Chapter 14 Fortress Experiment

After returning to Essinger, I began to instruct everyone to prepare various infrastructures for the babies that were about to arrive. The three errant mythical beasts were worried about being punished and did not dare to object to the heaven asking their babies to compensate for the losses and obediently handed them over. , I soon waited for all kinds of treasures.

After the things arrived, I started to instruct everyone to put the things aside and install them one by one. The first thing to be installed was the Divine Arrow. This was because I brought it back directly and prepared its base first. Essinger has the most sophisticated large-scale hydraulic chassis. Super missiles like the Shenjian are most suitable for this chassis. Four fort-like buildings are prepared for them to hide them inside. The launcher is installed on the top of the highest command level, and the missile launcher is placed at the four corners, so that the launch angle is wider, and the high position is conducive to missile positioning.

Four boundary towers are installed on the platform on the top of the base layer. When the middle layer and the base layer are connected, these four towers are just at the four corners of the middle layer.

Although the Ruyi Altar is not small, it is much lighter than those towers. We placed it in the central garden on the middle floor. Anyway, this thing can make any wish come true. Anyone can try it. It is more convenient for everyone to make wishes if it is placed in a spacious place. In terms of installation, this thing doesn't need to be moved at all. Just use some clips to fix it to the ground so that it doesn't move around.

The Shenwu wind chime is the simplest, just hang it up at the four top corners inside the base layer. Of course, protective measures still need to be taken, but those are small things.

After reading the book on military tactics, people in our guild said that it was actually a magic circle with a very simple structure, but it must be enough to cover the entire city. I asked them to paint this magic circle on the ground of the city with gold paint mixed with crystal powder. The huge magic circle covered the entire city and would be automatically activated during important wars. In addition to Essinger, other cities must also be painted with such a magic circle, but those cities cannot be painted directly on the ground. It needs to be covered with a layer of floor tiles so that no one can see it.

In addition to these things brought back from heaven, Wei Na was also super enthusiastic to help this time. Now that she has a real body, she naturally understands the importance of my status. She used to simply take care of me, but now she has become a complete help. Of course, she cannot do too much due to system restrictions. , but some small favors are not a problem. For example, she has painted strange symbols everywhere in Essinger's city. According to her, these symbols are ancient spells that can make the city stronger.

Our city was still undergoing final construction, and Ashford suddenly came running. This guy was dumbfounded as soon as he came out of the transnational teleportation array. He has been here several times. He knew very well what Essinger looked like before, but he was completely dumbfounded by his current appearance.

Ashford watched me in the city for a long time before he met me outside the city. As soon as he saw me, he immediately asked in surprise: "Is this the rebuilt Essinger?"

I nodded. "how do you feel?"

Ashford stretched out a finger and pointed up, down, left and right for a long time and said: "Well...! How to put it! The first feeling is that it is more practical than before, and the single-story area seems to have increased a lot, but according to this Layout. It seems that the total area is not as good as before.”

"Well. The area of ​​the new city is 21.7% larger than before, but the actual internal area is only 87.1% of the original one. Many of them are mechanical areas. The areas that people often enter are actually less than 40% of the previous ones. %."

"Why is it so small?"

I thought for a while and said: "The most direct reason is that there are fewer levels. Originally, Essinger had 16 floors above ground and underground, but now Isinger only has 10 floors. Of course, the area is not as big as before if there are 6 floors missing. As for the use area, because the entire city is now mechanized, machines and pipelines take up too much space, so there is less space for people to use. In fact, we deliberately narrowed the use area. The original Essin The grid is really too big. Many places are empty and sparsely populated. Now we have to make things more compact so that everyone can live together. As for the vacated space, all the space has been turned into space for weapon systems. It is no exaggeration to say that the current Essinger It’s just a mobile fortress, with more firepower than a large fleet, and we have an abundant air force, so its combat effectiveness is definitely more than three times stronger than before.”

Ashford glanced at the city and said, "It seems to be a little higher than before!"

"Did you see it too?"

