According to the custom, there will be a half-month break for Wang Jian's wedding. During this period, Heishui's daily life was left in Zhang Liao's hands.
Zhang Liao was previously in charge of the "Impermanence Department" among the four departments of Blackwater. It was a hands-on department, but he still knew enough about the entire operating system of Blackwater. It was no problem to temporarily replace Wang Jian and keep an eye on this area.
He handed over the task of investigating the "Nine Lives Returning Art" in Wushui City assigned by the commanding officer to Zhang Liao, and asked him to go to the intelligence channels in Wushui City to collect as much relevant information as possible while ensuring his own safety. message.
Now that September has entered, not only has Fengli City been extremely hot, but Wushu City to the east has also entered the hottest season of the year, with extremely sweltering heat.
In the past, weather like this relied on cultivation to resist heat, or ice-cold soup, or the cattail leaf fan shaken by the slave's hand. But this year is different. The advent of air conditioners has given people in the city another way to resist the scorching heat.
It is an exaggeration to say that every household has an air conditioner, but wherever there is a countertop in the city, there is an air conditioner.
Compared with the effect of air conditioning, the consumption of a mere pan spirit stone is nothing to the people in the city, and the money does not matter. Therefore, the price of air conditioners in Wusi City has always been high. The best-selling ones are those with gold and jade casings, while ordinary wooden air conditioners sell for average prices.
The huge sales of air conditioners have given Black Water excellent penetration opportunities. Using the installation and debugging of air conditioners as an excuse, you can easily enter some places that are normally inaccessible, such as the residences of major forces, the mansions of prominent figures in the city, etc. wait.
This invisibly gave these blackwater spies who used air conditioning as a cover a layer of cover. Being recognized by all the forces in the city was even higher, and it would not easily arouse habitual suspicion.
At the same time, taking advantage of the reputation of air conditioners and taking over the work of land transportation, Hengshun Cars and Horses and Gemei Air Conditioners quickly gained a reputation in Wushu City.
In fact, this is not only the case in Wusi City, similar situations are happening everywhere in the Jingjiu Dynasty. Ordinary people basically have no idea about air conditioners. They are extremely expensive and cannot be used at all. They think the price-performance ratio is too low. The main buyers of air conditioners are still the nobles and big businessmen who live in high-end and red-walled houses.
With the situation so optimistic, the people of Blackwater will naturally not be idle. According to Shen Hao's initial request, Heishui has been researching magical weapons that can be used for eavesdropping or surveillance.
The function of this magic weapon is not complicated, and even in the circle of formations, there are many formation models that can meet the needs of surveillance and monitoring. You just need to pick it up regularly, but it doesn't have the teleportation function like Qianli Note.
But there is a premise that has caused the plan to progress slowly, and it can even be said to be stuck. There is only one reason, and that is that concealment cannot be perfectly solved.
As long as the formation is running, there will be mana fluctuations. The difference is only "obvious" or "subtle". But no matter what the situation, I dare not take this thing out easily and put it into use. Because once an accident occurs, it will be a devastating blow to the current good situation of Gemei Air Conditioning.
However, things are moving forward bit by bit, and different usage environments have different concealment requirements for this formation.
For example, a magic circle that Heishui recently created can remain functionally intact and has a relatively high level of concealment. Unless one has reached the God Gathering Realm, it is impossible to perceive the subtle magic power of this magic circle. fluctuation.
It may sound trivial, but it is actually very suitable to be used in places where there are few monks, or where there are no monks at the lower or higher realms of the God Converging Realm or above. For example, it can be used in the houses of merchants who have money but no status and few powerful monks.
Of course, it won't be used on a large scale. Blackwater is currently mainly testing the array, which is a stage of making changes while using it. The merchants selected are also the kind who can be killed at any time. If there is a mistake, the leak can be sealed at any time.
These situations were sorted out by Wang Jian Xiumu before. Now that September has entered, more than half a month has passed since the small-scale trial, so this stage was reported to Shen Hao by Zhang Liao, who was temporarily in charge of Blackwater.
"How's the effect?"
Zhang Liao is still the same, looking a bit dull, but his temperament is much calmer than before, and he even has a bit more fierce feeling. He must have developed it after handling many actions in the Impermanence Department.
"Sir, I have been trying for more than half a month now, and there are many problems with the surveillance array. The main reason is that the image will be blurry due to the influence of light, and it will be damaged after extraction. The effect is still far from your requirements.
The monitoring has been very stable. As long as the words are spoken within four feet of the formation, they can be clearly collected. However, the sustainability is not enough. A pan-spiritual stone can only maintain operation for about ten days. "
"What about long-distance communication? Is there any breakthrough in this aspect?" Shen Hao was noncommittal. What Zhang Liao mentioned were just basic functions, and they were far from what he required. It was extremely difficult to use them now. In addition to the core problem of concealment that needs to be solved, the inability to communicate directly over long distances is also a thorny issue, otherwise the timeliness of this thing will be greatly reduced. You must know that once information loses its timeliness, it is basically useless.
"Long-distance communication is still an old problem. Once long-distance communication is turned on, the mana fluctuations of the formation will greatly increase, and the concealment will plummet."
"Let Feilong think of another way to dig some formation mages, as well as weapon refiners."
"Item Refiner?"
"Well. Since the formation aspect is stuck and difficult to achieve, let's try to find a breakthrough in the weapon refining aspect. As you tell me, we must pay close attention to this matter and cannot slack off even half a minute."
Zhang Liaoying then bowed and stepped back. Although he was only temporarily filling in, he didn't dare to be careless at all and hurriedly prepared to go back and contact Feilong. Now that the Gemei air-conditioning stall has spread, Feilong has withdrawn from the air-conditioning business and continues to be his black market big brother, but his contact with Heishui has become more frequent.
As soon as Zhang Liao left, Wang Yiming knocked on the door and came in. He handed over a copper bar and said it was from the governor of Jingxi Town.
Shen Hao unfolded it and took a look, smiled and nodded. The previous "Jingxi Black Flag Camp Commander's Office Draft Action Plan for Punishing Evils" was approved, and Jiang Cheng also added some expectations to the approval document, hoping that Shen Hao could be ready by the end of this year. Come up with an outstanding result. At the same time, Shen Hao's application for expanded establishment and equipment of talismans and magical instruments was also given at a halved rate.
Generally speaking, Jiang Cheng's support for Shen Hao remains as firm as ever.
"Inform Tang Qingyuan and Chen Sheng and ask them to come over immediately. In addition, you draw up an expansion plan, which is to expand by 30%."
