Struggle in the Steam Age

New Lemnos Island is an important transportation hub located more than 100 nautical miles northeast of Elysian capital Ilysia, and it is also the main island of the Shield Islands. This large group of small islands first existed as an outpost on the outskirts of Ilysia, the capital of Elysion, but later with the development of society, the population increased. The archipelago has gradually become an important outer port and the most important seafood distribution center in Ilicia.

In the early years, both the port business and the distribution of seafood in this sea area were mainly completed in the Ilicia area. But as time went by, those businesses also began to work against the positioning of the Ilician capital. For example, a seafood market with a strong smell is definitely not suitable for being placed in the bustling area of ​​the capital.

At the same time, as the steam engine is widely used in navigation. The sailing voyage, which might have taken an indeterminate two or three days to complete, became a steamship route that took only one day to arrive on time. The most important thing is that the steamships used on short-distance routes do not need so much space for loading fuel and fresh water. Compared with the reduced space for transportation, the journey time can be shortened by half and the journey time can be greatly improved. Efficiency and profit.

In this way, New Lemnos Island will naturally be able to undertake some of the functions diverted from Ilicia. So since the last emperor of a country issued the development order 80 years ago, the island has changed from a small fishing town to a prosperous trade center in a short period of time.

However, Lawrence doesn't have much time to visit this bustling city known as the miracle of the New World. After landing at an airship field on the outskirts of the city, he hurriedly thanked the crew on the boat and left here as fast as possible, and then found a place where no one was paying attention, and let Nala pull himself into the air. Because according to the telegram he received on the airship, the Enterprise had successfully arrived here more than an hour ago and was moored in the open sea waiting.

Only ten minutes later, the two successfully crossed the coastline in the air, and found the Enterprise waiting for them three or four kilometers away from the coastline. As soon as their feet stepped on the deck, the boiler on the ship began to pressurize, and then sailed to the depths of the sea.

After returning to his own ship, Lawrence seemed much more relaxed, but just after he entered the cabin, the first officer on the ship stopped him. And began to report on what happened on the ship during his absence. Unlike the sailors on the general warship, the crew on the Enterprise and those snack crews can basically be regarded as Lawrence's direct troops, so during this period of time, not many warships in the navy have done all kinds of nonsense after docking.

Of course, just because nothing major happened on board doesn't mean nothing else happened. After talking about the series of trivial matters, the first mate told Lawrence a very important news at the end: "The things that your aunt sent us on behalf of Viscount Doropia yesterday, we have all in the warehouse It's fixed, do you need to check it out now?"

"Then let's go take a look." Lawrence nodded and said, then turned to the little puppet who had been a little taciturn since he got the cup, lowered his head and asked; "Nara, are you going down with me to take a look?" How about going back to your room and continuing to study your stuff?"

"Of course I'm going to look at the things below with you!" Hearing what Lawrence said, Nora's originally dull expression suddenly became energetic, as if suddenly activated for some reason. "After all, I'm also curious about what your aunt will give you."

"I thought you were going back to your room to study." Lawrence smiled when he heard what he said when he was a child. "After all, you were busy studying that trophy all day yesterday. I thought that all your recent work would revolve around the research on that thing, and there was no time for other things."

"It may take me a long time to study that thing before I can get some results. There's no need to be in such a hurry." Hearing what Lawrence said, the little puppet shrugged and said, "Yesterday I focused all my attention on It's just because I'm in a very excited state after obtaining that important loot all at once."

"And I also have a general understanding of that thing. At least from my point of view, it is more appropriate for that kind of thing to go back to our own island for research, and the current situation at sea, no matter for research or for Our ship is not good." At this point, the little puppet lightly chopped the deck with its feet and floated to Lawrence's side. "So I decided to temporarily stop my research while on the ship."

"Okay, then let's go to the lower deck to see what my aunt gave me." Lawrence said, stretched out his hand to take Nora's little hand, and then followed the chief mate to the cargo warehouse on the lower deck of the ship. Go, on the way, he asked Nora through the soul connection. "By the way, what's the matter with your research, and it can actually put the people on board in danger?"

"It's mainly because the power contained in that cup is related to the gods." When facing Lawrence's question, it was naturally impossible for Nora to hide something. "You still remember the white mist wrapped around the group of bugs, right? This cup is the source of the white mist that also has some sort of divine aura."

"Really?" Hearing what Nora said, Lawrence was also aroused, because their previous investigations were almost distracted by the water-related divine power in the mist, let alone the subsequent battle. The white mist in the middle showed a strong deformation ability and greatly improved the defense of the beetles, causing a lot of trouble for Lawrence and the others in the battle.

"It's true." Nora nodded and said. "Obviously, the researcher of that profession is not an idiot. He should have something with the power of the Zerg prince and this cup at the same time, so he is going to use the relatively peaceful water in the cup that has a certain purification effect The attribute power is trying to remove the aggressive part of the Zerg Prince's power."

"He must have failed at that time." Lawrence said after thinking for a while. In his impression, that monster only showed its extraordinary defense power, regenerative ability and unparalleled defense power. But it didn't show the slightest aspect related to intelligence. If successful, this monster should not be like an ignorant existence that is not even as good as a wild beast.

"It did fail, and the information I got from that cup is that his failure was related to the explosion you used a lot of explosives to create." Speaking of this, the laughter of the little puppet sounded in Lawrence's mind. "You know, the power and complexity of the power of the gods is very difficult for ordinary people to understand, let alone control this power."

"So that guy lost control of the ritual at the beginning of the ceremony and became a battlefield where two divine powers clashed. Coupled with the impact of the mountain collapse caused by your explosion, that guy was completely annihilated in the conflict between two divine powers However, in this way, the two gods came into direct contact and serious confusion occurred. In the end, a monster with a relatively high level of power but a formidable strength was created."

"Sure enough, I'm not strong enough to have a chance." Lawrence thought after hearing Nora's words, and then asked nervously, "Then are you okay holding that cup?"

"Of course it's okay, don't forget my origin." Nora heard the concern in Lawrence's words, so she hurriedly said, "And there is a good thing about the collision of different divine powers before, that is, the one in the cup is related to water. His divine power has now become much weaker than before, which is also more convenient for my research."

"If that's the case, that would be great." Hearing what the little puppet said, Lawrence also felt relieved.