Chapter 64: How to get there and how to get back
After meeting up with Leslie, Xu Yi just rested on the ship with Evita and the others, and left on the magic airship again early the next morning.
However, they did not fly in the direction of returning to the Duchy of Stantin, but after flying, they turned directly to the sea to the east.
Looking at the endless sea to the east, Leslie took a deep breath and thought to herself that Xu Yi was really ambitious.
While the others were still thinking about how the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce should be safe in the good situation in the Lampari Kingdom, the Ruerson Kingdom and several surrounding countries, he had already set his sights on such a behemoth as the Candela Empire.
And now, he even set his sights on a further place, actually wanting to promote the goods of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the easternmost part of this continent.
It's just that the endless sea in front of him is boundless, and the destination of Xu Yi's trip is also extremely far away.
Not to mention whether you can achieve your goal after arriving at the destination, it is a very worrying problem just whether you can reach the destination smoothly.
In fact, Xu Yi was also a little worried in his heart.
This was the first time that Evita's magic airship had made an ultra-long-distance cruise, flying from the Duchy of Stantin to the southern waters of the Candela Empire, where it rendezvoused with Leslie, covering a distance of more than 3,000 kilometers in between.
And if you want to reach the destination of this trip, the business United Kingdom of Nozdorm, it will be more than 2,000 kilometers just from a rough map.
In other words, if you count all of this journey, it is more than 5,000 kilometers in just one way.
In the former Sainz continent, such a journey of more than 5,000 kilometers. It's almost impossible to accomplish.
However, now Xu Yi and the others are riding the magic airship. But because this magic airship has a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour and super endurance. Such a journey is possible.
"Evita, how far have you flown away?"
Evita was observing the sea below the magic airship through the cabin mirror, as well as the land that could be faintly seen in the distance, when she heard Xu Yi's voice, she turned around and chuckled: "I've flown more than six hundred kilometers." Elder, according to estimates, we should be able to fly out of the territory of the Candela Empire today. ”
"Oh, that's pretty fast. Xu Yi smiled, but he didn't quite agree with his evaluation.
Airplanes on Earth can reach incredible speeds of nearly 1,000 kilometers per hour. The distance of 5,000 kilometers will take only half a day at most.
The current flight speed of the magic airship can barely exceed 100 kilometers per hour, and if you want to complete a long-distance journey of more than 5,000 kilometers, even if you don't stop for a moment, it will take more than 50 hours, more than two full days.
Of course, compared to the magic locomotive that can only run on the ground and is limited by the terrain, the magic airship is already much more convenient.
Not to mention that compared to the old-fashioned carriages on the Sainz continent, the magic airship is a means of transportation on another level at all.
Compared with speed, Xu Yi is actually more concerned about the confirmation of the direction of flight.
Sainz is not like an airplane on Earth. Be able to use Guò satellite positioning to ensure that you are flying on the right route. If you don't deviate and fly to another place, you can only rely on the pilot's own judgment to determine the direction.
Although the team led by Evita already had plenty of experience in cruising in real years, because this was the first time to cruise in real places over long distances, it was also a huge challenge for them.
However, they were able to fly a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers from the Duchy of Stantin before, and accurately found Xu Yi in the territory of the Duchy of Norton, which was enough to prove that they had considerable ability in this regard, so Xu Yi only cared, but he was not too worried.
"My lord, I plan to start the cruise mode after dark, and it should take about eight hours to get through the cruise according to the current season. If nothing else, early tomorrow morning, we should be able to enter a location near the United Kingdom of Commerce in Nozdorm. Evita explained her plan to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi glanced at the eastern sea, which was gradually shrouded in dark shadows because the sunset was approaching, and shook his head.
"No, Evita, we should be in the dark for less than you estimated for eight hours, and you must be prepared for this error. ”
"Less than eight hours, will it be like this?" Evita frowned slightly, puzzled.
Xu Yi thought about it and decided to explain to Evita a little because of the so-called relationship between the sun rising in the east and setting in the west and the rotation of the planets.
It has been more than eight years since he came to this world, and Xu Yi has long discovered that this world is actually very close to the earth in many places, and the most obvious thing is that it has almost the same planetary rotation and revolution time.
Even when looking up at the starry sky at night, Xu Yi can also spot many familiar constellations in the night sky that are almost in the same position on Earth.
In this way, Xu Ye often suspects that he is actually still on Earth at all, but he has just traveled to another parallel time and space.
