Chapter 428: Undead for Naval Warfare
"Well, miniaturized jet propulsion engines work better in water. Carving wood takes too much time, so let's make a simple metal shell. But two jet engines are still a waste. One is enough. The power is already sufficient. There is no need to strengthen it. Adding an air undead test tube... Let's just not make it into a bionic form. Undead are particularly easy to be sensed by people anyway."
Amber continued to make changes to the blueprint and soon obtained a new version of the undead army.
This is a streamlined machine with the simplest shape. It is hard to call it a fish. It is more like a small torpedo with its own jet engine.
It is the size of a finger, with a miniature jet magic circle as a propeller, and the direction is controlled by a slight swing of the tail fin. There is space left at the head of the torpedo to carry alchemical bombs or other weapons.
Amber Xiu said to himself: "The cost of alchemical bombs is too high. My air undead is more cost-effective."
The so-called air undead is a kind of colorless and odorless poison that Amberxiu had made before. It is made by transforming air into the nature of corpses, and then stuffing in a completely blank simulated soul.
This kind of undead has no thoughts, no mobility, and even no movement function, so the cost is very low. However, this kind of air undead can only be stored in a sealed container. Once leaked, it will explode directly and turn into colorless and odorless "undead air".
Amber has tested it and found that once a living organism directly inhales the undead air, it will be quickly corroded by the dark magic. The power is more terrifying than any known poison. Even the alchemical bomb is not so efficient.
If this air undead is placed in the head of this small torpedo and explodes directly after hitting the target, the poison will explode quickly and poison the target.
The only problem is that the body of the air undead is gas after all, and bubbles will form and float up at the moment of explosion. How many of these bubbles can be inhaled by the enemy?
Amberxiu was a man of decisive character, and he immediately conducted an experiment to detonate air undead in the water to see how many fish could be poisoned to death.
The final result did not satisfy him.
Air is difficult to dissolve in seawater, causing most of the air undead to turn into bubbles and float up. Only a small portion can be inhaled in an instant, which causes the toxicity of air undead in water to be ten times worse than on land, turning from a deadly poison into a non-lethal poison that can only cause respiratory disorders and body spasms.
Amber Xiu felt a little regretful. He had made a lot of inventory before, but now it seems that they are of no use.
"Or, I can use seawater as the main body and create a seawater undead?"
Amberxiu tested it and found that sea water undead could also be made, but the cost would increase significantly.
Each time you transform the properties of the gold coins bestowed by the God of Alchemy, you have to pay for it, and the higher the quality, the higher the price.
The density of air is small. If you want to fill a finger-sized glass ball, the cost of the air undead is less than one copper coin, but if you change it to sea water, it will cost more than thirty copper coins. It also depends on the purity of the sea water. It seems that the things mixed in it are different, and the consumption during the conversion is also different.
"The price of the Sea Ghost is thirty copper coins, plus the price of the torpedo itself is more than one silver coin. No, it's still too high, unless we can save on materials." Amber decided to find Gustavo Flynn and let the old man help him produce the torpedo shell at cost price.
Not long ago, Ambers ordered a batch of main parts for manufacturing micro jet engines from Gustavo Flynn without paying a penny, but Ambers sold the blueprints of the improved micro jet engines.
It's not that he doesn't want to keep it secret, but with Gustavo Flynn's ability, he can guess it almost exactly just by looking at the parts. This is not an innovative technology. It's just that Amber spent several years compressing the volume in private space.
It is very valuable, but the confidentiality level is not high, and insiders can easily figure out the principle behind it.
Amber simply sold the blueprints to this "old friend" and used them to pay for the parts. Now that he had the jet engine for the torpedo, he simply sold the torpedo shell design, which was not worth much, and asked the "old friend" to make him another batch.
Gustavo Flynn now owns more than one alchemy factory. It is very simple to mass-produce such low-tech metal accessories. There is no need to make a new mold. Maybe he can find such a streamlined metal shell module by looking around.
Amberxiu did a careful calculation and realized that in this way, the cost of each Undead torpedo could be reduced to about fifty copper coins, and a million gold coins would be enough to fight the war.
After the first type of undead soldiers was finalized, Amberxiu continued to be busy. It was not known whether the torpedo should be considered a long-range weapon or a melee self-destructing weapon, but it was undoubtedly thrown from a distance by the user and could be used directly as a long-range soldier.
Then there are the defensive undead troops and the true melee undead troops.
Compared with the Undead torpedoes, these two types are not cannon fodder, but regular troops that need to be used repeatedly.
