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Rose said: "Anyway, since this device can generate energy similar to magic crystals, it’s very good. The nature of magic crystals is like a battery. The cost is too high. If you can replace it with Longer-efficient energy is good."

I said, "Then I agree with this plan. Regardless of the role of the spherical cabin, this energy center alone is worth a try. It is a large city in itself. Energy consumption is very high, and cities like ours that are equipped with a large number of magic machines need to be used sparingly. This plan can start when the funds of Dark God Palace arrives, but it is recommended that you use your own team to repair it, Dark God Palace The labors in the city can only be used to build the above-ground part of the city. We will repair the other things by ourselves."

Sumei said: "If you don’t say this, I’m also impossible to let them repair it! Don’t take me as a guild. Is it okay for the engineering director to be a layman?"

Rose rubbed Sumei’s head funny: "How old are you! Don’t talk like an old man’s head."

Hawk said: "Urban construction It’s not just a design drawing. What should we do about specific projects? Do we still repair some special buildings?"

I thought for a while and said: "Isinger on the ground is going to build a new transnational Transmission Formation. That’s right, the Isinger in the sky may need to leave China in the future. Transmission Formation is best used separately. The research institute or something will move to the underground area designed by Sumei, and a symbolic large space on the ground Just hang a sign on the building you ordered. Don’t install the internal equipment. The magic experiment equipment is also expensive. Save it if you can save it. This part of the Dark God Palace will not help us, so it can’t be wasted."< /p>

Ross said: "I think the advanced technology dock should be built at the Isengard ground station. I think it is more appropriate to change the sky Isengard’s dock into a battlefield support base, and I think that the high-rise dock should be replaced by a battlefield support base. Others are better. It’s really a waste to put a battleship in such a big place."

I suddenly remembered what Rose said. "Woma, didn’t you say that you can design mobile fighters last time? How did the result go?" I think it's better to go to the scene after the meeting."

"Okay, now everyone decides how to arrange the defense facilities of the Isengard ground station."

We held this meeting for more than two hours. Isinger’s design is too complicated. So many of us were there and everyone was talking at once, but So Mei stood on the table and got a pen to talk about. Where to change. When we discussed the final plan, everyone felt a little dizzy. This plan is really too complicated.

I leaned back on my seat and rubbed my temples and said, "Okay, the plan has come out. Let's go as planned."

"Then let's do it first." Ying and Hong Yue all left the conference hall to assign work. Woma, Su Mei, and Rose stayed and decided to take me to see the long-planned flight Legion primary level model.

Along the way, I kept asking Woma, but she said that I couldn't understand if she saw something, so she kept not telling me, she had to take me to see it.

The research base of the aircraft model is not in Steel City, but in New Isinger. New Isinger is divided into three parts. The command area at the top is much smaller than the middle area of ​​the Second Layer, so there is a circle of platforms on the top of the Second Layer. This area was later changed into a runway. The area reserved for aviation, and now Woma brought us here.

We were still on the way, Woma notified the people here to drag the samples out, so the experimental samples were already on the platform when we arrived. I was dumbfounded to see this row of large and small experimental products. "This...isn't this a piston airplane?"

The aircraft myriad on the platform, and the one closest to us I am most familiar with, because you can see similar things in almost any aviation museum . The plane in front of us was clearly an old-fashioned plane, and it was not so old. This guy turned out to be a three-winged one.

"You guys came up with such a thing after a long time? To be honest, I am very disappointed, this thing is indeed advanced in ancient times, but this game has flying devil beast and magic technology, this Thing seems too backward.

Woma explained: "No, this is actually a trainer."

"Huh? Trainer?"

Woma said: "We Everyone in the guild has a long spear. The airplane is of little significance to us. What we need is a flying battleship, but the battleship cannot be protected by the airplane. However, our players are limited, and each ship cannot be equipped with a large number of players. So I went to find someone to help, and in the end Su Mi thought of a way."

I looked at Su Mi and asked in surprise: "Did you think of it?"

Su Mei nodded said: "Before I say this idea, I must let you know two things first."

