From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 224 Research and development of new shells【4K】

Sterling was obviously not in a good state. After seeing Ryan, he didn't get up, but nodded at him.

"Teacher, how are you?" Ryan didn't know what method Sterling used to obtain the information, but he knew that this process must be extremely dangerous.

"Miss Lilia's healing ability is amazing, and I'm fine now." Sterling said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good. Teacher, what have you found?" Ryan's heart suddenly fell to the ground, and he began to ask for information.

Sterling said solemnly: "That 'tiankeng' is indeed a stronghold of the devil, and they have completely transformed it into an environment suitable for their survival and reproduction.

Their development has reached a very high level, and the monsters they have produced are very powerful, and there are a lot of them. Once they invade the territory in an all-round way, the consequences will be disastrous. "

Ryan frowned suddenly, so it seemed that he could not solve it in a short time, he thought for a while and said: "Teacher, do you think we can inform the Grand Duke or even His Majesty the king of this news?
After all, the devil is not only our enemy, their appearance will become a threat to the entire kingdom, and there is no reason for them to stay out of it anyway. "

Sterling said without even thinking about it: "But if you do this, the sovereignty of the territory is beyond your control. As the first line to face the devil, the Kanna Territory will definitely lose its sovereignty under various powers. When the time comes, what do you do?" You can't hide those."

That's right, once the big guys are notified, and once the army is stationed, will the little man Delian still be able to speak?

I am afraid that the territory will have to be changed to surname, and everything I have paid will be wiped out and become the object of plunder.

"However, with our strength alone, we may suffer heavy losses in dealing with those devils." Ryan hesitated a little. Although he now has the killer weapon of the soul-eating worm, he is still a little unwilling to use it like this.

"I have observed and confirmed that although the enemy is powerful, they are currently unable to push the gray fog to spread. Devils without gray fog are like humans without air, and can only survive for a short time.

In other words, the situation has not yet reached the most urgent moment, and you still have time and opportunity to strengthen your own strength.

Moreover, there is another reason why other forces cannot be notified. There is an amethyst crystal vein in that 'tiankeng'. If you can monopolize it, it will bring immeasurable benefits to the development of the territory. "

After talking about the bad news, Sterling finally said some good news. Amethyst, that is a magic material worth more than Mithril. You only need to grind it into powder and add it to the melted metal. get a big boost.

The most important thing is that the most outstanding part of this material is not the amplification effect, but the magic resistance!
As the name suggests, the armor made of this material has extremely high magic resistance, which is the equipment that every knight dreams of.

It is said that even an epic-level magician can't do anything about a defensive weapon composed entirely of amethyst crystals, but no one has ever done it before.

After all, the output of amethyst crystals is really very, very low, and the price is expensive. To build such a piece of armor, even the king of a country may not be able to get it all together.

Therefore, this is why Sterling said that for this vein of mine, other forces cannot be notified. This value is too great, enough for Ryan to use all his wealth to fight.

"Teacher, are you sure?" Ryan was very excited. If there are enough amethysts, many problems that Rune Technology is currently facing will be solved.

"I'm sure, and the reserves are not small, Lei, the 'tiankeng' must be in your hands." Sterling nodded firmly, and he can still recall the shock when he saw the vein.

It was because of that vein that he was besieged by devils and demons, and it took a lot of effort to escape back in embarrassment, and almost lost his life.

"Teacher, do you think the current strength of the territory has a chance to fight against it?" Ryan was completely blind to the "Tiankeng", so he decided to ask Sterling for his opinion.

The amethyst crystal gave Ryan the idea of ​​taking risks.

After thinking for a while, Sterling said: "With the current strength of the territory, if we go all out regardless of any consequences, the winning rate can reach [-]%.

If some objective factors are taken into account, the winning rate of taking the initiative will be less than [-]%. "

"Thirty percent..." Ryan frowned, regardless of any consequences, this is impossible for Ryan, the Karna collar is his foundation, and he absolutely cannot afford to lose.

The prerequisite for exterminating this group of demons is to ensure the absolute safety of the territory. Besides, the success rate is only [-]% if this is the case. If it is not [-]%, what is the difference between sending it off?
"Teacher, how much time do you think I will have to prepare?" Ryan asked in a deep voice.

Sterling thought for a long time, and finally put up a finger and said: "One year, you still have one year at most, although I did some tricks this time, but at the same time I also made a fool of myself.

They will definitely enter a state of war. At that time, the number of demon species will only increase, and our development is likely to be inferior to theirs. Therefore, after a year, we basically have no chance of winning. "

What he refers to is the act of poisoning those mushrooms. Those mushrooms are not only their food, but also one of the main raw materials for their production of demon seeds.

Now, those mushrooms are dying on a large scale, and the devil naturally has no prerequisites for "explosive soldiers", but this process can only last for one year. It can be played perfectly.

"One year..." Ryan whispered softly, his eyes gradually became firm.

After bidding farewell to Sterling, Ryan went straight to Liman's rune research room.

At present, the number of people in the rune research room has expanded to nearly 20 people, so the laboratory has also ushered in an expansion, and now many large-scale manufacturing projects can also be completed in the laboratory.

And [Magic Crystal Cannon] is the current research focus of the Rune Research Office.

Regarding [Magic Crystal Cannon], it has actually been put on the agenda a long time ago, and Liman has also led the team to work overtime to turn it into reality bit by bit.

At present, there is good news for Ryan, that is, the [Magic Crystal Cannon] has been successfully manufactured, but Liman and the others are currently troubled by a very critical problem, what should be used as "ammunition"?
After their intense discussions, several different opinions were eventually formed. First, the "primitive faction" headed by Liman proposed to create specially-made giant rune arrows, the principle of which was like that of a thousand-machine crossbow.

