Chapter 1330

"As expected, it won't work."

Lin Cheng's face was full of worry and misery.

Ever since he had the magic crystal internal combustion engine, he had long looked down on steam engines with their low efficiency and utilization rate, but this was the first real, meaningful difficult problem he had encountered.

On a steam engine with an unusually simple principle, when spoken aloud, probably no modern person would believe it.

Yet it was happening right before Lin Cheng's eyes as if it were fact.

He had experimented a total of fifteen times, not one successful — either the temperature side had problems, or the pressure furnace had problems, and the most serious time it had nearly exploded.

In the end, Lin Cheng accepted the fact.

According to An An's explanation, unless the steam engine was accepted by the majority of people on the continent, there was no chance of it truly being born.

Otherwise, now, there was no longer any need to keep researching it.

Stepping out of the forging room's door, Lin Cheng's utterly dejected look already explained his situation.

"How did it go? Did it succeed?" The moment Li Li Li Changan saw Lin Cheng come out, she hurriedly went up and asked in a male voice.

She was harboring a faint hope — what if only they had failed, and Lin Cheng, who possessed the forging system, had succeeded? But that was just wishful thinking.

Lin Cheng shook his head and cast a glance at An An's three followers.

"You were right, An An, I can't make that thing."

"After all, this place won't allow it to appear." Li Li Li Changan's eyes also dimmed slightly for a moment.

The people nearby, though, listened in a muddled daze — especially the three of Iron Fist, whose faces were full of bewilderment at hearing Master Lin Cheng actually address His Highness as An An!

Calling a man with such an intimate nickname — could Master be... that sort?

And His Highness actually answered with an utterly calm face — could His Highness be the same way too?

Eek!

The three of them thought that from now on they'd better keep their distance from Master and His Highness, and the two of them had developed their relationship way too fast — they'd only been alone together for a little while, and already this...

Confirmed with a look? Met the right person?

General Ji Xia also felt the two of them were a bit off; she kept looking at Lin Cheng, thinking he didn't seem like the sort of person who had that particular bent.

Fortunately, after that, the two of them didn't chat much longer, and each went back to make their own preparations.

Three days later, the east gate of Bashi Fortress.

Li Li Li Changan and the others had long been waiting, and unexpectedly, there were also thirty thousand Wei cavalry on standby ready to depart at any moment.

She had originally thought that Wu Hongtian, that son of a bitch, wouldn't so easily send troops, but she seemed to have underestimated Third Brother's charm — she had only casually sent someone to notify Wu Hongtian, and Wu Hongtian had actually given her thirty thousand troops, and even said he must bring Third Brother back, the others didn't matter — Wu Hongtian really did have something going on with Third Brother.

Before long, Lin Cheng arrived in a hurry with General Ji Xia, riding mechanical mounts.

"We're a bit late, Your Highness, is that alright?" General Ji Xia scratched her head a little sheepishly, and glared fiercely at Lin Cheng.

If Lin Cheng hadn't dawdled, they should have been able to arrive at least half an hour earlier.

Lin Cheng didn't want to either, he was also helpless — the key was Miss Qianhui was worried, and he could only slowly soothe her, with kisses, hugs, and lifting her up high, before she would let him go.

"It's fine, there's no time to lose, we'll talk on the way."

"Set off!"

At a single command, the group set out in full force, but they did not know that this scene had been witnessed by personnel from Pero Qiqiya, who went back and reported to their own Highness.

Pero Qiqiya still vaguely knew some information.

He knew that it seemed some outside force had intervened in the kingdom war, but he didn't know what to do about it.

Perhaps he should go find the king of Taji Kingdom to resolve this matter — this matter started because of him, and it should also be resolved by him........

Thinking this, Pero Qiqiya immediately went back to arrange personnel to prepare for return; as for the matter of Youmingwensai, there seemed to still be time — if he could smoothly resolve the matter, he could still come back and participate!

Sierwen Nancheng — after a day and a half of bloody fighting, the Taji and Lei Dun kingdom allied forces suffered heavy losses; comparatively, the Imperial army side had also paid no small price, though still within an acceptable range.

The Lei Dun main general began to panic at this point, anxiously asking when the Holy Kingdom army would arrive; the Holy Son could only say soon, hold on for one more day and they should be able to arrive.

The Taji main general sneered beside him — he had long said that they were just coming here to die.

The Holy Kingdom army's actual situation was that they needed two days; as for whether Taji and Lei Dun were gone, he didn't care.

The subsequent other kingdom allied forces had also already approached the Qierpeili Kingdom fortress; this time, even if Emperor Tianwu's army grew wings, they wouldn't be able to escape.

"Report!"

"Two generals, the Tianwu Empire has begun attacking the city again!"

It's over! The Lei Dun main general's heart turned completely cold.

Just over ten minutes ago, the Thunder Shadow Corps within Emperor Tianwu's army had just finished attacking the city — they had held their ground before them — and now they were attacking the city again; this simply wasn't giving them any rest.

Two hours later, the kingdoms of Taji and Lei Dun once again struggled to hold on; the broken city walls of Sierwen Nancheng were almost dyed red with blood, and although the Eternal Night Corps had retreated, the Thunder Shadow Corps attacked again.

Another hour later, Sierwen Nancheng was officially declared broken! Taji and Lei Dun kingdoms had nowhere to flee; this time, the Empire's two great corps charged straight into the city, killing every enemy soldier they saw — blood flying sideways, severed arms and limbs, everywhere a scene of purgatory on earth.