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"Be careful not to hit the pier!"
"Stupid, move a little further to the left."
"Crane No. 2 pay attention to synchronous traction."
The launching operation of the Destiny is going on at the pier, and two engineers are yelling at the pier and directing the workers on several cranes to carefully transfer the Destiny into the water. There was a cheer from the workers as the Destiny sank smoothly onto the water and a wave lapped the cornerstone of the pier. Even though they knew that they were not qualified to board the Destiny, they were still very excited by the epoch-making significance of seeing the first sea-going vehicle in Central Continent safely put down from their own hands.
This will become the most dazzling shining point in their lives and will be unforgettable for a lifetime. Or there will be more marine vehicles in the future on the Central Continent, but the Destiny is irreplaceable. Especially those workers who participated in repairing and refitting the Destiny for more than two months, their eyes were even more excited. People hugged each other and celebrated by throwing hard hats high into the sky.
By the pier, Zero and the others were equally happy. The two girls, Liya and Haiwei, were so excited that they couldn't help boarding the boat now for a trial run. Feng also said with emotion: "I didn't expect that one day, we would be able to leave this continent."
"It's thanks to them." Looking at the workers on the pier, Ling pointed out: "No matter how strong we are, we can't make a boat by ourselves, and it's not even possible to screw a screw somewhere. Not sure. Although the strong can lead the trend of the times, behind this trend must be these workers and laborers. They are the cornerstone and stamina of the trend. Without them, no matter how big the waves are, they will not last. "
Feng smiled and said, "Boss, you speak like a philosopher."
"No, I'm just stating the truth."
After the Destiny was launched, an elevator gate bridge on the side of the pier was also paved on the water to connect the spaceship and the pier. In order to sail at sea, Destiny has undergone some necessary modifications, including anchors used to fix the hull on the water. It's just that these things are not originally owned by the Destiny, and cannot be operated by the spacecraft's control system, and must be done manually outside the hull.
After the lock bridge was lowered, Billy and some workers had already followed the bridge to the side of the Destiny. Billy went directly into the spaceship, while several other workers lowered the anchor on the side of the added ship, and then unfastened the anchor of the crane.
The next step is the necessary testing, so the trial time is set at three o'clock in the afternoon. Before that, Zero and Maple can move about freely. If the trial run goes well in the afternoon, then according to the plan, the Destiny will set sail in three days. This also means that everyone is about to leave the Central Continent to explore the unknown sea and the other two continents.
Among these people, except Zero and Feng, who only had memories of this continent for a few short years. People like Leah, Su, and Haiwei were all born and raised on this continent. Their feelings for the Central Continent are naturally much stronger than those of Ling and Feng. Now that they are going to sail far away, they will feel somewhat reluctant and attached.
After lunch, Zero walked around the city with Lia. A city that is dangerous to ordinary people is no different from a playground to them. Zero just released a trace of ninth-level energy, and all the mutated beasts and even stupid living corpses automatically avoided them. This is the natural oppression from the superior, just like the reason why a mouse detours when it sees a cat.
The two came to the amusement park at the southern end of the city. It was the first time that Leah saw the playground when she was so old. Although the facilities such as the Ferris wheel, carousel, and pirate ship were no longer in operation, Leah was still very excited. She runs like a child in an empty playground, sometimes staring at a giant Ferris wheel or a merry-go-round.
Finally she said: "You know, I was still in the Z7 base at that time. Once my grandfather brought me a magazine. It was a travel magazine, which introduced the beautiful scenery of some countries in the old days. There was a playground inside, and the magazine The photos on the website were taken at night, the playground was lit up, and those photos were dreamlike and beautiful. It was like a fairy tale. Yes, a fairy tale. At that time, I was thinking, if one day I could be in such a It would be nice to play in the playground once."
She closed her eyes, as if imagining herself playing in a playground. Zero hugged her from behind, listening to the sound of the wind blowing over the Ferris wheel, that sound was empty and lonely. He gently kissed Leah's face and said: "One day, when there is no war in the world, and people don't have to fight for resources. This city will definitely glow with new vitality, and this playground will be back to work. When the time comes, I'll take you to play, okay?"
Liya put her arms around Zero's neck, smelled his breath and said, "Why is it so troublesome, aren't we already in the playground now? I am very satisfied to be here with you. Come on, let's sit Trojan horse, although it doesn't spin anymore."
Saying that, Liya took Zero to the carousel, and the two sat together. The carousel does not turn, there is no music, and there are no those gorgeous lights. The two sat quietly like this, Liya leaned on Zero, humming with her eyes closed. The girl's deep noise touched wonderful notes, echoing in this empty and lonely playground.
In the blink of an eye, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the detection of the Destiny had been completed. When Zero and Liya returned to the pier, Feng and the others were already waiting. Billy was talking to two engineers, and when he saw Lingling, he walked over and said to Lingling: "My lord, we are ready and we can try it out anytime!"
"Then, let's go!" Zero said concisely.
