Act 340: Through the Sea of Clouds(2/2)
Fang Yu nodded silently.
After the sea of trees.
It is a tower and a sea of clouds.
The two levels of the Tower and the Sea of Clouds are fixed levels that have always existed in the Mainland League. These two levels themselves have no pressure to eliminate, but the advantages gained from the previous two levels will be concentratedly reflected here-
Whether it is a mechanical artifact or a fairy doll, it can eventually be fed back to the gain of the shipbuilding. Among them, the mechanical artifact can be used as an important device or core component of a floating battleship.
More fairy dolls often mean more efficient construction efficiency and can carry out more complex projects.
But in the final analysis, it is still necessary to rely on the players' own abilities.
Because of how to design and build a floating ship - from material selection, to hull design, keel, installation of ship ribs, cabin distribution and mast and sail selection, and even trivial to specific rigging components, the layout of magic circuits are all very professional and complex projects.
Sailboats are vehicles that need to adapt to the cloud sea environment.
Each of its components must have wind element suitability. The wind element circulation is generated in the hull through the Guy generator. The circuit arranged on the entire hull needs to flow this circulation through every part of the hull to form a balance.
In this way, the sailboat will not overturn when sailing on the sky and sea.
In the early ancient times, about eight hundred years ago, when the first generation of sailboats were designed, their wind element circulation was often arranged on the shell. The first generation of mortal ancestors of Aitalia took such a boat to open up a new world.
But ancient sailboats had many shortcomings, the most fatal one was that they were too fragile. Once the sailboats of that era were damaged - or any break in the shell, the elemental balance of the entire ship would be quickly unbalanced, resulting in a crash or an air crash.
Early sailors took the right title for this situation through the experience of sailboats traveling on the water, because once the hull is damaged and water inflow occurs, the hull will lose balance and then capsize.
The brave navigators in the early years overcame such difficulties and set out from Cintaan and from Kaurin-Ishurien, extending the footprints of human activities from the sea outside the storm to the current Giant Tree Hill area.
The route to Rotao was opened from San Hughône.
And in these great adventures, human shipbuilding technology has also undergone revolutionary changes.
First of all, the improvement of the Guy generator.
The second is the improvement of the wind element circulation, which is distributed outside the hull and is gradually built into the hull, and the magic circuit is gradually penetrated into the structure inside the hull.
From then on, the circulation flows through the structures of each cabin - making the sailboat balance from the center of gravity, rather than from the shell as originally did. In this way, even if the external hull is damaged, the sailboat will not be completely unbalanced and conced.
At the same time, the Guy generator also forms multiple systems, often with three and four-fold return circles. Even if one of them fails, the rest is enough to make the sailboat hover over the sky.
The impact of this design has continued to this day, but it also leaves a negative impact - that is, new circulation systems often put higher requirements on shipbuilding materials, requiring the shell materials to have higher wind element suitability.
Even so that the internal circulation will not be dragged down by external materials.
The reason why Fang Ling was troubled by the expensive ship material when building the Qihai Traveler for so long was that it was finally due to the help of Ms. Kuisu, her logging team and the Grand Princess Istaniya to solve the problem. This is also because of this reason.
The same disadvantage is.
Nowadays, the shipbuilding process has become increasingly complex, from a project that can be completed by three or five people in the past to a complex and systematic project that costs huge amounts of manpower.
In short, the design of sailboats has become increasingly complex and expensive in these seven centuries. Shipbuilding has changed from a work that can be completed by several craftsmen in concert to a complete competition of national strength among major powers.
It is precisely because of this that the construction of the sailboat is called the pearl above the crown of contemporary magic skills together with the Dragon Knight Project.
Such complex projects are complex and even unfamiliar to the geniuses who have reached this point.
Basically, in addition to the main teams in the first four competition areas, even top teams such as the Kapuka Craftsmen Association and the Guta people may not be able to independently complete the construction of the sailboat.
Not to mention the team outside the sea.
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The tower provides the most basic ship type for contestants, and among the tower is an auxiliary fairy soul called "The Soul of the Tower", which can provide some guidance and assistance to teams who are not so good at shipbuilding.
Therefore, even if the contestants do not have any relevant knowledge of shipbuilding at all, as long as they have the basic craftsmanship, they can still build the most basic ship shape with assistance.
