Chapter 151: The First Shot
Gawain said the name of the weapon that he had been brewing in his heart for a long time, and Nicholas Egg obviously didn't react much to the word, but Rebecca next to him was already happy: "This name sounds very powerful!" β
"Do you understand, it's amazing?" Amber squinted at Rebecca, "How did these words come together......
"Ancestors are like that, they can always think of some names that sound powerful even though they don't understand what they mean," Rebecca looked proud, as if to say that she was very powerful, "If you have an opinion, it's pure envy - who made you not have such a powerful ancestor." β
Amber's eyebrows suddenly rose: "No matter how powerful your ancestor is, I dug it out!" β
As soon as Gao Wen saw that these two people were about to choke the topic again, he immediately stood in the middle: "You two are quiet, you two are quiet!" We're here to get down to business! β
The silvery-white giant funny had been floating by the side and watching silently from beginning to end, and only then did he see that the two "female humans" had finally quieted down, and he spoke unhurriedly: "Then let's talk about the 'Thermal Ray Gun'...... It's no problem for me to process parts, but I have to prepare the drawings first, or if the structure is simple, it can be explained directly to me on the spot, but it is best to compare some real objects. β
"The main components have actually been built by hand, and now the main thing is for us to study together, how to combine them steadily, and shape a 'shell' suitable for human use," Gawain said, taking out the base plate of the magic capacitor, the magic storage crystal, the glowing ray substrate, and several blueprints with schematic diagrams, "Dandan, look at these, let me tell you the principle of the thermal ray gun......
The silver-white giant funny suddenly made a buzzing sound: "Why do you call me Dandan!" β
"Don't care, don't care, you can just make up your own brain - first let's talk about the location of the rune trigger......"
Gawain's idea for the Thermal Ray Gun was not a day or two, in fact, after the appearance of the Crystalline Grenade, he was thinking about what the second weapon that could be equipped with a large number of soldiers should be.
The crystalline grenade, a throwing explosive weapon with a powerful and unusually simple structure, has been mass-produced on a small scale after the basic machine tool was built, and Byron is training his soldiers to familiarize themselves with this new "magic item". However, the limitations of crystalline grenades are also obvious: the throwing distance is limited by the strength of the human arm, and it is basically impossible to achieve accurate strikes, and the throwing requires a large range of action and a long preparation time, and there is an explosion delay after throwing......
Obviously, the soldiers need another kind of transcendent armament to compensate for the lack of crystalline grenades, and preferably a ranged weapon - the world has come far enough in the art of swords.
Firearms are the easiest thing Gawain can think of, but they are extremely difficult to achieve in this world.
Without the impetus of gunpowder, or even the propulsion of steam, it would be extremely difficult to launch a physical projectile at high speed, and Gawain had tried many ways to create instantaneous high-temperature and high-pressure gases, but with little success; He also put his thoughts on "magic", such as using a repulsive circle to propel a projectile, but he soon found that with the current process, it was difficult to shrink the repulsion circle to the point where it could be engraved on the bottom of the gun, and even if it was really reduced to this extent, the instantaneous thrust of a single repulsion circle was not enough to give the bullet enough lethality.
He also took into account the convenience of using magic to implement the "railgun" in advance, using the wind-ground hybrid rune group that can generate a strong magnetic field to create an acceleration track and fire a projectile, but he soon found that there was currently a lack of a "control circuit" that responded quickly enough to quickly open and close each rune group - the traditional rune trigger is mechanical, and it is difficult to sequentially switch a large number of rune groups on the entire track during the projectile acceleration, and use the rune connection to achieve a function similar to a clock circuit...... Unfortunately, there is no question of what to do in this regard at the moment.
The differences in physical laws have made many technological breakthroughs that would be difficult on Earth easy in this world, but at the same time, they have also made many things that would have been easy on Earth difficult to do here.
As for the traditional bow and crossbow in this world, Gawain has not thought about improving the magic guide, but no matter how much the bow and crossbow are improved, it is difficult to achieve a lot of requirements such as "cheap, mass production, rapid firing, continuous firing, low training demand, and high efficiency potential" at the same time......
Perhaps, when the Wizard Industrial Tech Tree reaches a certain point, the traditional bow and crossbow will re-enter Gawain's sight, but at least not yet.
After some hard work and attempts, Gawain stroked his hairline one day, and suddenly realized one thing:
Why do you have to have a biu bullet?!
What made him realize this was Rebecca β or more directly, a bouncing fireball launcher β that was running in front of him at the moment......
At that time, it dawned on him that his thinking was limited to something: no matter what way he used to push the physical projectile, even if he used magic ideas, he was limited by the experience of the earth, since there were all kinds of powerful spells in this world, why not just throw the "bullet" aside and study those magics?
After collecting and sorting out the information of various basic spells, the final thing that came into his sight was the fireball launch...... No, it's a scorching ray.
And once the scorching ray substrate was created, he had to confront the inherent experience in his mind once again.
What form do new weapons need?
Several people sat down at one of the workbenches in the machine building, with Nicholas Eggs floating across from them, and the substrates, crystals, and blueprints on the table. Looking at these things, Gawain felt that the "classic gun shape" in his mind might not work here.
They are palm-sized hexagonal metal plates that have no barrel, no magazine, no bolt, and no chamber structure, and are better suited to being assembled into something that resembles a disc than a long, classic firearm.
