"Xia Zuo..." Hillenberg said thoughtfully:

"You're saying we should take some time to study the inner shell of Aplysia scutellaria, right?

"The inner shell may have special functions that we don't know, or it may be blessed by some kind of magic, which can cause damage to the hard diving chamber.

"But the duration of this destructive power is obviously relatively short. In my memory, from the time the shuttle Aplysia launches the inner shell to the time when the inner shell is crushed by water pressure, it only lasts about one to two seconds..."

As Xia Zuo expected, when the aborigines of this world encounter unknown events, their first reaction is always to combine it with mutations, spells, etc.

There is nothing wrong with this approach, and it is the same as scientific research methods. Both of them will eventually discover the existence of supercavitation.

Xia Zuo copied the answer to the homework from his experience of visiting the military museum in his previous life.

Now, he wants to help research groups skip that tedious research process.

There was some regret in Hillenberg's tone, "We may not have time to catch live shuttle sea hares for the time being, Xia Zuo, I hope you can understand. But I guarantee that if we meet the deadline, there will still be some If you have time, you and I will go to the habitat of the sea hare."

"Thank you for your support, team leader." Xia Zuo smiled and nodded in response, "I think the fact may not be as complicated as we thought. After combining some cases shared by other alchemists, I found an interesting This place may be the key to unlocking the source of the inner shell’s destructive power.”

Hillenburg became interested, pushed up the frame and asked, "Oh? What is that?"

The other team members also looked at the only poison alchemist in the team. His alchemy attitude, perfect alchemy quality, and extremely high alchemy efficiency made his words extremely authoritative... even though he was only a junior. Team members.

"Team leader, let's do the simplest experiment. I'll tell you the answer directly using the experimental results." Xia Zuo suggested.

"Okay, what do you need?"

"I need an ordinary metal bullet enchanted with the [Water Pressure Diversion] array. The bullet looks like this." Xia Zuo took out the pre-drawn long bullet design drawing. He modeled the design on the inner shell of Aplysia. , did not copy the long-rod bullet style of the previous life.

"If this kind of bullet is fired in a lightless zone environment, I estimate that the power of the [Water Pressure Diversion] array only needs 30 points, and the initial flight speed of the bullet must be no less than 50 meters per second."

Diverting Water Pressure is a spell that requires the [Diverting] trait to be cast.

After casting this spell on an object, part of the pressure on the front will be channeled to the back, offsetting the pressure on the back.

For every 1 point of spell power invested, 1% of the pressure can be relieved.

100 points of power can make an object completely unaffected by pressure.

Its principle is relatively simple, but its actual application is very complicated.

First, people and other things from the surface live in an environment of 1 atmosphere.

When casting water pressure diversion, you cannot invest 100 points of power, because this will put people in an environment of 0 atmospheric pressure.

The specific amount of power to be invested needs to be calculated by incorporating the water pressure into the formula. In the end, the subject must bear about 1 atmosphere of pressure.

Second, the cost of casting a spell is related to the body surface area of ​​the subject, which is not a simple linear relationship. Because the subject is not static, he is in motion, and the body surface area will also change accordingly.

Based on the above two reasons, few spellcasters apply [Divert Water Pressure] to the target through spellcasting.

In most cases, the magic circle set by the tower scholar will be used to enchant the target.

The array contains formulas, parameters, etc. set by tower scholars, which is equivalent to a program without bugs.

As long as the user injects enough energy into it, the magic circle can operate normally.

Enchanting [Water Pressure Diversion] arrays on props has become a common practice in underwater research.

Hillenburg was extremely familiar with this magic circle. He did a quick mental calculation, rubbed his chin and asked:

"Are you sure? 30 points of power...this kind of bullet will be crushed by water pressure almost instantly...oh...oh...oh my God"

Hillenberg suddenly trembled, put his hands on his head, and stared at Xia Zuo in a daze, "You are simply a genius, Xia Zuo. I understand, I know what is going on! Guys, we Going to get rich!!”

