Thick fog shrouded the field of vision. Encountering such heavy fog on this boundless ocean made everyone feel uneasy. Even Zhang Hao felt inexplicably nervous. Even Chen Yansong stood on the watchtower of the Iron Duke and used chemical weapons.
Shenqi's powerful spiritual consciousness came to scan the surroundings. However, it was still a drop in the bucket.
There is no comparison between the power of man and the power of the sea!
Time passed little by little, and it was already past midnight. Zhang Hao looked at the next time-keeping magic weapon and frowned slightly.
It's almost midnight, and the thick fog on the sea still hasn't disappeared.
Since the thick fog started, Zhao Dahe's star-pulling technique has become useless. The thick fog is caused by mirage dragons, and Zhao Dahe's star-pulling technique cannot break through. The compass is even spinning randomly. There is no way, everyone can only... follow an established path.
Direction, go forward.
Relying on the power of the giant steel ship, Dugu Junjie commanded the warship to rush forward, hitting many things along the way, mostly ice floes. In this cold winter, it is simply a piece of cake for the ocean monsters to create ice floes.
However, for a 10,000-ton warship, there is no pressure to smash these small ice floes.
At this time, the battleship Zhiyuan follows the Iron Duke, which can greatly reduce the waste of energy.
Compared with the Iron Duke that burns diesel, the Zhiyuan battleship burns spirit stones, which is not very powerful, and spirit stones have many uses at sea. For example, defensive barriers!
Unconsciously, it was already a night. When the thick fog in front began to have a grayish luster, Dugu Junjie breathed a sigh of relief: "It's been a night. No matter how powerful the mirage is, it can't handle such a large-scale spell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the morning sun rose, and the thick fog quickly faded. The blue sky and white clouds reappeared in everyone's sight.
The sailors cheered that they had defeated the most terrifying mirage in the legend! On the sea, according to legend, the mirage is the most terrifying thing. Because the most feared thing at sea is getting lost.
However, Dugu Junjie did not cheer, because the compass was still trembling, and the swing direction exceeded the angle of about plus or minus 10°.
Looking at the rising sun, Dugu Junjie and helpless found that the rising sun did not rise due to the east, and it was unrealistic to rely entirely on the rising sun to guide the direction. Human senses are biased, and during the long voyage, the bias exceeded
By 1°, the destination can deviate by hundreds or thousands of miles!
Zhao Dahe didn't bother to rest and quickly got up to calculate the direction. In the end, Zhao Dahe calculated the direction... thinking about the sun and moving forward!
"How is it possible! No matter how biased it is, it won't be this big!" Dugu Junjie almost jumped. Did you calculate it with your kneecaps?
Zhao Dahe smiled and shook his head, pointing toward the stern of the ship: "Did you see a white spot somewhere? That is the rising sun, and that is the east! General Dugu, we have not gotten rid of the influence of the mirage yet!
In fact, the waves and thick fog we experienced before were all foreplay. General, don’t forget the mirage’s best trick: mirage!
Now, they have turned the rays of the rising sun around for us!
According to the records of my sect, many people have fallen into this trap. They think that the most dangerous moment has passed and the sun has risen, so everyone will instinctively use the sun as a guide. But they don’t know that this is the real method of the mirage!
"
Everyone was discussing, some of them didn't believe that the sun was clearly on our left. The sunshine was so warm, how could it be fake!
Finally, Zhang Hao spoke: "Go to the stern of the ship and see if there are any round white spots on the sea, the size of a disc, that cannot be explained."
Dugu Junjie ran to the stern of the ship to take a look. As expected, there were white spots on the sea that were not very obvious, about the size of a disk. He finally believed Zhao Dahe's words for the time being. But he pointed at the compass and said, "Although the pointer of this compass has
It’s swinging, but the general direction is correct, right?”
Zhang Hao spoke: "The phoenix does not fall into a treasureless land, so the place where the mirage lives must have something special. Maybe there is a Cishan Mountain under the sea!"
Dugu Junjie thought for a while and finally ordered to move in the direction of Zhao Dahe.
During this voyage, everyone gradually discovered that the sun was moving to the left. Half an hour after the battleship ran out, the sun had coincided with the white point on the sea level, and the sun completely appeared on the left side of the battleship; and the compass finally stabilized.
!
"Huh..." Zhao Dahe smiled, exhaled a deep breath, and fell asleep leaning on the railing.
Dugu Junjie came to Zhao Dahe, lowered his head, said thank you softly, and asked someone to carry Zhao Dahe down to rest. The star-pulling technique consumes a lot of money! Especially in the morning, pointing out the correct answer in an environment where everyone is suspicious
Direction is even more difficult.