"Of course." Ashford said confidently: "The height should be more than a hundred meters higher than before! But it turns out that the Soul Gathering Tower cannot be counted. I am talking about the main body of the city."

I excitedly said to Ashford: "Do you want to know why Essinger is taller than before?"

"Yes!" Ashford asked curiously: "Isn't it because there are more levels? The original city was symmetrical, with 8 of the 16 floors underground. Now the 10th floor is all above ground, so of course it is higher. .”

"Hahahaha! It's not that simple." I said with a smile: "Actually, I have lowered the height of each floor. Normally, the city should be much shorter than before, but it has become taller now. The real reason is that at the end That floor below. We have some new equipment in there, so the city is a lot higher.”

"New equipment? What is it? Is it of practical value? What is it used for?" Ashford became excited when he heard about the new equipment.

I deliberately whet his appetite. "Actually, this thing doesn't have much technical content. It's just a basic modification. In the end, this thing is still your equipment."

"My device?"

I was about to answer him when suddenly Woma ran over and said, "President, the city has been completely completed. Do you need to experiment?"

I said to Ashford: "Just let you take a look. Woma. Tell everyone that Essinger will conduct functional testing immediately and ask all personnel to return to prepare immediately."

"OK."

Half an hour later the new city was ready. New Essinger is about to be truly resurrected.

It is now afternoon, the Sky Stone has absorbed the sunlight, and the black city has turned into sky blue. I, Ashford and the main personnel in the guild stood outside the city and watched Essinger do what he did. function test. In Ashford's surprised eyes, the huge jack at the bottom of Essinger began to slowly unfold. The city shook first and then began to rise slowly.

"Ziri, what is this?" Ashford was completely frightened by this huge jack.

"Hehe. Don't get too excited yet, good things are yet to come!"

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a clicking sound, and some armor plates at the bottom of the city began to open outwards. The modular armor unfolded outwards, revealing a huge hole. Almost at the same time as the armor was fully unfolded, some huge machines painted with yellow and black stripes stretched out. Ashford shouted when these things were halfway extended: "Treads? Ziri, are those tracks?"

I nodded: "It's the tracks, the tracks we customized for Essinger."

Ashford didn't realize it until this moment. "Are those huge metal parts you ordered from our guild some time ago just for it? No wonder my people said those things can't be connected at all!"

Rose standing next to me laughed: "Our own production line was also damaged. After it was repaired, we couldn't produce so much equipment at the same time. So we ordered part of it from you. Of course, we still have to protect our business secrets. So we made the connecting equipment ourselves, and what we handed over to you was just the large keel for support. In addition, we also ordered other parts from other forces. You are only responsible for one part, and you can't figure it out even if you want to imitate it. We're building something. How about it? We're pretty good at keeping it a secret, right?"

"You are really smart enough to think of a way to produce the parts separately and then transport them together for assembly. In fact, I wouldn't build such a thing even if you told me. Our guild doesn't have that much money to build such a big mobile A city, no. Not only is it so big, even if it is smaller, even if it is only one-tenth of this, the land cost is not what we can afford."

Rose smiled and said: "Actually, we can't afford it, but this time someone paid for it. And more than half of the money I made in Indonesia some time ago was spent."

Ashford shouted unconvinced: "What's that little money? Even if you throw all the money from the auction in Indonesia, it's still a profit of 10,000%! You are basically using the money to buy the city model." A real city."

I immediately said: "I know we make a lot of money, but this is the compensation from the original city, and it cannot be considered a complete profit. In the past, Essinger also had to calculate the money. But I admit that we did take advantage of it."

As we spoke, those huge crawlers had been fully extended. 400 crawlers landed at the same time, and then there was a sound of squeaking metal parts under heavy pressure. Although lightweight materials are used, and we have also removed a lot of unnecessary equipment, Essinger is a city after all, and the weight is still not light. The grounding area of ​​400 crawler tracks is already very large, but the ground is still unable to fully bear such a large pressure. All the crawler tracks sank more than two meters before it was fully secured. However, this depth is not enough for huge crawlers to be any problem. Proportionally, the subsidence at this depth is smaller than the subsidence of regular tank tracks on the ground.

