Dragon God, immortal

The original conception of the Dragon God was to be an ancient steamship driven by wizards, with gears and pulleys as the transmission force... If the displacement was too large, even if the wizards turned into hamsters on a running wheel, they probably wouldn't be able to drive this thing...

In desperation, Shushan could only delete those steel plates and replace the steel plates mixed with his own scales with titanium-aluminum alloy plates.

Speaking of titanium-aluminum alloy plates, it was something Su Ju made accidentally.

Initially, it was Su Ju who pressed the corundum powder extracted from bauxite into the crystal, trying to use it as a test product for storing magic hair crystal.

However, since the magic storage performance of corundum is far inferior to that of rutile, it was abandoned after only one experiment. However, the metal powder obtained by decomposition made Su Ju very curious...

This is a metal that is lighter than iron. If it is fused and calcined with the decomposed powder of rutile, it can produce a super-strong metal that is as hard and strong as steel, but only half the weight!

It's a pity that this kind of metal is too difficult to process. It cannot be heated and forged on an anvil, and even wizards find it difficult to make it plastic, so these metals have properties but cannot be used.

This is not a difficult task for Shushan.

He processed a batch himself.

It's really not difficult.

The Earth Dragon God stands on the ground, his magic power is infinite, so what's wrong with having higher productivity?

"When metal rusts, it absorbs magic power, and when it decomposes, it releases magic power... Hmm... It seems like I have mastered an interesting piece of knowledge." Shushan tried to smelt metal with his bare hands and was very interested in this objective phenomenon.

It is easy to make metals rust and absorb magic, but it is a complicated operation to make them release magic. They need to be heated and pressed into a crystalline structure, and then bombarded with weak magic to produce a chain reaction before they can release magic.

Can this method be used to allow the cat-eared tribe to master modern-level alloys in advance?

Well, theoretically it's possible.

But let’s put these aside for now!

Shushan made a batch of titanium-aluminum alloy and asked Heimong and his team to install it on the Dragon God.

At this point, [Dragon God Unit-01] was officially born! Shushan asked the cat-eared people to stand on it and try, and then...

The boat capsized...

It flipped over...

Even if a few people stood on it, it would capsize, not to mention sailing on the sea and enduring the wind and waves. Unit 01 had to be salvaged right after it entered the sea... miserable.

Shushan thought about it and installed anti-roll fins on the bottom of the ship, imitating the shape of fish fins. After thinking for a while, he came up with something like a marine damper.

To put it simply, the latter is a gyroscope. It is a sphere on the outside and a heavy flywheel inside. The inertia of the flywheel's rotation can reduce the shaking of the ship.

"Then... use magic to connect the gears here and drive them, and then do this and this, that and that... hmm... should be OK, right?" Shushan installed the gyroscope and fine-tuned the transmission system inside the ship, adding a clutch so that the wizard could drive the gyroscope flywheel at the same time when driving the 'hamster engine'.

The gyroscope and the propeller can operate independently. Shushan spent a lot of time and effort to design this transmission structure.

Is that all right now? [Ryujin Unit 2]! It's decided that it's you!

Hei Song tried driving with great enthusiasm, and then...

Well... it's not bad enough...

It's not that it can't be used, but the ship designed by Shushan was an early type, with wheels placed on both sides of the ship, which can be turned and reversed by adjusting the speed of the two wheels.

Because they are installed on both sides, once encountering large waves, the center of gravity of the ship will be not correct, which will cause the efficiency of the propeller to be greatly reduced, and there is even the possibility of idling.

Shushan thought about it.

Replace the large rotor with a propeller.

In the end, it’s even worse than having a paddle wheel!

"I'm just an earth dragon, how can I know anything about fluid dynamics!" Shushan stomped on the ground angrily. The propellers in modern society are all carefully designed gadgets. Haha, who can make one by hand without a blueprint?

Finally, the [Dragon God·I am a Dog Again] version was released by Shushan.

Compared with the previous generation, this generation adds a magic engine.

This allows fishing boats to be rowed without oars.

Rely on the waves.

In fact, Shushan attached a small piece of scale to the stern of the Dragon God, and solidified a [Magic to Repel All Things] on the scale.

As long as magical power is injected into this scale, the magic will operate on its own and will generate power without the need for a wizard to control it - even if one wants to control it, the wizard must have a higher magic level than Shushan -

Its power source is to exert repulsive force on the water within a certain range below based on the coordinate reference system within the scales, and then let this repulsive force move away from the rear of the coordinate system.

