The secret passage leads to a long and narrow cabin. Below is a long bridge. On both sides of the railing are towering gears and drive shafts, as well as hanging iron chains.
Fang Plover judged that this was part of the pilothouse - the sailboat's steering surface was composed of huge transverse wings and tail wings, and required an equally complex transmission device to control the wing surfaces. Even if magic technology was used, machinery would still be used. Transmission part.
The Seven Seas Traveler also has such a wheelhouse. At the stern, the ship's wheelhouse is only larger, so it can fully accommodate such a secret room.
This design is very clever and difficult for ordinary people to imagine.
However, from Fang Yu's point of view, this can only protect his own people. A sailboat is only so big. If a foreign enemy invades and wants to find out any secrets from the ship, even if it is dismantled piece by piece, how much time will it take?
But when he got down there, he realized that he was naive.
When walking down the stairs, through the dim light of the lighting crystal, Fang Yu accidentally discovered some strange textures on the ceiling. And when he looked carefully, he realized that it was part of a huge alchemical circle.
It was an impact formation. It had the same principle as the firing formation on the magic gun, but I had never seen one so huge.
He couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. This magic circle was probably connected to the nine-star magic circle outside. If something had gone wrong before, or if someone accidentally touched the magic circle, I'm afraid this magic circle would be damaged. The power of the formation was enough to blast the rear half of the ship into the sky along with the people inside.
This is the wheelhouse.
Fang Yu was almost certain that this magic circle was left by the owner of the ship. In order to protect the secrets here, the other party even went so far as to blow up his own ship - and even perished with him.
He looked away with both fear and curiosity, took out a short knife and slashed the magic circle, cutting off its magic transmission.
This magic circle is extremely dangerous to invade from the outside, but once you get below, it can be easily cracked as long as you understand the principles.
After Fang Yu finished all this, he felt free to let the others come down.
The long bridge below is not spacious and can only accommodate two people walking side by side. He and Ai Xiaoxiao took the lead, followed by the others.
After only taking a few steps, Fang Plover stopped.
Ai Xiaoxiao, who was walking aside, looked at the thing in front of him and made a soft sound.
"There's that thing in front of you." She turned around and stammered.
Fang Plover naturally saw the slender outline emerging from the darkness.
They were exactly the same as the previous construct, with an arthropod-like torso and a pointed hat, but their heads were lowered, and there was no red light in their eyes. Their hands were naturally lowered, and the eleven-style magic gun they were holding stood on the ground. The magic furnace behind it also dimmed and was in a state of silence.
These structures are arranged oppositely from front to back, standing on both sides of the long bridge. There are ten in total.
"These structures have not been activated." Looking at these silent structures, a trace of surprise flashed through Fang Pliu's heart. He was actually a little pity when the previous device fell under the cliff, but he didn't expect that there were so many of its kind in the dark room - and they were still in an unactivated state.
Perhaps, this is what the pirate leader left on the log - the real legacy.
However, he was still a little cautious. After all, he had never seen a similar construct using a magic furnace in the past. Maybe it had some external energy source. Fang Plover slowly moved over. At this time, others also saw that these constructs did not seem to be much of a threat, and followed them one by one.
Especially Ai Xiaoxiao, who was behind Fang Yu, looked curious and blinked.
Fang Plover had gradually entered the range of the construct's long knife attack. At this time, he stopped and looked up - seeing that there was still no movement from the construct, he felt a little relieved and took another step forward. and raised his hands.
He took another look at the constructs. All ten constructs had their heads lowered and remained motionless.
Fang Yu felt completely at ease now. He gently placed his hand on his chest, closed his eyes, and activated the resonance crystal in his control gloves.
But the next moment, the feedback result surprised him:
Although magic was injected into it, the induction was empty. It can neither connect to the opponent's resonance crystal nor sense the location of the opponent's core crystal.
Haven't these constructs been equipped with core crystals yet? An idea occurred in Fang Plover's mind.
