Chapter 523 Remote Control

"Then, now designate me as captain. Take us out of the port quickly, we will pursue the enemy."

"The command is accepted, but cannot be executed." The answer from the intelligent core almost caused us to stumble.

"What does it mean to accept an order but not execute it? Once you accept the order, you should execute it!" A Di Na obviously didn't understand the core of this, so she asked in surprise.

The intelligent core quickly replied: "The order is correct and issued by a commander with legal authority, so the order can be accepted and must be accepted, but the order is beyond the capabilities of the ship and therefore cannot be executed."

"It's beyond your ability to operate a battleship?" I asked in surprise: "Aren't you an unmanned constructed battleship? Can't you even move?"

"Of course the ship has the ability to move, but it can't be done now."

"What's the reason?"

"The reserve energy is zero, and it is almost impossible to maintain the operation of the core. In another three minutes and fifteen seconds, the core will go dormant due to energy exhaustion."

"Holy crap! Where is the energy input port?" I asked directly.

"Please follow the instructions." A huge green arrow suddenly appeared above our heads, and this thing actually moved with me. No matter which direction I turned, the arrow was always suspended one meter in front of me and two meters above the ground. High position, and currently it always points towards the large doorway of this room.

It's easy now that there are clear instructions. We ran out of the door quickly, and as we moved, the arrow suddenly jumped out of the door and pointed in one direction of the corridor as we approached the door. After we came out, Shen Tou immediately jumped to the fork in front and pointed to the fork on the left.

With this super convenient pointing arrow, it only took us less than a minute to find the energy warehouse. There is a large room in this location, which contains a set of quite complex machines. There is a small gate on one side of the machine facing the door, about the size of a monitor. After pushing the gate open as instructed, we saw an empty interior space. This space may only be as large as an extra-large refrigerator, but this thing is not used to refrigerate food. It is the inlet of the magic crystal extractor, which is also the temporary storage place of the magic crystal.

"Which of you brought magic crystals?" The low-level magic crystals on my body have just been used up, and now all the remaining ones are high-end goods. It's obviously a waste to use these high-end magic crystals to fill this kind of equipment with energy, so I wanted to see if anyone else had any.

Fortunately, the magic power consumption of Christina's turret is quite exaggerated. So sometimes you need to use some magic crystals to supplement your magic power. Naturally, she would carry some magic crystals with her. Of course, most of the items she uses are high-end ones, but there are also some low-end magic crystals.

We quickly threw all the magic crystals collected from Christina into the feed port. The moment the gate closed, we immediately heard the roar of the machine starting up. Then the whole room lit up.

When Christina used energy shock to activate the core before, it was equivalent to inputting a small amount of energy into the core. Although this core is not very easy to use. But it does a very good job in its own management, and even has a built-in power saving mode. Just the little energy that Christina rushed in when she activated it before, if this constructed battleship is fully activated. It is estimated that it will stop cooking again before it even has time to say a few words to us. However, this core has an energy management function, so after it was discovered that the total energy amount was lower than the minimum standard, it only started the core and did not take care of other equipment. This is why the battleship cannot be started.

Now that the magic crystal filler has entered, the energy crisis has been temporarily relieved, and at this time, the battleship has been completely resurrected. All the internal machinery was started, and the lights in the cabin also turned on.

"Core, check the energy reserve." I asked after the machine started, mainly to see the energy demand of this thing. The few pieces of magic crystal just now are obviously not a lot. Although the battleships in our guild no longer directly use magic crystal as an energy source, we have used a large amount of magic crystal as fuel in the past, so I am very worried. It is clear that if this magic crystal is on the battleships of our guild, it will not last long.

Sure enough, the intelligent core answered directly: "The current energy reserve is 0.5%, and it can maintain a cruise time of fifteen hours without activating the tactical function."

"Sure enough, there are too few!" Christina took out a golden magic crystal and asked me hesitantly: "How about putting this in?"

"Even if you want to use it, you can't use such a high-end one!" I asked helplessly: "Core, tell me if you can only fill it with magic crystals?"

