Doomsday Totem

Chapter 572 Runes
Not long after, Iron Slag, under the leadership of floating boat dealer Liang Ping'an, boarded a medium-sized floating boat with an old appearance, broken everywhere, a length equivalent to a chapter of a train carriage, and a width equivalent to two trucks side by side.

Standing at the entrance and looking inward, the inside is rectangular, and the front end is the cockpit, with two driver's seats.On the console was a kettle, a marching cup, and half a piece of leftover compressed biscuit. There were a lot of pictures of beauties pasted on the lower edge of the windshield, and a few sticky notes with crooked handwriting.

The ground is made up of hollowed-out metal grids, which are somewhat dirty. The gaps are covered with black oil stains, and the power unit below is faintly visible.Looking left and right, there are a row of simple benches installed on the bulkheads on both sides, one side is fixed on the bulkhead with door hinges, and the other side is hung with iron chains, which can be put down and stowed away at any time.

At this moment, there were three young people and a middle-aged man in the cabin. The middle-aged man was sitting in the co-pilot seat, while the three young men were leaning against the bulkhead, dozing off with their eyes half closed, looking a little listless.

Seeing the iron slag coming in, they immediately became active, nodded and bowed, and greeted each other with smiles, "Brother, please sit down", "Brother, you have worked hard", "Brother, do you want a drink of water?"But no matter how enthusiastic they are, they can't change the fact that the cabin is shabby.Tie Slag only glanced at it, and regretted not renting the kind of airship with "there are a few girls on the boat" and "there is a 36D big girl".

It's not that he's lustful, no matter how beautiful the women outside are, they can't compare with his women.Even Qin Ke'er and Mu Qianhe are far more than ordinary beauties, not to mention the priests of the Notre Dame, the saints of the Snake Cult, and the sheriff of Tieshan Town.The reason why he had such an idea was because places with women were usually tidied up, at least not like here, which was simply a den of robbers.

"Boss, where do you want to go?" After getting on the boat, Liang Pingan rubbed his hands and asked flatteringly.

"I want to find a big island without a master." Tie Slag said.

"Could it be..." Liang Pingan asked in surprise, "Are you planning to gamble on the well?" The so-called "gambling on the well" refers to a series of commercial investment activities such as deep digging and drilling, mining of star diamonds for sale, and so on.

Due to the limited detection technology of human beings, only the approximate location of the Celestial Diamond can be determined.If a deep well is drilled down and deviates by several meters, a second deep well must be drilled.Because mining the star diamonds must be dug down vertically, otherwise when the diamonds are taken out and the entire island collapses, the mudslides will wash the diamonds into the sea of ​​eternal sleep below, so that nothing can be returned.

For example, if a [-]-ton star diamond can be mined in one deep well, it is a huge profit, but if it can be mined in two deep wells, it is a small profit.By analogy, three mouths are equal, four mouths are small losses, five mouths are big losses, and six mouths are crying without tears.Therefore, the process of mining the Star Diamond is tantamount to a gamble.Those who are not rich generally dare not touch them.

"No, just looking around casually." Tie Slag said lightly.

"Hmm..." Liang Pingan thought for a while, then hesitated, "Yes, but it takes six days, how about it?"

"Yes." Iron Slag said bluntly.As far as he knew, the floating islands with a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers around the gate of the plane had all been mined, while the fringe areas had been occupied by major forces.If ordinary people want to mine, they have to go further afield.

"Okay, let's go immediately after filling up the gas." Liang Ping'an clapped his hands vigorously, said excitedly, and then got off the airship to arrange things.However, the moment he stepped out of the hatch, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and the meaning was hard to understand.

About half an hour later, everything was ready, the airship slowly lifted off, left the diversion platform, and flew southwest under the guidance of the navigator.

After take-off, Iron Slag sat on a bench on one side, leaned against the bulkhead and closed his eyes to rest.The three young men on the opposite side raised their eyelids from time to time, looking him up and down.It's just that their eyes were separated as soon as they touched, and he didn't pay attention to it.

At this moment, at the bottom of the cabin, between the dense pipelines and complicated gears, at the center of the girder, a light yellow crystal the size of an egg is emitting a pale golden gleam.Around it, there are streaks of bright and dark lines extending outward along the girder.If you look at it from a translucent, three-dimensional structure diagram.You will find that the texture exuding a light golden shimmer spreads on the entire support of the airship.

That piece of crystal is the suspension core of this airship.Judging from the size, it can be judged that it is a hundred tons.And those luminous textures are the runes that spread the force of suspension to the entire bracket.

This is one of the core technologies derived from the rune technology of Eden.

In the world of Silver City, technology can be roughly divided into two types, namely traditional technology and Eden technology.

Traditional science and technology are human-indigenous science and technology derived from classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, electronics, chemistry, biology and other disciplines.Such as fuel engines, nuclear furnaces, gunpowder firearms, electromagnetic guns, etc.But on the whole, it is only a little bit better than before the ancient nuclear war.

