Xu Yi squatted down, keeping his eyes level with the little girl in front of him.
"Hey, Lumi, are you in a rush?"
The halfling girl Lumi who was like a little girl pouted her lips, looking very cute.
"Of course I'm in a rush!
I want to find my clansmen right now! "
Xu Yi revealed a smile. He thought that even if you really went on a voyage and found a new continent, you might not be able to find your clansmen. Because the Sines' navigation technology was so bad, perhaps the halflings that escaped from the Sines might have already been buried on the endless seas.
Of course, Xu Yi couldn't say this out loud.
"Don't be in a rush because this matter can't be rushed." Xu Yi shook his head.
"Just talking about a voyage, do you think that with our company's current shipbuilding technology, there won't be any problems for a fleet to sail thousands of kilometers across the endless seas?"
Lumi fell silent. She lowered her head to think for a bit before shaking her head in a depressed manner.
Since she joined the New Flyer, she had always been an engineer in the shipyard. She was even more clear on the New Flyer's shipbuilding technology than Xu Yi.
Of course she understood that with the New Flyer's shipbuilding technology, although they could support a fleet on a voyage, even being able to explore the Malor Empire that was thousands of kilometers away, it was very hard for them to support a fleet exploring the endless seas.
The difference was that the current ocean voyages were still considered coastal voyages, but things like exploring the new continent would be extremely deep into the Endless Sea, truly entering the boundless sea to explore.
If there was an accident, they could find a way to return to land for help if they went on a voyage, but they might not be able to approach land if they went on a voyage. Once there was an accident, the result might be the destruction of the ship.
This was also the main reason why Xu Yi dared to let Narvil and the others explore the new route, but he wasn't willing to let Lumi explore the seas.
Seeing the disappointment on Lumi's face, Xu Yi said with a smile, "Lumi, actually if it's just to explore the new continent, you don't have to use the Magic Boats to explore the seas. There is another method that can achieve this goal."
"Really?" Lumi looked at Xu Yi in surprise.
"Of course there is." Xu Yi stretched out a finger and pointed at the sky above his head.
"Compared to the turbulent and unpredictable sea, don't you think the sky is more reliable?"
Lumi was stunned, "Sir chairman, could it be that you want to use the Magic Airship to explore?
But wasn't the Magic Airship only able to fly a thousand kilometers?
How could it be enough to fly to the New World? "
"That's only for now." Xu Yi smiled.
"When the Magic Airship was first developed, it could only fly three hundred kilometers away and its fastest speed was less than fifty kilometers per hour. But now it can fly over a thousand kilometers and its fastest speed is over a hundred and twenty kilometers per hour.
At this rate of development, I feel that it will soon break through to an unimaginable level. "
"But it's impossible for it to fly more than ten thousand kilometers in one go …" Lumi still didn't believe it.
Xu Yi smiled, thinking to himself that it wasn't impossible for a large passenger plane on Earth to fly ten thousand kilometers in one go.
And if it was refueled in the air, it would fly even longer.
Of course, this required there to be a base that could resupply on the way.
Xu Yi looked at the deep sea in the distance. He thought that if he could build countless bases on the endless seas like on earth, not to mention flying ten thousand kilometers away, he could even cover every part of the planet in theory.
In this aspect, the New Flyer had already started working on this.
Because the Sack Kingdom had blocked the New Flight Commerce Main Base on the sea, Xu Yi had strengthened the defenses in this area. He began setting up bases on the various islands on the coast of the Principality of Constantine.
After several years of development, the New Flyer had already controlled all the islands that were over five hundred kilometers away from the New Flight Commerce Main Base.
If the Magic Airship took off from the New Flight Commerce Main Base, within these five hundred kilometers, they could find any island with a base and resupply, which was equal to taking off with full strength.
If this range of control was extended to the endless seas, according to the Magic Airships that Evita sent out to explore the seas, they would find that over a thousand kilometers away from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's main base, there were many small and large islands.
There were even some large islands that had humans living on them.
As long as they controlled these islands, naturally they could send the New Flyer's tentacles deep into the endless seas.
If they kept expanding bit by bit, it wasn't impossible for them to cover the entire endless seas.
At that time, exploring new continents wouldn't be a problem.
"Sir chairman, sir chairman?
When you mentioned the Magic Airship, I suddenly thought of something. "Lumi suddenly raised her voice to cut off Xu Yi's thoughts.
