In the days that followed, Evan spent most of his free time on the ship, in addition to working on various research projects that had almost filled his schedule.

Focusing on Aven, Walkley, and the most skilled craftsmen on the original "Storm Horn", a team was formed.

After Evan presided over the first meeting to explain his vision, all the members of the attack team were full of interest in this new warship, which was still on paper for the time being, and couldn't wait to make it a reality.

So the design of the renovation scheme began without sleep and food.

During this period, it is inevitable that several versions of the design plan will be destroyed.

Either it doesn't match Aiwen's vision, it can't achieve the predetermined performance, or it's too visionary, and the structural strength of the current material can't meet his requirements at all.

Later, Walkley Jeffrey simply used it for private purposes and shared a large amount of data on the current kingdom's warships with Aven. It allows him to conduct data statistics and analysis through the "data-based vision", and then feed back to the team for follow-up continuous correction.

Because the main material of the battleship is oak, which is naturally grown, not standardized and highly homogeneous steel, even if it is a battleship of uniform specifications, each one will be significantly different.

Even if it is a cast iron cannon on a warship or a musket in the hands of soldiers, because of the limitations of the casting process, craftsmen are required to carry out refined secondary processing in the later stage, which also causes a gap in the performance of weapons.

So, they're not nitpicking.

Instead, he hopes to make the first new warship born in his hands achieve the best efficiency, and may even become a model for the new warship of the entire kingdom.

Another full week passed.

Even when Aven's own most important research project, the "Adventurer's Blood", suppression plan had been successfully completed, they finally came up with the best solution based on the current conditions, and it was unanimously approved by everyone.

In Walkley's words:

"Rebuilding on the basis of the existing is simply ten times more difficult than redesigning a battleship!"

Of course, the more difficult ones are yet to come.

A large number of sailors were called together to unload the ship's guns in the open air, and began to dismantle the upper bow and stern towers and open decks.

But in battle, they never thought the ship was strong enough, but this time they suffered because of the strong hull.

Take an open-air deck as an example:

After the initial laying is completed, it is necessary to plug the gaps with tar-soaked linen, and then pour hot tar to completely seal the joints of the wooden planks, which can effectively prevent water and make the deck more stable as a whole.

Therefore, the navy will not waste time and effort to dismantle and recycle warships that need to be scrapped, but will be directly sunk on the sea as a target.

But the "Startenberg" is different, because these materials are dismantled and have other uses, and it is bound to be impossible for them to be violently dismantled.

Therefore, even if Evan gathered all the surplus manpower on the island and worked overtime 24 hours a day to rotate the work, the progress of the project would not be satisfactory.

Moreover, although it does not take three or five years to rebuild a sailboat, it is still a time-consuming and laborious task.

If these sailors alone were able to complete the initial work before the deadline of their mission in the New World arrived, it would have been extremely efficient.

So to avoid the long night's dreams and more variables, Evan finally decided to postpone his other research projects and take matters into his own hands, so that these useless guys can see what is the productivity of wizards!

It was another all-nighter.

This time, unlike the previous days, however, most of the soldiers had already left the dock, leaving only the ship's engineer, Walkley Jeffrey, the core craftsmen, and a small number of sailors doing auxiliary work.

Of course, after hearing what Evan was going to do, the officers of the "Cape Storm" and Robbins, the captain of the "Endeavour", also stayed here to join in the fun.

"I don't mean to offend you, Captain, but can you really use witchcraft to build ships?"

From hearing Aven's proposal until tonight, the senior engineer was still in disbelief.

There are countless strange things in this kind of place in the New World, and the transcendent isolation is far less strict than that of the Old World, and as a high-ranking engineer, he has certainly heard of wizards.

But his impression was only that of poisonous spiders, lizard tails, strange potions, curses, totems, and other strange things, and he never thought that witchcraft could be associated with humanity's greatest weapon.

"Of course, how do you think the mechanical industrialization that is in full swing in the country came about?"

Aven, who was working with Milan on the dry dock floor, replied to him without looking back.

If it is not beneficial to the world of ordinary human beings, how can the "light of alchemy" spread all over many countries come to the surface in an open and honest manner? And the means that I want to use are even more intuitive than those I want to use!

"Whew, done!"

At this time, the complicated technique had been completely formed in the hands of the two of them.

An eight-meter-diameter circle passed through five small circles painted with spiritual inscriptions, and the circles were connected to each other, forming an intricate array of runes together with the dense spiritual inscriptions.

They represent the four basic elements of the foundation of alchemy: earth, wind, water, fire, and the fifth element, the soul.

Evan then began to place various "spiritual" items corresponding to the elements in each of the small circles.

The fire element represents vitality, passion, fire, destruction, life, and the sun, so Evan has a 6-pounder cannon in this circle.

The water element represents purification, love, witchcraft, intuition, the ups and downs of fate, and travel, so he has placed here a golden cup that has accompanied the shipwreck across the ocean and stayed underwater for three hundred years.

The earth element represents prosperity, wealth, money, success, employment, and fertility, so in this circle is a golden lion that has been polished and has been traded countless times at a glance.

The wind element represents knowledge, freedom, breathing, the growth of plants, and the point of initiation, so Aven has placed here a transcendent weapon, the sword and staff, that has accompanied him in many battles.

Finally, he straightened up and looked at Milan to the side, who realized that he had consciously stood in the last circle representing the "soul".

