Master of Thermodynamics
Chapter 88
White Bay beach.
This beach is located on the west side of Odin island. It is a white beach stretching for tens of kilometers.
The main source of sand in the beach is the shells in the sea. After the death of shellfish, their shells are washed onto the beach by the tide. After thousands of years of water washing, they gradually become debris and finally polished smooth and round.
On the east side of the beach is a group of reefs suddenly rising more than 10 meters high, blocking the continuous tide.
This reef group is extremely important to Odin island. Otherwise, when Adam and EVA reach the perigee at the same time, there will be a rare super tide, when the sea level will rise nearly 10 meters, completely submerging baibei beach.
At this time, the tide has receded, exposing a piece of sand with a width of more than 2km and an average width of more than 300m. Renault and his party are busy on the sand.
To be precise, everyone except Renault and Angela is busy.
As two of the three giants of Haichao archipelago, they both have a large number of younger brothers to handle, so they don''t need to do it by themselves (move their eyes), and no one else dares to help them.
By the way, there are liana and Sansha who are inseparable from Angela.
As a girl''s little follower, Lena will follow her wherever she goes.
As for the cheap dog Sansha, he is happily crazy on the beach. From time to time, he lowers his head to the ground and sniffs. He uses his paws to dig out pits, big and small. Then he is scared back by the strange things in the pits.
A strange looking machine is placed on the beach. Its height is more than 6 meters. The main structure is a huge metal tube with a diameter of 2 meters. A set of cross shaped winch mechanism is also installed on the machine to drive the cylinder.
The core part of winch mechanism is a bright silver metal disc, which is also engraved with a large number of strange runes. It seems that the distribution of runes has some special rules.
The material used to make the silver plate is called "Magic Silver". Magic Silver is not silver, but its color is silver white and its material is very soft. In addition, it can transmit magic power and mental power, so it is called magic silver.
When Magic Silver transmits energy, there will be a certain loss. The farther the distance is, the greater the loss is, just like the resistance of wire transmission.
The density of magic silver is very close to that of copper, and it is only found in copper, so Renault suspects that it is probably a copper isotope formed under the influence of magic energy.
As for why the color became silver, this is not Renault (the author) can explain.
The wooden frame made of several thick logs firmly supports the heavy cylinder. At the bottom of the six supporting feet of the wooden frame, a few wide wooden brackets are designed to prevent the supporting feet from falling into the sand. At the same time, it is convenient to move the machine.
Murphy''s voice echoed on the beach, "come on, a few people, quickly move the sand drill to the top of the hole. I put a black stone next to the hole, and just aim the cylinder at the stone..."
Murphy is the designer of this sand drill. He is also a rune magician, and he is the most proficient Rune magician in mechanical design.
Originally, he was responsible for the main structure design of the mechanical doll, but since Renault talked with Seth in detail, Seth completely abandoned the research of the magic doll, and his team began to study other new projects.
The new project has very low requirements for the mechanical structure, and Murphy, a talented designer, has no place to use. Therefore, when Renault needs a mechanical designer, Seth recommends Murphy to Renault.
Murphy led the design, manufacturing and processing of the sand drill. Renault only put forward the concept of the sand drill and a few small suggestions for improvement, such as installing wooden brackets and helping to process the metal pipe.
With Renault''s super manufacturing ability as a "humanoid factory", the metal tubes can be rolled out in minutes at an astonishing speed.
If someone else is allowed to do it, it will take at least two days from sand mold manufacturing to casting and molding, and finally polishing, which is not only time-consuming and labor-consuming, but also extremely bulky.
With the world''s low casting process, in order to ensure the fluidity of the melt and certain structural strength, the wall thickness of the round tube needs at least 10 mm.
But when Renault rolled the tube, the wall thickness was only 3 mm, the weight of the finished product was reduced by at least 70%, and the total weight of the whole machine was also greatly reduced, making it more labor-saving.
Under the command of Murphy, six strong men carefully pushed the sand drill to slide on the sand, and finally aligned the metal tube to the position designated by Murphy.
Then Murphy took out a piece of blue gray magic stone from a delicate leather bag and put it into the groove under the rune disc.
Finally, after checking the whole sand drill again, Murphy turned to Renault, bowed and said, "Lord, if there is no you, there will be no sand drill, and its first test should be operated by you..."
He seemed to be afraid that Renault would not agree. He explained: "you are extraordinary and have great mental strength, so you are also the most suitable candidate..."
Renault was surprised, MMP, who said that the EQ of technical personnel is low?
This is the best example.Renault only rolled the tube once, but listening to Murphy''s tone, it seems that Renault''s contribution is the biggest, and other people are dispensable, and even give Renault the opportunity of "first operation".
I didn''t expect that Murphy, a small man, was so flattering.
Renault just glanced at him and readily agreed.
Why refuse?
Murphy''s powerful subordinates are very important to Renault''s farming. This invitation is also full of enthusiasm. Renault certainly can''t let his subordinates down.
A qualified leader should also know how to accept the kindness of his subordinates at the right time.
Renault stepped forward and put his palm close to the corner of the rune disk. The palm pattern is carved on the corner surface, which is the input position of mental power.
As his mind moved, his invisible mental power flowed out and poured into the rune disk, and the change took place.
The runes on the surface of the disc began to shine one by one. After two breaths, the whole disc was lit up, and the hazy blue halo completely covered the disc.
Then the winch mechanism rotates slowly, driving the metal tube to rotate and move downward, so it gets into the soft sand.
As Renault continues to input energy, the rotating speed of the metal tube becomes faster and faster, reaching 5 turns per second, and the drilling speed is also significantly faster.
Ten seconds later, the 6-meter-high tube completely penetrated into the sand. At this time, the light on the surface of the rune flickered, and the direction of rotation of the tube instantly reversed.
Seeing this behind the scenes, Renault was surprised.
This sand drill has achieved a certain degree of automation.
When the tube reaches the limit of its travel, the rune disk can actually sense it, and then automatically change the direction of rotation to exit the tube from the sand.
If we want to achieve this on earth, we need not only all kinds of sensors, but also chips to control, but in this world, a disk full of runes is done.
Sure enough, this is the real black technology!
Seth''s Rune magicians can do more than he imagined. Renault only asked to use runes to drill sand. They even added the "automatic exit" function.
When the tube full of sand completely quits, Renault immediately takes away his palm. Murphy bows to Renault and waves. A group of strong men quickly step forward and push the sand drill away.
Then two people used a thick hemp rope to cover the top of the pipe, and together they tugged hard at the hemp rope to turn the pipe over nearly 70 degrees to the ground.
Finally, the three strong men held up a thick piece of wood, put it into the mouth of the pipe, and tried to poke the sand down.
These people advance and retreat orderly, and cooperate quite smoothly. Obviously, they have practiced more than once. It seems that Murphy has made a lot of preparations in advance in order to perform well in front of Renault.
"Bang bang" of the impact continues to ring, large pieces of sand fell from the tube, others are standing more than 10 meters away, nervously watching the tube.
A few seconds later, a white shell emerged from the orifice.
Renault had a smile on his face immediately.
We''ve got the razor clam.