When all the crawlers are successfully grounded, Woma uses the leaves of the new city tree to issue operating instructions to the new city tree. "Retract the center support."

With a click, the big jack in the center of the city began to rise slowly. Since there is a smooth sky stone underneath the jack, it does not bring up much soil after being put away. It took two minutes and twenty-seven seconds to retract the big jack. Large machinery is really slow!

Woma picked up the leaf again. "City tree, transmit power to the propeller. Don't make it too big at first, just a little bit."

With a creak, 400 huge crawlers roared at the same time. There was a sound of metal twisting. The city actually started to move. This time is different from when there was only the frame in the beginning. The city is very heavy now, this is its true situation. It must be able to operate normally under such conditions to be considered qualified.

Essinger finally started to move, and his initial performance was pretty good. I also picked up the leaves of the city tree and let it accelerate while using its own root system to check the pressure resistance of each part. If there is any danger, I will stop the test immediately. As the speed gradually increased, those of us standing nearby could clearly feel the earthquake-like shaking under our feet. When this behemoth moves, it shakes the earth. It is estimated that if you want to sneak up on the enemy in the future, you will have to pass from the sky, otherwise the enemy will feel the vibration dozens of kilometers away.

As the speed gradually increased, the City Tree calculated the safe speed. Since the city was too heavy, the support system was burdened with a heavy burden. In full combat configuration, the city's maximum combat speed could at most reach the speed of an ordinary person's jogging. Although the maximum safe speed can reach the speed of a human jogging, taking into account international practice, a safe range is generally left for the equipment, so we limit the normal cruising speed in the city to the normal walking speed of ordinary humans. Unless there is an emergency, maximum combat speed is not allowed.

After testing the ground speed, Ashford was so surprised that he couldn't speak, but what happened next surprised him even more. Essinger stopped first, and then began to rise. When the city rose 50 meters and then hovered, the tracks began to retract into the city. The armor plates returned to seal the hole, and the city completely returned to what it was like when it was on the ground.

Ashford asked: "Although cities can move on the ground and fly, it is a pity that they cannot fly in the air. What a pity!"

I smiled and said, "I'll let you see the miracle right away."

"Miracle? What did you say?" Ashford asked me.

I pointed at Essinger, and Ashford quickly looked over. Inside Essinger, the gravity resistance device in the crawler splints that had just dragged the city up was still working, but on the rail ring in the center of the city, all the equipment like overhead trams suddenly lit up. The things vibrated slightly and gradually lit up. At the same time, the gravity resistance device under the crawler track gradually reduces its power and eventually shuts down.

At this time, Essinger was completely dragged and stopped in the air by the device under the orbital ring, but people outside could not see the change. The devices under the track rings suddenly started to operate, the steel guide wheels began to rotate, and the friction caused the tracks to start moving in the opposite direction. Under Ashford's surprised gaze, Essinger actually spun. After the city slowly rotated 135 degrees, the wheels on the device stopped pulling at the same time. The city continued to rotate relying on inertia. When the rotation angle reached 165 degrees, some strange clamp-like devices jammed the wheels with a click. These are actually brake pads, but they have a different shape. The wheels begin to gradually slow down under the influence of the brake pads and transmit the force to the track ring, which in turn transmits the force to the entire city. After rotating 180 degrees, Essinger finally stopped accurately. The braking device controlled by the City Tree was indeed very precise.

It wasn't until the city came to a complete stop that Ashford remembered to grab me and yell: "What is that? Have you developed a solution to the space locking problem of the gravity resistance device? Tell me, how does that thing move?" ?I’m willing to pay for it, whatever you want.”

"Calm down, calm down." I held Ashford down and said, "Don't be impatient now. Let's wait until the demonstration is over before we talk, okay?"

"Is there anything else you can show?" Ashford asked strangely.

"Even if not. At least you let me finish the test!"

"Okay!" Ashford calmed down quickly.

