"They only separated three whales to intercept, instead of the entire group of whales swarming up. This is not good news." Yaha looked at the distant track and said to Xia Ye.
"Why?"
"Because for whales, witches are both hunters and prey, and cups filled with magic are very delicious food for them. Therefore, although a lone whale can escape when encountering a whaling ship; but if it is a group of whales, , they usually swarm up and compete to hunt us 'prey'.
"But now, they have only separated three whales to intercept us, which shows that they have more pressing matters than hunting - and this matter may be escaping."
After Yaha finished explaining, he shouted into the microphone: "Second officer, report the speed and distance of the three whales. Also, have you found any traces of the moth beast?"
A few seconds later, Tang Li's voice came: "The absolute speed is 120 knots, the relative speed is 450 knots, the distance is 8 nautical miles, and it is approaching rapidly... There is still no trace of the moth beast within 30 nautical miles."
"strangeness."
Yaha frowned. If the moth beast was still far away, the whales obviously wouldn't have to run away in such a hurry, but if they were already very close, where were they?
But the situation in front of her no longer allowed her to think too much. At 8 nautical miles, this was already within the attack range of the whale.
"Structural Engineers No. 1 and 2 will enter the synchronized strengthening state for 60 seconds. After 60 seconds, Structural Engineers No. 3 and 4 will take over." Yaha issued an order.
Almost at the same time, Xia Ye saw two witches walking to both sides of the turret. They were not wearing shoes and socks, and they were barefoot on the metal deck. The two of them folded their hands in front of their chests, and when they spoke, the metal on the entire ship also "buzzed" and trembled, and they "recited" the witch inscriptions simultaneously with the two witches:
"S-tr-tCnft"
Its meaning is "structural strengthening".
The next second, dozens of translucent threads appeared between the two witches. They were suspended in the air as if they were weightless, and each one formed a full arc. When Xia Ye first saw them, he immediately It reminds me of the magnetic lines between the two poles of the magnet in the original world.
But magnetic lines of force are just imaginary things created by humans to facilitate understanding of magnetic fields, but these threads in front of us actually exist. Shortly after the two people were connected by silk threads, more silk threads emerged from various locations on the whaling ship, drawing long arcs and connecting to the two witches.
At this moment, the three whales rushing towards them suddenly lit up with a dazzling golden light.
Immediately afterwards, Xia Ye saw hundreds of golden beams of light shooting into the sky at nearly vertical angles at the same time!
In the blink of an eye, these beams of light reached the top of the arc of the trajectory, where they stayed for less than a second. Then, like falcons that found their prey, they pounced straight towards the whale ship.
"Whale Breath!"
The helmsman shouted and subconsciously turned the wheel——
But Yaha stretched out his hand and firmly grasped the steering wheel:
"etc."
She raised her head and stared at the sky until the beam of light had dropped nearly halfway from its highest position, then she pushed the roulette wheel hard:
"Full right rudder!!" she shouted the order.
The wheel turned rapidly in the hands of the helmsman, and was soon driven all the way to the right. The Moby Dick, moving at a speed of 330 knots, tilted sharply to the right, pulling out an arc-shaped white track in the sea of golden clouds.
As the whaling ship changed direction, the light beams in mid-air also changed direction, and the straight trajectories began to arc. However, their height was too low and their speed was too fast. Those on the opposite edge were destined to be unable to reach the destination. Hit the target.
A second later, the first beam of light landed more than ten meters outside the port side of the Moby Dick, punching a large hole in the thick clouds.
Immediately afterwards, more beams of light fell densely from the sky like golden arrow rain.
Yaha's command allowed the whaler to avoid most of the beams, but the remaining ones still hit the hull of the ship, which was turning with full rudder. When the first beam fell on the front deck, the light group followed with a huge "bang" The sound exploded.
Although there was a lot of movement, the hull only shook slightly. Xia Ye looked at the hit location and found that it was scorched black, as if it had been struck by lightning. There was a shallow dent on the flat deck, but that was That's all - the seemingly powerful golden beam couldn't even penetrate the deck, let alone destroy the lower cabin.
After that, the whaling ship was hit by more than a dozen beams from various places, but each shot failed to cause too serious damage. Xia Ye suddenly realized that this was exactly the effect of the "structural strengthening" contract, and only through simultaneous strengthening could such a high-intensity strengthening be accomplished.
"Structural Strengthening" is a contract of the "Paimon" pillar system, with the highest level being level 8.
Through the instructions she received from Lucana before setting off, Xia Ye knew that "Structural Strengthening" would add an ability called "Synchronized Strengthening" starting from the fourth level. As long as the contracted person's body remains in contact with any mechanical structure in a broad sense, he can use "synchronous reinforcement" to greatly increase the physical strength of himself and the machine within a certain period of time, but at the same time, these two Damage sustained by either party is also shared.
At the same time, if multiple contract holders of the same rank use "Structural Strengthening" at the same time, then the strength of the whole formed by them can be further improved, but as the number of people increases, the effect will decrease. Becoming less and less obvious.
Witches who have signed a level 4 or above "Structural Strengthening" contract are called "structuralists" on the whaling ship. They are the key to ensuring that the whaling ship is not easily destroyed by whales, and they are also one of the most important positions on the whaling ship. .
On an ordinary whaling ship, there are usually only two structural engineers who rotate with each other, but the Moby Dick took a full five, so it was very luxurious to use a 2+2 rotation method, that is, two structural engineers were arranged for each round. A number of structural engineers also strengthened the hull.
The effect of this is obvious. The beam that the whalers called "whale's breath" could not even penetrate the armor of the Moby Dick. As for the two structural engineers who "shared damage" with the hull, except for the waist and thighs Aside from a few minor bruises, there were no more serious injuries on his body.
...As for why Xia Ye could see the bruises on the opponent's waist, it was because after more than ten whale breath attacks, the sailor uniforms on the two structural engineers were damaged to varying degrees.
Although cloth, as a textile structure, can also be strengthened to a normal extent by the architect, because it is not a machine, it cannot obtain the special strengthening effect of "synchronous strengthening". Therefore, compared to the architect himself, the clothes on their bodies are actually Much more vulnerable.
boom! ! !
Another whale breath hit the front deck, hitting the structural engineer standing on the right side of the turret.
