In the mysterious and unpredictable space of the sea of consciousness, there were many stars and two full moons. The entire sea of consciousness was like the void of the universe. The stars and moonlight in the void gave out a faint golden brilliance, which was reflected in the void of the sea of consciousness, making the entire void of the sea of consciousness look like a paradise and a holy land …
Bathing in the golden light, the All-spirits Pagoda which represented the inheritance of Great Wilderness Sutra looked more brilliant. Under the golden light, vivid shadows of birds and beasts flew out of the All-spirits Pagoda from the 15th storey as if they were going to come out of Zhang Tie's mind sea. Meanwhile, the endless true words of Great Wilderness Sutra were reverberating in the void …
Above the All-spirits Pagoda was the mysterious portal that led to Castle of Black Iron.
Numerous immortal runes around the All-spirits Pagoda were like planets revolving around the sun as they slowly rotated in the mind sea.
The golden rune of binding skill was constantly changing its shape like chains and ropes …
The golden runes of the Art of Concealment were faintly discernible, appearing and disappearing at times.
The golden rune of rapid moving skill was the fastest "planet". Before the other golden runes rotated one circle, the golden rune of rapid moving skill had already rotated many circles …
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem The most mysterious rune was the golden rune of body-separation skill. Under the golden moonlight, the golden rune of body-separation skill directly turned into Zhang Tie's look like a naked innocent kid. For a moment, he was sitting in the air with crossed legs and licking his fingers; for a moment, he was jumping over those golden runes cheerfully. Sometimes, he even climbed onto the All-spirits Pagoda and drilled into it before jumping out of a window in a naughty way …
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It was also in the void above these moving runes that precise gears of different shapes and sizes, numbered dials, and various other parts appeared in the golden brilliance as if they were real objects.
If a master craftsman or a senior difference engine engineer were here and saw those gears and components in the void of his mind sea, he would definitely recognize that those gears and components were the components of a steam calculator.
Those who were more familiar with steam calculators could even identify these "parts" from those super huge gears in the void — — The super huge gears were absolutely the gear registers of the first generation of large-scale steam calculator "Xuanyuan 1".
Because he had visualized too many gears, more than 60,000 of them. They floated in the void of the sea of consciousness at this moment, densely packed together, creating a rather spectacular sight …
All of a sudden, the gears and components moved in unison. As if they were being controlled by a pair of invisible hands, they began to assemble in the void …
Slowly, a huge steam-powered calculator began to take shape in his sea of consciousness …
However, when more than 30,000 parts and gears were assembled and the entire steam computer was almost 70% complete, the smooth assembly rhythm suddenly slowed down. In the next few minutes, the visualized gears and the assembled steam computer trembled for a few times before disintegrating into specks of light mist and dissipating in the mysterious space of the sea of consciousness.
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In the cabin of the black-dragon airboat, Zhang Tie opened his eyes at once as he shook his head and let out a deep sigh.
Over the past 10 days, Zhang Tie had tried many times. After many failures, Zhang Tie found that it was definitely a tough challenge to "create" a steam calculator in his mind sea purely by visualization. Even though he had the ability of a divine dominator and could visualize an abacus and a steam calculator, it was not easy for him to visualize an abacus and a steam calculator without making any mistakes in details.
Thankfully, it was not hopeless. Through these days' efforts, Zhang Tie was getting closer and closer to success. Each time, he could assemble some more parts and gears. The complete "Xuanyuan 1" steam calculator was gradually taking shape in his mind sea.
What counted most was that visualization required strict training and control of spiritual energy. This process was similar to mental arithmetic by abacus. Although he didn't succeed these days, each time he failed, his spiritual energy in his mind sea would increase. The effect was even greater than that of mental arithmetic by abacus.
One was more than enough; the other required him to exert his full efforts. Of course, the effect was different.
Zhang Tie's cabin was not large. It covered less than 30 square meters. Besides a bed, a desk, a locker and an isolated washroom, there was nothing else in the cabin. Such a cabin was just like the simplest small apartment. In the military camp, such a cabin could only be occupied by junior officers. However, in times of war, it was really "luxurious" for a knight to have such a cabin in an airboat. This was the treatment of an earth knight. The cabins of Bai Suxian, Elder Muray and Elder Muyu were even smaller than this.
