Pirate Kingship

When Byron rode the [Eight-legged Pegasus] back to the "Whale Oil Power Research Institute" in the Torrent Fortress as soon as possible, the strange phenomena in the sky not only did not subside, but became more and more intense.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The deafening roar was like a group of giants beating drums vigorously, and the white steam was like the breath of a monster, forming a large sea of ​​clouds that completely filled the bastion.

The Mei's Leviathan whale oil installed in the combustion chamber burned violently, releasing sea-blue flames and huge energy, driving a steel giant to work at high speed.

It is obviously not an ordinary steam engine that can make such a big noise.

Byron raised his hand and waved, and a gust of wind suddenly whistled through the entire bastion, blowing away most of the white steam that filled the place.

It also allowed him to see the steel monster in the core workshop of the institute that kept spewing flames and steam.

Beep——!

The steam made a harsh hissing sound.

The whale oil core, cylinder, base, piston, crank-connecting rod mechanism, slide valve steam distribution mechanism, speed regulating mechanism and flywheel together constitute the world's first "whale oil powered steam engine".

The cylinder and base are stationary, and most of the other structures are doing reciprocating motion.

Like the drawings he gave to Violet at the beginning, the working principle is to burn whale oil with extremely high energy density and continuously boil water to produce steam.

The steam is sent to the cylinder through the pipeline, enters the slide valve chamber through the main steam valve and the throttle valve, and then enters the left or right side of the cylinder alternately under the control of the slide valve to push the piston to move.

After converting heat energy into kinetic energy, the cooled steam will be introduced into the condenser through the pipeline to condense into water again, and then repeat this cycle continuously.

Up to this point, it is still in line with engineering common sense and within Byron's understanding, but he can't understand the following development at all.

[Silver Law] and [Golden Law] in catamaran mode manifested at the same time, and golden light continued to flow from the sky and shine on this prototype.

Then, with it as the center, a circle of auras with gear-like edges continued to expand.

It sucked in the surrounding spare parts, vulcanized rubber seals, whale oil fuel, pure water, and even unprocessed high-quality steel billets.

The steam engine itself did not change at all, but a golden shadow that was exactly the same as it grew bigger and bigger, and soon expanded five or six times, causing all the staff to retreat in a hurry.

However, the growth of the prototype still did not reach its limit, and it made a rhythmic "woohoo" sound like a hungry baby.

The [Logbook] in Byron's right eye showed a line of handwriting:

"Level Zero Relic Whale Oil Powered Steam Engine (Transformation)"

"Level Zero?!"

When he saw the key word clearly, he was shocked.

Even the [Key of Omniscience] in Byron's hand, which was closest to level zero and claimed to reach that step sooner or later, was still only a level one relic.

Perhaps it has a lot of stamina as knowledge spreads, but it still has a long way to go before it can become a Level 0 holy relic comparable to a divine artifact in mysticism.

But this steam engine was clearly a real Level 0 holy relic when it was first created!

Obviously, the historical influence of the former is subtle and needs time to ferment slowly before results can be seen, while the latter is immediate and can be used on the spot as long as it is ignited.

He saw Violet and a group of auxiliary researchers from the tower sequence staring at the wonder in front of them and feeling a little helpless, so he quickly reminded them:

"Quick, move all the raw materials in the warehouse and feed them to the prototype until it can't eat anymore.

Don't be afraid of waste, the entire Torrent Fortress is not as valuable as it."

"Oh. OK, got it, I'll go now."

Violet was the first to react and immediately took the lead and rushed out.

The researchers followed one after another, and asked some security personnel stationed around the institute to act as porters together.

One trip after another, the raw materials originally stored for the initial manufacture of 100 steam engines were all fed to the prototype, which seemed like a bottomless pit.

This was not enough.

The prototype's "hungry. Food" mood was still growing.

"Keep feeding! Even if the orders from major factories are delayed in delivery, it doesn't matter."

The warehouses of the steel plant and the raw material warehouses containing special products from the southern continent also joined the transportation under Violet's order, and finally kept up with its appetite.

If you leave the Torrent Fortress and change to any other place in the world, there will definitely be no such unique material conditions, and there is a high probability that it will be abandoned halfway.

In Byron's vision, it seems that there is an extra-dimensional factory in the belly of this steam engine, which continuously processes raw materials automatically and equips them into the most efficient steam engines.

Then, in a very mystical way, they are connected in parallel with their own bodies in the outside world to form a huge steam engine array.

"Hungry. Eat."

