From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 249 New weapons and testing the sky

The scenes of the future march north have already been imagined, and many people living now are complacent. The only problem here may be 'time';

But trolls have a long life, and their lifespan will be doubled after becoming elves, so whether this "future" refers to three hundred years later or six hundred years later;

For the Republic, it is nothing more than the time of several generations of trolls, or one or two generations of elves, and it is fully able to afford and be willing to wait.

However, there are still several important issues in moving north.

First, that is the ‘population base’;

If the number of ethnic groups is still as pitiful as it is now, then the various ethnic groups in the mainland may be drowned by the warriors with just a spit of "people".

Second, the resistance of the northern tribes;

The tribes in the north seem barbaric, but in fact they are not. They have their own development paths. They cannot be simply regarded as people who can sing and dance under machine guns just because of the differences in path choices.

Nomads.

But it’s useless to think too much, after all, you still have to slowly lay the foundation;

So let’s stop imagining for the time being and return our attention to the present day and the construction of base stations.

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The related totem tree is named "base station tree" because of its various functions;

In addition to the aforementioned series of "futuristic" tasks such as prospecting, infrasound exploration, and initial orbital construction, as a part of the current intelligence system, it naturally also has corresponding food and water supply, weapon repair, sending and receiving voice messages, etc.

Function.

At the same time, in addition to providing separate structures such as lounges, storage rooms, work areas, cells, etc. for its internal permanent liaison officers, it will also become the general logistics supply base for front-line intelligence agents in the entire area.

Even though the total number is still far from 120, these base stations have already had an immediate effect. The transmission of intelligence in the corresponding areas has become faster, and the intelligence agents have successively used the most advanced weapons.

The trolls and elves have descended into the river (walked on the bottom of the river) and climbed into the trees. They are also very capable on the ground, but so far they have zero experience with the 'sky'.

The 'low energy box' required for this mode can be supplied independently by the base station tree, and is expected to replace the 'high energy box' as the main output method of this firearm when not necessary.

For example, when the weapon is set to the 'full power single shot slow fire' mode to attack, although its effective killing distance can barely reach 700m (will attenuate), the ballistic stability of the wind blade can only be maintained within a hundred meters.

accuracy;

In the 'weak power rapid fire' mode, while the killing distance drops sharply to within 200m, the stable distance of the wind blade trajectory will also be as low as only 30m.

In addition, by adding silencer totems on the reaction chamber and gun barrel, a certain degree of shooting concealment is guaranteed.

Therefore, in the past few years, the headquarters has used "new technology" to upgrade the long-range "firepower" configuration of the intelligence agents, and has successively equipped them with two new weapons.

The improvement of these two will cause the core components of the intelligence tree to become more bloated. Therefore, after considering the need for the intelligence tree to maintain "mobility", the relevant logistics functions were added to the "base station tree".

In the third stage, during 6-9 times (full/slow) and 36-54 times (weak/fast), the wither will spread throughout the entire gun body, and the totem area will be damaged to the point where it can no longer shoot and it will die completely.

So, without Nesta's knowledge from beginning to end, and without giving any advice, the 'hot air balloon' appeared as a matter of course, and really pulled the basket below, as well as the stone as heavy as a troll in it.

It quietly took off into the air.

In the 'Incompetent Box' mode, you can also rely on the 'internal energy' of the magic plants that make up the gun body to carry out emergency attacks, but the gun body will also begin to be damaged in sections;

In the first stage, after the first 3 full-power shots, or 18 weak-power shots, the secondary parts of the gun body will gradually enter a state of withering;

Some of them are technical specialists seconded from the Ministry of Communications or the army;

For them, the External Exploration Department will either transfer them back to their original positions or retire after considering the opinions of their original departments and their own 'individuals';

Or, after being trained, you can re-employ as an intelligence officer and the permanent liaison officer of the new base station.

When it is still within the first stage, by connecting the slots inside the intelligence tree, the withering of the gun body can be slowly repaired;

Therefore, the 'Wind Blade Assault Gun' has lost many of its redundant structures and has become an extremely simple-looking 'T' shape. It is small in size, light in weight, has low energy consumption, does not require physical bullets, and has a quiet attack process.

Other advantages, and only one warrior can easily hold it with one hand and launch attacks.

Furthermore, a sniper gun is a weapon that needs to shoot metal projectiles to cause damage, so it naturally has logistical support requirements in terms of projectile supply;

Similarly, for the purpose of maintaining the "mobility" of the intelligence tree, these metal element extraction and projectile processing capabilities have also been added to the "base station tree".

