Time Walker returned to the players' rest area with a dark face. Everyone else looked at each other in confusion. They thought that even if the opponent could not defeat the dragon alchemist of Corin-Ithulian in the city barrier, at least he could gain a few points.
Who would have thought that the Grand Craftsmen Association didn't let Fang Plover play at all, but instead lined up a little-known player, and even tied with Time Walker. Of course, he is not really unknown. Analysts have also introduced this player to them in advance. He is one of the three leaders of the Grand Craftsmen Association. He is also from Silver Wisland and played in Sangxia not long ago. Won the top spot in a game in Grammar.
The commander of Silver Vislan should be worthy of attention no matter what.
But in terms of popularity, the latter is still inferior to the Dragon Alchemist. Weiyu became famous earlier, but most of his reputation was limited to Kapka and Kaolin-Ithulian's chosen people. Fang Plover's reputation outside the kingdom can be regarded as a coincidence, and it is difficult for others to copy it. It mainly comes from The spread of the Southern Realm Competition and the Gray Wanted of the Super Competitive Alliance.
However, the other contestants of Notting's Boat didn't complain and even gave him a few words of comfort.
The team leader pulled Time Walker aside nervously and asked, "You didn't try your best, did you?"
Time Walker looked a little confused and shook his head with a dark face.
But he didn't actually tell the whole truth. The whisper aroused his competitive spirit. He tried his best in terms of speed, but he was still slightly behind his opponent. It's just that he still has reservations about craftsmanship, precision and material handling.
"That's good," the team leader breathed a sigh of relief. "The score in the first game is not important. We will definitely advance to the third round. The key is the selection of the Holy King. Don't expose your strength too much in this round. There have been many similar painful lessons in the past, as long as you understand them."
"Nakura?"
"It's hard for us to win this game." The team leader shook his head. "His opponent is the Dragon Alchemist. No matter how powerful Kula is, he shouldn't be able to score 7.5 points from the opponent. Then we have to change our strategy. I will Let Kula not show too much strength in the game. I didn’t expect that this time Kaulin-Ishulian’s home team would be so powerful. They had suffered consecutive defeats in the second world. I didn’t expect that there would still be such a great number among the next generation selectors. A powerful character, could it be said that they have changed their training strategy for elites...?"
Time Walker is not interested in these. The competition between the second division and the third division is too far away from him. He is not even considered as the management of the Notting Ship Guild. However, he sat on the bench for a while, finally adjusted his mentality, and looked at the rest area of the Grand Craftsmen Association.
Indeed, the Ship of Noddings will definitely be able to enter the Twin Towers Trial, and there will still be opportunities for a showdown with the opponent.
Not to mention that the time walker has reached peace with himself. The leader of the Nordingsh Boat went to Kula to give some instructions. While Grand General was standing aside, Virus, Ming and Soul Fingerprint were also pulling Fang Plover aside to question him.
"Wind element recovery net, this is the topic you chose. This thing is indeed not the most popular type of equipment on sailboats, but it is also rare on small aerostats. If I remember correctly, your The ship is a caravel, right?”
This is Ms. Ming speaking.
However, she didn't know anything about the construction of sailboats. Virus next to her was different. The latter was a professional shipwright and had also met Fang Plover during the Northern War. He probably knew something about the Seven Seas Traveler's experience. .
She opened her mouth and asked, "Does your ship have an air combat deck?"
Fang Plover nodded.
He set up a small hangar in the middle of the lower deck of the Seven Seas Traveler, and when the side hatches there were opened up and down, they could be used to release structures for combat.
The efficiency cannot be said to be high. Under normal conditions, four constructs can be released in one round, and one round takes about five minutes including preparation time.
But in the recovery state, only one side of the hatch can be used for release, and the attack efficiency has become half of the original. He and Miss Tata divided the Lancer-type structures on the ship into three combat groups, with each combat group having about twenty flexible structures.
The advantage of this is that it can always be maintained between the attack state, the preparation state and the recovery state during combat.
Hold a group into battle.
Currently, the main restriction on the Seven Seas Traveler's offensive efficiency is recycling.
There is a small wind element rope on the starboard side of the Seven Seas Traveler, but it can only recover two flexible structures at a time. If the recovery and release speeds are the same, it will take the Seven Seas Traveler an hour to release a group of twenty combat structures.
