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Chapter 373: Excited players(2/4)

Currently, only two priests, one druid, four bards, and one warlock have received true professional levels.

In order to prevent them from being unable to suppress the violent tendencies and murderous impulses in their hearts and causing trouble, I decided to issue a mission after discussing with Vanessa and send them to find traces of other floating cities.

In about an hour, these people will take the airship to the designated location to search..."

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"Wait! What happened to the airship?" Zuo Si suddenly interrupted.

You know, the last time I left the floating city, there wasn’t even a plan for this thing.

How come it took only ten days of work to actually create the real thing?

Although he also knows that the structure of the airship is not complicated, it can even be said to be very simple. It is just a huge airbag, a pod below, and a power propulsion system.

With the floating city's incredible industrial capabilities that combine magic and technology, it is estimated that one can be built in just one or two hours after the design drawings are available.

But the question is, is the safety of this airship really guaranteed?

Has it been rigorously tested in flight and severe weather?

If you are attacked by flying magical creatures, are there any means to repel or counterattack?

Any mature and stable aircraft cannot be achieved overnight and needs to be tested in practice over a long period of time.

An airship like this, which was put into use just a few days after being built, makes people feel scared no matter how much they think about it, and they have no sense of security at all.

"Building airships is actually a sudden idea to find more tribes hidden in mountains and dense forests on another continent.

According to the requests put forward by the other three Isadoras, they need a vehicle that can adjust the height and fly at a slow speed so that they can find the small and medium-sized tribes hiding one by one.

Based on this requirement, weapons designer Bohr gave a design plan for a large airship.

In order to implement the idea of ​​low cost, easy mass manufacturing, simple structure and easy repair and maintenance, he did not make much changes to the original structure of the airship.

It's just that the internal combustion engine originally used to provide power is replaced by a motor, and the cylindrical energy storage crystal matrix you invented is used as the energy source.

In addition, in order to greatly increase the carrying capacity, Boll fixed a large amount of magic [Feather Falling Technique] on the pod, making it almost weightless no matter how many things are loaded.

In this way, a large amount of people and materials can be easily carried with a very small buoyancy of the air bag, achieving a far cheaper transportation method than building and maintaining a permanent portal.

And even if the airbag is damaged, the pod below will not hit the ground hard, but will fall down at a very slow speed.

When landing, it only needs to pass through the anti-magic force field to block a small part of the effect of [Feather Falling Technique]. The pod's own weight will cause it to lower its height and finally stop at the designated location. There are almost no special requirements for the terrain.

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In addition, the airbag's airbag also maintains the magical effect of wind resistance, ensuring normal operation in harsh weather conditions such as strong winds.

So far, we have only built one for flight and safety experiments."

When saying this, Tyrantir did not hide his approval of Bol and his airship design plan at all.

Because with this thing, it can not only greatly improve the execution efficiency of the population migration plan, but also expand the control scope of Plantia Floating City and reduce the transportation and trade costs between towns and villages in the ruled area.

If enough are built to form a stable schedule like buses, we can even give up building and maintaining roads completely. In the future, both travel and buying and selling of goods will be completed through the air transportation system.

Not only does this save extra money, it's also very efficient, which is perfect.

As a person with the thinking and insight of modern society on earth, it is certainly impossible for Zuo Si not to know the advantages and disadvantages of airships.

Especially under the influence of magical power, when the load capacity is greatly increased and safety and stability are guaranteed, large airships are more useful than transport aircraft.

So he nodded with satisfaction: "It sounds pretty good. By the way, what kind of gas is injected into the airbag of this experimental airship? Is it helium?"

"No, it's hydrogen. Because this thing is easier to obtain and the cost is lower, and the electrolyzed water in the floating city can be obtained continuously day and night."

Tyrantir gave an answer that made Zuo Si feel frightened.

"Hydrogen?! Doesn't that mean that the entire airbag of the airship is equivalent to a huge bomb? Just throw a flame into it, and it will instantly turn into a gorgeous and huge fireworks blooming in the sky?" Zuo Si couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

asked rhetorically.

But Tyrantir shrugged nonchalantly: "Boll also raised this point when submitting the design plan.

Our researchers are working hard to develop a relatively inexpensive way to extract helium.

After the results are available, helium will naturally be used to replace the original hydrogen.

But now...

It’s not a big problem to make do with hydrogen first.

Anyway, the sky is always much safer than the earth, at least there are not so many undead, monsters and bandits robbing homes.

