Chapter 278 Progress and Late Spring

April 2, Year 2.

A quarter of a year has passed, spring has gone and summer has arrived.

Wubai stood in front of a hillside that was significantly higher than the nearby plains. In front of him was a dense and lush forest. Under the dim sky, a mysterious temperament loomed, and the continuous spring rain added a bit of desolation to the environment.

He exhaled and looked up at the top of the hillside, where a stream of light that was invisible to the naked eye was rushing straight into the sky.

The Star Pulse Tower awakens the earth veins.

The plants near here grow several times faster than normal plants.

Wubai clearly remembered that the mature trees near the territory had been harvested by the logging team. The logging team only kept the immature trees and waited for them to continue growing to facilitate the recovery of the forestry environment.

So the various trees here that were taller than the houses were all grown rapidly in the six months when the Star Pulse Tower was generated.

In addition to these trees, there are also berries covering the entire hillside?

Wubai reached out and picked a plump, round, bright berry. He used to like this kind of berry, but they are not suitable for human cultivation, and the yield of natural growth is very small. After the berry bushes near the territory were mined, the berry trees were also cut down and used as wood.

He took a bite, and the sweet juice with some imperceptible starlight flowed out of the peel, and his eyes lit up. It was still the same berry taste as he remembered. I wonder if the area near the earth vein tower can be converted into a planting area for this kind of berry.

Cut down the trees, and the berries will grow more vigorously.

This is not the first time he has come here, but the last time he came here, he didn't think that he would need a sharp weapon to open the way. If he didn't use a sharp weapon to open the way, he would be entangled by the growing berry jungle.

Wubai tightened his raincoat and looked at the black steam spider with blue stripes on its back. It raised its body to prevent its mechanical structure from being splashed by the mud on the ground, and from time to time it spewed out some weak steam to evaporate the raindrops on its body.

There is also a steam spider that has been improved to a guard type. These big guys can easily pass through/crash through low bushes. They have traction devices installed on their backs to transport items.

This is also the biggest difference between the guard type and the general type. The guard type uses a lot of weight-reducing devices made of floating stone scraps. The weight-reducing devices allow them to walk on the stone streets of the territory without causing damage to the streets when fully loaded.

The only disadvantage is that it needs a person with awakened source to act as an external battery beside it. It has to stop every 20 kilometers to receive a charge to replenish the external weight-reducing device to offset the consumption of gravity.

Ji Lin also considered using the steam spider to pull goods, but it turns out that its carrying efficiency is far inferior to that of pack animals...whether it is the way of exerting force, the speed of movement, or the distance of action.

If it does not use the method of pulling a cart, it can only carry things forward, and that is only half a ton of load.

In the end, it can only be equipped to the guard team to deal with emergency needs, so that the guard members can step from the human age to the mechanical age in one fell swoop.

If there is any additional benefit, it is that when these spiders with blue horizontal stripes walk on the street, the incidence of fights in the territory drops sharply.

When it stands there, the crime rate is low.

The steam spider is much more intimidating than the steel forks in the hands of the guards.

Climbing on the back of the steam spider, Wubai pointed out a road without berries and full of trees for it, letting it go in a straight line.

Only when you climb to the highest point can you draw a map.

Then go back and report, time never waits for anyone.

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"Ah~"

Chongyan's roommate collapsed on the table, looking at the drizzle outside the window that has lasted for many days. The weather is always so gloomy.

The patter of raindrops hit the ground, and the scattered dew took away the excess temperature in the air. He couldn't make any other comments except that it was particularly suitable for sleeping.

If you don't get a good night's sleep in the spring with drizzle, it seems a bit sorry for yourself.

"When will the spring rain end?"

"Snow, I remember you didn't have a job today either?"

Zhongyan packed up his documents and picked out an oil-paper umbrella with a wooden frame from the door.

"This is the first time I know that the word college can be directly linked to work. My research time is set at 3 pm, and I have a rune carving shift tomorrow."

Zhongyan's roommate Snow smacked his lips, complained a few words, and waved the draft paper in his hand in front of him.

"Not everyone gets up early in the morning like you, and there is someone to accompany them."

Snow sighed. It was so relaxing and comfortable here without the supervision of parents, but it always felt that something was missing away from the downtown.

"Zhongyan, have you gone through the portal to see the world on the other side? I heard from the people in the artillery squad that the scenery is super good. They went there some time ago - I don't know when the dean can arrange an outing for us."

College life is also very different from what he imagined. In addition to studying, it is research. The more comfortable entertainment is to rent a fishing boat to fish on the sea.

Then everyone will compete to see who has caught the biggest and most fish.

Snow had to say that the lord of this territory was really generous. They, the novice researchers, could use rare materials such as floating stones at will, and they also had plenty of magic materials that were not cheap in the Holy City.

"The top 30% of students in mechanical engineering can apply for ground duty, and they will be responsible for maintaining the airships there. If you are interested, go and apply for ground duty."

Zhongyan shrugged and said to Snow.

It's a lot.

"I'm from the Rune Materials Group, so spare me the mechanical maintenance."

Snow was not interested at all and wailed.

"By the way, weren't you responsible for developing a kind of... um, developing weapons like the artillery group?"

Zhongyan looked at the heavier rain outside, glanced at the not-so-solid oil-paper umbrella in his hand and a folded document.

So when will the college build a rain shelter corridor to connect their workplaces together?

Hearing his words, Snow patted the manuscript in front of him and muttered with his head down.

"Ah, you mean the breech-loading rifle? We have made some progress in improving the barrel, but the mechanical structure still needs improvement. The lord and the dean came to visit our group together... You don't know that the lord looks quite young, maybe not even as old as us... He drew us a diagram of the structure of a rotating bolt and asked us to improve it based on it."

"We have solved the problems of bursting and easy damage to the barrel, but the bolt is too hard to pull, as if it is fixed. We still need to hire a watchmaker to help us make some parts... The rune micro-carving work is more complicated than the old-fashioned musket..."

Zhongyan listened to his roommate's chattering, but he didn't realize what these things meant, nor did he realize what impact this weapon would bring.

Finally, Snow scratched his head.

"In general, there should be results soon, right?"