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"Be careful not to touch the docks!"

"Stupid, move a little more to the left. ”

"Crane No. 2 pays attention to synchronous traction. ”

The launching of the Destiny is underway at the edge of the dock, and two engineers shout at the edge of the dock as the workers on several cranes carefully move the Destiny into the water. The workers cheered as the Destiny landed smoothly on the water, swinging in a circle of waves crashing against the pier's cornerstone. Even though they knew they weren't qualified to board the Destiny, they were thrilled to see the groundbreaking significance of safely dropping the continent's first long-distance vehicle from Middle-earth.

This will be the brightest shining point of their lives and will be remembered for a lifetime. Or there will be more sea vehicles on the Middle-earth continent in the future, but the Destiny is irreplaceable. Especially the workers who participated in the repair and modification of the Destiny for more than two months were even more excited and their eyes moistened. People hugged each other and threw their hard hats high into the sky to celebrate.

On the dockside, Zero and the others were equally happy. Leah and Heiwei were so excited that they couldn't help but board the ship right now. Kaede also said with emotion: "I didn't expect that one day, we would be able to leave this continent. ”

"It's thanks to them. Zero looked at the workers on the dock and said, "No matter how strong we are, we can't make a boat by ourselves, and we probably don't even know where to screw a screw." Although the strong can lead the trend of the times, it must be these workers and laborers who are behind this trend. They are the cornerstone and stamina of the trend. Without them, no matter how big the waves are, they will not last after all. ”

Kaede smiled: "Head, you speak like a philosopher." ”

"No, I'm just telling the truth. ”

After the Destiny was launched, a lift bridge was laid over the dock to connect the ship to the dock. In order to sail the seas, the Destiny underwent a number of necessary modifications, including an anchor to hold the hull in place on the water. It's just that none of these things belong to the original Destiny, and they can't be operated with the ship's control system, and they must be carried out outside the hull by hand.

After the bridge was lowered, Billy and some of the workers were already following the bridge to the side of the Destiny. Billy went straight into the ship, while several other workers lowered the anchor at the side of the retrofit before unfastening the crane retainer, by which point the Destiny was on its own.

This was followed by the necessary tests, so the trial was scheduled for 3 p.m. Until then, Zero and Kaede are free to roam. If the afternoon trial goes well, then according to Jihua, the Destiny will set sail in three days. This also means that everyone is about to leave the continent of Middle-earth and explore the uncharted seas and the other two continents.

Among these people, except for Zero and Kaede, who only have a few years of memories of this continent. Like Leah, Su, and Haiwei, they were all born and raised on this continent. Their feelings for the Central Continent are naturally much stronger than those of Zero and Feng, and now that they are going to sail to sea, they will be somewhat reluctant and attached.

After lunch, Zero accompanies Leah around the city. A city that is dangerous for ordinary people is no different from a playground for them. Zero just released a trace of ninth-order energy aura, and all the mutant beasts and even stupid living corpses automatically bypassed them, which was the natural oppression from the superiors, just like a mouse seeing a cat and taking a detour.

The two arrived at the playground at the southern end of the city, and Leah was still very excited to see the playground for the first time when she was so old, although the facilities such as the Ferris wheel, the merry-go-round, and the pirate ship were no longer functional. She runs like a child in an empty playground, sometimes staring at the giant Ferris wheel or the merry-go-round.

zuihou said, "You know, I was still in the Z7 base at that time. Once my grandfather brought me a magazine, a travel magazine, about the beautiful scenery of some countries in the old days. There's a playground inside, and the photos in the magazines are taken at night, and the playground is lit up, and those photos are like a dreamlike beauty. It's like, like a fairy tale. That's right, fairy tales. At that time, I thought to myself, how nice it would be if I could play in such a playground one day. ”

She closed her eyes, as if imagining herself playing in a playground. Zero hugged her from behind, listening to the sound of the wind blowing over the Ferris wheel, the sound of emptiness and loneliness. He gently kissed Leah's face and said, "One day, when Shijie doesn't have a war, everyone doesn't have to fight to the death for resources. The city will definitely be revitalized and the playground will be back in operation. When the time comes, I'll take you to play, okay?"

Leah reached out and wrapped her arms around Zero's neck, sniffing his breath and said, "What's the trouble, aren't we already in the playground now?" Come on, let's take the Trojan horse, although it won't spin anymore. ”

With that, Leah pulled Zero to the merry-go-round, and the two sat together. The merry-go-round doesn't turn, there's no music, and there's no brilliant lights. The two of them sat quietly, Leah leaning on Zero's body, humming a song with muffled eyes. The girl's muffled voice pulled the wonderful notes, echoing in this empty and lonely playground.

In the blink of an eye, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the Destiny's testing was complete. When Zero and Leah returned to the docks, Kaede and the others were already waiting. Billy was talking to the two engineers about something, and when he saw Zero coming out, he walked over and said to Zero, "My lord, we're ready to try it out!"

"Let's go, then!" said Zero succinctly.

