Putting away the silver card, John looked at his pocket watch and estimated that the cruise ship would reach his destination tomorrow morning.
Although the voyage from the Philippine Port to the main island of Emsdam is only a thousand nautical miles, the cruise ship is not a warship. In the pursuit of stability, it will take a day and a night to arrive. This is already comparable to the kind of cruise ship that was made a hundred years ago.
The invention of the fast sail clipper ship is not enough.
And that kind of clipper ship with a narrow hull not only cannot carry much cargo, but is also bumpy and violent. Only experienced sailors can withstand it. Because the target is small and fast, it is usually a smuggling ship. Taking a fast ship like that, on a cruise ship
It is estimated that not many of these pampered passengers can successfully disembark from the ship.
As far as John knows, the technological level of this world has faintly surpassed that of the same period in the previous life in the 19th century. At present, the three major powers and major cities in the Old Continent are all connected to steam trains, and the military also has all-steam battleship fleets in service. In addition,
The distance and time of ocean routes to and from the New and Old Continents have also been shortened due to the gradual maturity of steam power. This has greatly promoted the progress of the entire world's economy and culture, and has shortened the distance between countries and people.
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In the past, traveling from the Old World to the New World, although shipping routes were opened to all countries three hundred years ago, ships were still sunk and destroyed from time to time. Since the emergence of steel hulls and steam power, not only has the time to travel between the two continents become longer,
The period has been shortened and the security has been greatly increased, making more and more civilians from the Old World choose to immigrate here.
As for some strange-looking steam technology creations, such as excavators or Gundams, John and Klaus had seen many of them when they were students at the two highest universities in the federation. However, these inventions are still in the laboratory.
There are many technical problems that cannot be solved. If the relevant technology does not develop rapidly, it is estimated that it may not be realized within ten years or even decades.
"It's a pity that we can't take an airship, otherwise it would only take half a day to arrive."
It's a pity, but John also understands that today's airships are no better than those in the previous life that can travel around the world. Not only does this world have extraordinary powers, but the nature is also extremely unfriendly to humans. Not to mention the dangerous natural barriers between the east and the west.
There are also various horrific natural phenomena in various regions of the old and new continents, such as the terrifying desert between the east and west of the White Eagle Federation that covers an area of millions of square miles, and the golden leaf forest that occupies almost three thirds of the three western states.
The vast virgin forests that form part of the Brook Colony, as well as the annual storms along the coast.
These are dangerous places and natural disasters that are difficult for humans to resist.
Because it is located in the middle of the New World and is surrounded by two continents as a barrier, the Sea of Stars can be said to be an extremely rare and relatively calm sea area, and it is also known as the super inner lake of the New World.
Even so, there are strong winds and thunderstorms that are not common on land in the Sea of Stars, but they are not as extreme as the east coast of the White Eagle Federation and the southernmost tip of the New World. Steam airships are more suitable for flying over land and close to the sky because they are afraid of wind and rain. They have encountered this during sea trials.
After several crises, the military and airship companies of various countries decisively abandoned ocean routes.
Only a few would venture across those short distances offshore and between islands.
Suppressing the urge to rush to Emsdam and pry into the root cause of all this happening, John once again took out the gold astrolabe he bought at the San Jose outdoor market.
Stroking the astrological disk that had been carefully wiped clean, John once again tried to pour spiritual energy into it.
It's a pity that it is still like a cow in mud and there is no reaction at all.
He has tried methods such as inputting the power of nature, spiritual power, immersing in fire, soaking in water, and even dripping blood to identify the owner before, but this golden astrolabe is as effective against any energy as it is for a woman who throws herself into his arms.
He didn't refuse, but even after eating and wiping the meal, he didn't even give him a hundred yuan, and didn't give him the slightest response.
This made John feel as if he was being ripped off.
"If you don't give me face, I will put you into the system and train you, right?"
