247 The trio's journey to the sea (Part II)
As a sailboat, no sail means no power, and no power, which can be said to be fatal for the blue-eyed white dragon at this moment. (When the wind is headwind, it is still possible to obtain power by adjusting the sails and the ship's course, but for the uncertain headwind that Lillian and the three are facing at this time, this behavior is instead dancing on the tip of the knife, and it is better to lower the sail directly and change to other power methods.) )
"It seems that there is no choice but to come up with my killer weapon." Seeing the tornado approaching behind her, Lillian grinned, then pulled down a brake-like pole next to the rudder.
"Blue-Eyed White Dragon, Bicycle Mode, Activated!"
With Lilian's movements, the hull of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon immediately changed. On the deck, near the port, as well as at the stern, three bicycle-like fixtures were raised. On both sides of the hull and at the stern, three huge paddle wheels for propulsion (the same as the huge wheels on the hull of the steamer when it first came out) also appeared.
That's right, the bicycle mode of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon is a special powertrain that Lilian has prepared in order to prevent various crises such as windless areas where it is impossible to borrow wind power!
"Steering wheel, adjusted, finished!" After pressing the steering wheel firmly into one position, Lilian pulled the entire steering wheel down with force, and with a faint "click", the entire steering wheel was completely fixed, "Whew, it's fixed." ”
"There's no time to explain, get in the car!" After shaking off the sweat from her forehead, Lillian greeted her, and immediately ran to the bicycle on the left side of the deck, and began to pedal hard with the help of the giant suit she was wearing.
"Wheels? I see! Yuki nodded knowingly, and immediately jumped off the deck with Lilian, ran to the bicycle on the right, and after a series of self-blessings and buffs, began to stomp.
As Lilian and Yuki began to stomp, the paddle wheels on both sides of the ship began to spin, and the hull that was moving towards the rear gradually stopped retreating. But Lilian and Yuki's strength is still too small to keep the Blue-Eyed White Dragon out of the tornado's range.
"Huh? What is it? Bai Fei watched the actions of the two curiously, but after glancing at the changes in the hull, she understood the key and asked Lilian, "Where is my position?" ”
"Yours in the back!" Lilian quickly replied to Bai Fei while adjusting her pace to the pace of Yuki's stampede.
After knowing the answer, Bai Fei, who was originally on the deck, rushed to the stern of the hull as quickly as possible, sat on the bicycle at the stern of the hull, and stepped on it easily.
In an instant, the Blue-Eyed White Dragon, which was moving in a straight line in the fierce current, was like eating a strong pill, and while the tail behind it brought countless splashes, it began to move forward slowly.
In bicycle mode, Yuki and Lilian, who are in charge of the paddle wheels on both sides of the ship, control the direction of the hull, while the advance of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon is handed over to Bai Fei, who is in charge of the aft paddle wheel.
After all, if you rely on the paddle wheel to move forward, you must rely on physical strength. And among the three, Bai Fei's physical strength is undoubtedly NO.1.
Although it successfully obtained a new source of power, allowing the Blue-Eyed White Dragon to slowly begin to move forward, even if Bai Fei couldn't stop at all as if he had eaten Mai Xuan, he couldn't get rid of the tornado's attack.
"Damn, can't even Bai Fei do anything? Could it be that this time I had to abandon the ship? Glancing at the rear, Yuki, who easily estimated the future development, slapped it hard.
"It's not the last minute yet!" Lillian gritted her teeth fiercely, and then pulled down a lever beside her, "I still haven't made a move!" ”
"Blue-Eyed White Dragon・Enhanced Bicycle Mode, Activated!"
As Lillian moved, several long rows of paddles stretched out from the side of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon and the sides of the paddlewheel. After making sure that all the paddles had gone deep below the surface of the water, these paddles began to row in unison according to the mechanical transmission structure, under Bai Fei's hard stepping.
After adding a considerable amount of burden again, Bai Fei finally began to struggle. But as a humanoid mutant dragon who will go all the way to black in hand-to-hand combat, Bai Fei is still able to make all the devices run at full capacity.
That's right, the enhanced bicycle mode set by Lilian is to let Bai Fei once again afford the newly added mechanical fixed row paddle without changing the original paddle wheel device.
The acceleration that a paddle sailboat can achieve in a short period of time is more than that of an ordinary sailboat, after all, the original Vikings and the Ottoman Empire and other forces relied on the paddle sailing ship to dominate the world. However, there are advantages and disadvantages, in order to make room for the oars, manpower and food, the cargo capacity of the paddle sailing ship is extremely low, and at the same time, in order to allow the paddles to effectively extend into the water, the two sides are quite low, the wave resistance is extremely poor, and it is basically completely impossible to carry out ocean voyages.
However, one of the most important side effects of a row sailboat is the short acceleration time and high cost.
After all, the boating crew needs to move in unison to control the huge oars, which leads to great physical exertion, even on calm seas, they can't support it for long. Moreover, the crew of rowing generally has to pass special training and is only responsible for rowing, resulting in extremely high costs. As a result, with the exception of state-backed navies (Vikings skip first), very few merchant shipowners could afford to use a rowboat.
