Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

“There used to be masseurs among the tavern’s guests,” Efit explained.

During this period, whenever Efit showed a new skill, she would say that it was taught by the guests in the tavern, making it seem like she was taught by the Hawaii Technical School. No one knew if it was true or not. Of course, Lind didn't care too much. It was possible that the Evil God taught her.

"You will definitely be a good wife in the future." Lind sighed half-sincerely while enjoying Efit's massage.

To be honest, Efit has everything that an excellent and capable secretary should have: beautiful appearance, excellent skills, and considerate service. If it weren't for Efit's identity as a believer in the God of Evil, Lind might have really made a mistake.

In response to Lind's words, Efit didn't say anything. He just smiled and didn't respond.

Just as Lind was enjoying Efit's massage, the curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted, and the eldest lady of the camp, Alisa, walked in with a sly smile on her face.

"Master Linde~" As soon as she came in, Alyssa's face was filled with a happy smile. "The things you asked for are ready."

"Ah? What's wrong?" Linde asked with a puzzled look.

The moment Elisa rushed in, Efitt's hands moved away from Lind's shoulders. Deep in her beautiful eyes, there was a hint of imperceptible displeasure.

Although there were many females around Lind who were eyeing him eagerly, many of them were open about it, such as the two cows, who were just waiting for the right time to start eating, but for some reason, only Elisa was instinctively felt by Efit to be his opponent.

A rival for men.

Although Alisa did not seem to have much interest in Lind on the surface, Efit could see that there was a seed growing deep in Alisa's heart.

By the way, her mother has it too, in Efit's opinion.

"I mean! Steam engine! It's done!" Seeing that Linde didn't react, Elisa directly revealed the answer.

"What!?" Lind was shocked. "So soon!? It's only been a few days!?"

"Just come with me and you'll know!" Elisa smiled, pulled Linde and walked out.

At the pull of Elisa, Linde ran out of the tent, followed by Efit. Soon, the three of them came to a wooden shed next to the blacksmith shop.

For convenience, the workshop for manufacturing steam engines is right next to the blacksmith shop. Not only this workshop, but also the workshop where Ilfa made cement and the workshop where puppets produced magic crystals were all located next to the blacksmith shop. This place has become the scientific research center of the camp.

Since there is no planning, it was basically built in a convenient way, so it already looks very messy. After the steam engine and cement are ready, it will have to be re-planned.

The wooden shed was open-air, without walls or doors. Ilufa, two blacksmiths, and their apprentices were all standing there. They were all participants in the creation of the first steam engine. In addition to them, there were a few people who were just sitting around watching. Among them was Lind's wet nurse, Kitama. When she saw Lind coming, Kitama waved to him cordially.

"You're here." Illufa greeted Lind when he saw him coming. "The steam engine you mentioned is now finished."

"Yeah." Lind nodded vigorously, all the tiredness from work swept away, and he looked excitedly at the most important machinery placed in the wooden shed.

At first glance, this is not a steam engine.

At second glance, this is still not a steam engine.

This is not surprising, after all, this design is not powered by steam. Although it is not a steam engine, many similar parts can still be seen. The piston, connecting rod, and flywheel are all there, but the boiler, the most important part of the steam engine, is missing. What should have been a cylinder is a rectangular container with a large piece of gnome stone on the base.

On the rectangular container, you can see fine magic runes. Although you can’t understand what these magic runes are, they have a unique kind of beauty.

Lind named this beauty the beauty of magical industry.

"finished?"

"finished."

"Have you tried it yet?"

"Not yet, we are waiting for you."

Chapter 329 Ringing the Big Bell

Compared to the steam engine that Linde designed at the beginning, the device in front of us has undergone earth-shaking changes. Although the shadow of the original steam engine can still be seen, it is obviously not the same thing.

Although the appearance is different and the power used is also different, the design concept and purpose are still the same, which all indicate that this is the magical version of the steam engine from another world.

Walking closer, Lind carefully examined every detail of this steam engine from another world. The boiler for boiling water was gone, replaced by a yellowish-brown gnome stone, which was a magical crystal with earth attributes. The magic used by the device was also the hand of shaping energy with earth attributes.

The finished product has been manufactured and everything is going according to plan. The next thing to do is to start it up.

This was an important moment that would go down in history, and everyone was waiting for Linde to complete the first start-up of the device.

"Let me do it?" Linde was a little flattered. "No, no, no, you are the ones who built this machine, so you should be the first to start it."

"No, you are the first person to come up with the design of this device, so of course you are qualified." Ilfa said with a smile.

"This..." Linde wanted to decline. After all, this device and the steam engine he copied were completely different things.

Although Linde still declined, the eager eyes of the people around him made it difficult for Linde to refuse. He had no choice but to control his excitement and take a step forward.

"Is it all just a matter of pulling this lever?" Lind asked as he walked to the lever next to the magic tank. "Will it explode as soon as I pull it?"