"Un?
What is it? "
"Actually, I have a blueprint for the Magic Airship that my clansmen designed for the elves in the past, but I forgot it in the Azshara Tribe. If you're interested, I can go back and bring it back.
I think that after chief Evita sees this blueprint, it will definitely help her research on the Magic Airship. "Lumi said.
Seeing Lumi's expectant look, Xu Yi narrowed his eyes and couldn't help giving a laugh.
Although this Lumi didn't seem that different from a little human girl, she was a halfling that had lived for several hundred years. She wasn't a real little girl that didn't care about the world.
She had never mentioned that she had the blueprint for the Magic Airship before, but now she took the initiative to mention it. It was probably because he told her that she could use the Magic Airship to explore new continents, so she decided to do this because she saw hope in finding her clansmen.
Otherwise, she would have kept hiding it.
"This Lumi, just how many things is she hiding?" Xu Yi couldn't help thinking.
But after thinking about it, Xu Yi felt that this wasn't that important.
If it was said that he was interested in the legendary invincible Magic Airships of the elves before, now that the New Flyer's magic machine research was progressing by leaps and bounds, he didn't need to be in awe of the so-called magic machines of the Sines that had been around for thousands of years.
The Magic Airships that the halflings designed for the elves were said to be invincible, but it was very expensive to build and it wasn't very practical.
Moreover, according to the legends, the main use of the Magic Airships was in their incomparably strong attack power.
If Xu Yi's guesses weren't wrong, the Magic Airships should have powerful attack spells attached to them. Then they would rely on the powerful magic of the elves to display an incomparably strong might that was close to being invincible.
This was completely different from the design direction that Xu Yi had for the Magic Airships and the military magic machines, so there wasn't much value in using it as a reference.
Of course, he didn't reject her. He just nodded and said with a smile, "Alright, if we can use the legendary Magic Airships as a reference, Evita will definitely gain many inspirations."
Even if it didn't match the direction of New Flyer's research, Xu Yi still believed that this thing would have some use. Not to mention that Lumi had taken the initiative to mention this, so it wasn't good to reject her good intentions.
Seeing that Xu Yi wasn't that enthusiastic, Lumi was a bit disappointed. She gave an oh sound and nodded to show that she understood.
After chatting with Lumi for a bit, Lumi and the other people from New Flyer who came to send off Narvil's transport fleet took the Magic Airship back to the Principality of Constantine. Xu Yi drove his Magic Sedan and left the Black Rice Harbour. After heading east into the Black Rice Wasteland, he turned north and reached the border of the Black Rice Wasteland.
When a fresh green appeared in his line of sight, Xu Yi knew that he was about to reach his destination.
In front of him was the piece of land that the Moon Shadow Tribe requested from the Sack Kingdom.
This piece of land was bordered by the endless sea to the west and the Black Rice Wasteland to the south, which was equal to digging out a piece of land in the southwest corner of the Sack Kingdom. It was between the Sack Kingdom and the Black Rice Wasteland, making it hard for the Sack Kingdom to invade the Black Rice Wasteland and threaten the Principality of Constantine to the south.
When the Sack Kingdom gave this piece of land to the Moon Shadow Tribe two years ago, this place was as desolate as the Black Rice Wasteland. But now that two years had passed, this place had become a green forest that was filled with life.
There was an old saying in the Sines that there was always green and life under the feet of the elves, which was perfectly reflected in this piece of land.
Xu Yi's Magic Sedan had just arrived at the edge of the forest when a group of fully armed Moon Shadow Tribe elves came out.
Of course, they were only here to welcome Xu Yi.
Although elder Lisanya was very interested in driving the Magic Car, because of the stubbornness of the elves, the Moon Shadow Tribe's territory still had the unique appearance of the elves.
The forest was the most primitive place, but there weren't any clear roads. So Xu Yi could only give up on the Magic Sedan and follow the elves who came to welcome him.
This caused him to spend close to an hour before he finally reached the depths of the forest and met elder Lisanya who he hadn't seen in a long time.
"Chairman Xu, if I remember correctly, this is your first time here since we took over, right?" Elder Lisanya asked with a smile.
"You didn't remember wrong, this is indeed my first time here." Xu Yi nodded, but his eyes fell onto elder Elucía beside elder Lisanya.
"Elder Elucía, where's Agnes?"