A hand as slender as snow gently placed the white porcelain teacup in front of him, and the bottom of the cup collided with the porcelain plate with a pleasant soft sound, and the white mist curling on the black tea reflected the warm light in the crystal lampshade.

Behind the feathered mist was a pair of beautiful blue eyes like jewels, fanning their eyelashes like feathers, looking at him quietly.

"It's a nice moonlight tonight."

Sylvid rested her chin on the back of her hand, leaned on the table, raised her head, and set her eyes on him.

Yes, in terms of the weather in the Foggy Bay Sky Gorge on weekdays, outside the porthole, the hazy moonlight at least broke through the fog today, and rarely shone on the Long Gorge.

For the first time in these days, he saw Sylvid empty.

She had been busy correcting their yaw these days, and had been buried in the chart room, while he had been reversed day and night, and the two bedrooms were not far from each other, but they rarely saw each other.

Fang Yu looked at the cup of black tea with mist.

"Is there another fire in the kitchen?"

"Everyone is going to finish the business overnight, and Miss Attila has heard that you haven't rested yet, but it should have been sent by Shesta," Sylvid blinked lazily slightly, "but you know, as the eldest lady she serves, I always have some wayward little requests, including being the first to see you, my captain. ”

"Now that you've seen it," Fang Plover asked, "Sylvid, you haven't rested, have you?" ”

Sylvid nodded, and unabashedly stretched her charming waist in front of Fang Yuan.

She yawned and said, "I'm done with things over there, and I'm not in a hurry at this time." The captain hasn't slept yet, I'll accompany you. ”

Fang Yu thought to himself, you are on the side, I don't have the heart to do anything else.

But he couldn't say the words of refusal, how could he bear to refuse?

The aristocratic lady seemed to see his thoughts, and only smiled.

"Speaking of which, what's next for Sylvid?" Fang Yu gently closed the lid of the magic furnace and asked, "Although we have a ship now, it will take a long time to go to the second world, and the current Seven Seas Traveler is not good, I'm afraid we will have to upgrade and refit to do it, we have some money at the moment, but everyone is inexperienced." ”

After leaving Istania, everyone relaxed a little.

Although they experienced a thrilling pursuit, after the tension, everyone had a feeling of being empty and lost their goal.

Speaking of which, they had traveled south for the Dragon Witch, and had come all the way here in order to find the culprit responsible for the death of Miss Atira's brother, Lady Quesu's son.

But in Idus, the truth has long been revealed, and Miss Ifril was a pitiful victim of that tragedy, though that doesn't undo the evil done by Nicol Bolas - but at least everyone knows that the real culprit behind it all is the ruthless wanderer.

The latter had already been killed by them in Idus - although it was hard to say whether it was actually killed or not, and it was said that even if he died temporarily, he would be immortal.

But at least until he reappeared—or until the Lich Donder got back new news—they probably won't be able to find any new valuable clues.

Fang Yu didn't really believe in the existence of such a thing as immortality, even the dark star was green, but its followers believed in immortality, isn't it ridiculous?

He thought that the wanderer must have some special way to escape death for a while, but this was only speculation at the moment.

The owner of the Traveler's Rest, Mazak, gave him the Ring of Golden Flame and told him to go south to find someone who knew the origin of the ring.

And Sir Duke asked them to take the ring and go south, to experience all that was in the past, and they did it, and met the legendary heroes of the past.

Now that the Seven Seas Traveler has been completed, all they have to do is go back and return the ring to its original owner, which has lost its power and become ordinary.

After that, he plans to make a trip to the Shore of Wands to complete his agreement with R and Shana - Elpahim is not far from the northern borders of the kingdom anyway.

Listen to the winter trombone, meet the legendary place where the Ancient Hunter was born, and investigate the past of the Grosser family and the wanderer.

And after that, he really didn't know what else to do.

This is true even for him, let alone for others.

Sylvid listened and thought silently, "Why doesn't the captain want to go to the Empire to see - the birthplace of human alchemy, the master of today's magic technology, with the world's top technology and the most powerful strength, the top craftsman of the empire will always be the holy place in the hearts of many alchemists." ”

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment. "You mean, let's go to the Empire and see if we can find the next step in improving the Seven Seas Traveler?"

The current Seven Seas Traveler is not so much his work as the brainchild of Sylvede's father and grandfather.

The drawings of this ship, and the fairy heart at the core of the ship, were completed many years ago, and the ship had actually laid a solid foundation before it was built.

And if he and Sylvade want to improve on this foundation, they will have to face the same path he took when researching α crystals.

The groundbreaking technical work has been done for him, but the technical route behind it needs to be walked by him personally.

Although he had gained a lot of experience in the construction of the Seven Seas Traveler, he still had a long way to go.

Although the Imperial people are arrogant, they do have the best technology in the world, and they have reason to be proud, the Imperial Workshop is an unattainable leader in the field of alchemy at the moment, and it is possible for him to learn a lot when he goes to that place.