However, relatively speaking, whether it is the choice of ship type or the progress of the project, it will be far slower than other teams.
Therefore, the level of the high tower does not involve elimination, but those who are familiar with the spire trial actually understand that from this level, the delegations have been divided into sequences.
Not to mention that this level is deeply affected by the results of the previous two levels. If there is a team that does not get enough fairy dolls in the Tree Sea Trial, it may be very difficult to even complete your own sailboat in this level.
After all, the soul of the tower can only be used as an auxiliary, and the process of shipbuilding itself also requires real "workers".
This is not a tree sea space, and the role of multiple parallelism has been greatly weakened here. It is impossible for contestants with less than ten people to build a real sailboat on their own. Therefore, the commentators on the main stage value the tree sea trial so much.
Not without a reason.
In fact, in every competition in the past, there were teams left behind in this link - there was no time limit for the tower link, but if you complete the construction of the sailboat first, you can often enter the next level first.
But this year's competition is quite special.
Although the Imperial people's plan has not yet begun, the alliance has had a substantial impact. The Empire Workshop will distribute most of the spoils obtained from the Tree Sea space to every team in the alliance.
This makes it possible for teams that were originally leaving the field, teams that might have fallen behind in the tower level may also be able to catch up with the front-line teams through the benefits gained from the Tree Sea Trial.
There is no live broadcast in the tower link.
However, Gerald can still make predictions based on the results in the previous link. After reading all the details of the previous game, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly and also noticed the unusualness of this year's competition.
But soon, the teams who completed the construction work first began to enter the fourth level of the competition.
There is no big challenge in this level. In fact, it is mainly a test of the seaworthiness of the sailboats built. The level is called the Sea of Clouds, but in fact, it only requires the participating team to drive their own sailboat through a simulated air-sea area.
They may face some unexpected situations in this sea area, such as storms, submerged waves and chaotic airflow, and may even have to pass through the elemental layer, but all challenges are based on the sailboat itself.
There is no interference between other teams.
As long as the contestants are familiar with the sailboats they have built, they will basically not be eliminated in this level.
However, there have been several troubles in history. It is not that there is a situation where the sailboat without a team falls apart under the storm. But once the schedule is halfway through, the elimination system will take effect. If you miss the sea of clouds here, you will lose your overall qualification for the competition.
From this level, the tower trial entered the cruel knockout stage.
However, the situation of this competition was much better than expected. The three teams that set out first successfully passed the cloud sea link, and there were almost no many twists and turns in the process.
The identities of these three teams were not beyond people's expectations, namely the Empire Workshop, the Sanshak Craftsman Association and the Kaolin-Ishurien Craftsman Association. The ones who set out later were the Guta Craftsman Association, the Kapuka Craftsman Association and the Miluo Temple Craftsman Association.
But when Gerald got the list of the teams that set out later, the Empire had already entered the fifth stage first.
bridge--
This is also the most interesting part of the entire tower trial. It requires the contestants to use their own floating ships to pass through the real continental bridge and finally reach the end of the sea of clouds.
Realm of Heaven.
The door of the world is a legendary existence for any candidate who goes to Aitalia. How many people come to this dream world by listening to such a story?
The pioneers stepped on the continental bridge, passed through the turbulent sea area, through numerous dangers and miracles of nature, and finally arrived at the door and pushed open it.
Go to the Second World.
Although the levels in the tower trial are only simulated links, for many craftsmen, this may be the only time in their lives that they have the opportunity to witness what the real continental bridge is like?
While entering the fifth level, the broadcast of the Mainland League finally continued.
The moment the images of the Empire and their giant ships appeared above the arena, the audience in the arena where the main stage was located could not help but shouted:
"look!"
"It's the Imperial Storm!"
Low cheers were rising and falling on the field.
Because that was the pride of the imperial people.
Its reputation is far beyond the southern border of the Empire. It has participated in the Battle of Doomsday and completely defeated the flagship of the Imperial Second Fleet, which was the Lizard Man Fleet in the ancient battle.
It is also one of the oldest legends of the Imperials and one of the most primitive early designs of the warship that has continued to this day by the battle between the Light and the Silver Helmet.
Dragon Knight-type battleship.
Chapter completed!