Researchers, factory managers, warehouse supervisors, front-line workers. Countless people were busy until the second half of the night, when the prototype finally stopped its "gluttonous feast".

As the last ray of light from the sea of ​​human collective subconsciousness disappeared, the final transformation was completely completed.

But the golden phantom of light did not disappear, but expanded to the height of two floors, almost reaching the ceiling of the workshop.

Byron stepped forward and tentatively touched the golden shadow. In a trance, he seemed to hear a sacred chant echoing in his ears:

"Ring the bell once, push the lever, start the piston and pump; ring the bell twice, press the button, ignite the engine, ignite the turbine, and inject life;

Ring the bell three times, sing in unison, praise the God of All Machines!"

When he came to his senses, he realized that although the hymn was his own imagination, a living [machine soul] was real!

Huh——!

A gust of wind blew, and the huge shadow shrouded the prototype instantly dissipated, replaced by a golden Leviathan whale wandering in the air.

It is not a flesh and blood body, but a mechanical body composed of levers, gears, transmission shafts, cylinders, and other mechanical components, and it continues to spew out hot white steam from the pores.

The eyes are pure and ignorant, and there is also the unique integrity of the machine.

After flying around Byron and Violet, the designer and manufacturer who were also its parents, it turned around and rushed into the whale oil steam engine, dyeing it into pure gold.

Then the complete information of it finally appeared in the [Logbook].

[Level Zero Relic - Whale Oil Powered Steam Engine]:

"The world's first Level Zero Relic made by mortals below the divine realm, not gods.

It was not achieved by the gods' extraordinary status, but by their own unparalleled influence and creativity.

The gods of the old times only wanted faith and anchoring, and never thought of bringing changes to human life.

The world under their rule will only repeat history even after a thousand or ten thousand years, and will not give birth to a different future.

The "gospel" bestowed by one, ten, or a hundred gods to mankind collectively cannot be compared with it.

So far, the energy level mastered by humans has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The original rated power of the prototype: 900,000 horsepower!"

Byron and Violet have always been at the forefront of the times. Not only did they build the industrial city of Torrent Fortress, they also created a modern industrial system from scratch, which resonates with this passage the most.

According to the standards of Byron's previous life, the most important basis for grading technology and civilization is energy level.

The advancement of civilization is actually the advancement of the total energy level controlled by humans.

This principle is the same whether in the mortal world or the extraordinary world.

From the agricultural civilization using animal power, to the first and second generation technological civilization using steam and electricity, to the foreseeable fusion nuclear energy, the development of Byron's previous life has all confirmed this.

As long as humans can obtain sufficient energy, the many technological bottlenecks below the energy limit will no longer be obstacles to development.

Obviously, this steam engine symbolizes the first energy level jump of mankind, and it will be no problem to reach level zero by relying on its own influence.

Until Byron saw its rated power, his heart was shocked three times:

"'Horsepower' was originally developed by the first batch of engineers through rough conversion to replace horses pulling mine carts with steam engines.

One horsepower is equal to the work done by raising a 75-kilogram object by one meter per second, which is about 0.735 kilowatts, which is almost equivalent to the ability of a horse to draw water.

I remember that the power of Watt's steam engine in my previous life was only about 10-20 horsepower.

And the power of my zero-level holy relic is as high as 900,000 horsepower, which can be converted into 700,000 kilowatts, which can compete with the power of the steam turbine of the largest hydropower station in a certain oriental country.

Such a small size and such a large power, if it is directly installed on a sailboat, wouldn't it be easy to run at the first cosmic speed, escape the gravity of the planet, and turn the outer world into a sea of ​​stars?

It is simply an epoch-making super power source!"

But the first ability presented by the zero-level holy relic made Byron realize that his idea was still too conservative.

Ability 1, [Universal Machine Soul]:

"Steel, whale oil, flames, steam and the mighty human will react to form a universal machine soul that can perfectly control the horsepower of steam engines - the Leviathan Whale Spirit.

As long as you give orders to the whale machine soul, you can automatically generate a "kinetic energy field" similar to the divine domain within a radius of 100 kilometers.

The machine soul is regulated in the center and can freely allocate its own horsepower, turning all human, animal, water and wind power tools within this range into steam-powered machinery.

There is no need to build any steam pipelines or transmission shafts to drive this out of thin air. All large mechanical equipment within the range.

At the same time, for every whale oil-powered steam engine born in the world, 5% of the horsepower will be accumulated on the prototype.

The more industrialized the world is, the higher the power of the prototype will be. "

Byron was a little absent-minded:

"Having all the advantages of a steam engine, but without its various disadvantages, is this the power of a zero-level holy relic?"