Energy brushes popped up on Essinger's track support frame. These energy brushes came into contact with the energy probes of the gravity resistance devices in the track splints, and these gravity resistance devices were quickly activated. After the gravity resistance devices under these crawlers were activated, the devices under the track rings quickly shut down their power. The City Tree controlled the power pipes and began to deliver energy to the engines of the crawler propellers. Those huge crawlers began to rotate, and then the city naturally moved with it.

Ashford watched Essinger panning in the sky with his mouth open, then turned around and asked: "How fast can this thing run?"

"Don't worry! This is also our first test, and the results will be out soon."

Essinger's power is actually very large, and its movement speed is limited not because the resistance is greater than the power. Rather, we are worried that the city is moving too fast, causing huge kinetic energy to scatter the supporting structures. The ground is affected by terrain. There was so much stress on the support structure that no matter what we did we couldn't increase the speed. But it's different in the air. There are no obstacles here, so the speed can be slightly faster. But the sky is not all smooth sailing. Changes in airflow also have a significant impact on cities. Essinger's land area makes it severely affected by airflow, especially those gas wells, which are like potholes in the ground. A car's suspension system can easily be damaged when it rushes through a large hole in the ground at high speed, while an airplane's wings can easily be broken when it encounters a large air well in the air. Essinger moves like a car on the ground, and is similar to an airplane when it takes off. Both of these are very dangerous.

After our tests, we concluded that although gas wells are also dangerous, they are much better than uneven ground. Safety is the premise. Essinger's maximum air speed can reach 30 kilometers per hour. Although this speed is still very slow, it is at least much better than on the ground. However, there is a prerequisite that Essinger cannot stop instantly at this speed. Essinger's safe speed on the ground is 5 kilometers per hour. That speed can ensure that the city stops within 100 meters, but not in the air. The speed of 30 kilometers per hour is very dangerous for Essinger. If you want to stop at this speed, you must start decelerating 10 minutes in advance. During this period, you will have to travel more than a thousand meters before you can completely stop.

After completing the air and ground tests we started the final water test. The three basic levels of Essinger have ceilings, and all entrances have waterproof doors made by Atlantis, which means that Essinger is completely protected from water. Because most of the materials used throughout the city are very light. In addition, the internal space is very large, so Essinger will not completely sink in the water.

For this test, we plan to go to the city to feel it out. After everyone entered the city, Essinger began to move toward the sea. Because the city is relatively large, the water depth at the seaside is definitely not suitable. We must fly to the deep sea. After taking more than two hours to reach a deep enough area, Essinger began to descend slowly. Such a big guy should not be too hasty when entering the water. Otherwise it will become a big tsunami.

The heavy fog created by the Shenwu Wind Chimes blocked a large area around it. The nearby fleets stayed away when they saw the fog. No one would be stupid enough to rush into the fog. After the city hit the water, we slowly reduced the power of the gravity resistance device, and the city began to slowly decline because there was insufficient support. When these gravity resistance devices were completely closed, Essinger finally truly floated on the sea. Due to weight issues. The entire base layer has been completely submerged, and the middle layer and command layer are like small islands standing on the water. Because all the gravity resistance devices had been turned off, the city began to shake like a ship, but the shaking was very slight. With such a big land, the waves can no longer affect it too much. The mechanical layer at the bottom of Essinger is simply the best ballast, and the city floats very steadily on the sea.

Ashford said excitedly: "Now, you have a super maritime fortress. I'm afraid the fleet will be gone in the future."

I smiled and said: "It is impossible for Essinger to replace the fleet. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is indeed much more powerful than the fleet. But this guy is too slow. As long as they want to, most battleships should be able to avoid it safely." !”

"That's right." Ashford also understood that speed was Isinger's only flaw. "Okay Ziri, you are lucky enough. Although Essinger is not fast enough, it is not a battleship. Its target should be the enemy's city. It cannot run away from other people's cities, so it doesn't matter how slow you are."

"That's right."

Ashford said: "Actually, I think it's easy for you to even attack a city. You just need to fly to the top of someone's head and then fall down. No city can withstand the weight of your city. It will definitely be crushed." .”

