As soon as Shen Lang landed in Raging Tide City, Zhang Chunhua rushed up to him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, these few days must be our lucky days," she said excitedly. She appeared to be very excited as she said, "I have three pieces of shocking good news to tell you. You definitely won't be able to imagine what kind of astonishing development our laboratory has made. This world is really too wonderful. Previously, we were worried for an entire year or two, unable to make any progress. But suddenly, it was as if everything had suddenly become clear, and one problem after another was solved."
Shen Lang was stunned. What was the result? How could it make Zhang Chunhua so happy?
But scientific experiments were really strange. They could fail thousands of times, and then suddenly succeed several times in a day. It was completely unreasonable, as if they had been kissed by the goddess of victory.
After landing, Shen Lang was directly pulled into the huge underground laboratory by Zhang Chunhua.
"This is Grand Secretary Twain from the Sky-sea Pavilion. He used to be a colleague of Grand Secretary Zhang Yuyin. After you erased the Sky-sea Pavilion's library, he was the first to surrender to us," Zhang Chunhua said.
Shen Lang looked at Grand Secretary Twain and found that he was a white man. He wore thick glasses, his hair was messy, and his eyes were red. He looked like Einstein.
"Your Majesty Shen Lang, in fact, I'm not a grand secretary in the Sky-sea Pavilion. I'm not even a scholar." Twain said, "I'm just a transcriber. When I was 49, I obtained the status of an assistant scholar. So, this grand secretary still needs Your Majesty to confer a title."
Twain smoked as he spoke. There were cigarette butts all around him.
"Oh, Your Majesty, I hope you don't mind me smoking. Of course, my cigarettes are specially made. I hope you don't mind." Twain shook his head vigorously every time he spoke. He looked very strange.
Zhang Chunhua said, "Because every time he encountered a difficult situation in his research, he would use the Nightmare Stone to stimulate his brain. It formed a kind of conditioned reflex."
Uh … this was a mad scientist.
Grand Secretary Twain said, "Your Majesty, you originally wanted us to study the Nightmare Stone rifle, right? We adopted 19 plans. The mainstream plan was how to put the idea of the ancient bow and arrow into the rifle. But I don't think this idea works. I think it's more reasonable to put the Dragon Power launcher on the Nightmare Stone rifle. "
Huh?!
Shen Lang could not help but be stunned. Dragon Power launcher? That was a super behemoth that weighed hundreds of thousands of pounds and took up hundreds of square meters.
Grand Scholar Twain said, "So, we need to subtract the Dragon's Power launcher. We need to remove the unnecessary Nightmare Stone device and make it smaller. Of course, I encountered incredible difficulties, so I dismantled the Ancient Welfare Boots and studied the Nightmare Stone device inside. "
"Shen Lang" was stunned. What did the Nightmare Stone have to do with the boots and the rifle do?
"In about nineteen days, I've created it. What you have in front of you is the world's first Nightmare Stone Rifle." Grand Secretary Twain said, "Our gun barrels are plated with tungsten, the bullets are all steel, and the bullets are also plated with tungsten. Furthermore, we can completely discard the propellant."
Shen Lang picked up the Nightmare Stone Rifle to test it out. It really was a big guy.
In a way, it no longer looked like a rifle. The barrel was very thick, and it was densely packed with Nightmare Stone devices. The inside of the stock was even more complicated. There was an even more complicated Nightmare Stone device.
"Your Majesty, please try it," Grand Secretary Twain said.
Shen Lang picked up the strange rifle, aimed at the target in front of him, and fired.
"Whoosh …"
Shen Lang was shocked. The initial speed of the bullet was too fast.
His AI quickly recorded the image and made some calculations. The initial speed of the Nightmare Stone Rifle had actually reached 1,300 meters per second. This had almost surpassed the speed of a sniper rifle on Earth.
Furthermore, its effective range was over three thousand meters, far surpassing that of ancient bows and crossbows.
"Your Majesty, the target in front is the armor of the Hell Legion. It's 1,300 meters away," Grand Secretary Twain said.