He snarled at the astrological disk angrily, but there was still no reaction when he saw it. If he hadn't discovered through his spiritual vision that this thing had a mysterious light flashing with mysterious symbols, and had firmly learned the origin of this thing through the system, he would have been transformed by the system.
Without losing the contents saved in it, he would have put it into the altar and transformed it into a drawn card.
So John no longer hesitated, opened the system card drawing interface, and simply threw the things into one corner.
The system gives specific attributes, just a simple sentence.
"Golden Zodiac Astrology Chart, Characteristics: Item inherited from the Astrology School."
School of astrology!
It seems to be a sect of ancient mages. This sect is very mysterious and there are not many legends left behind. John only heard about it from the female detective Miss Theresia. The astrology mages of this school seem to be related to the arcanists and travelers.
Mage has become one of the three mysterious advanced spellcasting professions.
Nowadays, the Arcanist seems to still have a legacy, but the other two have long since disappeared into history.
"It seems that the mages of the Star School should be related to the Harvest Empire. Otherwise, their inheritance would not be found in the antiques from the Harvest Empire. I just don't know what the complete inheritance of the Star School is like?"
"Forget it, the characters above are more difficult to decipher than the password lock in the previous life. If I want to crack it and find the correct way to open the astrolabe, I don't know if I can do it before I die..."
Transform!
John muttered silently and directly chose to turn the astrological chart into a card.
The light flashed in the five-star altar, and a few seconds later, part of John's limited power of destiny was once again consumed. This was after discovering that the mask of the body changed the original destiny of Nick Adams two days ago.
I have received some rewards, otherwise I would probably have very little power of destiny left now.
“It’s really expensive to draw cards!”
John rubbed his hands, prayed a few words in his heart to the great Father of Nature, and then opened the true face of this new card.
"Golden?"
Seeing the light emitted from the unlocked card, John shouted excitedly.
This is the first time he has drawn a complete gold card in the true sense.
Excluding a few experiments, there were actually only a few official card draws. However, his experience in the game in his previous life made him understand that the prerequisite for drawing good cards depends on the value of the items placed on them and the fate of them.
Is the force sufficient?
For example, although the swordsmanship chapter drawn last time was rated as gold, it was only a fragment of the complete Hunyuan Sword Classic.
Of course, that ethereal ray of luck is also very important, because the quality of luck cannot determine the nature of the card, but it can determine the size of the card's effect.
For example, if the same energy object with flame attribute is placed on the altar, it may extract a three-level killer weapon such as the continuous fireball spell, or it may extract the Burning Hand spell scroll that can only be used once. To put it bluntly, let’s see.
Face.
This is why John has always wanted to develop a way to open the astrolabe by himself, instead of putting it into the system to see luck.
When he clicked on the card attribute introduction, John looked surprised:
"It seems that my face is still very white! I actually extracted a set of advanced meditation methods that are the core of the astrology school..."
Seeing that the top line of the Golden Zodiac Meditation Method was systematically converted into a name in Chinese characters, John was very lucky that he was able to extract this set of meditation methods.
Because this is a high-level meditation method that can reach the legendary level. In the extraordinary world, it is probably the kind of top-level extraordinary inheritance that is priceless or even impossible to buy with money.
If a few star magics are extracted, even if they are as high as a 9-ring forbidden spell, he may be disappointed, because star magics also need to be calculated, just like astronomy, there is always no shortage of calculations.
If it were the inheritance of an arcanist or an ordinary mage, he would probably be even more disappointed.
I think that whether you are a druid, a warlock or a psychic spellcaster, their spellcasting abilities are all biased and emotional, while the wizard and his advanced arcanist are different. The wizard's ability comes more from rationality.
To be a mage, you must have strong logic and be proficient in calculations.
It is best described by a sentence I heard from some Taoist friends who ran groups in the forum in my previous life, "If you can't do a high-level math paper, then don't imagine that the door to the path of being a master will be opened for you!"