Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 625: Surprise! The third legendary battleship, the Dreadnought!
The obvious improvement in the solution density means that the guessed direction should be correct.

Byron was immediately excited.

“The day of Taiwan’s revival is near.”

When he and Violet entered the depths of Valhalla, he saw the legendary "great secret treasure" of the Bay People, just like his father-in-law, the whale hunter Jack Harold.

It is essentially just a set of runes carved on the trunk of the World Tree by the God of the Wild Hunt.

They suspected that this was the information projection of Woden's real body engraving characters on the real world tree in his own kingdom of God, and then projecting them to Valhalla.

The above introduces the cause of the Ragnarok of the previous era, as well as the prophecy that the Luoyan era will eventually come, so that the people of Taiwan should make early preparations and push humans to explore the three continents as soon as possible, pass the "Echidna Triangle Circulation", and then look for Him.

When Byron went to track down Mercurius, he saw the image of Woden in the war of gods from the relief of the statue, and heard him say in person: "Come to me quickly."

Here I saw the words “come find me” for the second time.

It seems like they are asking for help from the descendants of the Bay People.

But it never revealed where He was hiding.

Just find a place called the "triplet point" and you will find His trace.

The riddle man's words immediately turned Byron and Violet into tadpoles looking for their father, just like Mercurius.

Byron felt at the time that he could doubt the character of the traitor, but it was better not to doubt his ability.

Since he had been looking for Jupiter for a thousand years and had searched all possible places where he might hide but still couldn't find Him, this indirectly illustrates the problem.

Jupiter and Woden are most likely not somewhere in the material world in the conventional sense.

Now the legend of the "Pillars of Heloxis" and the end of the world suddenly opened up his mind.

Since one side of the gate is the known world and the other side is the unknown world at the end of the world, the missing Jupiter and Woden are likely to be hiding there.

Moreover, Woden himself left a message: "The triple point" is the root of all disasters except for the Sea of ​​​​Source, and it is also the fundamental rule that everything in this world is three.

The only way to control water pollution and save the world is to block the source of the water.

The more Byron thought about it, the more it made sense.

But a new problem also faced him.

“Even if we defeat those malicious old gods, it will still be a problem to activate the ‘Pillar of Helox’ and push open that door.

It won't be an 'Open Sesame' situation, right?

Otherwise, my mother's family has occupied the two pillars for so long, it doesn't make sense that they haven't discovered anything until now, but instead have to wait until the old gods return to snatch them.

Moreover, even a fool could guess that there might be benefits there, but there were also huge crises.

Why are it that three human gods disappeared, while all the benefits went to the "Holy Father" of the Remit pantheon, and the other two are as good as dead?
More strictly speaking, even the Holy Father is similar.

Except for the later split that gave birth to the Son of God who was crucified on the cross, He has never been seen to have any interaction with the material world, and no miracles have been performed.

It lacks the autonomy of a personal God at all, and is more like a pan-consciousness like a natural God.

I feel that [The Bound Creator] is a bit like a hodgepodge that combines the characteristics of the three, and with the divinity of the gods, it becomes the only God who is omniscient and omnipotent.

It's just that his monotheistic beliefs are consistent with those of the Holy Father, which makes people think that he is the Holy Father, but no one has any evidence to confirm this.

There are still too many mysteries and the danger is beyond control. I can’t figure it out for now.”

Even though he had received some information now, Byron still had no idea about the "triple point" and was somewhat hesitant about his next course of action.

"Triple point? Never heard of it."

After asking Cleopatra, she said she had never heard of this strange term either.

However, the Queen referred to the information collected by the Ennead School of Creation, as well as her own understanding of the path to promotion above demigod, and provided Byron with an idea:

“As we all know, after the Sea of ​​Element invades the material world, it does not diffuse directly into the air, but flows along the nodes of the earth veins like water. The earth vein sealing plug is based on this principle.

Most totem gods will occupy the nodes of the earth veins and become Apu, and then rely on the nodes to establish the divine domain.