Evan checked it one last time and confirmed that there was no problem. I just thought to myself, why don't I write a book myself, it's called "One Hundred Uses of Milan"?

Stopping the cranky thoughts in his heart, he took off the excess from his body and handed it to Gary, who was guarding him, wearing only a remade acorn around his neck, and wearing a linen robe and walking into the center of the circular technique.

Stretching out his hand and signaling, someone naturally went to extinguish all the lights in the dock.

At the same time, all the onlookers held their breath.

There was complete silence in the dockyard.

Ai Wen felt the spiritual power that was gradually accumulating around him, and took a deep breath.

Subconsciously touched an extra lock mark on the back of his neck, and made sure that this time the "adventurer's blood" would not suddenly run out to make trouble, so he raised his palms upward.

It seems that the incantation containing infinite vitality is slowly spit out, constantly echoing and resonating in the dock.

call

Then Evan's spirit was instantly elevated, and he was connected to something that was not self-aware, but had majestic power.

Rumble!

There was a roar in my head.

That is the mysterious source of the "Living Chemistry School", the "Tree of Life" that exists in the root of the world!

“sta！”

The last spell was spat out, and the magic and activation aura in Ai Wenwen poured into the rune array beneath his feet.

Strings of characters, line after line.

Wow

Then the emerald green light that was as transparent as jade erupted, instantly enveloping the small half of the battleship.

Without the use of rituals, the original limit of Aiwen's "Activating Aura" was only a sphere with a radius of three meters, and as long as the volume did not exceed this range, there was no upper limit to what could be activated.

The main effect is that it can slightly affect non-living organisms or change their physical form, allowing them to gain a short-lived vitality like elemental organisms.

The changes produced during this period will continue to exist even after the spell has failed, achieving the effect of changing the form of matter in disguise.

Limitations: The denser the matter, the slower it will activate, and will have no effect on otherworldly items.

And the so-called "ritual" is to establish oneself with some kind of world rules, spirits, gods, and so on through specific rituals. Temporarily retreat the self-consciousness, resonate with the spirit and the super-level, and activate powerful abilities that transcend one's own limitations and even those that oneself does not have!

【Transcendence Ritual Activation!】

At this time, after the ritual is activated, not only the area of effect of the activated aura is greatly increased, but the intensity is also greatly increased. Within thirty meters in a straight line, the "Startenberg" seemed to have been hit by a dissociation operation.

Planks, tar, linen, nails, and wedges shook slowly, and then, under the incredulous gaze of onlookers, they jumped out of the hull and fell to the ground with a "clang".

And at the same time, there was also the jaw of naval engineer Walkley Jeffrey.

"The goddess is above, unbelievable!"

Subsequently, with the help of this pair of "activated hands" from witchcraft.

The speed of the transformation of the battleship seems to be equipped with rocket thrusters, and it is advancing at a rapid pace every day.

Flatten the open deck, repair ribs, broadsides, and thicken the hull

Although Evan and Milan only start the ceremony for half an hour every night in order to maintain sustainability, even this half hour is half a month's work for the sailors.

However, just ten days later, the refitted battleship was almost complete, even the outfitting.

If it hadn't been for the fact that he had seen it change little by little, Walkley and the other officers would not have believed their eyes.

"It's so beautiful!"

At this time, the battleship lying in the dock has undergone earth-shaking changes!

The original "Startenburg" was a large third class ship with 74 shipboard guns.

[Specifications] displacement of 2950 tons, length of meters, width of meters, sail area of 2485 square meters, capacity of 680 people.

【Armament】Double-deck artillery deck A total of 16 9-pounder guns are available on a single-deck open-air deck: pomp guns, pomp guns, and 16 9-pounder guns.

Now its bow and aft towers and original open-air decks have completely disappeared, and they have become double-deck cruisers of equal height front and rear.

[Specifications] displacement of 2,340 tons, length of meters, width of meters, sail area of 3,213 square meters, capacity of 450 people.

【Armament】Double-layer transparent artillery deck: pound guns, pound guns (sunk to the deep sea, temporarily missing), 2 24-pounder bow and stern guns.

One of the hydrodynamic parameters associated with boat design is called "barrier velocity", which is related to the length of the hull, beyond which the drag surges. The right way to build a high-speed boat is to increase the aspect ratio, increase the sail area (power), and sharpen the bow (to reduce drag).

Although the overall length and width of this boat is greater than Ai Wen's dare not move, after all, this is not a simple matter of flattening and rounding, the structural strength is there, if you accidentally break the keel, you will lose a lot of money.

However, the mast passes through several layers of the ship's holds, and the keel is connected to the bottom of the ship, and the lower the cabin, the higher the mast can be used, the sail area is increased by a full third, and the weight is reduced, which is also conducive to speed.

Although the overall speed of this cruiser does not reach the limit speed of the "Constitution", it has surpassed all the battleships of this era. If you add the assistance of the "Bow Statue Monsoon Goddess", it will not be inferior to the "Constitution" in the slightest.

Besides.

Evan also drew a semi-permanent technique on the deck that could temporarily animate the rigging and sails, allowing him to replace most of the sail crew in an emergency.

It also gives it a little bit of a transcendent battleship.

After gathering all the people who have contributed to the ship to brainstorm.

Eventually, Evan took Walkerley's advice and named the heavy cruiser the "Daystar", representing the brightest morning star that appeared in the wee hours of the morning, but not the only one.