Chapter 906： A world full of unknowns

"There are so many mysterious and unknown things in this world ..."

Byron sat in the office of the port's military administration and couldn't help feeling a sigh.

Outside the window, the tide from the distant sea surface was ups and downs, and the chirping of seabirds passing by the port area occasionally came. The sloping sunlight spilled from the vast sea all the way into the large building complex of Beigang, in those new ramp , Houses, towers and walls cast a sharp light and shadow, a group of soldiers are standing in a neat queue and striding toward the changing watchtower, and further away, a fully loaded magic car over the newly repaired On the cement road, businessmen who responded to the recruitment lined up in front of the checkpoint, and the roar of construction machinery came from farther away-that was the direction of the connecting bridge at Port 2.

There was a gentle warm air blowing in the office of the management office. Two visitor representatives sat on the back chairs at the desk. A beautiful woman with long blue hair was wearing a sea blue dress of unknown texture. There is a golden pendant in the front. I am seriously studying a few crystal vessels placed on the table. The other is a woman who is almost covered with scales and tough leather, as if humans and some kind of deep-sea creatures —— The latter is particularly striking. Her lower limb, which is similar to the fusion of sea snakes and fish, "sits" in a very awkward posture. The extra half of the tail seems not to know how to place it. It has been shaking awkwardly, although its upper body is obvious The feminine form has the characteristics of deep-sea creatures everywhere.

Byron's eyes couldn't help but fall on the "Naga" again, and he explained: "Sorry, Ms. Helen, I don't mean to offend-but I did see Naga for the first time."

"Everyone should see 'Naga' for the first time," the female Naga, who was sitting on the chair awkwardly, smiled, and didn't seem to care. "After all, we were only recently ... reborn. "

"Your crystal processing technology is different from before," the blue-haired woman sitting on the side seemed not to care about the conversation between Byron and Helen. She curiously picked up the cup on the table and shook it, "I remember The last time I saw artificial white crystals on the land, there were still many impurities and bubbles in it, which could only be used as a substrate for the runes after breaking ... "

"Uh ... Crafts and vessel-grade white crystals have been around for many years ..." Byron didn't care about the lady Siren's interruption, only a trace of doubt, "Ms. Viola, can I ask you what you said When was the 'last time' of yours? "

"... I don't remember clearly, I don't care about things outside the technical field, but I vaguely remember that at that time, you humans were still trying to break through the offshore blockade ..." Ms. Viola's blue After thinking for a while, Fa Haixian nodded seriously, "Well, now you are also trying to break through the offshore blockade, so it should not take long."

Byron froze for a moment before he realized how the other party's timeline jumped. He was dumbfounded: "You're not talking about the sailing era seven hundred years ago ... It's been seven centuries now, Ms. Viola! "

The blue-haired Kraken spread his hands: "Look, I said it wouldn't take long."

Rao is always self-paying and has good eloquence and responsiveness. Byron does n’t know how to pick up this topic at the moment, but Naga Helen on the side helped break the embarrassment: "The sea monster ’s concept of time is very different from that of human beings. Ms. Viola ’s concept of time, even among Krakens, is ... very powerful. Please understand this. "

"Oh, oh ... of course, of course, in fact, I also know some long-lived races, but I can understand the difference between your concept of time and humans," Byron froze for a moment, and then nodded, and then he took The smile stood up and made a welcome gesture with open hands to the two visitors from afar, "In short, I am very grateful for the technical assistance provided by Io to Cecil. The technical team you brought to Beigang is It ’s important. We are now at a critical time for the entire project-are you interested in going to the shipyard with me? The rest of the technical team should already be there. "

Naga Helen immediately jumped off the chair, and a smile appeared on the heterogeneous face: "Of course, we came for this."

...

In the newly built shipyard near the sheltered bay on the east side of Beigang, the roar of mechanical operation is endless, and the intense and busy construction work is gradually coming to an end.

A new ship with steel as its main body is lying quietly in the dry dock. The large number of supporting structures on both sides of the hull make it stable. On the scaffold distributed along the hull and skeleton, the technical workers are checking this Each key structure of the new ship, and confirm that the vital power ridge has been installed in place. In the several openings on the hull that have not been closed, the flashing lights during welding are lit up one after another, and the builders responsible for the construction are closing the mechanical structure and key cabins everywhere.

On the ground at the end of the dock, there is a platform a few meters above the ground. The technicians responsible for shipbuilding and some special "guests" are gathering on this platform.

Some of them are humans wearing Cecil naval uniforms or technician uniforms, while the remaining few are beautiful women and "naga" with obvious deep-sea biological characteristics. These people are paying close attention to the progress of the construction on the berth not far away. Some people reach out and point to the various parts of the ship, while others hold the drawings in their hands and are interpreting the contents of the drawings to the people beside them.

Obviously, the "cooperation" of these people has just begun, and there is a very obvious strangeness between them. Human technicians can't help but put their curiosity on the several sea monsters and Naga, and the latter also always I was curious about the other magic machinery in this shipbuilding facility. They discussed and chatted from time to time, but overall, the atmosphere was harmonious.

A magic car stopped near the platform. Byron, Viola, and Helen walked down from the car. Helen was still curiously watching the "strange car" he had just been riding, but Viola had already Put the line of sight on the boat platform. Byron looked at the platform where he couldn't see far away. His eyes swept over the Krakens and Naga who had been mixed with the technicians under his hands. He couldn't help but said to himself: "Looking at the atmosphere Not bad ... "

In fact, these technicians only arrived in Beigang yesterday-they suddenly emerged from the nearby sea, and they also startled the patrols on the beach. After a hurried welcoming ceremony, these "technical experts" who came from afar went directly to work.

