Magic Punk

Black smoke billowed from the towering chimneys, coal burned in the boiler, and unburned charcoal and dust flew in the air with the heat.

Xuan Yi smelled the dull and dirty smell in the air. He was still wearing the wide white robe he wore for walking, with black hair, and walked forward expressionlessly. There was no one on the road.

This is the industrial area of ​​Star City. It is more like a satellite city than an industrial area, because its location is even further away from the core of Star City than the slum area.

Without him, it will pollute the ears.

There is a super-large steel smelting yard here. The history of the oldest steel smelting yard can even be traced back to the Yongyao Supreme period thousands of years ago. However, it is like the ship of Theseus that constantly replaces the planks. Although any piece of steel inside Steel plates are not products from thousands of years ago, but the name is still passed down unimpeded.

In addition to the steel mills, there are many other factories here, such as the Ministry of Industry, which has many magic locomotive supporting factories in this satellite city. The magic locomotives produced are still driving in the streets and alleys of Star City.

There were originally a lot of people here, but the road Xuan Yi walked on was deserted.

His carriage stopped on the road outside the industrial area, and Xing Jizhi stood there, and there were even more followers, bringing alfalfa to feed the horses.

But they are not qualified to enter this factory area.

Not only are outsiders not qualified to come in, but even those inside must come out.

For such a vast industrial area, every day of shutdown is an immeasurable huge loss, but when there are truly dominant visitors, everything is no longer a problem.

Just like the gate of Star City that was completely closed that night because of the escape of the Ninth Princess.

But black smoke is still surging in the chimneys. Even though the so-called Clean Air Law has been in place for nearly a hundred years, as long as the core area of ​​Star City is not invaded by pollution, heavy black smoke can continue to be emitted here.

Xuan Yi walked step by step through the deserted factory area. Of course, it might just be that the areas he passed had been cleared of residents. After all, at least, the smoke from the chimneys proved that at least the factory area was still partially operational.

As for the unsigned invitation, Xuan Yi knew who the person who really invited him was after reading it.

And, he has no right to refuse.

So he came here.

The sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, and the entire factory area ushered in an unspeakable silence. In this infinite silence, Xuan Yi saw the person he wanted to see from a distance.

Star Lord stood in the distance, wearing dark brown linen clothes. He looked like an ordinary tall old man. He also saw Xuan Yi standing in the sun, so he stretched out his hand and waved to the young man, and Xuan Yi ran away quickly. passed.

The white robe was spread in the air by the wind.

Xuan Yi stood in front of the Star Master, just like he had done every time before. Today, the Star Master looked much better, and even his wrinkles were a little smoother. He pointed at the metal skeleton in front of him with interest and asked Xuan Yi One: What do you think this is?

Xuan Ding looked around, and at first glance, he saw that this seemed to be a dry dock. In the dry dock, which was about two meters deep but dozens of meters long and ten meters wide, a giant beast had just been laid with steel. Although Xuan Yi was not proficient in this area of ​​knowledge at all, he could still roughly tell that this should be a ship under construction, or a battleship.

Of course, Star City is close to the sea, so it also has its own shipyard. Although Zhonghai is called Zhonghai, it is indeed an inland sea squeezed by four continents, but it still has straits that can lead to the outer sea. Even if there are no straits, However, the geographical location of Zhonghai is so dangerous, and the shipping industry has gradually prospered with the loosening of Star City in recent centuries. Maintaining a strong enough navy in Zhonghai is an important interest that every coastal country will not give up.

Of course, this coastal country is actually the Ost Empire and the Republic of Sturt, and Natural Star City is also one of them. As for the Commercial Federation, although its homeland is far in the northwest, it has considerable interests in Zhonghai due to its developed commerce. It is said that eight of the ten fleets enjoy a share, so it also leases a port from the Ossian Empire and maintains a fleet stationed there for a long time.

But this industrial area is still several kilometers away from the nearest seaside. Even if a ship is built, it can only be dismantled into modules and then spliced ​​together at a seaside shipyard? Or should we use larger-scale transportation equipment to transport the whole thing?

After all, this battleship is more than ten times smaller than the Perseus we saw before.

Of course, this is not the fault of the battleship in front of me, it's all because the Perseus is too big.

Of course big is good.

Is this a ship? Xuan Yi said hesitantly.

Judging from the appearance, this is of course a ship, and it is not too big. The displacement will not exceed 3,000 tons at most, or even less. However, the construction is still in the initial stage, and nothing has been finalized yet.

Star Master smiled: Of course this is a ship, but time is too tight. Christie only recently gave me his improved shuttle ship drawings. Due to the complexity of the design, the production level required is higher than expected, so I temporarily order two shipyards and three machinery manufacturing plants to carry out operations at the same time so that multiple parties can verify and establish a qualified process.

Saying this, the Star Lord paused: After all, the shuttle ships we need are not at the level of one, two, or ten or twenty.

But hundreds and thousands.

Listening to Star Lord's words, Xuan Yi's heart couldn't help but move.

He recalled what Jiao Yue said back then.

The manned shuttle to be used in the Star Sea Project is also designed by the Commercial Federation. The technical reserves in the hands of the Star Master focus on positioning and exploration, sufficient accumulation of simulation experiments, and means that can effectively penetrate dimensional barriers. Therefore, For the Star Ocean Project as a whole, the truly indispensable shareholders are Star City and the Commercial Federation, and all other forces are passengers who are hitching a ride in order not to be left behind.

But now it seems that the Commercial Federation, or Christie, has handed over the drawings of the manned shuttle to the Star Master, and the huge metal frame in front of him should be one of the five prototypes of the manned shuttle.

Of course, Star-Lord calls it a shuttle ship.

In other words, the sea of ​​stars mentioned by Star Master in the Corridor before, or the officially named sea of ​​stars plan mentioned by Jiao Yue, may be finally implemented faster than he wants.

Although the preparation time for such a major event may be measured in units of ten years, it is conceivable that the Star Master has conducted enough simulation experiments before this, and has conducted longer negotiations and negotiations with heads of state. Bullshit.

Now, I am afraid that all of this has come to the final stage and is ready to go.

Is this a shuttle ship? Xuan Yi asked.

Although it is only a prototype at the moment, it will probably take another month for it to be officially built, and there will be a long period of testing after that.

But despite this, at the fastest possible speed, the first shuttle ship to leave this world and go to other shores will leave its slipway and sail towards the sea of ​​stars.

I didn't expect it to be so fast.

Do you know why I push forward this so-called Xinghai Project?

Star Lord suddenly asked.