This shows that the countless geomagnetic nodes throughout the world are as important as the world's extraordinary circulation system.

At the same time, the realm gap of "All Things Return to One" will be infinitely magnified in battles above demigod level.

Whoever owns more shares in the world will be more powerful, just like in a company, whoever owns more shares will have more decision-making power.

In addition to slowly improving one's own mind, if one can occupy important geomancy nodes, it is also possible to greatly enhance the state of 'all things becoming one'.

Based on the above two basic extraordinary knowledge.

When we use breathing as a bridge, our bodies are connected to the material world inside and out.

It is to use one's own "orifice" to echo the "orifice" of heaven and earth and achieve resonance between the two. The higher the degree of resonance, the higher the state of unity of all things.

I guess that the triple point at the end of the world may be the most important "orifice" in our world, similar to the mouth and nose that humans use to breathe and eat.

Judging from the experience of Hercules and the highest level of unity of all things possessed by the [Bound Creator], it is possible to resonate with the triple point and connect with the breathing of this world, breaking through the limits of the gods themselves in one fell swoop! "

This was the first time Byron had heard this angle described.

But Cleopatra is a demigod after all, and her perspective is indeed closer to the essence of supernatural power.

Not only that, this description is similar to the "opening of the mysterious gate" and "enlightenment" of internal training in many religious texts in his previous life.

Legend has it that there is an important orifice in the human body called the Genkan. By opening this orifice, one can enter the state of "harmony between man and nature" and the spiritual realm becomes one with the universe.

In this state, physiological and pathological conditions are reversed at the same time, and the disease is cured immediately. Physiological functions are rejuvenated, and the potential instincts of the human body can be stimulated, making people transcend the ordinary and holy.

The "triple point" may be a super-enhanced version of this kind of orifice. It is not an orifice in the human body, but an orifice in this world. Naturally, the effect is enhanced countless times!
For extraordinary people, this is the one piece that truly drives them crazy.

After the excitement, Byron clearly realized that he did not have the ability to covet such a treasure for the time being. Even if the old gods wanted to snatch it, the Creator would not be a pushover.

Decide to do what you can first:
“If the above speculation is true, then I have finally figured out why my father-in-law, [Whale Hunter] Jack Harold, transformed into a Leviathan and rushed into the blockaded Mermaid Capital.

He has been wandering overseas for so long, he must have found clues about the Triple Point and the Pillar of Heloxus from somewhere else before he took the risk to sneak in.

Think about it from another perspective. When a secret is no longer a secret, even a fifth-order pseudo-god-level person like my father-in-law can find clues, let alone those old gods.

In other words, besides my father-in-law and I, there are countless other old gods who are eyeing the power that will allow the Creator to defeat Ragnarok."

His face was uncertain:
“Every old god who has regained his sanity is no less capable than me.

Even if I have more priesthood, their thousands of years of experience are still beyond my reach. One-on-one isn't a big problem, but facing a group is a real hassle.

"Thank goodness"

Thinking of this, he lowered his head and looked at the queen's stunningly beautiful face affectionately.

He took the initiative to put his arms around her slender, strong and elastic waist and began to serve her very consciously.

While actively showing his goodwill, he also blew a breath into her white jade-like ear, his voice full of magnetism:
"Madam, you don't want your man to be chopped into pieces by a group of old gods, right?"

The queen was honest, and she saw through the man's intentions at a glance. She whispered in his ear like a nasty cat:
“Heh, when the continental underwater kingdom and the northern part fell, we were too busy to help.

Only after I broke through to the sixth level did I have enough energy to take care of my fellow human beings, and even call on human countries to form a human alliance or even a world government.

However, you can't let me do it for nothing, I still have to pay you."

As she spoke, she held up his face, opened her little mouth and bit his lips, Adam's apple, chest, and all the way down, leaving a trail of teeth marks until his head was back in the water.

