration.