Chapter 9: Defeat

"Is that him?" There was indeed a person standing at the door of the professional office, a young player. I walked over and looked at the man carefully. He looked like a half-elf, and he was holding a magic staff in his hand. He was obviously a mage. Judging from his age, he could only nod his head. He should not be much older than me. He has an average appearance, neither handsome nor ugly. "It doesn't look like anything special?"

Woma said very excitedly: "His characteristic is not his main profession but his auxiliary profession." After that, Woma also introduced me to that person. "This is our president's purple day."

"Hello, my name is Rag, and I am a magic weapon master."

"Hello, I'm Ziri." I whispered to Woma next to me: "Don't we have many mold makers?"

Rag heard what I said and explained: "I am not the mold maker who makes molds and impressions, I am the magic tool master who makes magic props."

"Oh! I heard wrong, I'm sorry. So what can you, a magic weapon master, do?"

"A lot. For example, making magic machines, some small magic props, or adding attributes to ordinary equipment. Of course, studying magic crystals is also one of my jobs."

"That means you can actually be a senior magic application researcher?"

"Roughly the same!"

"That's great. We have the most comprehensive magic research system and huge factories in the world here. As long as your research can be successful, we can immediately turn it into productivity, so you can rest assured to research." I opened the collection The human function allows Rag to join our guild. Out of safety considerations, we first gave him a preliminary membership. If he wants to be promoted to a full member in the future, I don’t need to handle it, as long as Woma and the others are here. "After all, you are a new employee. It is not appropriate to give you too high qualifications all at once, so you should give in first. As long as you have results, you can be upgraded to a full member and climb up the ranks step by step. But considering It's a little inconvenient for you to participate in the research and not receive anything. Let me turn on the Phoenix Dragon function for you first, so that he can help you during the research." As soon as I stretched out my hand, a black sphere flashed in the air. A phoenix dragon fell on my hand.

Hand Fenglong to Ragpo. "This little guy is very smart. He can understand anything if he just says it. If you perform well in the future, you will be issued with steel claws for riding beasts and long guns for aerial combat, but you must produce results."

"I know that." Rag looked very excited. "Actually, I just came here to give it a try. I didn't expect that you would actually accept me. Conducting magic crystal research requires a large amount of magic crystals. We ordinary players have no way to continue the research."

"I understand. After all, the production and price of magic crystals are very troublesome. Our guild has a complete research laboratory." I pulled him to stand at the door and pointed not far ahead. "See that building?"

Rag nodded. "It's spectacular and beautiful."

"That is the Magic Crystal Power Research Institute, the technological core of Essinger."

At first Ragpo just thought it was a very beautiful building, and at most it felt majestic, but after hearing about the building, his eyes immediately flashed with dazzling light. "Then... that... that's really... a place to study magic crystals? That's a complex of buildings!"

"Yes. It looks like a building complex overall, but it is actually one building. It is divided into 5 sub-buildings, connected by passages in the middle. Each of the 4 surrounding parts has 40 floors, and the middle one has 50 floors. The entire The building covers a total area of ​​about 40 square kilometers and is divided into several parts. There are more than 30,000 scientific research NPCs working in it, and some players from our guild are also working in it."

"What a huge institution!" Ragpo's jaw almost dropped. "Are we only studying Magic Crystal City here?"

"Yes, we only study magic crystals here. There are special research locations for other things." Rag suddenly started crying, which shocked me. "What can you do?"

"Wow! I'm so excited! With such perfect conditions, I will definitely get good results."

"Okay, let the two of them arrange the rest. I have other things to do first."

"Thank you, President!"

I quickly said goodbye to the rags and ran to the shipyard. The port was currently in a terrible mess. A lot of construction materials were piled at the port, and Xiaoyao Daodao was directing the work. "What are you doing? Isn't the dock completed?"

"Didn't you say that you would build a shipyard in Steel City to directly produce warships and teleport them here? We are building an underwater teleportation array."

"How big do you plan to build it?"

"The design is an area two thousand meters long and 800 meters wide, so that four super battleships can be teleported at one time. If there are any particularly large ships in the future, they can also be teleported."

"Almost, this length is just right. But I guess we won't have a warship over 1,000 meters long. The shipyard doesn't have that much production capacity!"

"Don't lie to me. You just like large equipment. Look at Isinger's style. What's not big? I guarantee that there will be larger warships in the future. Besides, the Ark is still parked on the sea outside!"

"Okay, okay, I won't argue with you. Have you seen the rose?"

"there."

"I saw it, you should be busy first, I have something else to do."

I ran to berth No. 1079. A small warship less than three meters in length was parked there, and Rose was waiting for me on the ship. After I ran on board, Rose gave the order to sail.

I asked strangely: "Why is it so small?"

"There are only two of us, so it is inconvenient to have such a big ship. This ship has the same characteristics as the crashed Biling."

"What do they have in common?"

"Come here." Rose pulled me to the driver's cab of the ship and asked me to sit down in my seat. This seat actually has a seat belt, and it's the kind of X-shaped seat belt used in racing cars. After I was fixed, Rose also fixed herself on the seat, and then said to the player driving the boat: "Okay, let's go."

Only then did I notice that the pilot was also sitting behind the operating console. Generally, the operators of battleships stood, but everyone on this ship actually had a seat, and these chairs were all like that. This is a very luxurious large fixed chair. It not only supports the body but also fixes the sides. It also has special supports behind the head and neck. Ordinarily, ordinary chairs should not be so exaggerated.

I suddenly thought of the use of this kind of seat. Could it be that the speed of this ship is exaggerated? "Rose, this ship...ah!"

The small battleship had already sailed out of the port. Before I could finish my words, the entire ship suddenly jumped out. The small battleship, which was less than 3 meters tall, left a huge wave 30 meters high behind it. I felt like I was being pressed down on my seat by a huge pressure, and it became difficult to breathe. This situation lasted for seconds before it eased down. The ship's speed had stabilized, and people would not feel uncomfortable without too much acceleration.

"Phew!" I breathed. "What a terrifying speed! What happened to this ship?"

Rose smiled and asked the German girl who was sailing the boat to answer. The German girl smiled and said: "This is a new result of the Magic Crystal Power Research Institute. It was just completed this morning. As for the inspiration, it came from the last time we towed a Japanese warship. matter."

"How to say?"

"Last time, our warship towed so many Japanese warships behind it, but the speed did not change seriously. Did you notice this?"

"Noted, but what does it matter?"

"It has a lot to do with it. We studied the battleship's propellers, those marine propellers sent by Atlantis, and found a big problem."

"What's the problem! You can finish it in one go!"

"Usually, truck engines are more powerful than cars. Everyone knows this, but why are trucks not as fast as cars? It's because of the gear ratio. Atlantis's propeller is like a truck engine. It's more powerful and slower, so the drag speed is slower. There is no obvious change in speed after dragging the battleship. Atlantis is on the bottom of the sea, and the deep water has high density and resistance. If the propeller power is insufficient, the speed cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, the propeller power of Atlantis is very powerful, but we On the sea, we don’t need such a large traction force, we just want speed. The propeller of Atlantis happens to be a large turbofan propeller, without a traditional propeller, so we cannot change the propeller speed by adjusting the transmission gear. So We dismantled the thruster group and replaced the power coupler. So we got a thruster with half the power and twice the speed. This ship has three large thrusters installed, and we wanted to test the limits Speed. It seems pretty good right now.”

"It's really yours. I like this speed, but I'm a little dizzy when I start it!" It almost crushed me when it started!

"This time it is to test the ultimate speed and the stability of the large turbofan at this speed. So many thrusters will not be installed in the future. The test results have just come out."

"How is it going?"

"It's not good. Our turbofan blades are somewhat deformed. It seems that the speed is too fast. I have slowed down the speed. I will consider replacing the high-inclination blades and reducing the speed when I go back. This way the blades should be able to withstand high-speed navigation. . Just now we have set a speed record of 2 knots. How about it? Exciting, right? It’s several times faster than a torpedo.”

"I said it feels like I'm going to be squashed!"

"Haha! It's okay now. The acceleration has stopped and the speed is now stable at 170 knots."

"Then I'll go out and relax."

After unbuckling my seat belt and walking to the door, I turned the pressure door, then pushed it gently,...it didn't move? I pushed the door harder and again, but it still didn't move. I continued to push harder and still there was no response. I started pushing with my shoulders against the door, but still to no avail. It can't be opened! After hitting it twice, there was still no response!

Two very strong NPC sailors in the boat came to help me when they saw that I couldn't open the door. As a result, three people hit the door, but it still didn't work. The door just couldn't be opened!

"The hull seems to be deformed!"

"Isn't it?" The girl who was driving the boat jumped down and let the NPC take over her work. She came over and took a look and said: "It's probably the negative pressure that's holding it back! It must have been that the pressure control pipe burst because of the speed. !”

The battleship's door is no ordinary door. This thing is controlled and locked with high-pressure gas, so you can't open the door without deflating it.

I asked the two NPCs to get ready, and then I shouted one, two, three and everyone hit it together. With a bang, the door panel was suddenly knocked open, and the pressure pipe was pushed out, making a hissing sound of deflation. "This door is broken!"

The waves on the sea outside the battleship are rough, but we are not affected. The battleship is too fast and the speed of the waves is relatively slow compared to us, so it will not affect us. Speedboats are speedboats, and soon we arrived at the sea off Japan. We met several Japanese fleets on the way, but our speed was too fast. After they discovered us, they started loading shells. By the time they loaded the shells, we were already out of range. . Some warships that had already loaded their ammunition fired a few shots, but unfortunately they flew to nowhere. Warships with such speed as ours cannot carry out direct shooting.

We rushed all the way to the coast of Japan and put the little fox on the boat first. We had no tools to bring her, so we had to wait for us to land first and then ring the bell to pull her over. Rose and I sat on the edge of the boat and said goodbye to everyone. We pulled down our masks and the masks automatically locked. We leaned back and Rose and I flipped into the sea at the same time. Auntina, who had been released in advance, followed us into the water. Rose and I held her hands and asked her to lead us to swim quickly to the seaside. After I landed on the beach, I rang the bell and the little fox was immediately dragged by the collar and flew over. This thing is really convenient.

After delivering us, the warship immediately turned around, and the Japanese warship chasing us saw nothing but a track. It would be a dream to chase him, there is too much difference in terms of speed.

We can't just stand around and wait for the Japanese to find us. Let's change our equipment with Rose first. Our armors are too conspicuous. It would be really dangerous if we don't change our equipment. After changing our equipment, we quickly left the shore and went deep inland to blend in with the crowd. Now we didn’t have to worry about being discovered by the Japanese. The system has just been upgraded a few days ago and the translation system has been adjusted. Now players using the translation system will get a voice that has the characteristics of the player's voiceprint, instead of the weird electronic synthesized voice before. The biggest result of this improvement is that it is easier to be a spy, because you can no longer judge the nationality of the other party through the sound!

There are so many players in Japan, and there are people everywhere when walking on the street. Yue Ran was carried away by Rose in the form of a fox. Rose and I disguised ourselves as ordinary people. This time I specially picked a theocratic warlock's robe for Rose. This thing has no special features, except that the brim is relatively long, which can put your entire face in shadow, ensuring that the person opposite can't see anything clearly except your mouth. I looked for armor like that of an ax warrior. The helmet of this thing is half-covered, and the mask covers the middle of the nose. You can see the face but not recognize the person.

The place where we landed is not far from Leichuan and the future Fulcrum City. We landed here because we wanted to stop by and have a look. After passing through the current city, we walked a little further to the vicinity of Leichuan. From a distance, we saw a large number of Japanese players busy near Chuanyang Lake. Several temporary pontoons have been erected on the lake leading to the island in the middle of the lake, and many players are shuttled back and forth to transport supplies to the island. A city wall more than ten meters long has been built on the edge of the island, and supports are being built next to it. Unexpectedly, Xiao Chui was so fast that he sent her up and the city wall started to be built.

Rose and I didn't go over, we just looked at each other from a distance. If we went over, we might be exposed, so it was better not to take the risk. Rose contacted Xiaochui through SiLiao. She is no longer a member of our guild and the guild channel cannot be reached. Xiaochui ran out as soon as she heard that we were coming. She pretended that nothing happened and walked over to us. She ducked into the forest when no one else was paying attention.

"President! Why are you here?"

"Come here to do something, and take a look at what's going on here."

"Everything is going well here. We registered a guild last night. The name is Leichuan Club, which is the same as the city. This morning I contacted several mercenary unions to recruit a large number of security personnel, and even laborers were recruited. I'm back. City construction shouldn't be a problem, and monster siege won't be a problem either. After all, the guards we hire are from high-end mercenary guilds that charge very high prices, so the quality should be guaranteed, not to mention the number of people we hire. It’s a lot, even if they don’t work, they should be able to hold on with so many people filling in.”

"Very good, it seems there is nothing wrong with letting you take command."

"Actually, not everything goes smoothly for us."

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

"It's a new guild, and its name is Longchuan Guild. Because it's an expansion period, it's very offensive. They also took a fancy to the location where we built the city, but we built the city one step ahead of them. Today They came earlier in the morning and many people said they wanted us to give up this location and give them the city construction site. If we don't, they will cause trouble for us when the monsters attack the city and let our city be invaded by monsters. "

Rose said angrily: "These people are so annoying, how do you deal with them?"

"We asked the mercenaries to fight off those people, but at noon they attacked our team transporting materials. It seems that they plan to cause trouble for a long time!"

I thought about it and said, "Where is this guild located? Is it a system city or do they have their own city?"

"They have two cities in that direction. The guild is quite large, with more than 7,000 people. The closer city is called Shanhuo City, which is not large. There is another city farther away called Longchuan City. , is the main city of their guild. It is relatively large and is a medium-sized city. President, you are not going to cause trouble, are you?"

I nodded. "Are there any volcanoes or something nearby?"

"What are you going to do?" Rose was shocked by me.

I said matter-of-factly: "There are only two of us, and we don't have siege weapons. If there is a volcano, I can consider creating an artificial eruption. If we dig some diversion channels in advance to guide the lava into the city, there will be no problem." ”

"Haha! President, you are so funny." Xiao Chui covered her mouth and said with a smile, "It's a pity that there is no volcano nearby, and the nearest volcano is a hundred kilometers away."

"That's it! It seems more troublesome." I thought for a while and said, "Then don't worry about this matter. Since I'm in Japan, I will help you solve everything before going back."

"Just the two of you?" Xiao Chui didn't believe in my strength.

Rose patted my shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Ziri is known as the king of destruction. He may not be good at construction. No one can demolish a house faster than him."

"It's better that my wife understands me. Okay, you can go back and direct the construction first. Those Longchuan will be handed over to me, and I promise to make them into dragon skewers and grill them."

"Then I don't care. President, please don't worry. I'll leave first." Xiaochui looked at the woods and saw that there was no one there before returning to the road and walking back to the island in the middle of the lake.

After Xiao Chui left, Rose and I also left here. Before causing trouble for the Longchuan Society, I wanted to confirm the situation of the nine-tailed fox demon. I hope he would stay at home and not mess around. 'run.

With Yue Ran leading the way, we quickly found Songga Mountain, where Yaoyao's nest should be. On the way into the mountains, we met many Japanese players. These people were all going into the mountains to level up, but no one noticed that we were not Japanese players.

After walking for a while on the mountain road, we suddenly turned into a small fork to avoid the leveling team. This is the area closed by the fox clan's illusion. Other players cannot see what is behind the barrier and think it is an ordinary forest. I didn't notice that there was actually a passage here.

After advancing on this passage for a while, we finally found Yaoyao's home - a huge tree root. But now there is a problem. The entrance of the fox's den is smaller than a dog's hole, and people of our age cannot get in. There was no other choice but to let Fei Dart and Yue Ran go in. If anything happened, Fei Dart could report it at any time. Anyway, Yue Ran couldn't escape since she was locked by the collar.

Rose and I waited outside the cave entrance. After a long time, Shui Dart and Yue Ran climbed out one after another, and Yue Ran had an extra piece of paper in his hand. I wanted to take a look, but when I took it over, what I saw was a piece of tree bark with many small fox footprints printed on it. I couldn't understand this thing! But the phantom is my universal translator. With the help of the phantom, I can read the words on the footprints.

After reading it, I realized that the bark was just a message note. Yaoyao did come back, but he left again three days ago. The message said that Yaoyao went to China to learn from the gods and would not be back in a short time! Really, why does this fox like traveling so much! China! Although a big country is a good thing for me, now it has become a problem for me. There must be so many famous mountains and rivers in China! How difficult it is to find a fox in such a big place... sweat! I dare not think about it!

After listening to my explanation, Rose said: "Then let's quickly help Xiaochui solve the Leichuan Society, and then go back to China to find it?"

"That's all we can do now!" Damn fox!

Leave Songga Mountain and return to the vicinity of Thunder River. To eliminate an enemy, you must first understand the enemy. I will do some preliminary reconnaissance with Rose first, so that we can have the key points by then. The first place to observe is of course Longchuan City. This city is relatively large, and Longchuan Club pays more attention to it. If you hit someone, you have to hit them painfully. Mountain Fire City is not big and it is not an important stronghold. A few hits that are not painful or itchy will have no effect. It is more practical to hit Leichuan.

I blended in with the crowd and walked around the city. Overall, the city is quite good, with a moderate area and a reasonable layout. The most important thing is that it is very popular. According to Rose's opinion, this city is located right between several large leveling points and has a good geographical location. It is also the intersection of roads in the middle of several large cities, so it is very advantageous.

While pretending to be shopping, we paid attention to the city's defense situation. The city wall is more than 1 meter high, which is considered high for ordinary cities. There are about one or two thousand NPC guards. It seems that the other party is also very rich and actually hired so many NPC guards. The escort team composed of members of the Longchuan Society has about 500 people. The level is not high, but the equipment is very good and it should have a certain combat effectiveness. Generally speaking, I think that the losses from a strong attack will be relatively large, and other methods should be considered.

An afternoon of reconnaissance work made us feel that this is not an easy target. The effect of attacking him will not be very good. It is no problem to kill a large number of guild members, but it is not possible to destroy the city! After dark at night, Rose and I stood outside the city eating rice balls bought in the city. Fortunately, they were also eating behind us. Looking at the brightly lit city, I felt helpless. What should I do?

Rose looked at the sky and suddenly said: "By the way, have you ever considered the Tower of Babel?"

"Tower of Babel?" I was surprised.

"Yes! Just mobilize the Tower of Babel to attack. It is originally an ultra-long-range destructive weapon used to destroy the city. Wouldn't it be enough to blow up the entire city with it?"

"Is the Tower of Babel that powerful?"

"Just give it a try. It's going to be launched anyway. Even if it can't destroy the entire city, even burning a third of it is still good! As long as it causes a 'commotion' and then takes advantage of it, you have more troops anyway." , move them clean and let them cry!"