In other words, the interval between each attack wave of the Seven Seas Traveler is one hour, which is still too long. When the recovery efficiency is doubled, the delivery efficiency of air combat can be increased by more than one-third.
The more Soul Fingerprint listened, the more something was wrong.
She was well aware of this little guy's personality, and couldn't help but ask: "...So, are you using this project as a practice to try to see if the wind element recovery net can be installed on your boat? ?」
"What's wrong?"
Fang Yu was stunned, "Can't you do this?"
He looked at his soul fingerprint with a strange look on his face, and suddenly realized that something was wrong. He asked nervously: "It should be possible... right? Is it not allowed by the rules of the competition?"
The soul fingerprint has a black line, "You don't think you can take the finished product away, do you? It's a free prostitution organizer's material, you really have a good idea, don't you?"
"But……"
Fang Plover is a bit innocent.
Did the Elfendor Council also let them take away their works during the Southern Region Competition? The arm armor he made for Nini and the goblin doll were all taken away by the contestants in the Southern Border Competition. He thought the Imperials would do the same thing.
"That was an exhibition match," Soul Fingerprint sighed, knowing that no matter how hard he emphasized, this guy would make these mistakes. "Allowing the players to take away their own works is one of the rewards given to the players by the Elfendor Council. "
"Then the people of the Empire are too stingy," Fang Plover couldn't help complaining, "Do they still lack so few materials?"
"That's not true," Ming said with a smile, finding this little guy very interesting.
Outsiders have heard that Fang Plover looks like Loofah before he became famous, but she feels that this little guy looks very much like herself before she became famous. She was so fussy at that time that even now Odin, Chenxi and others would still subconsciously see her. The ground retreated.
Of course, the person she tricked the most was someone.
Virus noticed the latter's gaze and only gave him a cold look. Then she looked away, out of sight and out of mind.
Ming then explained with a smile: "The Empire people don't like this material, but these works are commemorative. After the game, the Oshu people will display them in a special museum. Every year's contestants, Hundreds of works will be placed in that place to record this memorable competition."
"However, there are exceptions, but you will understand those when you arrive at the Hall of the Holy King. The Imperial people will naturally explain the rules to you then, and there is no point in telling you these now."
I see.
Only then did Fang Plover understand. However, Ms. Ming had already encouraged him a few words. The soul fingerprint on the side seemed to want to say something more. Ming Ye interrupted: "Okay, it's useless to talk more. Although it's impossible to do it for free, it's okay to practice with official materials. OK."
"Practice is all about practicing, don't expose too much of your strength." Soul Fingerprint was still worried and warned again and again.
Fang Plover nodded.
Of course he understands this.
At this time, the referee team has rang the small copper bell to remind the contestants from both sides to enter. Fang Yu then said goodbye to everyone, walked out of the rest area of the Grande contestants, and walked towards the arena.
At the same time, he saw that the contestant of the Notting Boat was the young man of Berber descent from North Africa named Kula. He thought of something and subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold the golden ring of flames on his chest, but the golden ring that had been so effective in the past seemed to have failed this time and turned cold.
Is it really an illusion?
Fang Yu looked at the other party and thought. The young man had already stood in front of his workbench. There was not much interaction between the two of them. Instead, they bowed to each other in accordance with player etiquette, and then took their seats. Although there was no tit-for-tat as imagined, the audience
The enthusiasm is very high.
His reputation seems to be really high among the chosen ones, especially among the alchemists among the chosen ones. His voice is getting louder and louder, which is actually a bit deafening. The final round of four games was going on at the same time, but more than half of the audience's eyes were focused on this one.
However, neither contestant seemed to be affected at all. The young man of Berber descent lowered his head to sort out the tools, then sorted out the materials and components. His eyes were focused and he was completely immersed in his own world. Fang Plover also checked the tools he needed to use, the magic furnace and the element tester. Sailboat construction is the crown of large equipment and one of the three prides of alchemy (the other is the magic furnace and the dragon knight). It is also the most sophisticated field of magic skills.
However, the Imperial people were indeed wealthy and had all the equipment available, which was much more complete than what he had seen at Tansnier Shipyard. There were also some tools that Fang Plover couldn't even recognize - the Oshu people were so wealthy. He couldn't help but sigh when he saw these latest models of instruments.
Regardless of whether the players use them or not, the organizers put them here first.