However, this was opposed by the "innovative faction" headed by Susan. Because Susan was influenced by Ryan's thinking mode, she proposed to use chaotic magic crystals to create crystal cannonballs similar to [Crystal Bomb].

In terms of power, it is definitely far beyond the "Rune Arrow", and the difficulty of making it will plummet.

But this also faces a problem - cost, magic crystals are almost free in Kana, but the quantity has always been the biggest pain point, and shells are one-time consumables, and Kana's inventory is not enough for it to cause trouble.

Therefore, besides them, the "Rapid Fire School" headed by Sparrow was born. Their point of view is relatively novel, that is to change the caliber and firing speed of the [Magic Crystal Cannon].

Choose a solid shell like a refined iron rod or a metal ball. Compared with the first two, although there is no splash damage from the explosion, it is cheaper and easier to make.

And after increasing the rate of fire, the effect of winning by quantity is achieved. In the era of cold weapons, even solid shells can cause considerable casualties under the blessing of magic power.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the threat to the extraordinary has dropped sharply, which violates the original intention of the research and development of [Magic Crystal Cannon].

Each of the three parties has supporters, and they have been arguing over the past two days, and it has not been settled until now. When Ryan came, the laboratory was still arguing about this issue.

After learning about the process, Ryan found that what they said was all reasonable and achievable, but their advantages and disadvantages were different, and it was time to choose.

For a while, everyone was waiting for Ryan to make a decision, but before that, Ryan decided to understand the principle of this [Magic Crystal Cannon].

This [Magic Crystal Cannon] is more than three meters high and consists of a huge fixed turret and a thick barrel.

The turret takes up a lot of space, but only in this way can it maintain stability when launching, and most of the parts are hidden inside, such as the [magic well] used to provide energy.

The gun barrel is more than two meters long by visual inspection, and the caliber is exaggerated. It can almost fit a basketball.

Its principle is actually very simple to say, using the [magic well] to extract magic power as energy, and then there is a device that can compress magic power at the position directly below the barrel where it is connected to the turret.

Put the "cannonball" into the tail of the gun barrel, and then close the filling port, and the compressed magic power will rush out as soon as the trigger is moved, and the force generated is enough to throw a solid iron ball weighing tens of pounds to the kilometers away.

Due to the good material and sufficient energy supply, this cannon can completely fire continuously at high intensity, and it is not at all a coquettish thing like the [Thousand Machine Crossbow] that would make you lie down when you shoot continuously.

Ryan also had a difficult time, which solution is the best solution?
Popularity and power are two factors that must be weighed. If a weapon cannot be popularized, then it is definitely a failure.

After thinking for a long time, Ryan suddenly realized that he was also influenced by Liman and the others. Although they proposed these three solutions, do he have to choose one of them?

No, why not gather the strengths of all families and design a more suitable shell?
Although he doesn't know how to draw runes, he still understands the functions and usage principles of these runes.

Rune Arrow is actually a more balanced choice, but its disadvantages are obvious, such as high cost and time-consuming production.

The advantage of crystal cannonballs is that they are powerful, and they can be continuously superimposed with chaotic crystals to increase their power. The threat to large armies and superhumans is more intuitive.

So, is there a possibility to create a powerful magic shell?

In order to avoid making common-sense mistakes, Ryan called Liman to his office alone and said, "Master Liman, I have an idea that I need your advice on."

"Tell me." Liman said blankly, after all, this was not the first time.

"I was thinking, since the magic power can be compressed and stored in the crystal, is it possible to create a hollow metal shell to achieve the same effect?"

Liman scratched his messy hair, smacked his lips and said, "It's not impossible in theory, even a closed iron ball can store the compressed magic power for a short period of time, but what's the point of that? How long will it take to explode?."

Ryan looked happy, and quickly said: "I remember that there is a core device in [Thousand Machine Crossbow] called [Rotary Machine], which can quickly extract and compress magic power.

Then I thought, if a [Rotary Machine] is placed in a hollow metal container, and then given an initial start-up energy by the [Magic Crystal Cannon], can it quickly absorb and compress the energy in the air the moment the container is released? The magic power is stored in it?

You also said that even containers made of iron sheets can be stored for a short period of time. If we use an alloy with better performance to make this container, is there any hope of increasing this time to more than three seconds? "

A flash of inspiration flashed in Liman's mind. He seemed to have realized something, but he couldn't say it for a while, and replied instinctively: "No problem."

Ryan smashed his palm excitedly and said: "That's no problem, we can completely redesign a shell, use a relatively cheap alloy to make the shell, and use the [rotary machine] to absorb magic power as the source of damage.

Moreover, it is also possible to engrave a [Shock Rune] on the bullet, as long as the shell hits the ground, the magic power stored in it can be released in advance, causing terrifying damage.

Of course, if the shells fly to the limit of shell casing storage and have not landed, they will explode in the air, so we should try our best to increase the storage time while controlling the cost. "

The more Ryan talked, the more excited he became, while Liman was completely sluggish. He felt that what Ryan said was nonsense, but the reality told him that what the other party said was correct and achievable.

The main problem to be solved is the airtightness of the cartridge case and the mass production of the rotary machine.

However, Liman has quickly found a solution to these problems. The bullet casing can be solved by improving the [Rune Punching Machine]. The production of the [Rotary Press] is not complicated and the cost is not high. Most of the problems can also be solved by the punching machine. question.

From this point of view, this shell is indeed simpler than making rune arrows. Although its power is not as good as that of crystal shells, it is much higher than that of solid shells. Most importantly, the cost is only a little higher than that of solid shells!

This is simply the most suitable shell at present!

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(End of this chapter)