Volume 19 Chapter 167 South America Soaked in Mud
"What is this for?"
Seeing the ball in my hand, the researcher in charge immediately said: "This is the only finished product we have obtained based on our research on the Book of Space."
"So this thing should have spatial capabilities? How to use it?"
The researcher in charge took the ball from my hand and demonstrated it to me while saying: "Please note that this thing needs to be charged with one unit of magic power before use to activate it. However, I am demonstrating now. In order to prevent it from starting, So I won’t input magic power, but you must input magic power when using it.”
I nodded to show my understanding, and then asked, "What then?"
"Then you have to pay attention. Look here." The researcher in charge showed me a point on the ball that was obviously different from the material of other places: "This is a button, and there is a symmetrical one on the back. When you inject After applying magic power, the outside of these two points will light up...Forget it, I'll just input the magic power to show you, anyway, we still have a lot." After that, the researcher in charge first injected a little magic power, and then showed me the twist. Sure enough, there was a blue aperture around the button, but the button itself did not light up. After reading it for me, the researcher in charge said: "Seeing this aperture means that the space ball has been activated. At this time, you cannot press it randomly. From now on, you have two choices. One is that you can turn this Press either of the two symmetrical buttons and then smash towards the enemy."
"Then what? What effect will it have?"
The researcher in charge did not answer directly, but called a researcher to come over and serve as a guinea pig. "President, please pay attention. He is facing us now. During the battle, the enemy usually faces you. Then, I will throw the ball at him. Please pay attention." The researcher in charge said. Then he threw the ball towards the researcher who was serving as the experimental subject, and the moment the ball hit the researcher, no sound or light effects appeared, but the researcher suddenly turned around. It wasn't that he turned around on his own, but that the moment the ball hit him, his entire body suddenly turned his back to us. After he turned around instantly, we heard another clang. The ball actually fell from the researcher's chest and continued to roll forward as if it was bounced before being picked up by another researcher. It would not be surprising if something bounced off someone after it hit him, but the problem was that the researcher inexplicably turned around the moment he was hit, which meant that his back was facing us now. The ball fell in front of him. If we threw the ball, it would have to pass through his body before it could reach him. But now the ball obviously did not pass through his body. Instead, it seemed After being rebounded, it continued to roll forward. This effect looked quite strange.
"This thing can reverse the front and back sides of a target object?" I suddenly realized and asked in surprise.
The researcher in charge said with a smile: "Strictly speaking, only objects that are not fixedly connected to the ground can be adjusted. For example, large trees cannot be swapped because their roots are 'inserted' in the soil, as well as houses or mountains. Will not work."
"Are there any volume requirements? Can everything be flipped over, or can it only flip things within a certain volume?"
"Using the theory of making this thing, you can flip objects of any size, but the larger the object, the stronger the energy required to flip it. This little thing is just an interesting little toy, so you can only charge one at a time. unit of magic power, and the volume of the object flipped cannot exceed 800 cubic meters. As for the mass of the object, this does not need to be considered. It is only calculated based on the volume to determine whether it can be transferred."
Although 800 cubic meters is not very large, it is definitely not small, and some small ships can be swapped front and back. At the very least, this thing is definitely enough for individual players. After all, any creature with a volume of more than 800 cubic meters can be considered a super beast. This kind of thing cannot be handled by one or two people. For individual players, it is probably used most often to attack other players, so the conversion volume only needs to be more than three cubic meters. If a normal person's body is completely compressed, it will actually be less than one cubic meter. , even if some people are relatively big, if they put on armor, three cubes are definitely enough.
"What else can this thing do besides turning people upside down? Didn't you say before that it can be used in several different ways?"
"Yes, there are two ways to use it. Just pressing one side of the button like this will cause the person to switch back and forth. If you press both sides at the same time, it will be like this." The guy said as he handed the researcher back. I pressed both sides of the little ball together, and then I saw him suddenly disappear out of thin air in front of me for a second, and a second later he suddenly reappeared from where he was.
"Space interruption?"
"It's different." The researcher in charge explained: "Actually, the principle is very simple. It is to teleport you out the moment you press the button, but the teleportation exit is also set in place, and the teleportation process is made as complicated as possible. In this way During the teleportation process, you will disappear for about a second due to complex energy conversion. However, because the exit and entrance actually overlap, the teleportation itself does not consume energy. After all, you are not actually teleported away. It just disappeared for a second."
After listening to the explanation, I understood the principle of this thing. It just allows you to hide in the space mezzanine for a second and then come back, but this has a wide range of uses. For example, if the enemy 'shoots' an arrow at you, you can press the button the moment you see the opponent shoot the arrow, and then you disappear for a second. When you reappear, the arrow should have passed through the position where you are standing. Of course, this time is not easy to control. If you press it too late, you will be 'shot'. If you press it too early, the arrow may be 'shot' when you come back. Anyway, if you don't master the time well, it will be useless. However, this is a choice for everyone after all, and even if you have a bad sense of time, there is nothing to lose if you try your luck. Anyway, you will still get tricked without it. With it, you still have a certain chance to escape.