"No, in theory, any material with a large amount of magic energy can be filled in, but the ship's energy conversion furnace is not very capable of removing impurities, so if energy materials with too many impurities are used, the conversion furnace may stop working. "

"So is there any problem if the energy substance is liquid?"

"There is no problem with liquid energy or gaseous energy. The ship uses a universal reformer, and all energy types can be used. However, gaseous energy needs to pay attention to the sealing problem when filling the inlet."

The main reason why I ask this is because I still have a lot of liquefied magic crystal vapor in my body. This thing is a pure transformation product of magic crystal. In theory, it has fewer impurities than magic crystal and is more suitable for transformation. . At present, in addition to those using solar furnaces, the battleships in our guild have basically been replaced by power systems that use liquefied magic crystal steam as energy. Because this energy is relatively stable, it is easy to control the output. After all, we can control the concentration after liquefaction, and The purity of the magic crystal body has always been very unstable, so compared to the magic crystal, the liquefied magic crystal steam is obviously easier to control.

"It's really useful equipment." I said and opened the feed port again, then took out a can of liquefied magic crystal steam storage tank, then opened the valve directly and pointed it at the feed port and let Chris Tina used a magic shield to form a closed protective shield around the feed port. Prevent liquefied magic crystal steam from evaporating. You must know that the reason why liquefied magic crystal steam is called liquefied steam is because it is gaseous at room temperature. Therefore, if there are no restrictions, once I open the valve, the liquefied magic crystal steam will probably fill the entire room very quickly.

Using this method, we quickly poured half a bottle of liquefied magic crystal steam into the feed port. After re-sealing it, I asked about the reserve status again.

"The energy material the captain just used has a very high energy level, and almost no impurities can be found. It is a very good energy material. The ship's current energy reserve is 183.79% per thousand, and the energy reserve has increased significantly. rise."

"It seems you have quite a lot of energy reserves." I said and poured in the remaining half. The reason why I didn't put it all in at once before was because I was worried that adding too much to exceed the capacity would cause bad results. Since there is no problem. Then don't worry.

After the energy filling was completed we all returned to the control room. Of course, this control room refers to the cab located on the top of the island, not the room where the core is located.

After arriving here, I asked the battleship to move again. This time there was no problem. The battleship moved forward and reversed several times before moving out of the piled-up fleet. And it's very fast. Obviously the driving skills are much better than those operated by people. This is actually the advantage of mechanical systems. Although it is problematic to deal with things that require thinking, artificial intelligence has great advantages for things that are just a little troublesome.

After quickly moving out of position, the warship moved from the port on the shore to the half of the port when we entered. Because the underwater entrance is right here, but when we got here, the battleship suddenly started to sink, which scared us so much that we hurriedly prepared for diving. For example, True Red, Radamance, and I are a little better. We only need to put down the helmet mask. The key is Christina and the gold coins. We need to apply water repelling spells on ourselves to move underwater.

Although this battleship looks like a surface ship, as expected, this thing can really dive, and its performance is not worse than a conventional submarine at all. On the contrary, it is very awesome. At least the submarine action just now was very fast. Otherwise, we senior staff would not be in a hurry due to waterproofing work. This thing dived so fast that the water came in before we even had time to react.

What? Why do you think water will come in when we are in the cabin? Did you forget that the cockpit door was removed by the Russians? How can a cabin be waterproofed without a door?

If this was a normal smart battleship, they would definitely ask before the meeting. After all, the first step of a warship's self-inspection system is to check the integrity of the shell, and it is obviously wrong to dive without asking the operator if you know that the hatch is missing. However, the above is just speculation under normal circumstances. The key issue is that this constructed warship is obviously the product of the ancient Atlanteans, and the Atlanteans are the mermaids. This mermaid body can survive in the sea with its own body, so whether the hull is leaking is not a problem for them at all. In fact, when these warships were used back then, many warships did not close their doors even in submarine mode.

