Time Walker returned to the players' rest area with a dark face. Others looked at each other a little bit. They thought that even if the opponent could not defeat the dragon alchemist of Kaolin Ithulian on the city barrier, but
At least it can bring back some points.
Who would have thought that the Grand Craftsmen Association didn't let Fang Plover play at all, but instead lined up a little-known player, and even tied with Time Walker. Of course, he was not a real unknown player, analyst
We had also introduced this player to them in advance. He was one of the three leaders of the Grand Craftsmen Association. He was also from Silver Wisland and had won the first place in a competition in Sanschak not long ago.
The commander of Silver Vislan should be worthy of attention no matter what.
But in terms of popularity, the latter is still not as good as the Dragon Alchemist. Weiyu became famous earlier, but most of his fame is limited to Kapka and Kaolin-Ithulian Chosen, while Fang Plover
His reputation outside the kingdom can be regarded as a coincidence, and it is difficult for others to copy it. It mainly comes from the spread of the Southern Region Competition and the gray wanted notice of the Super Competitive Alliance.
However, the other contestants of Notting's Boat didn't complain and even gave him a few words of comfort.
The team leader pulled Time Walker aside nervously and asked, "You didn't try your best, did you?"
Time Walker looked a little confused and shook his head with a dark face.
But he actually didn't tell the whole truth. The whispers aroused his competitive spirit. He tried his best in terms of speed, but he was still slightly behind his opponents. Only in terms of craftsmanship, precision and material processing,
He still has many reservations.
"That's good," the team leader breathed a sigh of relief, "the score in the first game is not important, we will definitely advance to the third round. The key is the selection of the Holy King. Don't expose your strength too much in this round.
There have been many similar painful lessons in the past, as long as you understand them."
"Nakula?"
"It's hard for us to win this game." The team leader shook his head, "His opponent is the Dragon Alchemist. No matter how powerful Kula is, he shouldn't be able to score 7.5 points from the opponent. Then we have to change our strategy. I will
Let Kula not show too much strength in the game. I didn’t expect that Kaulin-Ithulian’s home team would be so powerful this time. They had suffered consecutive defeats in the second world. I didn’t expect that there would still be such a selector among the next generation.
A powerful character, could it be said that they have changed their training strategy for elites...?"
Time Walker was not interested in these. The competition between the Second Division and the Third Division was too far away from him. He was not even considered the management of the Notting Ship Guild. But he sat on the bench for a while,
I finally adjusted my mentality and took a look at the rest area of the Grand Artisan Association.
Indeed, the Ship of Noddings will definitely be able to enter the Twin Towers Trial, and there will still be opportunities for a showdown with the opponent.
Not to mention that the time walker reached a reconciliation with himself. The leader of the Notting Ship went to Kula to give some instructions. Grandmaster was on the side, and Virus, Ming and Soul Fingerprint were also pulling Fang Plover aside.
Ask questions.
"Wind element recycling net, this is the topic you chose. This thing is indeed not the most popular type of equipment on sailboats, but it is also rare on small aerostats. If I remember correctly, your
The ship is a caravel, right?”
This is Ms. Ming speaking.
However, she didn't know much about the construction of sailboats. Virus next to her was different. The latter was a professional shipbuilder and had met Fang Plover during the Northern War. He probably knew something about the Seven Seas Traveler's experience.
.
She asked immediately: "Does your ship have an air combat deck?"
Fang Plover nodded.
He set up a small hangar in the middle of the lower deck of the Seven Seas Traveler, and when the side hatches were opened up and down, it could be used to release structures for combat.
The efficiency cannot be said to be high. Under normal conditions, four constructs can be released in one round, and one round takes about five minutes including preparation time.
But in the recovery state, only one side of the hatch can be used for release, and the attack efficiency has become half of the original. He and Miss Tata divided the lancer-type structures on the ship into three combat groups, each combat group
There are about twenty flexible structures in the group.
The advantage of this is that it can always be maintained between the attack state, the preparation state and the recovery state during combat.
Hold a group into battle.
Currently, the main restriction on the Seven Seas Traveler's offensive efficiency is recovery.
There is a small wind element rope on the starboard side of the Seven Seas Traveler, but it can only recover two flexible structures at a time. If the recovery and release speeds are the same, it will take the Seven Seas Traveler an hour to release a group of twenty combat structures.
