Until the end, Gawain still failed to understand Veronica's true intention.
But he is at least certain of one thing - the Saint Princess, who is extremely pious in everyone's eyes, may not be as pious as she appears, or the object of her piety is not the north. The Holy Light faith shaped by the church.
The visitors from the royal capital have left, and a huge source of wealth has been opened. The port leading to the Holy Spirit Plain will bring a huge amount of money and materials to the newly born Cecil Principality. Guests from the East Then he left here earlier. Before the arrival of the Cold Moon, the series of trade routes that Cord established in the east could be on the right track.
In the study room of the Lord's Mansion, Gawain handed a document to the Minister of Commerce, Padric: "You will be responsible for establishing the 'White Sands Mining Company'. You can get the latest mining machines and blasting consumables." Feel free to move, I only have one request: dig out the most mines in the shortest time and transport them back."
After Padrick left, Gao said. Wen lowered his head again, quickly signed the second document, and placed it on a metal plate under the Magic Network terminal. With a slight buzzing sound, the document was transferred and copied.
The half-length projection of Walder Perici appeared above the Magic Network terminal. Gawain nodded to the old knight: "Prepare a special trestle in the port area of Rock City for the Holy Spirit to come from." When the merchant ships in the plain dock, you only need to transport back the supplies mentioned in the list attached to the document and all the gold coins. The rest of the supplies will be sent directly to the Panshi City Arsenal to be processed into swords and armor for them to bring back.”
The old knight on the holographic projection performed a knightly salute: "Yes!"
The Magic Network terminal was closed. Gawain rubbed his brows and breathed a sigh of relief, while Amber's voice came from behind him. Came: "You really don't spare any effort in bullying people - it's just like Ming rob."
Gawain didn't look back: "I didn't let Walder do it in front of them. , and what is open robbery? Technical cost is not a cost?"
"Then your technical cost is high enough"
"I can't let the Holy Spirit Plains borrow it. Trade opportunities have infiltrated too many spies into the Southern Territory, and I have given them enough things to see." Gawain waved his hand, and then directly ignored the topic, "Compared with these, you should pay more attention to the intelligence from the Eastern Territory. Let's start setting up the network. Code has opened up the trade routes over there. It's time for the Military Intelligence Bureau to show off its skills."
Amber immediately waved his hands with a proud look on his face: "Don't worry, it's the first batch. The operators had already set off with Cord's caravan."
Gawain nodded, stood up and moved his hands and feet to relieve his slightly stiff joints. However, just as he was about to sit down again. As they were going down, a faint explosion sound suddenly came from the distance - "Boom!!!"
Amber's figure disappeared into the air almost instantly, and Gawain suddenly looked towards The explosion cameThe direction——is the Magical Technology Research Institute.
Something happened?
"Come with me and have a look." "Mom?!"
Gawain casually fished it aside, picked up the invisible Amber and left the study, and with At the same time, through the crystal glass window of the study room, a cloud of smoke and dust was rising from the buildings in the direction of the Institute of Magical Technology...
When Gawain was sprinting and charging all the way, When they arrived, a large number of people had gathered around the Institute of Magical Technology - the soldiers maintaining order were blocking irrelevant people from the blockade, and the security personnel inside the Institute of Magical Technology were cooperating with the soldiers who came to help. They moved the wounded to the square in front of the institute. Medical staff wearing doctor's robes had arrived and were providing emergency treatment to those with burns and explosion injuries. Several heavily armed white knights also arrived at the scene. , cooperating with doctors to treat the wounded.
A large hole was opened in a building on the side of the Magic Technology Research Institute, and thick smoke was rising from the big hole.
Looks like an experimental accident? Or did Rebecca finally create a big fireball in the lab?
The order on the scene seemed to be under control - the safety drill system that had been continuously implemented finally took effect at this moment. Gawain passed through the busy soldiers and medical staff and shouted loudly: "Where is the person in charge? Please report the situation!"
