"Hey, Gregory, I heard you're getting married too?"

Gregory had just arrived at the R&D headquarters when he heard Calvin's gloating voice.

He sighed, even though he had expected Calvin's reaction, but after hearing this voice, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"And the second daughter of a knight's family, a stupid woman who wants to go to the battlefield after learning a little swordsmanship!" Gregory replied lightly, and then looked at Calvin, "It's you, where is my 'war machine'?"

Seeing Gregory's reaction, Calvin was a little bored, pursed his lips, and said with a lack of interest: "At the fourth test site, there is a relatively large place. By the way, does that 'blood of the earth' really work, and why do I feel a little unreliable?"

"If coal is burned, the size of the war machine may need to continue to increase, and some of the load and some armor will need to be set aside to carry coal. "But the 'blood of the earth' releases much more energy than coal when it burns, and even pure coal is not as good as the 'blood of the earth'." ”

"Yes......" Calvin nodded in agreement.

Gregory had already designed the energy with the blood of the earth rather than the coal, so he had some doubts when he built the prototype.

After all, for a long time, the energy used by the steam engine in the past few decades has been 'coal', and even Calvin can't help but have some doubts about the 'blood of the earth', which has just been developed on this 'war machine'.

It will take at least ten years for any kind of energy to change, just like there are still some imperial nobles who still can't believe that even ordinary people can easily control the 'thunder in the sky'.

If you want to change the old thinking, in addition to using time to change subtly, you can only tell them with a shocking fact that times have changed, otherwise, no one will believe it.

Gregory seems to be sane, but in fact he is quite radical, and many of the reforms he has promoted have been the result of his efforts, and without him, the current empire would not be what it is.

'Blood of the Earth' is a powerful alternative to coal in his opinion, so just like the introduction of 'electricity' and 'magic energy', he now wants to bring the entire empire to the steam engine.

Unfortunately, his idea is unlikely to succeed, and vested interests will not become fans of this new energy source, and they will still preach that coal is the best choice for the steam engine - in this vast land, there are many territories that produce coal, but there are many territories where the 'blood of the earth' is found.

However, these things have nothing to do with them for the time being, this kind of reform that affects the fate of the entire empire cannot be started so easily, and the most important thing now is the 'war machine'.

Gregory and Calvin arrived at the R&D department's 'Fourth Proving Ground', where the massive machine stood right in the middle of the field.

It looks like a towering giant, covered in full-coverage armor that protects every part of its body.

The black armor looks rather rough and has a simple and brutal aesthetic, with the exception of some steam pipes that must be exposed to the armor, and the rest of the important parts are covered in armor.

Due to the design, it is tall, but it needs to be developed horizontally, and the broad shoulders and thick waist give it a 'stable' feeling at a glance.

The legs are covered by ankle-length skirts, and the whole body is covered by the whole body, except for the hands that look a little 'light', but this is also set off by the rest of the body when contrasting.

Its hands don't have the ten fingers that are as flexible as a human, and all but the thumb and index finger are combined into a single plate of steel that can be bent.

The index finger and thumb are also designed to meet the needs of shooting, otherwise, there is no need to design the finger at all.

Its weapon is placed on a nearby table, and it looks like an enlarged version of the 'rifle', with burst fire, and the barrel is capable of multi-acceleration of 'bullets', which can ensure that even if 'magic bullets' are not used, they can deal massive damage to enemies.

The armor is divided into three layers, the outer layer is made of a metal with 'demon-weary properties', the middle layer can slow down impact and explosion damage, and the inner layer is inscribed with a magic circle that 'absorbs heat energy'.

This heat energy will be recycled and used as a reserve energy source or to 'scorch' its melee weapons.

This war machine is equipped with all the high-end technologies of the R&D department and the manufacturing department, and is the result of the wisdom of the two departments.

It was nearly thirty feet tall, barely enough to rise above the surrounding walls.

Looking at this beautiful 'work of art', Grigory took a deep breath and turned to Calvin, who was also admiring the masterpiece, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you going to load some weapons on the joints?"

Calvin was stunned for a moment, blinked, and then pointed at the 'black-armored giant' and asked in exclamation, "Isn't that enough?"

Grigory bowed slightly, and said seriously: "I think it can be loaded with more weapons, after all, it was invented to harvest the lives of enemies on the battlefield!"

Swallowing his saliva, Calvin suddenly realized that he had underestimated this mechanic from a knightly family.

His mind seems to be full of 'fighting', 'war', 'killing', and if it were anything else, it's fine, but when it comes to researching weapons, he must argue with others to try to create even more terrible weapons.

Calvin knew about Uncle Gregory and understood why he did it, but he couldn't understand what he was thinking.

"That's enough...... Calvin sighed, "it's enough even to use it in the war against the Arcane Empire, it's strong enough on its own, and it's even more powerful than we expected, and now we need to work on other weapons." ”

Gregory's mouth was pursed, his face was tangled, as if he was doing some kind of psychological struggle.

"Okay......" After a while, he exhaled, "So be it!"

Calvin rarely heard the impatience in Gregory's words, but he didn't care, after all, and it wasn't surprising.

"So, how is it to drive?" Gregory looked back at the war machine, a little fanaticism in his eyes.

"Speaking of which......," Calvin sneered, "we're adding insulation...... And the driver also needs to wear a special 'driving suit', after all, we use steam power, and it is so tightly wrapped, if we don't make these preparations, maybe only ten minutes after the battle, our driver will be familiar, this is unacceptable, right?"

Hearing Calvin say this, Gregory lowered his head slightly, sighed, and looked a little disappointed.

This guy really wants to go up and drive!

Calvin licked his lips a little nervously, if he hadn't said that, maybe Gregory would have offered to test the performance himself.

"So, when will you be able to go to war?" Calvin fell silent when he heard Gregory suddenly ask about it again.

Sure enough, this guy from a traditional knight family is like this, even if he himself is quite reluctant to enter the battlefield, but he still has a kind of 'war first' thinking in his head.

"Combat testing takes a period of time before it can be ......," Calvin estimated, "and it will take at least two or three months!"

"Two or three months...... Grigory turned his head to look, the corners of his mouth slightly curled.

Seeing his expression, Calvin knew that it was over!

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