"Yes, just pull down the lever, no need to inject magic power." Illufa nodded. "The rune circuit has been set up, it's not complicated, there won't be any problems... I think."

"Ah?" The last line was probably very low and Linde didn't hear it clearly.

"nothing."

After getting a positive answer, Linde reached out, grabbed the joystick, and took a deep breath. At this moment, Linde was extremely worried, not because he was worried about the explosion, but because he was worried about what would happen if it failed.

If it fails, we may have to go back to the original steam engine route. In that case, I don’t know how long it will take to catch up with the technological level of the previous life.

The power of magic is Lind's only hope for overtaking others.

"DUANG~~~~!" Just when Lind made up his mind and was about to pull down the operating lever, suddenly a heavy bronze bell sounded.

Linde was startled by the sound. He turned his head and saw Linus holding a bronze bell from nowhere, striking it. The sound just now came from the bronze bell.

"What are you doing!?" Lind was startled and glared at Linus with wide eyes.

"My Lord, this is the tradition of our magic rune craftsmen," Linus explained. "Whenever a new magic item is completed and activated for the first time, a bell must be rung to perform a ceremony."

"The complete ceremony requires the bell to be rung three times, and there are also special prayers." Linus replied respectfully.

Linder blinked blankly.

"Magic rune craftsmen do have this tradition," Ilufa explained. "Some magic rune craftsmen believe in the independent mechanical god Ocelot, which is different from the god that magicians believe in. Some magic rune craftsmen also believe that all magical creations have independent souls in their bodies. Chanting specific prayers can soothe the souls of magical creations and increase the success rate of operations."

Lind's eyes widened, and he retreated tactically. Is this possible?!

If he had heard such a statement in the original world before the crossing, Lind would have just said "Yeah, right, right" and told the other party to go to a cool place. But this world is different. This world has magic and gods, and he has personally experienced the power of gods many times. In this case, he can't simply and crudely deny it all.

But before you start, pray...

After careful consideration, Lind asked Linus not to pray or ring the bell. This might have a negative impact, but Lind still hoped that at this critical moment, he could eliminate all the influencing factors that were beyond his existing cognition.

We will study God’s affairs slowly later. Now, please move aside for a moment.

Silently reciting "Please don't interfere with the experiment, Mr. Ocelot," Lin pulled the joystick.

As the operating lever was pulled down, the two separate magic runes merged together, the khaki gnome crystal flashed a yellow light, and the machine started.

The yellow magic light flashed quickly across all the magic runes. Under the attention of everyone, the piston in the center of the magic cylinder began to move, and the flywheel connected by the connecting rod also moved together.

At first, the connecting rod moved very slowly, as if it was heavy going uphill. When the connecting rod moved halfway, the magic runes operating in the front half of the cylinder went out, and the runes in the back half also lit up.

Although there is no furnace and no need to boil water, there is still a device similar to a deflation valve, which constantly switches the activation and extinction of magic runes in different positions and changes the direction of the piston movement.

It operated very slowly at first, but after the first circle, the speed increased significantly. Then, the magic runes on the magic cylinder became brighter and brighter, the speed of change became faster and faster, the speed of the piston operation became faster and faster, and the flywheel driven by the connecting rod turned faster and faster.

Seeing this, Lind's face could no longer conceal his excitement.

Successful.

The magic version of the steam engine worked.

Although the entire machine was shaking violently and every movement of the piston was accompanied by severe vibrations, as if it would fall apart at any time, there was no doubt that the experiment was a success.

"Okay! Done... Be careful!" Just when Lind wanted to announce the success of the trial, an accident happened. The connecting rod that was operating at high speed suddenly broke, and the piston in the magic cylinder flew out because the force suddenly decreased, and hit the magic cylinder directly, knocking a big hole in the magic cylinder.

"Linde! Are you okay?!" After the accident, everyone was startled by the loud noise. Linde also sat down on the ground. Kitama, who was standing not far away and watching, rushed over first and hugged Linde in his arms.

"I'm fine." Lind shook his head. Although he was also startled just now, he was not too frightened because he had already prepared himself mentally for not being successful at once.

But... with the comfort of Kitama's tolerant heart, I can be comforted even in the biggest shock.

"The experiment failed." Elisa said in disappointment as she watched the piston rushing out of the magic cylinder.

"No! We didn't fail!" Lind said excitedly. "We succeeded! It's just that the success was not perfect!"

Chapter 330: First Startup

Linde had been prepared for the explosion or damage of the prototype. From the beginning, Linde did not expect the experiment to succeed in one go. If it was so easy to succeed, he would not have lost so much hair for water thesis data before traveling through time.

Speaking of hair... Lind touched his hair in this life, which was black and thick. He must keep his hair this time!

The explosion of the prototype attracted a lot of onlookers. Many people looked at the messy wooden shed and the unfamiliar machinery inside from a distance, and discussed with each other, without knowing that this thing would change the whole world and everyone's life in the future.

"It failed." Alisa walked to the piston that flew out of the magic tank and picked it up. "I knew it wouldn't be that easy to succeed."