Of course, Gawain could have forced them to make grotesque shells based on the guns on Earth, because he knew that the classic shape was the result of countless years of practical testing: the grip was easy to hold, and the long barrel was easy to point and aim, but the problem was ......
Considering the actual situation of the scorching ray substrate and the efficiency of the magic array's energy supply, the muzzle of the gun will probably be a stack of metal blocks the size of a palm, and the center of gravity of the entire gun will be in front......
Considering that next-generation weapons may even fire ice arrows and ball lightning, or even be used to unleash thunderstorms, summon elementals, and create shields, it is even more unnecessary to stereotype this weapon into a classic firearm on Earth.
Gawain looked at the metal substrates, trying to eliminate all the images related to "guns" in his mind, and told himself over and over again: this is a magic prop, this is a magic prop......
After hypnotizing himself, he picked up the substrates one by one and gestured on his arm: "How about we assemble them into an armour?" β
Rebecca imagined it for a moment, and suddenly shook Gawain's arm happily: "Sounds very handsome!" I've been wondering how to make these boards into the shape of a staff, and I didn't even think of that! β
Amber pouted, "Hey, what's the matter, I thought of it tooβisn't this the form of the Stalker's Hidden Arrow?" I just didn't have time to say ......."
It's rare that Rebecca's brain circuit was solidified once, and it was surpassed by amber......
And Nicholas Egg listened to a ball of confusion next to him: "What is a Hidden Arrow?" How do you assemble it into the gauntlets? Anyway, I still haven't figured out the structure and principle of your hands......"
Gao Wen looked at this iron ball star man with strange eyes, and suddenly realized where the biggest shortcoming of this golden thigh was: it's okay to simply let him make parts according to the drawings, but when it comes to ergonomics, this guy is 100% blind, he is a ball, how can he know how to use his hands!
However, it didn't matter, Gawain quickly sent someone to find a gauntlet back, and then explained his idea to Nicholas Egg while drawing it on the drawing: "Just like this, put the scorching ray substrate on the front, the mana capacitor on the back, and the red copper matrix in the middle as a guide connection. The control of the rune trigger can extend from the side of the gauntlet with a metal wire that is pulled by the thumb. Of course, in order to prevent accidental triggering, it also needs to add a safety device similar to that on the crystalline grenade, and we can get one between the magic capacitor and the glow ray substrate, which is the safest ......."
"Simple, simple," Nicholas Egg listened as he floated his body up and down, "what else do you want?" β
Amber said next to him: "Don't make the gauntlet together, the lower part should be adjustable." β
Gawain glanced at her in surprise, and the latter rolled his eyes: "Don't really think that I don't know how to do itβat least I've used the Hidden Arrow." β
"Okay, okay, your suggestion is really useful," Gawain said with a smile, and then nodded to Nicholas Egg, "That's it for now, now the main thing is to get a sample out to see if it works, and then only know what needs to be improved when you actually test it." β
There was a low buzzing sound in Nicholas's egg, and the metal ingots and the two substrates on the table floated with it: "Then look at me!" It'll be in a minute! β
The Iron Ball man was right, and he was able to do it in a matter of moments β with a low level of precision and only a few components to be machined, the metal ingots and substrates were molded and put together in less than a minute.
It was a gauntlet that was not good-looking, and even quite "clumsy" from a traditional point of view.
In order to stuff the rune substrate into the protective case, but also to reserve space for the rune trigger to move, the assembled "thermal ray gun" makes the entire gauntlet thicker than the traditional gauntlet more than two circles, its upper part is high and raised, ellipsoidal, and the front end is reserved for an opening, and there is a small extension of the metal shield under the opening, the metal shield is actually a "safe" device - when it is stuffed back, the mana flow will be cut off, the user's hand can move freely, and the heat ray gun cannot be fired, When the shield is pulled out, the Thermal Ray Gun is ready to fire, and the user's hand is restricted from flipping upwards so that the hot beam will not penetrate the palm of the hand due to carelessness......
Since it was only a test item assembled for the first time, its image was not very gorgeous, but Gawain still put the clumsy gauntlet on his arm with a slight excitement, adjusted the elastic and fastened it.
He unfastened the safety device on the front of the gauntlet, put the metal finger cuff used to fire on his thumb, and then pointed the front end of the gauntlet to the ground in front of him.
The Nicholas Egg spun slightly, and an iron-gray metal ingot floated over and landed where Gawain was aiming.
"How many soldiers are there in our territory now?" Gawain casually asked Rebecca as he aimed.
Rebecca thought for a moment: "The recruits who have been trained recently have not yet left the camp, so they don't count the two knights at the moment, but only the combat soldiers...... One hundred and six. β
Gawain pulled the mechanism, and with a soft "poof", a hot beam of light shot out of the gauntlet, and the metal ingot on the ground was directly hit, and it rolled on the ground several times in a row due to the small-scale explosion caused by the magic power, scattering a series of sparks and metal chips along the way.
By the time the tumbling stopped, its surface was already red, and it had even melted out of a deep pit.
"Then, we have one hundred and six second-level transcendents capable of using scorching rays."
(Recommend a book, "My Daughter is a Ghost Difference", light-hearted, brain-filled, is a story about raising a daughter (correct), which can effectively alleviate the book shortage, is this a daddy bear child...... οΌ