"Zhi Zhi Zhi"

Amidst the frenzied screams, two long bulging sand lines flew towards the desert, and two venomous tails with shining hooks were raised high among the flying gravel.

I don't know if the toxins in it are fatal, but even being hit by a half-meter-long hook is definitely not pleasant.

Phew! Phew!

Two orange-red flaming bombs the size of human heads, carrying a high temperature that almost scorched the desert, crossed an arc and landed precisely in front of the sand line.

boom

It was as if the bombardment of two heavy artillery blasts opened two large hot craters in the sea of ​​sand, and the 3000-degree scorching current easily melted the sand into shining crystals.

at the same time.

Under the yellow sand, two giant sand scorpions covered in shells like transparent topaz were exploded into the air.

Stab

A sharp blue lightning flashed across the bodies of the two sand scorpions, easily cutting through their topaz shells and splitting them in half from head to tail.

The screams stopped abruptly.

Clang!

Ivan returned the sword to its sheath, and the ruby ​​ring on Miss Moonstone's right index finger beside him slowly dimmed.

After more than a dozen nights of joint action, one hour corresponds to one and a half days.

The two people have actually been together in the spirit world for more than twenty days, and their cooperation has become very tacit.

Moreover, this strange creature, which is almost impossible to exist in the material world, obviously has the common characteristics of both the "activation school" and the "gem school".

This is also the normal state of monsters in the spirit world when the two of them act together during this period, which comes from the additional benefits of the mysterious binding of the two.

Although they couldn't see each other's expressions, both of them were quite satisfied with the mysterious knowledge that came with spiritual feedback.

“An organic way to grow gemstones? Great!”

With the protection of a third-level physical transcendent who can enter the spiritual world, Ms. Moonstone's time spent exploring the spiritual world was really relaxed and enjoyable.

Not to mention the gains in knowledge related to my own path, even if I killed these spiritual monsters, my spiritual growth rate would be at least ten times faster than when I was exploring alone a few days ago.

"It's not a bad feeling to have such a neighbor, but it seems that I have no sense of existence."

Although she has always been proud and strong, she feels a little depressed, but she also knows that her situation is almost impossible for others.

Even if there are powerful high-level physical extraordinary beings who are willing to take no gain and take huge risks to act as bodyguards, those great knights whose spirits (wills) are as hard as iron and stone cannot enter the spiritual world at all.

It's like a sea surface can absorb a lot of water, but if you poke it with a needle, it will poke a hole in the sponge. Compared with mages, the great knights are like that needle!

Afterwards, no words are needed.

The two people looked at each other and turned together to come to a dark crack in the ground not far away.

Whizzing!

Jumping into the crack in the ground, after twisting and turning in the continuous underground caves and underground rivers, they have returned to the beacon anchorage of the two of them.

Before saying goodbye, Moonstone, who looked very petite in comparison with her size, looked up at Alvin and said lightly:

"Mr. Red Hemlock, after these few days of discussion, I think your design plan is very complete.

Regarding the question you raised today about the arrangement of using different types of gemstones or the same type of gemstones, I will consider replying to you tomorrow."

Although his tone remained as cold as ever, his arrogance had almost disappeared.

"Thank you for your help, Miss Moonstone."

"It's nothing, just a hyacinth in return for you."

Olivia silently added in her heart:

"The stronger the Stormhorn, the safer I am. That's right, that's it!"

Ivan felt that maybe because of the familiarity, Miss Moonstone was much stronger than her arrogant appearance at the beginning, and was actually not difficult to get along with.

"Well, see you tomorrow!"

"goodbye!"

After waving goodbye, Alvin looked at the girl's back disappearing into the forest and whispered to himself:

"Although we are quite happy to get along with each other, I still feel that my current relationship with Miss Moonstone is strange.

For this hour every night, we spend a day and a half alone with each other.

The time in the spiritual world is like another life, and it is longer than the time in the material world. Is this a strange soul mate?"

After daybreak, the work continues.

After completing the modification of eight privateers and the last fifth-level ship "Oar", Ivan and Milan did not rest long.