Magical machinery is different from the electrical equipment built by humans in the real world. Magical devices are not afraid of water at all, because water's ability to conduct magic is actually very poor, which means that for magic, water is an insulator. Because of this characteristic, the magic machine is not afraid of water at all. It can operate normally even if it is soaked in water, and it will never malfunction due to problems such as leakage. In addition, mermaids do not need to live in the air, so even their diving warships often sail with their hatches open.

It is precisely because the people of Atlantis are all marine creatures that this intelligent core has no response to the flooding of the cabin. From the core's perspective, this is a normal thing and is completely unnecessary. Awake.

Of course, although these battleships can sail and fight completely filled with water, they usually keep their interiors dry while diving. This kind of business is not to maintain the ship, but to consider the combat performance. After all, the high density of water will make the transmission of explosion shock waves easier, so under trees, the shock wave is much more lethal than in the air. therefore. If the hatch is open and the cabin is filled with seawater, then if any explosives explode near the hull, the solid hull may not be a big deal, but the people in the cabin will suffer. An ordinary torpedo might be able to kill everyone in the cabin. On the contrary, if the cabin is sealed and the hatch is closed when sailing, then if something explodes near the hull, the shock wave will be absorbed by the hull shell and then passed to the air inside the cabin. The power of this shock wave has dropped a lot when it is transmitted through the air to the personnel. The damage will naturally be greatly reduced.

In fact, in addition to damage control reasons, another point is navigation performance. Enclosing the cabin and filling the ship with air will reduce the overall mass of the warship. In this way, the inertia will decrease when sailing, and the natural movement performance will be greatly improved. Not only saves power energy. The flexibility during navigation will also be greatly improved. besides. The resistance experienced by a person in the air is much lower than that in water. Therefore, if the cabin is full of water, the operator's movements will inevitably slow down, which will undoubtedly further reduce the performance of the vessel. the last point. When the hull is completely sealed, it will form a whole. At this time, the advantages of hydrodynamics will be brought into play. If the hatches are open, the battleship filled with water will not have any hydrodynamic shape at all, and the resistance will be will be increased many times. This situation naturally affects tactical performance.

For these reasons, in most cases these constructed warships will dive after closing the hatch. However, due to the special attributes of the Atlantis people, even if the hatch is not closed, the intelligent core will not go down. Wake up, because he thinks this is no big deal. Anyway, this battleship has a special drainage device. Even if the interior is filled with water, you can close the hatch and pump out the water at any time if you want.

Although this second-hand smart phone did not wake us up in time, fortunately, the waterproofing method was not very troublesome, and everyone was very fast, so no one choked on the water.

Staying on the bridge of a submarine battleship is obviously different from sitting on a submarine. The submarine base is just a big stuffy tank. Everything outside is covered in darkness. Even if there are windows, you can't see very far. However, submarine battleships are different. The observation window in front of the cockpit of this thing seems to use special magic imaging technology. Looking out from the bridge, we can clearly feel that the underwater environment has become very clear. Not only can we see that the straight line distance from the bridge is more than The four-hundred-meter-long bow can even extend forward to a sight range of about five hundred meters.

Being able to observe at a distance of close to one thousand meters underwater is not something that can be achieved simply by having good eyes. Water blocks light much better than air. In addition, this is the deep sea, the water depth is very large, and the surroundings are pitch black. There is no lighting equipment on this battleship, so it can still have such a range of sight. It’s really a very cool design.

Of course, although this design is very practical and looks awesome, the principle is not complicated at all. We all know that there is a kind of magic called water mirror. In addition to being a mirror, it can also be used as a monitor. Using water mirror technique combined with some remote observation magic, such as wizard's eye, you can directly see what is happening far away. The observation window in the bridge in front of us obviously uses constant water mirror technology, so we can see the situation outside. And although what we see seems to be what we see from here, in fact these are the images displayed by magic that transmits distant images to the water mirror technique. It is as if all the windows of this bridge are actually monitors. It's just that they are all connected to remote cameras, so it seems like we can see the outside scene, but in fact it is just a virtual situation constructed by the magic image, not that we really see that place. Of course, since this is the effect of real-time transmission, although we can't really see that far, there is no problem at all in using it to command operations and heading.

