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Chapter 189 Apparition
Using the topic of ship models as a starting point, Dui asked Childan about shipbuilding techniques.

Childane was very open with his knowledge and had no intention of keeping his shipbuilding skills to himself.

"Lord Childan, when sailing at sea, the first thing to consider is the sturdiness of the ship. Wood is fragile. Have you considered using steel instead?"

“How can this work? Steel is heavy and won’t float in water at all…” Childan instinctively wanted to shake his head and reject Dui’s unrealistic idea, but he suddenly froze.

His eyes widened, sparks of wisdom flashing within them, as if he had broken through the barrier of perception, and countless ideas and inspirations burst forth in his mind.

He quickly grabbed Dui's hand and said excitedly:

"Duir, can you tell me about this steel ship? My intuition tells me that this will be the future direction of ship evolution, but my eyes are clouded by a fog, and I can't see the true future at all!"

Dui didn't expect Childan to be so excited. Is this what love for shipbuilding is like?

He nodded immediately, then said to Childan, "Lord Childan, do you have any iron blocks here? I need to use them to demonstrate."

"Yes! Please come with me!" Childan eagerly pulled Dui to his private shipyard and then placed a pile of metal in front of him.

Under Cildan's expectant gaze, Dui, relying on the memories in his mind, waved his wand to transform the metal.

A large block of iron was kneaded and deformed like clay until it finally took the shape of a small, ten-meter-long steel ship.

Dui then floated it into the deep water of a private dock nearby.

The small ship, made of steel, floated steadily on the water. Although it had a heavier draft than the wooden ship, it did not sink.

When Childan saw the ship, his eyes lit up, as if he had seen some rare treasure.

"May I go aboard?" Chirdan asked, his eyes fixed on the steel ship, his voice filled with excitement.

“Of course!” Dui nodded with a smile, then waved his hand and conjured a gangway, which was placed between the ship and the dock.

Childan immediately strode forward, not worried at all about any problems.

Dui followed.

The two of them boarded the steel ship. Cildan, as if he had seen a new toy, touched and examined the ship's structure.

Finally, as if he had discovered a problem, he frowned and asked Dui with a puzzled look: "Although this steel ship is sturdy, it is also too heavy. If it is propelled by oars, it will probably be very strenuous and cumbersome, which would be a bit of a waste."

Dui smiled and said, "Since the hull is heavy, we can forgo oars and use a more powerful engine to propel the ship."

At this point, Childan no longer regarded Dui as a junior, but as a visionary and exceptionally talented person in shipbuilding.

He looked at Dui expectantly: "What's your idea?"

Instead of answering directly, Dui asked, "Lord Childan, have you ever seen water boil? When the steam rises, it pushes the lid off the teapot, and even with tremendous force, it can't be held down..."

Childan's wisdom was unfathomable, and his eyes lit up when he heard Dui's words.

He immediately picked up a teapot filled with water and placed it on the stove to boil water.

Then, as the water boiled, watching the teapot lid being pushed open by the steam, Child's eyes grew brighter and brighter. He even reached out to press down on the teapot lid, but felt a tremendous force push the lid off.

"I never imagined that boiling water would have such power. If a giant kettle could be installed on a steel ship, with the vent sealed, and water continuously boiled, the resulting power would be more than enough to propel the heavy steel ship, and might even be faster than a wooden ship!"

At this moment, various ideas and inspirations surged in Cildan's mind. Without Dui's prompting, he had already begun designing the prototype of the steamship.

"Duir, you are a true genius!" Chirdan looked at Duir with admiration and appreciation. "I now understand why Mislandil and the others praised you so highly. Your discovery will change the entire history of navigation!"

"Why don't you stay in Grey Harbor and learn shipbuilding from me? Then we can design and build a giant steel ship together that will definitely surpass all my previous works!"

Faced with the enthusiastic offer from Children, Dui reluctantly declined.

He knew his own limitations; these discoveries were the culmination of thousands of years of human wisdom from the previous generation, and he was merely a knowledge conveyor.

If it really came down to hands-on practice, he probably wouldn't even be as good as the most ordinary boatman.

Furthermore, he doesn't even have enough time to learn magic these days, so where would he find the time to learn shipbuilding?

Childan was somewhat disappointed when Dui refused.

He felt that Dui had a great talent for shipbuilding, and with his ingenious ideas, he might become the next "shipbuilding king" and inherit his mantle.

