Last Totem Novel - Chapter 571
Chapter 571 Runes
Not long after, under the leadership of airship dealer Liang Pingan, Tie Zha boarded a medium-sized airship with an old appearance and damaged surroundings. It was as long as a train carriage and as wide as two side-by-side trucks.
Standing at the entrance, he looked inward. Inside, it was a rectangle with the cockpit at the front and two driver’s seats at the front. There were kettles and marching cups on the console, half a piece of compressed biscuit left over, a large number of photographs of beauties stuck on the bottom edge of the windshield, and a few crooked notes.
The ground was made up of hollow metal grids, somewhat dirty. The cracks were covered in black oil, and the power units below could be vaguely seen. Looking left and right, there was a row of simple benches installed on each side of the bulkhead. One side was fixed to the bulkhead with a door hinge, and the other side was suspended with chains. It could be put down and put away at any time.
At this moment, there were three young men and a middle-aged man in the cabin. The middle-aged man was sitting in the passenger seat, while the three young men were leaning against the cabin wall, half-closed their eyes and sleeping, looking somewhat listless.
Seeing Tie Zha come in, they immediately came to their senses, nodded and bowed, smiled and greeted each other, “Big brother, please sit down”, “Big brother, you’ve worked hard” and “Big brother, do you want some water?” But no matter how enthusiastic they were, they could not change the fact that the cabin was extremely crude. Tie Zha only took a glance and regretted not renting the airship with “a few little girls on board” and “a big girl with a 36D”.
This was not because he was lecherous. No matter how beautiful the women outside were, they could not be compared to his women. Even Qin Ke’er and Mu Qian He were far more beautiful than ordinary beauties, not to mention Notre Dame Priests, Snake Sect Holy Daughter, and Tie Shan Town Chief Superintendent. The reason why he had such an idea was because places with women would usually be cleaned up cleanly. At the very least, it was not like this place. It was simply a pirate’s den.
“Boss, where do you want to go?” After boarding the boat, Liang Pingan rubbed his hands and asked with a charming expression.
“I want to find a big island without a master.” Said Tie Zha.
“Could it be” Liang Pingan asked in surprise, “Are you planning to bet on the well?” The so-called “gambling well” refers to a series of commercial investment activities, such as deep drilling, star diamond mining, and so on.
Due to the limited detection technology available to humans, they could only determine the approximate location of the Star Treasure Diamond. If a deep well is drilled and deviates a few meters, a second deep well will be drilled. The reason for that was because the Star Treasure Diamond had to be dug vertically. Otherwise, when the treasure diamond was taken out and the entire island collapsed, the debris flow would rush the treasure diamond into the Sea of Eternal Sleep below, causing it to lose all its money.
For example, if a 5,000-ton Star Treasure Diamond could be mined from a deep well, it would be a huge profit, and if two deep wells could be mined, it would be a small profit. Three of them were evenly matched, four were small losses, five were big losses, and six wanted to cry without tears. Therefore, the process of mining the Star Treasure Diamond was no different from a gamble. Not rich people, generally do not dare to touch.
“No, I’m just looking around.” Tie Zha said indifferently.
“Oh” Liang Ping’an thought for a moment and hesitated, “Yes, but it will take six days. How about it?”
“Sure.” Tie Zha said straightforwardly. As far as he knew, the floating islands tens of thousands of kilometers around the plane’s entrance were all mined, and the borders were occupied by various major powers. If ordinary people wanted to mine, they had to go farther away.
“Alright then. We’ll fill up the tank later and set off immediately.” Liang Pingan clapped his hands forcefully and said excitedly. Then, he got off the airship and went to arrange things. However, the moment he left the cabin door, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, meaning that it was difficult to understand.
About half an hour later, everything was ready. The airship slowly lifted off the shunt platform and flew southwest under the guidance of the navigator.
After takeoff, Tie Zha sat on a bench on one side, leaning against the bulkhead and resting with his eyes closed. On the other hand, the three youths on the other side would occasionally raise their eyelids and look at him up and down. However, their gazes diverged as soon as they touched, and they did not attract his attention.
At this moment, a pale yellow crystal the size of an egg was emitting a faint golden light at the center of the beam between the dense pipelines and the complicated gears in the lower part of the cabin. Around it, there were lines of light and darkness that extended outwards along the beam. If you look at the translucent, three-dimensional structure. A faint golden light was emitted from the surface of the airship, and it spread across the entire airship’s scaffold.
That crystal was the floating core of the airship. Judging from its size, it could be judged to be a hundred tons. The shining patterns were symbols that spread the force of the floating force to the entire scaffold.
This was one of the core technologies of the Eden-runic technology.
In the Silver City world, science and technology could be roughly divided into two types: traditional science and technology and Eden science and technology.
Traditional science and technology, from classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, electronics, chemistry, biology and other disciplines derived from the human native science and technology. Such as oil-fired engines, nuclear furnaces, gunpowder/firearms, electromagnetic cannons, etc. However, on the whole, it was only slightly better than before the Ancient Era’s Great Nuclear War.
Eden Technology was an alien technology discovered from the wreckage of the mysterious ship. There were roughly three branches, namely, rune technology, psionic power technology, and off-plane communication technology.
Runic technology, also known as “unconventional energy conduction technology”, is to achieve energy conduction by engraving special patterns on alloys mixed with a small amount of refined gold or mysterious silver. For now, runic techniques are only applicable to psionic energy and anti-gravity material energy. The conduction of heat, electricity, and mechanical energy is negligible, and relies on traditional technology. For example, the Black Oil Power Technique and the Demon Biochemistry Technique were purely human technologies, without the slightest bit of Eden.