However, Fang Yu didn't look at the instruments first. Instead, he placed his hand on an elemental crystal. It was a square crystal, which contained the power of the wind element above the sea of clouds. The crystal showed an azure color, with each side blooming with dazzling brilliance.
Storm crystals are the highest quality wind element crystals mined under the wind element layer. As early as four hundred years ago, the Oshu people were extracting the purest wind element from this type of crystal, and before that, Fang Plover had never been exposed to this level of elemental crystal.
He carefully felt the cold touch in the palm of his hand, as if he had abandoned all external interference, cheers, whistles, and all noise had nothing to do with it.
He only saw the world of alchemy.
Fang Yu held the crystal in his hand, as if he were holding a world. It was a real world that he could perceive.
The world of stars——
And those words were echoing in his ears:
"Everyone, do you want to know why ancient alchemy was born?"
There was some silence on the field.
Mu Lan stared in the direction of the field a little nervously. She was not worried that Fang Yu would miss, but she couldn't help but worry every time. On the contrary, when she is on the court, Mu Lan can relax and face every game of her own calmly.
Shui Wuming poked her in the back with his finger, "Mulan, you and Ed are familiar with each other. Do you know what he meant by what he said before?"
Mu Lan finally regained her attention and asked, "What do you mean?"
"It's what he said to you, MTT and us," Shui Wuming replied: "Have you forgotten? He seemed to appreciate Wucun very much and praised Wucun a lot, and then he said that Extra words. He said that ancient alchemy does not mean that it is complicated, but that Cui Yu and Dill were not proficient enough at the beginning. He did not think carefully at the beginning, which is why ancient alchemy left such an impression on the outside world. "
Mu Lan was startled for a moment, then recalled it and couldn't help but nodded, "Ed did indeed say that. In fact, MTT and I also discussed it privately. Ancient alchemy is very complicated, but it does not necessarily mean that it is procrastinating. It’s lengthy. Repeated training can effectively improve it. As you can see, Wu Cun performed much better than Cui Yu and Dill at the time.”
"But Ed asked us, what kind of art is ancient alchemy...?"
Shui Wuming frowned, "I always feel that there is something behind his words. Isn't that the alchemy of the Numerin elves to purify materials?
"I don't know about this," Mu Lan also felt a little strange, "Senior Luo Wei, can you tell?"
"I don't understand ancient alchemy either," Luo Wei shook her head, "but Ed should have his own ideas. I don't understand ancient alchemy, but I finally know something about multiple parallelism. The techniques of multiple parallelism... …There really isn’t much logical connection between it and purified materials.”
"Even if multiple parallelism has some application in purified crystals, that is not actually its main application direction... Multiple parallelism, as you know from the name, is a technique that uses computing power to forcibly reduce calculation time.
. "
"And you know, my teacher..."
"Yes," Mu Lan responded, "Ms. Ming..."
Swift tactics were originally techniques extended from the idea of multiple parallelism.
If anyone in the second world knows more about multiple parallelism, this Queen of Constructs must be one of them. It's a pity that she is a combat craftsman, otherwise she would have a very advanced knowledge in alchemy, but even so, it is enough to make her proud of everyone in her flexible construction.
Otherwise, the Third Division would not have allowed her to serve as the head team coach.
Luo Wei nodded, "The teacher also said that Ed's talent in multiple parallelism is unparalleled by anyone in Aitaria."
No one can match him.
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other in shock.
Mulan opened her mouth, "I seem to understand a little bit," she said, "Why Ragnarok, Elite and Silver Vislan all value him so much. If so, why did the former alliance want him?"
"Just destroy it if you don't get it," Xiaoyao shrugged, "Isn't this easy to understand? This is not their consistent thinking over the years."
"It's funny," Shui Wuming curled his lips, "Ed has cooperated with the Jefflite Red Team before and participated in the July War. Unfortunately, the people of the Jefflite Red Team are blind. He actually let him go easily."
Ms. Ming finally couldn't stand it anymore and lectured from the side: "Watch the game carefully and don't whisper."
Shui Wuming was speechless.
Behind the Godslayer is the former alliance, and the former alliance is the backstage of BBK. The Jefflite Red Team is a guild under BBK. And Ming went to the empire this time, it can be said that he came to serve Jeffrite. The redcoats wipe their ass.
She almost forgot about this relationship.
Virus looked at Ming, but rarely spoke.
But what was ancient alchemy really like?