Water and food were supplied regularly in the airboat, even for knights. Everything was in the state of war. Zhang Tie looked at the wall clock in the cabin and found it was already 5 pm, which was the time for dinner. When he wanted to leave the cabin for Bai Suxian, the entire airboat suddenly quivered a bit as if it stopped. Closely after that, a voice drifted from the loudspeaker in the cabin.
"We've arrived at the advanced base of Huanzhou Province in Peacewest Military Region; we've arrived at the advanced base of Peacewest Military Region. All the knights on the airboat, please gather in the lobby of the advanced base; all the knights on the airboat, please gather in the lobby of the advanced base …"
The voice in the copper tube was transmitted through the sound-transmitting copper tube. Although it was a bit distorted, it could still be heard clearly by those in the cabin.
It was out of Zhang Tie's imagination that they had already arrived at Huanzhou Province. Huanzhou Province was in the west of Military Province. After passing two more provinces in the west, they would be out of the territory of Taixia Country. The advance base of Black Dragon Airboat was in Huanzhou Province. That was to say, the few provinces in the west of Huanzhou Province belonged to the theater of operations in the eyes of Taixia Country.
It had been less than 1 month since Zhang Tie heard the news about demons. He had not imagined that the few provinces in the west of Taixia Country had already been involved in the war. The advancing speed of demons and the spreading speed of the war were completely out of Zhang Tie's imagination.
Based on the current advancing speed of demons, Waii Sub-continent might be exterminated in less than 1 week if it was in Waii Sub-continent.
Such a situation made Zhang Tie's heart slightly pound. Compared to the current problem facing Taixia Country, what happened in Waii Sub-continent was absolutely an appetizer.
After hearing the voice, various whims flashed across Zhang Tie's mind. Closely after that, Zhang Tie opened the hatch door and walked out.
Mountain Lifting Hermit and the other knights also walked out of the hatch door one after another …
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In the sky, a huge air battle fortress with strong killing qi was floating over 10,000 m above the ground quietly. When some black airboats arrived here from Northeast Military Region, some huge holes on the battle fortress had been opened. Closely after that, the airboats slowly approached the huge holes and inserted their tails into them. Closely after that, the huge metal locking components of the battle fortress were fastened together with the components of the tails of the airboats. Closely after that, all the airboats became part of the battle fortress.
In just a short while, the huge Sky Fortress in the sky had turned into an octopus and had grown several tentacles.
Below the huge battle fortress, hundreds of thousands of airships were flying towards here from the west from 1,000 m to 5,000 m in the sky. There were various marks on those airships. Some belonged to clans, some belonged to business groups, some belonged to aviation business groups. Airships of different sizes, styles and performances were different. Some were fast while some were slow. Like a shoal of escaping fish, they covered the sky …
Above these airships, dense airships formed tidy teams from 6,000 m to 12,000 m in the sky. Like air trains, they were advancing towards the west without any hesitation. Compared to the airships below, the airships above them were all black battle airships. Those who were familiar with the military system of Taixia Country would know that these airships were from Black Armor Army, one of the top 4 armies in Taixia Country.
In front of each airship team, a knight general of Black Armor Army was standing solemnly on the external air sac of the airship to protect the airship troops behind him.
After flying over 300 miles away from the air battle fortress, a fleet of airships arrived at the border of an endless forest. Over 1,000 battle airships were suspending above the border of the forest. When the hatch doors of the airships were opened, numerous black rotary-wing parachutes appeared in the sky like black dandelions.
The black dandelions landed on the ground. They were strange warriors with tiger or leopard camouflage on their faces. They were wearing clothes made of strange leaves and straw.
The soldiers who landed on the ground put away their rotary-wing parachutes. None of them made a sound. Only a few of them made birdsong sounds. Hearing such birdsong sounds, the soldiers in the surroundings quickly gathered around them. Everyone ran towards the forest several li away. In only ten minutes or so, an army of five hundred thousand soldiers had disappeared into the boundless forest, like water droplets falling into the ocean, leaving no sound behind.
Two knights were standing solemnly in the sky.
One of them let out a sigh, "I wonder how many of them could survive in the end?"
"This is the destiny of Tiger and Leopard Corps of Black Armor Army. Unless demons completely destroy this forest sea which covers over 6 million square miles or Taixia Country still exists after this holy war, this forest sea will be the battlefield of the fighters of Tiger and Leopard Corps forever …"
"Has Weasel Corps also entered it?"
"They've gone in. The Azure Snake Corps has also gone in. This forest should be enough to support three corps …"
"Let's go, we've got a new task …"
The two knights flew towards the west … (To be continued.)
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