Some scholars pointed out that the technology on the Eden belonged to another branch of science and technology and might not be superior to the existing human technology. They classify traditional science and technology as “material science and technology” and Eden science and technology as “spiritual science and technology”.
After hundreds of years of research, they discovered that Eden Science and Technology and the Elda people’s “magic energy technology” have shocking similarities.
An assistant accidentally discovered a shocking phenomenon during an autopsy of the corpses of Elda’s Saint realm experts. Under the microscope, there were complex runic-like patterns on the wall of the expert’s blood vessels. However, they were even more mysterious and unfathomable, and they gradually disappeared after a few hours.
In addition, the people of Elda had always claimed that the sacred texts of the Temple and Notre Dame were the remnants of their ancestors and had been lost during the migration of the Ju Clan, demanding the return of the two great faiths to their original owners. Not to mention whether the Sacred Word Book was theirs or not, from this alone, it was not difficult to see that the Sacred Word Book was inextricably linked to magical energy technology. This was because the origin of magic power technology came from their faith in gods.
However, this was just a guess. After all, for hundreds of years, it had been impossible for powerless scholars to take their sacred artifacts from the hands of fanatics who were armed to the teeth to study them.
In fact, the Temple, which appeared radical on the surface and was pragmatic on the inside, had been studying the Holy Word Book. However, they didn’t know that the upper part of their hands was fake, so they couldn’t find anything. And those crazy women from Notre Dame had never had much interest in technology. The Sacred Word Book was only a symbol of faith in their hands, and had little practical significance.
According to historical records, before BDr1500 (before the BDrRecovery Calendar, Dr. Recovery Calendar), Notre Dame has always claimed that the revelation of the gods came from the records of the Word Book. However, after the dark ages, they emphasized that the revelation of the gods had nothing to do with the Holy Word. Around a thousand years before the first year of BDr, gods descended from the mountains to preach the gospel.
No one knew which statement was more credible, but everyone knew the purpose of Notre Dame. Separating the connection between the gods and the Holy Words would help reduce the peeping heart of the pagans. It had to be said that the IQ of the Moon Prayer Priest who had made this move back then was also worrying. In the words of the people of the Far East, it was said, “There is no silver here, don’t dig three feet underground.”
In short, runic techniques were closely related to psionic energy, magic energy, and anti-gravity material energy. This was also the fundamental reason why battleships could exist in the air. Before the Ancient Era’s Great Nuclear War, human aircraft could only fly over the sky, but they could not hover in the air for a long time. Moreover, they consumed a great deal of fuel. Also, at that time, the plane could not be particularly large, and it had to be light, otherwise it would not be able to fly.
With anti-gravity materials and runic technology, a battleship of a million tons could cruise the horizon, but it didn’t use much fuel.
“Dududududu …”
After an unknown amount of time, the multi-function electronic watch on Tie Zha’s wrist suddenly rang, giving off a small notification. This was something he had set up beforehand, and it was prompted every two hours. He pressed the small button on the side of the watch, turned off the prompt, and then unscrewed the oxygen tank on his back.
“Chi …”
A slight deflation sounded, and rich and fresh oxygen immediately poured into the mask. Tie Zha took a deep breath and immediately felt refreshed. He felt extremely comfortable in his chest. This is accumulative hypoxia, as the degree of deepening, people will gradually feel tired, sleepy, but the process is very slow, so undetectable. If you are asleep, you are likely to become a vegetative due to lack of oxygen in your brain, or die directly.
Several hoses were attached to the bulkhead and connected to the oxygen generator below. If you want to sleep, connect a hose for continuous oxygen supply.
Tie Zha raised his eyelids slightly and swept his gaze from left to right. The three youths opposite him were leaning against the bulkhead, dozing off with oxygen pipes connected to them. Liang Ping’an and another middle-aged man were concentrating on piloting the airship.
Looking out of the windshield, it was a vast expanse of white outside, and the visibility was very low. Qi Man’s dreams were filled with fog all year round, and there were floating islands everywhere. The speed of flying here could not exceed 20 kilometers per hour. Otherwise, if he wasn’t careful, he would have crashed into something. If he wasn’t lucky, his ship would have been destroyed and he would have fallen into the Sea of Eternal Sleep below.
The Sea of Eternal Sleep, also known as the Endless Swamp, is the bottom of Qiman’s dream world. Sleeping sea is not ordinary seawater, but a high-density, jelly-like “dense water.” People can walk on it, but if they stay there for a long time, they will slowly sink and eventually be devoured. Only those who stepped into the Saint realm could break through the water and seek a chance of survival.
Some readers may have misunderstood. Yesterday’s paragraph was written by Yang Zhiqie (Chapter 30: Brainless Fans, Cutting Beasts). It is not a revision of the original text. Everyone can be regarded as “comrades written by readers”.
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“Action–”
Sister-in-law Yang: I have to go. (Dumb and cute)
Yang Zhiche: No, no, don’t go! (excitement)
Sister-in-law Yang: I have to go. (calm voice)
Yang Zhiche: No, I can’t live in a world without you. The stars will lose their luster and the moon will dim … (excited)
Sister-in-law Yang: But I still have to go. (understated)
Yang Zhiqie: My heart seems to crack when I can’t see you. (excitement)
Sister-in-law Yang: I just want to go. (willful pleadings)
Yang Zhiqie: Since you want to leave, why should I keep it? (excitement)
After saying that, he raised his saber and saw pieces of blood and dirt fall to the ground … (It was not suitable for a young child to do so)
‘”Ka–”
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