It is like an invisible hand paddling underwater.

The boat was pushed forward with some effort.

So this engine is also called 'Palala engine'.

At this point, Shushan finally got a boat out. Oh my god, it was really not easy to make one!

"Most of the power on the ship comes from the human-powered 'hamster wheel'... If the empty ship runs all the power equipment at full capacity, it will consume about ten hair crystals per hour. That means ten wizards consume ten kilometers of fuel." Shushan looked at his work and nodded with satisfaction. The cat-ear tribe is no short of wizards now.

"Um... Lord Shushan..." Hei Song got off the Dragon God and said after thinking for a moment: "The translation ability of this ship is too poor. It is difficult to dock."

Shushan breathed calmly and said, "I understand..."

【Dragon God·Woof woof woof】.

Please.

. . . . . .

Guangre didn't know how much her elder brother worked for her.

Her daily schedule is to eat, sleep, grow up quickly, and wander around.

Today, she found a small animal on the plateau below the snow-capped mountains... The animal had round leopard ears, a long, furry tail, and a grayish-white base with dark gray circular spots...

"Ah, the cat-ear tribe?"

Chapter 34 Old Cat

The first sea trial of the Dragon God went very smoothly.

The smooth journey here means... no shipwreck and safe return...

The current generation of Dragon God is called [Dragon God·Woof woof woof·Forget it, just use it] by Shushan. Well, but the Cat-ear Tribe only knows that this ship is named Dragon God... Party B concealed the name of the project file from Party A.

In addition to the frame and main body built by Shushan, after confirming that the fishing boat could sail normally, Heisong and his team began to install necessary facilities on the fishing boat one after another.

For example, things like compasses, fishing nets, cold storage, and other essential supplies for survival at sea, and there should also be a small living area on the fishing boat.

"The compass, um, the magnet will point to me first, and will be attracted to the southwest of the Palm Ball Island secondly... The fishing net can be woven with storm vines, and the cold storage only needs to use ice crown flowers." Shushan nodded, expressing his satisfaction with the meticulous arrangements of the Cat-Eared Tribe.

Recalling the fishing boat in my previous life.

Shushan also made several suggestions.

For example, they drained the blood of big fish on the boat to increase their shelf life...

"Lord Shushan, the fish meat should retain the flavor of fish blood!" Heisong retorted when he heard this suggestion.

"Eh? Is the smell of fish blood better?" Shushan blinked in confusion, and soon figured it out... The taste buds of the cat-ear tribe are not exactly the same as those of humans. They may prefer food that is a little fishy.

"However, if it needs to be refrigerated for a long time, it would be better to drain the blood to slow down the decay..." Hei Song thought, and his big round ears trembled.

"You need to consider carefully whether to choose between taste or shelf life." Shushan nodded. This requires careful consideration.

"That's right." Heisong nodded.

The knowledge of the Dragon God is still very useful.

The following time was spent recruiting staff for the fishing boat. Hei Song also had to be in charge of the steel production in Mianlong Valley, so he could not go fishing himself.

As for the cat-eared people, most of them don’t like to go out to sea because the humidity is very high at sea, and their fur will get wet even if they don’t get wet…

Sailing requires wizards to work very hard, and consumes ten hair crystals as power. Even with the help of magic storage hair crystals, not many people are willing to do this kind of work...

Moreover, the Dragon God was specially designed for long-distance voyages. It would take at least one month to sail once, and there would be unknown risks in the first long-distance voyage. The ocean was not the territory of the Earth Dragon God. In fact, before the decision to build the Dragon God was made, there had already been cases of cat people being buried at sea...

After a period of discussion.

Several female cat people stood up.

They came from different large houses and all had one or two offspring.

According to the most pessimistic scenario, they all died at sea and their descendants would have someone to take care of them.

Nowadays, the male-to-female ratio of the cat-eared tribe is about three to seven. That's right, no matter which branch of the beast-eared tribe, there are more boys than girls.

After all, in the wild, male cat-eared people only have one season a year suitable for reproduction, freeing up nutrients for body factors such as muscle and fat.

Among the cat-eared tribe outside the Cat's Paw Islands, the male-to-female ratio is roughly 50-50 to 40-60. It is rare to see such a big gap as in the archipelago.

