Heroes of Silver Moon Chapter 421

In June, the comprehensive school started again. This was also the last school year for Simon and others. After this school year, they will return to the southern border.

At the beginning of the school year, Simon locked himself in the operation room of the alchemy workshop. Science and technology are always the primary productive forces. In order to improve production efficiency, he had to get out the steam engine.

In the operating room belonging to Simon, the original bottles and cans have long since disappeared, replaced by various mechanical parts.

The potions originally used to make smokeless gunpowder and mercury fulminate were too unstable.

Simon was afraid that when he was developing the steam engine, he would accidentally encounter those medicines and cause a chain reaction, so he simply disposed of those medicines directly.

Anyway, if they return to the southern border, these cross-age chemicals will be dealt with by Simon sooner or later.

Simon sat in the operating room, in front of a small hot stove, and above the small stove was a scalding copper kettle that was steaming.

As for the steam engine, Simon only knew the general principle, but he didn't know how to actually make it, so he had to observe the prototype of the steam engine first - boiling water.

bang bang bang! There was an unhurried knock on the door.

"Simon, are you there?" This was the voice of a certain princess.

Simon's eyelids twitched, and then he replied in a muffled voice, "Your Highness, I am very busy now."

"Yes, is it? Then I will go back first." Her Royal Highness a certain princess left disappointed.

Simon heaved a long sigh, and then smiled wryly twice, the beauty Ron, he can't bear it.

 …

In the blink of an eye, it was July.

In the operating room, Simon made a model of the steam stove. Because of the model, the steam stove is relatively small, about the size of a bucket.

"Strange, there are steam chambers, piston cylinders, and exhaust holes. Why can't they move?" Simon scratched his hair with a headache.

During this month, he has almost completely grasped the principle of the steam engine, but the steam engine he made always has a little flaw.

Either there was a problem with this, or there was a problem with that, which caused him a lot of headaches.

bang bang bang! The familiar knock on the door sounded again.

The expression on Simon's face suddenly twisted, didn't he! It was so obvious that he refused before.

"Hey, Simon, are you okay? I heard that you haven't been out of this room for a month!" Her Royal Highness asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I'm just researching a more important invention!" Simon had to reply.

In order to develop the steam engine as soon as possible, he gave full play to the spirit of social animals these days.

Every day I eat in the operating room when I'm hungry, sleep in the operating room when I'm sleepy, drink in the operating room when I'm thirsty, pee... well, I still have to go outside to solve this!

Now Mike and Deborah are working under him, and a few people are specially hired to serve him, eat and drink.

"Oh, that's right!" Her Highness a certain princess left disappointed.

 …

Time came to August.

"Move! Move for me!" In the operating room, the sloppy Master Simon, holding a big hammer, was constantly beating on the steam engine, trying to use physical therapy to make the machine move.

It has been two full months, he has been in this operation room for two full months, but he still has not been able to handle the steam engine.

The time of each operation is no more than three minutes, and the whole machine will stop cooking directly.

Seeing that the whole machine still didn't respond, Simon looked red again and took out a bigger hammer.

He has always believed that if physical therapy is not good enough, it must be because the hammer used is not big enough!

bang bang bang! The familiar knock on the door sounded again.

The person outside the door didn't speak, but Simon knew that it must be the princess who came again.

The two were separated by a wooden door, and both sides were silent for a long time.

"Hey, Simon, don't hide from me, please!" Her Royal Highness said in a pleading tone.

Simon felt a pain in his heart, but he still insisted on not opening the door.

For some things, once you can't tell the difference between the good and the bad, it will only hurt the two of them deeper in the end.

There was no response for a long time, and Irina barely supported the door with her showy hands.

My eyes were sour, and I almost cried.

It was quite pitiful.

There was a sense of exhaustion in my heart, and Her Royal Highness left again disappointed.

 …

It's September again.

Simon poured clean water into the steam engine, and then heated the water cylinder with fire elements, and waves of steam and heat began to accumulate in the cylinder.

When the accumulation reaches a threshold, the steam enters the piston cylinder from the air duct, and the air pressure begins to push the piston to the right in parallel.

The piston drives the piston rod, and the piston rod pushes the connected turbine to make a semicircular movement from bottom to top and from left to right.

When the piston rod pushes the turbine, it will also push the moving chamber above the piston cylinder to move in the opposite direction.

The moving chamber moves toward the left side, firstly leading out the exhaust gas in the piston cylinder, then closing the left side air guide tube, and connecting the right side air guide tube.