"You'd better not make bad ideas! Isinger's defense is indeed high enough. But if you use your own weight to press it, the bottom of the city will definitely break. It's not cost-effective to trade Isinger for other people's small cities."

"Your stuff is precious!"

"What can I do! Cheap goods are not good. Good goods are not cheap. Do you know the American HSB strategic bomber? The take-off weight is almost as much as that of an airship. The speed is not much slower than that of a fighter jet. It also has anti-radar and anti-infrared rays, but one has to 15 billion, as long as one falls, a large number of people will be replaced in the U.S. government. Everyone says that thing is more expensive than the president. The same is true in my city. Although the attack and defense are top-notch, the cost is definitely the same. It’s the best. This time I got a scammer to help me pay the bill, so I decided to get it right in one go. I can only use it carefully if I can. If I damage some peripheral equipment, I can still repair it, but if I damage an entire layer of equipment, I’ll go bankrupt.”

"It's a bit expensive. But it's worth every penny!" Ashford suddenly shouted. "By the way. The gravity resistance device does not only go upwards. What will happen if you increase the pressure and go downwards?"

"You mean to turn Essinger into a submarine? We have thought about it for a long time. It is indeed feasible, but unfortunately the speed after submerging will be unimaginably slow."

"Why?" Ashford couldn't understand what I said. "Why are you so slow when you have enough motivation?"

"It's not a matter of power, it's a matter of appearance," Wolma explained.

"What's wrong with the appearance?"

"Isinger is not a submarine. It does not have a perfect fluid shape. If it is completely submerged, it can only move slowly. As soon as the speed is high, the resistance of the upper structure will cause the city to tilt backward. If we use a gravity resistance device to press hard If it does, the city will fracture, and if it is not pressed, it will simply fall over, so if you dive, you won’t be able to speed up at all. But we know a way to move quickly on the surface.”

"water surface?"

"Yes. Just find the corresponding ocean current and run along it. The speed should be able to reach the speed of ordinary warships, at least faster than on land and in the sky. The city is relatively large, so it can be well accepted by itself. The push of water is definitely the best for rafting.”

"I think it's better to forget it!" Ashford said: "Most of the ocean currents in the world cannot be used because they are all 'turbulent' currents. The only few routes that urgently use ocean currents are relatively far away from you. , not something you can use."

I nodded. "Actually, we don't plan to run in the sea. The reason for entering the water is to save energy. The gravity resistance device was designed by your guild. You should know this better than me. Essinger's propulsion method determines that it must use the gravity resistance device. It consumes a lot of energy, but energy is the most precious thing. We really have no choice. Otherwise, I wouldn't have put so much effort into making the city run on the ground. Flying with a gravity resistance device is indeed spectacular. And it's safe. 'The speed and speed are better than those on the ground, but those gravity resistance devices you designed are just a waste of money!"

Ashford actually patted me on the shoulder and laughed: "Haha, you finally understand my pain, right? Why do you think I sold you the gravity resistance device in the first place? Don't I know how to use such a precious strategic material? Is it? It’s not all because of the terrifying consumption speed of the gravity resistance device. I think it is a useless technology with no much use value at all. That’s why I sold it to you so cheaply.”

"So this is what you guys planned. No wonder it was sold so cheaply in the first place!"

I was about to hit Ashford, but he suddenly blocked my fist and said: "Don't just blame me! You are not a good person yourself. Those high-grade steels sold to me are so expensive. If it weren't for the fact that the quality is really good, and I wouldn’t spend so much money on it if it wasn’t sold anywhere else!”

I smiled awkwardly: "It's tacitly understood and tacitly understood! Hahahaha!"

Xingyue, who was standing nearby, touched his arm and shuddered: "Two treacherous businessmen!"

Rose smiled and said: "It is because they are all 'crooked' businessmen that they have cooperated for such a long time. An auxiliary utopia without a foundation will always be just a dream."

Ashford and I laughed together for a long time and suddenly asked: "By the way, you said you would tell me after the experiment how you solved the space locking of the gravity resistance device. Tell me quickly."

