Mechanical Doctor

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“The village is giving out gold bars! Come back soon!”

Of course the village doesn’t give out gold bars, but Manolin did give out handfuls of gold coins.

The reason for this is that the floating fortress that has been under construction for such a long time has finally been completed.

In the place where the security team used to be trained, there stands a silver-white metal sphere with more than a dozen “tentacles” all over its body.

The diameter of this sphere is about 1,000 meters, which is twice as long as the longest ship in Manolin’s previous life.

Compared with the “slim” ship, the space of the “ball” of the floating fortress is even larger.

This floating fortress can be called a small island.

Manolin stood on the metal platform next to the sphere, stroking the smooth surface of the metal sphere with a look of emotion.

“This thing is really a wonder, and it’s worth my effort.”

Although it looks like the floating fortress is just an egg with a few mechanical tentacles, it’s nothing big.

In fact, this "sphere" of the floating fortress belongs to its defensive form, and it looks harmless.

If Manolin wants the floating fortress to attack the enemy, then the floating fortress will naturally show the "Pterosaur Form" - the floating fortress will unfold the dome above when attacking, revealing the [Destruction Cannon] and a series of secondary guns.

At the same time, thousands of large and small heavy guns hidden in the gun cabin will be exposed to attack.

In this case, the floating fortress with full firepower seems to be like the Pterosaur in the game king played by Manolin in his previous life, unfolding the death wings composed of artillery fire.

So after the floating fortress conducted a test firing in the sea, Manolin named this floating fortress [Pterosaur].

If you want to say who is most enthusiastic about this [Pterosaur], it is the people of the Mechanical Enthusiasts Association and Manolin's apprentices.

After the construction of the [Pterosaur] was completed, more than one person asked Manolin to stuff them into the steam engine of the [Pterosaur] and burn them after they died.

They wanted to be with the [Pterosaur] forever.

There were even more radical guys who wanted to be transformed into servitors or main brains, and they wanted to contribute the rest of their lives to the [Pterosaur].

Manolin naturally refused this. After all, Manolin was not a madman. How could he transform innocent people into servitors and main brains?

Of course, if there were a few factory owners or cultists around him, Manolin would not mind. The servitors or main brains would be happy.

However, these guys reminded him, and Manolin arranged security team members to be stationed in the power room of the [Pterosaur] overnight to prevent any madmen from wanting to "sacrifice themselves for the sword".

Fortunately, probably because Manolin agreed to their request to enter the steam engine as raw materials after their death, there are still madmen who want to break into the power room.

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Although Manolin built the [Pterosaur] according to the floating fortress, in fact, the current [Pterosaur] is strictly a ship.

So the launching ceremony of the new ship is naturally indispensable.

On the second day after Manolin distributed bonuses to everyone in the factory, Manolin invited many people from Gran City to attend the launching ceremony of the [Pterosaur].

For this behemoth created by Manolin, anyone with a little curiosity would want to find out.

This time he invited others to participate in the launching ceremony, which naturally became the best time for these curious guys to satisfy their curiosity.

Manolin did not drive away these uninvited people.

After all, the [Pterosaur] is such a big thing, and he wants to hide it as much as putting an elephant in a refrigerator.

So as long as these people do not cross the cordon, Manolin will not drive them away.

The crowd who came to visit the launching ceremony saw the mountain-like [Pterosaur] and the mechanical tentacles that supported the [Pterosaur], and they were surprised and talked about it.

Those who live in Gran City face the harbor every day. They have seen big ships before, but no matter how big a ship is, it is like an ant and an elephant. There is a gap between them.

Especially those who understand shipbuilding technology in the crowd, they really know what kind of miracle Manolin and his arsenal have created.

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As the sun came to the top of the head, the time of the day when the sunlight was the strongest arrived.

Manolin broke a bottle of champagne on the [Pterosaur], which meant that its launching ceremony officially began.

The [Pterosaur] is a huge ship, and it is naturally impossible to send it down like a normal sea ship with a few rollers or pulleys. This is unrealistic.

Fortunately, although the [Pterosaur] is a copycat version of the Destruction-class floating fortress, the floatingIt barely inherited the fortress's amphibious features of water, land and air.

However, Manolin was not going to expose the flying ability of the [Pterosaur] during this launching ceremony.

After all, if Manolin was exposed, he could make a big ball with a diameter of 1,000 meters fly, which would be too shocking.

Another reason why Manolin did not want the [Pterosaur] to "fly" now was that it needed to consume a large amount of liquid phlogiston essence to fly.

The energy consumed by the [Pterosaur] to fly for an hour would be quite painful for him with his current wealth.

So Manolin decided that he would not use the flight mode of the [Pterosaur] unless he had to.

Compared with the flight mode, the land mode is much more "environmentally friendly".

Although the land mode consumes much more energy than the navigation mode in the water, these energy consumptions are a piece of cake compared to the flight mode.

When Manolin controlled the anti-gravity device to increase the output, the dozen mechanical "tentacles" began to move regularly.

[Pterosaur] stood up like a giant bug and moved towards the ocean.

Because everyone stood outside the cordon very obediently, the big move of [Pterosaur] did not hurt anyone, of course, those who fell down due to shock did not count.

Because some equipment such as anti-gravity devices and repulsion devices began to operate, [Pterosaur] floated steadily on the sea, and the draft was not particularly deep.

Seeing this scene, many people who knew about ships shrank their eyes.

They knew very well what it meant for such a behemoth to have such a shallow draft.

This means that [Pterosaur] has a very high passability and can enter many shallow areas and some larger rivers.

After [Pterosaur] was successfully launched, it also meant that the launching ceremony came to an end.

Manolin generously opened the deck of the [Pterosaur] as a venue for the cocktail party.

As the dome of the [Pterosaur] slowly opened, the upper part of the floating fortress officially appeared in front of everyone.

Those huge cannons that were revealed as the dome fell made everyone feel cold in their hearts.

Some people remembered that Manolin was a violent person who made his fortune by relying on arms, and the [Pterosaur] was not just a mechanical wonder, but a real "weapon" with terrifying power.

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