Thanks to this thoughtful design, we can clearly see the surrounding environment within the bridge, which brings huge benefits to our command. In fact, there are other observation methods on the ship that can be even greater Observation of distance.

In fact, in naval battles, whether on the surface or underwater, it is rare to rely directly on vision to fight. After all, whether in the game or out of the game, the weapons on the battleships used today have a range far beyond the range of our eyesight, so using the eyes is obviously not suitable for controlling the battle. Within the game. There are several methods we mainly use, one is magic induction, the other is sonar, and the third is third-party investigation.

Magic induction is somewhat similar to radar, but unlike real radar, the active sensing range of this thing is very small, but the passive sensing range is extremely long. However, this thing is different from real-life radar in that it cannot accurately locate and can only be used for conceptual reconnaissance, that is, it tells you which direction there is someone and how far away it is. Others cannot be sensed.

Sheng Na is also divided into two parts in the game. Active birth in the game does not use instruments. It is achieved using living things. There are many warcraft and intelligent creatures with sonar positioning capabilities in the game. Most of these monsters can be captured and turned into magic pets. As for those intelligent marine races, as long as you build a good relationship with them, you can hire them to act as biological biosensors. As for passive biosensors, they are actually hydrophones. Because sound travels much further underwater than in air. Therefore, using directional hydrophones, you can detect the sound of large ships and capture the location of the other party in advance.

The last third-party investigation is actually currently only used by our guild. Its representative existence is the lead ship of our guild. The lead ship doesn't have much firepower of its own. Its own displacement is not large, but it is equipped with large-scale battleship-level thrusters and the best optical observation equipment and crystal communicators. Its role is to detect targets forward. Then use triangulation to confirm the relative position of the target and the fleet, and then guide the main fleet to conduct a beyond-visual-range attack beyond the visual range.

This constructed warship is obviously equipped with special underwater detection equipment, and it may be very powerful, because this device discovered several escaping submarines in front of us when we just left the port tunnel.

In fact, we have already delayed a lot of time in activating this constructed warship, so the opponent should have run far away during this time. The main reason why we insist on chasing is that we can still contact Shan Wuwu's crystal communicator, so we can make simple positioning. This is the reason why we can be sure that we will not lose him.

However, to our surprise, this constructed warship actually had such powerful detection equipment and found the target as soon as it left the port.

"The other party's distance and direction?" I asked loudly.

"In this direction." The observation window in front of us is indeed a display covered with hydroscope, which directly shows the nearby sea chart, and it is also a seabed route chart. The value of this thing itself is quite considerable.

"You actually have a chart?"

"This is pre-stored information." The constructed warship replied directly.

Although we were surprised at first, we were relieved after thinking about it. After all, this structural warship was built by the Atlantis, and unlike us, the Atlantis are a marine race. It is very troublesome for us to draw sea charts, especially underwater charts. , but for the Atlanteans, it is a relatively simple matter. Although drawing a sea map is a very arduous and long-term job due to the area, after all, the Atlanteans can live normally underwater, so it is much easier for them to draw seafloor topographic maps than it is for us. , after all, they can stay on the bottom of the sea without having to surface, which saves a lot of time.

I didn't care about the chart for the time being. I directly looked at the marked position on the displayed chart. This chart is very simple. Apart from the terrain, there are only two points marked, and a polyline extends next to each point. At the end of this polyline, some information is written, of course in Atlantis. , and the content is quite surprising.

In addition to information such as the opponent's position, course, and current speed, the information marked on the map also includes the opponent's ship name, ship type, tonnage, and ownership.

When we first heard that the target was discovered, we thought that the detection system on the ship was very good, but now it seems that this is not the case, because no matter how good the detection system is, it is impossible to detect the name of the ship and the status of the ship. Bar? These are all things marked by people and are not inherent attributes of the ship. No matter how good the detector is, it is impossible to read this kind of information.

