Chapter 319 Questions

Thick fog covered the field of vision, and encountering such a thick fog on this boundless ocean made everyone feel uneasy. Even Zhang Hao felt an inexplicable nervousness. Even Chen Yansong stood on the watchtower of the Iron Duke, scanning the surroundings with the powerful consciousness of the transformation stage. However, it is still a drop in the bucket.

There is no comparison between the power of man and the power of the sea!

Time passed by little by little, and it was past midnight. Zhang Hao frowned slightly as he looked at the next time-keeping instrument of life.

In the middle of the night, the thick fog on the sea still hasn't disappeared.

Since the thick fog began to appear, Zhao Dahe's star-stretching technique also failed - the thick fog was caused by mirage dragons, and Zhao Dahe's star-stretching technique could not break through. The compass is even more chaotic. No way, everyone can only... move forward in a predetermined direction.

Relying on the strength of the giant steel ship, Dugu Junjie commanded the battleship to rush forward, bumping into many things along the way, most of them were ice floes. In this cold winter, it is a piece of cake for sea monsters to make ice floes.

However, for a 10,000-ton battleship, there is no pressure to smash these small ice floes.

At this time, the battleship Zhiyuan followed the Iron Duke, so that the waste of energy could be greatly reduced.

Compared with the Iron Duke, which burns diesel, the battleship Zhiyuan burns spiritual stones, which is not very powerful, and spiritual stones are used too much at sea. For example, defensive enchantment!

Before he knew it was already one night, when the long thick fog in front of him began to have a gray brilliance, Dugu Junjie heaved a sigh of relief: "It's been one night. No matter how powerful the mirage dragon is, it can't bear the spell that lasts on such a wide range!"

As soon as the voice fell, the morning sun rose, and the thick fog quickly faded. The blue sky and white clouds reappeared in everyone's sight.

The sailors cheered, everyone defeated the legendary mirage dragon! In the sea, in the legend, the mirage dragon is the scariest. Because the most feared thing at sea is getting lost.

But Dugu Junjie didn't cheer, because the compass was still trembling, and the swing direction exceeded the included angle of plus or minus 10°.

Looking at Chaoyang, Dugu Junjie and helplessly found that Chaoyang does not rise due to the east, and it is unrealistic to completely rely on Chaoyang to guide the direction. Human senses are biased. During a long voyage, if the deviation exceeds 1°, the destination can deviate by hundreds or even thousands of miles!

Zhao Dahe didn't care about taking a rest, so he got up quickly to calculate the direction. In the end, the direction Zhao Dahe calculated was...towards the sun!

"How is it possible! No matter how big the deviation is, it won't be so big!" Dugu Junjie almost jumped, did you use kneecaps to calculate this?

Zhao Dahe shook his head with a smile, and pointed towards the stern of the ship: "Do you see a white spot there? That's the morning sun, and that's the east! General Dugu, we haven't got rid of the influence of the mirage dragon yet!

In fact, the waves and thick fog experienced before are all foreplay. General, don't forget Mirage Dragon's best trick - Mirage!

Now, they turned the sun's rays to us!

According to the records of my sect, many people are planted on this. Thinking that the most dangerous moment has passed and the rising sun is rising, everyone will instinctively use the rising sun as a guide. Little did they know, this was the real method of Mirage Dragon! "

Everyone discussed one after another, and they couldn't believe it—the sun is clearly on our left, the sun is so warm, how could it be fake!

In the end, Zhang Hao said: "Go to the stern of the ship to see if there are round white spots on the sea surface, the size of a disk, which cannot be explained."

Dugu Junjie ran to the stern of the ship to look, and there were indeed not so obvious white spots on the sea surface, about the size of a disc, and finally believed Zhao Dahe's words for the time being. But he pointed to the compass and said, "Although the pointer of this compass is wobbling, the general direction is not wrong, right?"

Zhang Hao said: "The phoenix does not fall into a land without treasures, and there must be something special about the place where mirage dragons live. Maybe there are magnetic mountains under the sea!"

Dugu Junjie thought for a while, and finally ordered to move in the direction of Zhao Dahe.

During such a voyage, everyone gradually discovered that the sun was actually moving to the left; after the battleship ran for half an hour, the sun had already coincided with the white dot on the sea level, and the sun completely appeared on the left side of the battleship; and the compass finally stabilized !

"Huh..." Zhao Dahe smiled, let out a rough breath, and fell asleep leaning against the railing.