Hillenburg stood up excitedly, his body trembling slightly, "Quickly, Allen, Mars, take Xia Zuo's design and refine this kind of bullet. Remember, only use ordinary bullets." Metal material, the power of the magic circle is 30 points."

The team members saw the team leader's enthusiasm. He was pacing back and forth around the conference table as if he had fallen into some kind of madness.

"So that's it, that's it... It was the pressure that tore the bulkhead of the diving chamber apart. That's right! It was pressure! The inner shell of the shuttle Aplysia has a special shape. It will produce a series of bubbles when it is launched. These bubbles are the key. "

Hillenberg suddenly stopped and said to Danielle: "Danielle, get ready to detect the magic circle. We need to accurately measure the pressure inside the bubble."

"Okay, team leader, I'll go right away." Danielle neatly picked up the document in front of her and left the conference room following Mars and Allen.

Hillenburg hammered Heubron on the shoulder with a smile on his face, "In the seawater environment, the best weapon has always been in front of us, but we have always ignored it, Heubron. Water pressure is the best weapon! Everyone is afraid of it, everyone is avoiding it. So why don’t we remove the enemy’s means of resisting water pressure and let them be crushed by it?”

Heubron looked at the simple drawing of the inner shell of the sea hare in trance, seeming to be thinking about something.

As a weapons alchemist in the team whose specialty is combat, he may have seen more things than other team members.

Hillenburg walked to the other end of the conference table and stretched out his hands to hug Xia Zuo's shoulders. "Well done, Xia Zuo! You were a big help this time! We almost missed this secret."

Xia Zuo smiled humbly... and sighed inwardly that the other party was indeed a highly qualified alchemist... he could understand everything with just one point, and his understanding was astonishing.

This is often the case. A puzzle that has been bothering you for a long time may be solved with just a word from someone else...

As long as Xia Zuo gives the research team a correct research direction, someone will complete all subsequent research work.

He didn't even have to explain why he used a low-power [hydraulic pressure channeling] array, why he didn't use enchanted metal materials, and why those bubbles had very little pressure but could protect bullets and cause huge amounts of damage...

This series of problems will be solved by the highly motivated members of the research team.

Xia Zuo just needs to watch from the side...

It won't take long for the principle of supercavitation to be mastered by Hillenberg's team, and then attract the attention of alchemy schools or tower scholars in actual research and development competitions, and then develop alchemical props or wind spells based on supercavitation. …

Xia Zuo had already anticipated these chain reactions.

The only thing he planned to do was to weaken his own existence as much as possible, attribute the source of all this to his accidental inspiration, and even take the initiative to put the credit on the team leader.

If anyone asked him how he captured this glimmer of inspiration...

Xia Zuohui responded calmly:

"This is the inevitable result of Master Hillenburg's long-standing insistence on ocean monsters. Even without my reminder, he will eventually figure out the mystery of the inner shell of the sea hare."

Things developed rapidly in the direction he expected.

About half a month later, in the actual combat training ground with no light zone.

Hubron controlled the battle puppet and fired underwater bullets one after another at the monster hidden behind the rock.

When the bullet is fired, the power of the water pressure diversion array on the bullet is nearly 100 points.

This is to allow the bullet to be accelerated to 150 meters per second.

When the bullet is fired from the open chamber of the gun at this speed, there is no obvious pressure difference with the water pressure, so no supercavitation will occur.

Therefore, the power of the bullet's circle will be reduced from nearly 100 points to 30 points in a short period of time, and the flight speed of the underwater bullet will be suddenly reduced.

After the power of the water pressure diversion array was reduced, there was a significant pressure difference between the bullet and the water pressure, and the flight speed was more than 50 meters per second.

At this time, circles of bubbles will appear in the arc-shaped grooves on the bullet, and they will be dragged by the bullet and slide towards the huge rock.