He quickly opened his eyes and looked at the opponent's shield-shaped breastplate. The work of the alchemists was mostly the same, and this structure looked like it was made by the Imperial people. So Fang Pulver followed the habit of the Imperial craftsmen in his memory and stretched his hand to the back of the breastplate: there was indeed a mechanism there.
He gently used his hand to open the buckle, then reached back and pulled the breastplate downwards with a bang - generally speaking, this is where the core crystal is installed, and the resonance crystal will be not far from the core crystal. at. But what he actually saw made Fang Yu stunned for a moment: Inside were densely packed pipelines, gear sets, and some unnamed devices. Where could the core crystals and resonance crystals be located?
The core crystal is not in the center? Don't you think about the efficiency of magic power transmission and the loss in the process? But judging from the efficiency of the previous construct's actions, it doesn't look too clumsy.
Or distributed nucleation? But are the Imperial people still using such a backward and inefficient design?
Fang Plover couldn't help but step back and take a closer look at the construct. There seemed to be no place for nuclear crystals in its slender limbs. The only possible possibility was the pointed hat on its head.
"Is it in here?" Fang Yu thought.
Although it is a bit unorthodox to place the core crystal in that place, there are also some special designs to protect the core from being destroyed. So he took another step forward and removed the shell of its helmet in the same way, but the result he saw also surprised him - there was no core crystal in it at all, just a strange-looking device that he had never seen before.
Although there is indeed a small piece of crystal buried in this device connected to dense tubes, the size and shape of the crystal cannot match the core crystal. Moreover, Fang Yu tried to inject magic power, but there was no reaction at all.
The crystal was translucent lavender, and it seemed to contain a sea of light. If you looked closely, it seemed to be hundreds of floating stars.
Fang Yu was a little confused now.
The fact that he couldn't find the core crystal was beyond his common sense and knowledge - a construct must have a core crystal - whether it is a flexible construct or other constructs. That is the core of their magic power. And without magic power, how can the construct move?
With strong suspicion, he simply removed the shell of the entire construct, but the final result only turned him to stone on the spot - there was no extra space in the entire construct for nuclear weapons. What Akira left behind.
How can this be!
Fang Yu almost shouted, this was completely contrary to common sense.
Among the three people next to him, only Luo Yu understood what he was doing, "Captain, this construct does not have a core crystal?"
Fang Yu nodded in confusion, his brows furrowed.
Luo Yu thought for a moment, "But it has a magic furnace, could it be..."
But how can the magic output of the magic furnace be used by this construct? It's not that Fang Pliance hasn't considered this, it's just that he rejected it before.
However, Luo Yu's words still woke him up. He went around behind the construct and checked the magic furnace: its model was a bit old, and it was a product of the empire about ten years ago.
"What kind of magic furnace is this?" Ai Xiaoxiao had been extremely curious for a long time, and now she asked, "Is it special?"
The magic furnace is the core equipment that allows humans to use magic weapons. It can be said to be one of the epoch-making inventions.
Different magic furnaces depend on what kind of technical support the wearer needs - a craftsman uses a craftsman's magic furnace, and a ranger uses a ranger's magic furnace. This is a matter of course.
But in the final analysis, the difference between magic furnaces is determined by the different designs of the core crystals.
Celestite magic furnace is more suitable for craftsmen because the crystal structure and the plug-in design are more suitable for the skill needs of craftsmen.
The red cube crystal magic furnace is more suitable for warriors, and the same reason applies.
Whether people can use these magic furnaces depends on their relevant knowledge and their use and understanding of the plug-ins on the magic furnaces.
Therefore, higher-level magic furnaces have more complex and sophisticated plug-ins and crystals built into them, and require more professional knowledge from the wearer.
But constructs generally don't play this way. They have their own fixed core crystal, which is also different from humans. What abilities they can use only depends on what magical accessories are installed at the beginning of the design.
