Chapter 419: King's Instructions: Failure Is the Mother of Success
The huge "Eye of the Lord God" rises from the red altar of Shenwei University, carrying the symbol of the Lord God of the Sun Hummingbird, and floats towards the sky belonging to the gods. On the ground, thousands of pairs of wide-open eyes stood for an instant, full of surprise and awe, looking up at this flight that was destined to go down in history!
At this time, the vast school grounds fell silent. Everyone is waiting for the hot air balloon to take off, like dark clouds waiting for the thunder, and like the dark night waiting for the dawn.
Shulot stood on the altar and raised his head as well. He watched the hot air balloon rising higher and higher, with uncontrollable anticipation on his face. Chimel, the knowledgeable priest next to him, clenched his fingers and calculated nervously.
"Thirty meters! The Eye of the Lord God has risen to thirty meters! It is on par with the Little Akarta in the Royal Capital."
"Fifty meters! It has risen to fifty meters! It is level with Dayaka Tower."
"Ah! It has surpassed Dayakata and is still rising!"
With sufficient buoyancy, the hot air balloon climbs upward steadily. Soon, the huge hot air balloon surpassed all the buildings in the capital, surpassed the hills surrounding the capital, and continued to fly into the sky! In the bamboo basket under the hot air balloon, a fat turkey showed its head, looking at the increasingly distant ground in horror. It was motionless, not even daring to spread its wings, like a petrified turkey sculpture.
"Such a big ball is flying?!"
The girl Elaine looked blankly at the sky and turned into a petrified sculpture. She muttered to herself, in disbelief. After a few breaths, the girl closed her eyes, bit her lips hard, and then opened them again. The red "Eye of the Lord God" is still rising and getting smaller, even as big as her fist. It seems that she can grasp it in the palm of her hand with just a slight squeeze.
Elaine subconsciously reached out her hand, first grabbing her hair, and then giving a small squeeze to the hot air balloon above her head. Then, she suddenly felt a strong urge to learn.
"I want to study hard and master the mysteries of the gods! Fly to the sky!"
"More than a hundred meters! Praise be to the Lord God! Guide us to the mystery of flight!"
Chimel shouted excitedly. Hearing his cry, the craftsmen on the altar joined in shouting prayers, and then hundreds of apprentices on the school grounds. In an instant, thunder bloomed, dawn broke, and boiling cheers echoed in the school grounds.
"Praise the Lord God! God bless the kingdom!!"
A smile bloomed on Shulot's lips. He raised his arms, enjoying the cheers of the crowd and the accomplishment of his exploration. This kind of satisfaction from the soul is definitely beyond the comparison of ordinary happiness! At this moment, the king was extremely convinced that he had made history with his own hands!
"Dear Sect Chief Priest, the rope released exceeded one hundred and fifty meters, and the Eye of the Lord God finally stopped!"
Chimel's fingers trembled with excitement, and he even stuttered when speaking. As the responsible divine priest, he personally participated in the production of hot air balloons. At this moment, compared with everyone watching, Chimel's face showed more confidence and pride from the bottom of his heart.
The huge hot air balloon rose for several minutes, carrying a rope weighing ten to twenty kilograms. The buoyancy and weight finally reached a balance. The Eye of the Gods stopped steadily over the capital of Qin Congcan, turning into a red eye in the sky. It silently stared at the entire royal capital, like the true eye of the Lord God!
"The Lord God is coming!"
"A miracle comes to the world!"
Continuous exclamations spread throughout the royal capital, and tens of thousands of people in the capital were alarmed. People walked out of their homes one after another and looked up at the sky. Today is a good day for miracles to appear. First there was a roaring sound in the sky, and then there was the eye of the Lord God. The huge "eye" floated over the capital, with the mark of the Lord God painted on it, undulating and swaying in the air.
After a while, priests from various communities hurried over. They had already received a notice that Shenwei University was testing divine objects, and there would be a prayer ceremony for the main god in the afternoon. Soon, under the guidance of the priests, the devout prayers of tens of thousands of people resounded throughout Qincongcan City, as if the Kingdom of God had arrived.
"Praise the Lord God! You must believe in our god Huitzilopochtli. His power is infinite and he controls the sky! He gives us blessings and protects the spring plowing and autumn harvest!"
Shulot listened to the prayers of tens of thousands of people and felt the special piety in the voices. His heart moved slightly, thoughtfully.
"People revere everything in the sky! It seems that although small hot air balloons cannot be used in battles other than reconnaissance, they are excellent missionary weapons! Especially converting large cities with large populations."
"Praise you, the divine sect leader, thank you for your guidance!"
Chimel lowered his head and saluted the king with sincerity.
"We. We have mastered the power of flight! That is the realm of the gods!"
Hearing this, Shulot raised his brows and looked at Chimel with a half-smile.
"Master the power of flight?"
"That's right, Lord Priest of the Sect!"
