"Incredible, right?" Yuyi raised the corner of his mouth, "Even I couldn't help but be shocked when I saw this masterpiece for the first time."
"This research is thanks to the support given by the Seven Star Privy Council. Without so many alchemists providing their own magical ideas, Gong Shuwang would not be able to turn his ideas into reality so quickly." Although Gong Shuwang said modestly, his expression was not too big. How humble. She turned to look at Ning Weiyuan, "How about it? You should be able to understand the combat capabilities of this machine beast, right?"
Although he didn't have much fondness for this old woman, Ning Weiyuan had to admit that this thing definitely subverted the concept of combat. "Isn't it afraid of pain? Even if it is a fatal situation, they will not flinch?"
"This is the most terrifying thing about the machine beast." Gong Shuwang nodded, "Ordinary swords cannot destroy its outer armor at all. As long as its energy is not exhausted, it can fight to the end."
"If there are a hundred of these machine beasts... they can defeat thousands of armies!" He made a judgment, "But, they won't regard their own people as enemies?"
"Your Majesty, you can rest assured. They seem to be acting on their own initiative, but in fact someone is controlling them."
"You mean... the first person to get into the machine beast?" Ning Weiyuan asked.
"Yes, your Majesty has seen bees, right?" Gong Shuwang explained, "A queen bee can command millions of worker bees. The latter only serve the queen bee from birth, and they seem to be just bodies without souls. These machine beasts The same is true. As long as one person serves as the core of consciousness, he can instruct three to four machine beasts of the same type to follow him. Therefore, I named it Tingting, which means loyal listening heart."
Isn't the injected soul the evil spirit, but the consciousness of the controller
This idea made Ning Weiyuan feel a little relieved.
But soon another question quietly came to mind.
Mechanisms have no soul at all—they are usually composed of gears and screws and cannot feel human emotions. In other words, the things covered under these armors are unlikely to be ordinary mechanical components.
So what will it look like inside
If you peel off this layer of armor, what will you see
Living flesh and blood...
This thought made Ning Weiyuan feel a surge of acid in his stomach. Even on the battlefield with broken limbs everywhere, he had never had such a feeling.
But he didn't ask any further.
There is no doubt that the Ning family dynasty needs these powerful war machines to eliminate their enemies.
As for what technology the Seven Star Privy Council used to achieve this, that was beyond the scope of what he needed to worry about.
"Is this thing... easy to make?" Ning Weiyuan changed the topic.
"It requires eight hundred kilograms of wrought iron, one hundred kilograms of red copper, as well as various mechanical joints and gold wires. And this is just the consumption of one Tingting." Gong Shuwang said bluntly, "It can't be called easy, but it doesn't mean it will be easy in the future. So too.”
"One of the great advantages of the Seven-Star Privy Council is that it can concentrate the efforts of all countries to complete the plan." Shuang Wuxue continued, "Once the production of the Ministry of Industry is on track, a large number of Listening will be assembled continuously. The limitation of its formation into an army is , On the contrary, there are enough people who feel Qi. The three-year examination can no longer meet the needs of the Privy Council. Starting from this year, it will be adjusted to once a year."
In other words, after this year, the machine beast will become the main weapon in the battle between the two sides.
Ning Weiyuan realized that the battlefield he knew no longer existed.
…
A week later, Noah’s tree boat approached the waters of Yazhou Port for the third time.
In these seven days, they sank four transport ships from the north and seized a large amount of supplies. But the most abundant harvest is manpower - whenever he encounters a ship from the Xu Kingdom, Chi will create a small windless zone, making it difficult for the sailboat to move forward; then the green shuttle carries Qian and Yan Qing aboard the ship to "persuade surrender" ”, generally achieve success. After transferring the cargo and prisoners, Noah will fire cannons to sink the ships, thereby weakening the shipping capabilities of the Seven Stars.
It's not that they don't want to confiscate the boat as well, it's just that Xu Guo's Jiaotou boat is essentially a river boat. It is basically a square shape under the waterline, and it is too troublesome to modify it. Therefore, after telegraphing Mo Yun's opinion, Yan Qing decided to destroy it on the spot.
The means of communication at sea are extremely scarce these days. The carrier pigeons and fast horses that are usually useful are useless. In addition, there are rolling mountains to the north of Qi State. When Xu State realizes that there is a problem at sea, they may be able to use it. Almost all the ships were lost. And the time to build a dragon-head ship is measured in years. As long as Noah wanders around for another ten days and a half, Qixing's shipping line may no longer have a ship available.
In the evening, the lookout noticed some movement on the shore.
He quickly reported the situation to Yan Qing, the lock weaver.
"It seems that Qixing wants to rebuild the pier?" the latter put down the telescope and said, "But now it seems that the people gathering on the shore are all local residents."
"They are probably forced laborers." Qian frowned slightly. Before, he thought that the Gyeonggi Mansion was much more open-minded than the Chaotang, but now that he had distanced himself, he found that the Seven Star Privy Council Mansion was not as fascinating as described. Perhaps he stayed in Jinxia for so long that he ignored the differences between the two Qi-sensing regimes. "If we use artillery to drive them away, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties."
"Then let's wait until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow to take action." Yan Qing thought for a while and decided, "While they haven't started construction yet, we only need to destroy the pier and trestle."
When the sun sank below the horizon of the sea, Noah's tree boat came to a standstill.
The distance between the two sides was still thirty miles, and all the lights on the outside of the tree boat were extinguished to ensure that it was completely hidden in the night. There are no other ships around Yazhou Port, so Shuzhou has the absolute initiative within this distance.
However, not long after midnight (11 p.m.), Yan Qing heard a dull crash.
It seemed to come from the bottom of the tree boat.
This unusual sound made her immediately put on her coat and walk out of the room.
A moment later, a rolling fireball rose from the west of Noah, lighting up half of the night sky in the blink of an eye! At the same time, the night watch elves also sounded the alarm of enemy attack!
Yan Qing turned around and went straight to the tree platform - if she were just a green sword, she would definitely jump into battle at this time, but she is also the commander of the alchemist team on this trip, and determining the enemy's situation and thinking about countermeasures are her first tasks .
On the tree platform, High Priest Senia and Pang Ting, the elder of the Shaman family, were already in place. They were sensing everything happening on the tree boat through the crown of the spiritual tree.
"Who is the enemy?" Yan Qing asked, "Is it Qixing's warship?"
"No... there are no ships around Noah," Senia closed her eyes tightly and replied while connecting to the spiritual tree. "The tree ship was attacked in many places. The attackers moved very fast, like some kind of large beast. generally!"
Beast
in the sea
Before Yan Qing could ask further questions, the high priest's expression suddenly changed, "A few are coming towards the tree stand!"
As soon as she finished speaking, several black shadows jumped out from the dense tree canopy and hit the center of the tree stand with a bang!