With the advantages and disadvantages so obvious, the witch doctors naturally put a lot of thought into maximizing their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, and achieved certain results;

After thinking about it, the Intelligence Department found that it seemed that it could only be transported in batches by multiple intelligence agents and liaison officers, just like ants moving.

So with this idea, the transportation of many components formed an echelon, and the construction of a base station closest to the headquarters was initially concentrated, and based on this point, it was extended to more peripheral areas.

Several years have passed since then, but as of now, the 54th year of the Rune Calendar, less than twenty base stations have been deployed.

First, an improved product of the 30mm assault gun - the 'air blast sniper gun';

By reducing the rate of fire, configuring a high-precision rifled barrel, and adding a resin telescopic sighting lens, the gun has achieved high-precision and high-lethal shooting performance within 800m. Regardless of accuracy, it can also be used in lethality.

Maintain a certain level of deterrence within 1,500 meters;

This proposal was widely recognized under the premise that "paving a landing runway in advance" could not be realized;

As for what is the most troublesome problem at the moment, it actually lies in how to send 120 such big guys to their predetermined locations.

Even the ‘bows and arrows’ and ‘individual crossbows’ that had been swept into the archives made a little appearance, and almost came to life again and became fixed equipment, but in the end they were eliminated by new technologies.

Therefore, the rifled barrel, resin sight, totem parts, and even some internal mechanical structures, which are vulnerable parts, all face logistical support needs in terms of repair and replacement.

So, if the diffusion range of the air in a certain area can be limited to a relatively fixed range, and ways can be found to heat it, can it drive the heavy objects below to lift into the air?

When the energy box is removed and you are in the intelligence tree, the roots will access the supply port reserved in the intelligence tree and maintain their own activity through the transportation of nutrients;

When carried with you but not in use, even if the energy box is removed, the firearm can maintain a low power consumption state and rely on its own internal energy to stand by without loss for more than ten days;

In the attack state, the 'energy box' is used to supply the energy required when the totem is activated.

The ‘high-energy box’ can supply full-power single-shot slow fire 50 times (1 shot/s), and weak-power rapid fire 300 times (up to 5 shots/s);

When the energy liquid in the cartridge is depleted, you can continue to use the weapon by refilling it or simply replacing it with a new cartridge.

Although Nesta was not directly involved in this project, after gaining experience in the design and manufacturing of 'reaction chamber weapons', the former also achieved certain results within a period of time;

As the core of all this, is a cubic totem stacking structure with dimensions of 7m long * 7m wide * 10m high;

In response to the slow progress of base station laying work, the ruling government also proposed a three-step plan of the first, middle and last stages;

But after the approval, the witch doctors were not idle. They believed that just dreaming was not enough, and they should try to climb up to the sky to see it in practice.

And its preliminary finished product is the so-called ‘Wind Blade Assault Gun’.

Of course, the protective capabilities of underground bunkers are still very impressive. If not necessary, you can just lock all the entrances and exits, rely on the water circulation, gas supply, and food supply inside to survive, and wait for information from surrounding intelligence agents, or directly from

Headquarters rescue.

Therefore, in terms of air transport, even though the engine project team has just been established not long ago, due to the fear of the air cavalry of various races in the mainland and the aerial monsters, coupled with considerations of 'load' and other aspects, various

Targeted air operations and advance ideas for transportation forces have also begun;

Of course, these ideas are still on paper for the time being. Before the aeroengine actually appeared, it seemed that only some theoretical research could be done;

What really took the lead in becoming a reality was another technology that seemed to be lagging far behind.

When considering 'air transport', although there is no shadow of the flying machine itself, some scholars and witch doctors are already thinking about how to drop the thing to the ground after transporting it to the target.

The repair and replacement of these components will require the 'processing area' to have higher operating accuracy and higher material supply requirements.

In order to achieve 'self-destruction', the core components of the base station tree are also specially given a vulnerability to strong acid;

Therefore, it is defined as a "permanent and immovable" object.

In the plan, it is natural to continue the existing ‘ant moving’ model in the early stage, no matter how slow it is, it must be carried out unswervingly;

As for the mid- to late-stage arrangements, they have also taken into account the ongoing "Navigation Ship Plan" and "Aero Engine" plan, and are preparing to transport base stations in offshore areas by sea and base stations in deep land areas by air transport.

So when this idea appeared, the person involved immediately became excited, and began to think about how to really go to the sky to take a look without an engine, a flying machine, or the ability to fly.