This is not Alisa's hindsight, but her personal experience. When she was in school, Alisa found that whenever she and her classmates came up with some new ideas and put them into practice, if one out of ten ideas succeeded, it was considered a blessing from the God of Magic, Mamiel.

"I should have insisted on suggesting to you that I should chant the complete prayer." Linus looked at the damaged machine distressedly. No craftsman would be happy to see the work he had helped design and manufacture damaged.

Hearing Linus's mumbling, Elisa glanced at him meaningfully. Unlike the God of Magic, Mamiel, the God of Machinery, Ocelot, was not a recognized god. There was even controversy over whether Ocelot really existed.

There are many different opinions among the Magic Rune Craftsmen about the identity of the God of Machinery Ocelot. The three most mainstream ones are the independent god, the incarnation of the God Emperor Neos, and the incarnation of the God of Magic Mamiel. I don't know if it's because of the split in faith, the mechanical soul and the way to appease the machine soul are sometimes effective and sometimes not.

In short, Elisa does not think that the reason for the failure of the experiment was that the ritual to appease the mechanical soul was not performed.

"No! We didn't fail! The experiment was successful!" Everyone else thought that the experiment had failed, but Lind didn't think so. On the contrary, Lind thought that the experiment was successful, but it was not perfect.

"But Linde, the device is broken." Kitama held Linde in his arms and asked in confusion.

"Just because it's broken doesn't mean the experiment has failed!" Lind said excitedly, pointing at the device. "You all saw it, didn't you? It was running at high speed for a long time before it broke!"

"It's broken! It's not because of the wrong principle! It's a problem with the material!" Linde said, leaving Kitama's arms, running to the damaged machine, and picking up the broken connecting rod. "See! It's broken here! It caused a chain reaction! It caused the damage to the entire device!"

After Lind's analysis, the eyes of the people who were originally depressed because of the failure of the experiment brightened up again.

"That's my problem." Stanley, the blacksmith in charge of making the connecting rod, said quickly. "I didn't expect this device to have such a huge force. The connecting rod I made is not strong enough. I will improve it."

"The power output of the Hand of Shaping in different positions also needs to be readjusted, and after the power is increased, the reaction force must also be considered... Maybe runes can be put on the piston as well."

Everyone was discussing where the problem lay and looking for solutions. Seeing this, Linde was filled with pride because this was a successful experiment of failure.

It is feasible to use magic to overtake others.

When reversing the design drawings of the steam engine, Lind thought of a question. Since he had traveled through time, could he use the power of this world to do something instead of boiling water?

If you boil water before you travel through time and you still boil water after you travel through time, then your travel through time would have been in vain.

Unfortunately, I am not a magician and do not have the relevant knowledge. Even if I start to make up for it now, it will probably be too late. There is a golden age for learning new knowledge. Once you are over the school age, it will be extremely difficult to learn new knowledge.

But now, Lind feels that he has found the right path, which is to use his advanced experience to allow the locals of this world to use the knowledge and technology of this world to do the same or similar things.

The first successful example of this idea is just around the corner. If the steam engine succeeded, then the next one should be...

Spinning Jenny.

Then came a series of elastic polymer materials such as nylon and spandex.

This is not for my own selfish desires! Organic polymer materials are also a very important technology tree! Absolutely!

The experiment ended with a success, which was not a success. The next step is to further improve and re-manufacture the problem just discovered. With the experience of the first time, the time for the next production will be much shorter.

In fact, it was indeed shortened a lot. Three days later, the steam engine, which had been improved to address the problems found, was placed in the same position again.

In response to the problems found last time, everyone made targeted improvements. The strength of the connecting rod was increased, the runes in the magic cylinder were adjusted, and in response to the last situation, Ilufa also added a safety measure to prevent the piston from being directly knocked out of the magic cylinder after the connecting rod broke.

Everything was the same as last time, except that this time there were obviously a lot more people watching. Not only the relevant producers, but all the people with a certain status in the camp stopped their work and gathered here.

"Let me pull it." Unlike last time, this time Linde took the initiative to offer to pull the lever.

"No! Sir! It's too dangerous! Let me do it!" Linus took the initiative to say.

"No, I trust your craftsmanship," Lind smiled, then walked to the machine and grabbed the lever.

Seeing this, Linus no longer sought Linde's opinion and directly rang the bronze bell he carried with him at all times.

"Ring the bell once... My lord! Please wait!" Lind pulled the lever just as the sacred prayer to soothe the mechanical soul began.

"Don't worry, it doesn't need any holy prayers." Linde smiled. "It is holy enough in itself."

Due to the failure last time, Linus planned to complete a sacred prayer this time, but it was obvious that Linde did not give him this opportunity. He pulled the lever just after he started.

The machine soul was not unhappy. Just like last time, the piston started moving, faster and faster. But the difference was that this time it operated very steadily, and the noise and shaking were much smaller than last time.

The flywheel is spinning, and the era of magic industry has arrived.