He knew that the coal steam engine in the previous life was replaced by electric motors in factories and internal combustion engines in transportation because of low energy efficiency, bulkiness, long startup time, large floor space, and inconvenience in use.

But now [Universal Machine Soul] has perfectly solved this problem, and it has far exceeded expectations, showing unparalleled adaptability.

Imagine that tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of trams are running on the road. As long as they are within a hundred kilometers, it is equivalent to installing a hydroelectric power station directly. What will it be like without mileage anxiety?

All the machines in the factory do not need to install supporting energy supply equipment. They can directly use horsepower with air conditioning without any intermediate loss. How much cost can be saved?

Even the microwave power transmission in Byron's previous life is inferior to it.

Violet moved faster. She had already taken out a large fan for testing from her pocket space and placed it on the ground, and issued a command to the machine soul.

A golden gear of just the right size immediately appeared out of thin air on the transmission interface of the fan.

Then it drove the blades to rotate at high speed.

The girl hugged Byron's arm and jumped excitedly:

"Did you see it? It actually works. It's amazing!"

Byron also looked at this steam engine with a radiant look, just like when humans first learned to use fire tens of thousands of years ago.

"In the era of mankind, the zero-level holy relics should no longer be the [holy foreskin] or [shroud] of the gods, but various inventions that can liberate human productivity.

With this prototype, mines, steel mills, arsenals, shipyards, and other major factories do not need to be transformed and can be reborn immediately.

The Torrent Fortress will also become a city that embraces the future. It will not be long before it is no longer the industrial center of the Holy Golden Empire, but the center of the entire material world!

Now the only thing that can limit the development limit of Torrent Fortress is the horsepower limit of the prototype and the whale oil energy supply."

The second ability of the holy relic gave Byron and Violet a bigger surprise.

Ability 2, [Source Engine]:

"Energy level improvement is the only way for the world to advance.

If we follow the normal development path and weigh the availability and economy of various energy sources, the energy that humans are most likely to use next is fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas.

But this world has been endowed with various extraordinary powers because of the invasion of the Source Sea.

In addition to the special intermediate medium of Mei's Leviathan Whale Oil, humans have obtained nearly endless high-density extraordinary energy.

What is lacking is the tool that can utilize this energy.

It is not just this prototype that has magical powers, but from now on, people will All whale oil powered steam engines produced by the species can draw part of the energy from the ubiquitous source tides, replace the consumption of whale oil, and realize oil-water mixing!

The higher the sea level of the source sea, the higher the proportion of this energy replacement will be. Under the current intertidal conditions, it is 30%.

Theoretically, it can reach more than 80%. Even if it is not a perpetual motion machine, it will not be much different.

More importantly, a large number of whale oil steam engines can also delay the rise of sea levels to a certain extent and reduce the various disasters caused by source tides! "

Byron remembered that he had a very famous high-tech scam in his previous life, called "water hydrogen engine".

It is claimed that since there are both oxygen and hydrogen in water, it is just right to let the engine directly boil water.

But anyone who has studied chemistry knows that this is impossible.

The whale oil steam engine is equivalent to using "tidal energy" to automatically extract the ubiquitous source tides around you and delay the rise of sea levels.

The more there are, the greater the impact on the whole world, and the slower the disaster will come.

"Isn't this equivalent to the 'planetary engine' before the end of the world?

And the concept of a planetary engine is too sci-fi, and it is unknown whether it can really escape.

But the whale oil steam engine that can burn seawater can really promote the advancement of human civilization safely and without risk, and even help the material world to upgrade!

In the future, as we manufacture more and more powerful steam engines around the world, maybe one day we can turn harm into treasure and drive the factory back to the source sea.

If you are strong, I will be weak, and if you are weak, I will be strong.

The reason is the same as the same kind of alien creatures that are invasive species in other countries, and become national protected animals in the big foodie country, and they can also be specially customized for several levels of endangered status. "

Just these two abilities have thrown away all the zero-level holy relics that Byron has ever seen.

Even if it is not a weapon and cannot be used to defeat the enemy, its significance is by no means comparable to any weapon-type holy relics.

The last is the indispensable destiny: the Industrial Revolution.

"There is no doubt that the birth of the whale oil-powered steam engine marks the beginning of a new era different from any period in history.

It is destined to eliminate all production relations in the world that are not in line with productivity, set off a bottom-up social change, and bring earth-shaking changes to the collective subconscious of mankind.

The influence of this unprecedented great change is the same as the inevitable arrival of the 'Luo Yan Ji'. It is all natural laws and no one can stop it.

