The secret passage leads to a long and narrow cabin. Below is a long bridge. On both sides of the railing are towering gears and drive shafts, as well as hanging iron chains.
Fang judged that this was part of the wheelhouse. The sailboat's steering surface was composed of huge transverse wings and tail fins. An equally complex transmission device was needed to control the airfoil. Even if magic technology was used, mechanical transmission parts were still required.
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The Seven Seas Traveler also has such a wheelhouse. At the stern of the ship, the wheelhouse of this ship is only larger, so it can fully accommodate such a secret room.
This design is very clever and difficult for ordinary people to imagine.
However, in Fang's view, this can only protect his own people. A sailboat is only so big. If a foreign enemy invades and wants to find out any secrets from the ship, even if it is dismantled piece by piece, how long will it take?
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But when he got down there, he realized that he was naive.
When walking down the stairs, through the dim light of the lighting crystal, Fang accidentally discovered some strange textures on the ceiling. When he looked carefully, he realized that they were part of a huge alchemical circle.
It was an impact formation. It had the same principle as the firing formation on the magic gun, but I had never seen such a huge one.
He couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. This magic circle was probably connected to the nine-star magic circle outside. If something had gone wrong before, or if someone accidentally touched the magic circle, I'm afraid this magic circle would be damaged.
The power of the formation was enough to blow the rear half of the ship into the sky together with the people inside.
This is the wheelhouse.
Fang is almost certain that this magic circle was left by the owner of the ship. In order to protect the secrets here, the other party did not hesitate to blow up his ship and even himself.
He looked away with both fear and curiosity, took out a short knife and slashed the magic circle, cutting off its magic transmission.
This magic circle is extremely dangerous to invade from the outside, but once you get below, it can be easily cracked as long as you understand the principles.
After all this was done, Fang felt free to let others come down.
The long bridge below is not spacious and can only accommodate two people walking side by side. He and Ai Xiaoxiao took the lead, and the others followed.
After walking only a few steps, he stopped conveniently.
Ai Xiaoxiao, who was walking aside, looked at the thing in front of him and also made a soft sound.
"In front, there's that thing in front." She turned around and stammered.
Fang Ziran saw the slender silhouette emerging from the darkness.
They were exactly the same as the previous construct, with an arthropod-like torso and a pointed hat, but their heads were lowered, and there was no red light in their eyes. Their hands were naturally lowered, and the eleven-style magic gun they were holding stood on the ground.
The magic furnace behind it also dimmed and was in a state of silence.
These structures are arranged opposite each other from front to back, standing on both sides of the long bridge. There are ten in total.
"These constructs have not been activated." Looking at these silent constructs, a flash of surprise flashed through Fang's heart. He was actually a little pity when the previous construct fell under the cliff, but he did not expect that there was still something in this dark room.
There are so many of its kind and they are still not started.
Perhaps, this is the real legacy left by the pirate leader in the log.
However, he was still a little cautious. After all, he had never seen a similar structure using a magic furnace in the past. Maybe it had some external energy source. Fang slowly moved over and other people also saw this.
The constructs didn't seem to pose much of a threat, so they followed them one by one.
Especially Ai Xiaoxiao, who was behind Fang, looked curious and blinked.
Fang had gradually entered the range of the construct's long knife attack. At this time, he stopped, looked up and saw that there was still no movement from the construct, and then felt a little relieved. He took another step forward and raised his hand.
Come.
He took another look at the constructs. All ten constructs had their heads lowered and remained motionless.
Fang felt completely at ease now, and gently placed his hand on his chest, closed his eyes, and activated the resonance crystal in the control gloves.
But the next moment, the feedback result surprised him:
Although magic power was injected, the induction was empty. It could neither connect to the opponent's resonance crystal nor sense the location of the opponent's core crystal.
Could it be that these constructs haven't been equipped with nuclear crystals yet? An idea came to Fang's mind.
He quickly opened his eyes and looked at the opponent's shield-shaped breastplate. Most of the work of the alchemists was similar, and this structure looked like it was made by the Empire, so Fang followed the habits of the Empire's craftsmen in his memory and moved his hands.
Reaching behind the breastplate: there is indeed a mechanism there.
He gently moved his hand to open the buckle, then reached back and pulled the breastplate downwards with a swish. Generally speaking, this is where the core crystal is installed, and the resonance crystal will be not far from the core crystal.
But what he actually saw made Fang stunned for a moment: there were densely packed pipelines, gear sets, and some unnamed devices. Where were the nuclear crystals and resonance crystals?
The core crystal is not in the center? Don't you think about the efficiency of magic power transmission and the loss in the process? But judging from the efficiency of the previous construct's action, it doesn't look too clumsy.
Or distributed core crystals? But are the Imperial people still using such a backward and inefficient design?
Fang couldn't help but step back and take a closer look at the construct. There seemed to be no place for nuclear crystals in its slender limbs. The only possible possibility was the pointed hat on its head.
"Is it in here?" Fang thought.
Although the placement of the core crystal in that place was a bit unorthodox, there were also some special designs to protect the core from being destroyed. So he took a step forward and followed the same pattern to remove the shell of its helmet, but what he saw also surprised him.
