book of old days

Chapter 137 Advanced Civilization and Solar Rail Gun

"The bigger the better!" Henry said.

Sean thought about it.

The airships and spaceships in many movie games will manipulate the proportions. Often the size of the airbag and the spaceship body is different from the actual proportion. Some hulls are almost the same size as the airbag. Lift to fly.

But since it's a fantasy work, it doesn't need to be so particular, and it does look better from an aesthetic point of view.

Sean understood it in seconds. This is probably where the power of faith comes into play.

He revised it in two or three strokes.

This time, the cabin of the spacecraft is about one-third the size of the airbag.

"Can it be made bigger?"

"No matter how big it is, it will not be so convincing."

In fact, such a ratio is already hard to be trusted by those with good scientific literacy. As long as you know a little bit of physics knowledge and mathematical calculation ability, you can calculate that the buoyancy on the blueprint is not enough to lift such a large hull. .

Even if the mass of this so-called 'light gas' is zero.

But fortunately, most people in this world do not have such a high level of scientific literacy. In fact, even in the 21st century, there are still many people who believe that the earth is flat, and it can still fool many people.

Sean's reason made Henry nod his head.

Sean then continued to explain to him the other settings of the 'airship', a 'great technological creation'.

"My idea is that it's powered by a propeller on the tail and can reach a cruising speed of 50 miles per hour."

"Is it steam power?" Henry asked.

"Um - of course not."

Although steampunk is very interesting, how much load would be wasted to move such a large steam engine to the airship. Although the power of faith is magical, its power is definitely not unlimited, so we should try to use it as leisurely as possible.

And steam power - doesn't sound 'technical' at all.

Since this spaceship is driven by faith, it is better to directly install a more advanced power system.

"I'm thinking about electric drive. A lightning receiver can be installed on the airship to get energy from dark clouds, or it can be powered by solar energy."

Henry was amazed immediately, "Electricity! Yes, since this spaceship is flying in the sky, it must be easy to get close to lightning. If there are suitable equipment, it may be able to obtain energy from thunderclouds, but what is solar energy?"

Sean was a little surprised by Henry's association ability. Although the relationship between electricity and lightning has been discovered in this era, the application of electricity is still blank. Even the electric light has not been invented yet. People's understanding of electricity only stays in the On paper, and in the experimental phase.

To be able to accept electricity as a driving force so quickly, this Henry's level of knowledge is probably not low.

But solar is still too far ahead.

Xiao En explained: "All energy can be converted into each other in theory, for example, heat energy can be converted into kinetic energy through steam, kinetic energy can be converted into electrical energy, and electrical energy can be converted into wind energy.

Therefore, the energy of the sun can theoretically be used to generate electricity. "

Henry's eyes lit up, "It's an amazing theory, but it sounds reasonable. It's worthy of Professor Sean, the master of science and technology, so please continue." He made a gesture of listening attentively, obviously completely convinced by Sean.

Sean continued to explain: "The surface of this spacecraft can be covered with a large number of solar panels, which convert sunlight into electrical energy and store it. There is a battery here to store energy.

I think solar energy is more reasonable, after all, lightning does not appear all the time. "

Sean continued to write and draw.

Under the airship he drew a device like a satellite dish.

"What is this?" Henry asked, pointing to the satellite dish.

"The weapon system, which I call a solar railgun, refracts sunlight to form a beam of destructive power—well, it's almost like roasting ants with a magnifying glass."

Anyway, as long as there are plausible principles that can scare ordinary people, it's fine. As for the feasibility, that's not something he needs to consider. After all, he's writing a 'technical novel'.

Sean continued to roughly describe the various configurations of the airship. The pencil continued to draw on the paper, and the shape of the airship gradually took shape. He referred to some direct-facing data and appearance designs of the Kirov airship. It looks very realistic.

Then he gave this airship a very cool name-Sky.

The more Henry heard it, the more excited he became. If such a technological miracle and a flying giant can be built in reality, what kind of deterrence and shock it will be to Nathaniel's enemies.

He almost wished Sean could write the book right away.

But he still thought of a problem.

"Then who is the owner of this ship?"

Sean wondered, "Didn't you say that you don't care about the specific content of the story?"

Henry explained, "That's right, but to make people believe that such a technological miracle exists in reality, there must be a reasonable explanation, right?"

Sean nodded, "So that's it, let me think about it, ah - I thought of it, the owner of this spaceship is a mysterious person similar to Captain Nemo, and his real identity is a person from a higher civilization. A traveler, he comes from a planet called 'Earth', wanders into this world by accident, and constantly explores and travels in order to find the meaning of life."

"Aliens?" Henry looked stunned. For people of this era, the concept of aliens is still a bit too advanced.