Be it the Hell Legion, the Blood Soul Legion, or the Heaven Punishment Legion, the armor of these transcendent forces' secret armies was similar. They all had a layer of tungsten on the surface, a secret alloy on the inside, and a heat insulation layer on the innermost.
Currently, none of the weapons on Shen Lang's side could penetrate the armor of the Hell Legion. Not even the Hell Fire Arrows or Thermite Cannons could penetrate the armor of the Hell Legion. This was because the armor could withstand temperatures of more than 4,000 degrees Celsius.
It was also because of this that Shen Lang's army was basically unable to participate in the battle.
In the successive crises in Raging Tide, Shen Lang had to take the risk and use a strategic weapon like the Dragon's Regret.
Shen Lang's tens of thousands of troops could only watch from the sidelines. There was no weapon that could penetrate the enemy's armor. If these troops participated in the battle, wouldn't they just be throwing their lives away?
The transcendent forces' secret army was very strong. They had shocking speed, strength, and agility, but they could still be killed as long as their armor could be penetrated.
Shen Lang took a deep breath and raised the Nightmare Stone Rifle, aiming at the new Hell Legion armor that was 1,300 meters away.
"Fire!"
"Whoosh!"
Then, Shen Lang pulled the trigger.
It was almost instantaneous, only a little more than a second.
"Bang!"
With a crisp sound, the indestructible Hell Armor was directly pierced through, and a huge crack was torn open.
Long live!
Long live!
Good, good!
Shen Lang was very excited.
This was a great victory. From now on, his Raging Tide City's army could no longer fight back.
Whether it was the Nirvana Army, Amazon Army, or Skeleton Army, they could all enter the battlefield now.
Shen Lang finally had a weapon that could wipe out the transcendent forces' secret army on a large scale.
Then, Shen Lang fired continuously.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
He emptied the magazine in one go, directly turning the Hell Legion armor into a hornet's nest.
Stupa Mountain, I'll let you be even more awesome, I'll let you be even more awesome.
With this weapon, not only could it be used on the ground, but it could also be used in the air.
Shen Lang's large airships had long been manufactured, but for more than a year, these airships could only play a supporting role on the battlefield. At most, they could only be used for reconnaissance.
When the enemy's Snow Eagle Army, especially the Ancient Vulture Army, took off on a large scale, Shen Lang's airships didn't even have the chance to play a supporting role because they might be shot down directly.
Now that the Nightmare Stone Rifle had been invented, it wasn't far from the Nightmare Stone Heavy Machine Gun. As long as it was equipped on a large airship, it would be able to deal a devastating blow to the enemy's aerial army.
Moreover, Shen Lang's Watt Project had long been upgraded from the steam engine to the internal combustion engine. This way, the flying speed would be even faster.
Of course, once the internal combustion engine was successful, it would mean that the propeller plane could also enter the research project.
After all, the earliest planes were only made of wood and canvas.
"We have previously tried to install the ancient Nightmare Stone power plant on the airships, but until now, there are still a series of problems that haven't been solved," Grand Scholar Twain said.
Shen Lang said, "Zhang Chunhua, you said that there were three pieces of good news. The first is the Nightmare Stone Rifle. This is definitely good news and epoch-making. What about the second piece of good news? "
Zhang Chunhua said, "The second piece of good news is also related to Grand Scholar Twain. Please follow me."
… …
Following that, Shen Lang returned to the ground and arrived at a secret testing ground on Leizhou Island.
"This is our small Dragon Power launcher." Zhang Chunhua said, "Actually, he has completely abandoned the original concept of Dragon Power. It should be called a large Nightmare Stone Rifle."
Shen Lang could see it.
The original Dragon Power launcher was very strange. It was completely in the shape of a giant crossbow, and the Regret of the Dragon was also in the shape of a giant arrow.
The small Dragon Power in front of him was a bit like a cannon, but it was square and round when it was fired.
Countless Nightmare Stone devices wrapped around the entire launcher.