The steam enters the piston cylinder along the air duct on the right side, and the air pressure starts to push the piston, moving to the left.

The piston drives the piston rod to pull back. Driven by the piston rod, the turbine makes another semicircular movement from top to bottom and from right to left.

The sum of the two semicircular movements just makes the circular turbine rotate once.

Then, driven by the piston rod, the moving chamber moves in the opposite direction again, the exhaust gas is led out, and the air duct on the left side is connected again.

In this way, over and over again, the entire steam engine drives the turbine and continues to rotate.

Simon waited patiently for more than half an hour, until the water in the tank was almost exhausted and the water vapor was not enough to push the piston, so he stopped.

"Haha, haha, hahahaha!" Simon burst out laughing like crazy.

For three whole months! He stayed in this operating room of less than 50 square meters for a full three months, and finally got this thing out.

It's so disgusting!

Finally, a big rock was removed from his heart, and Simon lay down on the ground without any image.

Around him, there are all kinds of metal parts, model machines that have failed experiments, and books on magic mechanics.

That's right, Simon is ultimately shamed and seeks help from his teacher, Clifford.

However, Clifford did not help him directly, but gave most of the mechanics books in his collection to Simon for reference.

It was by referring to so many books that Simon broke through the bottleneck and successfully restored the steam engine.

Lying on the ground, rolling and laughing for a while, he seemed to realize something, so he quickly suppressed his smile, stood up and looked towards the door.

This month, Her Royal Highness seems to have not come!

That's right, I have rejected and escaped so many times, I must have hurt others long ago.

Simon felt a little hurt in his heart, a little lost, and a little relieved.

Isn't this situation what he wanted before?

That being the case, why bother to pretend to be sad again!

Lying powerlessly on the ground again, he was a little tired in his heart, and just lay there doing nothing all day.

The next day, Simon, who had recovered from the exhaustion, threw himself on the road of developing the steam engine again.

That's right, the operating structure of the steam engine has been worked out, but this is only the simplest version, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Moreover, there is another problem that makes Simon very uncomfortable.

That is the question of the energy source.

He vaguely remembered that the energy source of the early steam engines on Blue Star had always been coal, but in this world, coal might exist, but no one has discovered it now.

In other words, there may be such coal resources all over the world, but Simon can't find it at all, so it's impossible to talk about how to dig it.

"Energy source...um~ how about charcoal?"

"No, firstly, the cost is too high, secondly, it is more troublesome to make, thirdly, the heat of the same volume is not enough, and fourthly, there are too many residues left after burning."

"What about oil?"

"Am I kidding? How can there be such a stupid idea that coal has not been used on a large scale, and oil will be extracted on a large scale?"

"Then what should I choose as the energy source?"

After rejecting one idea after another, Simon fell into deep thought.

While pacing, he stepped on a book on magic mechanics. He quickly moved his foot away, then picked up the book and patted it lightly twice.

Although Simon had invented cheap books a few years ago, they were still new things and had not yet been fully popularized.

Books and knowledge, though much cheaper, are still luxuries.

If Clifford knew that Simon threw his collection of books on the ground like this, he would probably run over and blow Simon's dog's head right away.

"Huh? Magic mechanics, magic!" Simon's eyes lit up, as if he had opened the door to a new world.

That's right, why should he stick to the technology on Blue Star?

If he is limited to only one world, then he is no different from those narrow-minded alchemists in this world.

Although the mechanical technology in this world has great limitations, but in terms of energy, there is a magical crystal called a BUG!

Not only is the magic power crystal small in size, it is easy to transport and carry, and the energy stored inside is not to be underestimated. It is also completely pollution-free, and the used magic power will be redistributed into the natural world.

There is no better energy source than this!

As soon as he thought of it, Simon quickly found his teacher Clifford, who is also the current dean of the Magic Academy, and bought ten magic crystals from him.

Clifford was not surprised, and sold the magic crystal to Simon directly. He knew that Simon had been studying magic mechanics these days.

Holding the magic crystal he bought, Simon hurried back to the operating room.

Time is running out, and he is about to graduate and return to the southern border, so he has to hurry up.

 …

It's October again.

After several improvements, Simon finally developed a magic steam engine that satisfied him.

During the process of improvement, he once had a whim, since magic power is used as the energy source, why not convert magic power into power directly through the magic circle like the magic mechanics in this world.

For this reason, Simon also specially made a machine that directly converts magic power into power. The general operating mode is almost similar to the motor on the Blue Star.

But it turns out that he was thinking too much!

