After leaving President Irina's office on the 23rd floor of the Lineforte Building, Ling nodded slightly to the maid who had been waiting at the door for a long time, and handed her the pass signed and sealed by Irina.
"According to the president's wishes, please lead the way."
"No problem. Xiaoling, do you plan to leave now?"
"Go early and come back early."
The person beside Ling who guides her is Sharon. In addition to being the maid of the Linefort family, she is also the chief secretary to the president of the Linefort Group.
"Actually, I'm just leading the way. You have other official duties to attend to. Will it disturb you?"
"It doesn't matter. Manager Dalton is still here at the headquarters. Even if I leave for a while, nothing will go wrong. What's more, Xiaoling, you rarely go back to Luray recently. It's rare to have the opportunity to come back, so the president is special.
Inviting me to come and receive her is also her thoughtfulness."
"It's okay to come back rarely... we will still come for the monthly review!"
"But compared to when I was stationed in Luray, there are very few people who come back."
"Well, I can't refute that."
In June 1201, Ling resigned from Luray University of Technology as department chair and professor and moved out of the staff dormitory. Then she and Tio conducted a several-month lecture tour in various universities in the five major cities in the empire. From then on
Since then, the time spent with Sharon and afternoon tea has been drastically reduced.
In August 1202, after resigning as the first-generation director of the Fourth Development Room, she only participated in regular monthly review meetings as an expert as a group consultant. After the two-month trip to Liber,
She settled down and lived in the Rozenbelk workshop until now. Although she is completely an Imperial person in spirit, she actually has more opportunities to stay in Crossbell.
"Why don't we go to your house for a drink when we get back from the factory? If you lend me the kitchen, I will prepare the snacks. I miss your tea too."
"no problem."
When the two of them walked out of the power elevator, they almost bumped into a beautiful girl with blond hair holding a stack of thick books. She tied her blond hair into twin tails with purple feather hair accessories, giving her the air of a young lady.
The style comes across.
After seeing Sharon, I asked out of curiosity.
"Sharon, are you going out today?"
"Well, I have something to do and I may not come back until evening. Did the eldest lady go to the library to borrow books again?"
"It's none of your business."
The beautiful blond girl quickly got into the guidance elevator, and Sharon waved slightly, regardless of whether the latter's sight blocked by books saw it or not.
"What's wrong, Ling?"
Sharon noticed that her friend's eyes were fixed on the closed elevator door, looking thoughtful.
"That child has grown so big. He is already taller than me."
After hearing her words, Sharon couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Noticing that Sharon's eyes were not only looking at the top of her head, but also at her chest, she must be thinking about some very rude questions. Ling pouted her lips slightly, but she didn't take it to heart even for a second.
.
"The last time I met her was five years ago? It was not long after I came to Luray. Think about how time flies. At that time, I looked older when we were standing together.
a little."
"Well, the eldest lady, she has been studying hard recently. It seems that she is preparing to take the entrance exam of a certain school next month."
"Huh? Is it already this time..."
"Well, it's already that time. If nothing else happens, the eldest lady will become our school girl. Considering that the princess of Rogna has already laid a good foundation of connections there, there shouldn't be any problem
.”
Sharon only thought that Ling was thinking of the month in which the exam was held, but what actually surprised her was that she was about to deal with "Kiseki of Cold Steel" without even realizing it.
Like most colleges and universities, Torz's independent enrollment is set up in February every year. As one of the top ten prestigious schools in the Empire, the admission competition is very fierce, and there are test centers in the five major cities. Therefore, Luray locals are not
There is no need to take a five-hour train ride to Tolista to take the exam, just go directly to the exam room in Luray. Ling took the exam in Santeac, the old capital of Baiyada.
The two walked out of the Leinfort head office building and headed south. At a speed that would not surprise pedestrians on the road, they walked out of the city in more than ten minutes.
The city of Luray is connected to the most important industrial area in Nadia State and the most important industrial area in the Erebonian Empire, which also includes many munitions factories for the regular army of the empire. Although the Lineforte Group is seemingly neutral,
, but actually could not refuse orders from the imperial government.
The destination is the Nevopalis Shipyard, located sixty miles southeast of the outskirts of Luray. It is the largest flying ship manufacturing plant in the Nordia state with a maximum capacity of 150 miles.
The Lusitania in the loading dock is undergoing routine inspection after returning from the voyage.