"The Dragon Power launcher can throw anything, including ancient energy cores," Grand Scholar Twain said. "But I feel that this is very unnecessary. We can completely fix the caliber."
It was very reasonable. It would be more orderly this way.
"And in order to maximize its power, our small Dragon Power is mainly used to fire giant artillery shells," Grand Scholar Twain said.
Shen Lang asked, "Giant artillery shells? How big?"
Grand Scholar Twain said, "Two tons."
Instantly, Shen Lang's heart trembled. It was indeed a giant artillery shell.
During World War II, Nazi Germany had created the insane Dora cannon. It was nearly 43 meters long and the barrel was 32.48 meters long. The entire cannon weighed 1,350 tons, and the shell it fired weighed more than seven tons and had a range of more than 40 to 50 kilometers.
Of course, this super cannon did not display the power it should have during the war.
Shen Lang asked, "How much does this small Dragon Power weigh?"
Grand Scholar Twain said, "Sixteen tons."
This weight was still too heavy, but at least it could be moved. Don't forget that Shen Lang still had a group of super strong people, so this small Dragon Power could be used on the battlefield.
Shen Lang asked, "Then what is the furthest range of this small Dragon Power?"
"Sixty-five kilometers," Grand Scholar Twain said.
Awesome, it surpassed the Dora cannon on Earth. Unfortunately, it still did not surpass the Dragon Power. That thing could be fired for 500 kilometers.
Grand Scholar Twain said, "Of course, if we hit the tail of the artillery shell on the Nightmare Stone device, it will be able to emit flames on its own. This way, the range will be more than 200 to 300 kilometers, but the accuracy will be completely out of control. We are currently unable to create something as accurate as the Regret of the Dragon."
Sixty-five kilometers? That's enough!
Grand Scholar Twain said, "Currently, the thing that limits us is the artillery shell. Our explosives have reached the limit. According to the formula provided by His Majesty Shen Lang, we still managed to create the most powerful explosives, but … it is still far from enough. We still cannot deal a large amount of damage to the enemy's secret army. Our Nightmare Stone bomb has not entered the experimental stage. I'm very sorry, this is not within the scope of my research, so I can't give any more meaningful suggestions."
Shen Lang nodded. Scholar Twain's attention was focused on the research of launching vehicles and not on the explosive power of the explosion.
"What's the third piece of good news?" Shen Lang asked.
Zhang Chunhua said, "Your Majesty, please come with me."
… …
Next, Shen Lang came to another secret laboratory.
This secret laboratory was very far away from Raging Tidetide City's castle. Moreover, it was located very deep underground and was a top secret.
It was a top secret because the most dangerous biological experiments were conducted here.
"Respected His Majesty Shen Lang, it's an honor to see you again." A western woman bowed and said, "I used to be High Priest Annie of the Fire God Sect, but now I'm Grand Scholar Annie of the Great Qian Empire."
Then, she took out a glass bottle. There was a glowing dot inside, like a firefly, but it was much smaller.
Shen Lang recognized it at a glance. It was a Hellfire Bug. Just three to five Hellfire Bugs could burn a person to ashes. It could inject special substances into the human body and react with the blood, turning it into a terrifying incendiary.
Moreover, the powder of the Hellfire Bug could be used to create the most shocking flame weapon, which could release flames of four to five thousand degrees Celsius.
If it was used to make artillery shells on a large scale, the destructive power would be absolutely shocking. Unfortunately, the Hellfire Bug was too precious. Even though the Fire God Sect had sent gifts several times, Shen Lang only had a few dozen kilograms. It was impossible to make artillery shells on a large scale.
"This is the box that you sent. It's probably the most mysterious box in the world," High Priest Annie said.
This box was taken out by Shen Lang from the ancient Jiang Mausoleum. It was the box that contained Jiang Li's will. Its appearance was very similar to the mysterious box in the Great Yan Empire, but the color was different.
Priestess Annie placed the Hellfire Bug into the box and closed it.
"Your Majesty Shen Lang, let's wait for three hours. Then, a miracle happened."
Then, the few of them waited quietly.
Three hours passed.
