Heaven's Formula

Senia looked around the crowd, and finally landed on Airi, "We now know that the tree spirit cannot stop the enemy, and the enemy will not listen to our dissuasion. However, as long as the risk does not become a reality, there is still redemption At least we should try our best to understand why the enemy becomes stronger and stronger, what are the gods they believe in, and whether learning the knowledge of the outside world can really enhance our strength... To know these answers, communication is essential .”

"Master Priest, what do you mean..." Airi raised her head.

"We must act cautiously, but we cannot remain unchanged." Senia stepped down from the main seat, came to the young elf, and gently held her hand, "Thank you for your heroic attempt for the tree boat. I I would like to personally talk to the princess over there, and try to get a possible chance for the surviving islanders."

……

"They are here."

On the watchtower on the east coast, the princess was standing on tiptoe on the retaining wall and watching—even so, her height was only about a head higher than Xia Fan.

"Your Highness, be careful not to fall." Qiuyue was so nervous that she turned left and right for fear that she would stumble and fall to the bottom of the tower.

"Is that a tree boat?" Xia Fan raised his eyebrows and said, "As expected, it can accommodate 3 people."

I saw a green shadow appearing on the horizon, its size was far larger than that of the sailing battleship before. If estimated by the naked eye, it might not be as big as the two urban areas in the northwest of Jinxia City.Its bottom is a layer of dense greenery, and in the center stands a huge tree, which is at least 40 meters in proportion, and the spread of the tree crown is overwhelming and incalculable.Even so, the size of the tree is underwhelming compared to its expansive chassis.

Thinking that World Island is a suspended land made up of many tree boats, Xia Fan couldn't help but marvel at the magic of this world—under the catalysis of Qi, not only various creatures evolved a variety of mutations, but even plants It also became unusual.

If it wasn't for the fact that the trees were naturally weak in fire, otherwise it would not be easy to destroy them with the firepower of the gunboat due to their huge size.

When the tree boat approached the offshore several miles away, it stopped moving forward and released several green shuttles at the same time.

"Let's go." Ning Wanjun clapped her hands and said, "The guests are here."

In order to reduce the uneasiness of strangers, the meeting was not held in Fengyang Villa on the outskirts of Jinxia City, but was arranged directly on the beach next to Yantian.Spread the carpet and pull up the camp tent, which is the first round meeting place between the two sides.

When Airi led the high priest into the arena, everyone's eyes were instantly focused on this mature woman.

Xia Fan is no exception.

It can be said that this person is synonymous with charm.A head of light blue curly hair reaches her waist, and two sapphire earrings hanging from the tips of her long ears complement her hair color.A sleek silk dress was dragged to the end, and the open neckline fully revealed the collarbone and half of the chest.And she also has the proud capital of being dressed like this, she can be regarded as the type who can't see her feet when she lowers her head.

The age of forty not only did not drag down her appearance and figure, but added an intriguing charm to her eyebrows and eyes.

This kind of evening dress-like clothing is considered formal in Xia Fan's eyes, but it is an obvious visual impact to the princess, fox demon and others.

Some guards even turned their heads away in embarrassment.

"This attire is too... too much." Li muttered softly.

"Really? I think it's quite suitable for her." Xia Fan also responded in a low voice.

But soon, he felt a chill coming from behind him.

"Your concentration needs to be improved, you need to double your training tonight."

"??"

On the other side, the princess has already talked to the high priest through Mo Yun's translator, "I am the third princess of Qiguo, and I have heard about your situation from Ai Li. Welcome to Jinxia City."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for allowing me to wait for the dock. I am the elder of Noah Shuzhou and the high priest of World Island. I can make decisions about everything discussed in this meeting."

"That's great. But then again, your dressing habits are really... surprising."

"Do you like this dress? It is made of a special vine on the island, which is breathable and resistant to dirt. If you want, I can order a set for you later."

"Uh... I don't think it's necessary."

"Although Your Highness is not very old, he has potential at first glance. As long as he dresses up a little, he will definitely be glamorous and charming."

"Ahem, let's talk about the transaction." Ning Wanjun showed a rare look of being overwhelmed.

Xia Fan couldn't help but think of a thought - in the competition at the female level, the princess lost.

"Indeed, at this time, we should put business first." Senia smiled gently, and then handed over a booklet, "Compared to the rich supplies on World Island, the things that can be traded on the Noah's tree boat are really not that good. Many, I have written them all here. If Your Highness has any needs or questions, you can ask them.”

The princess opened and scanned two pages, then handed the booklet directly to Xia Fan, "You decide, I believe no one here has a better vision than you."

Senia looked at the "CEO" thoughtfully.

