Chapter 2188: Exploring the Trail of Sha Lan (26)

At the same time (?), in the pillar forest of the Red Sea in Africa, on the sand ship Dawn.

"Well, I've heard all of this. Segrade nodded, "And I know that Prince Said is plotting something against Moby Dick." ＂

"And what kind of Red Moon Steel ------ of theirs," Bediwell asked.

"Well, I know that too. Or maybe I've seen the finished product. The young leopard man cut the bark of the magic pine tree with a knife, causing pine resin to flow from the wounds of the pine tree. The pine resin will slowly flow into a collection container that hits the tree along the direction of the bark cutting, and the pine resin in this container will oxidize and dry for a period of time and then grind into powder, and then mix with various bodily fluids of the pseudosaurus, which will become a magic pine resin with various effects such as burning, freezing, and lightning, which is the props that are often used by Bedeville and others in actual combat.

"But they actually have another sand ship of the same size as the Aurora, and they also thought of using the sand ship's teleportation beam to project the giant Red Moon Steel Harpoon, which I never expected. Segrade continued to say calmly: "No wonder Prince Said is so sure of the Moby Dick annihilation war. In order to destroy Moby Dick, the desert whale, he is quite well prepared. ＂

Bediwell's gaze involuntarily fell on Segrade's whiskers, which were shaking up and down as he spoke: "So your opinion is ......?"

"I also agree with Captain Ark and use the Dawn to attack Meow. However, instead of the Red Moon Steel Harpoon they prepared for us, we made our own Luna Steel Harpoon. ＂

"That thing is huge, and if you want to make it, you need to use ten times the mass of steel to make it, can you make it?" Bediwell said suspiciously, "Not to mention how to get these hundreds of tons of steel, there is no large enough forging furnace to successfully make it into shape, right?"

"On that note, you can just ask Aunt Vivien to confirm. Segrade said casually.

"What?" said the werewolf youth didn't understand.

"Aunt Vivien's research facility used to make very large metal components, such as the hulls of some ships. Segrade continued, "She has a state-of-the-art quantum furnace in her institute, but for safety reasons, the furnace isn't as big as I expected. It stands to reason that those giant ship components cannot be sent into the furnace to be forged and then safely taken out. So I wondered if Aunt Vivien would have done some magic to compress the size of the components that were sent into the furnace for forging, and only then did she restore them to their original size until they were done?"

"This ...... ＂

"But it's all my guesswork at best. I've asked Aunt Vivien before, but she's told her that it's classified British information and won't tell me the details. ＂

"But we can at least entrust Vivien with her help to make the embryonic bottom of the Luna Steel giant harpoon, is that what you mean?"

"Meow right. Segrade nodded, "But Aunt Vivien might ask you for money." She's very calculating when it comes to money. ＂

"Hey, I think I heard someone say bad things about me behind my back?" suddenly a woman's voice rang out.

"Uh, Aunt Vivien. Segrade shuddered and shrank behind Bedeville.

"What are you doing. The werewolf youth put on a disgusted face.

"Really, you're talking about something terrible. Is there anything I can't know?" Vivien looked at Bediville questioningly.

"I just want to borrow the quantum furnace in your research institute to forge a super giant harpoon cannonball------ but I heard that you want to collect money?" Bediwell boldly asked directly.

"Collect money? No. Why not lend it to you? Vivien said cheerfully.

"What?"

"Didn't you also lend the ship's medical pod to our little Hal for use? I'll also lend you the quantum furnace in the institute, and that's all over the matter. Vivien pondered for a moment, "Well, but in the previous attack, the institute was quite badly damaged, and I hope you don't be intimidated by the scenery." ＂

"How could you be scared------," Bediwell was about to say that it was impossible to be frightened, but considering that Vivien's institute had been invaded by the Order's people of the Dusk Order (from Palamides), it was unknown how bad the situation would be, so he didn't say anything about it halfway through: "...... Anyway, as long as the Quantum Furnace is still usable, it's fine, right?"

"To power such a powerful quantum furnace, you need a huge amount of electric meow. Segrade snorted, "And the amount of electricity needed is proportional to the total mass of the thing to be cast, and the bigger the thing is made, the more electricity is consumed." ＂

Vivien added, "By the way, the main generator in the institute was broken, and we're still using the backup generator. There's no problem with a backup power supply to power the Institute, but with a quantum furnace, I can't say without actually measuring the total mass of what you're trying to make. ＂

"Is energy also an issue? The werewolf youth raised his cheeks and said, "When will the main generator be repaired?"