After understanding the two uses of this thing, I found that although this little thing has a very simple function, it is surprisingly useful. The function of turning people around is very abnormal. Imagine you are playing well with someone, and suddenly the other party throws a small ball at you, and then you are unprepared and inexplicably turned around on the spot. You are still in a daze. Why did the enemy suddenly disappear when the person disappeared? If you get a knife from behind, anyone else will be hit.
"These are the only technical results you got from those two books. What about the technical information? Can it be used in the existing technical system of our guild in the future?" After learning about the technical results obtained this time, I started to be concerned. Those technical materials will help other technical systems of our guild.
In fact, technology is like this. Often, a finished piece of equipment needs to use hundreds or even tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of technologies. At the beginning, when there were few technologies, I didn’t feel much about it. In the later stage, almost every time you learn a basic skill, With a breakthrough in technology, almost all the equipment in the guild can undergo a major upgrade. Although there are not many technologies developed from the Book of Space and the Book of Energy this time, I believe it is enough for our guild to undergo a large-scale upgrade.
Sure enough, after hearing my question, the researcher in charge immediately nodded and said: "Yes, these new products we have developed are actually just auxiliary inventions. What is really powerful is the compensation for the original technical system. For example, this The space conversion ball is almost like a toy when used by players, but it is completely different when used in turret technology."
"You mean instant aiming technology?" I'm not stupid at all, so when the researcher in charge mentioned the turret and the space conversion ball, I immediately thought of instant aiming technology.
A cannon, especially a large-caliber heavy cannon, always takes time to turn. But what if the technology on this space-shifting ball could be used to redirect the cannon? Then the cannon can instantly point the muzzle in any direction, and if the automatic aiming system can be made to cooperate with this space conversion device to operate automatically, it will be equivalent to an automatic aiming system with a built-in locking function. of.
The researcher in charge said: "In fact, in addition to the automatic aiming of the turret, there are many things that can be applied. For example, the power pipes inside the battleship are replaced with magic wires, and technologies such as compressed energy shields in the armor can be improved to a certain extent. Improvement, but the specific method of upgrading needs to be studied slowly. Anyway, we can't renovate all the equipment in an instant. This can be changed at the same time."
I nodded and said: "You can just report these matters to the Rose Internal Affairs Director or the Vice President of the Red Moon. Please discuss with them for details. How many space conversion balls do you have? Give me a few to play with first. By the way, this I saw that you just used the second function after the first experiment, can it be used again?"
"Of course, as long as the sphere is not damaged, just remember to charge it before using it next time."
"I understand. Okay, give me a few quickly. I have to do a few more troublesome tasks in a while. These things should come in handy."
After taking a whole box of space conversion balls from the research institute, I left here and returned to Essinger first, and then took out the last two guiding crystal balls left on my body. One of the two crystal balls points to the Tree of Nature, the Super World Tree in South America, while the other points to the Tree of Souls who doesn’t know where it is. After thinking about it, I think it’s better to finish the task of the Tree of Nature first. After all, this one is easier to deal with because I know its location.
Because I knew the location of the Tree of Nature in advance, I did not stupidly activate the guidance crystal in Essinger. Instead, I first used the teleportation array to reach South America before activating the guidance crystal. Thanks to the fact that our guild originally developed the tourism business in South America and installed a teleportation array here, otherwise if we wanted to fly from Essinger to South America across half the world, it would probably take several hours even at the speed of a flying bird.
The journey from Essinger to South America didn't take much time. The problem was that there was a bit of trouble here after leaving the teleportation array.
South America is basically a super tropical rain forest, and there are swamps and rivers everywhere. Even some places that look like land do not mean that they will always be land, but are constantly being submerged and exposed according to the seasons. 'Switching back and forth between the water and the surface. This state makes South America almost unsuitable for building any human buildings. Of course, the human buildings I refer to are those made of rock or steel and concrete. However, although this place is not suitable for human buildings, it does not mean that it is not suitable for buildings of other species, such as swamp creature-specific buildings and elven buildings built by local players in South America.
The buildings of the elves are easier to understand. They are all on trees anyway. Whether the ground is flooded or not has nothing to do with the elves. The water will not flood the trees anyway. As for the swamp building, this kind of thing can actually be regarded as a floating building. It actually has no foundation at all and relies on buoyancy to float on the water. When there is no water, the city will fall to the ground. When there is water, the city will be floated by the water. Anyway, the city will definitely not be flooded. However, compared with the elves' tree houses, one thing about the floating city is that it is relatively unstable.