Go to the Empire? Fang Yu was a little apprehensive, the strength of the first division was also extraordinary, it was the kingdom of the Gray King.

However, recently Miss Attila and the big cat people have discussed returning to the Giant Tree Hill, and the Empire is also closer to Sanshak, so after a trip to the Empire, you can also go to the Giant Tree Hill once on the way.

It's also the second home of Azure and Parker, and in any case, the matter between Azure and the twelve-colored irises should also take time to settle out.

Fang Yu cleared his mind, his eyes were much clearer, and in short, he aimed to go to the top of the empire first, even if it was a visit—as Sylvid said, it was a sacred place in the minds of craftsmen.

Sylvid saw his expression and understood what he was thinking, "It looks like the captain has already decided. ”

She pursed her lips.

"What's wrong?" Fang Yu looked at Miss Ship Officer who suddenly laughed in surprise.

"It's nothing, I just think the captain is quite similar to my father."

She smiled crookedly, "When you think of the boat, you can't stop." ”

Fang Yu was slightly stunned and smiled awkwardly, "Speaking of which, I want to thank you." ”

Owning a boat had been a dream of his youth, but it came true because of this dreamlike experience.

There is also a gentle bond.

"I'm the one who should say thank you," Sylvide's eyes flickered like flickering lights, "Thank you, Eddard. ”

The air was a little quiet for a while, and the two of them had a general mind.

Fang Yu had long forgotten what was at hand, and his face was slightly red.

Sylvid looked at the big boy from another world with some amusement.

The two worlds have different cultures, the aristocratic maidens are generous when courting, and the young people are bold and amorous.

But she was used to seeing those sweet words, and she couldn't set off the slightest ripple in her heart, but this subtle and silent confession made her feel extremely warm.

She smiled and took the initiative to break the silence:

"If the captain is bored, tell me about alchemy, after all, I am also the granddaughter of an alchemist."

Fang Yu nodded.

He's actually just studying the alchemical formula these days.

He stood up, and he didn't have the mind to do it anyway, so he put the work at hand first.

He looked at Sylvid, "I'm going to take a look down there, let's talk as we go." ”

Sylvade nodded.

When it comes to adventure, there are no secrets between the people on board.

He had made some discoveries in the past few days studying the alchemy formula, and he was going to mention it to the others, but since Sylvid had asked first, it didn't hurt to tell her in advance.

The two pushed open the door on the lower deck and walked down.

Below the aisle of the crew's living quarters, the Seven Seas Traveler has two stairs leading to the lower cabins – one in the bow and one on the chart room side.

Since everyone went to the deck, it was empty at the moment.

The two of them walked into the air battle deck, with no lights in front of them, and it was pitch black.

Only the crystal indicator light on the information meter flashed in the dark.

At this point, Fang Yu finished talking about the alchemy formula.

"So," Sylvid asked softly, "it's something like a closed-loop device. ”

"It's pretty much the same, but it's a lot more complicated than that. That alchemy array could even be stacked. ”

In the darkness, Sylvid was silent.

It's just that there is a glimmer of light in her eyes. She's not an alchemist, but that doesn't mean she doesn't understand it at all. On the contrary, born into a family of alchemists, she knows more about this strange world than ordinary people.

The information that records the margin can be stacked, which means that the flexible construct can move away from the Combat Craftsman.

How long they can move depends on how long the margin information is recorded.

Fang Ou was walking over to the flowerpot that Shessta had hung on the beam, and lit up the crystal lamp there.

A bright light fell on his face.

Sylvid asked, "Is this the principle of the construct's self-action?" ”

"Most likely, if there is enough margin information recorded."

Fang Yu continued: "Do you remember the beast chess you played at Teacher Ande's place? ”

Sylvide nodded.

"There are actually a lot of similar operations in the virtual beast chess, where as long as you have enough computing power, you can simulate enough moves-"

"You can have your construct anticipate enemy movements and react to them."

"But what's the point in real combat?" Fang Yu himself raised such a question.

The significance of the Fire Djinn is that the Combat Craftsman's enclosed manipulation passage shielded the operator from the effects of the violent aether shocks caused by the explosion on the operator himself.

However, for the general flexible construction body, the packaging instruction still needs to be distracted by the operator himself, and still needs to occupy the computing power of the system.

"I guess the captain already has a solution." Sylvid said with a smile.

Fang Yu tried to sell off in front of his own ice and snow smart ship officer, but he was bored.

He touched his nose embarrassedly and said, "I'll show you something, this is the result of my research in the past few days." ”

He put on the gloves of control, then pressed his hand to the console, projecting a construct from the large information crystal.

It was a sword-wielding, somewhat tattered, and Sylvid looked closely, only to realize that it was the one that had been slashed by the structure on the ship.