Chimel's eyes almost glowed. He estimated confidently, more ambition welling up in his chest.
"Dear Priest of the Sect, as long as you double the diameter of the Eye of the Lord God and heat more particles of God, you can bring up one or two people! Standing in the Eye of the Lord God, they are the best scouts and can even see Hundreds of miles away!"
Hearing this, the king looked at Chimel and nodded with satisfaction.
"That's right! Chimel, you are right!"
If the diameter of the hot-air balloon is doubled, from 6 meters to 12 meters, the volume of the hot-air balloon will become 8 times, more than 800 cubic meters. After the air in the ball is fully heated, the buoyancy will become 300-400 pounds. Even if you deduct nearly half of the weight of a small hot air balloon, it is still enough to carry people into the sky!
Of course, as the size of the hot air balloon increases, the difficulty of manufacturing will increase exponentially. Moreover, this primitive hot air balloon is very risky. If there is no traction rope, carrying people is gambling with their lives.
Xiuluot thought about it for a moment and retracted his thoughts. He smiled and shouted to the excited apprentices below the stage.
"The Lord God is witnessing! We sent a turkey to the distant sky! This is an immortal moment destined to be recorded in the epic. And each of you is a participant in the epic!"
Hearing this, the priest apprentices cheered again. They prayed loudly to the name of the Lord God and sang praises to the wisdom of the king. It was not until Xiuluot waved his hand that everyone became quiet.
"My students, seeing all this, you must learn to think! Think about the natural principles behind things!"
Xiuluot smiled and took advantage of the apprentices' wavering mind to silently sow the seeds of enlightenment.
"Think about it carefully, where does the power to fly into the air come from?"
The apprentices concentrated on thinking, looking at the hot air balloon in the sky, not knowing how to answer. After a long while, someone asked in a low voice.
"Does the power of flying come from the gift of the Lord God? Or from the divine power in the flame?"
Xuluot smiled slightly and did not comment. He observed the expressions of the crowd and spoke at the right time.
"I said before that there are forces interacting between tiny divine particles! These forces are related to the weight of all things and determine the position of the divine particles. When the gas expands due to heat, the weight per unit volume will decrease, and the surrounding divine particles will exert buoyancy."
Seeing the familiar confused expression, Xiuluot pondered for a while and switched to more popular language.
"In short, in air or water, the light floats and the heavy sinks. If we drop a drop of fish oil into the water, the fish oil will float on the water. If we throw a dry bean into the water, the dry bean will sink under the water. If we hollow out the center of the dry bean, leaving only a layer of skin, and then drop fish oil into it, and put it in the water, what will happen to it?"
". Sink? Float? Sink first, then float?"
A low discussion sounded in the training ground. Xiu Luote smiled and listened to the conversation of the apprentices. After a moment, he raised the corner of his mouth and waved his hand.
"I won't tell you the answer. You have to practice and explore it yourself. Under the guidance of the Lord God, follow the laws of nature and discover the mysteries of the gods!"
"Remember, the Lord God's Eye above our heads is the same principle. Many laws in the air are actually similar to those in water. Their god particles are easy to flow, can be flattened, and sticky. They are all called fluids! When the air in the Lord God's Eye is heated by flames, the huge Lord God's Eye will become lighter. Then, the lighter one will float up in the fluid. This force is called buoyancy. To give a simpler example, when you heat a pot of hot soup, you will see the water rising from the hottest bottom"
"Easy to flow, can be flattened, and sticky?"
The girl Yi Lian's eyes were blurred, and two "??"s appeared again. She listened to the story of the chief, and inexplicably thought of the delicious mountain nectar. The girl licked her lips and sucked her saliva.
"Hmm? The chief just said that there is nectar in the sky? Suck it, it must be delicious!"
A strong wind blew, and the girl's ponytail was blown up in the wind. She tied up her messy hair, looked up, and looked for the "nectar" in the sky. Suddenly, she saw a little dazzling light emerging from the Eye of the Lord in the sky.
"Huh?! What is that?"
Elian was stunned, rubbed her eyes, and looked up at the sky again. She grew up in the mountains. From birth to Shenwei University, she only touched the book for half a month in more than ten years. Naturally, her eyesight is excellent.
"Ah! This is, this is"
Elian looked carefully for a few breaths, and the light on the Eye of the Lord became more and more obvious and bigger. She finally exclaimed.
"The chief, it's on! The eye in the sky is on!!"
On the red altar, Xiuluot heard Elaine's cry and was stunned. His heart tightened, his face remained unchanged, and he looked up. The hot air balloon was shaking violently in the wind, and dots of fire rose from one side and quickly connected into a line!
Soon, the thin paper shell and rubber coating were burned through, and the huge Eye of the Lord leaked air. The hot air balloon burned rapidly and fell diagonally from the sky. The turkey in the bamboo basket was terrified, poked its head out, flapped its wings desperately, and made a rapid cry.