Sure enough, after I asked, the core immediately replied: "The display data is information obtained through remote communication. The target ship and the ship belong to the same camp. Although it is not equipped with a constructed biological core, it has a communication system. The ship has been with Target vessel captured in both directions. Remote information sharing is now possible."

"You actually bring something like this?" Christina sighed from the side.

"Even our own crystal communicator is a technology obtained from the Atlanteans. So since the Atlanteans have crystal communicators, it is not surprising that they have developed their own communicators that can share information. ." Jin Coin said.

I looked at Aina, and then asked: "It seems that your Atlantis has not made any progress and has regressed a lot compared to the technology of these ancient Atlanteans!"

Ariana nodded without hesitation: "Yes, there was a large-scale naval battle in Atlantis a long time ago. You have heard some of what happened after that, but what I know is actually not very comprehensive. , I only know that the previous Atlantis tribe was internally divided due to external wars, and we are just one of the splintered forces. Technology should be clear, and the dispersion of scientific researchers will lead to the loss of technology. Now we can We are actually very lucky to have preserved the current level of technology. Moreover, Master, when you first came to our Atlantis, our technology had actually improved a bit compared to the situation just after the split. If we had just If we split, the situation would only be worse."

I nodded in understanding. Then he turned to the intelligent core and said: "How far is the sharing distance between you and the other party?"

"About three hundred nautical miles."

"Not bad. It's quite long." After I finished speaking, I immediately said: "In that case, don't chase too close. By the way. What is the range of the other party's detector?"

"About ten nautical miles. The other party is a transport ship, and its equipment is not as advanced as that of a combat ship."

"You said before that you were capturing in both directions, so can the other party find our location?" Christina asked.

Core replied: "They are all our own ships. Of course they can be discovered, but the other party is a man-made ship, so it requires human operation. Currently, the other party's communicator is in standby mode, and it was activated due to my contact request, so the other party should be We don’t know where we are yet.”

"You mean you activated the other party's communicator?"

"Yes."

"Then will there be any reaction inside the ship after the communicator is activated? For example, will any indicator lights light up?"

"No." Core said: "The communicator does not have a signal light."

I felt relieved a lot after hearing this. It seemed like we were quite lucky. Although the submarine the other party used when he left was not the one Shan Wuwu was transported on when he was transported here, but a larger model, these submarines all had the same request. Except for the navigation system and basic detection system, no other components can be started. Although the other party has been studying it for a while, because no solution has been found, no one is messing with the devices that cannot be started anymore. However, the communicator on the ship has actually been activated now, but because this thing has been in a paralyzed state before, no one is operating it. Naturally, they don't know that this thing is ready for use. Otherwise, if we discover them, they will inevitably discover us at the same time.

"By the way, the people who occupied this place said that except for the navigation and detection systems, nothing else on those submarines could be activated. Do you know the reason? And how did you turn on the communicator just now?"

The core replied very quickly: "The navigation and detection system of the transport submarine is an essential equipment for shipping, so it is directly connected to the main energy system. It will start as long as the magic crystal is filled. However, the communication and self-defense weapon systems are non- Necessary devices will only be activated when needed, so an isolation method is adopted. Unless the identity crystal carried by the Atlanteans after birth is used to activate it, it can only be remotely controlled by a constructed warship like me. Started."

"You mean you can not only control the other party's communicator, but also their weapons?" Christina keenly discovered the information in the other party's words.

Unexpectedly, the core actually admitted: "Yes. Transport submarines are very fragile in a combat state, so after a battle, a constructed warship like me will usually take over control and enter the unified formation mode. In this mode, all ships in the fleet will All fleet flagships are under unified command and control, and the warship is one of the highest authority constructed warships. As long as the fleet commander is on board the ship, the ship is the flagship."

"Then can you control that submarine now?"

"Not for the time being. I need the identity crystal mark control authority. Currently I can only monitor the other party's operations and cannot reversely control them."