Zero crossed the crowd and walked in front, with him as the leader, followed by Kaede and the others, followed by Billy and the related staff. Walk across the lock bridge and hop onto the side of the Destiny. When he saw the Destiny's original silvery smooth hull at such a close distance again, Zero remembered the day he had met the ship in the Great Rift. That encounter seemed to have played a note of fate. And today, he's going to turn that note into a grandiose high-pitched tune.

Stretching out his palm and pressing it against the wall of the Destiny, the wall immediately swept up with a streamer, and then opened an exit. Zero walked in, his eyes lit up.

He appears in a passageway, the main passage of the ship, running through the bow and tail of the ship. The walls on both sides were still covered with slowly wriggling tubes, and in addition to the energy brilliance that originally emitted, Billy and the others also installed countless fluorescent lights on both sides of the passage, which illuminated the interior of the spaceship as if it were daylight. At this time, Feng and the others also connected, and it was the first time they boarded the Destiny, so they naturally couldn't help but sigh for the scene here.

Then, under Billy's guidance, the group toured the interior of the ship. It has been planned into a control room, an energy room, a warehouse, an activity area, a rest area, a medical room and other areas. Although the Destiny is not as spacious as the spacious underground base, it also has a variety of functional areas. Zuihou came to the control room, the control room was the same as before, the entrance was the captain's command platform, which was the position of zero. There are two stairs leading to the bottom through the high platform, and below the high platform is an arc-shaped space, directly in front of which is the spaceship control station, and on both sides are other operation platforms, including the two major systems of defense and weapons, which require additional personnel to operate.

All of the personnel involved had undergone the necessary training, but they were not piloting an old ship, but a Quaternary ship, so they lacked the necessary experience. Therefore, although everyone was excited, there was also some trepidation and uneasiness.

Billy nodded to Zero, signaling that it was time to try. Zero was not polite, sat down in the captain's seat and said, "Then, let's start the trial of the Destiny!"

"Retract the Bridge!"

"Anchor!"

"Energy System Activated!"

“”

As one command after another went down, the Destiny went into operation. The locks and bridges of the dock slowly rose, and the sailors on both sides of the ship also retracted their anchors and followed into the hull. Immediately afterwards, a total of four steel wings on both sides of the hull were flattened, and the central axis of each of the upper wings lit up with a blue light, and quickly spread to the entire wing. But in an instant, the four steel wings were shrouded in dazzling blue light, and then erupted bursts of energy flames.

As the angle of the steel wings was set, the Destiny slowly turned 90 degrees in the water. Immediately after that, the energy flame on the steel wings rose and grew, and gradually grew stronger, in exchange for a strong propulsion to make the ship finally break through the water. A huge wave was lifted by the flames of the Destiny and crashed heavily on the dock, shattering into thousands of droplets, drenching the entire dock like a light rain.

After the splash, the Destiny sailed straight out of the harbor with four blue flame tails. In front of it, there is an endless sea of radiation!

The sound of welcome echoed throughout the docks a moment later, as well as in the Destiny's control room. The pilot in charge of controlling the course breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and the previous worry and uneasiness finally disappeared at this moment, replaced by indescribable confidence.

"The theoretical speed of the Destiny is 90 to 120 knots, which is three times higher than the speed of the aircraft carriers of the old era. The top speed can reach nearly 200 knots, but because of the previous damage to the hull, I personally recommend that the top speed of the Destiny crew should not exceed 150 knots. The constant speed can be controlled at about 60 knots, and when you need to use top speed, it is best not to exceed 200 knots for more than two hours. ”

On the captain's platform, Billy held a tablet brain, looked at the data inside and made suggestions with Zero. Zero, the new captain, listens to his teachings and learns with an open mind.

The Destiny was traveling at a constant speed of 60 nautical miles, and no one on board had actually been out to sea, but now it was driving on the vast sea, and the scenery outside could be seen from the light screens on both sides of the control room, which was a novelty. But the sea is vast, and once the reference is lost, the previous novelty is quickly replaced by dullness. However, the arrival of the Fateful Man also attracted the attention of the creatures of the sea.

As a result, some mutant aquatic creatures began to appear around the ship, and they were also very curious about the large iron block, and some even tried to climb the hull, but they were all thrown off by the smooth hull of the Destiny.

At that moment, a large shadow appeared on the left side of the Destiny, and a mutant six-eyed whale burst out of the water. The six-eyed whale, which was one size larger than the Destiny, vacated the surface of the sea and plunged into the water in a graceful arc, causing the waves to shake violently. Everyone in the control room turned pale, and some people even got seasick and vomited, and they shook their heads when they saw it.

Even Feng, a ninth-order powerhouse, held on to the railing with a shriveled face, and it could be seen that seasickness or not really had nothing to do with Liliang's strength, because Haiwei's spirit was very good. She pulled Yeliu and Leah and said that they would go to the side deck of the ship to see the sea, and they went with them for fear that they would be lost. As soon as they left the Destiny and came to the side of the ship, the women felt that the sea breeze was incomparably strong, and the skin was faintly painful. There is a peculiar fishy smell coming from the surface of the sea, and the sea water that hits the wind will cause tingling on the skin, which is a sign of radiation. Although the capable are not afraid of radiation, it is also relative to the land.