Mainly in places outside the archipelago, female cat people are responsible for tasks with a high mortality rate, such as hunting, raising, and guarding, while male cat people are responsible for heavy physical work and safe jobs such as guarding the tribe. The ratio of men to women will tend to be balanced under natural selection.

And the Cat's Paw Islands...

Very comfortable...

Even the most dangerous job of the Watcher has given them a higher survivability due to the Dragon Scale Shield bestowed by Lord Shushan, which has led to a widening gap in the male-female ratio.

"Well... even in a comfortable environment like the Palm Ball Island, male cat people will only reproduce for more than a hundred days a year... Isn't this interval too short?" Shushan watched the female cat people get on the boat and slowly sail away.

But, as a Earth Dragon God that only blooms once every five to ten years, I have no right to criticize others...

During the voyage of the Dragon God.

Hei Song returned to Sleeping Dragon Valley.

Around the blast furnace, craftsmen were busy in full swing, but the high temperature did not stop the cat people from developing.

"Ah, Dad! Over here, over here!" A white cat with curly ears waved at Hei Song from afar. Seeing this, Hei Song waved back in surprise and ran away quickly!

"Haven't you returned to Tegenkyu Island yet, Suju?" Heimong rubbed Suju's ears. The relationship between father and daughter is quite close.

"Master Shushan hasn't gone back yet. It doesn't matter if we plant seeds a little later on Togenqiu Island this year." Suju smiled and said, "Compared to that, do you still have the materials we prepared before?"

"They are all still kept. Lord Shushan has instructed that you don't have to give them to him. Just leave them to you directly." Heisong nodded. Suju was talking about the raw ores wrapped in crystals.

The miners of the Cat-Eared Tribe would take some unusable ores as tribute, mixing them with slag and presenting them to Shushan at the winter solstice dinner.

That is the snack of the Earth Dragon God.

It is said that it tastes good?

Arriving at the forging room of Mianlong Valley, Su Ju picked up some crystal ore and placed it in front of her eyes, observing the inclusions inside.

Natural hair crystals are quite rare, and among the many magic-storing hair crystals, only rutile stands out, showing good advantages in all aspects of performance.

"Dad, can you synthesize needle-shaped filaments of rutile now?" Su Ju asked, turning her head.

"It's possible, but just as you guessed, it's a huge waste of magic power." Hei Song sighed.

"What about corundum? Can it be synthesized?"

"No, it either doesn't crystallize or it's lumpy."

Su Ju heard this, and her lost tail drooped... It was indeed difficult to create the contents of the hair crystal using magic. The cat-ear tribe's [aggregate mud magic] could only produce quartz and crystallized crystals at most.

Compared to crystals made by magic, the success rate of high-temperature crystallization of molten mineral sand is higher. According to Lord Shushan, some mineral sands even require a high-temperature and high-pressure environment.

High temperature is easy, but high pressure?

Difficult.

"According to my observation, most metals absorb magic power when they oxidize and rust, and release magic power when they rust... But for the cat-eared people, neither of these two situations can be easily utilized." Lord Shushan said.

The superiority of rutile magic hair crystal lies in that it is relatively easy to form a needle-like structure, and this needle-like structure is wrapped in the crystal. The internal stress is extremely high. After the rutile is decomposed, the metal powder can be mixed with the internal gas and maintain high pressure, making recrystallization particularly simple.

"Sure enough, there is no substitute for rutile in the Cat's Claw Islands." Su Ju carefully examined many mineral samples, but in the end there was only this, a rather helpless result.

"Don't be discouraged. Your invention allows cat people who were originally unable to cast magic to become wizards... Haha, have you ever imagined a scene where the entire tribe are wizards? Haha! This is something we never dared to think about before!" Hei Song patted Su Ju's shoulder and said proudly.

“Stop, stop, stop filming! I’m your daughter, not your co-worker! But I can’t stand your force…” Su Ju took a step away in disgust. The male cat man was so rude, even his own father was like this.

"Well, okay, you study it on your own, I'm going to go out to work." Heisong waved his hand awkwardly, said goodbye and went out to work.

In addition to burning charcoal, bricks and iron, Mianlong Valley now has another factory that burns crystals and refines hair crystals.

The processes of processing, removing impurities and firing, crystallization and constant temperature of the raw materials of the magic hair crystal are still in the early stages.

The process also needs to be well designed.

To reduce consumption and improve efficiency.

This is the current work of Heimong and other craftsmen.