In other words, the interval between each attack wave of the Seven Seas Traveler is one hour, which is still too long. And when the recovery efficiency is doubled, the delivery efficiency of air combat can be increased by more than one-third.
.
The more Soul Fingerprint listened, the more something seemed wrong.
She was well aware of this little guy's personality, and couldn't help but ask: "...So, are you using this project as a practice to try to see if the wind element recycling net can be installed on your boat?
?」
"What's wrong?"
Fang Yu was stunned, "Can't you do this?"
He looked at his soul fingerprint with a strange look on his face, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and nervously asked: "It should be possible... right? Is it not allowed by the rules of the competition?"
The soul fingerprint has a black line, "You don't think you can take the finished product away, do you? It's a free prostitution organizer's material, your idea is really good, isn't it?"
"But……"
Fang Plover is a bit innocent.
Did the Elfendor Council also let them take away their works during the Southern Contest? The arm armor he made for Nini and the goblin doll were all taken away by the contestants in the Southern Contest. He thought
The Imperials would do the same thing.
"That was an exhibition match," Soul Fingerprint sighed, knowing that no matter how much he emphasized, this guy would still make these mistakes. "Allowing the players to take away their own works is one of the rewards given to the players by the Elfendor Council.
"
"Then the Imperial people are too stingy," Fang Pliance couldn't help complaining, "Do they still lack such little materials?"
"That's not true," Ming said with a smile, finding this little guy very interesting.
Outsiders have heard that Fang Plover looks like Loofah before he became famous, but she actually feels that this little guy looks very much like her before she became famous. She was so fussy at that time, so much so that even now Odin, Chenxi and others will still subconsciously see her when they see her.
The ground retreated.
Of course, the person she tricked the most was someone.
Virus noticed the latter's gaze and only gave him a cold look. Then she turned away, out of sight and out of mind.
Ming then explained with a smile: "The Empire people don't like this material, but these works are commemorative. After the game, the Oshu people will display them in a special museum. Every year's contestants,
Hundreds of works will be placed in that place to record this memorable competition."
"However, there are exceptions, but you will understand them when you arrive at the Hall of the Holy King. The Imperial people will naturally explain the rules to you then, and there is no point in telling you these now."
I see.
Fang Yu finally understood. However, Ms. Ming had already encouraged him. The soul fingerprint on the side seemed to want to say something more. Ming Ye interrupted: "Okay, it's useless to say more. Although free prostitution is impossible, but
It’s also good to practice with official materials.”
"Practice is all about practicing, don't expose too much of your strength." Soul Fingerprint was still worried and warned him again and again.
Fang Plover nodded.
Of course he understands this.
At this time, the referee team had already rang the small copper bell to remind the contestants from both sides to enter. Only then did Fang Yu bid farewell to everyone, walked out of the rest area of the Grande contestants, and walked towards the arena.
At the same time, he saw that the contestant of the Notting Boat was the young man of Berber descent from North Africa, named Kula. He thought of something and subconsciously reached out to hold the ring of golden flames on his chest, but it worked in the past.
The golden ring seemed to be malfunctioning this time, and it turned cold and cold.
Is it really an illusion?
Fang Yu looked at the other person and thought to himself. The young man had already stood in front of his workbench. There was not much interaction between the two. Instead, they bowed to each other in accordance with the etiquette of the players, and then they took their places. Although it was not as expected.
tit-for-tat, but the audience
The enthusiasm is very high.
His reputation among the selectors, especially the alchemists among the selectors, seems to be really high. The voices are getting louder and louder, which is actually a bit deafening. Four things are going on in the arena at the same time.
It was the last round of a game, but more than half of the audience's eyes were focused on this one.
However, neither contestant seemed to be affected at all. The Berber boy lowered his head to sort out the tools, then sorted out the materials and components. His eyes were focused and he was completely immersed in his own world. Fang Plover also checked what he needed.
The tools used, magic furnace, element tester, and sailboat construction are the crown of large equipment, one of the three prides of alchemy (the other is the magic furnace and the dragon knight), and also the most sophisticated magic technology
field of.
However, the Imperial people were really rich, and they had all the equipment, which was much more complete than what he had seen at Tansnier Shipyard. There were also some tools that Fang Plover couldn't even recognize - the Oshu people were really rich, he saw.
After seeing these latest models of instruments, I couldn’t help but sigh.
Regardless of whether the players use them or not, the organizers put them here first.