Cildan had long sensed the call to him from Valinor in the West, and he had already responded, yearning to go to the Undead Lands and enjoy peace.

However, because of his superb shipbuilding skills, which enabled him to build ships that could safely reach Valinor, the Valar arranged for him to remain in Middle-earth to escort the Elves westward to the other side until the last Elf left Middle-earth.

Now that he has met someone like Dui who has different views on shipbuilding, Cildan thinks it might be possible to cultivate a successor, or even someone more skilled than himself, to take over as the helmsman.

Although Childan was disappointed, he did not insist.

In the days that followed, Cildan devoted most of his energy to researching steam engines, preparing to develop one that could propel giant steel ships.

Dui didn't interfere further, believing that with Cildan's intelligence, creating a steam engine wouldn't be a problem. He, meanwhile, continued collecting spiritual mercury daily and began using Apparition for the first time.

Therefore, he specifically asked Alga to watch over him so that if he split into two parts, he could reassemble his body in time.

Upon hearing this, Kildan also put down his work to watch Dui perform teleportation magic.

In a spacious venue provided by Cildan,

Dui stood in the center of the field, with circles drawn under his feet and around him, each marked with a symbol.

Meanwhile, Childan and Alga remained quietly to the side.

Dui stood in the circle, trying to calm himself down.

To perform Apparition, three principles must be followed: goal, determination, and composure.

If one is timid or hesitant, it is easy for the body to split into two parts, with one part appearing in another place and the other part remaining in the original place.

If not repaired in time, it can cause permanent disability or even death.

Duy raised his wand, his eyes fixed on another circle not far away.

Focus all your attention on the goal.

Make up your mind and let the thought of going there fill your entire body.

Then, as if dancing, it spun around in place.

With a barely audible cracking sound, Dui's figure vanished instantly from circle number one.

The next second, it appeared in circle number two.

When Dui used Apparition for the first time, he only felt a little uncomfortable.

It was as if his body was instantly squeezed through a very narrow rubber tube, and the surrounding environment became a rapidly spinning color and noise, blurring his vision and hearing, making it impossible to perceive specific things, and then he was quickly squeezed out.

Succeeded?
Dui looked at his surroundings and asked in confusion.

But suddenly he heard Alga gasp from beside him. Following Alga's tense and worried gaze, he realized that his left arm was still in circle number one.

Seeing that the body had split apart, Dui was no longer nervous. He quickly cast a spell to summon the arm back, then placed it in the broken arm and used a spell to reconnect and repair it.

Soon, the arm returned to normal, without any abnormalities.

This split wasn't too serious. After Dui finished repairing it, he used Apparition again to teleport back from Circle Two to Circle One.

He carefully examined his body this time and found no missing parts.

So in the following time, Dui was no longer confined to the two circles, but kept teleporting in the space.

Moreover, as his mastery of Apparition became more and more proficient, he never experienced the phenomenon of splitting himself into multiple forms again.

With a soft crackling sound in the air, Dui appeared out of thin air in front of Kildan and Alga.

He sincerely thanked the two of them with a smile: "I have almost mastered magic, thank you both for protecting me!"

Childane smiled and shook his head.

"No need for thanks. We weren't much help, but we were fortunate enough to witness such amazing teleportation magic. It was truly an eye-opening experience for us!"

Alga nodded in amazement.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye, and Dui had collected enough spiritual mercury from Luen Bay.

The once silver bay has now become shallow and diluted, and almost all the emotions and memories of the elves accumulated over countless eras have been extracted by Dui.

Even when the elves of Grey Harbor put their hands into the water, they could hardly feel the intense emotional impact anymore.

Perhaps it will be thousands of years before the seawater here turns silver again.

But by then, elves had probably become legends, and no elves would come here to travel to the Western Wonderland in their white boats.

Having collected all the spiritual mercury, the mission to Dui Grey Harbor is now complete.

Just as Dui was preparing to say goodbye to Cildan,
Childane, however, found him first and told him the news: the steam engine for the ship was completed.

Dui was also surprised to hear the news.

Who would have thought that Kildan could build a steam engine in such a short time?
Driven by curiosity, he made his way to the shipyard in the Grey Harbor.

There were many elven craftsmen here, all gathered around a huge machine.

(End of this chapter)