Chapter 12: Prey
With the team channel closed, Serna pulled out a bronze baton-like object from the storage space. The object was clad in brass, intricately carved, with a clear crystal set at each end, and stretched to twice its original length with Serna's movements. This is a monocular, and it is also the item that Xu Mo just said.
Before entering the era of sea power, Xu Mo had asked the team to purchase nautical supplies in the market, and because they were worried that some high-tech props would not be usable in the era of sea power, they chose to use some medieval nautical supplies as much as possible. Among them, there are medieval compasses, compasses, preservatives, ancient searchlights that burn oil, and much more.
However, when the old K regiment entered the era of sea power, they found that they had made a mistake in judgment and all the seafaring supplies they purchased could not be used. The reason for this is not because of them, but because of the limitations of X-space. When the two superstring spaces converge and merge, the superstring space that dominates the world has the right to restrict the reincarnation's equipment items.
This restriction is equivalent to a law regulator, which can be large or small. When the limit is maximized, the reincarnators in the battlefield at the intersection of time and space, in addition to professional items, soul equipment and special treasures of the world, can only use equipment items that have the two spatial laws at the same time. Other than that, all other equipment items cannot be used.
If the limiter is released, then it means that all equipment items can be used, but when the reincarnation of the two superstring spaces fights, you will find that there will be a lot of unknown elements in the offensive and defensive judgments.
Of course, this restriction is two-fold, and if it can't be used, all samsaric beings can't be used. In the last Spartan World, Y-Space didn't have much restrictions on equipment items. In addition to not being able to use it on plot characters, it is also possible to use reincarnation to fight each other.
This is the rights and interests that Y-space has won for the reincarnators of Y-space within the scope of the law of balance, because the reincarnators of Y-space are richer than the reincarnators of the nascent space in terms of equipment and props.
But this time is different, this time the battlefield of time and space convergence, and the dominant space is X-space. In order to take care of the reincarnators of this space, X-Space has enlarged the limiter of equipment props to the extreme. Not only can the reincarnators of the two spaces not be able to use equipment items on the characters in the story, but even when they fight against each other, they can only use professional equipment, soul equipment, special treasures from the era of sea power, and equipment items that have the two laws of space at the same time.
Needless to say, there are not too many professional equipment and soul equipment, and there are not too many reincarnators in each reincarnation, especially professional equipment, and there are only one or two pieces for second-order transfers. There are not many equipment and props related to the era of sea power, and there are not many old K regiments (mermaid ocarina, shadow leather pullover, Frost Wolf King horn mutated on Jan Mayen Island, Medusa bow statue), on average, one person does not have one.
As for the equipment items that have the two laws of space at the same time, the vast majority of reincarnators only have some low-level recovery food, such as: military dry food, military water purification, seafood sandwiches, abalone soup, etc., and even the high-level nectar of life and Apollo secret medicine cannot be used.
At this point, the old K-group, who had entered the Spartan world, was richer than the Temple of the Gods. The bloody decapitator axe in Max's hand, Serna's Oath Crystal Scepter, Blakeney's Dark Phoenix Leather Pants, and Dinah's Heroic Caesar Amulet are all transformations from the reincarnation of Y space, and they have two laws of space at the same time.
The first two are from Black Widow's old team, and the latter two are the unlucky children of the skeleton group, Xiu, who contributed to the old K group. However, although Mary, who appeared as Dinah's soul equipment, and Caesar, who was a soul body, could appear in the nautical world, they had no sense of existence in the eyes of the plot characters, and they were completely two ghosts, which made the two of them depressed.
The last thing besides that was this monocular. This monoculars is a piece of Black Iron Plot Equipment, with its own detection skills, belonging to Black-Eyed Luth. After Azeroth killed Black-Eyed Luth, Xu Mo assigned the telescope to Dinah, hoping that this detection skill would amplify Dinah's "True Mind" talent.
However, after several tests, Dinah was surprised to find that this black iron telescope could not expand her "true mind", but instead it was Serna's "arbitration" talent, which enhanced the telescope's detection function in disguise. So, the monoculars passed into Serna's hands.
The water vapor is heavy and there are very few dust particles on the sea, and during the day, when the sea is calm, a sighted lookout can observe a sailboat thousands of yards away, depending on the size of the ship. Once it exceeds 10,000 yards, the probability of spotting an enemy ship is basically equal to zero.
Telescopes have been invented in the current era of sea power, but the craftsmanship of these telescopes is still very crude. Even if the lookout is equipped with these telescopes, the observation distance cannot be increased several times, and because the observation range is relatively small, the long-term shaking will be unbearable for the eyes.
