Chapter 1922 Elephant Man Island (Ⅲ)

Dolly became more and more proud of being praised by Holden, with her wings on her hips, she raised her head and shouted: "Natural selection! Natural selection!"

Everyone, including Joan, was amused by this clever parrot, and the fatigue during the journey was dispelled by a happy mood.

After Dolly finished eating a large piece of candy, she clamored for thirst and asked for water, so Joann took out the "endless water bag" and poured it into a cup for her to drink.

Holden was watching the parrot drinking water, suddenly had a whim, and asked with a smile: "Dolly! Dolly!"

The parrot glared at him angrily: "Learn from others! Learn from others!"

"Dolly, I'll give you a difficult problem that only a clever bird can solve."

"Say it! Say it!" Dolly cheered up.

"If the glass in front of you is not a wide-mouthed glass, but a narrow-necked bottle with a neck longer than your mouth and thinner than your head, what will you do to drink the water in the bottle?"

Holden asked the parrot solemnly.

After hearing this, Dolly showed a speechless expression, as if she was saying—is this a difficult problem?

"Dolly, don't delay, if you are really smart, tell me the correct answer!" Holden urged.

The parrot rolled its eyes in disdain, flapped its wings and flew into the grass by the roadside, and flew back after a while, holding a long and thin reed in its beak, and threw it in front of Mr. Poet.

"Straws! Straws!"

Holden scratched his head embarrassingly, and could only admit that Dolly had given the correct answer—although it was not the answer he expected.

After resting for a while, everyone continued on their way. After walking for more than half an hour, the woodland in front of them gradually became sparse, and a blue lake appeared on the open grass.

Captain Odysseus stood by the lake, looking around, with a puzzled look on his face, he turned to Hyrule and said, "Miss, have you noticed that the atmosphere on the island seems to be a little strange..."

Hailaer nodded, and replied in a low voice: "We walked all the way from the pier, and we didn't even meet a passer-by on the way, and there was no one by the lake, which is very abnormal."

Sensing the puzzled eyes of his companions, Hailaer turned around and explained to Joan and Zion: "Elephant Man Island is not some nameless deserted island. There are a lot of tourists, but the reality is unusually deserted. Since we came to the island, not only have we not seen any tourists or businessmen, we have not even seen any local elephant people, which is very abnormal.”

Joan nodded, and said solemnly: "There must be something wrong if something goes wrong. Let's hurry up and collect fresh water. I'll cast a spell to investigate the situation on the island and see what happened."

Perhaps sensing the danger, Hailar lost his smile and urged the crew to go to the lake to fetch water.

The fresh water collected this time is mainly used to supply the steam boiler, which cannot be accommodated in ordinary buckets.

Captain Odysseus and the two sailors beside him, Gulliver and Robinson, were carrying a lot of water-drawing equipment on their backs.

Captain Odysseus unloaded his rucksack and took out a barrel-shaped metal tank. On the surface, the volume was only equivalent to half a beer barrel. In fact, it was enchanted with 3 rings of "shrinking things". After zooming in, it looked like a metal water tower. Enough steam boiler plus the consumption of the whole crew for one month.

Gulliver and Robinson also opened their backpacks and took out a small steam pump and a large bundle of hoses.

The main device of the steam water pump is actually a single-cylinder steam engine driven by the magic crystal. After the magic circuit is connected, the heat energy released by the magic crystal makes the sealed water tank boil, and the steam generated drives the axle, and then drives the piston through the crank rocker Reciprocating motion provides power for the water pump.

One end of the magic water pump spouts pure white steam, and the other end is connected to a hose, using air pressure to draw water from the lake and inject it into the water storage tank.

Joan was curious about the soft leather tube used in the water pump, so he walked over to observe it carefully.

At first he thought it was a hose made of natural rubber, but upon closer inspection he discovered it was made of leather.

The production of natural rubber is rare, especially in the north where the temperature is low.

Joan remembers that in his hometown of Yalfheim, rubber water pipes are rare, and metal pipes, such as copper pipes, are more commonly used, which are heavy and not easy to bend, making it very inconvenient to use.

When traveling in the Far East of the Old World last year, Joan also saw locals using magic steam water pumps in Baiou Harbor and Valley Village. The supporting pipes are made of alchemical compounds of star quality and hemp yarn, and their performance is better than that of natural rubber. good.

However, the material of estrogen is actually more difficult to obtain than rubber. People in the Far East can widely use astral materials in the industrial field because they have an enclave in the astral world. Through the "Silver Sky Free Trade Port", they can obtain a large amount of astral materials at a low cost, but other countries and regions are not so good. Conditions, only other materials can be used to replace star quality and rubber.

For example, the hose Joan saw in front of him was actually made of leftovers from leather factories. Leather fragments, cloth heads, cotton yarn and other unknown fibers were all mixed together and processed into hose.

The performance of the hose produced in this way is not as good as that of ectoplasm or rubber hose, and the casting cost is not low, but it is more practical than copper pipe, and it is a good substitute in general.

A small hose can be described as the epitome of the industrial level in the northern part of the New World. Using it as a reference, it is not difficult for Joan to understand why the industrial level in the northern part of the New World is much higher than that of the traditional agricultural areas in the south, but it is still dominated by the old world in the Far East. The Kingdom of Kolas, which has risen rapidly in the region in recent years, overtook on a curve and left behind.

Qiao An stood in front of the rumbling water pump and was lost in thought. After an unknown amount of time, a cry for help suddenly came from afar.

Joan came back to his senses suddenly, quickly shot two protective spells on himself, and then turned into a bee man, flying to the place where the cry for help came before Hailaer and others.

Convergent bee wings landed on the grass by the lake. Joan saw the sailor named Gulliver sitting on the ground with a pale face, as if he had just been seriously frightened, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder hard.

"Mr. Gulliver, what happened here? Why are Robinson and Sinbad missing?"

"Uh, master mage!" Gulliver shuddered, finally came to his senses, and said eagerly: "Master mage, you are here at the right time! Find a way to save Robinson and Sinbad, they have just been killed by a water monster. Captured!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Gulliver, calm down and speak slowly." Joan calmed down the frightened sailor, "What kind of water monster has captured Robinson and Sinbad?" ?”

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