These fragile and short-lived bubbles seemed to carry great power, easily tearing apart the edges of the rock and mixing the broken stones and dust into a ball.

Before the monster behind the rock could launch a counterattack, it was crushed into powder by the sudden huge pressure difference.

"The experiment was successful, and the effect is outstanding." Hillenburg said in front of the console, and his words reached the ears of every team member, "Guys, clean up the training ground, and then come to the alchemy room to meet us. Let’s look at the specific data from the experiment.”

Xia Zuo disconnected from the synchronization with Stone No. 2, sat up from the sofa, and took out a notepad to record his observations.

The Hillenburg team did not disappoint.

Although the development process of the underwater bullet was somewhat tortuous, it was eventually refined.

In this process, Xia Zuo’s contribution as the proposer of ideas was limited.

Heubron and several other weapons alchemists with military experience are the real heroes.

In the field of weapon alchemy, bullets of different calibers require different bolts.

The underwater bullet has a strange appearance, and its corresponding gun is also different from conventional kinetic energy weapons.

Heubron and the others worked tirelessly for several days, and finally refined a gun machine that could fire underwater bullets. Xia Zuo admired this fascinating research attitude.

Now, it’s time to see how well underwater bullets perform.

All members are seated at the conference table.

Danielle handed the prepared experimental report to Hillenburg. Her face was filled with uncontrollable joy, which quickly infected other people around the conference table.

[Actual duration] 1 hour, 05 minutes and 45 seconds

[Yuanneng circuit] 4500/15000

Hillenburg read the report and laughed heartily, "Haha, the performance of lightweight materials and underwater bullets is even better than I expected."

Hillenburg flicked the page with his fingers.

“The energy consumption used by the combat puppet to launch underwater bullets is only one-third of that of a mine, but its power is not inferior at all. The destructive power of each underwater bullet is comparable to that of a mine.

“This is equivalent to reducing combat consumption by about 20% without weakening combat effectiveness.

“The lightweight materials provided by Mars also reduce energy consumption in all aspects, by about 10%.

"Our combat puppet has a battery life of 1 hour and 30 minutes in an aphotic zone environment."

"Bah, bang, bang, bang!" Joyful applause echoed in the conference room.

Hillenberg and other team members released the joy in their hearts for a few seconds, straightened their faces, pressed their right hands and said:

"Quiet, everyone. Although lightweight materials and underwater bullets are so good, the delayed triggering function and pressure-sensitive triggering function of mines are still indispensable. We still need to equip the combat puppet with some mines.

"In addition, I have some information to share with you to prevent us from falling into blind complacency."

Hillenburg winked at Heubron, "Heubron, tell them about the latest developments of the Wildhammer Alchemist Association."

"Yesterday's routine hearing, the federal military disclosed some limited information on the procurement of Wildhammer combat puppets. I collected a few additional pieces of information that did not appear at the hearing, and they are all on these documents." Hugh Bolun used the Hand of Wind to distribute a piece of paper information to each member, and then said:

"It is currently confirmed that the combat puppet model purchased this time is the Wildhammer Universal Type I combat puppet. It is a combat puppet that can only be used for ground combat, not an amphibious combat puppet. It has certain low-altitude flying capabilities and can sneak into In shallow water about 3 meters deep, it is impossible to move in the water environment for a long time.”

Just a land-based combat puppet?

Xia Zuo lowered his head and glanced at the information.

This is really the case.

There are several pictures of the Wildhammer Universal Type I in the intelligence. Judging from the appearance, the metal shell has strong outlines and sharp edges, which is indeed not suitable for underwater operations.

A true amphibious combat puppet should be similar to the one in my group, with a softer appearance style, streamlined curves, and mainly made of light biological materials.

"I learned a piece of information." Hubron paused, "The federal army plans to try out the Wildhammer Universal Type I Combat Puppet in the north, near the frozen snowfield. In terms of its ability to withstand wind and snow, metal materials are indeed superior. in biological materials.”