Although it can be modified later, it cannot exceed the range supported by its core crystal.
Of course, you can also replace the core crystal, but doing so is equivalent to putting the cart before the horse, because all the accessories of a construct are tailor-made for its matching core crystal at the beginning of the design. The amount of work to replace the core crystal is no less than Redesign a construct.
A curious question for Ai Xiaoxiao.
Fang Yu only shook his head.
Because of the above reasons, he initially thought that this was a special magic furnace specially designed for flexible construction.
But it turns out, it's not.
"This is just the Gunslinger's magic furnace, simplified, but it shouldn't be simplified for this structure, just for cost reasons."
In fact, he already had some idea of what this magic furnace was used for.
But after thinking about it for a while, Fang Yu still took out a magic storage crystal, inserted it into the groove, and started the magic furnace.
The next moment, the core crystal of the magic furnace lit up, and the strands of light passed through the metal pipes and etheric wires, one side was transmitted to the eleventh style imperial magic gun, and the other side was transmitted to the huge scabbard. .
However, the construct still lowered its head and remained motionless.
Fang Yu watched this scene silently.
At this time, Tang Xin seemed to understand somewhat, and there was a hint of surprise in her voice, "The magic power supply of the magic furnace is only transmitted to the magic device?... Wait, this construct has the gunner profession? "
Although it was unbelievable, Fang Plover nodded.
This is the only explanation that can explain the scene before me.
This is actually the same principle as how humans use magic furnaces - to provide magic support through the magic furnace and use various magic tools.
Different magic furnaces are just for adapting to different magic tools.
"This is a bit unreasonable," Luo Yu said suddenly, "If it has the gunner profession, wouldn't it mean that... only gunners can control it?"
Generally speaking this is the case.
Artisans can control different constructs because they have knowledge of the relevant constructs and know how to use any device on it.
This is why combat craftsmen have to cross professions to learn how to use combat plug-ins in other professions.
But after all, they achieved this by using core crystals dedicated to flexible constructs and special construction methods for flexible constructs.
Therefore, craftsmen have to use flexible structures of different professions. After all, they do not need to truly become masters of the corresponding professions.
Luo Yu has a certain understanding of combat craftsmen.
But because of his understanding, he understood that it was impossible for the craftsmen to use the Gunslinger's magic furnace and display the Gunslinger's magic skills.
Unless the controller of the construct is a gunslinger.
But the question is, how does the gunslinger control the flexible construct?
"Generally speaking, it's like this..." Fang Plover also replied.
He took a step back and looked at the ten structures standing opposite each other.
A strange thought arose in his mind.
…What if they don’t need to be controlled?
The others obviously thought of the previous battle and couldn't help but become a little quiet.
"But how can they move without core crystals?" Tang Xin asked.
Fang Yu looked at these ten constructs, and his heart was also full of doubts.
But these constructs should be flexible and accurate. The feeling is not wrong. Only flexible constructs have requirements for the input of magic power from the outside, so there will be such ether fluctuations.
"Go to the front and take a look first." Unable to find an answer for a while, he turned back to the others and said.
Long Bridge has not reached the end. He wants to see what else is here. The pirate leader will not leave his legacy to outsiders for no reason. The other party will always leave some clues.
But no matter what the answer is, these constructs are obviously not ordinary.
If they can also have the gunner profession, does that mean that constructs can also have the ability to learn and grow?
If this is true, then the impact of this construct on the alchemy system will probably not be inferior to that of the Zero Crystal he masters.
Although intuition tells the plovers that this is unlikely, they should achieve this through other methods. But no matter which one, this technology can be called great.
He stepped back and observed the stern appearance of these structures, wondering if these were the divine creations mentioned in the ship's owner's log?
In some respects, it can be called a miracle, but in terms of construction level, it does not break away from today's technology - it even has a strong imperial technical style. He noticed this from some details.
Several people passed these constructs one by one, and the road ahead was actually not that far. As Fang Piao expected: at the end of the long bridge, he found what he wanted.