As its owner, you must always be the promoter and leader of the whale oil-powered industrial revolution.

Build all industrial categories and become the world's first industrial power.

Once you lose your destiny, this jewel in the crown of industry will also change hands at the same time.

And the country's industrial output value will be forced to deduct 10%, the people's lazy index will increase by 20%, and the probability of intermittent strikes will increase by 30%.

After entering the downward fast lane, the genders will slowly increase to 97, the social tearing index will increase to 40%, and there is a high probability of being parasitized by a foreign ethnic group."

This side effect is indeed worthy of its powerful ability.

Byron glanced at his sister [Mithril Dragon] Catherine who hurried back from Tayapan after receiving the news, and thought to himself:

"Without money, it is absolutely impossible.

But if we dare to play the hollowing out of the manufacturing industry, deviate from reality to virtuality, and focus on the easier way to make money as an "international financial center", let others take the industrial crown away.

We will definitely fall into a third world country on the spot, become the son of the latecomers, and never have the chance to raise our heads again.

In the industrial age, losing the tertiary industry will lose a lot. Losing industrial strength, especially military strength, will sooner or later completely lose everything!"

Others may not know how serious the matter is.

But Byron witnessed with his own eyes how the former first industrial power played itself to the point of crashing planes every day, with double-digit 11 aircraft carriers under repair at the same time, and the aerospace capability lost for a full sixty years.

"With this precedent, even if it is welding, I will weld the industrial crown firmly on my own forehead."

After swearing secretly, Byron found that the benefits have not yet ended.

The promotion ceremony of the tower sequence [Craftsman] requires them to make various inventions.

Violet is a craftsman, a [Witch of Disaster], water, and a Leviathan whale girl.

The whale oil-powered steam engine just integrates all her abilities, knowledge, and characteristics together, and can be called a tailor-made creation of God.

At this moment, after it was born as a zero-level holy relic, it immediately pushed Violet's spirituality forward by a big step.

Let Byron and Catherine also cross 18 points and reach 18.2, and continue to rise unswervingly at a speed far exceeding normal growth.

To be promoted to the fifth level, it is probably necessary to follow the destiny step by step, manufacture more steam engines and supporting equipment, expand the scope of industrial radiation, and enhance influence.

The promotion will come after reaching the critical point.

But it is already conceivable that the fifth-level magic born from a zero-level holy relic will definitely be extremely powerful.

There has never been such a precedent in the entire history.

Violet was in a trance for a moment, then looked up and told Byron another piece of good news:

"I seem to have integrated all the knowledge I have mastered and comprehended a new legendary profession [Whale Oil Mechanic].

You can simultaneously meet the job transfer conditions when you are promoted to the fifth level.

This profession combines the abilities of related professions such as gunsmiths, shipwrights, and mechanical engineers, and can use whale oil steam engines and mechanical parts to make various mechanical creations.

It should be no problem to guest star in the [God of All Machines] you mentioned.

After opening up a new path, you can also train apprentices and become a school of your own in the tower sequence."

As soon as the voice fell, Byron hadn't said anything yet, and the group of craftsmen and researchers standing behind them had already looked at him eagerly.

No one knows better than them where the future of this world lies.

Seeing this, Violet clapped her hands and gave them an assessment task with a smile:

"The most important whale oil powered steam engine has been completed. Next, a series of supporting machines such as textile machines, looms, nail making machines, steam warships, etc. need to be broken through.

Before I am promoted to the fifth level, it is your probation period. I will evaluate according to the "influence factor" of your research results, and then select the best candidates."

"Yes, Miss Violet, we will not let you down."

The group immediately turned around and rushed to their own laboratory like chicken blood.

Once they become a group of [whale oil mechanics] in the world, they are well-deserved masters of the material world, and all latecomers will become their students.

Easily establish academic clans, and their status is not inferior to that of noble masters.

Byron doesn't care what they think. Anyway, the Holy Golden Empire will not allow anyone to have the opportunity to monopolize the pure academic field and hinder his "industrial revolution". Whoever becomes an obstacle, he will immediately kill him!

Then, he contacted Hans immediately and put the prototype's horsepower into the shipyard he valued the most.

Five heavy cruisers were rebuilt in the previous two months, and it is expected that 30 ships can be rebuilt by the end of next year.

This time, it is a one-step upgrade, and it is expected that a large fleet of 100 heavy cruisers will be able to be built by the middle of next year.

He took out the navigation map of the Baymin North Sea Empire and declared: "Since ancient times!"