Volume 2: Empire Chapter 147 Preparing for the End
Ever since Luke suggested writing a paper on the heating system of the Snow City battlefield, Helkkin not only set his goal to pass the steam engineering team qualification exam, but also wanted to get a good grade on this extremely time-sensitive topic.
The battlefield stretches for hundreds of kilometers, and there are thousands of garrisons. Considering the cost and difficulty of laying out, the gas pipeline is not much thicker than a water pipe. In order to ensure the appropriate temperature in the garrison, the gas pipeline must be able to withstand extremely high temperatures and pressures. Special materials must be used to manufacture the gas pipeline. When laying out the heating system, the pipeline must be spliced into a formation to obtain the strength to withstand high temperatures and pressures with the magic power contained in it.
Therefore, the gas pipeline cannot be laid randomly, but must be laid out according to the designed formation.
Winter Capital's urban heating system also has corresponding formations that allow steam to be transported quickly over long distances, reducing losses along the way.
When Helkkin was writing his paper, he found that this was a topic tailor-made for him. Not only did he have detailed information about the heating system of the Snow City battlefield, but Mr. Luke was also preparing to write a paper about the city's heating system. If he copied some of it, it would definitely get rave reviews from the judges.
And after getting the steam engineer certificate this time, Mr. Luke should have already married Miss Angelia. With the Elvis family as a backing, Mr. Luke will definitely get a powerful position in the Ate County Federation... I can also take the opportunity to leave the Ice Cave and enter politics as Mr. Luke's deputy.
Hulkkin, who thought he had reached the end of his career in the officialdom of Art County, climbed up without hesitation after seeing this staircase that led to the sky.
Helkkin took his thesis draft to Luke for guidance. With his professional knowledge, Luke figured out through the thesis what kind of formation was used by the Art County coalition forces in the battlefield heating system in Snow City.
After finding the basic array technique, the general battlefield heating system can be outlined on the map of Snow City. Then, with the guidance and supplement of Helkkin's thesis, Luke's understanding of the battlefield heating system circuit became more detailed.
And Luke could be sure that Hercule didn't cheat on it. Given his level, he couldn't have cheated on it.
The Battle of Snow City became more brutal. Without the harassment and counterattacks from the Northern Legion, the army of the Art County Alliance could launch rounds of offensives on Snow City without any scruples.
When the newspapers in Winter City reported the battle of Snow City, they no longer used the same tone as before. The data in the battle report was more realistic, and there were even war correspondents who drew magical images of the battlefield near Snow City.
Covered under the ice and snow were stretches of broken walls. Soldiers from both sides who had been fighting continuously had no time to collect the bodies of the dead.
Snow City has reached its limit!
After drawing the formation diagram of the heating system of the Snow City battlefield, Luke immediately handed it over to the Imperial Secret Intelligence Agency's intelligence station in Winter City.
"Try every possible means, regardless of the cost, to deliver it to Her Royal Highness the Princess as quickly as possible!"
After the information was sent out, whether Queen Christina could survive depended on her luck.
Everything Luke had to do in winter had entered its final stage.
At the same time, his "passionate love" with Angelia became one of the focuses of the entire Winter Capital City under the hype of various media. Even the underground resistance army attacked a surface security station, but it could not suppress the heat of this unprecedented love.
In order to lock in this wealthy son-in-law as soon as possible, Elvis quickly set the date for the engagement ceremony. In addition, in order to help his future son-in-law successfully enter the Congress of the At County Federation, he also specially sent invitations to all the high-ranking officials and oligarchs of the county federation.
The commander of the Art County Alliance fighting in Snow City received a secret order that Snow City must be captured before the engagement ceremony of Mr. Luke and Miss Angelia begins... It would be even better if the Queen of the Golden Shield Empire could attend the engagement ceremony as a prisoner!
Everything seems to be pushed towards a certain point in time by an invisible hand, and the energy squeezed from different directions will burst out in a concentrated manner.
Luke, on the other hand, seemed to have nothing to do and focused all his energy on testing the Titan I prototype.
Now Titan I has been disconnected from all external kinetic energy sources, and all the energy it needs is provided by the materialized water molecule two-phase steam engine.