Because she was in the wild, there was no need to limit her stride length and frequency. Ling accelerated her speed little by little, and stopped accelerating after reaching Mach 1/3. Sharon beside her was already wearing a
There was a faint layer of fighting spirit, and it seemed that this speed was already very difficult for her.
A minute later, the two stopped in front of the unique factory. Sharon took a few seconds to sort out her somewhat disordered breathing. Ling handed the pass to the aunt at the gate.
After entering the factory, on the tree-lined walkway, Ling tilted her head at a forty-five degree angle and looked back at her old friend.
"Sharon, have you lacked exercise in recent years?"
"After all, I've been stuck at the bottleneck for a long time, and I still don't feel like I have a breakthrough... No, my speed of action is actually beyond what ordinary people can keep up with. At least I am not inferior to those of the best A-level guerrillas."
They are confident in their foot power. To be honest, you didn't use your full strength just now, right? You can be so fast without even using fighting spirit. It's not that I'm too slow, it's that Xiaoling, you are too fast."
Sharon Kruger's speed is not slow at all, and her iconic figure has strength that doesn't match it. However, she still can't compare with some people.
Sharon saw that Ling was not serious at all, but she still felt that people are different. Counting from the first time they met, this was already the eighth year that Sharon had known Ling. She could be said to be
She watched the purple-haired girl grow up little by little. From the beginning, she knew that this child was extraordinary, but she didn't expect that she would reach the world-class level so smoothly that was so far away for her.
"Well, I can be faster."
Ling answered Sharon's words vaguely. As for how much this "some" was, there was no need to elaborate. To her, the speed just now was basically like walking. After all, she usually moves at subsonic speed when commuting to and from work.
That was a level that could be achieved without using fighting energy and relying only on physical strength. If it weren't for the pneumatic heating that couldn't be overcome, it would burn out if the speed was too fast. She really wanted to test where her limit was.
There are more than 500 workers in the Nevopalis shipyard alone wearing protective suits and performing various tasks in the outfitting dock. This number is even more than the entire Torz school combined. If it were not for Ryan Forte
There is a subsidiary of the Group's Third Manufacturing Plant. The size of this unique factory can be considered a very powerful large-scale enterprise. It is certain that its capital and number of employees are much greater than that of Kanglaite Company.
There are only three familiar faces of Ling among the employees on site. She has been away from Luray for a long time. The organizational structure of Linefort has also changed, and employees have changed one after another. From the Third Production Plant
There were not many familiar faces, but these three people were either senior technicians or senior engineers, and they also had the status of mentors here. When Ling appeared, they immediately greeted her enthusiastically and answered her questions one by one.
As a pioneer in aerodynamics, Ling, the former director of the 4th team, also enjoys a huge reputation in the 3rd party. He even worked with this team for a long time when modifying RF26. Even though he is only a consultant now,
It's not like he's completely divorced from Ryan Forte.
To Ling's surprise, the Lusitania's structural strength was far beyond her expectations.
As a civilian flying ship, its armed force is very weak, almost non-existent. However, the space freed up in this way can be used to strengthen the defense of the hull. We chose a two-pronged approach, that is, increasing the material used for the keel, and also
With the increased power of the guidance shield, the Lusitania is the safest flying ship in the world.
After receiving the explanation from the person in charge here, Ling nodded. Generally speaking, a 3cm rebar steel plate is not something that ordinary swordsmen can cut with their swords. It is also difficult for infantry to use machine guns or small airships to use Gatling cannons.
Penetrate. The Lusitania uses reinforced chromium steel with many times better performance, and the average thickness of the outer armor reaches 26cm. As for the keel, not to mention, the mechanical properties of Luna titanium alloy are only
Second to the first generation of Kludale steel, it exceeds the strength of many alloy structural steels. (The strength of pure titanium is not high. The highest strength is 500+mpa, which is close to the strength of general armor steel.) The radius exceeds 50cm.
Even if the hull keel is not directly hit by a train gun, there is no need to worry about breaking it. Even if it uses a ton of yellow explosives, it probably cannot be broken.
It seems that there is no need to worry about the ship being blown up in the battle for the time being.
Of course, the ideal situation would be to avoid fighting on the boat.
Is Ling's worries about this issue unfounded? She said that this is called being prepared.
She had previously obtained new documents from Wiseman that were deduced from his research in the Canonized Province using association techniques, so she could not be more alert to the huge power contained in the original stigmata.