At this point, due to the observation of nature, and the subsequent emergence of physical cognition and theory, a concept similar to the 'parachute' in the previous life was proposed at this time, and it was believed that this method could be used to combine core components and

The liaison officer responsible for splicing will send it down.

The second idea is physical avoidance, such as how to make the flying machine rise to an altitude of thousands or tens of thousands of meters where the air cavalry cannot go.

Of course, while it has many advantages, its disadvantages are also obvious, which are manifested in low shooting accuracy, short range, and weak power.

Overall, the pipelines are arranged from back to front with functional totems such as cloth, suction, compression, shaping, acceleration, orientation, and launch;

When exercising its own function, air will be quickly sucked in from the rear, and after a series of spell changes in the tube body, it will finally be activated in the form of a 'wind blade' at the front exit.

After entering the second stage, although the totem structure has been affected, it has not reached the critical point that will cause the totem to fail. Therefore, if you are cautious or time does not allow, you can just repair the gun body with nutrients in the intelligence tree.

its function;

But if you want to repair the totem carving area, you need to go to the base station tree to do it.

Among them, there is no need to mention ‘functional additions’

As of now, the functions of the 'base station tree' are rich enough. Even because it integrates too many fundamental technologies, the witch doctors have specially set up a triple control structure of near, medium and far for its core area.

Self-destruct function;

At close range, the liaison officer can voice-activate the self-destruct program by directly speaking a specific password;

In the middle, the liaison officer has a 'remote control' in his hand that can only send out a set of voice codes. When faced with the need to self-destruct and he is not at the base station, he only needs to press it lightly to start the self-destruction process.

(But there are distance restrictions);

From a distance, when the headquarters discovers a problem with the base station through abnormalities during regular contact, etc., it can also remotely activate its self-destruction program.

Later, it was physics that brought inspiration.

Witch doctors, and even ordinary scholars, understand that heating causes the air to have a tendency to climb upward;

The 'Energy Box' is filled with 'High Energy Concentrated Liquid'. The important component of this liquid formula is 'Cave Wolf Cell Liquid'. Considering its preciousness, the witch doctors specially designed it for the 'Wind Blade Assault Gun'

Another firing mode has been developed - low energy box or even no energy box shooting.

In addition to the traditional conventional weapons such as swords, guns and spears that can be provided by the intelligence tree itself, the choice of long-range equipment has once become a problem;

In addition, there are also some liaison officers who are the backbones recruited and trained by the External Exploration Department themselves, as well as technical talents specially trained through the Central School and the Youth Interest School in these years;

As for the detachable state design before assembly, it is more of an additional consideration for the first transportation and subsequent functional additions.

In addition, considering that 'concealment' is still the top priority at this stage, how to avoid being discovered has also become one of the hot topics.

In this way, a larger underground bunker space is needed to accommodate the core, a wider above-ground photosynthetic jungle, and a deeper underground root system are needed to maintain the huge nutrients required for its various functions.

The reason why there is this demand now is that the intelligence agent's weapon and equipment system has been updated.

Different from the need to consider additional matters such as 'loading', 'the time for projectiles in the inner tube to be pushed' and so on, so the 'reaction chamber weapon' with a separate layout is adopted. The core totem structure of the Wind Blade Assault Gun is integrated and evenly distributed.

the entire body of the tube;

In addition, it also has two modes to choose from, 'full power single shot slow fire' and 'weak power rapid fire', which have more flexible usage scenarios.

The application ideas of heavy-duty airborne machinery and air escort machinery, as well as the exploration of natural physics and magic closely related to their design, also began to flourish;

For example, the form of aerial machinery should be, the output of the engine, the take-off method, and how to replenish energy when nutrients cannot be obtained by traditional means in the air.

Subjects such as these have gradually taken root in the minds of witch doctors and scholars, and related research has even begun.

However, in order to enhance portability, ensure accuracy, and reduce shooting noise, the sniper gun does not have self-healing functions;

When these matters are placed on the logistics side, several needs arise;

1. Replenish the concentrated liquid in the energy box;

The base station tree has the ability to extract all the ingredients in the formula except the cave wolf cell fluid, so the 'low energy box' can be independently manufactured by it and supplied to intelligence agents in the area;

2. Repair and redo of totem components;

The Wind Wolf assault gun is a precision weapon. Whether it is the maintenance of the mechanical structure, the repair of totem components, or simply the production of parts, it requires very high processing and material requirements;

For an intelligence tree that needs to be moved frequently, the addition of these functions will cause its core structure to be too bloated, which is not conducive to its implementation of its own equipment positioning. Therefore, these capabilities need to be implemented through the base station tree.