Byron gasped and held her head with both hands:

"Hiss! That's enough. Do you think this is a straw? You can take as much [Elixir] as you want, right?"

The queen's vague voice came from underwater:
"Honey, be more confident. Where in the world can you find such a thick straw?"

The third day after escaping from the Sea of ​​​​Source back to the material world.

Byron finally broke free from the "Hero's Tomb" that almost sucked his bone marrow dry, bid farewell to the charming and extremely beautiful Queen, and limped out of her bedroom, holding his waist.

"Ah, hiss, hiss, hiss"

Although my waist is empty, I feel particularly at ease in my heart.

After receiving the payment, Cleopatra patted her chest and promised that she would support his next actions.

But they also always remember that rallying the people is the best strategy. Even if Cleopatra has the final say, those incarnations of the clergy who have regained their sanity are not simple characters either.

“The Desert Empire’s naval power is almost zero. If the queen goes alone, she will be at risk of being destroyed if she is besieged by three or five incarnations of the old gods.

Therefore, the timing of intervening in a war is particularly important."

Byron was thinking about how to intervene in the war when he suddenly heard the same sound coming from the front: "Ah, hiss, hiss, hiss".

When I looked up, I saw my cousin Salant, whose face was pale and eyes were dark, and he was also walking with his hands on his waist and leaning against the wall.

Byron noticed his cousin first, and quickly let go of his hands that were supporting the wall, straightened his hollow waist, and waited for him to slowly come over as if nothing had happened.

Soon Salant also spotted Byron and was overjoyed. He shouted from a distance with tears in his eyes:

"Cousin! I finally see you alive. Hiss! Hiss!
Where have you been these past few days? You didn't answer my messages, and you didn't respond when I called your three-part honorific name. I called to the heavens and the earth, but no one answered. Do you know how I have been through these past three days?

Come on, cousin, quickly prepare a bottle of [Blood Brew·Poodle (Teddy)] for me to replenish my body.

According to my current condition, I probably need about 10 to 20 bottles to warm my stomach a little, and then give me another 100 to 200 bottles as a reserve, so that I can really get through this disaster.

I feel so weak right now! Hiss. Hiss." Apparently the relationship between Salant and Best has also made rapid progress during this period.

The cat ate the fish till there was not a single drop left.

How could I not be excited to see Byron, my savior?
But when Byron heard what he said, especially when he heard the shipment volume that Ou Doudou required, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his body, and sweat almost broke out on his forehead.

I secretly said:

'Brother, I might be even weaker than you right now.

The key point is that my panacea has been transformed into other things, and there is not even a drop of blood brew left.

I'm sorry I'm powerless.'

Of course, Byron will not die until the river of blood dries up.

As long as he opens the reserves in the long river of blood, he can be replenished in an instant.

But if the strategic reserves are used for this reason, the river of blood will cry.

Of course, he couldn't tell these words to Salant, otherwise his image as a brother would be completely ruined.

Byron immediately put his hands behind his back, put on a stern face and lectured him:
"At such a young age, you don't know how to exercise properly, but just follow others and take drugs.

By the way, you don’t want Best to know that you are not feeling well, right?
If you are a man, you should work hard to cultivate yourself and take back everything you lost today, you bastard!"

Salant's pale and blue face was full of shame, and he nodded repeatedly.

I also followed Byron's example and took my hands off the wall, trying to straighten my back.

The two brothers then smiled at each other, but they only lasted for three seconds before they gave up at the same time and reached out to hold on to the wall again.

"Ah, hiss, hiss, hiss"*2
It also instantly exposed the true nature of this gigolo duo.

However, before the shocked Salant could expose his true identity, Byron exclaimed:
"Sarant, you actually broke through?"

Seeing the surprised expression on Byron's face, Salant immediately put his doubts behind him, and even the emptiness in his body was weakened by three points. He raised his thumb and said proudly:
"Cousin, you have good eyesight! When I was serving Best this morning, I broke through to the fifth level in one go.