"What is it?"

Su Mei said: "Purple Moon Big brother and Rose sister have been busy outside, so I don’t know. Recently, various system cities have posted notices saying that the game needs to adjust some strategic settings. Because it is still in the adjustment period, there is no direct announcement, but in the form of a notice. Just remind me, the whole game will be announced after the official upgrade."

"What is the modification?"

"It is about the adjustment of the city defense NPC. There will be no restrictions in the future. The action of city guards, the guild owned by the city can command the city guards to attack other cities, and are no longer restricted by the city scope."

"What? Then can our guild not be able to attack other guilds aggressively." It’s amazing!” I was so excited. The biggest strength of this guild is that there are so many NPC guards and the battle strength is very strong. In the past, the City Lord could not attack the enemy due to restrictions, and could only be used as a guard.

Sumei said: "Don’t get too excited. The main system won’t be so foolish to give you such a big gap!"

"Are there restrictions?"

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Sumei nodded: "Not only are there restrictions, but there are also several restrictions. On the one hand, it is economically restricted, and on the other hand, it is restricted from social relations."

"What kind of restriction is this? Fa? The more you talk about it, the more confused I will be!" So Mei explained: "This is easy to understand. First of all, economic restrictions. In the future, NPC guards will no longer be lossless Legion, and each NPC will follow Your own situation consumes some special resources, which means that you have to spend a lot of money to maintain a large standing army, and it is not a one-time expenditure but money every moment."

"Halo ! So what should we do with so many people in our guild?" I asked anxiously: "What kind of money do you want to spend?"

"The reason for spending money is not necessarily, depending on the type of arm. Most of them What is important is the consumption of food and wages. Each NPC has to pay monthly wages, and they have to eat."

"Isn't it?"

Sumei said: "Don't worry about this. I have already consulted with the paid Q&A system. Our guild can be said to have taken a big advantage."

"How to say?"

"First, our troops are completely Refuge in our isolated Legion. They don’t have a family or anything, so they don’t have to pay. I heard that the most troublesome army is Paladin Legion. Those sick soldiers are expensive and scary to death. The second cheapest is food. Our guards are here. Most of them are undead, and there are not too many arms that need to eat. This saves a grand competition expense. I heard that several guilds have already begun planning major disarmament."

"Disarmament?"< /p>

"What should I do if I can't afford it but cut it?"

I glanced at the rose when I heard it, and she laughed at me. It seems that I guessed right. This modification is probably derived from Rose’s economic bomb plan. If this goes on, players will invest more and more money in the game, which is really black! But anyway, the money is so dark that our Dragon Fate is here, so I would love to see this.

I then asked: "In addition to economic restrictions, what does that social relationship restriction mean?"

Sumi said: "You have to go to send troops? If it's the other party There are other player forces or NPC forces in the middle of your city, would you just drive over like this? In reality, don’t you have to borrow from the surrounding countries to fight a war? This will test your social skills. This way runs past. It is estimated that many guilds along the way will have to find a way to open up the joints."

I asked in confusion: "Find a city close to you and use Transmission Formation."

So Mei hasn’t answered Rose first: "You really wanted to come out. You don’t want to think about it, such a big Legion enters other people’s cities, don’t others worry about you taking the opportunity to attack them? It’s so troublesome to pass through from outside the city. Don’t talk about Transmission Formation in the city. And you don’t want to think about it. Transmission Formation costs money. You used to be nothing. How much does it cost to send millions of troops? In addition, Transmission Formation still has a probability of error. If you say that an army will definitely lose part of it."

In this way, the actual attack is much more difficult than imagined!

Sumei said: "In fact, the economic restrictions just now do not only include the cost of raising soldiers."

"What? That's not enough?"

"Raising soldiers It’s just one of the important components, and there are many settings to pay attention to.” Su Mei flexed her hands and said: “Soldiers can’t go into battle naked! Armor must be provided. After the upgrade, the battle strength of the NPC will be divided into three parts. , A self-attack defense and a weapon’s attack and armor’s defense are all billed separately. If your own guild can produce armor, you can save a little bit. If you don’t have the production capacity, then you have to buy it. Ask the system store or don’t Players can buy it, and it seems to say that NPCs can share armor with players."