It was a square pillar-shaped platform, and there was still a group of dancing stars on the platform. Fang Pulver couldn't help but laugh when he saw this thing. The owner of this ship was really cautious.
He sank into the spiritual world. Worried about what surprises the other party had prepared, he remained careful and unlocked the magic circle with the same ease.
The starlight dispersed, and the platform made a clicking sound as the surface sank downwards, and then a crystal rose up.
Fang Yu hesitated for a moment, expecting that at this step, the other party would not have any tricks up his sleeve, so he put his hand up.
It was a recording crystal, and the moment he put his hand on it, he received the information stored in it.
It was a voice that was somewhat self-possessed, even a little arrogant, "... latecomers, I don't care who you are, a Kaolin, an Imperial, a dwarf, an elf, or those uncivilized beasts of Lotao. , or those fat little lizard men from Sanshak, it doesn’t matter.”
"...When you see this information, then I am probably in danger, but I have already expected this day, so there is nothing surprising about it."
"...You saw those things outside, and if you come here, you should understand what they are. That is the little gift I left for you, oh, my heir."
"But after inheriting my inheritance, you have to avenge me. Go to the Oshu Empire, where I left my true inheritance..."
The sound faded away.
Fang Yu was startled for a moment and retracted his hand, but of course the information in the recording crystal changed much more than that.
In the second half of the information recorded in the crystal, the pirate leader also left him a map of the sea outside Oshur, which should be the location of his treasure house.
The platform cracked open with a crack, revealing the dark alloy key underneath.
Fang Yu looked at the key and understood that it was the only key to the treasure house mentioned in the recording crystal.
But what really surprised him was something that was automatically transmitted into his mind from the recording crystal at that moment.
That's some fancy information.
The above records a peculiar method of constructing an alchemical circle.
No, it shouldn’t be said to be one kind, but a brand new alchemical system.
On the alchemy circle, Fang Plover seemed to see the creation technique, and at the same time he saw the shadow of another technical route that he was familiar with.
This alchemy circle is called - Starburst.
Its function is to record the methods used by craftsmen to control flexible constructs.
In short, it is a means of recording margins.
Fang Yu almost instantly remembered the magic device given to him by Gubai Zhiye.
Closed loop device.
He had studied that little thing more than once, and there were many similar alchemical formations on it that he couldn't quite understand.
But without exception, they are much simpler than the current circle.
At the end of these complicated messages, a text message was left.
Although when Fang Yu read this text, it seemed a bit like a part taken from the previous log:
'...This magic circle is the most valuable thing found there...'
'...But to master it, it seems that you still need to pay a lot of price...'
'...What is still missing...'
When Fang Yu took back his hand, the recording crystal immediately fell into pieces.
While the people behind looked at the black key, Ai Xiaoxiao asked curiously: "What happened?"
Fang Yu was stunned for a while.
Then he turned around, skipping the complicated information that he didn't quite understand himself, and only relayed the cause and effect of the incident to others.
"So," Tang Xin asked, "this person gave us an inheritance for no reason?"
"It's not for nothing," Ai Xiao, "He asked us to help him get revenge."
"But did he say whom to take revenge on?" Tang Xin asked back, which made Ai Xiaoxiao stuck.
"Or...or he forgot?" she asked, not even believing it.
"Moreover," Luo Yu also said, "The other party is not worried. The person who comes to the door is his enemy? Theoretically, this is the most likely, right?"
"At the same time, he didn't explain clearly how the ship sank here."
Tang Xin and Luo Yu's repeated questions left Ai Xiao speechless for a long time.
Box was leaning against the railing alone, looking at the three of them and not participating in the discussion.
Fang Yu thought for a moment, silently looked at the two rows of constructs in the distance, and finally said:
"Call the Seven Seas Traveler to come over."
They came to hunt for treasure, and unexpectedly they seemed to find something amazing.
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