Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 465-463: Tank Prototype (Please Subscribe)

The Golden House is hidden; it appears to be located inside a temple, but it is actually wedged in a spatial rift, deep within a dimensional plane.

If you can't understand, imagine your balcony at home, constantly expanding outwards to create entirely new spaces.

However, such a place has a significant drawback: once you enter it, you are essentially disappearing from the prime material plane.

Virgil the Red Dragon was better off, but there were still many things at the temple that required his supervision, especially for the wealthy who came to pray, seek healing, be baptism, or even atone for their sins.

He's very busy!!!
Not to mention Luo Yi, if it weren't for his mastery of the two great skills of 'delegating power' and 'passing the buck', he would be so busy with his daily political affairs that he wouldn't have a moment to spare.

Therefore, even if they come to this golden house, they still need to have means of contacting the outside world.

That bell may look simple, but it is actually a magical tool that can transmit sound into this dimension.

As the magic bell was pulled, a clear ringing sound rang out, and both Loy and the red dragon Virgil turned their heads to look.

Virgil the Red Dragon: "Guess, is this for you? Or for me?"

Luo Yi: "Why don't we go out and see for ourselves?"

As he said this, he got up, strode out of the Golden House, and opened the door to the outer room.

Oliveira stood at the doorway, her hand brimming with magic as she pulled on the rope of the bell, shaking it continuously at an ever-increasing speed.

His usually cold and gaunt face now showed a rare expression of anxiety.

A bad feeling suddenly arose in Luo Yi's heart, and she immediately asked, "What happened?"

"Lilia, Lady Lilia, she's in premature labor!"

Premature birth?! How could that be?

Luo Yi panicked, her mind went blank, and she froze on the spot.

"My Lord Earl?"

"oh oh!"

Realizing what was happening, Luo Yi hurriedly ran outside. After running more than ten steps, he remembered that he was also a strong person.

With the activation of [Divine Speed], his figure left a trail of afterimages, and his speed suddenly reached its limit.

Once he left the temple, his golden-red battle aura surged, and his angelic wings unfurled. With a flap of his wings, he vanished from his spot.

Only the sacred flame, carried by wind pressure, spread outwards, creating ripples in concentric circles.

Only then did Oliveira arrive, also amidst flashes of lightning, and he took to the sky.

Virgil, the red dragon, strolled leisurely to the door, looked up, and instead of being worried, his face showed a hint of a smile.

"It seems that there must be a new lion in Flower Territory."

……

Let's push time forward a little bit.

The fifth floor of the Mage Tower, inside Mrs. Linda's laboratory.

After passing rows of shelves filled with potion ingredients and desks displaying various utensils,
Finally, I stopped at the wall and clicked on it using the magic lock technique. The wall automatically caved in, revealing a passage.

Continue along this passage for several hundred steps, pass through another verification, open a door, and what you see is an even more expansive space.

Inside were various processing machines: gears, connecting rods, screws, and springs.
There were even cannon barrels, shells, specially made heavy machine guns, ammunition belts, and so on.

Although everything was neatly arranged on various shelves, the characteristic messiness of a mechanical workshop was still undeniable.

Further in, past the wooden shelves, the view suddenly opens up, and in the huge space, a lump of iron is placed in the middle.

Upon closer inspection, the tracked wheel hubs appear to have barbs, enough to crush any obstacle on the road.

Made entirely of steel, it weighs an astonishing 60 tons, making it difficult even for a fourth-order natural disaster, known for its strength, to overturn.

It can withstand most of the shells head-on without fear.

Its main weapon is a 120mm caliber magic cannon, which has terrifying direct-fire firepower and is mainly equipped with armor-piercing, high-explosive anti-tank, and high-explosive fragmentation rounds.

Basically, any defensive fortifications in its path cannot withstand a single shot; if that doesn't work, then another shot will be fired.

Its secondary weapon was a specially made Maxim heavy machine gun, which used 7.62 mm bullets and was mounted side by side on the left and right.

If needed, a machine gunner can sit inside the vehicle and unleash a barrage of bullets to sweep away any enemy in front of him.

The power system is still magic-driven, equipped with 120 non-standard round crystal holes, which can be filled with 120 magic pearl crystals.

The energy storage of moonstone magic crystals is still insufficient, and they are not ideal for driving such a behemoth. Gem magic crystals used in aircraft are a better option.

But that thing is too expensive!

Even if Luo Yi had plenty of money, he still had to consider the issue of mass production. In the end, he chose the magic pearl as the container for magic energy.

First of all, magic pearls are very rare on land, but they are a hard currency on the seabed. Almost every tribe keeps its own seashell ranch, and the number is quite large.

Secondly, trading with the sea creatures allows Loy to maximize her harvest of these magic pearls; even if she wants pearls of the same size, it's quite easy.

Finally, and most importantly, while the capacity of magic pearls to magical energy is not as great as that of gem magic crystals, it far exceeds that of moonstone magic crystals.

Moreover, because it inherently contains some magic, it is extremely stable.