Zero crossed the crowd to walk in front, with him as the leader, followed by Feng and others, followed by Billy and related staff. Walk across the gate bridge and jump onto the side of the Destiny. When he saw the original silver and smooth hull of the Destiny at such a close distance again, Ling recalled the scene of encountering this spaceship in the Great Rift that day. That encounter seems to have played a fateful note. But today, he wants to turn this note into a magnificent and high-spirited tune.
Stretch out your palm and press it on the ship's wall of the Destiny, the ship's wall immediately lit up a streamer, and then opened an exit. Zero walked in, eyes lit up.
He appeared in a passage, which is the main passage of the spaceship, running through the bow and tail of the hull. Slowly wriggling tubes were still distributed on the walls on both sides. In addition to the original energy brilliance, Billy and the others also installed countless fluorescent lights on both sides of the passage, which illuminated the interior of the spaceship like daytime. At this time, Feng and the others also connected in. It was their first time boarding the Destiny, so they couldn't help but be moved by the scene inside.
Then, under the guidance of Billy, everyone visited the interior space of the spaceship. It has been planned into control room, energy room, warehouse, activity area, rest area, medical room and other areas. Although Destiny is not as spacious as an underground base, it has a complete functional area. Finally came to the control room, the control room is the same as before, the entrance is the captain's command platform, which is the zero position. There are two steps leading down through the high platform. Below the high platform is an arc-shaped space. The spaceship operation platform is directly in front, and other operating platforms are on both sides, including the two major systems of defense and weapons, which require additional equipment. personnel to operate.
All the relevant personnel have already undergone the necessary training, but what they are driving is not an old-era ship, but a Quaternary spaceship, so everyone lacks the necessary experience. Therefore, although everyone is excited, there is also some fear and uneasiness.
Billy nodded to Zero, indicating that he could try it out. Zero was not polite, sat on the captain's seat and said, "Then, let's start the trial of the Destiny!"
"Close the gate bridge!"
"Anchor!"
"The energy system is activated!"
"..."
With one order after another, the Destiny began to operate. The gate bridge of the pier rose slowly, and the sailors on both sides of the ship also put away the anchors and entered the interior of the ship. Immediately afterwards, a total of four steel wings on both sides of the hull spread out, and the central axis of each wing above lit up with blue light, which quickly spread to the entire wing. But in an instant, the four steel wings were shrouded in dazzling blue light, and then spurted out streams of energy flames.
With the setting of the angle of the steel wings, the Destiny slowly turned 90 degrees in the water. Immediately afterwards, the energy flames on the steel wings retracted and rose, and gradually grew stronger, in exchange for a strong propulsion that finally allowed the boat to break through the water. A huge wave was set off by the flames on the Destiny, slapping heavily on the pier, breaking into thousands of water droplets, and drenching the entire pier like a light rain.
After the splash, Destiny sailed straight out of the port with four blue flame tails. In front of it is an endless sea of radiation!
The welcome sounds echoed throughout the pier a moment later, and they also sounded in the control room of the Destiny. The pilot in charge of controlling the course was relieved only at this moment, the previous worry and uneasiness finally disappeared at this moment, replaced by indescribable confidence.
"The theoretical speed of the Destiny is 90 to 120 knots, which is three times higher than the speed of the aircraft carrier of the old era. The maximum speed can reach nearly 200 knots, but because of the damage to the hull before, I personally suggest, It is best that the maximum speed of a fortuneteller should not exceed 150 knots. The constant speed can be controlled at about 60 knots, and when extreme speed sailing is required, it is best not to exceed two hours at the speed of 200 knots.”
On the captain's high platform, Billy held a tablet brain, looked at the data inside and made suggestions with Zero. Zero, the newly promoted captain, is naturally obedient and learns with an open mind.
The Destiny is traveling at a constant speed of 60 knots, and everyone on board has never really been out at sea. Now driving on the vast sea, the scenery outside can be seen from the light screens on both sides of the control room, which is very novel. But the sea is vast, once the reference is lost, the previous novelty will soon be replaced by boredom. However, the arrival of the Destiny also attracted the attention of the creatures in the sea.
As a result, some mutated aquatic creatures began to follow around the ship. They were also very curious about the big iron block. Some even tried to climb onto the hull, but they were all thrown off by the smooth hull of the Destiny.
At this time, a huge shadow appeared on the left side of the Destiny, and then a mutated six-eyed whale broke through the waves from the bottom of the water. The six-eyed whale, which was one size larger than the Destiny, vacated the surface of the sea, and plunged into the water in a graceful arc, causing the water waves to vibrate violently. Everyone in the control room was pale, and some people even vomited from seasickness, shaking their heads endlessly.
Even Feng, the ninth-level powerhouse, was holding on to the railing with a slumped face. It could be seen that seasickness had nothing to do with strength, because Haiwei was very energetic. She pulled Yeliu and Liya together and said that she wanted to go to the ship's side deck to watch the sea, fearing that they would be lost, she followed them. As soon as they left the Destiny and came to the side of the ship, the girls felt the sea wind was so strong that it made people's skin aching. There is even a unique fishy smell coming from the sea surface, and the seawater blown by the wind will cause tingling when it falls on the skin, which is a sign of radiation. Although capable users are not afraid of radiation, that is relative to land.
