Even from a long distance, the Floating Fortress looks extremely large. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The steel behemoth lay peacefully on the earth. Compared to another ruin that Lu Wu had seen, this floating fortress could at least get a perfect score in posture. It was fortunate to be leaning against a protruding hillside, so it stood upright and the overall structure remained intact.

As for the one Lu Wu saw last time, it was lying on its side on the ground, and half of the structure had collapsed and disintegrated, and there was no possibility of repairing it itself - it was better to directly build a new labor-saving one.

The overall structure of this huge war machine is an irregular pyramid: from the top downwards, about three-quarters of the way down, is a positive pyramid, and the rest of the machine is an inverted pyramid. Although Lu Wu knew that every part of it was man-made, it looked more like a mixture of rock and steel—dull in some places, and clearly metallic in others.

This shape obviously does not take into account the aerodynamic aspect in the slightest. Of course, it's also normal. With such a huge war fortress, it can only be a knight with heavy armor and strong firepower, not a thief who is light and has a strong attack but weak defense. By Earth's standards, it doesn't fly fast, but it doesn't need to be fast.

At this moment, underneath the Floating Fortress, a base for repairers has been established. The crowd is like ants, creepers diligently beneath the floating fortress. There is a lot of machinery in operation, the most conspicuous of which is the exoskeleton armor.

Just as the tanks on the earth are getting lower and lower, the exoskeletons for war in this world are getting smaller and smaller. On the contrary, the exoskeleton armor used in engineering construction is getting larger and larger. As construction machinery, although their movements seem slow and clumsy, they can lift several tons, even tens of tons, or hundreds of tons of things with a casual hand.

Standing in a distant position, the entire repair site is unusually busy. The maintenance workers are apparently divided into teams, each performing a different job. As far as the eye could see, one of the detachments was dismantling the broken parts of the engine perimeter at the bottom of the Floating Fortress and replacing them with new parts.

Further afield, there is a large stop for hovering trains (although also temporary) and even special cranes for loading and unloading.

Although it is said that the sky-high price of bill collection is a little unbearable, Lu Wu also has to admit that even if there is a hidden practice of black money in private, the proportion of black money will not be too high. Fixing this thing is not that simple.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that it is already a great luck to fall from a high altitude and not directly explode, smash, or disintegrate. On Earth, there is even a record of human-made steel warships being broken by huge waves in typhoons. However, how can a typhoon wave be compared with a fall from a high altitude? Even in the most exaggerated case, it is only a huge wave thrown up a few meters or more than a dozen meters or so. The Floating Fortress fell from a height of thousands, tens of thousands of meters.

Not to mention that one of them fell into the water, and the other hit the hard ground. In this case, to say that the parts inside can still remain intact is to fool yourself.

"How's it going?" Lu Wu asked the red clothes beside him. In this regard, he is confident in Red's professional vision.

"It's true that there is no defense, and there are no armed ......men in sight," the red coat said after looking at it for a long time. "There wasn't even a little bit of basic defense. As long as there is even a little sense of precaution, there will be a sentry or even a firepower point over there. He pointed with his hand, but to be honest, Lu Wu wasn't sure where he was pointing.

"Completely defenseless?"

"It should be, obviously, for whatever reason, it seems that the entire maintenance team has no intention of protecting itself. However, this seems to be the case under normal circumstances. Maintenance technicians are almost always members or subordinates of the public trade network, and casualties can be a major event. In addition, from the point of view of the person in charge of the defense of the city of Nice, it is necessary to protect the safety of the maintenance site, regardless of the position. Of course, if it is true that Kecha Goat's troops invade on a large scale, then it doesn't matter whether they are prepared or not. ”

"That's right. Ivan agreed. "Looks like we can go meet that, hidden. ”

The process of seeing the hidden is very simple, in fact, the maintenance master's place of work is inside the Floating Fortress - or a corner of the Floating Fortress. When Lu Wuyi and his party approached the maintenance camp, someone greeted them and asked about their intentions. Then they were brought before Hide.

Like in the video, standing on Lu Wu is a thin middle-aged man, it should be noted that he is not tall, he is shorter than Lu Wudu, and his body size can only be regarded as thin. He has flaxen-colored hair and eyes of almost the same color. makes his whole person look elegant and soft. The red scar on his left eye, the one that looked like he had been burned by fire, made him easily impressed.

Basically, he is full of the temperament of an engineer and a scholar.

"Lu Wu?" Yin recognized Lu Wu almost at a glance. This is also normal, and the two sides have made several video calls.

……

"How does it feel?" Cain asked.

Standing at the highest point of the Floating Fortress, which is the location of the communication tower, you can look down and see the whole picture of the Floating Fortress, everything in full view. It can be seen that this artificially made war machine is really big, bigger than Lu Wu imagined.

Although Lu Wu has seen the Floating Fortress several times, it is either a matter of angle, or the Floating Fortress itself has crashed, so this time it can be regarded as seeing the whole picture. Although when viewed from the side or below, it is an irregular pyramid shape, similar to the "floating castle" imagined by ordinary earthlings. However, if you look down from the height, you can still see that the floating fortress is long and narrow as it is, rather than the round shape you imagined. In other words, its shape is somewhat similar to that of a ship.