What's more, those players will not really die at all. Even if there is an accident, they will only lose a clone and a small amount of supplies.

Compared with the things you need to prepare and the dangers you encounter when traveling by land, it is nothing.

Of course, if you're thinking about implementing this kind of transportation in Faerûn, you'd better think twice.

I'm not sure whether those evil dragons, pterosaurs, griffins and other creatures with the ability to fly will attack airships flying over their lairs and territories.

At least don't rush to promote it until we find a self-defense weapon that can be equipped on airships."

"Don't worry. Before helium replaces hydrogen, I will not take out such a dangerous thing as public transportation. It is simply murder. If there is nothing else, I will leave first. You and I

Vanessa, keep an eye on it."

After saying this, Zuo Si went directly through several portals and returned to the Mage Tower. In the following days, he used the power of sparks to search for the coordinates of the new world in the dark void, while reading the Netherese scrolls from inside.

Learn a lot of theoretical knowledge about magic.

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At the same time, more than 140 players who graduated from their respective academies in the floating city have now assembled and are standing in the shadow of the huge airship, raising their heads and gaping at this behemoth.

About two or three minutes later, Jack, who was wearing plate armor and a fully enclosed helmet, couldn't help but cursed in an exclamatory tone: "Fake!

The floating city we belong to actually has a means of transportation like an airship?

Just kidding!

Moreover, the ratio between the pod and the airbag of this airship is completely wrong!

Generally speaking, it is normal for the latter to be more than ten times or even dozens of times larger than the former!

How did it float?"

"Do you think that in this world full of magical power, airships will be the same as the real world?

I bet there must be a lot of magic on this thing.

I asked a mage apprentice a few days ago that there is a magic called [Featherfall] in the arcane circle, which can make people or objects as light as feathers.

Maybe there are many similar spells constantly blessed on the pod.

And with an airship as a means of transportation, it will be much easier for us to go to the mission location, and we don’t have to sleep in the open air so hard.

Damn it!

I really like this virtual game world more and more."

Wu Sheng stuck out his tongue and gently licked his slightly dry lips, his eyes gleaming with excitement and anticipation.

"Hahahaha! Me too! Compared with the unfamiliar real world, this place can give us old popsicles some familiar feelings. Come on, let's go in and see what's going on inside the airship."

After that, Jack patted his teammate's shoulder hard and quickly climbed up the rope ladder.

Wu Sheng followed closely behind.

After a while, more than 140 players entered the spacious pod.

Since it is a temporary work, there are basically no decorations or furnishings inside the pod. It is only divided into five parts based on functions.

The cabin closest to the tail is the core power system, which contains the electric engine, energy crystal matrix, control and operating system.

Obviously, this part is not open to players for the time being. Instead, Boll and his people are responsible for operating it. By the way, they will collect the design flaws and problems that may arise during the test flight of the airship, and then bring them back for upgrade and improvement.

As for the second part, it is a warehouse used to store supplies.

There are some fresh water, alcohol, food, vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs and milk for players to eat and drink, as well as replacement equipment such as weapons, armor, shields, crossbows, as well as arrows and blazing glue, which can be used to deal with the undead.

Holy water that causes extra damage to creatures, and consumables such as small incendiary bombs and liquid hydrogen and oxygen bombs used to clear large areas.

However, since the number of players is only over 140, there does not seem to be a lot of supplies, and the warehouse area can't help but give people a slightly empty feeling.

The third and fourth parts are living areas.

There are not only separate small rooms and soft beds where you can lie down and sleep, but also a large comprehensive kitchen for cooking, a public canteen, an entertainment lounge, a gym and a training ground.

As for the last area, it is a semi-enclosed deck leading to the outside, which can also be called an observation deck or weapons platform.

Of course, since there are no suitable weapons that can be installed yet, I only made some ordinary ballistae and bed crossbows with rotation direction functions for show.

But players can use this place to throw down the bombs and incendiary bombs in the warehouse and carry out large-scale indiscriminate bombing on the ground.

As the airship designer and the person with the highest decision-making authority for this mission, Boll first took these players on a rough tour from beginning to end and clearly explained various precautions before ordering the anti-magic field to be lifted.

As a result, the motor was powered on and slowly drove away from the Floating City of Plantia.

Seeing that the first batch of elites could actually embark on a journey in this spectacular vehicle, the rest of the players who had not yet obtained a real professional level showed expressions of envy and hatred.

"Gan! I haven't been to the sky since I was born. I really want to take an airship!"
To be continued...
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