Chapter 64 How to Get There and How to Get Back

After reuniting with Leslie, Xu Yi just rested on the boat with Evita and others for a while, and left again in the magic airship early the next morning. "Dian Dian Xiao" said,

However, they did not fly in the direction of returning to the Principality of Standing, but after flying up, they turned directly to the sea to the east.

Looking at the boundless sea to the east, Leslie took a deep breath, thinking that Xu Yi is really ambitious.

While others were still thinking about how the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce should maintain a good situation in the Lampari Kingdom, the Rulson Kingdom and several surrounding countries, he had already set his sights on such a behemoth as the Candela Empire.

But now, he even set his sights further afield, actually wanting to promote the products of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the easternmost part of the continent.

It's just that the endless sea in front of him is boundless, and the destination of Xu Yi's trip is also extremely far away.

Not to mention whether the goal can be achieved after arriving at the destination, just whether the destination can be reached smoothly is a very worrying issue.

In fact, Xu Yi was also a little worried.

This is the first time that the magic airship designed by Evita has conducted an ultra-long-distance cruising experiment. It flew from the Principality of Standing to the southern seas of the Candela Empire, and joined Leslie, passing a distance of more than 3,000 kilometers.

And if one wanted to reach the destination of this trip—the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, it would take more than 2,000 kilometers just to roughly judge from the map.

In other words, if all of this journey is counted, it will only exceed 5,000 kilometers one way.

On the previous continent of Sainz, such a journey of more than 5,000 kilometers. It's almost an impossible thing to do.

But now Xu Yi and the others are taking Hua in the magic airship. But because this magical airship has a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour and super endurance. Such a journey is possible.

"Evita, how far have you flown?"

Evita was observing the sea below the magic airship through the cabin mirror, and the land that could be seen faintly in the distance, when she heard Xu Yi's voice, she turned her head and smiled slightly: "It has flown more than 600 kilometers. Chairman, according to estimates, we should be able to fly out of the territory of the Kendela Empire today."

"Oh? That's pretty fast." Xu Yi smiled, but he didn't really agree with his evaluation in his heart.

The speed of an airplane on Earth can reach an astonishing speed of nearly 1,000 kilometers per hour. The distance of 5,000 kilometers only takes half a day at most.

The current flying speed of the magic airship can only barely exceed 100 kilometers per hour. If you want to complete a long-distance journey of more than 5,000 kilometers, it will take more than 50 hours, or more than two days, even if you don't stop for a moment in the middle.

Of course, compared to the magic locomotive that can only run on the ground and is limited by the terrain, the magic airship is much more convenient.

Not to mention that compared with the old-fashioned carriages on Sainz's continent, the magic airship belongs to another level of transportation.

Compared with speed, Xu Yi actually cared more about confirming the direction of flight.

Sainz continent is not like the plane on the earth. Be able to use satellite positioning to ensure that you are flying on the correct route. In order not to deviate and fly to another place, the pilot can only rely on the pilot's own judgment to determine the direction.

Although the team led by Evita already has sufficient experience in cruise experiments, because this is the first ultra-long-distance cruise experiment, it is also a huge challenge for them.

However, they were able to fly more than 2,000 kilometers from the Principality of Standing and accurately find Xu Yi in the Principality of Norton, which proved that they had considerable ability in this regard, so Xu Yi only cared about it, but didn't worry much.

"Master President, I plan to turn on the cruise control mode after dark. According to the current season, it should take about eight hours in the middle. If there are no accidents, we should be able to enter Nozdormu tomorrow morning. A location near the Commercial United Kingdom." Evita explained her plan to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi glanced at the eastern sea that was gradually shrouded in black shadows as the setting sun was approaching, and shook his head.

"No, Evita, the time we stay in the dark should be shorter than the eight hours you estimated. You must be prepared for this error."

"Less than eight hours? Will it be like this?" Evita frowned slightly, puzzled.

Xu Yi thought about it, and decided to explain to Evita a little bit about the so-called relationship between the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, and the rotation of the planets.

It has been more than eight years since he came to this world. Xu Yi has long discovered that this world is actually very close to the earth in many places. The most obvious manifestation is that the rotation and revolution times of the planets are almost exactly the same.

Even when looking up at the starry sky at night, Xu Yi can still find many familiar constellations in the night sky that are almost at the same position on the earth.

In this way, Xu Yi often suspects that he is still on the earth at all, but he just traveled to another parallel time and space.

