In the evening, Chen Xing entered the red rock volcano area. But instead of rushing on, he took out camping tools from the storage space, set up a tent, and cooked dinner for himself.
Although he now has lord-level strength, he will still encounter danger when traveling at night. For safety reasons, we will set off again at dawn.
On the way here, while there was satellite signal, he made a video call to Cuilisi and Guihu, telling them that he was working outside and would not be able to return for a few days. To prevent the other party from worrying, come out and look for him.
Chen Xing skillfully lit the kerosene lamp, boiled a cup of boiling water for himself, opened a pack of West Africans Company's top-notch self-heating military rations, and had a delicious meal.
Since his rise in status, he has not slept in the wild for a long time. Even if there is, it is in a military camp with a large number of people serving.
It's been a long time since I've experienced sitting alone on the top of a mountain eating alone, staring at the stars in the sky.
After resting for a while, he packed up his things and sank his consciousness into the realm.
As soon as he entered the spiritual sea, he was shocked. The original backward and primitive Goblin Island has completely changed.
The rag tents were replaced by cabins. Although they were built in a goblin-like manner - rickety, they were already much more advanced than the tattered tents with holes in them.
In the Goblin Factory in the distance, the chimneys are tall and steam is filled, and there is the sound of the steam engine operating.
After a brief period of confusion, Chen Xing quickly found the reason for the change. After all, he is the master of this domain, and every plant and tree here is under his control.
The goblin chief engineer in the factory manager's office quickly established a spiritual link with him and reported to their king.
Chopping wood creates heat to power the steam factory.
The first batch of muskets has left the factory and is equipped for the first batch of Goblin spear throwers.
Chen Xing's consciousness shifted to the Goblin spear throwers equipped with new weapons. No, to be precise, they had thrown away their outdated spear throwers and equipped themselves with flintlock muskets.
The flintlock musket is the first mass-produced firearm of mankind. The barrel of the gun adopts a smooth-bore design. Before firing, gunpowder is poured into the barrel, compacted with a bamboo stick, and then fired through the ignition line.
After several minutes of preparation, the goblin muskets were loaded with gunpowder, stood in a row, and fired. A few goblins in the middle used too much force while compacting the gunpowder, causing the barrel of the gun to explode and died on the spot. During the shooting process, several more goblins exploded due to various circumstances.
Although the non-combat damage was as high as 10%, the goblin muskets were still very impressive when firing volleys.
At this moment, Chen Xing suddenly felt blessed and thought that since goblins can use flintlock muskets, why can't they use more modern weapons?
Thinking of this, he immediately used his spiritual energy to manifest. The star sand gathered into an assault rifle and landed next to a Goblin Musketeer.
The Goblin Musketeer glanced at the sky and realized that this was a gift from the king, so he put down his musket and picked up his assault rifle.
"Crack, crack, grah!"
After some fiddling, the Goblin Musketeer grabbed the barrel of the gun and shouted excitedly to the sky: "Hala!"
Then he raised his thin arm and smashed the butt of the gun on the ground.
Chen Xing covered his forehead. It was obvious that the other party thought it was a stick used to hit people.
It is really difficult for the Goblin to use a modern assault rifle. Not to mention whether he knows how to use it, the short and thin arms alone cannot make effective gun-holding movements.
So Chen Xing tried to use psychic energy to manifest a pistol.
However, after some observation, the goblin still didn't know how to use it, and in the end he used the pistol as a throwing stone.
Then Chen Xing experimented with other weapons, such as six-barreled Vulcan cannons, rockets, grenades, etc. Goblins couldn't use any of them.
Where is the problem?
Chen Xing couldn't help but wonder, why can goblins use flintlock muskets but not modern weapons?
Is it because goblins have low IQ?
It doesn't look like it. An airplane can be made. Although it is a wooden airplane, it is still an airplane. At the very least, it requires basic aerodynamics technology.
He can even build airplanes and tanks, but he can't shoot?
What's the reason?
Chen Xing used the elimination method and finally came to a conclusion.
Goblin's flintlock muskets are produced in Goblin factories, and modern weapons are embodied by the host.
There are essential differences between the two.
Chen Xing changed his mind and immediately found the Goblin chief engineer to learn about the technology he mastered.
After some exchanges, Chen Xing understood.
The mechanical designer's monocle obtained from the "Age of Steam" can only provide technology that only stays in the "Steam Revolution" period.
In other words, among the wisdom gained by the Goblin Engineer through his glasses, there is no higher technology than the steam engine.
The civilization of this steam era seems to have distorted the technology tree.
Human beings on earth, as well as humans in the red earth world, have evolved step by step from primitive society and agricultural society to the steam revolution, electrical revolution, and then to the information revolution.
Because humans in the red earth world experienced a cataclysm and the subsequent spiritual recovery, they passed the fourth industrial revolution, the "quantum revolution", and directly entered the fifth industrial revolution, the space revolution.
In the world of the "Age of Steam", technological development stopped with the steam revolution, and instead began to study occultism and introduce supernatural power into steam technology.
For example, the technology of mechanical demons and rune circuits is equivalent to skipping the "electrical revolution" and "information revolution" and directly entering the "space revolution".
Because there are too many jumps, the technology is not developed enough.
Therefore, the goblin chief engineer, who inherited the wisdom of the mechanical designer, will inevitably stop at the steam age in terms of technology.
However, in the steam age, very good firearms have been developed, such as revolvers.
Thinking of this, Chen Xing suddenly had a flash of inspiration and withdrew his consciousness from the spiritual sea.
In the blink of an eye, a large revolver with flowing golden light appeared in front of him.
I saw him holding the gun body with one hand and moving the palm with the other hand.
The aura appeared in the palm of his hand, and then he struck out one by one.
"drink!"
The palm of his hand slapped the gun body, and the large golden revolver suddenly turned into a sky full of golden sand, then gathered into a ball and flew into the cracks in space.
A moment later, a large golden revolver appeared on the goblin chief engineer's desk.
"Hala!"
It screamed excitedly and began to disassemble the revolver into parts one by one, placing them on the table in order, then picked up paper, pen, ruler and compass, and drew drawings frantically.
Revolvers and magic craftsmanship are the technologies they are best at in the age of steam.