Although Darikova has tested the Titan I prototype many times as a test pilot, she still can't control her excitement every time she sits in the cockpit.
The heavy cockpit door closed, and the neural network cable behind the seat stretched out to wrap around her head, finally forming a helmet. The neural magic system started, and Darikova's consciousness instantly connected with all the magic sensor elements in the Titan I head.
Vision, hearing, smell, and touch, except for the sudden height difference that makes people feel uncomfortable, the rest are not much different from the real body.
She saw Luke standing at her feet holding a file and looking up, so she said, "Mr. Luke, the magic system of the Titan I prototype has been activated and all performance is normal. Should we activate the steam system?"
Luke replied: "Start the steam system. Today's test is a bit difficult. We need to overcome all obstacles within the specified time. You need to concentrate. I hope to go underground as soon as possible to conduct performance tests in more complex environments."
"Yes, Mr. Luke, I will do my best."
The steam system starts, and the high-purity water in the closed water tank is quickly transformed into water vapor under the heating of the fire crystal heat source, filling all the steam pipes, and the water molecule two-phase steam engine starts to operate immediately.
As the temperature increases, the pressure generated by the water vapor increases rapidly. Then the heat circulates internally between the two phases of the water molecules, and the pressure difference drives the mechanical part of the Titan I prototype to operate.
The pressure output became stable, and Darikova controlled the giant machine to take a step forward. Her heavy steps made the entire experimental workshop tremble.
Several football-shaped magic energy detection devices flew up and deployed a detection magic circle around the prototype.
Luke was recording the timely data collection of the Titan-1 prototype by the magic energy detection device, while Rebecca, who was standing behind him, was looking at the prototype passing by with envy.
"I really want to try it, even if it's just to sit inside."
Luke heard Rebecca's words and responded, "This is a prototype and must be tested by an experienced pilot. If you want to experience it, I'll give you ten minutes after this test is over."
"Really? Mr. Luke?"
"I have the final say here, so of course it's true." Luke looked around and saw that everyone's attention was on the prototype under test, so he whispered to Rebecca, "Norton, Harry, and A Mao, they have settled down in Raging Waves City, you should also get ready and prepare to leave Winter City."
Rebecca's attention was instantly drawn back from the prototype: "Sir, I won't leave. I still have to protect you."
"I am leaving too, but I will take a different route from you. We will meet in Raging Waves City."
"You're leaving too?" Rebecca was very surprised: "Aren't you going to get engaged to Miss Angelia? And you have made such great achievements in Dongdu, and you also have such a good steam laboratory!"
"Don't ask any more questions. Just prepare according to my instructions."
Rebecca replied, "Yes, Mr. Luke."
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At the Winter Capital Magic Steam Academy, Qingkong was also packing her luggage. The academic exchange over the past three months had brought her a lot of gains, and the books she bought alone filled three large boxes.
We have also gained a lot about the Titan project.
This super alchemical mechanical puppet plan was actually proposed and first studied by the Winter Capital Magic Steam Academy. At first, it was just an internal interest of a few magic alchemist professors and friends. In order to design the mechanical part of the puppet, they invited several steam school professors to join.
At that time, Morsong was still serving as the dean of the Winter Capital Magic Steam Academy, and the conflict between the "magic" faction and the "steam" faction had not yet emerged.
This time, the Art County Alliance was going to attack the Golden Shield Empire and hoped that the Steam Engineers Association would come up with some advanced weapons plans. So those "steam" professors submitted the "Titan Project".
Their research results were taken away just like that. Even though the Steam Engineers Association gave them a generous compensation, several "magic" professors were still feeling aggrieved.
During the conversation with Qingkong, they completely forgot about the confidentiality agreement. Especially when Qingkong talked about the research related to the Oulu College, the magic professors seemed to have been tickled and talked a lot.
For Qingkong, even if the magic professors didn't reveal the core, just a few key inspirations were enough. According to the magic alchemy technology reserves of the Oulu Academy, the magic technology used by the Titan Project was actually just a thin layer of window paper. If you don't break through, you may not know what's inside for more than ten years; but once you break through and have a point of entry, you will find... It turns out to be this thing.
