When Lorraine Hill returned to the Xianyu Sect, it was already the end of July.
The weather was hot at this time, and cicadas were chirping outside the window. However, there was clear spring water flowing through the main hall on the top of the mountain. It followed the ditch in the main hall, merged into the pool in the middle, and then drained from the ground to the forest water stream halfway up the mountain.
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The cool water vapor dissipated the heat in the air, and even the summer breeze blowing in from the outside became much more comfortable. At this moment, Lorraine Hill was sitting on the large wooden chair in the center and taking a nap.
It is said to be a wooden chair, but the material used is actually very rare. It is yellow chun wood produced in the secret realm of the Xiangyu Sect. The wood is thick and dense, heavier than gold and iron. The corners of the wooden chair are carefully polished, and the back of the chair is also carved with floral decorations.
.But the most eye-catching thing is not the wooden chair the girl is sitting on, but the light yellow wooden wall behind her.
The entire wall seems to have been cut from a huge piece of wood. It is extremely complete and the color is like snow, with a faint soft yellow in it. On this wooden wall is painted a phoenix that has been flying with its wings spread, and its feathers are like bright yellow leaves.
Delicate and clear in texture, its color flows and changes, becoming darker towards the end, like a faint red cloud. The whole painting is about ten meters high. It contrasts with the girl sitting under the painting, which is particularly consistent and beautiful.
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Her head with closed eyes was leaning on the back of the chair. As the girl breathed, her chest slowly rose and fell, and the eyelashes on her eyes also changed slightly. Her long black hair was combed straight and fell on her chest and behind her.
A few of them were bent up due to the folds of the clothes, separated from the crowd, and playfully scattered on one side.
In the morning, Lorraine Hill discussed a lot of things with members of the Xiangyu faction in this hall. After the discussion, she felt a little sleepy, so she wanted to sit for a while and wait for everyone to leave before going back to rest.
But he didn't want to sit down and fell asleep in the hall.
Looking at the girl's slightly cute sleeping posture, the few people who stayed behind did not want to wake her up. They just stood guard by the door of the hall to prevent others from suddenly coming in and waking her up. And just like that, Lorraine Hill fell asleep.
Noon, until now.
The sun outside the hall was bright, and cicadas were chirping happily in the shade of leaves. Occasionally, a few yellow fruits that were about to ripen were revealed from the green leaves, hanging on the treetops and swaying gently in the wind.
Perhaps because she had slept for a long time, Lorraine Hill's head slowly slid down from the back of the chair she was leaning on, and then after a pause, she suddenly woke up from her dream.
"This is..." The memory in my mind has not been completely restored, and I can only vaguely remember the scene in my dream just now.
In the dream, she seemed to be living in a world with advanced technology, and the society was very peaceful. She was still in high school, and she had several familiar classmates and friends in the class, including her deskmate Keti, sitting in the front row.
, Siphonelian who can play the piano and sing, the literary girl Brainard with a cold personality in the corner of the back row, the head teacher Trinasha, and some other vaguely familiar names, but unfortunately these were forgotten all at once.
"It feels like a very good dream, but why are you in high school?" Lorraine Hill recalled that high school in his previous life was full of homework and papers, and he was not happy at all.
Sitting on the chair, Lorraine Hill stretched out his back, then shook his head to wake himself up, and then looked around again.
Fortunately, there was no one in the hall just now. If someone saw him stretching like that, it would really break his image. Lorraine Hill felt a little lucky in his heart.
After standing up and moving for a few steps, he seemed less sleepy now. Lorraine Hill wondered if he should go to Senior Sister Jinhua's place, but he felt that Senior Sister Jinhua might be taking a nap or practicing.
Let’s not bother you anymore and go down the mountain to see how the dragon boat is being built.
In the morning, I finished sorting out the backlog of affairs within the Xiangyu Sect. The most critical point is that the disciples in the sect responsible for building the dragon boat reported that the progress is almost over.
After rearranging her hair and clothes, Lorraine Hill walked out of the hall. Only then did the two people standing by the door notice and say hello.
"Hello, Senior Sister Luolan~" Looking at the smiles on the corners of their mouths, Luolan Hill didn't know that his nap in the hall was exposed.
That's all, anyway, I no longer want to maintain such a dignified image.
"Have you always been like this?"
"Yes." The two nodded again.
"Thank you, but you don't have to stand here all the time. Go and do your own business."
The two of them responded a few more words before leaving the main hall.
Now that there were no disciples in the sect to follow her, Lorraine Hill's steps became much more brisk. She jumped directly from the cliff and glided down as lightly as a bird, passing through the long mountain col and avoiding the canyons along the way.
and cliffs, and then gradually descends into a valley where houses are densely built.
This place is very close to the Xiangyu Sect Mountain Gate, with wide wooden tracks leading outside. From time to time, trains pull materials and goods in and out, loading and unloading various things. The keel of a huge ship has been built in a tall house under the cliff.
The interior began to be filled with various structures and facilities, and every floor was laid out with true disciples from the sect going to inspect it and stamping it with reinforced magic circles.