In addition, to ensure battery life, Lillia even designed a 'half-battery' mechanism.

In other words, you can shut down half of the pearl magic crystals and let the other half operate.

Although it will affect speed and shell firing efficiency, at least it allows you to replace the Pearl Magic Crystal while this big guy keeps running.

Once completed, start one side and shut down the other side to complete the energy injection without interruption.

In other words, if people can withstand it and the machines can withstand it, it means they can operate together.

With its powerful engine, the vehicle will naturally be quite fast; the theoretical speed of this "King of Land Warfare" can reach 70 kilometers per hour. Of course, that's under extremely good road conditions.

If you encounter desolate mountains and muddy roads, you definitely won't be able to speed up; maintaining a speed of 40 or 50 kilometers per hour would be considered good.

As for the control system, it was also designed by Lilia herself, referencing the Magic Power Truck, and is basically all manually operated.

This single vehicle, known as the King of Land Warfare, requires five people to operate: the commander, gunner, loader, driver, and machine gunner.

Apart from the loader, all the others must have the strength of a magic apprentice and possess a basic supply of magic power.

This is already the result of extreme compression; the internal space is only so big, and too many people will only get in the way.

At this moment, surrounding this enormous machine were none other than Lilia, Mrs. Linda, and Hill Douglas.

Lilia was in charge of the control and energy systems, and despite being heavily pregnant, she was constantly running back and forth.

Fortunately, she was a mage, with Featherfall and Mage's Hand always by her side, so she could simply point and gesture when needed.

Mrs. Linda was also there to lend a hand, so things didn't seem chaotic.

Hill Douglas, on the other hand, was in charge of the overall machinery, which involved climbing up and down, hammering and banging, and all sorts of other busy work.

Today he was wearing a loose white shirt with a black work apron over it, which made him look clean and neat.

That's right, his apron, body, white clothes, and face were covered in machine oil and lubricant, making him look less like a transcendent mage and more like a mechanic.

After a long period of work, the three of them finished the last round of checks, looked at each other, and nodded.

So, Mrs. Linda and Hill both crawled inside the machine, while Lilia stepped back and cast a defensive spell on herself.

Then he took out a scroll of notes, which floated in mid-air. The mage held a quill pen, dipped it in ink, and then dabbed it on the notes, as if ready to record something at any moment.

"Are you ready?"

"All right!"

"All right!"

"The prototype of the King of Land Warfare, the 138th test, has officially begun."

First step, activate the magic!

"Magic activated!"

"Second item: Control system. Forward, backward, left turn, right turn, U-turn..."

"The third item, the use of the magic viewing mirror..."

"The fourth item..."

"The fifth item..."

"........."

"Item 18, Use of Main Weapons..."

"Item 19, Use of Secondary Weapons..."

This laboratory is actually quite large, with a lot of empty space, but when this behemoth is in operation, it seems not big enough.

Therefore, you have to be careful when handling it; you can't just floor the accelerator and rush off.

However, the performance of this first-generation King of the Land was still excellent, and it also completed the test of artillery fire very well.

The firing of the 120mm magic cannon caused the entire fuselage of the Land Warfare King to tremble, but that was all.

Of course, blank rounds were fired, without any warheads!

The various experiments took more than two hours to complete. Once the fifty-first test was finished, the internal testing was considered complete.

If you want to discover any more problems, you have to go outside, to the wilderness, to the mountains, to various environments, and practice.

Even so, this means that the development of this tank is more than halfway complete.

However, even after all the tests were completed, the three of them still found it hard to believe.

After a long silence, Hill spoke first, asking, "So, this means we're officially together?"

"It's done!" Mrs. Linda said affirmatively, but then looked at Lilia with only a question in her eyes.

Lilia, meanwhile, repeatedly reviewed the data and records in her journal before finally saying, "Although there are still some areas that are not ideal, basically speaking, our research has been a success!"

After another moment of silence, the three of them realized what was going on!
Hill was the first to jump up; a mage displayed amazing jumping ability, leaping incredibly high.

Then he shouted, "It's done! It's done! We've finally done it!"

As he spoke, he spun around and started dancing, his feet stomping rhythmically on the ground.

Mrs. Linda was so happy that she danced with joy and could hardly contain herself.

Previously, she was somewhat jealous of the mechanical mage's status. Why did they have to be superior to others?
But after actually participating in the research and development of a machine, she had to admit that she had been narrow-minded!

This is inhuman, it's too tiring!
But now, enjoying the joy of success, she feels that all the hard work was worth it.

Lilia was also delighted, and she even jumped a few steps, but only a few steps, and her face turned ugly.

She felt a sharp pain in her stomach, and liquid flowed down her thighs.

Hill was the first to notice something was wrong with her: "Lilia, what's wrong with you?"

Mrs. Linda realized what was happening, her expression froze for a moment, and then she screamed, "My water broke? My water broke!"
The baby is about to be born, hurry!

"Call someone! Call someone! Find a midwife!"

And so, at the moment this tank prototype was completed, her child was also born into this world.

(End of this chapter)