However, Fang Yu did not look at the instruments first. Instead, he placed his hand on an elemental crystal. It was a square crystal, which contained the power of the wind element above the sea of clouds. The crystal showed an azure color, and each side bloomed with dazzling colors.
of brilliance.
Storm crystals are the highest quality wind element crystals mined from under the wind element layer. As early as four hundred years ago, the Oshu people were extracting the purest wind element from this type of crystal, and before that, Fang Plover had never
Have come into contact with elemental crystals of this level.
He carefully felt the cold touch on the palm of his hand, as if he had abandoned all external interference, cheers, whistles, and all noise had nothing to do with it.
He only saw the world of alchemy in his eyes.
Fang Yu held the crystal in his hand, as if he were holding a world. It was a real world that he could perceive.
The world of stars——
And those words were echoing in his ears:
"Everyone, do you want to know why ancient alchemy came about?"
There was some silence on the field.
Mu Lan stared at the direction of the field a little nervously. She was not worried that Fang Yu would miss, but she couldn't help but worry every time. On the contrary, when she was on the field, Mu Lan could relax and face it calmly.
every game of his own.
Shui Wuming poked her in the back with his finger, "Mulan, you and Ed are relatively familiar with each other. Do you know what he meant by what he said before?"
Mu Lan finally regained her attention and asked, "What do you mean?"
"That's what he said to you, MTT and us," Shui Wuming replied: "Have you forgotten? He seemed to appreciate Wucun very much and praised Wucun a lot, and then he said that
Extra words. He said that ancient alchemy does not mean that it is complicated, but Cui Yu and Dill were not proficient enough at the time. He did not think carefully at the beginning, which is why ancient alchemy left such an impression on the outside world."
Mu Lan was startled for a moment, then recalled it and couldn't help but nodded, "Ed did indeed say that. In fact, MTT and I also discussed it privately. Ancient alchemy is very complicated, but it does not necessarily mean that it is procrastinating.
Long and repeated training can effectively improve. As you can see, Wu Cun performed much better than Cui Yu and Dill at the time."
"But Ed asked us, what kind of art is ancient alchemy...?"
Shui Wuming frowned, "I always feel that there is something behind his words. Isn't that the alchemy of the Numerin elves to purify materials?
"I don't know about this," Mu Lan also felt a little strange, "Senior Luo Wei, can you tell?"
"I don't understand ancient alchemy either," Luo Wei shook her head, "but Ed should have his own ideas. I don't understand ancient alchemy, but I finally know some knowledge about multiple parallelism. The techniques of multiple parallelism...
…There really isn’t much logical connection between it and purified materials.”
"Even if multiple parallelism has some application in purified crystals, that is actually not its main application direction... Multiple parallelism, as you know from the name, is a technique that uses computing power to forcibly reduce calculation time.
.”
"And you know, my teacher..."
"Yes," Mu Lan responded, "Ms. Ming..."
Swift tactics were originally techniques extended from the idea of multiple parallelism.
If there is anyone who knows more about multiple parallelism in the second world, this Construct Queen must be one of them. It is a pity that she is a combat craftsman, otherwise she must have very profound attainments in alchemy, but even so,
It's enough to make her proud of everyone in her flexible construction.
Otherwise, the Third Division would not have allowed her to serve as the head team coach.
Luo Wei nodded, "The teacher also said that Ed's talent in multiple parallelism is unparalleled by anyone in Aitaria."
No one can surpass him.
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other in shock.
Mulan opened her mouth, "I seem to understand a little bit," she said, "Why Ragnarok, Elite and Silver Vislan all value him so much. If so, why did the former alliance want him?"
"If you don't get it, just destroy it," Xiaoyao shrugged, "Isn't this easy to understand? This is not their consistent thinking over the years."
"It's funny," Shui Wuming curled his lips, "Ed has cooperated with the Jefflite Red Team before and participated in the July War. It's a pity that the people of the Jefflite Red Team are blind.
He actually let him go easily."
Ms. Ming finally couldn't stand it any longer and lectured from the side: "Watch the game carefully and don't whisper."
Shui Wuming was speechless.
Behind the Godslayer is the former alliance, and the former alliance is the backstage of BBK. The Jefflite Red Team is a guild under BBK. And Ming went to the empire this time, it can be said that he came to serve Jeffrite.
The redcoats wipe their ass.
She almost forgot about this relationship.
Virus looked at Ming, but rarely spoke.