Dugu Junjie came to the side of Zhao Dahe, bowed his head, said thank you softly, and asked people to carry Zhao Dahe down to rest. Astrology, consumes a lot! Especially in the morning, it is even more difficult to point out the right direction in an environment where everyone is skeptical.

In fact, this time, if Zhang Hao hadn't opened his mouth at the end and suppressed everyone, there would have been many quarrels in the end.

Only at this time did Dugu Junjie feel that the real sunlight, or the unrefracted sunlight, was slightly scorching hot, which was not there before.

"Hmph!" Dugu Junjie snorted coldly, "The artillery on the stern, let our friends fire!"

The artillery on the stern of the two battleships fired a wave of artillery outward at an elevation angle of about 45°. The shell flew more than ten kilometers, blasting up tens of meters of sea water, and the sea water within hundreds of meters suddenly sank. It took about 30 seconds for the sound of the explosion to be transmitted back to the battleship, with faint dragon chant interspersed with it!

"Mirage dragon is nothing!" Dugu Junjie began to be arrogant, "Facing the steel battleship, it is different or powerless! Haha, speed up. Our goal is the west coast of the Taotu Continent!

I have met all the dragons, but not Jiaolong. This shows that what is ahead of us must be a great fortune! "

Zhang Hao: ... Is there any direct relationship between encountering mirage dragons and wealth?

But since you're happy, forget it. The night's fighting did not make the sailors tired, but they were extremely excited. The most dangerous mirage dragon in the legend... We blasted it with artillery, and pierced several holes with ballistas!

Victory is the best stimulant!

Zhang Hao couldn't help but walk to the bow of the Iron Duke and touch the 460mm cannon. New artillery, using a new technology. The hydraulic technology has initially matured, which allows the 460mm artillery to be used normally.

It's not just hydraulic technology, the new Iron Duke is not just an ordinary artillery, but a naval gun. Some technologies and modifications suitable for warships have been initially applied, such as rotating turrets.

Rotating turrets require oversized bearings. This technology is the core of the turret technology. The diameter of the bearing exceeds two and a half meters, which requires super-large machine tools to process; rollers are used, and each roller is one foot long. Double-row rollers are used inside the bearing to withstand the huge recoil of the artillery.

Standing next to the turret of the 460mm artillery, people look very small. But there is one thing, because the gunners are all practitioners, the 1.4-ton shells can be lifted with both hands, so the shells here... are still loaded by hand!

Keep it simple, save some space for fuel and transport more shells.

Zhang Hao caressed the cold body of the artillery, it's winter. But feeling this icy breath at this moment makes one's heart burn.

Giant ship cannon. It took another world hundreds of years to develop the 460mm naval gun, and then it was phased out shortly thereafter; but here, it took Zhang Hao less than a year to develop such a weapon with his own influence.

A 460mm shell is almost ten times more powerful than a 300mm shell!

As the charge increases, the power of the shells rises in a curve. The more explosives there are, the relatively higher the core temperature, the greater the core pressure, and the more violent the shock wave; and the speed of the shrapnel is also much faster.

Standing next to the cannon, Zhang Hao was filled with emotion for a moment.

Some sailors passing by, even some young masters at the Jindan stage, would respectfully ask the young master when they saw Zhang Hao.

At noon, Zhao Dahe woke up, checked his course, and chatted with Zhang Hao at the bow of the ship—he was really chatting, because Zhao Dahe and Zhang Hao were discussing the spherical earth, the endless starry sky.

Although it is not convenient for Zhang Hao to confide too many things for the time being, and things in the two worlds will definitely be different; but the words and vocabulary that Zhang Hao revealed inadvertently benefited Zhao Dahe a lot. Similarly, Zhao Dahe also had some words, etc., which aroused Zhang Hao's interest.

After discussing it until evening, Zhang Hao finally asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "Little Zhou Tiangong, have you heard of it?"

"Of course!" Zhao Dahe nodded, "Xiao Zhou Tiangong is one of the most widely spread and most effective exercises."

"Then why is it called 'Little' Zhou Tiangong? Not 'Zhou Tiangong'?"

"This old man really knows!" Zhao Dahe was a little smug, "I have forgotten the exact time, anyway, a long time ago, in an ancient relic in the Kunlun Continent, people found it on the stone tablet in the relic. "Zhou Tiangong".

But because the age is too long, the characters are simple, the language is obscure, and there are many strange symbols, etc., the stone tablet itself is also somewhat mottled. In addition, the stele recording "Zhou Tian Gong" was damaged because of everyone's fighting. In the end, less than half of the content that could be deciphered from the stele!

