Act 239: The Magic Burner Without Crystal(1/2)
After arriving at Aiyin Bullock for nearly ten days, Fang Zhu is already quite familiar with the mobile fortress of "Mobius".
In the era of the Giant War, this fortress was actually a giant war platform. Its main military equipment was the four super-heavy magic turrets above, with nearly 130 auxiliary guns of all sizes. However, in peacetime, most of these military equipment had been demolished and replaced with gardens, ecological greenhouses, museums and other things.
A Central Park was also built above.
Two of the four super heavy turrets were dismantled into parts, leaving two left, and now one is a magic technology museum for people to remember, and the other is also idle. The alchemists removed key parts and stuck the operating table, making the turret unable to be reused.
From the outside, the movement method of "Mobius" mainly relies on its two pairs of huge step foot, located in four corners, towering like a giant tower. Each of these two pairs of foot footwear weighs nearly 3,000 tons, and the weight of the entire fortress is astonishingly 60,000 tons.
Such a self-respecting "Mobius" certainly cannot stand by relying on stepping feet. In fact, there are forty Guy generators of all sizes in the fortress. Two of the main crystal systems can even lift the fortress up for a period of time when they are fully operational. However, such a huge system must be amazing. When the entire fortress is fully moved, it relies on the twelve magic furnaces to supply energy. The magic power output per hour is as high as 90,000,000M.
But the miracle of this magical skill was completely destroyed in the war, and one of the steps broke in the battle. The core of the main magic furnace also melted down at the most intense battle and triggered a fire. The fire affected nearly half of the fortress, causing it to completely paralyze on this plain.
Later, the alchemists repaired the burned cabin. But some of the cabins were permanently used as the home of the "Mobius" craftsmen's club. After that, the mobile fortress was never activated again, and it just stayed here forever.
The originally majestic appearance is full of rust, but after years and time, it is covered with moss and vegetation.
Square leopard entered the fortress from the spire in the southwest corner of "Mobius". The spire was actually part of the stepping foot of the mobile fortress. There was an entrance below, leading to the B02 lifting ladder inside it. The craftsmen association of "Mobius" is on the top floor, and he was already familiar with it when he came here.
On the top of the mobile fortress is the Central Park. The craftsmen have really built many gardens and tree-shaded flower stands on it, passing through the square where the fountain is located, and behind it is the entrance to the gate of the Aynblock Craftsmen Association - which was originally the main bridge of the 'Mobius'.
He used to come here alone, and occasionally he could see Ayo and his companion. Now these two young men are temporarily affiliated with the Ayon Bullock Craftsmen Association, which belongs to the Empire under the Craftsmen Association of the Principality of the Deer. They were originally considered imperial alchemists.
The Aiyin Block Craftsman Association has nearly 10,000 employees, not many of them.
However, today, someone else came to receive Fang Zhu. In addition to the usual Hailin Morning Star, there was also a circle of silver gear-shaped patterns on the cuffs and collar on the gray alchemist coat worn by the person.
That is the logo of the Imperial Workshop and the only workshop logo in Aitalia that can use gears as an emblem.
The Empire Workshop is the inheritor of the magical skills of mortals. It was established even earlier than the birth of the Craftsman Association. The Empire had too many things to be proud of, and this was just one of them.
The person who came was named Esdina, a gentle lady in her early thirties. She could get Hailin Morning Star at this age, so she was naturally considered to be a talented person among the indigenous people.
She introduced herself to Fang Lun as an alchemist who worked in the "Ark of the Magic Loft of Ancient Gold". Dottori had previously introduced her to Fang Lun.
"Ed...ah, Mr. Ed, I'm sorry," Edina called out a little hard, and couldn't help but apologize. "There are many alchemists calling Ed, especially more of you Saint Selected people, but there are not many such famous people as Mr. Ed, and I'm really not used to it for a moment."
Fang Rong felt a little embarrassed. This was not the first time that his ID had been criticized, but he was just a hot mind when he named it, but he didn't think so much about it.
Seeing him feeling embarrassed, Esidina couldn't help but smile, and then she remembered that the other party was not old. But the reputation that the other party had already gained was easy to ignore his age. "In fact, if Dottori doesn't introduce it, I have heard of Mr. Ed in the Mainland League. I will investigate the matter of the Tower Magic Fire."
"Ms. Estina has been to Istania?"
"That's not-"
The two walked through the hall of the Craftsmen Association. The two high-level alchemists wearing the Hailin Morning Star, so no one dared to stop them. They even gave up one way. There was a lift for the high-level alchemists behind the hall, and the craftsmen used another one.