After being caught along the way, Amber realized that there was an accident here After that, she didn’t bother to protest, but followed Gawain honestly. At this time, she saw a figure standing in the open space with sharp eyes, so she immediately poked Gawain’s arm: “Over there— Rebecca is there!"
Gawain followed the direction of Amber's finger and finally saw Rebecca standing on the edge of the crowd, still looking a little shaken.
He ran over immediately.
Rebecca's face was blackened by smoke, and her clothes were torn by the explosion, but except for a few obvious scratches, she didn't seem to be seriously injured. Hurt, after seeing Gawain, the girl immediately shouted loudly: "Master Ancestor!! The laboratory exploded!!"
"Are you okay?" Gawain looked at Rui immediately. Beca was all over her body. After confirming that the girl was really not seriously injured, she continued, "What happened? What are the casualties? How did the laboratory explode?"
Rebecca's side He opened his ears and continued to yell: "Huh? The wind is too strong and I can't hear it!!"
"She was shocked." Pittman also arrived at the scene at some point, and the little old man held up a A cane made of oak shook beside Rebecca's head, and a light green halo descended, quickly treating the injuries on Rebecca's body, "This should be fine."
"Ah, the wind stopped." Rebecca shook her head, with a look of surprise on her face.
Pitman bowed slightly to Gawain: "I amThe artificial nerve cord that had just been completed was being tested in a nearby laboratory. When they heard the explosion, they immediately rushed over with their apprentices. "
Gawain nodded. He realized that Rebecca had been blown up at the scene, so he turned to Pitman to learn about the accident: "What are the casualties? How much damage? "
"Three people were seriously injured and a dozen were slightly injured. The good news is that no one died," Pittman did not continue to smile playfully in this situation, but reported seriously and quickly, "Slightly injured. Just leave the injured to the doctor. I have personally dealt with the seriously injured. Don't worry, they won't die. I'm afraid it will take some time for them to fully recover. As for the damage... it seems that one laboratory has been completely destroyed, and there is also a laboratory and a small warehouse nearby that have been affected. As for the cause of the explosion, I don't know. ”
Hearing that no one died, Gawain was slightly relieved.
Fortunately, this is a world with extraordinary power, and healing spells have effects that far exceed those of earth’s medical technology. As long as they didn't die on the spot, they could basically be rescued.
As more White Knights arrived at the scene, the order around the Magical Technology Research Institute was completely stabilized, and the seriously injured were quickly rescued. Moved to a place more suitable for treatment
After receiving Pitman's treatment, Rebecca was completely fine. She stood in front of Gawain with her head hanging down, looking like she was ready to be beaten at any time. ——Looking at her experienced posture, he was afraid that Hetty wouldn’t be able to do anything when she came.
Of course Gawain didn’t intend to beat her up—at least he didn’t understand the situation now. You can’t just beat him up casually, so he cleared his throat and asked Rebecca to raise her head: “What exactly is going on? "
"We were testing the engine," Rebecca shrank her neck. "The engine of the magic train... then it exploded. "
"The engine of the magic train? Gawain was shocked, "You built the engine of the magic train so quickly?" ! "
"No," Rebecca shook her head. "If we build it, it won't explode - we just got a large amplifier and a high-power set. Magic Network, I wanted to try to see how much power it would take to push such a big engine, but it blew up. "
As she spoke, Rebecca couldn't help but shrink her neck again: "I know you said you can take your time with the train project, but I just want to do preliminary testing first... And I didn’t delay other projects! But the laboratory did explode..."
Looking at Rebecca who looked like a frightened rabbit in front of him, Gawain couldn't laugh or cry in his heart - of course he would not do these tests because of Rebecca While punishing her, he also needs to investigate the entire ins and outs of the accident and immediately start a series of aftermath work.