Even though I was still extremely weak, I had managed to walk around the palace three times. Now everyone should know that I had made a breakthrough.

Therefore, now I am no longer an ordinary fourth-order mythical creature, but a fifth-order pseudo-god worthy of Best!
And my fifth-order magic will surely surprise everyone."

The smile is bright and the white teeth shine.

This man’s damn desire to win.

If you catch a big fish, you have to stay away from home three times, let alone gain immortality.

Byron found out after asking carefully.

[Cat God] Best has transformed the priesthood of [protecting women and children] that he bestowed upon him into his own priesthood of [family].

His relationship with Salant has become closer, as he has fulfilled one of the many rituals required for the latter to be promoted to the fifth level of the "Crystal Palace School".

——Using the body of a fourth-order mythical creature to counterattack a fifth-order false god.

With the help of the [Cat God], Salant was successfully promoted to the fifth level, and his divine name was [Miracle Wizard] Salant.

If I tell others about this experience, I don’t know how many people will be envious.

Others have gone through untold hardships and even risked their lives but still cannot advance to the fifth level, but you did it simply by hooking up with a rich woman?
I would like to call you the strongest gigolo!

In fact, Salant's situation is not replicable. The series of prerequisites that allowed him to successfully hook up with a rich woman are much more difficult than ordinary fifth-level rituals.

Byron chatted with Salant for a while and gave him a general overview of the intelligence about the Mermaid Kingdom, asking him to be prepared in case they could take advantage of the chaos and return to their hometown at any time.

After basking in the sunshine, which is in no shortage in the Desert Empire, I regained a lot of strength and energy, and was finally able to straighten my back again.

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After waving goodbye to Salant, I pushed open the door of the "Golden Mist Palace" of Violet's kingdom of God, and stepped in. A large amount of snow-white steam hit me in the face.

In just three days, Violet's kingdom of God underwent a radical change.

Half of it is surrounded by green mountains, clear water and blue sea, while the other half has completely turned into a huge mechanical fortress.

Workshops, temples, and bell towers are lined up one after another; the densely packed turrets like hedgehogs arm the fortress to the teeth; the fully automated workshops connected together stretch to the end of the sight.
The whale oil mechanic with a cyborg body leads the mechanical servants (referred to as mechanical servants), which run as accurately as the gears in a machine.
The Kingdom of God automatically draws energy from the Sea of ​​Essence, forming hot magma and mineral veins underground to meet the production needs of various workshops.
Even the ground is covered with large metal plates with magic circles painted on them. Standing on the metal floor, you can clearly feel the roar of the giant steam engine under your feet.
The hot steam rushed through the pipes throughout the Kingdom of God, providing an endless supply of power for the mechanical fortress.
For a moment Byron was dazzled:
“The combination of the extraordinary and technology has broken the limits of my imagination. This wonderful chemical reaction makes me wonder how high the future of this steampunk world will reach.”

Without a doubt, Violet made the biggest improvement after digesting the gains from the God Hunter Project.

With the [Creation] priesthood as the core, together with the secondary priesthoods of [Craftsman], [Flame], and [War], they together constitute the complete priesthood system of her, the [Queen of War].

Now Violet can understand all kinds of man-made things in the world today, especially war things, at a glance.

If it is limited to mundane industrial products, as long as the basic ores are provided, large quantities of finished equipment can be created in a matter of seconds.

When it comes to various rare objects, her skills have now reached the level of creating magical artifacts.

It was also with Byron's "selling body money" that she completed the initial accumulation and promoted the exponential improvement of her own abilities in all aspects, which made Violet change her original plan.

That is: she would build a series of steam battleships by herself, instead of building them from scratch at the Stromfortress Shipyard.

I want to establish a shipbuilding industrial system in Torrent Fortress and train a group of mid- and high-sequence whale oil mechanics.

You can use the opportunities later to practice slowly, but at this critical period, it is more important to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

With the design drawings already drawn, she had no problem making paddle steamers, pre-dreadnoughts, and even dreadnoughts by hand.