After obtaining the magic part and the mechanical part of the Titan Project , the rest will be handed over to the Oulu College and the City Alchemist Association of the City of Raging Waves to develop the magic Titan and the cheap steam Titan.
While Qingkong was packing, Princess Daier was also helping.
After a while, she couldn't help asking, "When is Luke leaving? Do we need to wait for him to leave before we do?"
Qingkong replied: "Let's go first and wait until he finishes everything before leaving."
Princess Daier couldn't help but ask worriedly, "But if you leave...what if he gets into danger? There must be a lot of people watching him now!"
"Don't worry! He has arranged everything. It will be easier for him to get away if we leave."
Princess Daier was relieved and said happily: "Should we go to Nutao City? We can wait for him there!"
"No, we're going to Saint-Lun City!"
Princess Daier said disappointedly: "I haven't had enough fun yet. And... I always feel that something bad is going to happen."
Qingkong glanced at Dai'er and said with a smile, "It's me and Meteorite."
"yes!"
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As Luke and Qingkong were preparing to leave Winter City, an unexpected accident occurred on the Snow City battlefield.
The battlefield heating system of the Art County Alliance was damaged at multiple points in one night, causing a large-scale paralysis of the entire system. Many garrisons turned into ice caves in a short period of time, and the soldiers inside were frozen and unable to rest all night.
In the following days, the Ice Cave Agents and the Imperial Agents fought the most intense battle in history in the snowy fields around Snow City. Both sides deployed their best forces and fought tooth and nail over the battlefield heating system.
However, it is difficult to protect and easy to destroy. In the attacks of the imperial spies who did not care about their own lives, more and more gas pipelines were precisely destroyed. More and more garrisons lost their heat sources, and the soldiers had to brave the severe cold to pick up firewood and burn fires to keep warm. But the heat generated by firewood is not as efficient as heating. As more and more garrisons lost their heat sources, firewood was not enough.
At this time, even if emergency heating supplies are urgently allocated from the rear, they cannot be delivered to the front line in a short time.
The soldiers of the Art County League knew well how terrible winter nights were in the north. Without a source of heat, they would freeze to death.
Once deserters appear, they can never be stopped.
The soldiers who did not want to freeze to death in the garrison ran to the rear. The imperial spies who got the news immediately sent the information that the Art County coalition army was being defeated to Snow City.
At this time, Queen Christina didn't know what was happening outside. She was wondering why she had not been attacked in the past two days.
Until she heard...
Meteorite personally sneaked into the Winter City to get the blueprint of the heating system of the Art County Alliance battlefield. The imperial spies destroyed the heating system outside the Snow City according to the blueprint. Now the enemies outside the city have lost their combat effectiveness!
Is this the strong support Agatha mentioned?
In order to save me, Meteorite went to Winter Capital in person!
The sudden joy did not make Queen Christina lose her mind. She knew that a great victory that would go down in history was placed in front of her by the meteor, and she could easily reach it by reaching out.
Queen Christina immediately changed into a set of armor representing the Golden Shield royal family, rode on the royal warhorse, wore the queen's crown, held high the sword of power, and led the imperial soldiers who had rested for two days to rush out of the snow city.
They were the only salient of the Golden Shield Empire on the northern frontier, and in front of them was an enemy force several times their size. However, the Art County soldiers had been frozen in the extreme cold for a whole night, unable to even stretch their arms and legs, so how could they resist the high-spirited imperial army?
The imperial army that rushed out encountered almost no resistance, and they grabbed the captives who raised their hands and surrendered like ducks...
The Art County Alliance suffered its worst defeat in Snowfield City since the outbreak of the war. If it weren't for the cold and snow that also prevented the imperial army from counterattacking, the Art County Alliance, which was defeated like a mountain, might have lost all the occupied land.
But even so, all the battle lines of the Art County Alliance had to retreat because of the defeat in Snow City.
At the same time, they also had to face the political turmoil caused by this defeat.
At this time, the people of Winter Capital were still looking forward to the news of the capture of Snow City. If Queen Christina could be captured alive, it would be a perfect victory.
Luke, contrary to his usual practice, did not go to work. Instead, he made a pot of tea at home and waited for guests to come.