"Don’t our guild soldiers already have armor?"

"But they Will die!" Su Mei said: "After the upgrade, the NPC of the Legion belonging to the guild will not be resurrected automatically. After death, Soul Evocation must be spent and then resurrected. After the resurrection, only coarse cloth clothes, armor and weapons are left on the body. Buy again. But this guild is also a bit cheaper."

"How to say?"

"The corpse of the NPC on the battlefield will not disappear like the player, we can clean it. The battlefield removes all the armor from the dead and equips their troops, but the damaged armor needs to be repaired, which also costs money, but it’s cheaper than buying it again."

"We can pick it up. Others can do it too! Why do we take advantage?"

"Because our soldiers are undead, they don’t mind wearing armor from the dead, but like many other arms, they don’t like the armor on others. . Human soldiers wearing Armored Soldier will lose their qi, and Paladin will not accept it at all."

"So speaking of it, it is indeed a big advantage."

Mei said: "In fact, the wild beast Legion has the most advantage. They even wear clothes and don't need armor at all. By the way, it seems that when we resurrect our troops, our Nether Soul arms can be half-price, which is very profitable, right?" /p>

Rose said: "Speaking of which after this change is to release the control of NPCLegion, but the actual result is that everyone has invested a lot of money, and finally offset each other, which is equivalent to not letting go, but it is the battlefield. The scene is bigger and the consumption is faster."

This is called invisible consumption. In order to keep what they already have, players must continue to invest in new ones, and wait for them to find that the investment is better than what they get. More often, they will be reluctant to have the part they already have, so that they will continue to invest money in it. This is the cycle of making money.

I asked again: "Although it consumes a lot of money, most guilds should be able to maintain a medium-sized NPC army, but what about those guilds without quotas?"

Sumei said: "This system is also arranged. In the future, there will be a large number of scattered fighting NPCs wandering between more cities. The player's guild can recruit these NPCs to become their own guards. When recruiting, they have to negotiate with the NPCs. According to the results of the negotiation, give this NPC one-time money to join the guild. If you find it troublesome, you can also do the army mission and directly get the completed Legion. Of course, the scroll of the army mission is to be bought, and the completion process will cost a lot of money. In addition, future NPC armies will not fully follow their own lord’s guild. NPCs will have a sense of autonomy. They will experience high morale, low morale or even escape and rebellion based on their treatment."

"Will the NPC betray?"

"Of course, Vader and his subordinates betrayed. Dark God Palace followed us?"

"This is true !"

Sumei said: "In short, as long as you raise it, you can greatly expand the army."

"It is estimated that all guilds will lose money now!"< /p>

Su Mei said: "One of the reasons I asked Woma to design the trainer was because of this change. In the future, NPC will definitely not be able to use the teleportation station, and can only travel long distances, but since our guild has Technology, it is possible to transport the army by air. Moreover, the high level of NPC means high maintenance cost. In order to find the best combination between military expenditure and battle strength, I envision training these low-level NPCs to use high-level magic machinery. Everyone Knowing that a pilot is more important than an infantryman, and they are all the same person, so I plan to train low-level soldiers into pilots. Anyway, the battle strength of the air length is calculated by the weapon and not the driver’s attack power, so that we can Use the least money to maximize the strengths and avoid weaknesses to bring the greatest battle strength."

"But the aircraft also needs money!"

"The aircraft does require money, but this is a game." Su Mei Explained: “Our guild’s cost to produce an aircraft is about the same as the cost of arming 5 soldiers, but an aircraft is definitely better than 5 soldiers, so it’s better to build an aircraft to save money if you consider it comprehensively."

"Can an NPC fly a plane?"