Unexpectedly, her captain found it back afterwards and repaired it again.

She pursed her lips and smiled.

Fang Yu was also a little embarrassed.

Who told him that he couldn't take out other constructs, and he was in a hurry when he left Tansnir, and he didn't even have time to take many alchemy materials with him, and he couldn't build an Angel to come out for experiments, so he had to go back and pick it up.

However, there were still some differences between this sword-wielder and the previous one—the biggest difference was probably the large, bloated structure attached to its core.

At first glance, it looks like a tumor growing from a machine, ugly and ugly.

"What is this?" Sylvide was a little surprised, "Closed-loop device? ”

"Not exactly, it's based on that modification," Fang Yu probably couldn't stand it himself, "This is just an experimental product, and the official product will look much better than this." ”

"Official," Sylvid smiled, "what does the captain want me to do?" ”

"Try it, you attack it with this crossbow."

Fang Yu handed over the hand crossbow he was using. With that, he removed his gloves and set them aside.

Sylvid looked at the move, tilted her head, and looked at him playfully.

It's like a gesture: Can you start?

Fang Yu nodded.

Sylvid raised her crossbow and aimed it at the sword-wielding man, then pulled the trigger.

Theoretically, it would be impossible to move without the manipulator's flexible construct, but miraculously happened, and the moment the bolt approached, the sword-wielder suddenly stepped aside, sending the arrow to the floor.

Sylvid lowered her crossbow and watched with some surprise.

She looked up and looked at Fang Plover with talkative eyes.

Fang Yu shook his head, "Does it look exactly the same as that structure?" But it's not, that's all it can do......"

He picked up the control glove again, put it on, and said, "I didn't control it, but I actually gave it an order before taking off the glove, and when an attack approached, it would dodge." ”

"That's not bad," Sylvid looked at the sword-wielder again, "so the margin information can be entered in advance and stored waiting for a command to be activated?" ”

She looked back a little curiously, "This saves a lot of computing power, right?" ”

If the Native Tinkerers were able to master this ability, the number of flexible builds that each person could control would be greatly increased.

Because of this kind of circle, it is almost possible to turn a flexible construct into a minion - it can be activated with a single command from an alchemist. And there is no need for a soul contract, and there is no mental burden.

But Fang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Saving computing power, that's about the only thing this thing does.

He replied with a wry smile, "But so far, it's only going to do that." In fact, no matter what kind of attack you use or what direction you attack from, it will only dodge in this mode, and the result will be ......."

Sylvide's eyes flashed slightly, and she quickly understood, "Because the captain only set such a set of instructions for it?" ”

Miss Ship's intelligence simply made Fang Yu a little numb, and he nodded.

"The key issue is on the storage device...... You see that it just does a dodge action, but in fact, the flexible construct body is not controlled like this, the craftsman's instructions must be detailed to the direction of movement of each gear, and when separated, this dodge action alone has seven sets of forty-four branch instructions - of course, for professionally trained craftsmen, most of the repetitive instructions are instinctive reactions, muscle memory, but they are used on this device......"

Fang Yu looked at the ugly device a little speechlessly, "With this device, whether it is repeated instructions or not, in short, each magic circle has to be depicted separately...... And the load-bearing device of that circle, I modified it with a closed-loop device, and each circle needs one...... Forty-four, I've tried to simplify it as much as possible, but it's still so big. ”

Sylved couldn't help but wonder, "So the practicality is limited?" ”

"At least it's not on the same level as the construct that is completely detached from the manipulator, has the ability to judge, and can act on its own."

She thought for a moment, "But how did that happen?" ”

"I did talk about it in the alchemy formula, and it mentioned a material called Star Stone, but I had never heard of it." Fang Yu couldn't help but think of the crystal that he had seen in the strange device in those constructive hats, and he had no idea how to study those crystals.

Sylvid knew that Fang Yu had not heard of it, which meant that the knowledgeable Miss Tata might not be able to do anything.

And she thought about it for a while, and was quite unfamiliar with the name.

She had no choice but to turn her attention back to the moment and look at the sword-wielder and ask, "What about this device?" ”

"It's not completely useless," Fang Yu replied, "It's just an experiment, I can still find a way to optimize it, and after learning that magic circle, I have also made some discoveries in studying the closed-loop device." ”

Sylvid looked at him, waiting for his next step.

"I found that the closed-loop device can also be optimized, it can be replaced with the original material, and after the replacement, it will be much lighter, but it is ......"

Fang Yu suddenly slurred.

"So?" Sylvid blinked with interest, knowing that her captain would only seem so distracted when he had a request for something.

"It's a little expensive in terms of materials......"

Fang Yu stammered.

Sylvid asked amusedly, "Did the captain ask me to ask Miss Attila for her opinion?" ”

Although the Seven Seas Brigade had money, as we all know, it didn't belong to any one person.

……