Members of the Atlantean tribe carry a crystal with them from birth. This thing is like an ID card to the people of Atlantis, and it also has a series of functions such as a private photo album, various private keys, wallet, small storage space, protective props, etc. Because this thing is so important, the crystal of the Atlanteans will never leave their side. Even if the person dies, this crystal will be buried with him. Anyway, this thing will not be with him from birth. Separated from the Atlanteans again. As for if it is lost...then the Atlantean can die. How careless is it to lose such an important thing?

Although Arna has become a demon pet, she is a mermaid and a member of the Atlantean tribe, so she also has this thing. After hearing the request, Aina immediately took out her crystal and inserted it into a slot raised on the console without me waking up.

With this crystal in place. The entire console lit up. Then I heard the voice from the core of the battleship suddenly become nervous and serious: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I didn't know she was a princess. Although she has royal blood, the royal blood may also leak out. However, the life crystal record shows that it is a kingdom Princess. So there is no need to doubt her identity. I’m sorry for not giving her corresponding treatment before.”

"Aren't you always very polite? What do you mean by unmatched treatment?" Christina asked.

The battleship core said: "How can the princess go on patrol with only one battleship? This is too dangerous. I am contacting nearby battleships to come and escort her."

"Huh?" A Di Na and we were stunned for a moment. But fortunately, I reacted quickly and shouted directly: "Don't call those target ships over. Don't interfere with their navigation."

The battleship core immediately replied: "I didn't contact them. They are just transport ships. It's useless even if they come."

After hearing this answer, we finally felt a little relieved. But I quickly remembered that the other party also said that there was a convoy fleet. He quickly asked: "Where is the fleet you mentioned? Have you made contact?"

What almost made us faint was that the battleship core actually said in a slightly puzzled tone after I asked: "It's strange. Why can't I contact other battleships? This water area is a densely populated area of ​​the empire, and there should be many nearby The patrol fleet is the right one! Why can’t I contact one of them?”

"About this..." I was about to explain that the time was wrong. Unexpectedly, the core suddenly screamed again.

"Strange. I detected a large group of similar targets, but they don't seem to be emperors."

"Ah? What approximate target are you talking about?" I asked.

Core replied: "A huge fleet appeared in the sea above us, with a very large number of ships, perhaps a thousand ships. These ships are all equipped with crystal communication systems, but the working frequency and method are different from my communicator. It’s so similar, but the signals can still communicate with each other. It’s really strange!”

"Eh...can't he contact our battleship?" Christina touched me from behind and asked.

In fact, Christina and I have similar thoughts. I knew when I looked at the sea area map before that this place is actually in the Pacific Ocean, and if a huge fleet of nearly a thousand ships appears in such a place, it can only be the fleet of our Frost Rose Alliance or the Russian or American fleet. The fleet, at least currently, Japan and South Korea cannot gather this number of warships.

However, although there may be fleets of thousands of ships in the three countries, it seems that we are the only ones equipped with crystal communicators in the Frost Rose Alliance.

The crystal communicator technology of our guild comes from Atlantis, and the builder of this so-called constructed warship seems to be the predecessor of Atlantis who has joined our guild. In other words, the two are of the same origin. of. Then, it is not surprising that the crystal communicator currently used by our guild can communicate with the communicator on this constructed battleship. However, in addition to the technology introduced from Atlantis, our guild has also merged with many other technological races on the ocean or land, so our communication equipment itself has been improved. In addition, there are certain technological gaps between the current Atlantis and ancient Atlantis. Some technologies were lost in the middle and some were developed by themselves. Naturally, there are some differences in the process. Therefore, there must be some differences between our communicator and the communicator of the ancient Atlanteans on this battleship. This results in the two being able to connect, but unable to communicate information, or the signal encoding is different. The signal can be detected but cannot be compiled, and what passes through is garbled.

"Excuse me, what do you mean by 'our' fleet?" The core asked curiously. His intelligence level was very low and he obviously couldn't understand these things.

"Don't worry about this for now. Take us up immediately and let's go see the fleet above." I ordered. (To be continued...)