In fact, if Zhang Hao hadn't spoken last and suppressed everyone this time, I don't know how many quarrels would have occurred in the end.
At this time, Dugu Junjie felt that the real sunlight, or the sunlight without refraction, was slightly scorching, which was something that the previous sunlight did not have.
"Huh!" Dugu Junjie snorted coldly, "The cannon on the stern of the ship, give our friends a shot!"
The cannons at the stern of the two battleships fired a wave of artillery outwards at an elevation angle of about 45°. The shells flew more than ten kilometers and exploded dozens of meters of sea water. The sea water within a range of hundreds of meters suddenly sank. The explosion sounded three times.
It took about ten seconds for the message to be transmitted back to the battleship, with faint dragon roars interspersed with it!
"The mirage is nothing!" Dugu Junjie began to be proud, "Facing the steel battleship, we are still powerless! Haha, speed up. Our goal is the west coast of the Earth Continent!
We have encountered dragons, but they are not dragons yet. This means that what is in front of us must be a huge wealth!"
Zhang Hao:...Is there any direct relationship between encountering a mirage and wealth?
But since you are happy, forget it. The night's battle not only did not make the sailors tired, but they were all very excited. The most dangerous mirage in the legend... was blown up by us with artillery, and several were stabbed with crossbows.
There is a hole!
Victory is the best stimulant!
Zhang Hao couldn't help but walk to the bow of the Iron Duke and stroke the 460mm cannon. The new cannon uses brand-new technology. The hydraulic technology has initially matured, which allows the 460mm cannon to be used normally.
Not just hydraulic technology, the new Iron Duke has not just ordinary artillery, but naval guns. Some technologies and modifications suitable for battleships have been initially applied, such as rotating turrets.
Rotating the turret requires oversized bearings. This technology is the core of the turret technology. The diameter of the bearing exceeds two and a half meters and requires oversized machine tool processing. Rollers are used, and one roller is one foot long. The inside of the bearing uses double rows of rollers.
columns to withstand the huge recoil of the artillery.
Standing next to the 460mm artillery turret, people look very small. But there is one thing, because the gunners are all cultivators, and the 1.4-ton shells can be lifted with both hands, so the shells here... are still loaded by hand!
Make it as simple as possible, save some space for storing fuel and transport more artillery shells.
Zhang Hao stroked Cannon's cold body, it was winter. But feeling the cold breath at this time made his heart burn.
Giant ship cannons. It took the other world hundreds of years to develop 460mm naval guns, and then they were eliminated soon after. But here, Zhang Hao only used his own influence to develop 460mm cannons in less than a year.
Got this kind of weapon.
The power of 460mm artillery shells is almost ten times that of 300mm artillery shells!
As the charge increases, the power of the shell increases in a curve. The more explosives, the higher the core temperature, the greater the core pressure, and the more violent the shock wave; and the speed of the shrapnel is also much faster.
Zhang Hao stood next to the artillery, his heart filled with emotion for a moment.
When any sailors passing by, even some young masters at the Golden Core stage, saw Zhang Hao, they would respectfully ask "Master."
At noon, Zhao Dahe woke up. He checked the course and chatted with Zhang Hao on the bow of the ship. They were really talking about the sky, because what Zhao Dahe and Zhang Hao discussed was the spherical earth and the endless starry sky.
Although it is not convenient for Zhang Hao to reveal too much for the time being, and things in the two worlds will definitely be different, Zhao Dahe has benefited a lot from just the words and vocabulary that Zhang Hao inadvertently revealed. Similarly, Zhao Dahe also has some words, etc.
, which made Zhang Hao very interested.
The discussion continued until the evening, and Zhang Hao finally asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "Have you heard of Xiao Zhou Tiangong?"
"Of course!" Zhao Dahe nodded, "Xiao Zhou Tian Gong is one of the most widely circulated and most effective techniques."
"Then why is it called 'Little' Zhou Tiangong? And not 'Zhou Tiangong'?"
"This old man really knows!" Zhao Dahe looked a little proud, "I have forgotten the specific time. Anyway, a long time ago, in an ancient ruins in Kunlun Continent, people found on the stone tablets in the ruins.
"Zhou Tiangong".
However, because it is too old, the text is simple, the language is obscure, and there are many unfamiliar symbols, etc., the stone tablet itself is also somewhat mottled. In addition, the stone tablet recording "Zhou Tiangong" was damaged due to everyone's fighting. In the end, it can be obtained from
The content interpreted on the stone tablet is less than half!