I first ordered the city tree to return to land and then said to Ashford: "Actually, this design does not solve the problem of space locking of the gravity resistance device. We just avoided the problem, but after all, we have avoided it. At least the gravity The resistance device has practical value. Are you interested in our invention?"

"Damn!" Ashford thought about it and said, "Okay! But you are just avoiding it, not solving it. The price can't be too high, right?"

"I don't have high demands. In the future, when your guild's technical achievements are resold, you must give priority to our guild. We can only sell them to others if we don't want you. Also, your guild's warships must be ordered from us unless you build them yourself." The price will be paid at 95% of the market price. Is this proposal acceptable?"

"Are you too shady?" Ashford shouted: "On the surface, you don't want anything. In fact, after these two contracts, all external channels of my guild have been blocked. I know You want to unify Asia. But you don’t have to tie me to your chariot, right?”

"Aren't alliances popular these days? If you are tied outside my tank, at least you will have one less enemy! If you feel you are at a disadvantage, add another one. When our guild's scientific and technological achievements are released, you will have the right of first refusal. And the price is favorable, how about it? Then you won’t suffer a loss, right? Our guild’s technological research and development strength is no worse than yours!”

"Okay, okay!" Ashford is also a smart man. When he saw that the benefits were almost there, he nodded immediately: "Sharing technological resources, I agree."

After signing the agreement, Ashford and I went to the mechanical floor on the ground floor, where the huge crawlers were still running. Ashford didn't know that there was a gravity resistance device in the crawler mezzanine. The crawler tracks had been retracted when our city was moving in the air. So he didn't see it. Ashford was completely dumbfounded when he saw the working of this operating system. "Is this how you avoid it?"

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

Ashford said: "Isn't this too...too...too simple?"

Woma, who acted as the commentator, said: "Technology is sometimes not as complicated as everyone thinks. A simple adjustment can avoid major flaws. This is also a form of technology."

"What about turning?" Ashford asked: "How do you turn? These tracks don't seem to be able to make the city turn, right?"

"This is complicated by another set of devices." We took Ashford to the bottom of the orbital ring and pointed it out to him. "Did you see that thing? When the city comes to a complete standstill, we will activate the gravity resistance devices in those pods, and then turn off the gravity resistance devices under the crawlers. Those pods can move on the track, but after the gravity resistance device is activated The moving place is the track itself.”

"You just use this thing to turn?"

"Isn't it great?" I asked, looking at Ashford.

Ashford shouted: "Ah! I was deceived! You big liar!"

"What did I lie to you about?"

Ashford shouted: "I originally planned to buy this method to build an air battleship. How do you want me to build an air battleship if you can't turn if it doesn't stop?"

Woma suddenly said: "Who says it can't be done?"

"OK?"

"Of course." Woma vowed: "Give me three days, and I guarantee that I will give you a combat-capable aircraft."

I looked at Woma in surprise: "What did you say? Can you really build an air battleship?" I was also surprised, because I always thought that this kind of non-turnable gravity resistance device could not produce an air battleship.

Ashford also asked excitedly: "Is it really possible?"

Woma said: "Battleships cannot be built." We all wilted when we heard this. But Woma quickly continued: "But we can build small aircraft."

"How small?"

Woma thought for a while and said: "Single or double aircraft, if we can find good materials, maybe we can make a larger three-person aircraft, otherwise it may be a problem! I just have a preliminary idea, the specific thing will have to be built. We won’t know for sure until we come out.”

I immediately said excitedly: "Then as soon as possible! Why didn't you tell me about such a useful thing earlier?"

"I just thought of the design plan. In fact, this new idea is also a plan to avoid the space locking characteristics of the gravity resistance device, but my idea is more exaggerated. If it is completely perfected, we can build it based on this in the future Large warships are not impossible.”

"Large... warship?" Ashford and I had exactly the same expressions and words, with green light flashing in our eyes.

Hongyue shook her head again: "Sure enough, birds of a feather flock together!"