Entering the elevator, Estina continued to answer: "The work of the Craftsman Association is too busy. I can't get free time on weekdays. Sometimes I have to work part-time at the 'Ancient Golden Magic Loft' to subsidize some household expenses. Estin Brock is a holy place in the minds of alchemists, but living here is not easy, Mr. Ed.
A colleague from a craftsman association brought back the news from Istaniya about someone repairing the tower magic furnace. I sent someone to inquire and learned about the relevant details and Mr. Ed. The senior executives of the Empire Workshop began to pay attention to the relevant news since they found the magic furnace about a year ago. The reason why Dottori invited Mr. Ed here was because of this."
The lifting gears squeaked and brought the two of them down.
Fang Yu has been here more than once, but from down to such a deep place, the part disclosed by the Aiyin Bullock Craftsmen Association is about the thirteenth floor above. The thirteenth floor below belongs to the Imperial Workshop.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! He first consulted the skills related to "Derland Magic Recovery" on the twelfth floor. There is a huge database, which includes rare skills such as "Celestial Knowledge" and "Dragon Scale Sequence", which is much more complete than Golander's library information.
But there are also rumors outside. There is a larger and more complete database under the Empire Workshop. It is rumored that it is not inferior to the legendary Empire Library. It is one of the three major knowledge treasure houses in Aitalia. Fang Zhulong yearns for it very much, but unfortunately the Aoshu people are not open to the public.
After hearing Esidina mention the magic furnace, Fang Yu asked: "Have Miss Esidina seen that magic furnace?"
Estilina nodded.
"The magic furnace was discovered by miners in the border area of Nordspits. The workers originally thought it was a broken copper and iron to throw away. Fortunately, an alchemist who came with them recognized it as an old magic furnace and bought it from the workers." She replied.
"Wait a minute," Fang Yu couldn't help but interrupt, "I remember that the Empire had a technical recycling order, which means that the alchemy supplies from the past would be recycled at a certain price. Even if they were not ancient products, they could still be put back to the Technology Museum."
"The former Emperor had issued such a decree," Estilina smiled helplessly, "but that was something that happened forty or fifty years ago. It was implemented well in the early years, but now it is useless, but it has been raised by a bunch of worms."
She was obviously dissatisfied with this, "The funds allocated by the empire have long been used by those people. Not only that, they also ordered the alchemists below to hand over the technology they discovered in the name. Over time, people outside naturally do not want to deal with it."
Fang Yu was a little surprised when he heard this.
He had only heard of the leading technology of the Aoshu people and the strength of the empire. Since the world after he learned about the Star Gate, such a glorious and unfamiliar term as the Aoshu Empire has appeared in his vision.
It is depicted in countless backgrounds as the center of alchemy, the birthplace of the mortal magic civilization, which is a powerful empire under the glory of the divine power of Ouli and Angina.
As far as he can remember, the noun that matches this Oshu people's empire with the first division is the powerful, unrivaled and arrogant empire above Aitalia.
But this is the first time he has heard of such a thing.
The empire has been enterprising and reforming the past sixty years, but only ten years after Stuart IV passed away, the system of innovation has quickly decayed, and it may even be like this in the middle and late periods of the great monarch's reign.
Fang Rong remembered the things that Laila and everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade mentioned. The empire was closed, with very limited channels for class circulation, and the lower class civilians were not knowledgeable, and they might even be worse than Kaurin-Ishurien.
And what he saw and heard from the Duchy of the Deer and the strict empire system can prove that the girl said is true.
From all aspects, the empire seemed to be closer to the Kaolin Kingdom he was familiar with.
It's old, almost like a stagnant pool.
The only better one is probably not that split political situation.
Seeing him like this, Estina couldn't help laughing, "What, has you disappointed in the Empire?"
"Ah, no," Fang Yu shook his head quickly. Even though he was not so sensitive to human hearts, he felt that it was too rude to show this attitude in front of an imperial person.
"Haha, there is no need to deny it," Estilina didn't mind, "The Empire is the holy land in the minds of alchemists. Many people come here, and many people are disappointed to leave. This place has never been heaven, and heaven never exists. The Empire has only been here."
"But the empire is still strong at least." Fang Yu said.
"The empire is still strong," Estina shook her head, "but for ordinary people like me, I just hope that life can be more stable. The empire is too strong, but it is too aggressive. It has too many interests, too many wars, internal and external. It always wins, but there are always one day of failure. Some wounds are not worth worrying about during the rise of the empire, but once it experiences setbacks, it may be fatal..."
She sighed.
