100\% DROP RATE : Why is My Inventory Always so Full? Chapter 688 - Public Version

Lucien began modifying the blueprint.

The original version remained with Elk and the Crafting Division.

They dissected every layer of the design and rebuilt it for machine-assisted mass production.

The prototype Lucien had created was efficient, but it still contained structures shaped through his personal methods.

Those needed to be converted into repeatable manufacturing steps.

Elk approached the work with the enthusiasm of someone who had been given an impossible artifact and permission to take it apart.

By the second day, several sections of the original production blueprint had been replaced.

By the third, the Crafting Division had produced a bracelet without Lucien directly touching it.

Mass production would continue.

Lootwell would sell the certified version at a fair price to factions and individuals that lacked the ability to create their own.

Poorer groups and vulnerable defenders could receive subsidies.

Major factions would be encouraged to manufacture their own copies once the public standard was released.

The Obsidian Collegium would maintain the compatibility registry.

Lootwell would maintain certification and safety requirements.

Lucien did not need to carry the entire burden alone.

He only needed to give the world a structure it could build upon.

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The days passed quickly.

By the end of the third day, Lucien completed the version intended for public release.

It was far simpler than Lootwell’s original model.

The original version relied on precise authority channels, layered convergence structures, and several components that ordinary craftsmen could not reproduce reliably.

The public version replaced most of those complicated structures with standardized miniature formation arrays.

Each array had already been reduced to a clear pattern.

As long as someone possessed the correct materials and copied every line accurately, they could assemble a working Law Interweaver even without being an accomplished artificer.

They still needed patience. They still needed to follow instructions. But they did not need Elk’s hands or Lucien’s understanding of existence.

That distinction mattered.

The blueprint was meant for a world containing countless factions, races, and crafting traditions.

If only master artificers could reproduce it, the design would never spread far enough.

Lucien therefore made the construction process resemble assembling formation plates.

One layer formed the Law reservoir.

Another controlled the release.

A third synchronized the stored Law with the bearer’s active authority.

The final layer monitored instability and shut the device down before a failed merger could turn the wearer’s arm into the center of an explosion.

Every structure had a clear purpose.

Every rune had a fixed position.

Even the order of assembly was recorded.

Naturally, Lucien knew what would happen once the blueprint became public.

People would modify it.

Some would change its appearance.

Others would improve the materials.

A few would stare at the safety restrictions and immediately wonder what happened if they removed them.

Lucien had designed the public version with all three groups in mind.

External modifications were unrestricted.

Lucien had no reason to stop people from making the artifact suit their tastes.

The internal structure was different.

Its formation arrays could be rearranged within certain limits.

Reservoir sizes could be adjusted.

Channels could be strengthened.

Materials could be substituted.

However, every alteration had to preserve the relationships between the core arrays.

If a modification disrupted those relationships, the device would simply refuse to activate.

Lucien considered that kinder than allowing the wearer to discover the mistake after releasing two incompatible Laws.

The public blueprint was flexible.

It was not suicidal.

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The most important safeguard lay deeper.

Lucien had personally constructed the miniature authority arrays used in the public design.

He could not place true complete authorities inside every bracelet.

Instead, he created overlapping magic circles, runes, and existence patterns that imitated the functions those authorities needed to perform.

Together, the arrays reproduced a small and highly restricted version of the original Interweaver’s operation.

Within the essential patterns, Lucien left traces of his own authority.

They were not obvious commands written into the device.

They were part of the logic that allowed the arrays to recognize one another.

Remove them, and the formation would lose its internal agreement.

The reservoir would no longer connect properly to the convergence channel. The safety layer would reject activation. The device would become nothing more than an expensive bracelet decorated with gemstones.

That gave Lucien a final safeguard.

Any Law Interweaver constructed faithfully from the public blueprint would carry the same underlying imprint.

If enemies copied it without understanding its foundation, Lucien could disrupt that imprint and force their devices to collapse into harmless components.

He could not make them explode.

He had deliberately prevented that possibility.

He could only stop them from functioning.

That was enough.

Of course, a sufficiently capable enemy might eventually rebuild the design around a completely different principle.

Lucien did not believe a public safeguard would remain impossible to bypass forever.

But bypassing it would require more than removing a few runes.

They would need to reconstruct the Law Interweaver from the foundation upward.

By then, the Thousand Races would already possess millions or billions of functioning devices.

Lucien accepted that exchange.

A weapon kept secret might surprise the enemy once.

A tool released to the world could strengthen everyone before that surprise mattered.

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The public version also avoided rare material requirements.

Any sufficiently durable metal could form the main body.

Any gemstone capable of holding energy could become a reservoir after receiving the proper attributes and formation treatment.

The quality of the materials still mattered.

Weak metal would deform after repeated activations.

Poor gemstones would hold less authority and degrade more quickly.

A bracelet made from ordinary iron and common crystals might function, but it would never match one made from rare alloys and high-grade spatial gemstones.

Still, it would function.

That was the important part.

Space attributes solved most of the reservoir problem.

Once a gemstone gained a stable Space attribute, its internal capacity could be expanded and divided into a protected chamber suitable for storing Law manifestations.

In the past, such an attribute would have made the public design inaccessible to ordinary people.

That was no longer the case.

Lootwell had begun selling the fruits capable of granting rare attributes.

Space was expensive, but no longer unreachable.

Even someone without wealth could complete Grace Quests at a Lootwell branch, accumulate Spirit Crystals, and eventually purchase access to the necessary fruit.

It would take effort.

It would not take a noble bloodline, an ancient inheritance, or ownership of a private mine.

For Lucien, that difference was enormous.

The Law Interweaver was meant to defend the world.

It could not become another treasure reserved only for those who were already powerful.

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The distinction between Lootwell’s certified model and the public version remained clear.

Lootwell’s Law Interweavers used higher-grade metals, better reservoirs, and more precise convergence structures.

The stored authorities remained stable for longer.

Their activation was faster.

Their safety systems could detect smaller irregularities.

They endured repeated use without quickly degrading.

The public design offered greater freedom.

Anyone could build it.

Anyone could alter its appearance.

Factions could strengthen particular parts according to their needs.

But its durability and capacity depended entirely on the materials and skill invested in it.

A wealthy ancient clan with mineral territories could create excellent Interweavers in enormous numbers.

A smaller faction might produce simpler models with limited reserves.

Independent practitioners could assemble their own from affordable materials and replace damaged parts when necessary.

The devices would not all be equal.

They did not need to be.

A modest Interweaver that worked once at the critical moment could still save a life.

Lucien examined the completed public blueprint one final time.

It was not the strongest version.

It was not the most elegant.

It was not impossible to misuse or eventually imitate.

But it was safe, affordable, adaptable, and capable of being produced almost anywhere.

That made it more valuable than a perfect artifact only Lootwell could create.

Lucien closed the blueprint.

The Law Interweaver was ready.

The compatibility registry was ready for its first public release.

Lootwell’s production lines had already begun moving.

All that remained was the announcement.