Pieces of F9-grade metal began to develop intricate secret patterns on their surfaces.
From time to time, Luo Fan would also adjust the shapes of these metal pieces.
As time went by, the once clumsy Luo Fan gradually became more and more skilled.
His hands moved faster and faster.
Before long, parts for an F9-grade robot were directly crafted by the Mechanical Tribe clone's own hands.
The Mechanical Tribe were, by nature, the most powerful workers.
They almost never made a single mistake.
Moreover, the precision of every detail was perfectly standardized.
Luo Fan immediately took out a piece of F9-grade energy and quickly assembled the robot.
Soon, a ten-meter-tall robot appeared before Luo Fan.
When the robot activated, it made no sound at all. Instead, it picked up a piece of F9-grade metal and began operating as well.
That's right, Luo Fan was directly controlling it.
As time went on, one F9-grade robot after another appeared before Luo Fan.
These robots were far from cheap.
As they were based on the latest technology of the Mechanical Tribe, each one could sell for several hundred to over a thousand mixed-element units.
Even in terms of raw cost alone, each required dozens or even hundreds of mixed-element units.
Therefore, Luo Fan didn't make too many, he stopped after manufacturing one thousand F9-grade robots.
For now, even a thousand F9-grade robots were a bit too many for him.
At his current level, he could only finely control a few hundred F9-grade robots at most.
After all, he was still only at Stellar Level Nine.
If he reached the Domain Lord Level, controlling several million of them would be no problem, and not just basic control, but fine control!
In other words, each robot could perform its own individual task.
Soon, Luo Fan stored away nine hundred of the F9-grade robots, leaving only one hundred to assist inside the factory.
This Martian factory had been almost completely transformed by Luo Fan.
He had directly rebuilt it into a massive production line.
Many of the facilities were made from E9-grade metal.
He was preparing it for future large-scale production of F9-grade robots.
However, this factory wasn't limited to producing robots.
It could also manufacture many other things, for example, spaceship components!
Of course, only D9-grade spaceship components.
E-grade and F-grade components still required Luo Fan to craft them manually.
Before long, the factory began operating.
Large quantities of D1-grade metal were transported inside.
Various metals were smelted together in precise ratios to form new alloys.
Luo Fan's mind contained an immense number of alloy formulas, including many at the E9 grade!
It should be known that humanity's best alloys only reached E9 grade.
F-grade metals, on the other hand, were all pure elemental metals.
As for F-grade alloys, only when a member of the Mechanical Tribe advanced to the Immortal level could the alloy in their body evolve from E-grade to F-grade alloy.
That was currently the only known way in the universe to obtain F-grade alloy.
After watching the factory begin automatic operation, the Mechanical Tribe clone left.
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Soon, the clone arrived at the Law Source Secret Realm.
Originally, Luo Fan had planned to create a detector.
However, even the materials for a detector were far from cheap.
Some of the higher-end detectors even required G-grade metal, a treasure so valuable that a tiny fragment could cost tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of mixed-element units.
Larger pieces of G-grade metal were priced in the billions of mixed-element units.
Therefore, Luo Fan decided to give up on making an advanced detector.
Instead, he would craft a simpler one, ordinary in quality, but with a large detection range.
After all, he only needed it to search for traces of source beasts within the Law Source Secret Realm.
Luo Fan went directly to the Water Region, to an area where there were few source beasts nearby.
The next moment, a massive alchemist's laboratory appeared on the open ground.
Although it was technically an alchemist's lab, some of its equipment could also be used to create technological devices.
Luo Fan took out several materials, F9-grade metal, Flowing Light Crystal, the eyes of a Thousand-Eyed Beast, and more.
These were the raw materials he would use this time to craft the detector.
The materials alone were worth over ten thousand mixed-element units.
Fortunately, some of those materials were ones Luo Fan had obtained as system task rewards when purchasing lower-tier versions of the same type.
In just one week, Luo Fan successfully built an ultra–long-range detector.
Its detection range spanned a diameter of one hundred million kilometers!
Of course, some high-quality detectors could still block its scans.
But this was more than enough.
A large number of D9-grade robots and a hundred F9-grade robots immediately set out to hunt Water Source Beasts.
Meanwhile, Luo Fan's true body and the Spatial Worm clone focused entirely on comprehending the Origin Laws of Water and Space.
As for the Mechanical Tribe clone, it remained inside the alchemist's laboratory.
"Fate Grass, 109.653 grams. Blood Orchid, 22.098 grams. Azure Crystal, 1.345 cubic decimeters…"
Each time Luo Fan pressed a button, a spatial compartment appeared before him.
Inside were various materials of every kind.
With the Mechanical Tribe clone's abilities, its own body served as the most precise detection instrument imaginable.
Luo Fan began following the formula recorded in the alchemist's handbook to mix the first potion of his life.
This time, the potion he intended to create was one capable of helping an apprentice-level being break through to the Planetary Level.
Luo Fan discovered that this potion was also mentioned among the breakthrough methods he had previously obtained for Planetary Level advancement.
So, he decided to give it a try.
Soon, all the materials were prepared.
Luo Fan began processing each one.
Extraction, refinement, compression, vaporization, liquefaction...
Every single material required a completely different method to handle.
This kind of basic potion could, in truth, be fully handled by machines.
However, since it was Luo Fan's first time mixing a potion, he decided to try it himself.
Before long, all the materials were processed.
"First, heat the temperature to 902.123 degrees. Then, add the Fate Grass essence and the powdered Azure Crystal. After that, cool it down to –92.23 degrees."
Luo Fan followed every step in the formula with absolute precision.
Soon, a transparent blue potion appeared in his hand.
"Success!"
Although Luo Fan had never really considered the possibility of failure, succeeding on his first attempt still brought a faint smile to his lips.
He extended his psychic power into the potion to examine it.
After confirming that everything was fine, he set it aside.
Then, Luo Fan went on to create ten more identical potions in succession.
As he placed them into his body one by one to analyze their composition, he suddenly discovered that the potency of the potions varied slightly.
Although every one of them could help a person at the peak of the Apprentice Level break through to the Planetary Level, the final results after use were not entirely the same.
Some potions could help a peak apprentice break through within an hour.
Some allowed a breakthrough in just half an hour.
Some even gave an additional boost after the breakthrough.
While others barely managed to push someone into the Planetary Level and then lost effectiveness afterward.
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