Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2314 Hiro's Car
This kind of spatial transformation is consistent for both the north and the south, the south can see the north clearly, and the north can also see the south clearly, so the crowds on both sides move to the middle again.

It's just that no matter how they move, they still can't really get close to each other. Even though they are clearly close in front of their eyes, there seems to be a huge gap between them.

The fact is true, the real distance from south to north is more than 20 new miles, this point cannot be erased no matter how the space is transformed, otherwise this competition will not have much meaning.

Unless someone can run 20 miles in one go, it's really possible to get in touch with those who seem to be close at hand in the north.

Facing such a spectacle, the leaders of the two places had a commotion that could not be called chaotic for a while, and then immediately came to their senses—this must be the arrangement of the lord.

At this time, Dean has introduced the rules of this competition to the end——

"The Tower of Time will comprehensively evaluate the stability, speed, load, cost, interaction, appearance and other aspects of the vehicles designed by each participating team. Lord Xia Duo and Mrs. Niya will score and announce on the spot. Among them, the top ten vehicles belong to The best team will win the grand prize of this competition.”

Hero, Burleigh, and Peter originally designed the steam car to facilitate the travel between the two places. Although there are already fixed routes such as airships between the two places, the maintenance cost of the airship is not low, and the cost of using it once is relatively expensive.

The most important thing is - even the largest airship, limited to the volume of the vehicle below, can only be fully loaded with a hundred people at a time, unless the vehicle is redesigned, or a special passenger vehicle is attached.

In fact, the largest airships are currently flying between the two places, and they will bring some people between the two places depending on the situation after there is a demand for cargo delivery.

The so-called convenience is just that when flying is faster than running on the ground, it is difficult for ordinary people to get on an airship.

As for the small airship, it is completely used by the Territory Guard. Although one of them is fixed to patrol the [Great Xia-Saville Passage], it will not carry irrelevant personnel under normal circumstances.

In addition to airships, the most common means of transportation between the two places are horse-drawn carriages, horseback riding, or boats. Needless to say, the latter, with the completion of the North-South Corridor today, there are fewer and fewer boats, and they are only used in a few freight scenarios. .

Carriage or horseback riding has become the mainstream, and of course walking is more common. After all, the two places are only 20 Xinli, which is not too far away.

Ordinary people set off in the morning, even if they take a short break in the middle, they will definitely be able to reach the other side at noon.

But walking is inconvenient after all. The Great Xia Ling Government Office has been looking for a more convenient means of transportation, and such a task is naturally handed over to the Magic Affairs Officer.

That's why the steam locomotive developed by Shiro and others came into being. Although it is still not perfect, it has great potential. At least before the appearance of cheap magic vehicles, this is already the most ideal solution.

Therefore, this competition is not only concerned by Xia Duo. As the consul appointed by Xia Duo himself, Layton has a very thorough understanding of Xia Duo's thoughts and thoughts. Naturally, he has great expectations for the steam car that can quickly connect the two places. .

Although Dean said that the only judges were Xia Duo and Niya, they were actually Xia Duo and Layton. Xia Duo's attitude was actually a joint expression of his and Niya's views.

……

Soon, the show officially began.

Different from competitive competitions in the general sense, this locomotive design competition is more like a bidding conference. Each bidding team needs to display their own design products, that is, steam locomotives.

The order of display is determined by the order of registration. The first one to be displayed is undoubtedly the team composed of ten people including Hero and Boli who signed up "by default".

Hearing Dean's call, Hiro and the others immediately rushed to the front row, and greeted the audience excitedly, especially Hiro, who was originally excluded in his hometown Younan, but received an extremely warm reception here. welcome.

Not to mention the locomotive design competition triggered by the steam engine he invented, at this moment, he felt that even if he died, it was worth it!

Of course, he still doesn't want to die at all. He opened his eyes and saw with his own eyes a future where steam engines will be widely used in various scenarios. Although this future may not be realistic, he is very much looking forward to it.

At the end of the appearance session, it is the official display. Under the command of Dean, Hiro took out the entries for this competition from the dimension bag——

A brand new steam car that is not much different from the previous appearance, but the inside is still completely turned upside down.

"Captain Hiro, how many crew members are you going to put on this steam car?" Dean asked according to the pre-prepared speech.

"It's no problem to seat six people!"

"Okay, Captain Hiero has chosen a six-man load!"

As Dean announced, he beckoned to the back, and six patrolling guards wearing Guardian Armor walked out immediately, but they didn't bring weapons.

Under Hero's introduction, they quickly got into the steam car, protected by the elf armor from Evereska, even if there was an accident in the steam car, it was enough to save them from danger.

As for the driver, Hiro personally served, and Dean also provided him with a one-time protection spell on behalf of the competition, which can also protect him from various dangers caused by steam car accidents.

……

"Ready?" Dean asked.

"Wait a moment." Shiro replied.

Because it is the first team to show, and the steam car is not like a magic vehicle that can be used immediately. First, water must be added to the boiler, and then heated to produce steam.

Originally, as a spellcaster, spells could be used to simplify this series of pre-steps, but this competition has restricted this. Hiro can only add water to the boiler of a steam car like ordinary people, and then use flint over and over again. light a fire.

Fortunately, Hiro was also a child of an ordinary family before he became a spellcaster. It was not difficult for him to start a fire, and soon the flames in the boiler burned.

As the water in the boiler boiled, the steam horn connected to the vent valve on the side also began to emit high-pitched long sounds. Seeing this scene, the surrounding audience also boiled.

At this moment, Shiro waved to Dean from inside the car:
"I'm ready."

"Ah."

Then, Dean took out a small red flag out of nowhere, raised the small red flag high with an unnatural expression, then waved it violently, and shouted loudly at the same time:
"set off!"

After receiving the signal, Shiro immediately pressed the clutch lever, and then the steam car began to vibrate, moving out little by little, and the external horn began to become intermittent.

Hiro fixed his eyes on the pressure gauge on the boiler, turned down the pressure relief valve, and then moved the clutch lever again, and the steam car rushed forward with the leaking steam all the way.

(End of this chapter)