At this time, Xia Fan naturally wouldn't shirk it. He skipped the common gold, silver and jewelry, and went straight to the tree spirit seed part.

It can be seen that the elves have put a lot of effort into this list.Not only is it equipped with detailed pictures of the actual objects, but even the general functions and functions are expressed in the form of comic strips. Even if the two parties do not speak the language, they can easily understand the contents of the booklet.He now knows that there is a tradition in Ai Li's act of painting as soon as she speaks.

Some of the products listed above really aroused Xia Fan's interest, such as the "fast-growing vines" used by the other party to build houses, and the "rainwater harvesting grass" that can absorb water and spit out water by itself. From the perspective of plants, they are novel and wonderful.However, he also noticed that the use of these products is basically described according to the needs of the tree boat, and cannot be used as the final reference.

So Xia Fan quickly closed the booklet and turned to look at Senia.

"Oh? Has it been decided so soon?" the latter asked in surprise.

"Well, as long as it's related to seeds, let's have a copy first."

Chapter 188 New Materials

Since both parties have what they need, the atmosphere will be very harmonious.After some harmonious bargaining, the restraint at the beginning gradually disintegrated, and the relationship between the two parties became much closer.

"Young Highness Princess, I have one more unfeeling request at the end, I wonder if you can agree to it." Senia said softly.

"please say."

"Everything in the Western Continent makes me feel novel and unexpected. Whether it's customs or spells, I want to know more about you. I believe that my compatriots...for example, the brave Miss Airi, also hold I have the same thought.” The high priest pressed his chest and said sincerely, “Therefore, I would like to send a group of young people to station in this seaside city to learn the language of Qiguo. If Your Highness agrees, I can also give you an extra into seeds, as tuition fees and thanks."

"Mo Yun, what do you think?" Ning Wanjun looked at her childhood partner.

She is the only one here who has the ability to teach languages.

"If they are all sensitive like Ai Li." Mo Yun directly negotiated with Senia, "In addition, I am preparing to set up a manufacturing department. I hope they can cooperate with my research and participate in the study. Part of the manufacturing project. If the above two points can be met, I don’t think it’s a big problem.”

"The person you are talking about is a person with magic power?" Senia said with interest, "To be honest, I don't know if magic power is really helpful to you, but your request is reasonable. I can send How do you feel about 50 people assisting you in your work?"

"Then it's settled." Mo Yun nodded, then smiled at Xia Fan, covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "Xinji Construction Bureau, 50 people, those who feel angry."

Xia Fan didn't know what to say other than sighing -- he wrote letters everywhere, pulled people around, and managed to gather a team of less than ten people to get rid of evil spirits; Mo Yun's machine building bureau still had only one empty shed , has already drawn [-] free laborers, and all of them are angry people. It is conceivable that her plan to start a new stove may be greatly advanced.

……

The appearance of the elves has brought a slight change to Jinxia City.

Even dull residents have heard rumors that "a group of sharp-eared monsters came by the sea".After all, the tree boat is too huge, even if it is docked near the sea, it is as towering as a hill.Not only fishermen, but many people pass through the east gate every day, run to the beach, and see with their own eyes new things that they have never seen in their entire lives, so that the east coast seems to have the posture of a new urban attraction.

At first, the princess was also a little worried about whether the news would spread outside of Shenzhou and attract the attention of the Gyeonggi Privy Council, but Xia Fan's words dispelled her worries.

"If the Privy Council wants to thoroughly investigate this matter, will you expel all the elves?"

"of course not."

The answer is obvious. From the perspective of benefits, the new things brought by the elves are very likely to promote the development of Jinxia City, and obeying the will of the Privy Council will not bring much practical benefit except to show that they have no dissent.What's more, Ning Wanjun still has the identity of Princess Guangping, even if the Privy Council wants to take action, it will not be a matter of time.

After the battle with Dongsheng Kingdom, the princess has obviously gained more confidence in her own strength.

Therefore, not only did she not seal the East Gate, but she also posted a notice in front of the Bureau, explaining the origin and purpose of the elves to the residents in an official manner, and compared them to a group of sailing merchants who came from afar.

Although there are still many people who are skeptical, firstly, the elves have not been involved in the lives of the people of Jinxia City, and secondly, the government's decree to rebuild houses for the victims has made the princess's reputation unprecedentedly high, and no one is willing to stand up and question it at this time Princess Quang Binh's practice.

While the common people were still at the stage of being curious and seeing new things, Xia Fan had already completed the first round of identification of seed products.

In the side yard of Fengyang Villa, a new biped mechanism beast stood on a fixed support.

