"It's still not working?"
Thunder kept ringing in his ears as flashes of light stole everything in sight. Rorschach stood at the entrance of Perpetual Moon Village, but he still didn't receive any good news.
His plan was good, and his dream was great, but difficulties would always exist.
If overcoming the lightning season was such an easy problem to solve, then even if the local Seymour people hadn't been able to overcome it after so many years, the scattered Descenders would never let go of such a good opportunity.
"After His Highness Thundersnake failed, even the goblins' new gadgets failed?"
In both Eich and Anzorion, apart from royalty and royalty, there were also Gods who weren't that rare to see. However, the Gods that outsiders would use honorifics to refer to were all Gods who were doing quite well in Eich.
Thundersnake was the short name for the Snake of Tyranny who controlled lightning. He was a new Snake God from a minority race, and was also a new boss that had been pulled in this time.
As for the reason why they pulled him in, it was naturally because they saw that he had the Divine Concept of Lightning, which would be useful in overcoming the current environment.
But the result … Yesterday, when Thundersnake's incarnation, which they had high hopes for, went in, what came out was a charred black electric roasted loach. Yep, it had an appetizing aroma.
And now, the goblin engineers' 36th and 37th tests had ended with the same result.
What was the result? Apart from an explosion, was there a second way for the goblin engineers' creations to end? The only difference was the cause of the previous explosion. Last time, it seemed that the explosion was due to a poorly sealed pipe system, while this time, it was due to an overload of energy.
Over the past two weeks, other researchers had proposed many solutions, but all of them ended in failure. Apart from the goblins' unrelenting attempts, all the other research departments had stopped their meaningless attempts.
This wasn't because they had all given up. It was because they had already collected basic theories, data, and actual situations. Many things could already be calculated in the laboratory or on paper. Before they obtained results, there was no need to risk their lives and enter a minefield.
But now, Aishi's usual methods of defending against lightning had all been tested. Some had completely failed, while some had some results that could be used as the foundation for further research.
The core of the problem wasn't the method of defending against lightning, but rather …
"Time, we have too little time."
The duration of the thunderstorm season was only half a year, and one and a half months had already passed. According to the plan, the outline of the "city" had to be completed before the thunderstorm season. It had to be an established fact so that the other residents in the wasteland would have no choice but to acknowledge the existence of their neighbors.
If they delayed past the most suitable time, not only would Cape Town do something, but the tribes in the wilderness who had already made verbal promises would also have new ideas under the spiritual leadership of the Eagle tribe.
The only reason why everything was going so smoothly right now, forcing the scattered tribes and Eagle Tribe to act according to their plan, was because they had caught them off guard. They wouldn't have a chance to form any alliances or make any preparations. But if they delayed … Roxia had never held much hope for the Eagle Tribe to honor their contracts.
Actually, even though there had been an accident during the negotiation process, the Eagle tribe realized to their surprise that it wasn't a loss after careful calculation … It wasn't a loss at all.
Now, they couldn't hold on any longer. Cape Town's attacks were getting stronger and stronger, and the tribes in the wilderness had also suffered great losses. Cape Town's bribing was also effective, and their reinforcements were getting fewer and fewer. It was hard to say if they could hold on until next year's thunderstorm season. Even if they could, it was only a matter of time before Mount Sainte finally fell.
If Cape Town suddenly discovered that a large city had appeared next spring, with the current unstable situation, their spring attacks on Mount Sainte would definitely have to stop.
And if they discovered that it was a city of the Aishi People, and that a portion of the Seymour people had already moved into the city, the Horned Elephant tribe, who considered themselves the future overlords of the Seymour people, would definitely make the new city their number one target.
No matter what happened then, at least Mount Sainte and the Eagle tribe would finally have time to breathe and recover their health.
In the end, after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, as the biggest beneficiary, they became the tribe that cared the most about the progress of the project. After all, the success of the project was directly related to the survival of their tribe next year.
In front of the interests of their tribe and country, what did personal grudges count for? After seeing the situation clearly, not only were they moved, they even took action.
Using the previously agreed upon communication channel, they sent their tribe's records regarding the thunderstorm season, as well as various attempts and knowledge regarding lightning protection, as well as lightning protection equipment that had already been successfully used … Rorschach was surprised to find that there was even a complete set of lightning protection technology from Cape Town, which was the Horned Elephant tribe. It seemed that spies from the same tribe were quite efficient.
In fact, they were even worried that outsiders wouldn't be able to understand the information, so they even sent over a genius translator who could understand both languages, as well as an elder's personal maid … Alright, everyone knew that a certain former Saintess really didn't want to come here at all.
Along with the information and translations, a large number of second-hand and old lightning protection equipment was also sent over. After Rorschach tried asking about it, they even sent over a large pile of natural lightning strike stones that were worth several cities.
The mountain-like piles of "Adamantine of Equal Value" filled the floating airship's warehouse, dazzling the Aishi People. The captain of the airship even joked that even an old Descender who had been working for thirty years was moved, and that if it weren't for the fact that he had signed a contract and had a God watching over him, he would have no worries for the rest of his life … Rorschach realized that this joke was actually the truth. Then, he changed the captain of the second airship, and even found a Master Archmage to accompany him.
Different worldviews would lead to different prices. These precious raw ores were priceless in Aishi, and were also extremely expensive and rare magical materials in the Ansorenne. However, to the owners of Mount Sainte, these raw ores were an inexhaustible supply of wild stones.
Some people even joked that even if the plan failed, as long as they obtained the ores from Mount Sainte, they wouldn't suffer any losses. In fact, they would even make a huge profit. In fact, they would even be able to recoup their losses by simply signing a long-term contract with the Eagle Tribe to sell ores … Although this was quite problematic for a public statement, Rorschach couldn't deny the truth of it.
Returning to the main topic, with everyone's hard work, various in-progress results were presented one after another. However, the most critical problem was now right in front of everyone.
"The frequency of lightning strikes is far too high, and the energy contained within is far too great. Normal lightning protection methods are unable to withstand lightning strikes of this scale."
The lightning protection methods that had already been proven to be effective were actually still effective in the wastelands. However, the frequency of lightning strikes was far too high, and it was impossible to completely protect against lightning strikes, which was basically meaningless.
However, an accident allowed a magic armor master to achieve a breakthrough and solve a major problem.
"Perhaps we still can't build houses that are immune to lightning strikes, but we can already allow our construction workers to move freely during lightning strikes."
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