Later, everyone discovered that this technique seemed not simple, so they wanted to try to repair it; and it was also at that time that the astrologer appeared.
The ruins seemed to be an astrologer's platform, and many engraved stone slabs, oracle bones, slips, and even animal skins, original Gastrodia paper, etc. were found there.
In the process of interpreting the exercises, many theories were born, and astrologers are one of the more prominent ones; but now it seems that what we have inherited still has many fallacies and is very incomplete!
Later, everyone discovered that "Zhou Tiangong" was not simple, so they began to study it. After many years and many people's continuous research, they finally came up with "Xiao Zhou Tiangong".
Over the years, Xiao Zhou Tian Gong has been continuously improved and repaired, and has become more and more perfect. At least under the Divine Transformation stage, Xiao Zhou Tian Kung is perfect. However, there has been no good breakthrough above the Divine Transformation stage. In short,
Feel like something is missing!
But things are different now, I already have an idea! The earth is round and it is also a star!
The future of Xiao Zhou Tian Gong is here! By the way, what I practice is also Xiao Zhou Tian Gong, but it is spread within our sect and has many more details than the outside world, mainly in astrology."
Zhang Hao frowned slightly: "Wait a minute, I have a few questions! According to the seniors, the exercise "Zhou Tian Gong" in the ruins obviously involves the secret of the starry sky, right?"
Zhao Dahe's expression suddenly turned serious, and he nodded slowly. "Not bad!"
"So, how old are the ruins estimated to be?"
"Not sure. But everyone agrees that it's longer than our current historical record! Otherwise we wouldn't know anything."
Zhang Hao's expression became serious: "Then here's the problem. Some of us have discovered the secrets of the starry sky before, and formulated the "Zhou Tiangong" accordingly.
Under a completely blank sky, we need to observe the starry sky and integrate the secrets of the starry sky into our exercises. Senior, do you think we can do it now?"
Zhao Dahe thought for a long time and had to shake his head: "It can't be done!"
"That is to say, before we had historical records, there was a civilization that surpassed ours! And this civilization... may have become extinct!
The senior also said that the text and the words left behind are primitive and obscure, but they are not completely indecipherable. This shows that we are the descendants of those people, but we have lost the records, culture, language, etc. of our ancestors!"
Zhao Dahe stopped talking. He fiddled with his astrolabe for a while and then said: "Maybe there are some ancient inherited families, sects, etc. that have ancient records, but they have not been made public.
I 'may' have encountered these ancient families several times. They are so powerful that they are unreasonably powerful. They can rely on their cultivation in the Nascent Soul Stage to fight against and even defeat them in the Transformation Stage!"
Zhang Hao nodded: "But no matter what, there was at least a special era before us. This era's understanding of astronomy and spiritual practice is far beyond our modern times! Right?"
"good."
Zhang Hao rubbed his eyebrows: "Then is "Kuodixiang" a relic of that unknown era? Forget it, this question has no solution for the time being. What is more important now is: why did that era disappear, and we are almost
Can’t hear the remnants of that era!
Were there any disasters in ancient times, and will we encounter them in the future?"
This time Zhao Dahe smiled: "Master Zhang, are you thinking it's too far? We haven't even opened the navigation line yet!"
"Uh...haha..." Zhang Hao laughed loudly, "I have another question. The true essence in my body, the true essence from practicing Xiao Zhou Tian Gong, seems to react when you stimulate the astrolabe."
"Really?" This time it was Zhao Dahe's turn to be shocked, "I'll try again! Our ancestor had such a record! My astrolabe was brought from the ruins and has been passed down for tens of thousands of years. Until now.
The light is as bright as new. This kind of magic weapon manufacturing method is also unmatched today!"
Zhang Hao was operating the technique, and Zhao Dahe placed the compass in front of Zhang Hao. The compass seemed to resonate with the true energy in Zhang Hao's body. But when Zhang Hao wanted to use it further, his heart suddenly became hot, and he spoke
A mouthful of blood gushed out from the side.
"This..." Zhao Dahe panicked instantly.
"It's okay, my cultivation is not enough!" Zhang Hao wiped his mouth and waved his hands around, "I estimate that it will take at least the Nascent Soul stage to initially explore the secret of this compass!"
"Oh..." Zhao Dahe breathed a sigh of relief, but there was some disappointment in his tone.
The battleship continued to move forward, but the next two days were calm and peaceful... which made people feel lonely.
After more than three days of sailing, there is no hope of green in the vast sea, and a feeling of loneliness seems to be beginning to spread.