Compared with the destroyed prototype, its appearance has been greatly changed. The most notable point is that the joints are covered with a layer of vines, and its skeleton has also been replaced with tree spirit branches.

At the same time, its upper body is designed as a cabin that can be opened and closed. A dense curved rattan board is placed across the top of the head. When the operator pulls it down, the whole body will be blocked by the rattan board, leaving only a slender The observation hole is very similar to the helmet of a plate armor knight.

"Try the effect." Mo Yun gestured to Xia Fan after completing the inspection.

The latter climbed up the mechanism beast, pulled down the rattan board, and then activated the astronomical instrument.

The nearly two-meter-high "behemoth" slowly took a solid step forward—but this time, the soles of its feet landed extremely smoothly, and there was hardly any tremor.

Xia Fan's confidence suddenly increased a little, and he began to inject more energy into the astronomical instrument, and continuously increased the speed of the mechanism beast until...it began to run in small steps.

Ning Wanjun, Qiuyue and others who were watching from the side couldn't help showing a look of shock!

Is this still the old wooden skeleton that has to take a breath every step and is always worried that it will fall apart at any time?The difference between the prototype and the finished product is too big!

Princess Guangping almost instinctively estimated the speed of the new mechanism beast—slower than a galloping horse, but faster than walking, and much faster!If it was a formal march, the soldiers might not have to trot all the way to barely keep up with the speed of the mechanism beast.But this kind of forced march can't last long. They have to stop and rest for at most half an hour, and they can't immediately go into battle when they encounter the enemy. After all, they don't even recover their physical strength.

But this thing does not require physical strength, and the alchemist will not feel much discomfort before exhausting his strength.In other words, as long as there are a group of organ beasts in the army, it is equivalent to having an iron army that doesn't care about distance and supplies in terms of layout!With the carrying capacity of the machine beast, it is not a problem to carry dry food for a month or two.

Not to mention that it also has an extremely terrifying long-range strike capability.

In the eyes of the commander, this is clearly a bed crossbow that can fight on its own and can run anywhere!

Ning Wanjun suddenly felt that her spear and white horse were no longer good.

If she can manipulate this Laiwu spear... Who else in the world can stop her every move?

When the yard was full of dust, Xia Fan made the mechanism beast stop.Even if it shakes a lot, it shows no sign of being damaged. Although the feedback from the legs and the backrest is not as good as that of a black high-end car, it is completely within the acceptable range, and you can even praise the clear sense of the road.

"How is it?" Mo Yun asked expectantly.

Xia Fan stretched out his hand, and when the other party also raised his hand in a daze, he gave a high five, and praised without hesitation, "It's perfect."

"I guess this change has something to do with the extra vines on the organ beast?" Ning Wanjun stepped forward impatiently.

Xia Fan nodded, "It's just that before the finished product was assembled, I didn't expect the golden silk rattan to have such a significant effect."

The golden vine is one of the main raw materials for weaving the high priest's dress.

Chapter 189 Uses of Plants

This kind of air-promoted plant can only survive for a few months. When the vines sprout, they are very delicate, and after being cut off, they can peel off strips of filaments, which are extremely precious materials.Even on World Island, only a few people can afford such clothes.

And when the vines grow up, they will become thicker and tougher.Difficult to process not to mention, the color will become dull.The elves usually use it to repair houses and make armor, but the most indispensable thing on the world island is all kinds of high-quality wood, so the aging golden vine in the manual is only listed as a substitute for another fast-growing vine in.

However, when the first batch of samples were sent to Jinxia City, Xia Fan quickly noticed that it was extremely tough and not low in strength, making it suitable for use as a cushion.Especially under the control of elves, it also has a certain degree of clinging ability, and can wrap itself around solid objects.

This idea was immediately applied to the mechanism beast.

Facts have proved that the combination of the two has an excellent effect. The impact force of the skeleton that is no longer rigidly connected is reduced by more than half. The vines wrapped around the outside are like muscles clinging to the bones. Every time they contract, they absorb a lot of kinetic energy and lose pressure. It will be released again at times, which improves the flexibility of the mechanism beast in a disguised form.

Compared with the prototype that can only move at low speed, the sports performance of this new product has been greatly improved.

Of course, the actual benefits obtained after adding cushioning joints are not the only ones, such as wood wear and durability of the astronomical instrument, all of which are improved due to impact mitigation.It's just that these advantages are not so eye-catching compared to the flexibility visible to the naked eye.

Xia Fan had been having a headache about the vulnerability of wood, and the most straightforward solution was undoubtedly to replace wood with metal.But relying on a blacksmith's hammer alone, hammering out a reliable skeleton is definitely a job that counts in years, not to mention the need for mass production in the future.