During the past two days when Byron was feeding the tiger with his own body, she had already produced the first-level holy relic [The world's first steamship, the paddle steamer Overlook] and the first-level holy relic [Pre-Dreadnought-class, the Sovereign].

The development of steam battleships was closely linked, and their construction plans were also clear.

For example, the well-known "bridge".

The bridge is the brain of a warship. It is the place where the warship is controlled and operations are directed. It is usually located in the navigation, combat command and operation area of ​​the ship's superstructure.

It is usually located at the front end of the top of the bridge, including the command room, driving room, open-air command post, etc.

It obviously has nothing to do with a bridge, so why is it called a ship's bridge?
This was because the first steamships were paddle steamers, and the two huge wheels blocked the captain's line of sight, hindering his command. The captain had no choice but to have the lookout climb to the top of the warship to keep watch for him.

But the lookouts could not replace the experienced captains, and the information was not conveyed in a timely manner.

So the control part was simply placed on the bridge between the port and starboard paddle wheel guards, and thus the term "bridge" appeared in the world for the first time.

Although propellers later replaced paddle wheels and the "bridge" was no longer a real "bridge", the name "bridge" has been used until modern times.

The same is true for the Dreadnought. If there were no creations that were passed down from generation to generation, future generations would definitely be confused by many designs, so it is of great significance.

Unfortunately, although these two ships are quite good, they are considered very good war machines among the current maritime powers.

Just by being a purely human creation, it can fight against most of the strange warships.

But as models destined to be eliminated from the beginning, they are no longer of much use, and the difference is immediately apparent in their design concepts alone.

"Pre-dreadnought": pure steam power, pure steel structure, multiple turrets.

"Dreadnought": uses steam turbines, has a high aspect ratio, a unified fire control system, and is equipped with at least six naval guns of the same caliber and multiple caliber on one side.

The most important thing is that the Dreadnought-class battleships use main guns with unified ballistic performance.

Not only does it enhance the firepower of the battleship, but the commanders on board can also unify the command of all main guns to aim at the same target and fire in unison, using a covering firepower projection range to increase the hit rate of the main guns, which has a revolutionary impact on the battleship's combat methods.

It was this revolutionary change that distinguished the two distinct eras of "pre-dreadnought" and "dreadnought".

When Byron found Violet at the coastal shipyard, she was mobilizing the four [priesthoods] to work at full capacity, hand-building the world's first dreadnought-class battleship.

Stab! Stab!
The design drawing was projected into the air, the alchemy array flickered with sparks, special steel with extremely high performance was reshaped, and the five twin 305mm turrets and four large steam turbines that had been made in advance were neatly arranged.

There is also a large group of low- and mid-sequence whale oil mechanics who are responsible for assisting.

The spiritual glow of many of them was still unstable. It was obvious that they had gained great benefits from the two previous warships and had only just broken through not long ago.

Among them was Little Hans, the Shipwright, who broke through to the fourth-order heroic level and caught up with the other officers.

Noticing Byron’s arrival, Violet, who had just emerged from her fourth and fifth incarnations two days ago, stepped forward and hugged his arms.

She looked at her husband, who had obviously lost weight, with a smile on her face, and said meaningfully:

“It’s been a hard few days.

Once this dreadnought is completed, we will accompany you to relax.

I think one daughter is still too few.”

Byron coughed unnaturally, looking at the two incarnations of Violet, who had thin waists and long legs and looked very easy to give birth to. His legs felt a little weak, but he did not lose the battle. He stiffened his neck and said:
"I can't ask for it!"

And so, about another day passed.

Wow.
As the huge steel battleship entered the water, the final outfitting was completed.

As expected, the three laws of silver, gold and bronze came together.

In the light of the law rising into the sky.

A tall, bold-minded red-haired beauty landed lightly, raised her skirt gracefully to salute Byron, and said in a sonorous voice:
"Excuse me, are you my captain?"

(End of this chapter)