Sumei said in a serious manner: "This is about my second discovery. According to my investigation, since the last time the NPC intelligence was upgraded, it has not The young NPCs have the ability to learn, as long as they don’t exceed the physical limitations, they can learn. When Sister Woma asked me to help, I also did an experiment. First, we let a skeleton soldier with a long knife learn how to manipulate bows and arrows. As a result, we It only took an hour to teach him how to shoot bows and arrows, but he had to train his head, but The basic operations of archery are almost the same. This proves that NPC can actually learn. "

"It's as simple as shooting arrows. Flying a plane is another matter! "

"That was just an Early-Stage attempt. After that, we tried to train various NPC soldiers to use gunpowder guns, and they all learned. "

Rose asked in surprise: "The last time Woma asked me to allocate funds to make 100,000 gunpowder guns, wasn't it to form an NPC gun team? "

Woma smiled and said, "That's right. So Mei and I wanted to equip the NPC with muskets after the experiment, so that all units can shoot at the enemy from a long distance, and wait until they get close to the lance. Isn't this increasing the battle strength? "

If a group of skeletons charging with rifles appears on the battlefield, it is estimated that the enemy will faint directly.

Su Mei continued: "We don’t need to let the NPC understand how the aircraft flies. Yes, they just need to know how to use it. The flexibility of these white skeletons is very good. They are enough to drive the aircraft. Recently, we have experimentally trained more than a dozen skeletons to drive the aircraft. The effect is not bad. They all learn quickly. "

What a faint! Skeleton pilot?

"Putting it that way is this triplane used to train the skeletons to fly?" "

Woma said: "This is a primary level trainer, followed by an intermediate trainer and a high level trainer, and then the actual combat model. "

"I think there are more than four types of aircraft here! "

"There are three types of trainers, and there are many types of actual combat aircraft. Because the final model has not been decided, a lot of samples have been made. "

I looked at the triplane closest to us and said, "Is this trainer a bit too old-fashioned?" "

Woma said: "It's just to be a trainer. "She explained: "Didn't the three people you brought last time transform the Atlantis propellers into air propellers?" After miniaturizing the thing, we removed the outer contour and changed it to a paddle type connection, so this imitation piston engine was born. This is actually a magic machine, not a real piston engine. "

"Then this thing uses magic crystal? "

"Of course. There is nothing else available except it. "

I looked at the three-layer wing again and said: "This wing is made like this. The lift is enough, but the speed and flexibility are gone? "

Woma said: "It is designed like this to make it fly slower." "

"Huh? You don’t want to be fast, but slow? "

Sumi explained: "The power of the magic thruster is too large, the space on the plane is limited, and we can't reduce speed through a large number of gear sets, so in order to counter this excessively violent power we made this three-wing airplane. These wings will slow down the flight speed while providing flight lift, and they will seriously affect the agility and make the plane fly very smoothly. Although these are shortcomings for fighters, this is a primary level trainer. It just needs to fly slowly and steadily to train those novices! If it rushes out like a rocket as soon as it starts, how can we train? "

"Well, it makes sense. "

Voma pulled me around the triplane and said: "This is a Level 2 trainer, which is an intermediate training aircraft. "

This thing looks better. This is a single-wing propeller fighter. The shape is very similar to the British Spitfire in World War II.

Woma said:" This aircraft is the same in nature as the primary level trainer aircraft just now, but it has fewer wings, and its wings are very narrow, its flight speed and flexibility are greatly improved, and it is convenient for upgrade training. Behind that is the high level training aircraft. "

We bypassed the middle one, and the plane behind was super weird. This thing looked like a large cylinder with two wings inserted on both sides, and the upper cockpit was almost Riding on this tube.

Woma saw my expression and quickly explained: "This is a jet plane. We made the air turbine modified by the three technicians you brought last time. We made it smaller and lengthened the length of the pipe to become the middle tube. In order to save trouble, we welded a pair of wings directly on both sides of the engine. The cockpit above is completely nailed up, so it looks a bit ugly. "

Ross said: "I have heard that the German style is only practical and irrespective of style. I have seen it today. This thing is like a trash can with wings! "

Sumi said: "Anyway, it's a trainer. What's the use of making it so beautiful? It doesn't matter if you can fly. "

Rose pointed to the strangely shaped aircraft behind and asked: "What are those things?" Why is it different from the previous one? "

"That is an experimental fighter. "

We walked to the front of this row of planes and took a look. To be honest, these things have nothing to do with the plane in my mind. "Is this an airplane?" "

Woma said: "It's almost a plane!" But I think it’s more appropriate to call it an aircraft. "

The things in front of me don’t look like airplanes at all. Not only are these things oddly shaped, they don’t even have wings. I circled an aircraft three times and I didn’t find a propeller or a jet port. That is to say This thing does not use any known means of propulsion.

