Extraordinary Voyage

2020-11-02

Chapter 422 Everything is ready

“zhi zhi zhi ”

In the frantic screams, the desert In the middle of the two uplifted long Changsha lines flew, and in the swirling gravel, two poisonous tails with shiny barbs rose high.

I don’t know if the toxins in it will be fatal, and even the half-meter-long barb in the last one is not good.

Hey! call out!

Two orange-red flame bombs the size of a human head, carrying a high temperature that almost scorched the desert, crossed an arc and landed precisely up ahead of the sand line.

Boom——

It was as if the shelling of two heavy artillery blasted two hot craters in the sand sea, and the flames of up to 3000 degrees Celsius easily melted the sand into shiny crystal.

At the same time.

Under the yellow sand, two giant sand scorpions covered with transparent topaz-like shells were blasted into the air.

Thorn—

A sharp blue lightning slashed through the bodies of the two sand scorpions, easily severing their topaz shells, splitting them in half from head to tail .

The piercing screams came to an abrupt end.

clang!

Alwin returned his sword to its sheath, and the ruby ring on the index finger of Miss Moonstone’s right hand beside him slowly dimmed.

After more than ten consecutive nights of joint action, especially one hour outside corresponds to one and a half days in Spirit World.

The two actually spent more than 20 days together in Spirit World, and their cooperation has been very tacit.

Moreover, this strange creature that exists almost impossible in the material world obviously has the common characteristics of “living chemistry school” and “gemology school”.

This is the norm of the Spirit World monsters when the two act together recently, and it is obviously an additional benefit from the mysterious binding of the two.

Although they couldn’t see each other’s expressions, they were clearly satisfied with the mysterious knowledge that accompanied the spirituality feedback.

“A way of cultivating organic gemstones? Very good!”

There is a third rank physical side transcender guarantee and protect who can enter Spirit World, Miss Moonstone’s Spirit during this time The time spent exploring the world was really relaxing and enjoyable.

Let’s not talk about the knowledge gains related to your own path, even if you kill these Spirit World monsters, the growth rate of spirituality is at least ten times faster than when you were exploring alone a few days ago.

‘It’s not a bad feeling to have such a neighbor, but it seems that I have no sense of existence. ‘

Although she feels a little awkward, she has always been proud of being really strong, but she also knows that her situation is almost impossible for others.

Even if there are powerful high-level physical transcenders who are willing not to harvest, and at the same time take huge risks as bodyguards, those Great Knights whose spirit (will) is as hard as stone cannot enter the Spirit World at all. .

It’s like a piece of sea can absorb a lot of water, but just poking it with a needle will poke a hole in the sponge. Compared to the clerics, the Great Knights are the needle!

Then, no words are required.

The two looked at each other and turned around together to come to a dark crack not far away.

sou! sou!

Jumping into the cracks of the earth, after going through the continuous underground caves and underground rivers, I have already crossed the layers of the Spirit World, Back next to the beacon anchorage for the two of them.

Before saying goodbye, Moonstone, who looked very petite in comparison, looked up at Alwin and said somewhat forcefully:

“Mr. Hemlock, after the discussion over the past few days , I think your design plan is very perfect.

As for the question you raised today about whether to use different gems or the same gems, and their arrangement, I will give you an answer tomorrow.”

Although the tone remains as cold as ever, the arrogance has almost disappeared.

After all, it is very rare to face a third rank transcender without compromising.

“Thank you for your help, Miss Moonstone.”

“It’s nothing, it’s a hyacinth in return.”

Olivia was silent. I added a sentence in my heart:

‘The stronger the Horn of Storms’, the safer I will be. Yes, that’s it! ‘

Alwin wondered if it was because of the familiar relationship. The current Miss Moonstone is much more arrogant than at first. In fact, she is not a difficult person to get along with.

Well, especially a very beautiful opposite sex

“See you tomorrow then!”

“Goodbye!”

waving After saying goodbye, Alwin watched the girl disappear into the forest, and said to himself:

“Although it’s a good time to get along with each other, I always feel that the relationship with Miss Moonstone is weird now.

Every night for an hour and a half alone with each other for a day and a half.

The time in the Spirit World is like another life, and it is longer than the time in the material world.

Is this a strange soulmate in a spirit world without a body?”

After dawn, the work continues.

After completing the refit of eight privateers and the last Level 5 ship, the Owl, Alwin and Milan didn’t get much rest.

As soon as enough steel was in place, they immediately started a rebuilding plan for the Cape Storm.

The seawater in Dock No. 1 has been drained again and all outfitting of Cape Storm has been removed and fully prepared.

Signed to the craftsmen and engineers who were watching.

Alwin slowly raised his hands.

sta——!

next moment.

It has long been portrayed. On the five corners representing fire, water, earth, wind and soul, there are small cannons, golden cups, golden lions, swords and staffs and Milan’s rune array. .

The emerald green brilliance like jade stone gushed out.

Shua!

Alwin has reactivated the [Exceeded Ceremony · Activating Skillful Hands], which was used in the transformation of the “Dawn Star” before.

