A hand as slender as snow gently placed the white porcelain tea cup in front of him. The bottom of the cup collided with the porcelain plate and made a sweet sound. The white mist on the black tea reflected the warm light in the crystal lampshade.
Behind the feathered mist, there was a pair of beautiful blue gem-like eyes, fluttering their feather-like eyelashes, looking at him quietly.
"The moonlight is nice tonight."
Sylvester rested her chin on the back of her hands, lay on the table, raised her head, and focused her eyes on him.
Not bad. Judging from the usual weather in Wuwankong Gorge, outside the porthole, the hazy moonlight at least broke through the fog today and rarely shone on the Long Gorge.
For the first time in days, he saw Sylvester empty.
She has been busy correcting their deviated course these days, and has been immersed in the chart room, while he is confused day and night. Their bedrooms are not far apart, but they rarely see each other.
Fang Plover looked at the misty cup of black tea.
"Is there another fire in the kitchen?"
"Everyone plans to finish the matter overnight. Miss Attila heard that you haven't rested yet, but Siesta should have sent it here." Sylvide blinked lazily, "But you You know, as the eldest lady she serves, I always have some willful little requests, including being able to see you first, my captain."
"Now that you have seen it," Fang Plover asked, "Sylwede, you haven't rested yet, have you?"
Sylvide nodded and stretched out charmingly in front of Fang Plover without any concealment.
She yawned and said, "I've already finished my work over there, so there's no rush now. The captain isn't asleep yet, so I'll stay with you."
Fang Yu thought to himself that I wouldn't have the time to do anything else with you on the side.
But he couldn't say no, so how could he bear to say no?
The noble lady seemed to have figured out his thoughts and smiled.
"Speaking of which, what are Sylvide's next plans?" Fang Plover gently closed the lid of the magic furnace and asked, "Although we have a ship now, it will still take a long time to go to the second world. Time, and the current Seven Seas Traveler is not good enough. I’m afraid it needs to be upgraded and refitted. We have some money at the moment, but everyone lacks experience.”
After leaving Istania, everyone relaxed a little.
Although they experienced a thrilling pursuit, after the tension, everyone felt an empty feeling of losing their target.
Speaking of which, they went south for the Dragon Witch incident, and came here in order to track down the real culprit who caused the death of Miss Attila's brother, Ms. Kusu's son.
But in Idos, everything has been revealed. Miss Everiel was just a poor victim in that tragedy. Although saying this does not erase the evil done by Nicol Bolas - but everyone At least we already know that the real culprit behind everything is the ruthless wanderer.
The latter had already been killed by them in Idos - although it was difficult to say whether it was really killed or not. The other party said that even if he died temporarily, he would exist forever.
But at least until he appears again - or until new information is sent back from Lich Tang De, they may not be able to find any new valuable clues.
Fang Yu doesn't really believe in the existence of such a thing as immortality. Even the green star of darkness has passed away, but its believers believe in immortality. Isn't it ridiculous?
He thought that the wanderer must have some special way to temporarily escape the punishment of death, but there was only speculation on this point.
The owner of Traveler's Rest, Mazak gave him the Ring of Golden Flame and asked him to go south to find someone who knew the origin of the ring.
Sir Duke asked them to take this ring and go south to experience everything in the past. They did all this and met the legendary heroes of the past.
Now that the Seven Seas Traveler has been completed, all they have to do seems to be to go back and return the ring, which has lost its power and become ordinary, to its original owner.
After that, he probably planned to go to the Treasure Staff Coast to fulfill his agreement with R and Shana - Elpaxin was not far from the northern border of the kingdom anyway.
Go listen to the winter trombone, see the legendary place where the ancient hunter was born, and investigate the past of the Grosl family and the wanderer.
And after that, he really didn't know what other goals he had.
Even he is like this, let alone others.
After hearing this, Sylvide thought for a moment, "Why don't you, Captain, go to the Empire? It's the birthplace of human alchemy and the master of today's magic technology. It has the most advanced technology and the strongest strength in the world. , The Empire's Top Craftsmen will always be a holy place in the minds of many alchemists."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment. "You mean, let's go to the Empire and see if we can find the next step to improve the Seven Seas Traveler there?"
The current Seven Seas Traveler is not so much his work as it is the brainchild of Sylvide's father and grandfather.
The drawings of this ship and the Fairy Heart, the core part of the ship, had been completed many years ago. A solid foundation had been laid before the construction of this ship began.
If he and Sylvester wanted to further improve on this basis, they would have to face the same path he took when studying alpha crystals.
The groundbreaking technical work has been completed for him, but the subsequent technical route needs to be carried out by him personally.
Although he has accumulated a lot of experience in the process of building the Seven Seas Traveler, he still has a long way to go.
Although the Imperial people are arrogant, they do possess the best technology in the world. They have reason to be proud. The Imperial Workshop is an unattainable leader in the current field of alchemy. If he goes to that place, it might be possible to learn it. to many things.