After enough steel was delivered, they immediately started the renovation plan for the "Storm Horn".

The sea water in the No. 1 dock has been drained again, all the equipment of the "Storm Horn" has been removed, and it is completely ready.

He signaled to the craftsmen and engineers who were watching.

Alvin slowly raised his hands.

sta!

next moment.

The engraving has been completed long ago. On the five corners representing fire, water, earth, wind and soul, there are respectively small cannon, golden cup, golden lion, sword, staff and Milan rune array.

A transparent jade-like emerald green light bursts out.

Whoosh!

Aiwen has once again activated the [Translimit Ritual·Activated Skillful Hand] that he used before when transforming the "Venus".

Alvin, whose abilities have been greatly enhanced, this time his "Activated Hands" easily covered the entire battleship.

His current soul strength is enough to cope with multi-threaded operations. As if countless skilled craftsmen are working together under the same brain, the wooden ribs that were originally firmly fixed in the battleship are loosening and peeling off little by little.

No damage was caused to the hull itself during this period.

Click click click

In fact, the keel of the battleship can be replaced normally.

Even the current shipbuilding habit in the entire Tulip Alliance is to first use inferior materials as the keel during construction. Finally, the keel is knocked out and replaced with a real keel made of high-quality materials, so that the keel that is launched into the water is as "new" as possible and is inconvenient.

Bear the hardships of construction.

This method can also prevent the keel from deforming to the greatest extent.

It can be said that most of the battleships currently serving in Tulip have had their keels replaced at least once.

Compared with the keel of wooden structure.

Steel is in a crystalline state at the microscopic level, and its interior is completely coherent at the macroscopic level, which determines that steel has good macroscopic mechanical properties and mechanical conductivity properties.

Wood is completely different, because the texture "growth rings" that run through the material can be seen with the naked eye.

It is composed of many xylem fibers arranged in parallel. The connection strength between these fibers is far less than that of the inside of a whole fiber. Therefore, it is said that "if you chop firewood without following the grain, you will be exhausted."

To build larger, stronger and stronger warships, material revolution is an inevitable trend.

However, wooden sail battleships have only appeared for a few decades, and no country has yet launched an iron-ribbed wooden hull ship.

In Ivan's memory, even the earliest iron-ribbed wooden hull warships generally required a wrought iron box keel and riveted ribs, which had extremely high requirements on craftsmanship and materials.

One thing about the technology of this world that is stronger than that of Blue Star at the same time is that due to the need to equip powerful knights with suitable weapons, materials science, especially steel production and processing technology, is relatively mature.

After having the idea, the technology tree can almost meet the requirements for small-scale manufacturing.

The material Ivan chose was mild steel, which is relatively easy to shape.

To put it bluntly, steel is a carbon-iron alloy, which has different properties only because of the different carbon content. Wrought iron (wrought iron): C%<0.08%; Steel: C% 0.08%~2.06%; Pig iron: C% 2.06-4.3%

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The iron components on normal warships (fasteners, etc.) are generally made of wrought iron with better plasticity.

Ai Wen is aware of the difference in strength and hardness between wrought iron and steel. To him, increasing the hardness of a material is nothing more than a matter of spending a little more effort. Of course, it must be achieved in one step.

jingle jingle

Wooden keels, ribs, iron nails for fixing, pipes, etc. are easily hollowed out by the "activated skillful hands".

Then, a whole section of steel that he had processed in advance had raised its head and crawled into the bottom cabin like a snake.

From beginning to end, it fits itself perfectly into the gaps left by the original keel and side ribs.

Whether it is the box structure with hollow keel or the connection problem between steel components, it is a piece of cake for Alvin.

Susu

After this whole piece of steel reaches the predetermined position, it grows naturally like a tree. The keel, ribs, and steel beams are formed in one piece. This technology is more than a hundred times more advanced than welding and riveting?

Then the steel and wood of the "Storm Horn" grew at the same time, growing firmly together like two living acacia trees.
To be continued...