Alwin’s ability has been greatly enhanced. The next “Activated Hand” easily covered the entire battleship.

With his current soul strength, he can handle multi-threaded operations. It seems that countless skilled craftsmen are working together under the same brain. The wooden ribs that were originally firmly fixed in the battleship are loosened and peeled off a little bit.

No damage was done to the hull itself during this period.

crack crack

In fact, the keel of the battleship can be replaced normally.

Even the current shipbuilding habit in the entire Tulip Alliance is to use inferior materials as the keel during construction. Finally, knock out the keel and replace it with a real keel made of high-quality materials, so that the keel launched into the water is as “new” as possible, without having to bear the hardships during construction.

This method can also prevent the deformation of the keel to the greatest extent.

It can be said that most of these battleships currently serving in Tulip have had their keels changed at least once.

Compared with the keel of wooden structure.

Steel is a crystalline state at the microscopic level, and its interior is completely coherent at the macroscopic level, which determines that steel has good macroscopic mechanical properties and mechanical conductivity.

The wood is completely different, because the naked eye can see the texture of the material – “annual rings”.

It is composed of many xylem fibers arranged in parallel. The strength of the connection between these fibers is far less than that of the interior of a whole fiber, so it is said that “chopping wood does not follow the pattern, and the wood-chopping man is exhausted”.

If you want to build bigger, stronger and stronger battleship, material revolution is an inevitable trend.

It’s just that the wooden sail battleships have only appeared for several decades now, and no iron-ribbed wooden-hulled ships have been launched.

In Alwin’s memory, even the earliest iron-ribbed and wooden-hulled warships generally required the use of wrought iron box keels and riveted ribs, which had extremely high requirements on craftsmanship and materials.

The technology of this world is stronger than that of the Blue Star at the same time, that is, due to the need to configure suitable weapons for powerful Knights, the material science, especially the production and processing technology of steel, is relatively mature.

It’s even a bit ahead of its time.

After thinking about it, the technology tree can almost meet the prerequisites for small-scale manufacturing.

Alwin’s material of choice was mild steel, which is relatively easy to shape.

Steel is simply a carbon-iron alloy, and it has different properties only because of the different carbon content. Wrought iron (wrought iron): C%<0.0218%; Steel: C% 0.0218%-2.06%; Pig iron: C% 2.06-4.3%.

The iron components (fixing bars, etc.) on normal warships are generally made of wrought iron with better plasticity.

Alwin is aware of the difference in strength and hardness between wrought iron and steel. For him, the increase in material hardness is nothing more than a matter of extra effort. Of course, it must be done in one step.

ding ding dong dong

Wooden keels, ribs, nails for fixation, slats, etc. can easily be hollowed out by “activating skillful hands”.

After a whole section that he had prepared in advance, the long piece of steel had already raised its head by itself, wriggling like a snake and crawling into the lower cabin.

Strictly insert itself into the gap left by the original keel and side ribs from the beginning to the end.

Whether it is a box-type structure with a hollow keel, or the connection between the steel components, it is a piece of cake for Alwin.

Susu

After the whole steel reaches the predetermined position, it grows naturally like a tree, and the keel, ribs, and steel beams are integrally formed. , riveting brilliant more than a hundred times?

Then the steel and wood of “Storm Horn” grew at the same time, like two living acacia trees (Lian Lizhi said it) firmly grow together.

Then, in the inevitable gaps, tar and linen have been automatically filled in, providing an excellent buffer zone and turning the entire battleship into a perfect whole.

After the renovation was completed, Alwin also cleaned the bottom of the boat wrapped in copper by the way. After the spirit transformation light passed, the copper immediately shone like new.

successfully accomplished!

Alwin’s old friend, Walkley, a high-level marine engineer who once assisted him in transforming the “Daystar”, rushed to the “Cape Storm”, and after using his professional knowledge to check carefully, he couldn’t help sighing:

“Your Excellency General, this iron-ribbed and wooden-hulled ship is the future of the kingdom’s battleship!”

Of course it can be seen from Walkley’s experience.

The advantages of the iron rib structure are very obvious. Without greatly increasing the ship’s own weight, the ship can be built longer, which can better withstand the recoil of artillery and increase the number of artillery.

At the moment when artillery accuracy and formidable power are limited, more is stronger!

And when building a new ship, the drying time of the ribs can be greatly shortened, and the production cycle of a battleship can be shortened from several years to a few months in conjunction with steam drying of the ship board.

Alwin laughed, neither for nor against.

In fact, steam ironclads are the future of warships.

However, with the gradual shortage of large, high-quality lumber throughout the colony, the use of relatively inexpensive iron-ribbed ships should become an over-the-top choice and supplement.

Of course, the premise is that with the progress of industrialization, the production capacity of steel can keep up. Now that the naval strength is measured by the number of cast iron guns, such a desire is difficult to achieve in a short period of time.

However, Alwin doesn’t care much about the future development of warships, but the “Cape of Storms” has everything ready, and only the finishing touches are needed to usher in a gorgeous rebirth!

“Miss Moonstone, I hope you can bring good news for ‘The Horn of the Storm’ tonight.”

(End of this chapter)