Chapter 129 A Walking Underwater City
Of course it is not difficult to catch up with a moving city. Even our guild's Essinger Mobile Fortress, without using space jumps, can move as fast as those of low-level flying monsters. Compared with Compared with those fast flying monsters, it is quite full.
Essinger Mobile Fortress is still an aerial fortress, but the target discovered by Ariana is an underwater object. As a device that moves in the water, no matter what it is, its speed cannot be the same as that of air units. Although we can't run as fast as we can in the air underwater now, we are small in size and suffer much less resistance. Our speed is definitely much faster than that thing, so we can naturally catch up with it easily.
"Don't move." Now that we were in a hurry, we didn't let Masamoto Matsumoto and the others use the underwater thrusters. We directly called out and asked the little dragon girl to grab Matsumoto Masaga and Ichiro Tsunoda with her claws, and then chased after them directly.
Zhenhong understood my actions as soon as she saw it, and quickly commanded her dragon pet to take the rest of the people to follow. The three dragons seem to be swimming forward slowly in the water, but if you look down at the seabed below, you will find that the speed is actually very exaggerated, almost no slower than flying in the sky.
Not the same as the dragon. No matter what color the dragon in our country is, it has water affinity attributes. Some types of giant dragons can't even swim at all, but Shenlong is born to be the king of water and can still maintain a super high moving speed even in the deep sea.
Thanks to the efforts of the dragons, it only took us a few minutes to see the huge mountain-like shadow in the distance. However, due to the barrier of sea water, we can’t see clearly yet.
"Is that that thing?" Looking at the huge shadow from a distance, Ichiro Tsunoda asked excitedly.
"That should be it." I said uncertainly. In fact, the thing in front of me doesn't look like something Russian, because the style is different. In the game, the things built by players from various countries usually have their own national style. Of course, Russian players also have their own style, but the shape of the thing in front of them is not like the Russian style at all, because it looks too gorgeous.
The common characteristics of Russian things are that they are huge, rough, and strong. Although not very fancy, they are often very practical, or very cost-effective. However, although the moving object in front of me cannot be seen clearly for the time being. But some tentacle-like things trailing behind it have entered our sight. The surface of these things shows a kind of pale blue. And it's very smooth, but there are silver edges with gorgeous carvings on the seams and turns. This design reminds me of a place - Arabia.
Legends in the Arab region often mention some gorgeous palaces, and these palaces are decorated with a large amount of gold and silver. In addition, there is a very famous handicraft-the Arabian scimitar. The handle of that thing is usually inlaid with large gems. And even the handles of high-end products are made of gold.
The patterns and silver decorations on the tentacles trailing behind the huge moving object in front of you have a strong Arabic style. This is completely different from Russian habits.
"Are we going to rush forward right now?" Ichiro Tsunoda asked anxiously.
Masamoto Matsumoto directly suppressed him, then looked at me and asked, "Do we need to disguise ourselves a little? Isn't it good to rush forward like this?"
I nodded and said, "Well, put away the dragon. Let's go over quietly to prevent them from destroying all the technical information inside."
When Ichiro Tsunoda heard what I said, he also remembered. We are not here to conduct a raid this time, but to grab technology. If people find that they can't keep those things and simply destroy them all, then aren't our efforts in vain? Therefore, if you can enter quietly, it is best not to alert others.
In this dark seabed, without the dragon, it is still very simple for us to quietly approach the huge moving object. Of course, before that, you need to put on a special film jacket for True Red. This thing is actually armor made of rubber. It is not very thick, but it can perfectly cover Zhenhong's whole body armor. Its function is not to protect, but to block light and reduce noise. Although she couldn't feel the weight of the equipment on Zhenhong's body, it was a ton-level equipment. One component could bear the total weight of more than a dozen sets of full-body armor. When Zhenhong was dressed like this, her weight was even more exaggerated than that of a tank. If she hadn't had gravity control, her normal walking would have been one step at a time. However, even if the magic circle on the equipment offsets gravity, the weight of this thing is there after all, and it is inevitable to jingle when walking. Moreover, what is even more annoying is that the real red equipment is too flashy. The golden armor also has its own luminous effect. It looks like a golden sun during the day and a big light bulb at night. So if you want to sneak in quietly, you need special equipment to block this light.
Based on this need, Zhenhong went to the professional life players in the guild to get her such a set of rubber armor, which she could put directly on the outside of her armor. It could completely block the luminous effect and also provide shock absorption and sound insulation. .
After getting ready, the rest of us gathered together, and then Amynis released the covering magic to hide everyone. Of course, this is just in case, because it is not easy to be found in a place like this under normal circumstances.
In addition to the shielding magic of Ermenis, Ariana has always been with us. Her main job is sound field shielding. Just when we discovered that big thing, A Di Na keenly captured the weak audio signal emitted by that thing. After confirmation, it was 80% of a sonar system, so we had to use A Di Na's special skills. Only with the cover can we approach this big guy silently.
"Everyone, follow closely. Adianna's shielding range is very small. If it exceeds the range, it will be detected by sonar. Come closer." I said while asking everyone to stay as close as possible. A Dianna's ability was originally used by herself, so the coverage area was not large, just enough to wrap us all in. The prerequisite for achieving such an effect is that we must be squeezed in tightly like a sardine can. In a ball.
After everyone gathered together, we began to move carefully towards the location of the big guy. And the big guy is also moving at this time. From the back, this thing looks like a big steamed bun, but when we got closer to the side and rear of the thing, we discovered that this thing is not shaped like a steamed bun, but is longer than a steamed bun. Moreover, we actually found a big Very long legs.
