Transcendent Journey

“zhi zhi zhi …”

Amidst the frantic screams, two long, uplifting sand lines in the desert pounced and fluttered. In the gravel, two poisonous tails with shiny barbs were raised high.

I don’t know if the toxins in it will be fatal. Even the half-meter-long barb in the previous one is absolutely uncomfortable.

Shoo! call out!

Two orange-red flame bombs the size of a human head, carrying the high temperature that almost scorches the desert, traverse an arc and fall accurately on the sand line up ahead.

Boom——

As if two heavy artillery shells blasted two hot pits in the sand, the 3000-degree scorching stream easily melted the sand into shiny Crystal.

At the same time.

Under the yellow sand, two giant sand scorpions covered in a transparent topaz-like shell were blown into the air.

Stab it——

A sharp blue lightning slid across the bodies of two sand scorpions, easily cut their yellow gemstone shells, and split them in half from head to tail. .

The scream stopped abruptly.

clang!

Ivan returned the sword to its sheath, and the ruby ​​ring on the index finger of Miss Moonstone’s right hand by his side also slowly dimmed.

After a dozen nights of joint action, one hour corresponds to a day and a half.

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

Moreover, this kind of strange creature, which is almost impossible to exist in the material world, obviously has the common characteristics of both the “living chemistry school” and the “gemology school”.

It is also the normal state of Spirit Realm monsters when the two are acting together during this period, which is derived from the additional benefits of the mysterious binding of the two.

Although they can’t see each other’s expressions, both of them are more satisfied with the mysterious knowledge that comes with spirituality feedback.

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

There is a third-rank physical side transcender guarantee and protect who can enter Spirit Realm, Miss Moonstone’s Spirit during this time Realm exploring time is really easy and enjoyable.

Let’s not talk about the knowledge gains related to my own path, even after killing these Spirit Realm monsters, the spirituality growth rate is at least ten times faster than when I explored alone a few days ago.

‘The feeling of having such a neighbor is really not bad, but… it seems that I am too inexistent. ‘

Although she feels a little depressed, who is always proud and really strong, she also knows that her situation is almost impossible for others to meet.

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

It’s like a piece of sea surface can absorb a lot of water, but as long as you poke a needle, it will poke a hole in the sponge. Compared with the priests, the Great Knights are the needles!

After that, no words are needed.

The two of them looked at each other, turned around and came to a dark seam not far away.

sou! sou!

Jumped into the seam, after the continuous underground grottoes and underground rivers, they have returned to the two people’s beacon anchorage.

Before bidding farewell, Moonstone, who looks very petite in the contrast of body shape, looked up at Ivan and spoke lightly:

“Mr. Red Hemlock, after the past few days of discussion, I think yours The design plan has been perfected.

In response to your question about the arrangement of different kinds of gemstones or the same kind of gemstones, I will consider answering you tomorrow.”

Although the tone remains the same as before The coldness, but the arrogance has almost disappeared.

“Thank you for your help, Miss Moonstone.”

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

Olivia is silently I added a sentence from the bottom of my heart:

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

Ivan didn’t know if it was because of a familiar relationship, Miss Moonstone was much better than at first, and she was actually not difficult to get along with.

“Then, see you tomorrow!”

“Goodbye!”

After waving goodbye, Ivan whispered to herself as she watched the girl disappear from the back of the forest ：

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

Every night for this hour, I have to spend a day and a half alone with each other. .

The time in Spirit Realm is like another life, and it is longer than the time in the material world. Is this…a strange soul mate?”

. …..

After dawn, work has to continue.

After completing the modification of the eight privateers and the last Fifth Level ship “Shackle”, Ivan and Milan did not rest long.

Enough steel was delivered in place, and they immediately launched the transformation plan for “Storm Horn”.

The seawater in Dock Room No. 1 has been drained again, and all outfitting of “Storm Horn” has been removed, and it is fully prepared.

He motioned to the craftsmen and engineers who were on the sidelines.

Ivan slowly raised his hands.

sta——!

next moment.

It has been portrayed a long time ago. On the five corners representing fire, water, earth, wind, and soul, there are a small cannon, a golden cup, a golden lion, a sword stick, and a rune array of Milan. .

Transparent emerald green brilliance like jade stone gushes out.

Shua!

Ivan has re-launched the [Extra-limit Ceremony·Activation Skill] Ivan that I used to transform the “Venus Star” before.

