Arcane Lord

This spatial transformation is consistent for both the north and the south. The south can see the north clearly, and the north can also see the south clearly, so the crowds on both sides move to the middle again.

It's just that no matter how they move, they can't really get close to each other. Even though they are clearly close, there seems to be a huge gap between them.

This is indeed the case. The real distance from south to north is more than 20 miles. This cannot be erased no matter how the space is transformed, otherwise the game will not have much meaning.

Unless someone can run 20 miles in one breath, he can really reach those people in the north who seem to be close at hand.

Regarding such a strange sight, the people in the two places first had a commotion that could not be called chaos, and then they immediately woke up - this must be the arrangement of the lord.

At this time, Dean had already introduced the rules of this competition to the end——

"Tower of Time will comprehensively evaluate the stability, speed, load, cost, interaction, appearance and other aspects of the vehicles designed by each participating team. The scores will be announced on-site by Lord Shado and Lady Niya. Among them, the ten best vehicles belong to The team will win the grand prize of this competition.”

Hero, Boli, and Peter originally designed the steam train to facilitate the exchanges between the two territories. Although there are already fixed routes such as airships between the two places, the maintenance cost of airships is not low, and the cost of using them once is relatively expensive.

The most critical thing is that even the largest airship, limited by the size of the vehicle below, can only carry a hundred or ten people at a time, unless the vehicle is redesigned or a special manned vehicle is attached.

In fact, the largest airships are currently flying between the two places. Only after there is demand for cargo transportation, some people will be brought between the two places depending on the situation.

The so-called convenience is just that flying is faster than running on the ground. It is difficult for ordinary people to get on an airship.

As for the small airships, they are entirely used by the territorial guards. Although one is regularly patrolling the [Daxia-Saville Passage], it does not carry irrelevant personnel under normal circumstances.

In addition to airships, the most common means of transportation between the two places are carriages, horses, or boats. Needless to say the latter. Today, with the completion of the North-South Corridor, ship traffic has become less and less, and is only used in a few freight scenarios. .

Carriage or horseback riding has become the mainstream, and of course more people still walk. After all, the two places are only 20 miles apart, which is not too far a distance.

Ordinary people set out in the morning, even if they take a short rest in the middle, they can definitely reach the other side by noon.

But walking is inconvenient after all. The Daxia Government Affairs Office has been looking for a more convenient means of transportation. Such a task is naturally handed over to the Magic Affairs Officer.

Hence the steam locomotive developed by Hero and others. Although it is still very imperfect, it has great potential. At least before the emergence of cheap magic vehicles, this is already the most ideal solution.

Therefore, this competition is not only of concern to Chateau. As the consul appointed by Chateau himself, Leiden has a very thorough understanding of Chateau's thoughts. Naturally, he has great expectations for the steam train that can quickly connect the two places. .

Although Dean said that the judges were only Shado and Nia, they were actually Shado and Layton. Shado's attitude was actually a joint expression that combined his and Nia's views.

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Soon, the show officially began.

Different from a competitive competition in the general sense, this locomotive design competition is more like a bidding conference. Each bidding team needs to display their own design products, which are steam locomotives.

The order of display is determined by the order of registration. The first one to be displayed is undoubtedly the team of ten people including Hero and Boli who have signed up "by default".

Hearing Dean's call, Hiro and others immediately rushed to the front row and excitedly greeted the audience around them, especially Hiro. He was originally ostracized in his hometown of Younan, but he received an extremely warm welcome here. welcome.

Not to mention the motorcycle design competition triggered by the steam engine he invented. At this moment, he felt that even his death was worth it!

Of course, he doesn't want to die at all now. He opens his eyes wide and sees with his own eyes a future where steam engines are widely used in various scenarios. Although this future may not be realistic, he is looking forward to it.

At the end of the presentation session, it was time for the official display. Under Dean's command, Hero took out the entries for this competition from the dimensional bag——

A brand new steam car that is not much different from the previous one on the outside, but is still earth-shaking on the inside.

"Captain Hero, how many passengers are you planning to carry on this steam car?" Dean asked according to the prepared words.

“Six people can sit there no problem!”

"Okay, Captain Hiro has chosen a six-person payload!"

Dean announced and waved to the back, where six patrolling guards wearing guardian armor immediately walked out, but without weapons.

They got into the steam car quickly under Hero's introduction, and were protected by the elf armor from Everesca. Even if something happened to the steam car, it would be enough to save them from danger.

As for the driver, Hero himself acted as the driver, and Dean also provided him with a one-time asylum charm on behalf of the competition, which can also protect him from various dangers caused by steam car accidents.

…

"Are you ready?" Dean asked.

"Wait a moment." Hero replied.

Because they were the first team to show off, and the steam car was not like a magical vehicle that could be used immediately, they had to first add water to the boiler and then heat it to generate steam.

Originally, as a spellcaster, one could use spells to simplify this series of pre-steps, but this competition restricted this. Hero could only add water to the boiler of the steam car like an ordinary person, and then use flint over and over again. Make a fire.

Fortunately, Hero was a child from an ordinary family before he became a spellcaster. It was not difficult for him to make a fire, and soon the flames in the boiler started burning.

As the water in the boiler began to boil, the steam horn connected to the release valve also began to emit a high-pitched blast. Seeing this scene, the surrounding audience also became excited.

At this time, Hero waved to Dean from inside the car:

"I'm ready."

"Um."

Then, Dean took out a small red flag from nowhere, raised the small red flag high with a somewhat unnatural expression, and then waved it down violently, shouting loudly at the same time:

"Set off!"

After receiving the signal, Hero immediately pressed the clutch lever, and then the steam car began to vibrate and move outward bit by bit, and the external speaker also began to become intermittent.

Hero stared intently at the pressure gauge on the boiler, turned down the pressure relief valve, and then flipped the clutch lever again. The steam car clanged forward with the leaked steam.