Rose walked to one of the aircraft and knocked twice and listened to the echo. "Pure steel? Does this weigh? "

Woma said: "Because the speed of this aircraft is too fast, and the steering method is very special, so the body to withstand the torsion is very huge, it is impossible to withstand it without making the body stronger! "

I said to Woma: "The steel is still too hard. How about using a crustacean shell instead?" "

Woma explained: "We have considered using materials such as devil beast bones or carapace, but those things are too expensive and the output is too small. In mass production, I'm afraid it can't keep up with the consumption speed! "

"Then mix it up. A part of the skeleton is used as a support beam, and steel is covered on the outside. By the way, next time I contact Dragon Clan to see if I can use the keel of the giant dragon cemetery. The thing is big enough that one can change several aircraft. "

"Of course it's good, but for the time being we can only find steel. "

I walked to the side of one of the aircraft and took a look. How does the shape of this thing look like that kind of comma-shaped whistle. The retractable wheels support its balance. Behind the belly is a tail that is not too long. Although the tail stretches out there, it does not tilt the aircraft. I think the weight is concentrated in the front belly.

There are some small connecting devices on both sides of the "whistle". It may be a pylon for external weapons.

Rose also stared at the aircraft for a long time and then asked: "Which side is this? Head? "

"Here. "

Woma refers to the big belly of the comma, because the little tail is the real tail. But it looks like the shape of this thing is a bit like a propeller-type helicopter, only But this thing doesn't have a propeller.

I knocked on the steel belly and said: "This thing has no windows. How can the pilot sit inside and watch the road? "

"That's not the cockpit! "

"Huh? "I stared at the large steel ballway with a diameter of more than three meters in surprise: "This is not the cockpit where does the pilot sit?" "

"In the tail behind, you can see it when you go up. "

At the suggestion of Woma, I climbed onto the aircraft, and saw that there were three holes in the sticking out tail, and they were arranged in finished glyphs. This thing really subverted me. The cognition of the aircraft, even if it looks strange, even the seats are so distinctive. Among the three holes, the part near the belly has two holes side by side, and a single hole is a little farther away from the two in front, and it It is on the central axis of the aircraft.

Woma shouted to me from below: "The two in the front are side by side for the weapon controller’s seats. The two are responsible for one side, and the one behind is the pilot. s position. "

Halo! The pilot is actually sitting in the rearmost position. This aircraft is really special.

Rose asked: "How does this thing fly?" There is no propeller and no jet propulsion port, is it the same gravity resistance device used by Isinger? "

"You really guessed it right. "Woma said: "This is the gravity resistance device used. "

"Can't the gravity resistance device move during startup?" "

Woma said: "Isn't there that special track principle?" "

"Are you saying that this big ball is actually a track?" "

"It's not a track, but a track ball. "

I jumped down from above and asked: "What is a track ball?" "

"The track ball is a connected track like the track, but the general tank track is opened into a trapezoid. We wrapped it in a steel ball and turned it into a circle. "

"How do you turn?" "

"Have you seen a gyroscope? "

"I have seen it. "

Woma explained: "We use the same principle to drive the aircraft. Two pure steel rings that can be nested vertically cross each other to form a universal orbital ring. We make this ring close to the outer steel ball and apply lubricant on the inside. The largest steel ring is just right on the outside. The inner diameter of this steel ball is equivalent. With the help of lubricating oil, this large ring can rotate freely in the steel ball, but because it is a round sphere, it can't come out no matter how much it rotates. The small ring in the big ring is welded to the big ring at a vertical angle, and then the rotor track is made in the inner ring. On this track, there is a gravity resistance device that can slide arbitrarily due to inertia and gravity. "