High Priest Annie opened the box and took out the glass bottle containing the Hellfire Bug.
Instantly, Shen Lang was completely stunned.
There was only one Hellfire Bug just now, but now … there were so many of them in the bottle.
"There are a total of 256." High Priest Annie said, "The Hellfire Bugs in this mysterious box can rapidly split themselves. They can split eight times in three hours."
This … this was too scary, too strange.
This was not just splitting, it was also constantly replicating.
This box was indeed a super treasure.
Moreover, the Hellfire Bugs that were split were exactly the same as the original one. Their energy did not decrease, but instead, they were stronger.
Of course, this was illogical. It did not seem to follow the law of conservation of energy.
There were many creatures on Earth that could split themselves, but they all needed energy. Even plants needed photosynthesis.
Could it be that the Hellfire Bugs in this box could replicate themselves?
Of course not. Shen Lang could conclude that the box itself had lost energy during the process of the Hellfire Bugs splitting and replicating.
Then what was the energy source of this box?
What would happen if the energy was depleted?
Dragon Blood Marrow!
Shen Lang easily got the answer because he smelled a very familiar energy aura from this box. It was the energy aura of the Regret of the Dragon.
It was as if everything had returned to its original state.
The so-called Nightmare Stone was a Dragon Crystal.
And the energy source of the Regret of the Dragon was the Dragon Blood Marrow.
So, dragons were the most important strategic resource in the ancient world? The most important energy source?
Only this kind of box could incubate dragon eggs. This was very understandable because it was an exchange of energy.
To hatch a dragon egg into a dragon, it required a huge amount of energy. Moreover, it needed to be of the highest level. Only this kind of box could provide it.
So what was this box called? Dragon Box?
Shen Lang could not help but think of the Heart of the Dragon that he had on him. This thing provided a constant source of powerful energy, and it was actually a small reaction device. Its energy source was still the Dragon Blood Marrow. Shen Lang even saw it.
The engines on Earth needed to be injected with gasoline, and this Heart of the Dragon required the Dragon Blood Marrow.
Of course, if it was only used to split the Hellfire Bugs, the energy consumption of this box was negligible.
Then this box was very important. Not only could it be used to split the Hellfire Bugs, but it could also be used to charge the special Nightmare Stone. Even … Shen Lang felt that the creation of the Regret of the Dragon could not be done without it.
This was a super strategic resource of the ancient civilization.
Shen Lang said, "Have Scholar Twain continue to work hard and quickly miniaturize the Nightmare Stone rifle. Then, put it into mass production and equip the new army. Especially the small Dragon Power. It would be best if it could be miniaturized again. The weight should be limited to 10 tons. I will then make about 30 of them. "
"Yes!"
Shen Lang said, "Use this Dragon Box to massively split the Hellfire Bugs. If we can't make the Nightmare Stone bomb for now, then make the Hellfire bomb or even the Hellfire warhead on a large scale. "
"Yes!" Zhang Chunhua said, "Is time very tight? Who are we going to fight? "
Shen Lang said, "Stupa Mountain and the New Qian Kingdom. More importantly, we need to let the Wu, Chu, and Yue Kingdoms have the ability to protect themselves."
Zhang Chunhua said, "Yes, but this way, our Nightmare Stone crystal will be greatly depleted, and it is almost impossible to replenish it."
Yes, the Nightmare Stone crystal was the Dragon Crystal. Other than the comet impact, there seemed to be no other Nightmare Stone crystal in this world. Shen Lang had already explored many ancient ruins, but he still did not find any traces of the original Nightmare Stone crystal. All of them were ready-made Nightmare Stone devices.
… …
These three pieces of good news were really exciting.
This meant that Shen Lang's Da Qian Empire was finally no longer passive and could only rely on the Regret of the Dragon to protect themselves.
Even if the Nightmare Stone rifle and the miniature Dragon Power were still relatively primitive, it was enough for Shen Lang's army to display astonishing combat strength. It was enough for him to kill his way out.
Of course, Shen Lang's top priority was still to defeat Ying Wuming.
