On the Seven Towers

Xiao Chen's "proposal" to Luo Ling was not made public, but many people noticed that they had a pair of the same rings on their fingers. People who knew each other congratulated them, and others also paid attention secretly. Most people knew that Xiao Chen and Luo Ling were a couple, and it was reasonable for them to get engaged now.

What they didn't know was that in the Earth world, Xiao Chen and Luo Ling went to the gold shop together and ordered a pair of rings exactly the same as here. The other two also contacted their parents and prepared to meet their parents.

However, in the hot preparations for the voyage, such "small things" soon subsided.

Soon, the day of departure arrived.

That morning, the dock next to the shipyard was crowded with people. The sailors were carrying the last fresh ingredients to the ship, and the soldiers were lining up in front of a viewing platform. Xiao Chen stood on the viewing platform, preparing to hold a ceremony for the departure of the fleet.

Xiao Chen took advantage of the break before the ceremony to look at the two warships under the morning light again. Although the two warships were the result of everyone's joint efforts, he spent more effort than others. He couldn't even remember how many times he had made models of the two ships. He only remembered that they were originally two wooden sailing ships, and they changed little by little, and finally became what they are now.

Houyi and Xingtian were moored in the temporary port of the shipyard, which was very eye-catching, like a scene reflected in a mirror.

They both had silver-white hulls that were unique in the world. Unlike the sailing battleships in that world that only wrapped copper skin to the waterline, these two ships were wrapped with magic alloys throughout the hull and upper decks. Even the superstructures and masts on the decks had silver-white metal frames to increase their strength. What's more exaggerated is that if you look closely, you will find that these metals are covered with fine magic words, connecting the entire ship into a continuously operating magic circle.

The original displacement of the Holy Sword and Holy Shield was about 1,200 tons. After the transformation, the displacement of the Houyi and Xingtian reached 2,500 tons due to the metal shell and the addition of equipment.

The Holy Sword and Holy Shield originally had two decks. Before the transformation, their fighting methods were mainly shooting crossbows and boarding melee. After the transformation, the deck where the crossbow cart was originally placed was removed and two gun decks were added.

It's not that Xiao Chen and his team didn't want to make a closed turret, but they didn't have the time and technical reserves to do so. So they could only adopt the most typical gun layout of a sailing battleship.

On the two gun decks, two rows of 180mm pneumatic guns were installed on both sides of the hull. Counting the pneumatic guns on the bow and stern decks, the total number of guns reached 40, although there were many fewer guns than the first-class sailing battleships of the same tonnage in the history of the earth. However, the shells of the pneumatic guns containing high-energy explosives are far from being comparable to the solid shells of the smoothbore guns of the sailing battleships, not to mention the magic crossbows on the original Holy Sword.

If it is used to deal with ships like the southern city-states or the sea tribes, such firepower is completely redundant. But considering that there are many unknown enemies in this world, such as the legendary sea monsters, or the powerful ones with extraordinary strength, it is not surprising to configure firepower in this way.

Besides, the Tower of China does not have experienced naval gunners. All gunners are selected from the Guard Army. The live-fire shooting results in the exercises are very bad, so when fighting, quantity is needed to make up for quality. In this world, the shells can be loaded in storage props, and there is not much load-bearing problem, so this number of gun positions is designed.

Now all the gun ports are closed, and Houyi and Xingtian look quiet and graceful, but they will show their hideous faces when fighting.

However, these are not the most distinctive features of these two ships. The core secret of these two ships' courage to cross the violent sea is that there is a white cone in the middle of their second deck. That thing is more than one person tall, shiny, flawless, and no traces of splicing can be seen. It is connected to the magic array that runs through the entire warship. It is a space stabilizer made by He Xiaoxi's time shuttle. He Xiaoxi split her artifact into two and placed them on the two ships. At the cost of the destruction of the artifact, the two ships were given the ability to sail in extremely harsh environments.

There are many novelties on this ship that other ships do not have, such as the Star Track House from the Star Tower, which can navigate day and night according to the stars, such as the crystal power room that can be used as a power supplement, in which steam can be generated by crystal energy to drive the propeller of the ship, such as the cold storage covered with ice magic arrays, so that fresh ingredients can be preserved for a long time, such as the warehouse equipped with space compression magic arrays, which can load eight times the cargo in the same volume. There is also a teleportation room with a large teleportation array, which not only allows the crews on the two ships to support each other, but also connects to the cities on the mainland when the distance is close enough and the space is stable.

Xiao Chen also secretly compared the two ships with the modern ships in the original world. Although the methods used are different, they have restored a considerable part of the functions of modern ships.

The sailors sent the last batch of supplies onto the ship and transported them into the ice storage, and then came to the viewing platform to participate in the oath-taking ceremony.

Xiao Chen looked at the more than 1,000 people below, including sailors, navy soldiers, marines, professionals, and masters of magic and martial arts. He said: "Everyone, you are all warriors carefully selected by our China Tower.

Most of you have fought in the Tower of China for several years and have proven your loyalty and bravery in various fields. Some of you have joined us for less than a month, but you have also gone through layers of screening and tests to be able to stand here.

Since we are about to board the same ship, we are compatriots and brothers in the same boat. I want to tell you our destination so that you know how important your mission is and how important your future actions will be to mankind and the world. "

Although some people present vaguely know the purpose of this trip, no one knows the details of the actual action. At this time, listening to Xiao Chen's words, many people showed excitement.

Xiao Chen said loudly: "I say you are warriors because you are about to embark on an extremely difficult and glorious road.

We are going to the Pearl Islands to find the ghost ship, we are going to cross the violent sea to the western continent, and we are going to the ice and snow sea to find the soul forging tower. "

Every time Xiao Chen mentioned a place, the people below would unconsciously exclaim, but it was just exclamation, and no one showed fear or hesitation.

"We must accumulate every bit of strength we can accumulate to provide a glimmer of opportunity and possibility for mankind to defeat the God of Nature.

And I, Xiao Chen, will walk in front of you. Whether we face failure or victory, I will continue to lead you forward!"

Xiao Chen took a breath and shouted: "Long live the Tower of China! Long live mankind!"

The audience rang out like a tide of voices: "Long live the Tower of China! Long live mankind!"