Just as Amberxiu excitedly entered into the research state.
Deep in the sea, some people also cheered up and began to work hard for the volcanic sea.
Aiolos, who had been kidnapped by the Kuo-Toa goddess for several days, was now beaming with joy. He was suspended on a huge coral, giving an impassioned pre-war mobilization speech to a group of silly Kuo-Toa.
The lobster girl version of Ariel stood gently beside him, looking at him with eyes full of admiration.
Aiolos finally gave in, because the Kuo-Toa fish-man goddess's reasons were very convincing, and even Talos didn't object, which meant that Ariel was the one he was looking for.
So Aiolos chose to accept this reality without much hesitation, and even made a promise to the Kou Tao fish-man goddess that he would use the entire volcanic sea as a "bride price".
The Kuo Tao fishman goddess laughed loudly, and immediately said that she would let him lead all the Kuo Tao fishman under her command. Her requirements were not high. As long as Aiolos could gain a foothold in the volcanic sea area, she did not require him to occupy the entire sea area.
The Kuo-Toa goddess knew very well that she had taken advantage of an opportunity to trick Talos' son into working for her, and she didn't know which god's followers she would meet in the future. With Aiolos' ability, it was enough for her to find a new breeding area for the Kuo-Toa.
Perhaps it was time for her to fall ill, for at this moment the Kuo Tao fish-man goddess was terrifyingly calm.
He gave all the information about the sea creatures he had to Aiolos, asking him to read it before leading the Kou Tao fishmen to seize territory.
Aiolos also read it very carefully, but as to how much he understood, no one knew.
But now it has come to the last moment. The Shark Hua fishmen have entered the scene one step ahead of time, and the Isi manta rays have already found an area to reproduce and have begun to lay eggs.
If the Kou Tao fishmen don't take action, all the good places will be snatched away in a few days.
So, no matter what, let’s grab a piece of territory first.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Aiolos gave an impassioned speech in the style of Talos, saying that the enemies ahead were just worthless and that he would lead all the Kou-Toa to victory.
However, the effect did not seem to be very good. These Kou Tao fishmen watched Aiolos' performance in silence. Some were biting their nails, some were picking their teeth with fish bones, and some were completely sleeping soundly and did not listen at all.
Aiolos had never seen such outrageous subordinates. Are these fishmen's brains not working well? Don't they know who has the final say now?
If they are just troublemakers, it would be fine. Just catch a few of those who are not convinced and kill them. This will naturally intimidate them.
But Aiolos discovered that they were not troublemakers, nor were they deliberately trying to go against him, but that they were just like that.
The IQ of the Kuo Tao fishmen is very low. After throwing away the instincts of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, they are left with lazy thoughts like lying down and resting. Occasionally, when they are crazy, they will do some stupid things, such as smearing some sea mud and inserting some seaweed on the statue of the Kuo Tao fishmen goddess.
Aiolos' speech was so complicated for the Kuo-Toa that they did not understand it at all and were completely unable to respond.
Aiolos saw that the situation was not right, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Follow me, there will be fish to eat! If you don't follow me, I will eat you!"
When this simple and direct sentence was shouted out, a large number of Kou Tao fishmen stood up immediately.
They held high up all kinds of strangely shaped weapons and shouted loudly using a mess of words.
The content is also very simple, with two meanings: "I want to eat! You can't eat me!"
Aiolos looked at the excited Kuo-Toa fishmen with satisfaction, and finally felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart. These were his first batch of subordinates. They were a little stupid, but their numbers were huge, and their overall strength was not bad.
The Kuo Tao fishmen are very idiots, but perhaps because of their simplicity, they can easily comprehend the power of blood inheritance, so the proportion of warlocks among the Kuo Tao fishmen is very high, and many of them can perform special bloodline spells.
Among the tens of thousands of Kou Tao fishmen in front of us, one-tenth are spellcasters. This ratio far exceeds that of other sea creatures.
As long as it is commanded properly, this will be a very powerful army.
As long as Aiolos can win, he will be able to capture other races and increase his own troops... Aiolos only feels that the future is bright.
Sure enough, it was the right choice for him to follow the Kou Tao fish goddess. In just a few days, he went from being a lone man to the leader of an army. If he were given a few more years, he, Aiolos, would have the final say on the sea.
Aiolos looked up at the gloomy sea water and prayed to Talos in his heart: "Great Father God, do you see that I have mastered such a huge power. One day, I will dedicate this sea to you. By then, you will be proud of me! Please wait patiently!"
(End of this chapter)