The production of the Nightmare Stone rifle, miniature Dragon Power, and Hellfire bombs all required time.
Next, Shen Lang wanted to continue his research on the energy whirlpools.
The Ancient King's Ring, the Heart of the Dragon, and the Sword of the Dragon were all complete.
The Ancient King's Ring provided the authority, the Heart of the Dragon provided the energy, and the Sword of the Dragon was an offensive equipment. Then, there was another very important thing, and that was Shen Lang himself. He was the soul of this equipment.
The Lost Demon Mother was right. Only the smartest person could inherit Crown Prince Jiang Xie's equipment.
This equipment could provide countless possibilities, but Shen Lang had to design every attack pattern, including the energy whirlpools.
The level of the energy whirlpools was also different. For example, in the Ancient Prison, Shen Lang could not even enter the second energy whirlpool.
If he wanted to organize the attack of the energy whirlpools, he would have to thoroughly understand and analyze them.
After that, Shen Lang spent most of his time in the Ancient Prison, facing the energy whirlpools.
Open, close, open, close.
Over and over again, he went through the whirlpools to see and feel.
Then, he loaded all the data into the artificial intelligence system for analysis.
In the end, the amount of data obtained was shocking. It was more than a few hundred gigabytes.
And this was only the amount of data from one energy whirlpool. Fortunately, Shen Lang's brain could be used as a storage medium. Otherwise, the artificial intelligence system's hard disk would not have been enough. The human brain's memory storage capacity was about one billion terabytes.
Just obtaining the data of the energy whirlpools was not enough. He also needed to read ancient books and scrolls, which had the most in-depth explanation of the composition of the energy whirlpools.
If Shen Lang wanted to rely on the most direct arrangement of the energy whirlpools to directly release an energy whirlpool, even with his spiritual power and artificial intelligence system, he would not be able to release even one-thousandth of the energy whirlpool. This was because there were astronomical numbers involved. Which point, which coordinate, what kind of energy needed to be released, and what level of energy?
This was equivalent to using special energy pixels to connect together to form an energy whirlpool. How was this possible? What Shen Lang had experienced was impossible.
There had to be an energy formula. He only needed to analyze this formula and then let the Heart of the Dragon and the Sword of the Dragon produce a corresponding energy reaction. Then, he could release the energy whirlpool.
So what Shen Lang needed to do next was to use his intelligence, artificial intelligence system, and the research of ancient books to write the simplest energy whirlpool program. This way, he could save thousands of times the spiritual power.
When Shen Lang understood this point, his heart was truly shaken.
Jiang Xie was too amazing. He had truly broken away from bloodline, physical strength, and martial arts. He had completely used his intelligence to turn himself into a top expert.
And this process was also extremely difficult for Shen Lang.
He had found all the ancient records, but there were not many about the energy whirlpool. There were records in the ancient king scrolls, but they were too cryptic and profound. Jiang Xie was a genius, so there were many things that only he could understand. To others, it was like a heavenly book.
This was probably the biggest test of Shen Lang's intelligence. It was also the biggest test of his artificial intelligence system.
His brain and artificial intelligence system were overloaded with calculations at almost every moment.
One day, two days, five days, ten days, twenty days … …
A whole 28 days had passed. It was now the 5th of March. Shen Lang still had not completed the energy whirlpool formula.
6th of March. 7th of March.
After a month of sleepless work, Shen Lang had finally completed the elementary energy whirlpool program.
Next, it was time to witness a miracle.
After inputting the energy whirlpool program into the artificial intelligence system, when it needed to be released, Shen Lang's artificial intelligence system and brain would quickly work, mobilizing the energy of the Heart of the Dragon to form an energy whirlpool and then release it through the Sword of the Dragon.
"Energy whirlpool attack, begin!"
Shen Lang's thoughts moved abruptly.
In an instant, all his spiritual power was used up, and he fell into a deep sleep.
His spiritual power was too weak. Releasing the energy whirlpool once would exhaust it.
But … … it still did not succeed!
The elementary energy whirlpool was not released, and he had already fallen into a deep sleep.