Lorraine Hill's eyes moved from the window, then he gently landed in front of the open door and walked in.
The crisp sound of chiseling and knocking echoed in this empty house. About five hundred craftsmen gathered in this valley shipyard. Some were responsible for building the main structure, some were responsible for fitting connections, some were responsible for painting, and some were responsible for painting.
Some were carving magic circles and pouring liquid metal condensation under the command of members of the faction. The scene was fiery and orderly.
"Sir Luo Lan." A true disciple in this huge workshop saw the young girl walking in and walked over quickly.
"Shh, don't make any noise." Lorraine Hill raised her finger in front of her and asked the person in front of her to speak lower. Now that she has a special status, if she is recognized, she will probably be welcomed with great fanfare, and she will have to stop work for a while.
Got it.
After letting this familiar true disciple calm down, Lorraine Hill walked up the stairs on the side wall of the workshop, then stood on the third floor and overlooked the huge keel and floating boat prototype in the factory, thinking about its completion.
What will it look like next?
"What batch is it now?" Lorraine Hill asked.
"This is the third batch, and it is also the largest type of pontoon dragon boat currently manufactured." This disciple introduced.
It turns out that there are several types of empty boats built within the Xiangyu Sect. First, a batch of small ones were made to test technology and verify the effect. Later, they were gradually improved and a second batch of medium-sized empty boats were built. Now, there are
Because the functional structure of the large empty boat is quite different from that of the ordinary empty boat, it is called a dragon boat to distinguish it.
Although the Kingdom of Oz was destroyed hundreds of years ago, its skills in manufacturing floating battleships have not been completely lost. Some of them have been passed down through various methods. The country of Lurna obtained some of them and passed them on.
Simplified and miniaturized, a large number of airships were created. The Young Moon Council was used to build warships at sea and specialize in naval battles. As for the East, some original and complete skills were retained, although there was no Lurna country.
It is as flexible and fast as an airship, but it is huge in size and can carry more people and cargo.
Several techniques have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to say which one is more advanced. Now, after integrating the techniques of the three techniques, Lorraine Hill has improved some of them himself and then taught them to the disciples and craftsmen in the sect, but the design is ultimately
It is a design, and it needs to be constantly adjusted in practice, which requires a lot of time and personnel. This is why Lorraine Hill asked the Xianyu Sect to recruit a large number of craftsmen.
"Based on the knowledge imparted by the senior sister in charge, we have debugged a lot, and the solution adopted by the boat in front of us is the most stable overall effect. Compared with ordinary pontoon boats, this dragon boat can reach the upper limit after using the turbine in the boat to accelerate.
100 kilometers per hour, no matter how fast it is, it's fine, but it can't last long, otherwise it will damage the hull."
"The outer deck of the dragon ship is made of yellow chun wood produced in the secret territory of Xiangyu. Its quality is similar to that of gold grade. With our current reserves, we can build up to fifty similar dragon ships."
"Because my faction's many years of reserves in wood grain craftsmanship can give full play to the advantages of these materials, the twenty-layer engraved yellow cognac fixed wind array allows the entire hull to easily withstand a full blow from a sixth-order transcendent. If
Being a seventh-level being, it may cause some minor injuries, but of course this is when there are not enough disciples on the ship to cast the magic circle."
"If each dragon ship is equipped with about 50 seventh-level true disciples, the dragon ship can temporarily resist the attacks of eighth-level 'landing' practitioners. This time is enough to support other surrounding dragon ships to come to support."
"In terms of attack, the red sails on both sides of the dragon boat use the fire bird burning feather array provided by 'Zhu Zhan Huolianyuan'. This array can not only be used by a single ship, but can also be used by multiple ships. If there are more than sixteen ships,
, you can form a great formation of fire phoenix covering the sky. Wherever it goes, the flames and winds will be strong, burning gods and slaying demons. In the early days of the dynasty, it was used by Zhu Zhan's disciples of Huolianyuan, and it is famous all over the world."
"In addition to the fire feather sails used in large-scale military battles, there is an improved main gun of our 'incense-burning sun formation' on the main axis inside the hull. Three kinds of pre-prepared fuel powder are added to the gun bore and circulated, applying high temperature
Ignite it, and then use the magic circle in the barrel to spray out the phlogiston that ignited the drastic change, and then you can sweep through the enemies in front."
"I remember that such a powerful main gun has many shortcomings."
"Yes, because when accumulating energy to use the artillery, energy is required to restrain the phlogiston in the barrel and eject it, so it will take away most of the energy supply of the dragon ship. This will cause the dragon ship to lose a lot of power and speed in the few minutes before and after the launch.
It will drop a lot, but according to the tests of fellow sect members, it is still worth sacrificing short-term speed in order to launch powerful shots. Even a sequence 8 monster will not survive the full force of the main gun.
It will cause great harm."
"Well, except for the main gun, after all, not every enemy will stupidly stand still in front of the artillery fire."