Going to the Empire? Fang Yu was slightly uneasy. The strength in the first division was also extraordinary. It was the country of the Gray King.
However, Miss Attila has recently discussed with the big cat people about returning to the Hill of Giant Trees. The Empire is also closer to Sanshak. After a trip to the Empire, you can also go to the Hill of Giant Trees on the way.
It is also the second hometown of Sky Blue and Parker. In any case, the matter between Sky Blue and Twelve Color Iris should take time to resolve.
Fang Plover clarified his thoughts and his eyes became much clearer. In short, he first aimed to go to the top of the empire, even if it was just to visit - as Sylvide said, it was a holy place in the hearts of craftsmen.
Seeing his expression, Sylvester understood what he was thinking, "It seems that the captain has made his decision."
She pursed her lips.
"What's wrong?" Fang Yu looked at the ship officer lady who suddenly laughed a little surprised.
"It's nothing, I just think the captain looks a lot like my father."
She said with a smile with crooked eyes, "Once I mention the boat, I can't stop."
Fang Yu was slightly startled and smiled awkwardly, "I have to thank you even more."
Owning a boat has been his dream since childhood, but it came true because of this dream-like experience.
There is also a gentle bond.
"I am the one who should say thank you," Sylvester said with a halo in her eyes, like a flickering light, "Thank you, Ed."
The air was a little quiet for a moment, and the two of them had ordinary thoughts.
Fang Yu had long forgotten the matter at hand, and his face was slightly red.
Sylvester looked at this big boy from another world with some amusement.
The two worlds have different cultures. Noble girls are generous in courtship, and young people are bold and passionate.
But she was used to those sweet words, which didn't make any ripples in her heart. On the contrary, this implicit and silent confession made her feel extremely warm.
She smiled and took the initiative to break the silence:
"Captain, if you are bored, tell me something about alchemy. After all, I am also the granddaughter of an alchemist."
Fang Plover nodded.
He is actually just studying the alchemy formula these days.
He stood up, having no thoughts anyway, so he put the work at hand aside.
He looked at Sylvide and said, "I plan to go down there and have a look. Let's talk while walking."
Sylvide nodded.
When it comes to adventure, there are no secrets among everyone on board.
He had made some discoveries while studying the alchemy formula in the past few days, and he had planned to mention it to others, but since Sylvester asked first, there was no harm in telling her in advance.
The two pushed open the door to the lower deck and walked down.
Away from the crew accommodation below, Seven Seas Traveler has two staircases leading to the lower cabin - one at the bow and one at the chart room side.
It was deserted at the moment as everyone had gone to the deck.
The two of them walked into the air combat deck. There were no lights in front of them and it was pitch black.
Only the crystal indicator light on the information instrument flashed in the darkness.
Only after arriving here did Fang Plover finish talking about the alchemy formula.
"So," Sylvide asked softly, "that is something similar to a closed loop device."
"It's almost the same, but it's much more complicated than that. That alchemy array can even be stacked."
In the darkness, Sylvide remained silent and did not speak.
There was just a glimmer of light in her eyes. She's not an alchemist, but that doesn't mean she doesn't understand it at all. On the contrary, being born into a family of alchemists, she knows much more about this strange world than ordinary people due to her familiarity with it.
The information recorded in the remainder can be stacked, meaning that agility constructs can operate independently of the Combat Craftsman.
How long they can act depends on how long the margin information is recorded.
Fang Plover was walking to the flower pot hanging on the beam by Siesta and lighting up the crystal lantern there.
A bright light fell on his face.
Sylvide asked: "Is this the principle of self-action of that construct?"
"Possibly, if enough margin information is recorded."
Fang Yu continued: "Do you still remember the beast chess game played at Teacher Ande's place?"
Sylvide nodded.
"There are actually many similar operations in the virtual Beast Fighting Chess. As long as you have enough computing power, you can simulate enough moves -"
"You can have your construct anticipate the enemy's movements and then react to them."
"But what is its significance in actual combat?" Fang Pulong himself raised such a question.
The significance of the efreet is that after the combat craftsman seals the control channel, it can shield the impact of the violent ether shock caused by the explosion on the operator himself.
But for general flexible constructs, encapsulating instructions still requires the operator to be distracted, and it still requires the computing power of the system——
"I guess the captain already has a solution." Sylvide said with a smile.
Fang Yu tried to show off in front of his ice-snow and smart ship officer, but he ended up in trouble.
He touched his nose sheepishly and said, "Let me show you something. This is the result of my research over the past few days."
He put on his control gloves, then pressed his hand on the console and projected a construct from the large information crystal.
It was a sword-wielding machine, somewhat tattered. Sylvide took a closer look and realized that it was the one that had been chopped up by the construct on the big ship.