Now, he has the idea of ​​simply using wood to make the main components.Leaving aside the fact that it is vulnerable, wood has too many advantages—it is easy to process, has many sources of materials, and is light in weight. It can also be repaired wherever it breaks down. I really want to give up the astronomical instrument. Once pumped, the wooden skeleton doesn't feel bad after throwing it away.

"What about the price?" Ning Wanjun asked, "I remember that the exchange price of the golden silk vine is not low."

"Not only is it not cheap, it should be said to be very expensive." Xia Fan smiled, "But the main reason for the high price is that the quantity is relatively small. The seeds produced by the tree spirit are limited, and they will definitely not trigger a large number of such near-luxury seeds on the way to escape." The product of high-quality products. In addition, there are very few new shoots of golden vines, so the elves will naturally not reserve too much."

"So it's more cost-effective to exchange seeds here?"

"Or let them increase the catalytic capacity of the golden vine, but don't pick the new shoots. According to Aili, this thing can grow quite well."

"Having said so much, it's time for me to try it?" Ning Wanjun rubbed her hands and climbed towards the organ beast.

"Your Highness has never manipulated this thing, can it work?" Qiuyue asked worriedly.

"It shouldn't be a problem, right?" Xia Fan pondered for a while, "As long as she doesn't use too much force——"

Click!

Before he finished speaking, the organ beast sat on the ground with its legs raised high and its legs split.

"your Highness--"

"Wanjun, are you alright?"

In a blink of an eye, Qiuyue and Mo Yun rushed over together.

Xia Fan couldn't help covering his eyes.This is the disadvantage of using astronomical instruments as joints. There is no locking mechanism at the joints. As long as the operator does not control it, it can turn more than one circle.

In addition to Golden Silk Vine, there are two other types of seed products that Xia Fan likes.

One is phylloxera, which fixes sea sand on the gnarled bottom of tree boats until it forms a soft ground.It is also the basis for the formation of the world island.It can be said that without phylloxera, there would be no living place for the islanders today.Therefore, even if it can neither bear fruit nor be used for sewing or processing, the elves will still transform part of the seeds into root nodules to ensure that the rhizomes under the tree boat can withstand the impact of the waves.

Xia Fan didn't have any ingenious ideas about this, and he used it to grow the same crops.Rhizobium plants are generally mutations caused by symbiosis with rhizobia. In addition to improving soil quality, the biggest effect is nitrogen fixation.And until the invention of the chemical synthesis of ammonia, all nitrogen came from natural cycles, which put most lands at their nurturing limit.It can be said that it was the breakthrough of synthetic ammonia that led to the advent of modern fertilizers, and with chemical fertilizers, human beings were able to break through the limitations of nature and feed most people with crops from a small amount of land.

In an era when element separation is difficult, it is obviously more difficult to obtain chemical fertilizers. Using root nodule plants to provide nitrogen sources is undoubtedly a tricky method.Of course, if it's just an ordinary root nodule plant, the nitrogen production can be said to be negligible, and it is basically impossible to count on it.As a product of tree spirits, phylloxera has a potential far greater than those of ordinary crops—at least he has never seen any kind of grass that can turn sea sand into soil little by little, and on this basis, give birth to a tree boat full of vitality. .

Of course, the specific effect of fattening phylloxera can only be determined by comparing the experimental field, at least it will take a year.But even if the effect is not obvious, it can be used to green the beach and prevent the alkalization of the land around the salt pan. It can be said that as long as you buy it, you will not lose money.

The other type is the soft bamboo nan, which is placed at the front of the manual, and it is also the "rainwater harvesting grass" that Xia Fan thought.

This kind of plant looks like a shrimp cage, lying on the ground one after another, and can extend hundreds of feet away; the thin one is like a bamboo pole, and the thick one is like a bucket.According to the elves, it has a very wide range of uses on World Island. It can gather rainwater and send water to the residents living in the canopy by internal peristalsis, and it can also pump seawater to help islanders put out fires.In a word, it can be called a biological pipeline, undertaking the important task of water resource distribution in the world island.

The fact that it can pump and drain water alone is attractive enough.Whether it is salt pans to attract tides or farmland irrigation, there is a stage where it shines.

But this is not what really fascinated Xia Fan.

In terms of pumping water, water trucks and overturned cars can do it, but the efficiency is low at most, and people need to step on it, and Jinxia City is far from the point of manpower shortage.

What he likes is the ability of soft bamboo Nan to propel with water.

If this thing grows at the bottom of the cabin and sprays water continuously, wouldn't it become an axial flow pump?If one is not enough, you can come in a row, as long as the more water is sprayed, the greater the thrust the ship will get.