For these basic astronomical knowledge explained by Xu Yi, Evita seems to understand it or not.
However, this did not prevent her from listening carefully and thinking according to what Xu Yi explained.
"Sir, if this is what you say, wouldn't the nights be longer if we were to return to the Duchy of Staten from the United Kingdom of Commerce in Nozdorm, or if we had set out during the day, the whole day would have been longer?"
"That's right. Xu Yi nodded. "But we're flying much slower than the planet beneath our feet is spinning on its own, so we'll only be able to slow down the passage of time for a while, and we'll eventually be swallowed up by the night. ”
"So...... If this magic airship is fast enough, then we can live in the sun all the time?" Evita's eyes shimmered.
Xu Yi laughed: "Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this, but the planet under our feet rotates very fast on its own, and it is difficult to catch up." Of course, if you really want to live in the sun all the time. There's an easier way. That is to go to the northernmost and southernmost sides. You'll find a place where the sun never sets at some time of the year. ”
Evita frowned deeply, thinking hard.
After a while, she even involuntarily picked up a pen and paper and drew on a piece of paper.
Seeing Evita's focused appearance, Xu Yi smiled slightly and left the front cabin.
Telling Evita about these basic astronomical things wasn't improvised.
Since the beginning of the development of the magic airship, Xu Yi has begun to consciously instill this knowledge in Evita, with the aim of allowing her to form a complete worldview as much as possible.
The magic airship is an important part of Xu Yi's future planning. Xu Yi has high expectations for Evita, so he naturally hopes that she can take fewer detours.
When he returned to the middle cabin of the magic airship, which was also the rest room, Xu also found that except for the two researchers who were on duty at night, everyone else was already asleep at the moment.
Ultra-long-range cruising really excites them at first, but over time, it can make everyone feel physically and mentally exhausted. Finally entered the night cruise mode, and everyone took advantage of this good opportunity to seize the time to rest.
Xu Yi's gaze swept over the middle cabin, and he found that a faint light of pale cyan or pale red flickered from time to time in a corner at the very end, reflecting Akali's round face with a focused expression.
"Hey. Akali, I haven't slept so late. What are you doing?"
Hearing Xu Yi's voice, Akali raised her head, her expression was dazed for a moment, and then turned into an excited smile.
was about to speak, but as if he remembered something, he suppressed his voice and beckoned to Xu Yi.
"Grown, come and see. ”
"Huh?" Xu Yi leaned over curiously, and found that there was a disc on the table in front of Akali, which was not flashing with a little bit of pale blue and pale red light.
"What is this?" Xu Yi took a closer look and found that this disc was a little imaginary from the console of the remote magic positioning system that Akali had been studying during this time, but it was very different from each other in terms of appearance and display mode.
"Elder, do you see the light on it?" asked Akali.
"Well, I see, what? What do these points of light represent?" Xu Yi asked rhetorically.
Akali grinned, "Aren't you always worried about how we can return safely, and tell you, with this thing, we will definitely not get lost when we go back." ”
"Oh, what is this, so amazing?"
"These dots of light represent those little magic resonance sensors that I dropped along the way. You see, this point of light is the closest to us, the one I dropped earlier. Judging from what is shown above, it should be about 4,300 meters southwest of us at this time. That is, since I dropped it, we have flown four thousand three hundred meters in a northeasterly direction. You see, this point of light may be disappearing soon, because it will soon be out of range. ”
Xu Yi looked at the flickering points of light on the disc and couldn't help but ask, "Then how do you distinguish between them, and how do you know which point of light represents which small magic resonance sensor you have dropped?"
"It's very simple, just make a slight change to the magic array on the different small magic resonance sensors, so that this control table can sense them and distinguish them. ”
Looking at the excited and smug expression on Akali's face, Xu Yi couldn't help but take a breath.
Unexpectedly, he had just explained to Evita how the magic airship could use basic astronomical and geographical knowledge to fly into unknown areas without getting lost, and Akali had already made another breakthrough in her field of research.
Although the thing that Akali had envisioned at the moment was still very rudimentary, if it was carefully arranged, the final combination would be extremely amazing.
In Xu Yi's view, this magic positioning system led by Akali has even achieved the amazing effect of the initial close approach of the navigation system on the earth!
Thinking of this, Xu Yiteng stood up for a moment, re-entered the front cabin, and looked up at Evita Zhengse, who looked up at him in surprise.
"Change direction and fly land. (To be continued......)