As the El Shield approached El City with Hou Yi and Xingtian, more and more ships began to appear on the surrounding sea. Xiao Chen could tell that this was a very busy port. Before they could see the shadow of the land, they encountered more than a dozen ships one after another, and the shipbuilding technology on this continent had already entered the age of steam, and large and small ships sailed on the sea with smoke from chimneys.

Mao Kai checked the power system of the El Shield, this ship uses a reciprocating steam engine, although the structure is somewhat different from the reciprocating steam engine in the history of the earth, but the principle is the same. The biggest difference is in the fuel, the steam engine here in the Western Continent can burn two fuels, one is naturally coal, and the other is the magic crystal, Xiao Chen asked Balivian, is the power in this magic crystal not the power of the devil?

Ballevian took it for granted that the saint believed that these crystals were energy that could be used, and that the same energy was diffused in the heavens and the earth, and it was the power of the devil to be used to perform the devil's sorcery, but if it was turned into crystals and used in man-made machines, it was an energy source that could be used. These energies are not meant to be used by people in the first place.

The main fuel of the El Shield is hedron and the auxiliary fuel is coal, the former is more efficient and very clean, but coal is cheaper, so it generally burns coal when sailing in the open sea, and uses hedron when sailing in the near sea. In case of rough sea conditions, hedron is also used to enhance power.

According to Balivian, the Ail's power system is not particularly advanced, and some of the more advanced warships and merchant ships have begun to use steam turbine-like equipment.

This made Xiao Chen and the others feel very surprised, they never thought that in the same world, there would be a magic continent and a technology continent at the same time.

The Houyi and Xingtian are two large sailing ships from the outside, such ships have gradually been phased out in the Western Continent, except for fishermen who will also use some small sailboats, most of the wooden sailboats are still used by some small chambers of commerce or pirates.

Therefore, the Houyi and Xingtian attracted the attention of many passing ships. But because they had the El Shield in their way, there were no ships coming to inquire about them, perhaps just thinking of them as old ships of some Chamber of Commerce.

By the afternoon of this day, the fleet was very close to the port, and from the Houyi you could faintly see the land appearing between the sky and the sea, and now the sea was beginning to reveal reefs and small islands. At this moment, a large ship approached in the distance.

"It was a warship. Balivian used a word that Xiao Chen had never heard of. After confirming with him, Xiao Chen understood that this word specifically referred to a warship of this size, and after observing this ship, he decided to translate the word into a cruiser.

Compared with the Earth warships in Xiao Chen's memory, this ship obviously had thicker armor and larger and more turrets. The hull is about 1780 meters long, but with six 3-pack main guns that are visually over 200 mm and nearly eight 200 mm twin secondary guns, the ship is like a hedgehog, covered with dense barrels.

Ma Anmin, who was beside Xiao Chen, said, "I'll go, is there a multi-turret God Sect guy who has crossed over to this place?"

Xiao Chen said: "When I see this ship, why do I have a feeling of numbness in my scalp? I feel that I am a child in front of a strong man, and I may be beaten at any time?"

"They shouldn't be able to penetrate our shields, right?" said Ma Anmin.

"It should be......"

"You have to know that on Earth, there has never been a monster of this magnitude because of the lack of power, but the magic crystal is a very efficient power. So to be able to make such an iron lump run.

Such a ship is enough to play a very important role in World War I, no, no, and even World War II. ”

"This is the Red Cloud, the flagship of the El City fleet. A battleship built six years ago, it is also one of the most powerful in some of the surrounding cities. Seeing the shocked expressions of these visitors from the Eastern Continent, Balivian said proudly, "This is not our largest and most cutting-edge warship. I've heard that the two newest battleships, the Breaking Wave and the Chopper, are more than half the size of this one, and their firepower has nearly doubled. If you don't use the power of the devil, you can't compete with such a guy at all. ”

Ma Anmin said: "No, you don't understand, there are much more powerful warships in my hometown than this. These two items you see are just things that we bought and modified temporarily. ”

He said to Xiao Chen: "If we can get this ship, or even that Breaking Wave, and then carry out our magic modification, it will definitely become a much more powerful weapon than Hou Yi." ”

Xiao Chen said: "That's right, if my conjecture is correct, we may not have such an opportunity to cooperate." ”

This cruiser did not ignore the presence of the Houyi like other merchant ships, but sailed directly towards them.

Those hideous cannons, adjusted their positions, locked the direction of Hou Yi and Xingtian.

Xiao Chen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the two ships to prepare shields, once these cannons suddenly fired, they could hit the hull of the Houyi in an instant, as long as the other party's technology in making cannonballs matched their shipbuilding skills, a round of shelling could send the Houyi to the sea, and there was no time to open the shield in this situation. Xiao Chen didn't dare to take such a risk, so he didn't care about the possibility of making the other party suspicious, so he raised his shield.

Two faintly visible spherical light curtains envelop the two ships in it.

This move took the people on board by surprise, and they obviously did not understand what the hell was going on. Keeping their distance, they began to contact the El Shield in flag-language to get them to explain.

When Balivian saw the banner, he asked Xiao Chen, "Lord Xiao Chen, the other party wants me to explain your origin, what should I say?"

Xiao Chen said: "You can tell the truth and tell them that we are from the Eastern Continent, but we are not subordinates of gods or devils, we are here to find allies in the Western Continent to fight against the God of Nature who is about to awaken." So please don't attack them, take us to the port, we need to talk to the mayor of Eyre. ”

"It's too complicated for the flag to say, so let's go over and tell them about the situation here. The banner that Balivian had unfurled told the men on the Red Cloud that they would send someone over to explain the problem, and then put down a small boat and rowed the messenger towards the Red Cloud.