Of course, it can only be said that the similarity of a floating fortress and a ship are completely different things. In fact, in all respects, it is very different from the technological creations that Lu Wu has seen on Earth (if not on the spot, at least he has seen photos and videos). First of all, the size of the Floating Fortress is staggering. Compared to that, aircraft carriers are nothing to mention.

"It's huge. Lu Wu directly said his most intuitive feelings, causing a chuckle in Yin.

"Your Excellency Lu Wu, this floating fortress can only be said to be a standard model, not a big one. "After all, he is a professional maintenance engineer, and in this regard, Yin's knowledge is much higher than that of Hongyi and Ivan. "The standard six-compartment floating fortress, and the main gun, secondary gun, twin engine, and nano protection have been built, and there is only one vacancy at present. I can just retrofit it if you need it. ”

"What do you mean...... Six squares, huh?"

"Ah," Yin smiled, and although he spoke and behaved politely, his expression still revealed a more or less contemptuous attitude of "really a countryman who doesn't know anything". "Let's put it this way, the Floating Fortress is limited by its size and the energy output of the power furnace, and the number of systems on it is limited. For example, the main gun. Everyone knows that the more main guns, the better, so why don't you have 180 main guns on them? Of course, because there is not enough space and energy. For those of us who design and maintain the unit, we usually use the unit 'grid' to represent the amount of space/energy used to carry the standard system modules on the floating fortress. There are several types of such standard system modules, engines, main guns, secondary guns, nano protection systems are the most common, and others include barracks, small aircraft hangars, governors' palaces, etc., in short, all of which basically occupy a 'grid' of space and energy. For example, if the Floating Fortress has a 'block' of space, it can be equipped with a main gun, or an engine. Needless to say, the former can increase speed by 30%, and at the same time make it more flexible to move and change speed in air combat. ”

"So, there's a bigger floating fortress?"

"Six squares are the most common, and there are bigger ones, but when it comes to eight squares, it also comes to an end, because bigger is not always better. If it's too big, many systems will have to be reloaded...... For example, a 10-block Floating Fortress will be less powerful than a 9-block Floating Fortress. In order to maintain the same speed, the extra slot must be built with an engine. So, what's the point of this new addition to energy consumption? Of course, there are also four squares and five squares, these are usually special-purpose, I once saw a four-block floating fortress, twin engines, two main guns - simply put, ignoring defense and emphasizing attack...... If you have allies as meat shields in a melee, it's also a pretty good thing. By the way, Your Excellency Lu Wu, I would like to make a special note that the things that the so-called 'grid' can carry are actually modular, and can be disassembled or carried by the owner at will. However, the Floating Fortress has a lot of default, undetachable systems when it comes out of the factory. For example, even if it is not equipped with an additional main gun and secondary guns, the Floating Fortress has a naturally mounted main gun, even if it is not equipped with a nano system, it has natural heavy armor as a defense, and even if it does not have a drive engine, it can fly with a natural anti-gravity engine, but the speed is really ...... By the way, Lord Lu Wu, almost all of the modules that your Floating Fortress has been equipped with are broken. ”

"Broken case...... Can't use it?"

"Almost all of them can be used, but the output power is limited. Yin said. "For example, the main gun has 90 percent power, and the secondary gun has only 30 percent. One of the drive engines is only 40 percent, and the other one is good, with about 80 percent output. However, almost none of these modular things can be repaired, and if they are to be replaced, they need to be replaced as a whole. He casually opened his terminal and showed Lu Wu a price list, which directly made Lu Wu firm up his determination that these additional module systems did not need to be repaired for the time being.

Now, he got it all right. The price of the floating fortress in the public trade network is not exaggerated, and it can even be said to be a conscience price. Having said that, there are similar things on the earth, and everyone knows that the whole vehicle is cheaper than the accessories.

"How, do you need me to fix it, or do you need me to add it?"

"No, thank you, ...... Master," Lu Wu felt that it was not an exaggeration to call the other party "Master", and the price just now really scared him. Several people around him, the red clothes seemed to change - but because of the bitter face, he had natural armor to hide his true expression. Ivan looked thoughtful, but he couldn't tell if he was sighing or thinking something. Amber's eyes widened, and it was obvious that this price was also the first time she had seen it. Finally, there was Aki, who was still a little frustrated, but obviously not surprised by the price.

"Actually, I have an idea. "Now, the visit to the maintenance site of the Floating Fortress has ended, and Lu Wu can say that it took half a day to barely go through the several points of the Floating Fortress. And the reason why they can do this is because they sit in a small anti-gravity car all the way - small, but powerful, not only fast, but also able to levitate to a considerable height, can pass through many obstacles, obviously not ordinary vehicles.

Now, it's time to talk about that plan. If you can, let the fortress fly first, and other repairs can be postponed.

Yin nodded and made a "please speak" gesture.