However, the monocular in Serna's hand can be accepted by the nautical world in terms of scientific and technological laws, and the craftsmanship is countless times better than the crude telescopes of this era. The built-in detection skill consumes energy and superstring coins, which is very little burden on the eyes and can be used for a long time.
With this telescope, the sea surface within the cruising radius of 30,000 yards of the battleship is all under the control of the Vaasa, and it is completely an artificial sea search radar. However, like many radars, this telescope has a common drawback, which is that it cannot be used around the clock.
If the radar is turned on for too long, it not only consumes too much energy, but also is prone to problems. This telescope is entirely due to the fact that resource points are too expensive, and every ten minutes of use not only consumes energy points, but also costs one superstring coin. If you look at the enemy by chance, a superstring coin is indeed nothing, but if you use it around the clock, it is 24 hours a day, 1440 minutes......
Even if you observe it once an hour, you will need 24 Super String Coins a day, and you must know that the ratio of Super String Coins to Honor is 1 to 1! Because of the preparation of the old K regiment for this time and space battlefield, there are less than fifty Super String coins left in the current reserve. These fifty superstring coins were specially left by Xu Mo to feed this telescope in order to search for the Temple of the Gods in the battle area.
"Let me come during the day, you rest first, and come back for me at night! We search the surface of the sea every hour in the hope of finding a merchant ship as soon as possible, otherwise we will have to use honor points when the Superstring Coins are depleted! Dinah said with a wry smile.
"That'...... All right! Serna smiled and nodded. The daylight hours are longer than the night, and Dinah's honor value is higher than hers, even if she consumes some, she will not lose the baronial title. The current old K group, the members have experienced life and death together many times, and there is really no need to say more polite words.
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"Boss, ship, there's a ship on the sea!" Dinah's excited shouts rang out in the team channel.
In search of its first prey, the Vasa was as close as possible to the route where merchant ships in the Øresund were concentrated. Nevertheless, for a whole day and a half, with the exception of two Swedish merchant ships and one German ship from Hamburg, they were very unfortunate not to meet the merchant ships of Denmark or other Catholic countries.
It wasn't until this evening that she left the Øresund, and just when everyone was depressed, Dinah finally made another discovery on the surface of the sea.
"What kind of ship is it?" Xu Mo's eyes lit up, and he stood up from the chair in the captain's room suddenly.
"Yes...... Dutch ship! After checking the flag, Dinah's frustrated voice could be heard in the team channel.
"Dutch ship?" Xu Mo frowned and slowly sat back in the chair.
The Netherlands in the era of sea power was very similar to the earth world, and originally belonged to the Kingdom of Burgundy. After the collapse of the Kingdom of Burgundy by France, the Netherlands was succeeded by the Habsburgs of Spain. However, due to the Spanish period, Philip II's aggressive military force, extremely high tax rates and centralized policies angered most of the nobles and wealthy merchants in the Netherlands.
With the support of anti-Spanish forces, the seven provinces of the Netherlands concluded the Utrecht League and declared the independence of the Netherlands. The war was still going on, but after the defeat of the Armadama, Spain lost not only the Netherlands on land, but also the nascent Netherlands at sea.
The military imbalance forced the current king of Spain, Philip III, to no longer be able to continue to attack the Netherlands, and the two countries are currently in an awkward stalemate.
The Netherlands was part of the Confederation of Low Cities, although William I of Orange was elected King of the Netherlands. In reality, however, the Netherlands was a federal state, and the supreme authority of the state was not the king, but the national parliament, which consisted of several principalities and counts.
The Netherlands has a policy of religious freedom, probably because the country is not ruled by a religious theocracy or a family, so there is a strong culture of free trade. Within a few decades of independence, the Netherlands became the richest and most urbanized country in the world, known as the Coachman of the Sea, and had the seaport of Amsterdam, the world's financial and trade center.
In addition to Spain, the Netherlands has only one potential hostile state for the time being, and that is France, which is peeking into Dutch territory. On the other hand, the Netherlands had a real alliance with England, a potential rival on the other sea. King William I of the Netherlands belonged to the House of Orange and was a close relative of the English royal family, and as a result of this special relationship, as well as the common enemy of both, the Spanish Habsburgs, the two countries formed a military alliance.
Sweden and the Netherlands were neither allies nor hostile powers. In terms of his side mission (privateering), the Netherlands was not a suitable combat target, but due to England's connections, Xu Mo was also able to find a very reluctant privateering excuse.
Having already left the Øresund Strait, it may take several days to sail to find another merchant ship, and it can't be consumed like this anymore!
Thinking of this, Xu Mo's fist slammed the chart on the desktop, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes...... That's you!
"Guards, sound the alarm, the whole ship is on first-level alert!"