Unexpectedly, her captain found it again and repaired it again.
She pursed her lips and smiled.
Fang Plover was also a little embarrassed.
Who told him that he couldn't take out other constructs? Tansnier left in a hurry and didn't even have time to take away many alchemy materials. He couldn't even build an angel to experiment with. I had to go back and pick this thing up.
However, this sword-wielding machine is still slightly different from the previous one - the biggest difference is probably the huge and bloated structure attached to its core.
At first glance, it looks like a tumor growing from a machine, ugly and unsightly.
"This is?" Sylvide was a little surprised, "Closed circulation device?"
"Not entirely, it's modified based on that one." Fang Plover probably couldn't stand it either. "This is just an experimental product. The official product will look much better than this."
"Official product," Sylvide smiled, "What does the captain want me to do?"
"Let's try it. You use this hand crossbow to attack it."
Fang Yu handed over the hand crossbow he used. After saying this, he took off his control gloves and put them aside.
Seeing this move, Sylvester tilted her head and looked at him playfully.
As if to indicate: Can we start?
Fang Plover nodded.
Sylvide raised the crossbow, aimed at the sword-wielder, and then pulled the trigger.
Theoretically speaking, a flexible structure without its operator cannot move, but a miracle happened. The moment the crossbow arrow came close, the sword holder suddenly stepped aside, allowing the arrow to hit the floor.
Sylvide put down her crossbow and looked at this scene with some surprise.
She raised her head and looked at Fang Plover with her talkative eyes.
Fang Yu shook his head, "Does it look exactly the same as that construct? But it's not. It can only do this one step..."
He picked up the control glove on the side again, put it on, and said: "Although I didn't control it, I actually gave it a command before taking off the glove. When an attack is approaching, it will act." Dodge action.”
"That's not bad," Sylvide looked at the sword-wielding man again, "So the remaining information can be input in advance and stored, waiting for a command to trigger?"
She turned back a little curiously, "Wouldn't this save a lot of computing power?"
If aboriginal craftsmen can also master such abilities, the number of flexible structures that each person can control can be greatly increased.
Because of this magic circle, it is almost possible to turn a flexible structure into a summoned creature - it can be activated with just one command from the alchemist. And there is no need for a soul contract, and there will be no mental burden.
But Fang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Saving computing power is probably the only function of this thing.
He smiled bitterly and replied: "But so far, it can only do this one move. In fact, no matter what attack method you use and what direction you attack from, it will only have this dodge mode, and the result will not matter... "
Sylvester's eyes flashed slightly, and she quickly understood, "Because the captain only set this set of instructions for it?"
The intelligence of the ship officer lady almost made Fang Yu feel numb, and he nodded.
"The key problem lies in the storage device... You see it just makes a dodge action, but that's not how the flexible structure is actually controlled. The craftsman's instructions must be detailed to the direction of movement of each transmission device and separated. , this dodge action alone has seven groups of forty-four branch instructions - of course, for professionally trained craftsmen, most of the repeated instructions are instinctive reactions and muscle memory, but when used on this device... "
Fang Yu looked at the ugly device with a bit speechless, "When used on this device, no matter whether the instructions are repeated or not, each magic circle must be drawn separately... And for the carrying device of the magic circle, I use a closed loop The device is modified, each magic circle requires one...forty-four, I have tried to simplify it as much as possible, but it is still so big."
Sylvester couldn't help but smile after hearing this, "Does that mean the practicality is limited?"
"At least it is not on the same level as that construct that is completely separated from the operator, has the ability to judge, and can act on its own."
She thought for a moment, "But how is that achieved?"
"This is mentioned in the alchemy formula. It mentioned a material called star stone, but I have never heard of this material." Fang Yu couldn't help but think of those construct hats. In that strange device inside, he had seen a crystal of completely unknown origin, but he had no idea how to study those crystals.
Sylvide knew that Fang Plione's statement that he had never heard of it also meant that the knowledgeable Miss Tata might not be able to do anything about it.
And she thought about it for a moment, and realized that this name was quite unfamiliar to her.
She had no choice but to return her attention to the present moment, looked at the sword holder and asked, "What about this device?"
"It's not completely useless," Fang Yucai replied, "This is just an experimental product. I can still find ways to optimize it. After learning the magic circle, I also made some discoveries when studying the closed-circulation device."
Sylvester looked at him, waiting for his next words.
"I found that the closed-cycle device can also be optimized. The materials it originally used can be replaced. After replacement, it will be much lighter, but..."
Fang Plover suddenly hesitated.
"So?" Sylvide blinked with interest. She knew that her captain would only appear so hesitant when he was asking for help.
"The materials are a bit expensive..."
Fang Plover stammered.
Sylvide asked funnyly, "The captain asked me to ask Miss Attila for her opinion?"
Although the Seven Seas Troupe has money, it is well known that the money does not belong to any one person.
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