Everyone was a little curious.
However, in fact, the game itself was not as exciting as people imagined.
It can even be said to be a bit boring.
Compared with the previous game, it was a tit-for-tat confrontation between Weiyu and Time Walker. Both contestants showed extraordinary strength. The audience couldn't see any other way, but at least they could see the smooth assembly speed of the two contestants.
Watching an alchemical work seem to be in an accelerated process, being perfected bit by bit in front of me like adding bricks and tiles. Every step in the process is extremely smooth. The sensory enjoyment is undoubtedly pleasing to the eye.
The speed of whispering at that time was astonishingly fast——
But the Time Walker on the other side was not much slower. The two players raced against time, which immediately heightened the tense atmosphere of the game at that time. Coupled with the commentary adding fuel to the fire, everyone felt like they were experiencing a big fight between dragons and tigers.
People who don't know the inside story would think that what is happening is not the first round of the main competition, but the finals held in the Hall of the Holy King.
But in comparison, the match between Fang Plover and Kula was much duller.
Fortunately for Kula, the assembly speed cannot be said to be faster than that of Whispering and Time Walker, but at least it is not much slower, and the other party seems to have a characteristic, that is, his hands are particularly stable - ordinary players often need to He checked again and again, but he usually only needed it once or twice to complete it.
There is almost no need for hesitation.
The commentators seemed to have noticed this, rendering it and passing it on to the audience, which attracted waves of admiration. What the audience likes most is that each player has his own unique skills, and players with different strengths compete on the field.
But on the other side.
The commentators didn't know how to describe it. Eitaria originally did not have a commentator position, which was also a new thing brought by the selectors. The commentators for the Super Competitive League's main games are almost all professional commentators sent by the alliance.
There is no doubt about the professionalism of his commentary, and he even knows some related analyst talents, and some related
Various professional skills. It can be said that they know more or less about alchemy, but they really lack understanding of this new thing called ancient alchemy.
There are many ancient alchemy techniques. They may have seen other ancient alchemy techniques in other competitions, but they have never seen this one that Fang Plover is currently doing.
In their eyes, Fang Plover's movements were slow.
Yes.
slow--
As mentioned before, among the large-scale alchemy devices, there are four main areas, the aerospace ship, the dragon knight, the magic furnace and the city barrier. Although each of the four areas is different, they all have one thing in common: complexity.
A large-scale installation is a complex, long-term project, so in general competitions, contestants are not required to completely complete the work. They only need to complete one part, or the core part. The completion of the work is also one of the keys to scoring.
For this reason, in such competitions, contestants often use finished components for most of their components, and generally do not involve material handling. The referee team usually gives contestants a basic material handling score.
It is usually the average of several other scores.
This was the case with Kula. The components were already prepared. He only needed to borrow the instruments on site to determine the magic power, attributes, and element properties one by one, and then assemble them with the magic crystals, circuits, and components to build what he needed. s work.
Among them, the biggest test for craftsmen is the accuracy of assembly, and the ability of craftsmen to repeatedly check and communicate with the nodes on the circuit. The latter is especially the top priority.
This Berber boy was methodical, and soon a framework appeared in front of him.
But on Fang Plover's side, the other party seemed to be equally unhurried——
In the eyes of everyone, this dragon alchemist not only did not start to build the framework, but instead slowly played with the crystals and raw materials. However, the other party's movements were very strange. He did not carve the magic circle and then purify the materials like an ordinary alchemist.
He simply picks up an object, gives it a squeeze, and then puts it down.
Those with a slightly sharper eye could see that the moment the opponent picked up something, light seemed to flash on his magic gloves, and the material also changed shape.
In this way, parts were stacked up in front of Fang Plover.
"What is he doing?"
There were whispers in the audience for a while.
"That's ancient alchemy. I heard that ancient alchemy was like this, complicated and protracted."
"But aren't there ready-made components, so there's no need to process materials?"
"Yes, I heard that ancient alchemy has expertise in purifying materials, but ship equipment is a big project. If the progress is too slow, the score advantage of materials alone will not equal the loss of points in other aspects... "
"Isn't that what he only knows?"
Most of the spectators present have never experienced the Southern Realm Competition in person, so they have different opinions.
But people who really understand.
In fact, the only ones present at the scene were members of the Kaolin-Ishulian delegation, especially those contestants who had personally experienced the Southern Border Competition and learned ancient alchemy from Fang Plover.