Later, everyone found that this exercise seemed not simple, so they wanted to try to restore it; and at that time, an astrologer appeared.

The ruins seem to be an astrologer, and many stone tablets with inscriptions, oracle bones, bamboo slips, even animal skins, the original Tianma paper, etc. were found there.

In the process of interpreting exercises, many theories have been born, and astrologers are one of the more prominent ones; but now it seems that what we have inherited still has many fallacies and is very incomplete!

Later, everyone found that "Zhou Tian Gong" was not simple, so they started to study it. After years of continuous research by many people, "Little Zhou Tiangong" was finally produced.

Over the years, Xiao Zhou Tiangong has been perfected and repaired continuously, and it has become more and more perfect. At least in the stage of transforming gods, Xiao Zhou Tiangong is perfect. It's just that there hasn't been a good breakthrough since the stage of transformation. Always feel like something is missing!

But now it's different, I already have an idea! The earth is round, and it is also a star!

Little Zhou Tiangong has a future! By the way, I also practice Xiao Zhou Tiangong, but it is circulated inside our sect, and there are many more details than the outside world, mainly in astrology. "

Zhang Hao frowned slightly: "Wait, I have a few questions! According to the senior, the exercise "Zhou Tian Gong" in the ruins obviously involves the secret of the starry sky, right?"

Zhao Dahe's expression became serious instantly, and he nodded slowly. "good!"

"So, how old is the ruin estimated?"

"Not sure. But the consensus is that it's longer than our current record! Otherwise we wouldn't be ignorant."

Zhang Hao's expression became serious: "Then here comes the problem. Before us, someone actually discovered the secret of the starry sky, and formulated "Zhou Tian Gong" accordingly.

With nothing but nothing, to observe the starry sky and incorporate the secrets of the starry sky into the exercises, seniors think, can we do it now? "

Zhao Dahe thought for a long time and had to shake his head: "I can't do it!"

"In other words, before we have historical records, there was a civilization that surpassed ours! And this civilization... may be extinct!

And the senior said that that and the text left behind are simple and obscure, but it is not completely undecipherable. This means that we are descended from those people, but we have lost the records, culture, language, etc. of our ancestors! "

Zhao Dahe didn't speak anymore, he fiddled with his astrolabe, and after a while he said: "Perhaps there are some ancient families, sects, etc. that have ancient records, but they haven't made it public.

These ancient families, etc., I've met a few times, they are so powerful and unreasonable, they can rely on their cultivation in the Nascent Soul stage to fight against the Transformation God stage, and even win them! "

Zhang Hao nodded: "But no matter what, there was at least a special era before us. This era's understanding of astronomy and practice far surpassed our modern ones! Right?"

"good."

Zhang Hao rubbed his brows: "Then, is "Kuo Di Xiang" left over from that unknown era? Forget it, this question has no solution for the time being. The more important thing now is: why did that era disappear, and now we almost Can't hear the reverberations of that era!

In ancient times, were there any disasters and the like, and will we encounter them in the future? "

This time Zhao Dahe smiled: "Master Zhang, are you thinking that it is too far away? We haven't even opened up the navigation line now!"

"Uh...haha..." Zhang Hao laughed loudly, "I have another question. The true essence in my body, the true essence of practicing Xiao Zhou Tiangong, seems to respond when you activate the astrolabe."

"Really?" This time it was Zhao Dahe's turn to be shocked, "I'll try again! Our ancestor once had such a record! My astrolabe was brought out from the ruins and has been passed down for tens of thousands of years. So far The light is as good as new. This kind of magic weapon manufacturing method is beyond the reach of today!"

Zhang Hao performed the exercises, and Zhao Dahe put the compass in front of Zhang Hao. But the compass seemed to resonate with the true essence in Zhang Hao's body. But when Zhang Hao wanted to push him further, his heart suddenly became hot, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth.

"This..." Zhao Dahe panicked instantly.

"It's okay, my cultivation is not enough!" Zhang Hao wiped his mouth and waved his hands to the surroundings, "I estimate that it will take at least the Nascent Soul stage to initially explore the secrets of this compass!"

"Oh..." Zhao Dahe breathed a sigh of relief, but there was some disappointment in his tone.

The battleship moved on, but the next two days were calm, calm... and lonely.

After sailing for more than three days, the green of hope cannot be seen on the vast sea, and a feeling of loneliness seems to be spreading.