"About a week. ＂

"Then it's too late...... Bediwell snorted again. The Moby Dick Annihilation War began two days later, and it was impossible to make the Luna Giant Harpoon Shell in two days.

"Instead, we can try to take the quantum furnace out and transport it to the ship, and use the ship's solar system to power it. Vivien suddenly said, "That's just right." I just wanted to test how compatible the Quantum Furnace is with the powertrains of other ships. I studied the ship's power system yesterday, and the solar power system that the ancients had was so good that it could convert ordinary sunlight into pure electricity. If you do it in the desert when the daylight is at its strongest, and centralize the power supply of the entire ship to the Quantum Furnace, you may be able to provide enough power for the Quantum Furnace. ＂

"Is that really possible?" a drop of sweat broke out on Bediwell's forehead, "Quantum furnace or something, it must be a very large and complex machine, right?

"It's not as complicated as you think, little wolf. Vivien said, "Quantum furnaces are highly modular devices. I can split it into a dozen or so parts that are easy to handle and transport them one by one with a teleporter. The Quantum Furnace was originally an emergency smelting device used by the ancient gods and people in front-line operations, which was convenient for soldiers in the frontline positions to repair damaged equipment. So it's much more portable than you might think, and it can be easily installed in a variety of ships. It can even be dismantled from one ship and transferred to another for use------ the former may be a ship that has been destroyed in the war to the point that it can no longer fight, while the latter can easily receive all the resources of the former in order to continue the war------ the technology of the ancient gods and men was developed for the purpose of war, this little thing they have long anticipated, and there are perfect countermeasures. ＂

"In that case," Beddeville and Segrade winked, "it's worth a try." Just give it a try. ------When can I start shipping it?"

"It takes a British teleporter to carry that kind of thing, and it's easy to disassemble it, just let the golems in the institute disassemble it. Anyway, let's go to Arthur and apply for permission to use the teleporter. ＂

"Understood. Eve, help me connect the lines of communication with the Great Britain Battleship?"

"Yes, Captain. The ship's AI-powered navigation system replied and began wiring.

"Anyway, where is Palamides?" asked Bedeville casually before communicating with the Britannica.

"He has his [confidential mission] to do. Vivien replied mysteriously.

"Confidential mission?"

"Hello!"

At this time, Palamides, who was on a "classified mission", was crawling in a narrow ventilation duct. The pipes were so dusty that even Palamides, wearing the Silverwing's scarf, was irritated by the foul smell of the dust and sneezed.

"Hey, please pay attention!" Detective Di, who was walking in front, reminded in a low voice, "Making such a loud noise may reveal our whereabouts." ＂

"I'm sorry. [Blade Monster] replied in a low voice. In fact, the sneeze he sneezed was not too noisy, because there was a scarf covering his mouth and nose, and the sound of the big cat's sneeze was mostly muffled.

At least he hadn't heard the sirens outside. Their whereabouts should not have been revealed.

However, Palamides is starting to get a little impatient. Because Dee kept crawling through this kind of ventilation duct with nine twists and eighteen bends, and went around for half an hour, but he didn't reach the destination they should have reached------ the monitoring room where Dr. Virgil was. The Leopard Man Warrior began to feel that this guy was perfunctory and wasting his time. He even felt that they were going around in similar places, and they hadn't advanced much at all------ the ventilation ducts were dark, and the scenery around them was the same, and the recognition was really low.

"So, when the hell are we going to get to Dr. Virgil's location?" asked the big cat, slightly irritated.

"It's almost here, and I've used the ventilation ducts to bypass a number of security checkpoints that are often difficult to bypass, helping us find the Doctor with the fastest and safest path. Be patient, man. ＂

The big cat muttered a few words. He also wanted to patiently follow the bald guy, but his patience was limited, and his limited patience seemed to be running out, what could he do.

Wait another five minutes. If Di Geng still takes him around and wastes his time, then this partnership will fall apart. Palamides was going to leave the guy alone, climb straight out of the ventilation duct, and go to Dr. Virgil in his own way.

"Uh, I found it. While the big cat was thinking like this, the bald guy in sunglasses stopped and pointed to a fence leading to the outside of the ventilation duct and said, "That guy is the Dr. Virgil you are looking for." ＂

"Really?" replied Palamides with an understatement, looking out through the cracks in the fence, trying to find the Dr. Virgil of which Deygen had spoken.

What he saw was indeed a control room-like room, with countless surveillance screens inside. But the man in the control room was a far cry from what he had imagined "Dr. Virgil".

It was an ugly green-skinned giant, a man-eating monster ------ Troll (Orc) that had been notorious since a long time ago.