They came earlier than everyone expected. Fortunately, the relevant news reached Byron ’s ears a few weeks ago. A lot of information about Naga and the Kraken has been communicated through audio and video materials at the meeting in recent weeks. To the main staff of the various facilities of the port, these violent "deep sea visitors" did not cause any confusion in Beigang.

This special "deep sea expert group" is led by the sea monster "Viola". This beautiful lady with blue hair claims to be a "deep sea witch"-according to the sea monster, this seems to be a technical position. Title. In addition, Viola also has two main Naga assistants, one of which is Helen, and the other is a male Naga nicknamed "The Philosopher"-that Naga did not show up in the office of the management office. Instead, he came to the shipyard with other Kraken and Naga early in the morning, and now he is standing on the platform not far away, but Byron ca n’t really distinguish the appearance of Naga, and he ca n’t see it. One is him.

"This is the ship you built ..." Viola's eyes slowly moved on the platform, and the big ship with a metal shell was reflected in her beautiful eyes. She looked at the streamlined bottom of the ship, which was placed on both sides of the hull. The magical wings on the side and some structures on the deck nodded slightly. "The man-made ship on land is very different from our transportation, but at least it looks reasonable."

"There is nothing wrong with the external structure," Naga Helen nodded aside. "But ... we didn't expect you to have reached this point. I thought you would wait for us to start building new ships."

"When Beigang started construction, no one could tell you exactly when you would come, and we couldn't stop everything and wait for someone else's technical team," Byron said with a smile. "And we have inland river shipbuilding experience. Although these experiences may not be useful at sea, at least it is more than enough to build an experimental offshore sample ship-for us, not only can the various facilities in Beigang get on the right track as quickly as possible, but also accumulate valuable experience of."

Byron said frankly, but there were still some words that he didn't say-in fact, before the departure of the Krakens' technical team, Gao Wen had discussed with him about the construction of the sea ship. There is a code for two people They are all very recognized, that is, regardless of whether the third-party technical experts come or not, when will come, Cecil's own R & D and construction projects should be carried out according to the plan, even if this will cause some resource losses, from laying a solid foundation From the perspective of mastering technology and accumulating experience, everything is worthwhile.

After all, the aliens are aliens after all, and no matter how good the technical experts are, they are not their own. It is good to have a good relationship with more allies, but it is particularly good to build your own major projects entirely on other technical experts Unwise.

Byron did not know whether the "deep sea witch" beside him and the "Naga" who was the son of the storm on the other side could think of this, he didn't care much about it, he just looked at the berth with some proud eyes. A beautiful steel ship with a smile on his face: "It's a beautiful ship, isn't it?"

"Does it have a name?" Helen looked at Byron with curiosity in the tan pupil.

"... I actually wanted to call it" Peas "at first, but Your Majesty didn't agree, my daughter even chanted me for half an hour," Byron shrugged. "Now its official name is 'Curious' 'No.', I think this fits its position very well-it will be a symbol of human exploration of the sea again after the end of the classical nautical era. We will use it to reopen the offshore route of the northwestern ring of the mainland and try to explore the division of the distant and offshore Boundary. "

"Curious ... indeed a good name," Helen blinked, and the long tail covered with scales swept across the ground, causing a rustling noise, "Curious ..."

This Naga's tone seems to be a bit complicated. She may think of the courage and exploration of humanity when she first entered the sea, or the short-term glory of the storm church in the classic sailing era, or maybe the storm priests. Falling into darkness, the regretful situation that humans stayed away from the sea for the next few hundred years ... However, the scales on her cheeks and the body that has not yet been fully grasped prevented her from making rich expression changes as when she was a human, so in the end she All sighs can only be attributed to one sigh.

...

On the platform at the end of the dry dock, a tall male with deep eye sockets and light blue scales covering his skin retracted his gaze to the sea at the end of the dock.

There was a Naga companion joking next to him: "The philosopher, don't you want to write poems again? You have been showing this kind of exclamation today."

"I'm just thinking about what else needs to be perfected and transformed in the Curiosity," the tall male Naga with his eyes deep in his eyes glanced at his companion. "The technology used in this boat is very important to us. Unfamiliar, the ship built by the Storm Church was powered by magic, manpower and sails, but the Curiosity mainly relied on magic machinery to drive ... Different power systems, the hull structure and various characteristics of sailing will also be completely different , These are things that must be considered. "

"It is true," a Kraken deep-water technician nodded. "Although we are here to provide technical support, we also need to study human magic technology to understand how to support ..."

"Human ..." Naga technician nicknamed "philosopher" couldn't help but murmured softly when he heard the word, but then he shook his head, "But no matter how it changes, the laws of nature will never change, The basic principles of ship navigation will not change much. "

His speech was quickly recognized by the technicians present. These technicians from different races and different forces, and even different ways of knowing the world, came together again and began to study the drawings of the Curiosity.

Byron, who was not far from the platform, paid attention to the movements of the technicians on the platform. As an extraordinary person, he could hear their discussion-purely technical matters. This "Marshal" was not clear. But he thinks about things beyond technology.

In the exploration of the sea, the Tifeng people did take a step early. They started earlier, have richer heritage, have better quality coastlines and natural ports, and there are unique resources between the offshore and the distant seas that can be used for construction. The natural island chain at the base is too big to ignore.

But the Cecil will still catch up with confidence.

The Cecilians knew the magic technology. The Nagas, who were once the children of the storm, knew how to build ships, and the Krakens knew the sea.

Now these three things have come together.

This is the advantage of Cecil in this field.