Through the magic circle, the magic power is directly converted into power. Although I don't know the principle, after many experiments, Simon is sure that the conversion efficiency is pitifully low.

A magic crystal can actually make this kind of magic machine run for a whole day, and the power of the machine is also pitifully low.

It's better to use the magic circle to convert the magic power into heat energy first, and then use the steam to generate air pressure to convert the heat energy into mechanical energy.

Simon thought about it, and felt that the difference was probably that one used the difference in air pressure, which was similar to the laws of nature, and the other was simply converting two kinds of energy into each other.

This is like a running test. Under the same physical strength, a person can definitely travel a longer distance by cycling than by running.

Fortunately, this idea of ​​failure is not completely meaningless.

At least let Simon accumulate the experience of drawing magic circles and using magic crystals as energy sources.

Draw a magic circle! It works almost like drawing an enchantment rune.

After several failures, Simon finally realized the fact that he was not a genius.

So he decisively invited the purple light group to hang up, and directly outlined the groove of the magic circle by manipulating the magic steel. Then he picked up the rune pen, stained it with some magic cinnabar, and described it stroke by stroke.

After the magic steam engine was produced, Simon continued to conduct experiments as usual.

The result of the experiment made him very satisfied. A magic crystal allowed this model machine to run for ten days and ten nights, and its power far exceeded that of the power machine.

Packing and packaging the model machine, and then putting it into the space ring, Simon's mood was extremely agitated.

With such a high energy conversion rate and such a high power, the ticket to the industrial revolution is already in his hands.

Feeling agitated and happy all day, Simon rolled around on the ground at will.

It's just that when he looked at the door occasionally, there was a little sadness in his eyes.

This month, Her Royal Highness did not come after all.

Sure enough, he was really hurt!

Simon's mood suddenly turned bad.

His rationality told him that the best choice is to take advantage of the present moment to cut off all connections and completely draw a line with that princess.

But there was another emotion from the heart, urging him to hurry up and coax the princess.

The two emotions were intertwined, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

The next day, Simon, who had regained his energy, began to deal with packing up the operating room.

Those parts and the failed model machine must be cleaned up. If they are placed here randomly like this, someone might plagiarize them!

Simon has always been very selfish. He would not give away such a revolutionary research result to others before receiving certain benefits.

"Well, these magic crystals?

The model machine and parts were smashed into scrap iron and tatters, and then let the apprentices of the alchemy workshop throw them directly into the garbage dump. Simon was in a dilemma as to how to deal with the remaining magic crystals.

Ever since he came into contact with this solid-state energy source, he has always had an idea in his heart.

Why is this thing so similar to the spirit stone in the novel of Lanxing Xianxia?

The same solid-state energy source can also drive the magic circle. The only difference is that one can be directly absorbed by people to assist in cultivation, but there has never been such a record on the other.

"Would you like to try?" Simon hesitated.

In the absence of legends, master-level professionals are the top forces of all major forces, so the control of various high-level cultivation potions has always been very strict.

Although Simon is the holy son of the church, and although he has a good relationship with the royal family, when it comes to this kind of principled issue, the two forces will naturally not accommodate him.

The church said that it could provide Simon with high-level practice potions.

But his brothers and friends, such as Gaila, Harisla, and a certain princess Highness La, didn't even think about it.

But even with the purchase channel, Simon is a little cash-strapped.

Yes, you heard that right, a rich man like him with hundreds of thousands of gold coins will sometimes be short of cash.

A bottle of mid-level spirit medicine costs about two hundred gold coins, while a bottle of high-level spirit medicine costs five times as much, which is about one thousand gold coins.

With Simon's cultivation qualifications, he needs to meditate about 150,000 times before he can be promoted to a master mage.

A bottle of high-level spiritual potion is worth about a hundred meditations. That is to say, if Simon wants to quickly advance to the master level with the spiritual potion, he needs at least 1,500 bottles.

Simon probably did some calculations in his mind, and it cost 1.5 million gold coins, which is almost a whole year's income of the Silver Moon King's royal family.

And it was under the extra income of 600,000 gold coins for the royal family every year when he established a paper-making workshop.

Through the agreement with the royal family's 28-point account, Simon's annual income from the paper-making workshop is about 120,000 gold coins.

Calculated in this way, it will take him more than ten years to be promoted to a master mage.

Although in the eyes of others, this promotion speed is already very fast, but Simon is completely dissatisfied, and he can't wait for more than ten years.

So, he set his mind on the magic crystal.