But what exactly was ancient alchemy like?
Everyone was a little curious.
However, in fact, the game itself was not as exciting as people imagined.
It can even be said to be a bit boring.
Compared with the previous game, it was a tit-for-tat confrontation between Weiyu and Time Walker. Both contestants showed extraordinary strength. The audience could not see the other way, but at least they could see that the two contestants were flowing smoothly.
assembly speed.
Watching an alchemical work seem to be in an accelerated process, being perfected bit by bit in front of you like adding bricks and tiles, each step in the process is extremely smooth, and the sensory enjoyment is undoubtedly pleasing to the eye.
The speed of whispering at that time was astonishingly fast——
But the time walker on the other side was not much slower. The two players raced against the clock, which immediately heightened the tense atmosphere of the game. Coupled with the commentary adding fuel to the fire, everyone felt like they had experienced a big fight between dragons and tigers.
People who don't know the inside story would think that what is happening is not the first round of the main competition, but the finals held in the Holy King's Hall.
But in comparison, the match between Fang Plover and Kula was much duller.
Fortunately for Kula, the assembly speed cannot be said to be faster than that of Weiyu and Time Walker, but at least it is not much slower, and the other party seems to have a characteristic, that is, his hands are particularly stable - ordinary players often need to
He checked again and again, but he could usually finish it in only one or two attempts.
There is almost no need for hesitation in the middle.
The commentators seemed to have noticed this, and after rendering it, they passed it on to the audience, which attracted waves of admiration. What the audience likes most is that each player has his own unique method, and players with different strengths compete in the competition.
Enter the dragon and the tiger.
But on the other side.
The commentators don’t know how to describe it. Eitaria originally did not have a commentator position. This is also a new thing brought by the selectors. The commentators of the Super Competitive League’s main games are almost all sent by the alliance.
professional explanation.
There is no doubt about the professionalism of his commentary, and he even knows some related analyst talents, and some related
Skills of various professions. It can be said that they know more or less about alchemy, but they really lack understanding of this new thing called ancient alchemy.
There are many ancient alchemy techniques. They may have seen other ancient alchemy techniques in other competitions, but they have never seen the one that Fang Plover is currently doing.
In their eyes, Fang Plover's movements are slow.
Yes.
slow--
As mentioned before, among the large-scale alchemy devices, there are four main areas, the aerospace ship, the dragon knight, the magic furnace and the city barrier. Although the four areas are different, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are complex.
.
A large-scale installation is a complex, long-term project, so in general competitions, contestants are not required to completely complete the work. They only need to complete one part, or the core part. The degree of completion of the work is also one of the keys to scoring.
For this reason, in such competitions, contestants often use finished components for most of their components, and material handling is generally not involved. The referee team usually gives contestants a basic material handling score.
It is usually the average of several other scores.
This is the case with Kula. The components have already been prepared. He only needs to borrow the instruments on site to determine the magic power, attributes, and elemental properties one by one, and then assemble them with the magic crystals, circuits and components to build what he needs.
s work.
Among them, the biggest test for craftsmen is the accuracy of assembly, and the ability of craftsmen to repeatedly check and communicate with the nodes on the circuit, especially the latter is the top priority.
This Berber teenager was methodical, and soon a framework appeared in front of him.
But on Fang Plover's side, the other party seemed to be equally unhurried——
In the eyes of everyone, this Dragon Alchemist not only did not start to build the framework, but instead slowly played with the crystals and raw materials. However, the other party's movements were very strange. He did not carve the magic circle and then purify the materials like an ordinary alchemist.
He simply picks up something, holds it lightly, and then puts it down.
Those with a slightly sharper eye may have noticed that the moment the opponent picked up the object, light seemed to flash on his magic gloves, and the material also changed form.
In this way, parts were stacked up in front of Fang Plover.
"What is he doing?"
There were whispers in the audience for a while.
"That's ancient alchemy. I heard that ancient alchemy was like this, complicated and protracted."
"But aren't there ready-made components, so there's no need to process materials?"
"Yes, I heard that ancient alchemy has expertise in purifying materials, but ship equipment is a big project. If the progress is too slow, the score advantage of materials alone will not equal the loss of points in other aspects...
"
"Isn't that what he only knows?"
Most of the spectators present have never experienced the Southern Realm Competition in person, so they have different opinions.
But people who really understand.