The explosion at the Magical Technology Research Institute is not a trivial matter, and it is not something to be joked about. In the past, although people often said that "there is no magic laboratory that does not explode", the Magical Technology Research Institute has completely surpassed the concept of a "mage laboratory" in this era.There are too many ordinary people involved, and the operation of the institute itself is closely related to the lives of citizens. The subsequent impact that an explosion here can have is huge.
In addition, the test project described by Rebecca also made Gawain vaguely aware of one thing: the manufacturing of the magic train may not go so smoothly.
Just to test the amplification and energy supply module of the high-power magic energy engine, this kind of accident happened...
In the next few dozen minutes, he asked Rebecca learned a lot about the details before the explosion, the laboratory environment at that time, the test data, and the various technical methods adopted. The more he learned, the more he confirmed his ideas.
Compared with other magic technologies that Cecil has developed so far, the magic train has many special features.
Gawain knew that the early trains on the earth were a means of transportation with a relatively simple structure and low technical requirements, but in this world, steam engines with low technical requirements could not be built, and the magic train could only Starting from the rotary engine as soon as possible, the technological starting point of "trains" in this world is even higher than that of "cars".
Large-scale mana engines with immature technology, complex amplification devices, and a magic network structure whose output efficiency is affected by the size of the runes and can only be rigidly connected. These factors have greatly improved the mana power. It is difficult to develop trains - and there is a bigger problem in the process, that is, the magic train technology is completely a product of the "magic industry", and its foundation is completely new, so that many old magic technologies It's useless in this field.
Cecil has so far developed many "advanced things" that are incredible to outsiders, such as the Magic Network terminal that integrates instant messaging, holographic imaging, and file transfer functions, such as the use of energy Rainbow cannons that use beams as a means of killing, such as thermal ray guns, and the White Knight's inverting holy light device, these things seem to be beyond the times, or even beyond the times, but Gawain himself knows the truth behind these things In fact, it is just an extension and reorganization of the existing technologies in this world - ignorant people will marvel at how fast they develop, but those who know the truth will realize the high level of technology in this world itself, and it is precisely because of those The existing magic technology has laid a solid foundation, and Cecil's magic industry has been able to develop so smoothly.
But the magic train... it has gone too far on the path of magic industry, so that it is difficult for the old magic technology to give it such a big boost.
No existing magic can continue to optimize the magic network and magic energy engine. Progress in this area must rely on breakthroughs made by Jenny's Rune Research Institute and other materials science and engineering departments. Now it seems that Rebecca may have encountered problems in this regard.
Fortunately, when the concept of the magic train was proposed, Gawain felt that the difficulty of this project might be very high, and he was fully mentally prepared for it..
"Master Ancestor..." Seeing Gawain deep in thought, Rebecca couldn't help but touch her head. She guessed that she might not be beaten today, so she asked cautiously, "Then ...Do you want to stop this project for a while?"
Gawain woke up from his meditation. He looked at the hope on Rebecca's dark face and already made a decision in his heart. .
“You can continue, I will find a way to deal with the subsequent impact of this incident. But in view of the lessons learned this time, all testing links of the magic train project must be placed away from urban areas. In addition, The experimental process must be re-planned, and the safety protection measures must also be redesigned to ensure the safety of experimental personnel and isolate people from experimental equipment..."
Rebecca listened carefully to each statement, Gao Wen He said it seriously one by one.
In the process of technological development, accidents are always unavoidable. As early as the beginning of the construction of the territory, Hetty's laboratory was bombed by Rebecca Crystal, but in the end Rebecca Crystal It has not been sealed away, but is now flourishing in the military and engineering fields.
As magic technology continues to develop, the scale of energy that people can control will inevitably become larger and larger. Today's explosion will not be the last, nor will it be the most powerful, but even Rebecca is already ready to move on, and so is Gawain.
In order to continue walking, all they can do is to be careful, cautious, cautious, and do everything possible to ensure safety - and then, do it again.