Although there are no wind and waves in the swamp area, the ground is not flat. After the water recedes, the city still needs to land on the uneven ground. And if the floating city has an overall structure like an aircraft carrier, then once the city lands, some places will inevitably be destroyed. Top up. The torsion caused by this kind of ups and downs is not something ordinary materials can withstand. After all, this is a city, not a ship, so the floating city is not a solid whole, but a pile of 'messy' intertwined wood. like structure. This structure allows for a large degree of deformation, so no matter how uneven the ground is, it will not break because it can deform with the ground to disperse the pressure. However, this uneven structure causes the ground buildings of the floating city to be built on soft ground. Affected by the foundation, the buildings naturally cannot be fixed. They can only be mainly low-rise buildings with one or two floors, and some are even simply tent-shaped buildings.
The teleportation array built by our guild in South America is located in such a floating city. However, for the stability of this transnational teleportation array, we also specially installed a set of gravity resistance devices here. Therefore, this teleportation array is not actually located on the foundation of the city, but is suspended in the air.
When I came out of the teleportation array, I just felt like it was like a vegetable market outside. Because it is a tourist attraction, there are a lot of people here, and when there are more people, various economic activities increase. When there were more small merchants and hawkers, there were naturally more voices shouting and bargaining, and eventually the city turned into a huge duck farm, and the noise was simply deafening.
Looking at the lively crowd, I had no intention of participating. I directly activated the teleportation array amid the exclamations, then spread my wings in the air and glided directly to the city gate.
It is said to be a city gate, but it is actually just an arch made of woven rattan. It is placed there to tell people inside and outside that after passing here, they are in the city or outside the city. As for the defensive function-you can count on the woven rattan. What defense does the gate have? Besides, this is just a door frame, not even a door panel. Even if it is made of fine gold, nothing can stop it.
The season for me to come now is relatively untimely. It happens to be the rainy season here in South America. It's a big honor that it didn't rain today, but the ground will not change according to the changes in the sky. After leaving the city gate and walking down a slope, there is knee-deep mud. People coming and going must either take mud boats or use mounts to travel, otherwise they will end up looking like mud monkeys. However, children really like this kind of mud battlefield. Anyway, you don’t have to worry about bacteria, parasites, etc. in the game.
Looking at the terrifying mud outside, I summoned Ye Ying without hesitation and rode up. Even if the dragon armor was fully sealed, I definitely didn't want to go out and play mud battle. As for Ye Ying, he actually likes to be clean, but since he can fly, mud has no effect on him at all.
After I rode Yeying and ran away all the way, everyone around me looked at the direction in which we disappeared with envy. Let’s not talk about people who are trudging in the mud. Although those who ride mounts have less mud on their bodies, don’t expect their mounts to have any speed in such a place. Being able to move already shows that their legs are very long. , if the wild boar that was the mainstay of the big pot came here, it would probably be buried alive. However, it seems that wild boars like swimming in mud very much. It is estimated that the possibility of being buried alive is relatively high. Of course, rich people can move around in a mud boat. That thing is absolutely clean. As long as you don't jump off the boat, you won't get mud on it, and the speed is much faster than a mount. Well, it is indeed much faster, almost as fast as a normal person can trot. This is actually considered high speed in the mud.
Ignoring the envious looks along the way, I just kept directing Ye Ying to fly between the forked roads. The natural tree itself is an important tourist attraction, so there was a lot of traffic along the way, and the night shadows were too fast. It was impossible to slowly sway with the large group, so we could only weave back and forth among the crowd. If he hadn't run too fast and the other party had no time to react, he would probably have been protested by at least a few hundred people along the way.
After rushing to the range of the Tree of Nature as quickly as possible, I took the World Tree seedling in my hand early, and the Tree of Nature seemed to have noticed the seedling approaching. As soon as we entered its canopy coverage, The reaction was immediate. All the plants that were originally blocking the road in front of us were moved to both sides, turning the originally curved road into a straight passage leading directly to the natural tree.
"Purple Sun will grow in such a grand way." We rushed along the passage directly to the foot of the natural tree. Before we could enter the dry land area under the tree, we were blocked by a group of people on the plant path. The end of the channel.
"Eh? Isn't this Mr. Ghost Hand? What? Can't you survive and come to South America to become a native? I wonder which cannibal tribe you are in now?"
"you……"
"What are you? Masamoto Matsumoto is my defeated general, and you are Masamoto Matsumoto's defeated general. There is at least one level between us. If you want to show off in front of me, just save it." I said and drove Ye Ye Ying moved forward, shouting at the same time: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, a good dog doesn't block the road, haven't you heard of it?"