But in the endless sea area, the amount of radiation contained in the sea water is several times higher than that of the air on land. Even if a low-level ability user falls into the sea, he may be injured in the slightest, his ability will be reversed, or he may die in a serious case. What's more, the sea is not safe, and all kinds of mutated aquatic creatures are even more dangerous than the mutated beasts on land.
Leah and the others got on the deck, and suddenly an octopus popped up in the sea. This mutated octopus waved its thick tentacles, and those suckers were blue in color, obviously secreting poison. It's just that the octopus jumped into the air, and saw black lines flashing, and suddenly turned into a pile of meat and fell into the sea. In less than a moment, the surface of the sea almost boiled, and countless aquatic creatures scrambled to eat the octopus carcass, but they ate it up in a minute, and Haiwei stuck out her tongue.
The sea in the new era is wider and more dangerous than before. I don't know how many abyssal sea beasts like Angie Gullit are bred in the hotbed that is wider than the earth, and there is also a super sea vortex like the gate of the abyss. It is conceivable that it is not an easy task to take risks in this dangerous sea area. Now the Destiny is only doing a trial run in the sea area near the port, and has already seen the dangerous side of the sea. No one knows what dangers await everyone in the ocean far from the mainland.
After about a hundred kilometers away from the port, the Destiny stopped. In front of it is the ocean that can't see the edge. This is the best place to test the gun. Under Zero's order, the operator in charge of the weapon system began to get busy. Although this is the first time that Destiny's energy main gun has fired, the operators who have been trained before have simulated it many times, so they are quite proficient in the action. After a few commands, the gun bay located under the front of the Destiny's hull began to open, and a tube was like a chimney, but a gun barrel with beautiful patterns carved on its surface protruded from it.
After connecting the three cannon barrels and stretching out one by one, the particle beam cannon starts charging. As the blue flames on the four steel wings on both sides of the hull gradually dimmed, purple-white light spots appeared around the muzzle of the main gun. As if being pulled by an invisible force, these light spots quickly condensed towards the muzzle, so the temperature and brightness of the muzzle continued to rise. In less than a second, the strong light illuminated the cannon. inner wall of the tube. It can be seen that the beautiful curves around the gun barrel continue to light up and gather towards the muzzle, so a huge and maddening energy aura appears.
After several light spots flickered at the muzzle connection, the light in the sea area here suddenly became dim. In fact, it's not that the light has dimmed, but that the strong light formed in front of the Destiny's main gun is so bright that it overwhelms the light brightness of the sea space, so it seems that the sea surface has darkened. When the light at the muzzle was too bright to be seen, a circle of energy light curtain suddenly dispersed, and the light curtain pressed to the sea surface, and the water surface below the Destiny sank for a few minutes. Following that, with a soft sound like a sigh, the main cannon opened fire!
A thick band of light nearly three meters in diameter blasted out from the muzzle, and waves rolled up from its two sides, forming a water channel. The stream of high-energy particles converged into a beam of high-temperature beams in the form of jets, which reached the end of the sea level in an instant. A continuous beam of light formed between the Destiny and the sea horizon. After nearly five seconds of continuous spraying, the muzzle light gradually faded, and the sea surface also began to light up. So this beam of light gradually disappeared from the Destiny, and when the last point of light flickered on the sea level, a semicircle of fire suddenly rose!
The fireball continued to expand and rise, and when it reached a certain critical point, it erupted in an all-round way, turning into a raging flame that soared into the sky, setting off strong winds and huge waves, and shaking the entire endless sea. A white wave suddenly came in the direction of the sea level, and the white wave quickly rose to a sea wall nearly ten meters high! A sea wall with a height of more than ten meters and a width of several kilometers rolled in, and it was photographed fiercely when it was near the Destiny.
The Destiny swayed violently and was constantly shaken by the waves. After the ship stabilized, the people in the control room looked towards the sea level, and saw a huge, hideous mushroom cloud rising there! The power of a single shot is almost comparable to a nuclear explosion produced by a nuclear equivalent of more than 2 tons. The power of the particle beam main cannon is so powerful that everyone is a little dizzy.
If it goes on like this, Asgard and Eternal Night City will have to be finished. This is already a strategic level war weapon. But before the people on board could be happy, the lights in the control room flickered twice, and all instruments and electronic equipment including the light screen stopped working. Everyone was stunned for a while before Billy smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that we can't fire at full power in the future, otherwise all the energy of the spaceship will be drained. In that case, we will break down at sea at any time just like now."
As Billy said, after firing this terrible shot, the four steel wings of the Destiny became dull and flat on the sea surface. There wasn't even a bit of energy left on the ship, so it was wiped out by this cannon. The Destiny was just suspended on the sea surface, and it was already evening when it absorbed the natural skylight and restored its basic power.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, it drove back to the port at a constant speed of 30 knots, ending today's trial voyage.