"Thirteen years ago, the Empire had a war with Kaurin-Ishurien. The Empire was not unable to defeat humans, the alliance between elves and dwarves, but it had too many enemies and could not distribute all its energy. And that failure brought great shock to the empire, and the reform at that time came to an abrupt end, until today..."
Fang Yu listened to the other party's sigh, but he was not an imperialist, so he could not empathize with it. However, the Battle of Byrne thirteen years ago actually caused such a great trauma to the empire, which was a bit beyond his expectations.
He didn't expect that this time he would hear this on the Mobius' mobile fortress.
It is worthwhile to be able to view the empire from the perspective of an imperialist.
At this time, the elevator reached the bottom floor, and the gears made a harsh friction sound when they stopped.
When the metal fence door was opened, Fang Zhu discovered that there was an imperial soldier outside - the guards knight. They strictly checked their IDs before they let them enter.
Behind was a long corridor, with more surveillance inside, with soldiers wearing silver helmets everywhere, with cold eyes sweeping around him.
The monitoring was not relaxed until after passing through the corridor. Here the pilos began to see many alchemists coming in and out, all wearing gray coats and silver gear patterns on the collar.
"Don't be nervous," Estilina said to him, "This is the Imperial Workshop. One-third of the Imperial war weapons are produced here. It is normal for His Majesty to be tighter here. The soldiers outside are not targeting anything. Of course, the craftsman competition is about to start, and the Empire has indeed raised the alert level of the "Mobius" mobile fortress."
Fang Zhu nodded.
Estilina then continued to talk about the magic furnace, "After the magic furnace was sent to the Empire Workshop, it has been in the Craftsman Hall, because everyone has never seen this structure of magic furnace, and can't even guess what its design idea is. Although new technologies have been retrieved in the past and some technologies have not been recorded in the Empire Technology Yearbook, most of these technologies have their origins, or branches of a certain technology, or ideas inherited from a certain technology..."
She turned around, "Does Mr. Ed understand what I mean?"
Fang Zhu nodded again.
Technology is not produced out of thin air, but is derived from generation to generation. A new technology is often developed under the premise of the previous generation. Therefore, the shadow of old technology can always be found from those new technologies.
People who know how to do things can see the origin at a glance.
The magic furnace discovered by the craftsmen seemed to be a completely different branch, so that the great alchemists could not see the root cause. There is only one possibility for this situation, that is, the entire technical route of this technology was completely lost in the technical yearbook.
No one knows where it started and how it developed, so naturally he can't see what design ideas its final product is.
But this is too bizarre. How could a whole technical route be completely lost? Even if such a situation is true, at least one thing will be mentioned in the technical yearbook, a certain technology, a certain turmoil, or a war.
No wonder the Craftsman Association was so concerned about this tower magic furnace, if he was still curious.
The two of them opened the door and entered, and behind it was a hall - the craftsman's hall as Estina said, which was also the center of the Imperial Workshop. The inside of the workshop was tight on the outside and loose on the inside, so there were no soldiers here. It seemed that the alchemists didn't like to deal with the Imperial Knights who always had a stern face.
However, there were many people in the hall. Some of them had alchemist coats that were even different from those of Fang Lu. The black coat with silver edges was the privilege of the master of Aoshu craftsman, and there was also a person wearing a robe.
Fang Yu took a breath of air conditioning when he saw it.
Great Alchemist.
Others were frightened when they saw his identity as a high-level alchemist, and at this moment he felt the same way when he saw the old white-bearded man in a robe.
The entire Oshu Empire, including the Second World, had only three great alchemists. The entire Aitalia, including the Second World, could only raise this number to five.
And Kaurin-Ishurien, since Luo Zhen disappeared, and since the end of the age of the Seven Sages of Heroes, it has not been even a great alchemist for so far.
The Great Alchemist, since the first alchemist Ed, has been the pursuer of magic skills and the supreme title of craftsmen.
Its significance is even higher than the Dragon Knight for the mortals of this era.
Because of the Dragon Knight.
It is also the work of the great alchemist.
Without the great alchemist, there would be no dragon knight.
Fang Zhu probably also recognized the great alchemist in front of him, Amaste Fontaine, who was the oldest great alchemist in the empire and the only great alchemist who stayed in the first world for many years.
But he never expected that he would meet such a big man underground in the "Mobius" mobile fortress.
What is the Empire Workshop doing?
He thought it was just a small invitation. After all, he was only a third-level alchemist like himself, and he was also a colleague like Ms. Estilina. Even if there were a few masters of craftsmen, it would be amazing.
To be continued...