After sleeping for a whole 16 hours, Shen Lang woke up. Only then did his spiritual power completely recover.
He fell into a state of confusion and disappointment.
Why did it fail?
His energy whirlpool program should have been completely correct. Why did it fail?
That's impossible. Could it be that something went wrong?
Shen Lang could not figure it out. He was unwilling to give up, so he tried again.
"Energy whirlpool attack, begin!"
In an instant, the spiritual power that he had just recovered was completely used up again.
But it still failed. The energy whirlpool was still not released.
When he woke up again, it was already the 9th of March. There were still 10 days before his duel with Ying Wuming.
Shen Lang was almost questioning his life. Why did it still not work? Wasn't it completely correct?
Why? Why?
He was so smart, and his artificial intelligence system was so awesome. Why did it still not work?
Right at this moment, Chou Yao 'er said, "Why don't you let Baby Yao' er take a look?"
Shen Lang was stunned. Although Yaoyao was extremely smart, she was so young and had never come into contact with the energy whirlpool. She shouldn't be able to help, right?
However, Shen Lang quickly remembered that Baby Yaoyao had the spiritual memory of Queen Medusa. Even if she didn't understand many things, she had ancient memories.
Moreover, Baby Yaoyao is an absolute soul painter. The paintings she draws are absolutely similar, as if each one has a soul.
… …
Shen Lang rode Dachao to Paradise Manor and found Yaoxiao.
"Baby, help daddy take a look. What's wrong with this painting?" Shen Lang asked.
Then, he took out a huge picture scroll that was a full ten square meters. On it was the specific image of the energy vortex, and it seemed to correspond to every energy pixel. It was super complicated.
It could be said that almost no one in the world could understand Shen Lang's painting.
After Baby Yaoyao looked at this painting, she seemed to have fallen into some kind of memory. Then, her eyes changed and condensed a very mysterious light, a light that didn't belong to humans.
At this moment, Shen Lang seemed to feel the special eyes of the Medusa Royal Clan.
The eyes of the Medusa Royal Clan were very terrifying. Those who were chosen by the Medusa Queen would directly turn into stone. Even the eyes of the Medusa Queen's statue could make millions of sea beasts fall into a dream, almost disregarding life and death.
Very soon, Baby Yaoyao seemed to have searched through ancient memories.
She took out a paintbrush, but she couldn't reach it. Chou Yao 'er picked her up.
Next, Baby Yaoyao changed three places on Shen Lang's huge energy vortex painting according to the Medusa Royal Clan's ancient memories.
As expected, Shen Lang still made mistakes. Even though he only made three mistakes, which was less than one in ten thousand, it still caused the energy vortex to fail.
After Baby Yaoyao finished making changes, Shen Lang immediately felt enlightened.
"Daddy, I'm done. I'm so sleepy, I want to sleep." Baby Yaoyao leaned in front of Shen Lang and kissed him. Then, she fell asleep in Chou Yao 'er's arms.
Ever since Queen Medusa disappeared, Baby Yaoyao's illness was cured. She never felt sleepy again. Instead, she seemed to be full of energy. This was the first time in two or three years that she felt sleepy. It was obvious that searching through ancient memories had caused a huge overdraft of her energy.
Shen Lang's heart ached.
"Baby, I'm sorry. It's all daddy's fault."
He swore that he would never let Baby Yaoyao overdraft her spiritual power again. Otherwise, how could he be considered a qualified father.
… …..
Looking at the energy vortex painting that Baby Yaoyao had modified, Shen Lang modified the energy vortex program in the AI.
This time, it should be fine. It definitely would be fine!
He took a deep breath.
"Energy vortex, attack!"
Shen Lang's thoughts moved abruptly.
"Whoosh …" A huge energy vortex shot out and directly shot out.
In an instant, everything in front of Shen Lang turned into ashes.
The indestructible statue, the remains of the ancient armor, and everything else was smashed into smithereens.
Awesome! Awesome!
Success! Ying Wuming, you're dead meat! Hahahaha!
… …..
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