Mai Ge looked at Mo Bai's face. His apology was quite sincere, and judging from his words, he must have taken triple precautions. The dosage was the same as usual, except that he added a little bit of... magical beast crystal core powder?
An explosion of this magnitude could not have been caused without a sufficient amount of explosives. Judging from the large crater that collapsed in the middle of the blacksmith shop, Mo Bai conducted the experiment at least five meters underground.
The fact that such depth could cause this level of damage speaks volumes about the explosive power. It's clear that Mo Bai's crudely made explosives couldn't have done it, so the little bit of magical beast crystal core powder he mentioned adding must have played a crucial role.
"Even so, I still hope that you can avoid conducting explosion experiments directly at home in the future. I am responsible for the safety of Amy and the guests." Mai Ge nodded slightly as he looked at Mo Bai. He could accept Mo Bai's reasons, but he absolutely could not accept him continuing to conduct experiments around him that even he could not control or predict the consequences of.
"Well, after what happened today, I don't dare to do experiments at home anymore. I don't want to scare the Little Boss." Mo Bai nodded a little embarrassedly, then rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, "But Boss Mai, I think I've discovered a way to increase that energy. Adding a certain amount of magical beast crystal core powder increases the power by hundreds or thousands of times. If there's enough of it, could it possibly pose a threat to the giant dragon?"
After receiving Mo Bai's promise, Mai Ge's expression improved considerably. As long as he didn't cause trouble at home, Mai Ge didn't care what Mo Bai did.
Furthermore, he was quite interested in this method of directly increasing the power of explosives. After all, this world was so dangerous, if he couldn't get Italian cannons from the system, perhaps he could be self-reliant and create some firearms for self-defense.
The thought of setting up two Italian cannons at the restaurant entrance to create a show of force was strangely exhilarating.
To be able to create an explosive more powerful than TNT in a world where gunpowder doesn't even exist, this leap was something Mai Ge couldn't help but admire. Could Mo Bai be the legendary explosives genius?
"If there are enough of them, and the energy can be compressed and superimposed, there should be hope of taking down a giant dragon." Mai Ge nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "However, if the target is a giant dragon, rather than simply increasing the quantity, I would suggest relying on compression to increase the density, and then using something to launch it out so that the explosion occurs near the giant dragon."
"What can launch them?" Mo Bai's eyes lit up as he looked at Mai Ge with a mixture of anticipation and nervousness. This was precisely the problem that had been troubling him and that he wanted to solve.
"A cannon." Mai Ge said confidently.
"A cannon?" Mo Bai looked puzzled.
"Yes, a cannon, something that can deliver that thing to the giant dragon's side." Mai Ge nodded.
"Warning! Host, your behavior is extremely dangerous! It could very well accelerate the progress of the Nolan Continent, leading to the abnormal development of this world!" The system's stern voice rang out.
"System, gunpowder was invented in the Tang Dynasty. Although it was used in wars later, but it didn't completely replace the bow and arrow until a thousand years later. Don't just throw such a big accusation of changing the world on me. I can't bear it." Mai Ge curled his lips and continued, "Besides, I didn't invent gunpowder in this world. They just made TNT right away. I can only sigh in admiration at such geniuses."
The system fell silent.
"Does such a thing really exist? What exactly is this cannon?" Mo Bai couldn't help but take two steps forward, looking at Mai Ge with some excitement. Mai Ge's words had struck a chord with him.
"You can think of the cannon as a projectile device, but it's only in my concept right now, and it's uncertain whether it can be used in practice." Mai Ge said with a smile and a shake of his head.
"Boss Mai, could you tell me about it? I really need this kind of thing urgently. If it can be used, I can pay you a fee." Mo Bai looked at Mai Ge with burning eyes.
"I don't need money, but lately there have been some troublemakers coming to the restaurant to cause trouble. If Boss Mo Bai can really make a treasure that can kill a giant dragon, could you put one at the restaurant entrance to deter such scoundrels?" Mai Ge said with a smile and a wave of his hand.
"If it can really be done, of course there's no problem." Mo Bai paused for a moment, then nodded.
"My idea might not be very mature, but you can probably take a look. Let's go into the restaurant and sit down for a while." Mai Ge nodded and turned to walk towards the restaurant.
"I... let's just forget about it now. I've already had them come and fix the house. I'm all dirty, and the restaurant is about to open for business. I can't delay your business, Boss Mai." Mo Bai looked down at his dusty clothes and black hands, and shook his head.
"It's alright, come in. The waitresses will clean up before they start work. I need to draw some things for you so you can understand." Mai Ge said, pushing the door open without turning around.
Mo Bai hesitated for a moment, then followed him into the restaurant.
"Wash your hands and face first." Mai Ge said, coming out of the kitchen and gently placing a basin of water on the table.
"Thank you." Mo Bai looked into Mai Ge's eyes. Although Mai Ge had been suppressing his anger, but he now felt his respect.
Mai Ge took away the water that had turned black, brought out a glass of water and gently placed it in front of Mo Bai. He then placed the paper and pen he was holding on the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at Mo Bai with a smile: "Have some water. What I'm about to say might be a bit complicated, just listen to it casually. Anyway, it's too early to make cannons before you've mastered the stability of explosives."
"Explosives?" Mo Bai sat down, took a sip of water, and looked at Mai Ge with some confusion.
Mai Ge immediately realized that there was no such thing as "explosives" in this world, and asked with a smile, "What do you plan to call that explosive thing you made today?"
"Now that you mention it, calling it 'explosive' doesn't seem so bad." Mo Bai thought about it seriously and nodded.
"Okay, let's call it explosive for now. And what we call cannon is the process of using gunpowder to burn in a confined space to generate huge thrust, which then propels the compressed explosive to gain kinetic energy, thus launching it out of the barrel, and finally causing an explosion." Mai Ge picked up his pen and drew a few lines on the paper, pointing to the barrel sandwiched between the two circles, and said seriously, "You see, it looks something like this."