bookbashuk Chapter 1377 Until the next place where it can grow
Chapter 1377 Until the next place where it can grow
Chapter 1377 Until the next place where it can grow
"Launch the little tree people?" Upon hearing this, even Lisa couldn't continue reporting, and everyone quickly teleported or star-shifted to Ang's location.
Upon arriving here, we discovered that Ang had actually taken out the Spraying Melon and was adjusting its angle. Next to him were Diruni and Heathrow, who were using equipment to adjust the star chart and then explaining it to the Spraying Melon.
"This is so troublesome. Just tell me which one it is, and I'll aim it myself," said the squirrel, sounding somewhat annoyed.
Adjusting the orientation shouldn't be this complicated. It says it can aim at any target, but it insists on turning it by a certain number of degrees and minutes. It's so confusing.
"This one is 60 degrees and 72 minutes down, and 16 degrees and 12 minutes to the right," Diruni said.
Frustrated, Spit Melon said, "What exactly are these degrees and minutes? How am I supposed to know what to adjust with all these randomly made-up units? Can't I just spray according to this point?"
Diruni quickly said, "No, no, that's a divine planet. If you spray seeds onto a divine planet, you're just sending them all to their deaths. This is the location of a large plane. It was selected from the results of our astrological association's observations over hundreds of years. You can't spray them there even if you aim for the wrong spot."
The squirting melon said with difficulty, "But even if you say it like that, I still can't aim accurately. I aim through the nozzle. I inhale a breath of space, and you see, space deforms, and distant objects are magnified. I inhale again, and it magnifies again, so I can aim at very far places. If you say it in degrees and minutes, how many breaths do I have to take?"
"Then, if you zoom in on this divine star, can you see the planes around it?" Diruni asked.
"I can't see, it's too dark," said the squirrel.
Diruni and Heathrow exchanged glances, realizing that this was a bit unreliable. The Spatial Spray of the Squirrel was entirely a talent, just like a person can see things, but you tell them to look at a 96-degree angle. Who knows where 96 degrees is? There's no ruler in their eyes.
"What should we do? Bring over a crystal shield? Let it aim through the crystal shield first, and then remove it before firing?" Diruni suggested.
Duroken rejected the proposal outright: "No, the precision isn't enough. If you want the squirting melon to be able to aim, the crystal mask needs to be very large. Such a large size can't be made absolutely flat. If there's even the slightest deformation, the position will be off track after aiming."
The flatness on the astrological scale, when applied to a mask, might differ by only a few tenths of a millimeter. Even if an alchemical master like Durocan were to personally work on it, he could not achieve such precision, let alone 'masking' it.
Any movement could deform such a large mask, and thermal expansion and contraction could also cause it to deform. Therefore, adding a mask under the eyepiece like an astrological mirror is absolutely not an option.
Tiruni and Heathrow discussed several more plans, and even mobilized the trainees of the Astrology Association to use their imaginations.
The Divine Light Alliance and the Phile Empire have the largest astrologer association in the void, with hundreds of thousands of astrologers and thousands of astrology academies, making it comparable in scale to the magic associations of the Chaos Dimension.
Anthony initially found it hard to understand such a large number of astrologers. Astrologers don't produce much output and aren't very powerful, so how do so many people survive? Are they all just going to the market to tell fortunes for people?
Anthony's initial understanding of astrologers was limited to deceptive things like fortune telling, geomancy, and divination of future prospects and love. However, he later discovered that this was not the case. Void travel in this world was highly developed, with a large number of airships shuttling between different planes, carrying far more cargo than teleportation arrays.
Such airships require a large number of astrologers to guide their direction, so there is a demand for employment in this field.
Anthony had long ago indirectly gained control of the Astrologers Association through Tianya of the Star Astrology Academy. As soon as the most advanced astrological tower and observatory arrived in Diruni and Heathrow, Anthony immediately used Tianya to issue trainee quotas.
Firstly, it can increase Tianya's prestige; secondly, through these trainees, it can extend its control to the entire Astrologers Association, and even to the upper echelons of the Empire and the Alliance.
Thirdly, these trainees are all genius astrologers. Genius is just the threshold to this step, and they often have many amazing ideas.
"Could we enlarge the star map and place it directly in front of it, so it can aim at the star map?" As expected of a genius trainee, someone quickly suggested this.
Diruni thought for a moment and said, "It's still very difficult. How can we ensure the accuracy of the magnified star map?"
As he spoke, Diruni looked at Negris and said, "God of Knowledge, only you can quickly calculate star charts at the Void level. The accuracy of the star charts depends on your help."
Negris put his hands on his hips and said, "No problem, it's just a star chart, no big deal. Ang, you help me get it right. The position of the star chart is calculated, but I need you to get it right in front of the melon."
Ang nodded.
This is a complex system engineering project. The amount of calculation and accuracy involved is beyond what a few dozen people can accomplish. Under normal circumstances, they would need to build a star-tracking device first, which would have to be at least as large as a starburst array.
Ang took over the job.
Secondly, they need hundreds of people to calculate the star charts, enlarge the smaller star charts proportionally, and calculate their trajectories.
This task was completed by Negris.
With the most important things taken care of, the rest of the staff just need to lend a hand.
A star chart was magnified in front of the squirting melon, and Negris kept calculating its trajectory and calling out numbers.
Diruni and the other astrologers were in charge of making adjustments, while Ang was responsible for calibrating the large and small star charts to ensure that the movements on them were synchronized and identical.
The squirting melon begins to inhale. With each breath, a large amount of space is drawn into its body, causing it to swell a little. It inhales again, swells a little more, and so on, until the squirting melon quickly swells into a round watermelon.
Ang took out a little tree person, and the sapling made a series of "ya ya" sounds at it. Finally, it plucked a leaf and stuck it on the top of the little tree person's head.
The little tree-man babbled a bunch of things, then obediently crawled into the fruit shell and closed it up behind him.
Anger suddenly realized something and quickly tapped the fruit shell. The little tree-man opened the shell in a daze, and Anger took out the insect ash liquid and poured it in until the shell was half full.
Ah—the little tree man sent a message of thanks, closed the fruit shell again, and before long, the fruit shell grew back into a sealed state.
With the powerful vitality of the insect ash liquid, even if the little tree people don't spray it onto the surface, they can survive in the void for a long time until they encounter the next place where they can grow.