In the endless sea, the amount of radiation contained in the sea water is several times greater than that of the air on land. Even if a low-level ability falls into the sea, he will be injured at least and his ability will be regressed, and in serious cases, he may be killed. What's more, the sea is not safe, and all kinds of mutant aquatic creatures are even more dangerous than the mutant beasts on land.

Leah and the others went up to the deck, and suddenly an octopus popped up in the middle of the sea. The mutated octopus wielded its thick tentacles, and its suckers were blue-hued, apparently secreting poison. It's just that the octopus pounced in the air, and saw the black line flash, and suddenly turned into a pile of minced meat and fell into the sea. In less than a moment, the sea was almost boiling, and countless aquatic creatures rushed to eat the octopus's carcass, but it was already eaten in 1 minute, and Haiwei stuck out her tongue.

The seas of the new era are wider and more dangerous than before. I don't know how many abyssal sea beasts like Anji Gulit are bred in a hotbed that is wider than the earth, and there are also super sea whirlpools like the gate of the abyss. As you can imagine, it is not easy to venture into this dangerous sea, and now that the Destiny has only tried it out in the waters near the harbor, it has already seen the dangerous side of the sea. No one knows what dangers await everyone on the oceans far from the mainland.

About a hundred kilometers after leaving the port, the Destiny stopped. In front of it, there is an ocean with no end in sight, and this is the perfect place to test the artillery. At Zero's command, the operators in charge of the weapons system began to get busy. Although this was the first time Destiny's energy cannon had fired, the operator had simulated it many times before, so the maneuvers were quite proficient. After a few commands, the gun compartment under the bow of the Destiny began to open, and a barrel that looked like a chimney, but with a graceful pattern on the surface, protruded from it.

After connecting the three cannon bodies, the particle beam cannon begins to charge. As the blue flames on the four steel wings on both sides of the hull faded, purple-white dots of light appeared around the muzzles of the main guns. As if being dragged by an invisible liliang, these points of light quickly condensed towards the muzzle, so the temperature and brightness of the muzzle continued to rise, and in less than 1 second, the strong light illuminated the inner wall of the barrel. You can see that the graceful curves around the barrel of the cannon continue to light up and converge in the direction of the muzzle, so that the energy aura that is so large that it makes people crazy appears.

After a few flickering flickeres of light at the muzzle connection, the light in the sea on this side suddenly became dim. In fact, it was not that the light had dimmed, but that the light in front of the Destiny's main cannon was so bright that it overshadowed the light of the sea space, so it looked like the sea had darkened. When the light from the muzzle of the cannon was so bright that it was impossible to see, a circle of energy light curtain suddenly dispersed, and the light curtain pressed to the surface of the sea, and the water surface below the Destiny suddenly sank for several minutes. Then, with a soft sound like a sigh, the main gun opened fire!

A thick band of light with a diameter of nearly three meters blasted out of the muzzle of the cannon, and the waves rolled up from both sides of it, forming a water channel. The stream of energetic particles converges into a high-temperature beam in the form of a jet, which reaches the end of the sea level in an instant. A continuous column of light formed between the Destiny and the horizon, and after nearly five seconds of continuous ejection, the muzzle glare gradually faded and the sea surface began to light up. So this pillar of light gradually disappeared from the Destiny, and when Zuihou's point of light flickered on the horizon, a semi-circular ball of fire suddenly rose!

The fire swelled and rose, and when it reached a certain critical point, it exploded in full force, turning into a fierce flame that rose into the sky, setting off violent winds and huge waves, causing the entire Endless Sea to shake. Suddenly a white wave came from the direction of the sea horizon, and the white wave quickly rose to a sea wall nearly ten meters high! On one side, a sea wall more than ten meters high and several kilometers wide rolled in, and when it reached the vicinity of the Destiny, it was fiercely photographed.

The Destiny swayed violently, swaying constantly by the waves. After the hull of the ship stabilized, the people in the control room looked towards the horizon and saw a huge, hideous mushroom cloud rising there! The power of a single cannon is almost comparable to that of a nuclear explosion with a nuclear yield of more than 2 tons, and the power of the particle beam main cannon is so great that everyone is a little dizzy to see it.

This has to be done with one shot, and all Asgard and Eternal Night City have to be played, this is already a strategic war weapon. But before the people on board had time to rejoice, the lights in the control room flashed twice, and all the instruments and electronic equipment, including the light screen, stopped working. Everyone was stunned for a while, and then Billy smiled bitterly: "It seems that you can't fire at full power in the future, otherwise you will drain all the energy of the spacecraft." In that case, we will be at anchor at any time at sea, just like we are now. ”

As Billy said, after this horrific shot, the four steel wings of the Destiny became dull and lay limpless on the surface of the sea. There wasn't even a little energy left on the ship, so it was wiped clean by this cannon. The Destiny was suspended above the sea, and by the time it had absorbed the natural light and regained its most basic power, it was already evening.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, it sailed back to port at a constant speed of 30 nautical miles, ending the day's sea trial.