There was no core crystal in it at all, just a strange-looking device that he had never seen before.
Although there is indeed a small piece of crystal buried in this device connected to dense tubes, the size and shape of the crystal cannot match the core crystal. Moreover, even when I tried to inject magic power, there was no response at all.
The crystal was translucent lavender, and it seemed to contain a sea of light. If you looked closely, it seemed to be hundreds of floating stars.
Fang was a little confused now.
He couldn't find the core crystal. In fact, it was beyond his common sense and cognition. The construct must have the core crystal, whether it is a flexible construct or other constructs. That is the core of their magic power storage. Without magic power, the construct must have a core crystal.
How does the body move?
With strong suspicion, he simply removed the shell of the entire construct, but the final result only allowed him to petrify the entire construct on the spot. There was no extra space left for the core crystal.
Down.
How can this be!
It's completely contrary to common sense to shout out loud.
Among the three people next to him, only Luo Yu understood what he was doing, "Captain, this construct does not have a core crystal?"
Fang nodded in confusion, his brows furrowed.
Luo Yu thought for a moment, "But it has a magic furnace, could it be..."
But how could the magic output of the magic furnace be used by this construct? It’s not that Fang hadn’t considered this, it was just that he had vetoed it before.
However, Luo Yu's words still woke him up. He went around behind the construct and checked the magic furnace: its model was a bit old, and it was a product of the empire about ten years ago.
"What kind of magic furnace is this?" Ai Xiaoxiao had been extremely curious for a long time, and now she asked, "Is it special?"
The magic furnace is the core equipment that allows humans to use magic weapons. It can be said to be one of the epoch-making inventions.
Different magic furnaces depend on what kind of technical support the wearer needs. Craftsmen use craftsman's magic furnace, and rangers use ranger's magic furnace. This is a matter of course.
But in the final analysis, the difference between magic furnaces is determined by the different designs of the core crystals.
The Celestite Magic Furnace is more suitable for craftsmen because the crystal structure and the plug-in design are more suitable for the skill needs of craftsmen.
The red cube crystal magic furnace is more suitable for warriors, and the same reason applies.
Whether people can use these magic furnaces depends on their relevant knowledge and their use and understanding of the plug-ins on the magic furnace.
Therefore, higher-level magic furnaces have more complex and sophisticated built-in plug-ins and crystals, and require more professional knowledge from the wearer.
But constructs generally don't play like this. They have their own fixed core crystal, which is different from humans. What abilities they can use only depends on what magic accessories are installed at the beginning of the design.
Although it can be modified later, it cannot exceed the range supported by its core crystal.
Of course, you can also replace the core crystal, but doing so is equivalent to putting the cart before the horse, because all the accessories of a construct are tailor-made for its matching core crystal at the beginning of the design. The amount of work to replace the core crystal is no less than
Redesign a construct.
A curious question for Ai Xiaoxiao.
Fang just shook his head.
Because of the above reasons, he initially thought that this was a special magic furnace specially designed for flexible construction.
But the facts prove that it is not.
"This is just the Gunslinger's magic furnace, simplified, but it shouldn't be simplified for this structure, just for cost reasons."
He actually had some idea in his mind what this magic furnace was used for.
But after thinking for a moment, Fang took out a magic storage crystal, inserted it into the groove, and started the magic furnace.
The next moment, the core crystal of the magic furnace lit up, and the strands of light passed through the metal pipes and etheric wires, one side was transmitted to the eleventh style imperial magic gun, and the other side was transmitted to the huge scabbard.
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However, the construct still lowered its head and remained motionless.
Fang watched this scene silently.
At this time, Tang Xin seemed to understand somewhat, and there was a hint of surprise in her voice, "The magic power supply of the magic furnace is only transmitted to the magic device?... Wait, this construct has the gunner profession?
"
Although it was hard to believe, Fang still nodded.
This is the only explanation that can explain the scene before me.
This is actually the same principle as how humans use magic furnaces to provide magic support through magic furnaces and use various magic tools.
Different magic furnaces are just for adapting to different magic devices.
"This is a bit unreasonable," Luo Yu suddenly said, "If it has the gunner profession, wouldn't it mean that... only gunners can control it?"
Generally speaking this is the case.
Craftsmen can control different constructs because they have knowledge of the relevant constructs and know how to use any device on them.
This is why combat craftsmen have to cross professions to learn how to use combat plug-ins in other professions.
But after all, they achieve this by using core crystals dedicated to flexible constructs and special construction methods of flexible constructs.
Therefore, craftsmen have to use flexible structures of different professions. After all, they do not need to be masters of the corresponding professions.
Luo Yu has a certain understanding of combat craftsmen.
But because of his understanding, he understood that it was impossible for the craftsmen to use the Gunslinger's magic furnace and display the Gunslinger's magic skills.
Unless the controller of the construct is a gunslinger.
But the question is, how does the gunslinger control the flexible construct?
"Generally speaking, this is the case..." Fang Ye replied.
He took a step back and looked at the ten structures standing opposite each other.
A strange thought arose in his mind.
…What if they don’t need to be controlled?