When Fang Yu picked up the first storm crystal.
Watching this scene from a distance, Wucunbian's expression changed drastically. He stood up from his position almost eccentricly, rushed forward a few steps, came to the edge of the arena, and looked at the man with eyes that were almost in disbelief. direction.
"That is……?"
Shui Wuming was shocked.
In the contestant rest area of the Grande Craftsmen Association, almost everyone suddenly stood up from their positions. Virus, Ming and Soul Fingerprint all looked shocked. Although the first two have not systematically understood ancient alchemy, they know more.
"this……"
Even if Soul Fingerprint thought in advance that the guy would definitely cause some trouble, he didn't expect that what the other party said before had such a meaning.
She looked to Virus and Ming aside. But the latter two looked at each other and shook their heads.
Sexy in a corner of the arena
The movement seems to have finally affected others.
The first person to notice this scene was the commentator. They saw the contestants from the Grande Craftsmen Association rushing to the edge of the field. Then came the Kapka delegation. Several people from the Guta delegation also did the same thing. the behavior of.
"What happened to the Corin-Ithurians?"
The commentators were stunned, "Did player Ed make a mistake?"
"No, apart from the slow progress, Player Ed doesn't seem to have made any obvious mistakes."
One of them turned around and gestured to the broadcast staff, indicating that they would turn the screen to one side of the field. Although it is not clear what happened, the performance of the Cowlin-Ithurians at the moment certainly means that something has happened.
The commentators are all people who know how to create topics.
The picture was quickly transmitted to the audience's field of vision, and the stadium was buzzing with discussion: What happened? Everyone was whispering to each other and discussing the current scene.
But Shui Wuming and others didn't care about him at all.
In their eyes, the arena has disappeared, and all that remains in the world is the alchemy displayed by Fang Plover.
"So...this is ancient alchemy?...Is this ancient alchemy?"
Mu Lan was stunned.
Fang Plover told them that ancient alchemy was not meant to be complicated.
At first they thought that it just meant that after repeated training, they could gradually master the complex magic circles and runes, and try to increase the speed of ancient alchemy during the alchemy process.
As we all know, ancient alchemy is the art of purifying materials.
It is so good at purifying materials that it is not unacceptable for people to be more complicated. After all, alchemy itself means making choices.
But what I never expected was——
At this moment, Fang Yu was telling them personally that this was not the case.
What is ancient alchemy?
What is its essence?
For the Numerin elves, creating objects with magic power, creating alchemical items from elements, and purifying materials are meaningless things.
This alchemical world is built directly from the elements, representing the radiance of stars, elements constructing everything in the world, and the art of creation of elves—essentially, it is the process of reproducing the lowest level logic of this world.
so……
As Anloser said.
"The essence of the alchemy of the elves is simplification."
Use the simplest formula to describe the essence of this world. This eliminates unnecessary processes in alchemy.
So the meaning of ancient alchemy.
It's about simplicity.
It was never a purified craft to begin with…
But a...
"Simpler alchemy."
Fang Yu thought so in his heart.
Simple means fast.
What he is showing at the moment is extreme speed.
It was an indescribable feeling. It was the only alchemical world left in his eyes, and countless stars were rising on the etheric sea.
Dots of starlight were rising from his eyes. The craftsman's magic gloves, the crystal in his hand and the magic flowing in the magic furnace seemed to form a whole at this moment. The twinkling stars in the darkness are exactly the other side of the ether sea——
The nodes of light expanded like a prosperous galaxy.
Multiple parallelism drives the elves' magic circle to the extreme.
More than fifteen magic circuits were completely connected in an instant, and the materials were purified and formed in an instant, without the need for any instruments or tools. All the alchemist has to do is draw the circle in multiple parallels, pick up a piece of material, and then put down the finished component.
When it comes to the ultimate step.
Elements are born from the starlight, and materials are constructed from them, thus showing the lowest level logic of this world.
Although Fang Plover has not left yet
To that point.
But he understood that that was the highest pursuit of alchemy among the elves.
In just an instant, he completed a component and put it aside.
Under the playing field, Mu Lan, MTT, Wu Cun and Shui Wuming, who had personally studied ancient alchemy, felt suffocated. What they saw was not a game, but the process of creation.
Stars flicker and the world is born.
The world behind that door.
Finally revealed in front of them——
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