Evita seems to understand the basic astronomical knowledge explained by Xu Yi.

However, this did not prevent her from listening carefully and thinking according to what Xu Yi explained.

"My lord, if it's what you said, then if we return to the Principality of Standing from the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, wouldn't the night be longer? Or if we set out during the day, the whole day would be longer too. longer?"

"That's right." Xu Yi nodded. "But the speed we fly is much slower than the rotation speed of the planet under our feet, so we can only delay the passage of time for a while, and will eventually be swallowed by night."

"So...if this magical airship is fast enough, wouldn't we be able to live under the sun all the time?" Evita's eyes revealed a twinkle of light.

Xu Yi laughed: "There is nothing wrong with this in theory, but the planet under our feet rotates very fast by itself, and it is difficult to catch up. Of course, if you really want to live under the sun all the time. There is another The easier way. That is to go as far north and as far south as possible. You will find a place where the sun never sets for a part of the year."

Evita frowned deeply, thinking hard.

After a while, she even involuntarily picked up the pen and paper and started drawing on a piece of paper.

Seeing Evita's concentration, Xu Yi smiled slightly and left the front cabin.

Telling Evita these basic astronomical knowledge is not a temporary idea.

Since starting to develop the magic airship, Xu Yi has consciously instilled this knowledge in Evita, with the purpose of enabling her to initially form a complete world view as soon as possible.

The magic airship is an important part of Xu Yi's future plans. Xu Yi has high expectations for Evita, so he naturally hopes that she can avoid detours.

When he returned to the middle cabin of the magic airship, which was also the lounge, Xu Yi found that except for the two researchers who were on duty at night, everyone else had fallen asleep at the moment.

The ultra-long-range cruise experiment made them very excited at first, but after a long time, it will make everyone feel physically and mentally exhausted. After finally entering the night cruise control mode, everyone took advantage of this good opportunity to take the time to rest.

Xu Yi's eyes flicked across the middle cabin, and found that a faint light of light blue or light red flickered from time to time in a corner at the end, reflecting Akali's round face with a concentrated expression.

"Hey. Akali, it's so late and you haven't slept. What are you doing?"

Hearing Xu Yi's voice, Akali raised her head, her expression blank for a moment, and then turned into an excited smile.

Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to remember something, suppressed his voice, and waved to Xu Yi.

"Master President, come and see."

"Huh?" Xu Yi leaned over curiously, and found a disc on the table in front of Akali, with light blue and red light shining little by little on it.

"What is this?" Xu Yi took a closer look, and found that this disc and the center console of the remote magic positioning system that Akali has been researching during this time have a little bit of imagination, but they are very different in appearance and display mode big.

"Master President, have you seen the light spot on it?" Akali asked.

"Well, I saw it, why? What do these light spots represent?" Xu Yi asked back.

Akali grinned: "Master President, haven't you been worried about how we will return safely? Let me tell you, with this thing, we will never get lost when we go back."

"Oh? What is this? So amazing?"

"These dots represent the small magical resonance sensors I dropped along the way. You see, this dot is the closest to us, the one I dropped before. Judging from the situation shown above, it should be at this time It is about 4,300 meters to the southwest of us. That is to say, we have flown 4,300 meters to the northeast since I dropped it. You see, this light spot may disappear soon , because it will soon be out of sensing range."

Xu Yi looked at the flickering dots on the disc, and couldn't help asking: "Then how do you distinguish them? How do you know which dot represents which small magic resonance sensor you dropped?" Woolen cloth?"

"It's very simple, as long as a slight change is made to the magic array on the different small magic resonance sensors, the console can sense them and at the same time distinguish them."

Seeing the excited expression on Akali's face, Xu Yi couldn't help but take a breath.

Unexpectedly, he just explained to Evita about how the magic airship can use basic astronomical and geographical knowledge to fly to unknown areas without getting lost, and Akali has already made another major breakthrough in her research field.

Although the thing Akali is currently envisioning is still very rudimentary, as long as it is carefully arranged, the final combined effect will be extremely amazing.

In Xu Yi's view, this magical positioning system researched by Akali has even achieved the amazing effect of the initial approach of the navigation system on the earth!

Thinking of this, Xu Yiteng stood up for a moment, walked into the front cabin again, and said seriously to Evita who looked up at him in surprise.

"Change direction and fly to land." (To be continued...)