The others obviously suddenly thought of the previous battle, and couldn't help but become a little quiet.
"But how can they move without core crystals?" Tang Xin asked.
Fang looked at these ten constructs, and his heart was also full of doubts.
But these constructs should be flexible and accurate. The feeling is not wrong. Only flexible constructs require the input of magic power from the outside, so there will be such ether fluctuations.
"Let's go to the front and take a look first." Unable to find an answer for a while, he turned back to the others and said.
Long Bridge has not reached the end. He wants to see what else is here. The pirate leader will not leave his legacy to outsiders for no reason. The other party will always leave some clues.
But no matter what the answer is, these constructs are obviously not ordinary.
If they can also have the gunner profession, does that mean that constructs can also have the ability to learn and grow?
If this is true, then the impact of this construct on the alchemy system will probably not be inferior to that of the Zero Crystal he masters.
Although intuition tells us that this is unlikely, they should achieve this through other methods. But no matter which one, this technology can be called great.
He stepped back and observed the stern appearance of these structures, wondering if these were the divine creations mentioned in the ship's owner's log?
In some aspects, it can be called a miracle, but in terms of construction level, it does not deviate from today's technology and even has a strong imperial technical style. He noticed this from some details.
Several people passed these structures one by one, and the road ahead was actually not that far. As expected: at the end of the long bridge, he found what he wanted.
It was a square pillar-shaped platform, and there was still a group of beating stars on the platform. Fang couldn't help but laugh when he saw this thing. The owner of this ship was really cautious.
He sank into the spiritual world. Worried about what surprises the other party had prepared, he remained careful and unlocked the magic circle with the same ease.
The starlight dispersed, and the platform made a clicking sound as the surface sank downwards, and then a crystal rose up.
Fang hesitated for a moment, expecting that at this step, the other party would not have any other tricks up his sleeve, so he put his hand up.
It was a recording crystal, and the moment he put his hand on it, he received the information stored in it.
It was a voice that was somewhat self-possessed, even a little arrogant, "... latecomers, I don't care who you are, Kaolin, Imperial, dwarf, elf, or those uncivilized beasts of Lotao.
, or those fat little lizard men from Sanshak, it doesn’t matter.”
"...When you see this information, then I am probably in danger, but I have already expected this day, so there is nothing surprising about it."
"...You saw those things outside, and since you came here, you should understand what they are. That is the little gift I left for you, oh, my heir."
"But after inheriting my inheritance, you have to avenge me. Go to the Oshu Empire, where I left my true inheritance..."
The sound faded away.
Fang was startled for a moment and took his hand back, but of course the information in the recording crystal changed much more than that.
In the second half of the information recorded in the crystal, the pirate leader also left him a map of the sea off Oshur, which should be the location of his treasure house.
The platform cracked open with a crack, revealing the dark alloy key underneath.
Fang looked at the key and understood that it was the only key to the treasure house mentioned in the recording crystal.
But what really surprised him was something that was automatically transmitted into his mind from the recording crystal at that moment.
That's some strange information.
The above records a unique method of constructing an alchemical array.
No, it shouldn’t be said to be a kind of alchemy, but a completely new alchemical system.
And in the alchemy circle, Fang seemed to see the art of creation, and at the same time he saw the shadow of another technical route that he was familiar with.
This alchemy circle is called Starburst.
Its function is to record the methods used by craftsmen to control flexible constructs.
In short, this is a means of recording margins.
Fang almost instantly remembered the magic device given to him by Gubai Zhiye.
Closed cycle device.
He had studied that little thing more than once, and there were many similar alchemical formations on it that he couldn't quite understand.
But without exception, they are all much simpler than the current formation.
At the end of these complicated messages, a text message was left.
Although this text reads to Fang, it looks a bit like a part taken from the previous log:
'...This magic circle is the most valuable thing found there...'
'...But to master it, it seems that you still need to pay a lot of price...'
'...What is still missing...'
When Fang took back his hand, the recording crystal immediately fell into pieces.
While the people behind looked at the black key, Ai Xiaoxiao asked curiously: "What happened?"
Fang was stunned for a long time.
Then he turned around, skipping the complicated information that he didn't quite understand himself, and only relayed the cause and effect of the incident to others.
"So," Tang Xin asked, "this person gave us an inheritance for no reason?"
"It's not for nothing," Ai Xiaoxiao said, "He asked us to help him get revenge."
"But did he say who he wanted to take revenge on?" Tang Xin asked back, causing Ai Xiaoxiao to get stuck.
"Or...or maybe he forgot?" she asked, not even believing it.
"Moreover," Luo Yu also said, "The other party is not worried. The person who comes to the door is his enemy? Theoretically, this is the most possible, right?"
"At the same time, he didn't explain clearly how the ship sank here."
Tang Xin and Luo Yu's repeated questions left Ai Xiaoxiao speechless for a long time.
Box was leaning on the railing alone, looking at the three of them and not participating in the discussion.
Fang thought for a moment, silently looked at the two rows of constructs in the distance, and finally said:
"Call the Seven Seas Traveler to come over."
They came to hunt for treasures, and unexpectedly they seemed to find something extraordinary.