That thing didn't use underwater propellers to swim in the water, but relied on long legs like arthropods to crawl on the seabed. No wonder I haven't noticed the sound of this thing's propeller before. After all, if such a big thing uses propellers, the movement should be obvious. However, because this guy is using his legs, there will only be an impact sound the moment his footsteps hit the ground. But during the movement, there was only the sound of water flowing. There is a big difference between this special sound pattern and the propulsion sound of artificial underwater vehicles. So we never thought at first that those thumping noises made from time to time were actually the sound of this thing moving.
As we got closer, the full picture of this thing gradually emerged. After finding one leg we found over ten more. This huge mobile underwater city is like a multi-legged crustacean. Its appearance looks like a huge scarab, but compared with the scarab, this guy's body structure is more slender. And it also has more legs.
After seeing the full picture of this thing, even we had to secretly sigh that the Russians really have ideas. Actually got a water bug. This thing looks huge. It's complicated, but it's actually far less difficult to make than you might think. The real obstacle is whether you have the idea to build something like this. Not whether you have the ability to build such a thing.
Of course, it also uses a lot of advanced technologies, but these things are actually not a big problem for most guilds.
To build such a thing, we must first solve the problem of pressure. But this is a game, not reality. In reality, the water pressure problem is a gap that can definitely block most people's construction plans. However, this thing is in the game. In order to allow players to fight freely in the underwater environment in the game, the water pressure in the game is set very low. Although deep water pressure can also cause personal injury and equipment damage, no matter what measures you use to resist the water pressure, the effect will be much better than in reality. As long as the structural strength is slightly strengthened and thicker materials are used, most containers can be used in the game. It can withstand the water pressure of the seabed. This is one of the reasons why when everyone first started sailing, Japanese players could build submarines out of wood, because the water pressure in the game was very low.
Water pressure isn't the issue, the rest is gas exchange, method of movement, and waterproofing.
The gas part is not a problem at all in the game, because there is magic here, and the difficulty of producing oxygen is much lower than in reality, so it is too simple to solve the problem of underwater ventilation here.
In terms of movement methods, the Russians' chambers are quite good. They have avoided the problem of difficulty in underwater propulsion of large-scale equipment and directly used a stepping structure. Because this thing is hollow inside, it has strong buoyancy, so the legs do not need to bear too much pressure. Secondly, because of the existence of buoyancy, there is no need to consider balance issues. This thing itself is like a submarine. The legs are just propellers and not support points, so it will not have problems such as tilting due to uneven support. As for propulsion, if the long legs are directly rooted on the ground to generate thrust, there will be no power loss due to the flow of water, and naturally the explosive power will be stronger. Of course, due to the structural problems of the legs, the high-speed performance may not be as good as the underwater propellers, but this is a mobile city, and the requirements for moving speed are not high. On the contrary, the requirements for thrust are high, so the long legs are here Played a very important role. The shrewdness of the Russians is that they discovered the special conditions of underwater cities and therefore built this method of propulsion.
The last problem in building an underwater city is waterproofing. This problem is actually easier to solve, because there is a magic called water barrier, so you only need to set up such a magic circle at the location where you want to be waterproof. As for the problem of telling the entrance, it can be solved entirely by using compartments. This technology is not complicated in the first place, so Russian players will definitely know it.
With these three technologies, the rest are all ordinary technologies, which basically a large guild will have. So, the thing in front of me may seem exaggerated, but when it comes to technical difficulty... it's really not.
Of course, although technically this thing is not that exaggerated, it is a mobile city after all, and it is an underwater city, so the construction of this thing is still quite difficult. It is not an easy task to organize at least enough manpower, prepare such a huge amount of materials, and complete the construction in secret.
After sighing at the unique design of this thing, we began to approach it carefully. Although this guy seems to move very slowly, because the length of those long legs is exaggerated, the speed of this thing's movement is not really very slow. It's a little difficult for us to maintain this clustered shape and keep up with the speed of this thing. But it was still early for Auntina to push us and help us speed up, so we successfully attached ourselves to the belly of this thing.
Once we get into contact with this thing, sonar shielding is no longer needed. But what we need now is to find an entrance as soon as possible. This thing is very large, but there are not many entrances. After all, this is an underwater city, and it is impossible to open as many doors as a city on land. We estimate that in addition to a large entrance on the head and a butt, there should only be a few small hatches on this thing. However, we don’t know the structural diagram of this thing, so if we want to know where the hatch is, we have to find it ourselves.
Originally we thought it would take a lot of effort to find this door, but to our surprise, just as we moved along the belly of this thing towards its head, a certain location on the belly of this thing was Suddenly a door opened. Because there was light coming out of the door, as soon as the door was opened we found the place that suddenly lit up. Before we could move that way, we suddenly saw a luminous object falling from the door.
Compared to this moving city, the Russian style on the luminous body is quite obvious. The shape of this thing looks like a large bug. There are two oblate propellers on both sides of the metal body. However, there are no propellers visible, so it can be determined that a duct design is used.
The luminous object we discovered before was the signal light on this thing, and after leaving the mobile city, two strong searchlights suddenly turned on in front of it, scanning the seabed while accelerating towards the rear.
That thing didn't notice us, and just passed under us, and then disappeared in the direction we came from. It was probably to detect our whereabouts to determine whether it had gotten rid of us. However, I believe those Russians would never imagine that the person they want to investigate is posted under their city? (To be continued...)