Ivan has been greatly enhanced. This The second “activated hand” easily covered the entire battleship.

With his current soul strength enough to cope with multi-threaded operations, it seems that countless skilled craftsmen work together under the same brain, and the wooden ribs that were originally firmly fixed in the battleship are a little loose and peeled.

During the period, no damage was caused to the hull itself.

ka-cha …ka-cha …

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

Even the current shipbuilding habit in the entire Tulip Alliance is to use inferior materials as the keel when building. Finally, the keel was knocked out and replaced with a real keel made of good materials, so that the keel that was launched was as “new” as possible, and it was inconvenient to bear the hardships during construction.

This method can also prevent the keel from deforming to the greatest extent.

It can be said that most of the battleships currently serving in Tulip have changed their keel 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 naked eye can see the texture through the material-“annual rings”.

It is made up of many xylem fibers arranged in parallel, and the strength of the connection between these fibers is far less than the inside of a whole fiber. Therefore, it is said that “chopping wood does not follow the pattern, and the woodcutter is exhausted.”

To build a bigger, stronger and more robust battleship, the material revolution is an inevitable trend.

It’s just that the wooden sail battleship has only appeared for several decades, and no iron ribbed wooden hull ship has been launched.

In Ivan’s memory, even the earliest iron-ribbed wooden shell warships generally require wrought iron box keels and riveted ribs, which have extremely high requirements for craftsmanship and materials.

And one of the technologies of this World that is stronger than that of the Blue Stars of the same generation is that the materials science, especially the production and processing technology of steel, is relatively mature due to the need to equip the powerful Knights with suitable weapons.

With ideas, the technology tree can almost meet the requirements of small-scale manufacturing.

The material Ivan chose is mild steel that is relatively easy to shape.

Steel is a carbon-iron alloy in plain terms, and it has different properties only because of the difference in carbon content. Wrought iron (wrought iron): C% 0.0218%; steel: C% 0.0218% to 2.06%; pig iron: C% 2.06-4.3%.

The iron components (fixed cleaning rods, etc.) on normal warships generally use wrought iron with better plasticity.

Ivan 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 effort. Of course, it must be done in one step.

ding ding dong dong …

Wooden keels, ribs, fixing nails, cleaning rods, etc. are easily hollowed out by “activated hands.”

The whole section was processed in advance by him. The long steel had already raised its head and crawled into the lower cabin like a snake.

From start to finish, I fit myself into the void left by the original keel and side ribs.

Whether it is the hollow box structure of the keel or the connection problem between the steel members, it is a piece of cake for Ivan.

Sustain…

After this whole piece of steel arrives at the predetermined location, it grows naturally like a tree, and the keel, ribs, and steel beams are integrally formed. The technology is more than a hundred times better than welding and riveting?

Then the steel and wood of “Storm Horn” grew at the same time, just like two acacia trees with life growing together firmly.

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

After the transformation was completed, Ivan also cleaned the bottom of the ship covered with copper skin by the way. After the spirit transformation passed, the copper skin immediately gleamed just like the new one.

successfully accomplished!

Ivan’s old friend, Walkley, the senior ship engineer who once assisted him in transforming the “Venus”, rushed to the “Storm Horn”, after using his professional knowledge to check carefully, he couldn’t help sighing:

“Your Excellency, this kind of iron ribbed wooden hull ship…is the future of kingdom battleship!”

Of course you can tell from Walkley’s experience.

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

At the moment when artillery precision and formidable power are limited, more is strong!

Furthermore, when building a new ship, the rib drying time can be greatly shortened. With the steam drying of the shipboard, the production cycle of a battleship can be shortened from several years to several months.

Ivan laughed, neither agree nor disagree.

In fact, steam ironclad ships are the future of warships.

However, with the gradual shortage of large, high-quality timbers throughout the colony, the use of relatively low-cost steel-ribbed boats should become an excessive choice and supplement.

Of course, the premise is that with the progress of industrialization, the production capacity of steel must keep up. Now that the strength of the navy is measured by the number of cast iron cannons, this desire is difficult to realize in a short time.

However, Ivan doesn’t care much about the future development of warships, but “Storm Horn” is ready for everything. Only the final finishing touch can usher in a gorgeous rebirth!

“Miss Moonstone, I hope you can bring good news for the Stormhorn tonight.”