"We have also verified many solutions for this problem. There are currently two ideas. The first one is to configure four Hanxing crossbows on the front deck of the dragon ship. This is the technique of the 'Fengxiang Star Observation House', and its crossbow arrows are made of
Made of North Sea stainless steel, it uses the Star Observation Mansion's continuous star formation. It not only has the effect of breaking magic and armor, but also can be infused with magic power by personnel during launch, making the power even higher. In addition to the four Hanxing Crossbows
Outside the cannon, thirty-six thunderbolt blue thunder mirrors are set up on both sides of the ship, which can be used by disciples of levels 5-7. When activated, the magic power can be converted into blue sky lightning, which is instantaneous and is specially used for those who
Even if you can't pierce an agile enemy with electric energy right away, you can still paralyze it and cause it to fall down, causing it to lose its speed."
"The second plan is slightly different, that is, it no longer equips the Hanxing Ballista and the Thunderbolt Blue Thunder Mirror, but vacates the internal space to carry eight Netherfire Owls provided by the 'Ningzizhao Night Palace'.
It can transform into a ghost and sneak around, flying extremely long distances to attack or conduct reconnaissance."
"This seems good. The two options can be used together." Lorraine Hill nodded.
"The ship currently being built is of Design No. 1, right?"
"Yes, only one of Design No. 2 has been built for verification."
"Then if we build a few more ships of the No. 2 design, let's build them according to the ratio of 5:1. If we build five dragon ships of the No. 1 design, we will build one of the No. 2 design."
"Yes, Master." The true disciple nodded excitedly, then picked up the cardboard at hand and recorded it.
After writing a few strokes, he suddenly thought of something and asked.
"These two always use Design No. 1. It would be very cumbersome to call Design No. 2. I wonder if the leader can give them names?"
"Get a name." Lorraine Hill blinked, feeling that this kind of thing was really a headache.
Just pick one at random, it feels too frivolous, after all, it is everyone’s hard work, but if you pick one that is too special and too obscure, it will feel artificial.
This is really embarrassing for me, the girl thought to herself, but she couldn't refuse, otherwise it would upset some members of the faction. After all, everyone hopes that their efforts will be recognized.
After pondering for a long time, Lorraine Hill finally adopted the naming method he was familiar with in his previous life.
"The first design plan is called the 'Qingdian-class' dragon ship, and the second is called the 'Purple Owl-class' dragon ship. This will make it easier to increase numbers and iterate in the future, such as the 'Qingdian-class' No. 3 ship, and the 'Purple Owl-class' dragon ship."
Fourth-generation ships, like this."
"Thank you, Master, for the name." The true disciple continued to write excitedly, and then asked and reported many things before gradually retreating.
After he left, Lorraine Hill finally had some free time. He stood by the fence and carefully looked at every detail and corner of the dragon ship under construction, and then compared it with the sky battleship of Oz in his mind's memory.
In terms of technology and overall quality, the current dragon ship cannot reach the level of the peak period of Oz. There is almost a generation gap. After all, Dorothy set extremely high standards at that time and was preparing to enter space.
But it can't be helped. Industry is the progress of the entire system. At present, most of the East is still an agricultural society and lacks a sufficient industrial foundation. If metal hulls, various mechanical transmissions, electronic signals, and magic systems are used,
The manufacturing difficulty is several times higher, and it is estimated that only Crancia can achieve it now. In fact, when Loland Hill left the Western Continent, they had already touched the threshold of Oz.
After this period of sorting and research, Lorraine Hill discovered that the extraordinary skills and craftsmanship of various Eastern factions are not bad, and the foundation can even be said to be very rich. With a little improvement and integration, a powerful dragon ship battleship can be created, but
Why have the previous dynasties and various sects in the world never embarked on this path? Only the Hanshan Yanxing Sect has made preliminary attempts in this area, and the sect's floating boats traveled around the world.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lorraine Hill finally asked Senior Sister Jin Hua and some disciples in the sect, and then he gradually found out the reason. It was probably because he was not aware of it at all, or there was no need for it.
Just like a person who lives a very prosperous life, if you ask him to work hard and earn a lot of money, he may not want to do it, because he is already living a very comfortable life, so why should he bother with it.
If it weren't for the emperor's rebellious behavior, the rule of the dynasty could actually be said to be extremely stable. There were loyal ministers and good generals inside, and help from the outside world. There was no force in the world that could provoke or threaten, and the overseas countries were far away from each other, and the population of the country was far less than that of the Plantagenet Dynasty.
, there is no need to worry. Anyone living in such an environment would not have much pressure or motivation to break the existing rules of interests and do something special and risky.
If you have this time and energy, you might as well focus on yourself, climb the nine-story ladder, and become a flying immortal. This is the thinking of many practitioners in the East.
‘However, times are always changing.’ Lorraine Hill walked through the long corridor in the sky, her yellow dress fluttering slightly, reflecting the golden threads in the changing environment of light and dark.
"It's time for everyone to realize the cruelty of the world and the changes of the times."
Finally, she stood under the open window sill, and the bright light slanted through the dust, shining on her back and the huge battleship that was gradually taking shape below.