As for entering the third stage, if you have reached the final stage of 'complete death', then naturally there will be no room for repair;

But if you haven't reached that step yet, you can perform an overhaul on the base station tree to restore it. The amount of work will not be much less than "building a new one".

When the self-destruction program is activated, the strong acid stored in a specific space will be released immediately, and then completely melt and destroy the entire totem cube, as well as the document warehouse that is regularly destroyed.

These specialists will be digested internally according to normal procedures, and may become intelligence agents, or may be stationed permanently at the new base station.

In the second stage, during 3-6 times (full/slow) and 18-36 times (weak/fast), blight will spread towards the area engraved with functional totems;

Therefore, the 'base station tree' has added the related 'air blast sniper cannon', as well as a series of logistical support functions extended from it

Secondly, the product of Wind Wolf-like spells - the 'Wind Blade Assault Gun';

The research on the weaponization of ‘wind wolf spells’ started almost at the same time as the reaction chamber weapons;

The 'energy box' is a detachable structure inserted into the handle. It is filled with 'high-energy concentrated liquid'. The reserved slots in the handle have fibrous roots extending into the box to obtain the required nutrients.

supply.

Among them, the logistics supply function is an item that the previous 'liaison transfer station' did not have and is actually not needed;

Looking back at the base station tree itself, while taking into account the aforementioned 'future-oriented' functions, and adding 'present-focused' capabilities such as logistics, the structure of each part will definitely have a larger scale system than the intelligence tree.

Although it can theoretically be disassembled and turned into three types of parts similar to the core of the intelligence tree, the expansion of the 'base station tree' takes too long, and a considerable part of the expansion process is a completely irreversible step. In addition,

The special function positioning of the 'base station tree' itself means that the witch doctors no longer spend time on removable design;

The first idea for this is the application of optical invisibility techniques in machinery, and its derivative discussion - the choice of 'metal materials and plant materials';

In addition, although its overall structure looks simple, it actually contains many modules engraved with precise totems. Manufacturing and maintenance are not as easy as imagined.

This 'firearm' causes damage through the wind blade, and is shaped like a transparent pipe with a handle attached to the lower part;

Among them, the handle has an inner hollow structure, which is integrated with control totem structures such as launch keys and power adjustment keys;

The 'pipe' above the handle is arranged in a three-dimensional and multi-level manner with many totems related to 'attack'.

Among them, the above-ground part, which is the fulcrum of photosynthesis and the only means of attack, the secretion of gaseous neurotoxins, will form a forest covering a thousand square meters;

The underground bunker part will also have specifications of 20 meters long * 20 meters wide * 14 meters high;

The root system at the bottom is so huge that it cannot be counted.

Therefore, the self-destruction system is actually just an option in desperation.

In the 'low energy box' mode, which lacks the 'nutrient concentrate' of the cave wolf cell fluid, it can also support the firearm to fire 6 rounds of full power, or 36 rounds of weak power, while maintaining the same accuracy as the 'high energy box'

Next, the effective shooting ranges are within 300m and 100m respectively.

Of course, as a result, many previous transfer stations were abandoned. The liaison officers working at those stations were first required to return to the headquarters to report on their duties, and then reassigned their work according to the actual situation.

In order to abandon its disadvantages and make full use of its advantages, the witch doctors canceled the usual "grounded root system" and "photosynthetic blade" modes on this weapon, and instead used an "energy box" to provide shooting consumption.

While this situation made the participants feel excited, they were also aware of the issue of 'controllability', and they continued to work out a set of control methods related to up and down, front and back, and left and right movements, and then carried out the operation under the pull of the traction rope.

Low altitude test.

When the research progressed to the mid-altitude and high-altitude test flight stage without a traction rope, several witch doctors such as Nesta who was practicing and Azshara who was in seclusion to attack the third level were also summoned to witness this with their own eyes.

A 'lift-off spectacle'.

After igniting the fire, the huge hot air balloon gradually filled up in the square, and then slowly gained upward power;

It moved the hanging frame on the ground little by little, and inside the hanging frame stood a witch doctor and two scholars, who were the participants of this 'research'.

This was an extremely difficult study in which ‘inspiration’ played the most important role, but the sensation it caused was obvious.

Ever since the hanging frame completely left the ground, the cheers in the square have not stopped. The cheers have gotten louder and louder, and they have been watching it continue to rise;

Fifty meters, one hundred meters, two hundred meters until higher in the sky.

(End of chapter)