In fact, the only people present at the scene were members of the Kaolin-Ishulian delegation, especially those contestants who had personally experienced the Southern Border Competition and learned ancient alchemy from Fang Plover.
When Fang Yu picked up the first storm crystal.
Watching this scene from a distance, Wucunbian's expression changed drastically. He stood up from his position almost eccentricly, rushed forward a few steps, came to the edge of the arena, and looked at the man with eyes that were almost in disbelief.
direction.
"That is……?"
Shui Wuming was shocked.
In the rest area of the contestants of the Grand Artisan Association, almost everyone suddenly stood up from their seats. Virus, Ming and Soul Fingerprint all looked shocked. Although the first two have not been systematically understood
Ancient alchemy, but they knew something more.
"this……"
Even if Soul Fingerprint thought in advance that the guy would definitely cause some trouble, he didn't expect that what the other person said before had such a meaning.
She looked to Virus and Ming aside. But the latter two looked at each other and then shook their heads.
Sexy in a corner of the arena
The movement seems to have finally affected other people.
The first person to notice this scene was the commentator. They saw the contestants from the Grande Craftsmen Association rushing to the edge of the arena, then the Kapka delegation, and several people from the Guta delegation did the same thing.
the behavior of.
"What happened to the Corin-Ithurians?"
The commentators were stunned, "Did player Ed make a mistake?"
"No, apart from the slow progress, Player Ed doesn't seem to have made any obvious mistakes."
One of them turned around and gestured to the broadcasters, indicating that they would turn the screen to the side of the field. Although it was not clear what happened, the performance of the Cowlin-Ithurian people certainly meant that something had happened.
What.
The commentators are all people who know how to create topics.
The picture was quickly transmitted to the audience's field of vision, and the stadium was buzzing with discussion: What happened? Everyone was whispering to each other, discussing the current scene.
But Shui Wuming and others didn't care about him at all.
In their eyes, the arena has disappeared, and all that remains in the world is the alchemy displayed by Fang Plover.
"So...this is ancient alchemy?...This is ancient alchemy?"
Mu Lan was stunned.
Fang Plover told them that ancient alchemy did not mean complexity.
At first they thought that it just meant that after repeated training, they could gradually master the complex magic circles and runes, and try to increase the speed of ancient alchemy during the alchemy process.
As we all know, ancient alchemy is the art of purifying materials.
It is so good at purifying materials that it is not unacceptable for people to be more complicated. After all, alchemy itself means making choices.
But what I never expected was——
At this moment, Fang Yu was telling them personally that this was not the case.
What is ancient alchemy?
What is its essence?
For the Numerin elves, creating objects with magic power, creating alchemical items from elements, and purifying materials are meaningless things.
This alchemical world is built directly from the elements, the matter of representing the stars, the elements constructing everything in the world, and the art of creation of the elves - in essence, it is the process of reproducing the lowest level logic of this world.
so……
As Anloser said.
"The essence of the alchemy of the elves is simplification."
Use the most concise formula to describe the essence of this world, thereby omitting unnecessary processes in alchemy.
So the meaning of ancient alchemy.
It's about simplicity.
It was never a purified craft to begin with…
But a...
"Simpler alchemy."
Fang Yu thought this in his heart.
Simple means fast.
What he is showing right now is extreme speed.
It was an indescribable feeling. It was the only alchemical world left in his eyes, and countless stars were rising on the etheric sea.
Dots of starlight were rising from his eyes. The craftsman's magic gloves, the crystal in his hand, and the magic flowing in the magic furnace seemed to form a whole at this moment. The dots of starlight twinkling in the darkness were the sea of ether.
The other side of -
The nodes of light expanded like a prosperous galaxy.
Multiple parallelism drives the elves' magic circles to the extreme.
More than fifteen magic circuits are completely connected in an instant, and the materials are purified and formed in an instant, without the need for any instruments or tools. All the alchemist has to do is to draw the magic circle in multiple parallels and pick up
A piece of material, then lay down the finished component.
When it reaches the ultimate step.
Elements are born from the starlight and construct matter, thus showing the lowest level logic of this world.
Although Fang Plover has not left yet
To that point.
But he understood that that was the highest pursuit of alchemy among the elves.
In just an instant, he completed a component and put it aside.
Under the playing field, Mu Lan, MTT, Wu Cun and Shui Wuming, who had personally studied ancient alchemy, felt suffocated. It seemed that what they saw was not a game, but the process of creation.