"There's no need to make it so clear, it's good to have a little mystery, where did I say-oh yes, he has the power to control the sun-or technology, his name-well, it's called Li Yu is fine."

"liyu? What kind of name is this? It's meaningless to fill in." Henry tried to repeat the pronunciation of the name, but in Breton, the word has no meaning.

Sean smiled and said, "Of course it doesn't make sense. I made it up casually, because it is an advanced civilization, so the way of naming it must be different from ours. Of course, if you are not satisfied, I can give him a simpler name." names like John Smith or something."

Henry thought for a while, "Maybe Liyu can be his real name, but in order to get closer to our world, he called himself John Smith. What do you think?"

Xiao En smiled and nodded, "Okay, I think this is not bad. Oh, I didn't expect you to be very talented in writing. Are you interested in writing a book?"

Henry waved his hand embarrassingly, "Professor Sean, don't make fun of me, I'm still very self-aware."

The topic was quickly shifted back.

Sean continued to explain the miraculous technology that Li Yu has mastered from the "earth", and the continuous plump character image is basically set into his own image.

This is very important to him. To obtain the power of faith, it is not just a matter of adding a name to the book.

During this time, Sean thought carefully about the method of obtaining the power of faith, and made many inferences.

For example, when the believers of Aum pray, if they only chant "the sun god please bless me", there will definitely be problems. After all, there are so many countries and civilizations in this world, and there are sun god religions. There are also many myths. If you simply chant prayers such as 'Sun God, please bless me, praise the Sun God', there is no way to determine which god you are praying to.

Therefore, it is necessary to add various prefixes in front of the name, such as the great god of creation, the guardian of Nord, the king of the temples, the sun god Aum... In short, the more keywords, the easier it is to anchor what you want to believe in Target.

This is similar to the summoning of other worlds, except that one is to anchor others, and the other is to let oneself be anchored by others.

Therefore, if Sean wants to collect the power of faith from readers through a certain character in the book, he must anchor his various personalities and characteristics on this character, and at the same time he must have divinity, otherwise it is very difficult to say. Maybe there will be another person named Li Yu in this world out of thin air, and all the power of faith will fall on this person, and he will get nothing.

In addition to binding this character to yourself, you can also add some additional settings to him to gain more abilities.

Of course, the premise of everything must be convincing to the reader.

Although the power of faith is miraculous, it is not omnipotent. The more powerful things need the more power of faith.

If the power of faith is not enough, the things created will often be specious, just like Orm, who is said to be the god of the sun and the god of creation, but because there are too few Nords and the power of faith is not enough, they can only fight. Going into battle shirtless can't stand the Chuangshi God's character at all.

So Sean was very cautious about the setting of the virtual character "Li Yu, a high-level civilized traveler named John Smith," to avoid appearing too dramatic.

The premise of the birth of the power of faith is to make people believe that the things in the story are true. If this is not achieved, even the hype is useless.

Even so, Sean's assumptions and explanations of various scientific theories still stunned Henry. From the perspective of this world, this Henry can already be called knowledgeable, but many of Sean's designs It was still beyond his imagination, but it seemed real when he tasted it carefully.

But Henry still suggested that Sean cancel some settings that were too 'mythical'. After all, the time limit, in his opinion, this airship is already the limit of what he can imagine.

Sean also followed suit and cut off a lot of advanced designs.

"Very good, very good! If you can write this book, it is definitely worthy of this invitation. Does this mean that Professor Xiao En accepted?"

Sean nodded, "That's right, after chatting with you for a while, I also became interested in this story. I've already thought of part of the plot. Do you still want to hear the details of the story?"

Henry shook his head, "No need, the important thing is that this spaceship must appear in the book, and—— must convince the readers.

I believe Professor Sean will not let us down, oh yes, can you add a setting, this spaceship was built by John Smith on an island country with advanced technological civilization, why not take Nathaniel as the example What is the prototype of this island country?This will also allow the people of our country to have a more cordial feeling when reading this work. "

Xiao En said in his heart, I understand, isn't it just to add faith to your construction, as long as people believe that you can find this spaceship, you can really build this spaceship.

"Of course, by the way, is Mr. Henry interested in making a guest appearance in my book?"

"Cameo?"

"Yes, it is to create a character based on Mr. Henry and let him appear in the book. Of course, I will give Mr. Henry a wonderful appearance."

Henry's eyes lit up, "That's really what I wish for, can you give me this painting?"

He picked up the sketch on the table.

"No problem." Sean said, and even signed his name on it.

"Then the badge?"

"Of course it's yours. Welcome to the Society of Reason."

The two shook hands, looked at each other and smiled.

(End of this chapter)