Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1094: Fanatic Qin Fen

After having a simple hotpot lunch, Zhou Xu left the restaurant and went straight to Li's house.

Needless to say, after that, Xie Liancheng returned to his home to recuperate.

"How is the wounded?"

"It's OK. I feel about 70% better."

He was already seriously injured, and it would have been fine if he had just used forceful attack afterwards, but he had also used the power of Lightning Dance, a mantra that squeezed the body's functions and forced it to work in overload.

Now it's further injury, and recovery will be even slower.

However, given the circumstances at the time, it is hard to say that Jie Liancheng was wrong to do so.

To a large extent, they had no choice at the time.

Xie Liancheng, who had also been listening to books recently, naturally knew that a victory had been won on the front line, so he had nothing to worry about at the moment, and he did not hide his injuries from Zhou Xu.

After saying this briefly, Xie Liancheng's expression turned serious.

"When do you plan to mobilize?"

When Zhou Xu heard this, he rolled his eyes on the spot.

"You haven't even recovered from your injury yet, why are you still worrying about this?"

As he spoke, Zhou Xu sighed at Jie Liancheng's serious expression.

"You have become smarter."

Xie Liancheng immediately rolled his eyes.

"I'm not stupid. What's the saying? How can I allow others to snore beside my bed?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, we will mobilize our troops after the spring. By then, the Lizardmen troops from Bolevin can come to help us, and our chances of winning will be even greater."

Xie Liancheng, who had experienced the previous battle, had naturally witnessed how powerful Bo Levin was, and he had no objection to this point.

"I'll go there then, too."

"We'll talk about it later. You should take good care of your injuries first!"

Zhou Xu did not agree to him directly.

You know, he almost died before!
The situation was urgent at the time and Zhou Xu didn't have time to think about it carefully. When he thought about it afterwards, he felt a little scared.

He undoubtedly values ​​his childhood brother very much and really doesn't want Jie Liancheng to take this risk.

But Xie Liancheng obviously didn't buy it.

Just as Zhou Xu understood him, he also understood Zhou Xu and knew what Zhou Xu was thinking now.

"Don't wait until then! You have to promise me first!"

"Although I did learn a lesson in the previous battle and fought badly, even so, in terms of strength, I am the strongest among all the generals in the Great Zhou. If I don't go to such a tough battle, who will?"

"..."

Not to mention, Zhou Xu really had no power to refute what Xie Liancheng said.

There is currently no warrior in the Vajra Realm within their Great Zhou, and among the warriors in the Hundred Refining Realm, Jie Liancheng is undoubtedly the strongest.

Under this premise, Zhou Xu naturally also placed high hopes on Jie Liancheng, hoping that he could also break through the bottleneck at the peak of the Hundred Refining Realm and leap into the Vajra Realm.

But he was just thinking about this matter casually now.

Xie Liancheng hasn't even fully recovered from his injuries yet. It's good enough that his skills haven't deteriorated. Do you still expect him to practice martial arts?

In comparison, Zhou Chongshan's injury was not as serious as Jie Liancheng's, and he has basically recovered now.

Here, by the way, it is also worth mentioning Qiansui. Like Zhou Chongshan, Qiansui stayed in the military camp of the Xianzhen Camp outside the grassland city to recuperate.

When passing by Caoyuan City, Zhou Xu also went to visit it specially.

In terms of the severity of the injury, Qiansui's injury is just as serious as Jie Liancheng's. Fortunately, his own recovery ability is also very strong, and he has almost recovered now.

However, Zhou Xu was not in a hurry to ask Qiansui to rush to the northeastern border to help.

The situation on the northeastern border is rather special now.

If the green-skinned troops on the opposite side do not send out warriors at the Vajra Realm level, then based on the current configuration on the northeastern border, there is basically nothing to be afraid of and they can hold their ground.

But if the other party sends out warriors at the Vajra Realm level again, it would be useless for Qiansui to go there. It would be better for him to stay here and recuperate.

Back to the topic, Zhou Xu still failed to defeat Jie Liancheng in the end.

At the same time, what Jie Liancheng said was indeed reasonable. If you don't send the strongest general under your command to fight such a tough battle, who would you send?

After leaving the government office, Zhou Xu returned to the palace. After a comfortable night's sleep, he went straight to work.

He was not away for long this time, so the documents piled up on his desk were not that many. Dealing with them did not bring much pressure to Zhou Xu, and he could even arrange a lunch break for himself.

However, just during his lunch break, someone he did not expect came to the palace to ask for a meeting.

"Your humble servant Qin Fen pays respect to Your Majesty!"

"No gift."

After hearing the notice, Zhou Xu was thinking that Qin Fen came to see him at this time, definitely not because of the steam engine, because there was not enough time.

And this is indeed the case.

"Your Majesty, I came to the palace this time because I want to talk to you about the Fire Crystal Stone!"

When Zhou Xu heard that it was related to the fire crystal stone, he immediately had some guesses in his mind.

However, he had no intention of interrupting, but raised his hand, motioning Qin Fen to continue.

"Your Majesty, we may be able to use Fire Crystal as the core energy source and directly build an internal combustion engine!"

Hearing this, a hint of understanding flashed across Zhou Xu's eyes.

He probably knew what Qin Fen was going to say.

Qin Fen didn't know there was such a thing as fire crystal before. Although Zhou Xu had mentioned volcanoes and geothermal energy to him, he didn't mention this.

But the fire crystal itself is not something that needs to be kept secret, so after living there for a while, Qin Fen naturally came to understand this special mineral that contains elemental energy.

You know, as a "power genius", Qin Fen has always been sensitive to things related to energy.

The moment he learned about the fire crystal, he suddenly realized that this special crystal might allow them to skip the steam engine and start manufacturing the internal combustion engine directly.

"Your Majesty, the working principle of an internal combustion engine is, to put it simply, a heat engine that burns fuel inside the machine and converts the heat energy released into power."

"There are a lot of structures and sophisticated designs here, all to provide services for energy conversion, but I found that the fire crystal can directly release heat energy without burning at all, which is enough to greatly reduce the difficulty of the entire manufacturing process."

"And I found that we can even use the metal smelted from fire crystals to make the core structure of the internal combustion engine. It is like the battery of a new energy vehicle. As long as the research and development is successful, we can directly charge this core structure to meet the entire power demand."

At this point, Qin Fen's face revealed obvious enthusiasm.

As a person who studies energy and power, what could be more exciting than discovering a new energy source and using it to develop a completely new power machine?
However, after the excitement, Qin Fen quickly calmed down.

"But I know that Your Majesty will most likely not agree. I just wanted to mention it."

Hearing this, Zhou Xu laughed, and at the same time acknowledged Qin Fen's guess. Indeed, he would not agree.

(End of this chapter)