His purple light group plug-in can even absorb and decompose the divine power of the Moonlight Goddess. It shouldn't be a big problem to absorb magic power from this mere magic crystal!

After making up his mind, Simon immediately started to act, holding a magic crystal in his hand, and entered the state of meditation with ease.

In a dark deep meditation space, bursts of murmurs came.

"Do you desire power? Do you desire power? Do you desire..."

Simon has long been used to this.

When they were practicing in the adventure town, Cirillo and the others caught a necromancer on the way to find the treasure with the greybeard father.

Later, the necromancer helped them lead the way, and also helped them control the barbarians to poison them.

At that time, he thought that this kind of spiritual imprint might be useful in the future, so he learned this necromancy spell, and from then on, when he was meditating, there would always be a sound in his ear.

What do you long for power? Do you long for power?

Nonsense, of course I long for power, but you give it to me!

Apart from nagging in my ear all day long, this kind of murmuring sound that I don't know where it came from, there is no further action.

Even if Simon said something in response, I long for power and praise the evil god, so please give me the power quickly!

But it was useless, the voice was like a repeater, and it didn't respond to him at all.

Over time, Simon stopped talking to him, and only wanted to drag the owner of this voice out and kill him when I was so powerful!

Simon, who entered the state of meditation, felt an extremely powerful energy source around him, and understood that this was the magic crystal held in his hand.

Through spiritual guidance, he probed his soul into the magic crystal to establish a bridge of communication with the magic inside.

The magic power contained in the magic power crystal is very powerful, and Simon's original intention was to absorb it bit by bit.

But as soon as the spirit entered the crystal, he instantly felt something was wrong!

If there is a cracked dam, it will be like a husky in a cage waiting for food.

At the moment when the magic power crystal was no longer sealed, the magic power inside poured into Simon's soul along his spiritual tentacles.

Really fulfilled the old saying, try and die, Simon was so supported by the magic that he almost died on the spot.

If it weren't for his purple light group father who helped him at the most critical time, his relatives and friends would probably be able to eat today.

At the moment when the soul was about to burst, the purple light ball was like a big eater, like a whale, absorbing all the magic power in one bite.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Mad, he said these mages, why don't they absorb the magic crystal directly!

It turned out that she just didn't want to court death!

Hell, no one told him such important common sense!

Simon selectively forgot that he insisted on trying it himself because of the purple light cluster!

"However, the effect is quite remarkable!" Feeling the purple light group, decomposing the magic power into spiritual power, and starting to nourish the soul fire, Simon laughed happily.

Since this kind of death can't kill him, then what are you waiting for, hurry up and continue!

Absorbing all the remaining magic crystals in one breath, Simon's eyes overflowed with light as he looked at the transparent crystal in his hand that had completely lost its light.

An ordinary-quality magic crystal has an effect of nearly a hundred meditations, almost catching up with high-level spiritual potions, and the most important thing is that this ordinary-quality magic crystal not only has a high output and no control, but also has a low price. Only one hundred gold coins, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com is one-tenth of the high-level spirit medicine.

Use the magic crystal to quickly advance to the master level, plan to pass!

After resting for a whole day, Simon came to the Spell Tower again and found the teacher and head of the Spell Academy, our dearest Master Clifford.

"I want to buy a magic crystal!" Simon said straight to the point.

"How much?" Clifford asked calmly.

"Two thousand pieces!" Simon opened his mouth wide, and used his banknote ability again.

"How much?" Clifford felt that he must have misheard, and asked in shock.

"Two thousand!" Simon said firmly.

According to his estimation, almost 1,600 magic power crystals are needed to be promoted to the master level. The reason why he bought 2,000 of them at once was to store energy for the magic power steam engine.

After all, after returning to the southern border, there is no place to sell this kind of thing in the high mountain leader who doesn't shit.

"Hiss!" Clifford gasped, and still asked that stupid question: "Why do you need so many magic crystals?"

Simon looked at Clifford in surprise, as if saying how could you ask such a stupid question.

Seeing this guy's expression, Clifford immediately twitched, feeling as if his IQ had dropped a bit, otherwise why would he ask such a stupid question.

This is obviously someone's secret! If you ask, will people tell you?

"The Magic Academy doesn't have so many reserves, you give me the money, and I'll go to the Magic Union to buy it for you!"

Clifford decided to earn some extra money for himself. He had a 10% discount on shopping at the Magic Union. Presumably, these money dogs wouldn't care!

Sure enough, Simon shrugged indifferently and handed him a Royal Chamber of Commerce gold card with 200,000 gold coins.

Chapter end