Feeling disheartened, Levi had a slight notion of giving up in his mind.
Walking into the bathroom, he turned on the showerhead, and hot water came streaming down. A naked Levi stood under the curtain of water, allowing the scalding hot water to turn his entire body bright red.
A sense of defeat grew in his heart, and he began to doubt himself.
Am I really not as good as others?
Should I really just give up like this?
Is everything over now?
Never!
"I may not be as talented as others, but so what? If I give up on the path of magic runes, then when I encounter difficulties on the even more difficult path of evolution in the future, will I give up again? Will I just end up like this for the rest of my life?"
"Absolutely not! Absolutely cannot give up! I must never give up, even if it kills me!"
Li Wei raised his head, his drenched hair hanging on his face. He punched the shower wall hard with his fists twice, turned off the water, dried himself, put on clothes and walked out. He sat in front of the workbench once again.
Holding the engraving knife, he turned on the converter and focused his spirit to control the energy that had a tendency to disperse.
He took out a prepared bullet, fixed it on the workbench, and Li Wei activated the Sharingan. The extremely delicate metal lines on the bullet were all clearly seen under his keen insight.
The engraving knife was pressed on the bullet, and Li Wei's hand holding the knife was terrifyingly steady. A line, following his depiction, kept spreading from the starting point.
Time passed bit by bit. The energy formed by the converter's melting of white crystal was imprinted firmly on the bullet head following the movement of the engraving knife.
After an indeterminate amount of time, a beautiful, artistically-crafted submunition emerged on the worktable.
Li Wei looked at the bullet and his own hands in disbelief, murmuring, "Finished?"
"Have I actually finished?"
If not for his mature mind, he would have danced with joy at this moment.
Calming down and pondering carefully, Li Wei roughly deduced the reason.
Indeed, the body he transmigrated into, from all perspectives of talent, was abysmal. The physical potential is poor, and the mental potential, considering the energy converging obstacle he encountered while learning the engraving technique, betrayed his lack of potential as well.
However, everything became different due to Li Wei's transmigration.
The Sharingan bestowed upon him insights beyond human limits, which was the key factor for him to complete the engraving of magical patterns in one go. Apart from this, there is also a decisive reason, and that lies in his hands, which are truly, truly, extremely steady.
This has nothing to do with the body. In the past, when he first started learning how to use a gun, he discovered his talent.
Even his instructor once made a joke: "You kid, a mosquito resting on your hand, shooting a plane in the air, wouldn't the mosquito leave after it comes out?"
That statement may be a bit exaggerated, but the fact is, his hands are indeed unmatched in stability.
After transmigrating, several enhancements with genetic potions only strengthened this ability even more.
If this can be considered a talent, then maybe Li Wei is not completely useless after all.
Of course, being able to create engraved bullets in one try might also involve some psychological factors. After all, his obsession just now was so heavy that even he found it terrifying.
Don't waste time, seize the moment, and carry on with full momentum!
...
The next day, Lee Wei was awakened by a knocking sound.
"Lee Wei, get up quickly! I'll introduce you to some teammates. You can go on the next mission together!"
This is Judith.
You must not offend this female demon. Lee Wei got out of bed and cleaned himself up in the shortest possible time, then opened the door.
"Quick, come here, let me introduce you... Wait! What's that?"
Judith's words suddenly stopped halfway. She pointed at the bullets scattered on the table and said in surprise, "What is that? Am I not mistaken?"
"As you can see," Lee Wei replied. He still remembered the disappointed look on Judith's face when she left yesterday, and compared it with her current surprise, it's a world of difference.
Judith looked at Lee Wei, how many times had this guy surprised her already?
She approached Li Wei's workstation, taking a closer look at the warheads, and noticed something that surprised her greatly.
"You have already mastered the production of secondary piercing shells? What is the success rate?"
"I made twenty, and two were scrapped."
"What? A success rate of ninety percent? Are you joking? Honestly, didn't you hide the scrapped warheads?"
Li Wei said speechlessly, "Why would I do such a silly thing?"
Judith stared at Li Wei and said, "Do you know what a 90% success rate represents?"
Li Wei shrugged his shoulders and remained silent.
Of course he knew what it represented.
Yesterday, after mastering the manufacturing technology of secondary piercing shells, he had been working the entire time until his body could no longer bear the burden of using the Sharingan before he stopped.
Of course, he is not a god. As a beginner, there are still instances of failure and material waste when making mistakes. He tried to make a total of twenty bullets, and two of them were defective.
The success rate of making bullets is already frighteningly high. A 90% success rate, even for low-level bullets, is a level that only a master would dare to claim they could achieve. For an average technician, a success rate of 60% to 70% is already considered superb craftsmanship.
"Forget it, I shouldn't have questioned you the day before yesterday." Judith shook her head and continued, "Really, why pretend in front of me? You could batch-produce patterned bullets in just three days, but back then you pretended to struggle with even energy condensation. Your peculiar taste is really..."
Levi did not plan to explain much on this issue, he smiled and looked at Judith without saying a word.
Jutisi was somewhat annoyed and embarrassed by his gaze, slapping him on the head.
"Ouch..." Li Wei felt a little dizzy, and the force of this female demon was really great.
Looking at Li Wei holding his head and crying out in pain, and feeling satisfied with her revenge, Jutisi thought of her original intention. She said: "I almost forgot, I want to introduce a teammate to you. There is a commission suitable for you two to solve together. By the way, you should have seen her too, the girl who greeted us together with Minister Maers on that day."
"Is that the girl named Cai Yutong?"
"Well, hurry up, people have been waiting for a long time down there."
Following Jutisi downstairs, Li Wei saw the 17-year-old girl waiting for him in the lobby.
Cai Yutong was completely different from the impression of the short-haired girl that Li Wei had seen a few days ago.