Hillenberg thought for a while and asked:

"Then do you think we still need to continue to track the performance of these combat puppets?"

"You don't need to pay attention all the time, team leader." Heubron said, "I have already said hello. If there are unexpected results about the trial of the Wildhammer Universal Type I, they will tell me."

"Well..." Hillenburg looked to the other side, "Danielle, tell them about the Golden Wattle."

"Okay." Danielle nodded and said to the team members:

"I met with the intelligence broker arranged by the team leader, and the other party gave a relatively detailed intelligence.

"About a year ago, the Golden Wattle Sisters conducted no less than 10 secret experiments in the Golden Wattle Utopia. In one of them, a group of civilians who accidentally went into the mountains for an expedition stumbled into the experiment site.

"Although these civilians are told not to leak secrets, there are always people who will take risks for huge rewards.

"The leaker not only described the general conditions of the experimental site, but also quietly brought out an experimental sample."

Danielle took out a painting from the document bag, "This is what the experimental sample looks like, a plump plant seed. According to the leaker, they broke into a valley full of flowers. From flowering to fruiting, It only takes less than half an hour for the fruits to fall to the ground and new plants grow. The nutrients for these plants are the elemental energy that spreads throughout every corner of the valley."

Danielle put down the drawing paper and continued:

"The leaker is a mage apprentice. He can clearly see the elemental energy being absorbed into the plant, and the plant grows vigorously.

“At the beginning, the middlemen who obtained this information thought that the Golden Wattle Sisters were developing new methods of plant cultivation.

"It wasn't until the Alchemy School launched a competition to develop combat puppets and Golden Wattle signed up for the competition as a grass-based combat puppet that the intelligence intermediary linked plants that can absorb elemental energy with grass-based combat puppets."

Hillenburg asked: "Did the leaker mention the source of the elemental energy?"

"He said it." Danielle nodded, "It's several crystals suspended in the air that emit elemental energy. I speculate that these crystals should be relatively common energy storage crystals, and they are used by the alchemists of Golden Wattle Flower to simulate energy. Source of energy for dissipated scenes.”

The energy storage device is an alchemy tool that an elemental embodiment master must learn to use at the master level.

Anruer learned this.

Energy storage crystal is a type of energy storage device, used to store elemental energy for a long time.

The energy circuit of the battle puppet is also an energy storage device. It stores elemental energy with a relatively short shelf life, but supports high-frequency directional output of elemental energy.

"Has any alchemist recognized what this plant is?" Hillenburg asked again.

"No." Danielle shook her head, "But the Golden Wattle Sisters took the initiative to reveal some information. They said at an exchange meeting in the Golden Wattle Utopia that this plant is also an alchemical product and is not a species born in nature. "

"In this case..." Hillenburg pondered for a moment, "It is very likely that Golden Wattle will develop a grass-based energy recharger. In terms of battery life, their combat puppet will definitely take first place."

Hillenberg glanced around the venue, "With the lightweight materials provided by Mars and the underwater bullets proposed by Xia Zuo, our team's combat puppets already have above-average endurance. What's next? Focus on other aspects. Do you have any suggestions?”

Professor Allen raised his right hand and said, "I have a proposal."

"Tell me about it, Allen." Hillenburg looked at the other party.

"Maybe it's time for us to have a real battle. Invite a credible research team to have a discussion based on friendship."

Hillenburg thought for a second, "Yes, you are right, then which group should we invite? The Wild Hammer, the Golden Wattle, or the Crystal Remnants."

"Spar survivors." Allen said in a positive tone:

“We’d better invite the hedron remnants.

“Our relationship with the castle administrator is just one reason.

"More importantly, I heard my mentor, Master Kolas, praise the crystal array control technology of the crystal remnants more than once. He said that this technology is the most practical for commanding combat puppets in large-scale operations in the future. Puppet manipulation technology.”

I'm going to take leave this Friday because something is going on.

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