"Cack! Cack!"
"Lord God bless! Lord God bless!!"
The continuous exclamations of tens of thousands of people sounded in Qin Congcan City, accompanied by panic prayers. In the eyes of the crowd, the Eye of the Lord burned fiercely, and under the traction of the rope, it fell to the Shenwei University in the capital.
".The hot air balloon is on fire."
Xuluot held his forehead with his hand and pursed his lips helplessly. The danger of early hot air balloons was still too high, and the design of the brazier also needed to be improved. At this moment, the king's mind flashed through a lot of thoughts. He made a quick decision.
"Chimer!"
"Yes, yes!"
"Try to retract the rope and land the Eye of the Lord in the open parade ground!"
"Yes, yes!"
Chimer blushed and personally worked with the craftsmen to pull back the floating hot air balloon.
"Bravo!"
"Master Priest!"
"The Eye of the Lord will follow the east wind and fall to the west of the parade ground. Let the apprentices move to the east!"
"Yes, Master Priest!"
Bravo immediately ran down the altar and commanded the apprentices to move to a safe location.
"Bertard!"
"Your Highness!"
"Order the guards to prepare to put out the fire!"
"I will obey your will."
Bertard nodded respectfully. He did not leave, but asked the guards to prepare. Then, he asked cautiously.
"Your Highness, do you want to avoid it?"
"No need!"
Xuluot looked at the hot air balloon that had fallen about 100 meters and shook his head.
"The landing point is 70 or 80 meters to the west, and it can't burn here. Well, the hot air balloon itself has no fuel. This fire looks big, but it will go out in a while."
The apprentices under the altar were in a mess, and the people on the altar were unusually calm. The king narrowed his eyes and watched the burning wreckage of the hot air balloon. But in a moment, the fireball began to weaken. The wreckage fell faster and faster, and it fell 50 meters below!
"Crack, crack!"
The flames finally burned to the bottom of the hot air balloon, burning off half of the rope connecting the bamboo basket, and the bamboo basket capsized immediately. The fat turkey that ascended to the sky screamed in fear, jumped up, and jumped from the sky more than 40 meters high!
"Puff, puff!"
The fat turkey flapped its wings, and the feathers on its tail were burning with flames, falling like a golden crow! Its fat body danced flexibly like a mural of a flying sky, and against the background of the fire of the hot air balloon, it actually showed a bit of enchantment. Then, it drew a long arc, flapped hard, and with a plop, it hit the mud in front of the king.
"Cack! Cack!"
The fat turkey struggled for a long time in fear, and stood up from the mud. The flame on its tail had been extinguished by the wind pressure. Then, it looked at the two-legged beast in front of it in confusion, and twisted its round buttocks again.
"Cuckoo? Cuckoo? Cuckoo!"
The spread wings provided the support for gliding, and the fluffy feathers reduced the cushioning of hitting the ground. This fat turkey went back and forth in the sky of one or two hundred meters, and it was unscathed!
The king widened his eyes and looked at the fat turkey more than ten meters away. Then, he turned his head to look at the Eye of the Lord God, which had been burned to only scattered fragments. The guards of the army were putting out the remaining fire, and it would be completely extinguished in no time.
"What a flying chicken!"
At some point, Bravo appeared beside the king again. He showed surprise on his face, pointed at the fat turkey that landed, and shouted to everyone.
"Blessed by the Lord God! The chicken flew into the sky and returned intact. This is a good omen given by the Lord God!!"
Xuluot blinked, looked at Bravo's deliberate expression, and suddenly understood. He nodded slowly and announced loudly.
"Priest Bravo is right! The Eye of the Lord God was sacrificed to the Lord God, and the turkey returned safely. This is a good omen that the gods bless the kingdom! Praise the Lord God, God bless the kingdom!"
"Praise the Lord God, God bless the kingdom!"
The priest apprentices paused for a moment, those who reacted quickly had already shouted, and those who reacted slowly were still in a daze.
Bravo smiled and made suggestions.
"Master Priest, you should immediately send people to inform the priests in the city of the auspicious omen! To avoid the public's groundless suspicion. This turkey should also be well-fed and raised as a symbol of miracles for the public to see!"
"Yes! Priest Bravo, you are right. This fire chicken is handed over to you!"
Xuluot nodded slightly and calmly instructed the guards. A dozen guards immediately took the message and went to various places in the city.
Then, the king looked around and looked at the young and serious faces. He pondered for a moment and left the final teaching.
"My students, the mystery of the gods is the law of nature! As long as we understand it, we can master the power of nature, fly into the sky and into the sea, move mountains and fill lakes, and do many things! However, in the journey of exploring the mysteries of the gods, it is impossible for everything to go smoothly! Failure is common, and success is a rare gain. But you must never be discouraged easily! Because true success will be born from constant failure!"