"Ha, I understand. "I said excitedly: "Because this gravity resistance device can move freely on the orbit, and the large orbit itself is also slidable, it completely relies on inertial rolling. When the aircraft turns, it rolls along the inner wall of the ball. It is buffered and automatically slid to the opposite direction to the direction of advancement due to its own gravity. As long as the ball activates the same propulsion function as the track, it can drive the aircraft to move. What a clever design. But there is no computer here, how do you control which anti-gravity component works when? "

"We don't have to control. "Woma proudly said: "Although this anti-gravity can slide, in fact, its contact point with the shaft is unchanged, and there are two free swinging energy brushes on both sides of the ball. This principle is the same as that of Isinger. The driving device is the same, except that Isinger relies on gravity to make the energy brush point vertically to the anti-gravity device that needs to be activated. Ours is the combined inertia of the propeller and the gravity, which just offsets the inertia while maintaining the flying height. It's really convenient. "

Rose asked: "But this can only control the attitude adjustment of the aircraft after steering. Where does the initial power for steering come from, and how to control the lift? "

"This is easy to handle! "Woma said: "Because we have installed three gravity balls on the track, they are connected by supporting steel pipes, so their relative positions are fixed no matter how they slide. These three balls are equipped with a magic crystal resonance device. We use this device to control a power ball to turn on, and the control can be completed by the relative activation of the three balls. However, because the three balls are always spinning, it is very troublesome to control. You must judge where the gravity ball slides according to your flying posture at that time, so that you can accurately control the flight. This is why we need to let the pilot sit back, because this position is exactly where the gravity ball is pointing. However, this design also brings a lot of drawbacks. For example, the pilot's vision is completely blocked, he has to rely on the guidance of the front combat controller to fly, and the pilot himself can actually see nothing except the dashboard. "

"A terrifying aircraft. "I sighed: "This thing must be more deadly to drive than to play in a unicycle!" "

Woma said with a gloomy look: "That's why I have been hesitant to know whether to produce this kind of aircraft. Its speed and flexibility are nothing to say, but it really flies. It is too difficult to control, especially the landing is completely impossible to stabilize. We can only use the blocking net to slow it down and fall into the net. The runway has no meaning to it. At most, it is used for takeoff. "

Rose said: "Don't we have jet turbines? Why not just build jet fighters? "

Woma said: "I was thinking, but the high level trainer you just saw is already at the limit of jet flight. This game is not exactly the same as reality. The aircraft is not computer-assisted, and the jet plane is completely impossible to drive. Unless you can let the three pilots operate the plane like one person, there is no way to control the high-speed jet. This kind of low speed is too low. Slow, even the Griffin can fly faster than it. And jet fighters are too agile. In reality, it doesn’t matter if a plane hits a plane. Everyone is the same anyway, but in this game we have to deal with flexible creatures. That kind of flexible aircraft is simply a living target, as long as people calculate the lead. You can't get rid of it at all. "

"By the way, let me go up and try it. I want to see the difference between this thing and a real airplane. "

Sumi asked immediately: "Have you flew fighter jets before?" "

"Eh...! "Oops, I missed it!" No, no, I'm just a small tourist plane that used to fly in a tourist spot before. I think the real plane is probably like that. If you take this thing again, you should be able to roughly understand the performance difference. "

"I suggest you don't try. "Fortunately, Su Mi did not ask.

"Why? "

"Because this thing is simply not for people to sit on. "

"But how do you know if you don't try it?" "

Woma said: "Well, let me go up with you. Anyway, the functions of the three cabins are interchangeable. If you can't control it, I will come for you. Now this thing is My operating skills are the best. "

At my request, we finally decided to fly a test flight. Even roses came up to join us in the fun. But for the sake of safety, I took out Lucky and Chili summon in advance. In case of an accident. , Pepper’s spirit strength field can help stabilize the aircraft, if you are lucky, just catch us.

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