Chapter 516: 50-Kilometer Cross-Sea Floating Bridge
Other officials did not understand Chi Nan's order. They could not figure out how to build such a bridge.
However, they could not disobey the lord's order and could only obey. So, the airship carried some half-elf natural mages with materials and began to build ports and cities on the opposite island.
After such a long period of familiarity, natural mages can easily build city walls, plant home mother trees, and plan the entire city with ordinary people. Before the construction began, the port city had been completely planned.
Chi Nan had seen the design drawings. The island over there was indeed very suitable for building a port, and there were no reefs around. Of course, even if there were, Chi Nan would not care. The ships made of diamond wood could not be harmed by ordinary reefs. And there was no danger underwater, which was really good as a port.
There were more than a dozen locations around the entire port city that were suitable for building ports. Chi Nan thought about it and simply built all these places into ports, leaving only the location for the construction of the dock.
When Chi Nan took action, they finally knew what Chi Nan was going to do. Hitting bridge piers? Not necessary.
Chi Nan did not use ordinary bridge piers that go deep into the water, so he directly avoided the undercurrents and dangers underwater. Chi Nan integrated the floating ball into the inverted cone-shaped things with a flat top and a pointed bottom.
Because the floating ability of the floating ball was set, these bridge piers were suspended steadily in the air. When seeing these things, everyone finally knew what kind of bridge the lord Chi Nan wanted to build.
When these bridge piers were formed, pieces of plants began to grow. First, the slender vines and special branches were connected to the bridge piers, connecting them into a whole.
When the weight reaches a certain level, the floating force of the bridge pier will increase, and the bridge will always be stable in this place. For this adjustment, Chi Nan installed a plant brain in each bridge pier. These plant brains will not obey the orders of anyone except themselves, and the only order is to control the height.
"Fortunately, these floating balls were evolved in a directional way, otherwise it would not be easy to suspend such a large bridge with just a few bridge piers." Such a large bridge would be very heavy.
After they were fully connected, Chi Nan began to promote the entire bridge. Fifty kilometers, even in the previous life on Earth, there was no such long cross-sea bridge. Chi Nan was slightly excited.
The bridge deck was made of diamond wood, which was laid layer by layer. In order to avoid the expansion and contraction of the bridge deck, Chi Nan could only make the bridge deck not a whole. The natural phenomenon of expansion and contraction cannot be completely avoided even by diamond wood.
The thick diamond wood grew to form the bridge deck, wrapping the bridge piers in it. Under the protection of the thick diamond wood, it would be difficult for someone to damage the bridge. The thickness of this thing is thicker than that of the airship mothership.
The width of the entire bridge reached more than two hundred meters, suspended in the air, and the whole looked like a rainbow, but with different colors. In order to protect the bridge, Chi Nan also integrated a special home mother tree into the successfully built bridge at intervals, leaving only the ability of the mother tree itself, and the tree was integrated into the bridge.
From the surface, nothing can be seen. The entire bridge is a whole. After the bridge was built as a whole, Chi Nan also reintegrated a large number of special floating balls on both sides.
After completing this step, the suspension of the entire bridge is no longer just relying on the internal piers, the bridge itself also has the ability to suspend. The internal piers have become a back-up for the bridge.
Even if there are any problems with the bridge in the future and the outside is broken, the internal piers can still keep the bridge suspended.
The bridge starts from the external road of the Holy Tree Island and extends to the top of the Port Island, crossing the edge and deep into the center of the Port Island. If you want to enter the Holy Tree Island, you must enter the Port Island city.
After this step, the outline of the Port Island has been basically established. At this time, Chi Nan has discovered that there are often people around approaching this place, as if they are observing themselves.
Chi Nan ignored them and continued to improve his bridge. The main body of the bridge was built, but it was just a framework. To form a real bridge, many other parts are needed.
For example, the guardrails on both sides and the leveling of the central road. The sidewalks and lanes must be divided. Even if there are no cars now, even if no one cares about traffic rules, Chi Nan still planned it out.
Moreover, the bridge has two floors, and both the upper and lower floors are accessible. The lower floor is an internal passage formed by Chi Nan bending the diamond wood downward. It is not open-air, and only with many windows on both sides can you see the scenery outside. This place can also be turned into a battle castle when necessary.
Because only the windows can be used as shooting ports, other places are impossible to enter and exit.
Even with Chi Nan's current strength, it took a full ten days to build the entire bridge. This is really a huge project. For this bridge, Chi Nan temporarily put aside all other things.
"Now that the bridge has been built, it seems that the port will soon be completed. Then, it's our ships. No matter what, our ships must crush other ships."
For such a long time, Chi Nan has collected a lot of intelligence about the three major families around him, and he has also seen how powerful their ships are. If it is said that before, the ships he made had their own advantages and disadvantages. But since there is a life-saving wood, his ships are definitely incomparable to theirs.
"Haha, if you want to test it, then come and test it. I'll show you what it means to be a fierce dragon crossing the river."
However, just when Chi Nan was considering how to contact other people, the Sea King family sent people to contact Chi Nan first. The day after the bridge was opened, a fleet came to the outer port.
"What, the people of the Sea King family, they are really anxious, I thought it would take some time for them to contact us. Forget it, let them come." Chi Nan was still a little surprised when he heard the news.
A moment later, the representative sent by the Sea King family appeared in his castle. This castle was built on the Port Island. Chi Nan does not want others to interfere with the development of the Holy Tree Island for the time being.