Therefore, the row sailing ship will generally appear in the official navy of each country, and at the same time, only in the battle, the row mode will be turned on, and the speed of the ship will be increased in a short time to gain the advantage of the battle.
That's why, eventually, in the Age of Discovery, galley galleons were replaced by larger and larger galleons, such as the Karavik (there are larger versions of this type of boat!). ), Galen (protagonist of the Age of Discovery!) ), battleships (that's right, in the Age of Discovery, there were already battleships!) Of course, the all-wooden version...... ) instead.
As for the paddle steamer propulsion ship, which also relied heavily on manpower, it had temporarily withdrawn from the stage of history before the slurry discharge.
In short, with the use of a mechanical transmission structure, Lilian was able to solve a situation that required sufficient manpower. As long as Bai Fei's strength is sufficient, then the oars installed on the Blue-Eyed White Dragon can run at full power. On the premise of its own paddle wheel propulsion, the speed of the ship is increased again.
However, even Bai Fei, with all her strength, can't last long. Therefore, the enhanced mode was not used by Lillian at the beginning.
By the way, because Lillian has specially refined and enchanted the paddle wheel and paddle, the two are excellent in terms of sturdiness, and on the premise of improving the propulsion efficiency, Lillian has successfully increased the height of the two sides, so that the blue-eyed white dragon has more wave resistance than ordinary oared sailboats.
The blue-eyed white dragon, who successfully increased his speed, gradually widened the distance from the tornado with Bai Fei's efforts. It seems that the successful survival of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon is close at hand.
That's when a new crisis arose.
"I'll go! What the hell is this! Lilian, who was always paying attention to the rear, immediately noticed the arrival of the crisis, and while spreading as many shields as possible, she shouted to the other two, "All people, prepare for the rain of arrows!" ”
"What? Rain of arrows? Yuki, who was on the other side of the ship, didn't come back to his senses for a while, but after Lilian shouted, he followed Lilian and began to brush the shield. Afterwards, Yuki thanked his instinctive reaction very happily, "It's really 'arrow rain'." ”
That's right, at this moment, the sky covered with black clouds finally began to rain, but the "rain" that fell was not really a drop of water, but a swordfish!
It seems that a school of swordfish was unfortunately sucked into the sky by a tornado, and then aimed at the area where the Blue-Eyed White Dragon was located, and now fell down.
Because of the multiple shields, even if this swordfish-shaped monster has more than one way of damage attached to the attack organs of its head, Yuki and Lilian have also ensured that they are safe and sound. As for Bai Fei, although it is true that the shield was not deployed in time, but for Bai Fei, does he need a shield in the face of this kind of attack?
Directly resisted until the end of the "rain of arrows", Bai Fei, who was still safe and sound, clearly explained that the hand-to-hand fighting dragon, even in the humanoid state, the defense power on the body surface is also broken!
However, the real crisis of this wave of "rain of arrows" has also been revealed: Lillian has not installed a large stance generator on the Blue-Eyed White Dragon!
The naked ~ exposed paddle wheel and row oars inevitably damaged, and after the attack, in case more than the whole ship turned around, so the three stopped stampeding.
"What should I do?" Just when Bai Fei and Yuki looked at Lilian anxiously with a hint of anticipation.
"You forced me, God." After a sigh from her head, Lillian put her hands in the center of a magic array, and said with rhythmic input magic, "Code: B.F.I.A.B.F. (Bai.Fei.Is.A.Big.Fool)!" ”
"Blue-Eyed White Dragon, Jet Mode, Activated!"
With Lilian's movements, the magic array at the bottom of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon was activated, and the four openings of the two sealed pipes inside the bottom of the ship were also opened. With the support of the magic array blessed on the pipe, the water in front of the ship is sucked into the pipe, and then accelerated and sprayed out of the tail of the pipe. Just like a magnetofluid thruster, it instantly pushed the speed of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon to the peak.
"Don't be in a daze! Hurry up and inject your magic into the bike! After confirming that the spray pattern was working properly, Lilian shouted at Yuki and Bai Fei. The two of them immediately came to their senses and began to use the magic array carved on the bicycle to spray the magic array to the water at the bottom of the boat.
As a result, the Blue-Eyed White Dragon broke away from the tornado's path at a faster speed than before. But the show didn't last long, except for Lilian, Yuki and Bai Fei are not professions that rely on magic, and in terms of the stock of magic power, they are far inferior to Lilian. So after instilling a burst of magic, the magic of the two was exhausted.
Although Lilian's magic power is still left, it is impossible to support the progress of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon for long with the strength of one person. And it seems that this is not enough to make the Blue-Eyed White Dragon ask for danger.
"Now that they've been forced to this point, there's no point in keeping this trick."
"The final Mystery Demonic Energy Reactor is activated!"
"What?!!" (To be continued.) )