The Eden technology is an alien technology discovered from the wreckage of a mysterious spaceship.There are roughly three branches, namely rune technology, psionic power technology and heteroplane communication technology.

Rune technology, also known as "unconventional energy conduction technology", is to achieve energy conduction by engraving special patterns on an alloy doped with a small amount of fine gold or mithril.As it stands, rune technology only works with psionic energy and anti-gravity matter energy.The conduction of thermal energy, electrical energy, and mechanical energy is negligible, and traditional technology has to be relied on.For example, black oil power technology and devil biochemical technology are all pure human technology, without any elements of Eden.

Some scholars pointed out that the technology on the Eden belongs to another branch of technology, and may not be superior to the existing technology of human beings.They classify traditional technology as "material technology" and Eden technology as "spiritual technology".

After hundreds of years of research, they discovered that the Eden technology and the "magic technology" of the Alta people have striking similarities.

In the process of dissecting the corpse of a strong man in the Elta Sanctuary, an assistant accidentally discovered an astonishing phenomenon.Under the microscope, the strong man's blood vessel walls actually had complex textures similar to rune technology, but they were more mysterious and elusive, and gradually disappeared after a few hours.

In addition, the people of Alta have always claimed that the holy scriptures of the Temple and Notre-Dame are the relics of their ancestors. They were lost when the family migrated, and they demanded that the two major beliefs be returned to their original owners.Not to mention whether the holy scriptures belong to them or not, from this point alone, it is not difficult to see that the holy scriptures and magic energy technology are inextricably linked.Because the root of magic technology comes from their belief in gods.

However, this is just speculation.After all, for hundreds of years, scholars without the power to restrain a chicken want to study their sacred objects from the hands of fanatics who are armed to the teeth.

In fact, the temple, which is radical on the surface but pragmatic on the inside, has been studying the holy scriptures.It's just that they don't know that the upper part in their hands is fake, so they can't research anything.And those crazy women in Notre Dame have never had much interest in technology.In their hands, the holy book is only a symbol of faith, without much practical significance.

According to historical records, BDr 1500 years ago (before BDr's recovery calendar, Dr's recovery calendar), Notre Dame has always claimed that the revelation of the gods comes from the records of the holy scriptures.After the Dark Ages, however, they emphasized instead that the revelations of the gods had nothing to do with the holy books.Around 1000 years before the first year of BDr, the gods descended from the mountains and spread the gospel to the world.

Which statement is more credible, people don't know, but the purpose of Notre Dame is well known to passers-by.Stripping the connection between the gods and the holy book helps reduce the prying eyes of heretics.It has to be said that the IQ of the Qiyue priest who made this move back then is also worrying.In the words of the people from the Far East, it is "There is no 300 taels of silver here, so don't dig three feet into the ground."

In short, rune technology is closely related to psionic energy, magic energy, and anti-gravity material energy.This is also the fundamental reason for the existence of air battleships. Before the ancient nuclear war, human aircraft could only fly over the sky, but they could not hover in the air for a long time, and they consumed a lot of fuel.In addition, the aircraft at that time could not be particularly large, and had to be light, otherwise they would not be able to fly.

With the anti-gravity material and rune technology, a million-ton battleship can also cruise the sky, but it doesn't use much fuel.

"Beep beep..."

After an unknown amount of time, the multi-functional electronic watch on Iron Slag's wrist suddenly rang, emitting a small beep.This is what he has set in advance, and he will be reminded every two hours.He pressed the small button on the side of the watch to turn off the beep, and then unscrewed the oxygen cylinder on his back.

"laugh……"

There was a slight sound of deflation, and rich and fresh oxygen was poured into the mask.Iron Slag took a deep breath, and immediately lifted his spirits, feeling extremely comfortable in his chest.This is cumulative hypoxia. As the degree deepens, people will gradually feel tired and sleepy, but the process is so slow that they cannot be noticed.If it is in sleep, it is likely to become a vegetative state due to lack of oxygen in the brain, or die directly.

Several hoses are installed on the bulkhead, connecting to the oxygen generator below.If you want to sleep, you have to connect a hose for continuous oxygen supply.

Iron Slag raised his eyelids slightly, and glanced left and right. The three young people on the opposite side were connected to oxygen pipes, leaning against the bulkhead and dozing off.Liang Ping'an and another middle-aged man were concentrating on driving the airship.

Looking out from the windshield, the outside is a vast expanse of whiteness, and the visibility is very low.Qiman's dreamland is haunted by fog all year round, and there are floating islands everywhere. When flying here, the speed cannot exceed [-] kilometers per hour.Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will bump into something. If you are unlucky, the ship will crash and people will die, and fall into the sea of ​​eternal sleep below.

The Sea of ​​Eternal Sleep, referred to as "Mianhai" for short, also known as "Endless Swamp", is the bottom layer of Qiman's dream.The Mianhai is not ordinary seawater, but a kind of high-density, jelly-like "dense water".People can walk on it, but if they stay for a long time, they will slowly sink and be swallowed eventually.Only those strong men who have stepped into the sanctuary can break through the water and seek a glimmer of life.

(End of this chapter)