Chapter 3372

Xia De's old friend, Major Lades, currently serves as the deputy captain on the "White Pearl" with the rank of major. The main work of this position is to assist the captain in managing daily affairs, coordinating the operation of various departments, and can be considered the second-in-command on the ship.

Although he was transferred from the army to the navy, given his extraordinary background, and he had really been on the battlefield and fought hard battles, plus he had quite good social skills, and played a good hand of cards, so he had gained quite a lot of prestige within half a year of boarding the ship.

The "White Pearl" and seven other warships formed an escort fleet, responsible for protecting the three visiting ships carrying the visiting representatives. The White Pearl itself was not the flagship, so since there was an order from Major Lades, and Xia De was a typical northern-looking person, no one would naturally stop him during the process of boarding the ship.

Today, the White Pearl was docked at the pier for rest, so Xia De could board the ship directly. The chief engineer originally wanted to arrange for someone to take Xia De to visit the places on the ship that could be visited, but Xia De wanted to know the situation of his friend first:

"Speaking of which, what trouble did Major Lades encounter?"

Chief Engineer Captain Vernon hesitated before saying:

"After our ship entered the Star Fall Bay, a brand-new steam engine in the steam engine room suddenly couldn't start, and the technicians on the ship couldn't find any problems no matter how they checked.

This was originally a small matter, after all, there were spare steam engine sets on the ship. But after the ship docked, contacting technicians from other warships to come for repairs still didn't find the problem with that steam engine."

Xia De had heard about this small trouble when he met Major Lades at the welcome banquet last week (Chapter 3319). He didn't expect that it hadn't been repaired after a week:

"So Major Lades is dealing with this?"

"Yes, this matter somehow reached the flagship, and then..."

The captain closed his mouth, but Xia De could understand what he was going to say. The superior must have questioned the captain, then the deputy captain and the chief engineer were scolded, and finally, the technicians and non-commissioned officers in the engine room were questioned.

This was also a helpless thing. In the eyes of the outlander, the complexity of the miniaturized steam engine technology of this era was no less than the technology of the early electrical era of his hometown. Some things couldn't be repaired, and some things that couldn't be repaired even after kicking them twice could suddenly be used.

Although Major Lades, the "Eight-Gun Captain," had a decent level of education, he was not from a technical officer background, so he could only play a role of urging and supervising the repair of the steam engine.

It seemed that even after leaving the army and entering the navy, he would inevitably encounter troublesome things.

"I have checked that steam engine many times, and I almost took out the internal core. It is not damaged at all, and any module can be used if it is taken out separately, but it just can't work when put together. I don't think anyone can solve such an impossible thing."

The chief engineer continued to complain, and then Xia De captured the "keyword":

"Impossible thing?"

Captain Vernon immediately said embarrassedly:

"It may also be that I ignored some important problems. I will find someone to take you for a walk on the ship, I still have to go to the engine room to help."

Perhaps this was really some kind of mechanical failure that was not easy to be discovered, but Xia De could not ignore another possibility.

But he didn't do anything for the time being, but followed the second lieutenant who was arranged to conduct a simple tour on the ship. At 10:10 in the morning, Xia De finally saw Major Lades at the back of the deck. He took off his hat and walked over with great apology, but Xia De shook his head:

"I want to see that steam engine, look at it alone."

The Major raised his eyebrows, then took out his pocket watch to confirm the time:

"Can you wait an hour? It will be lunch time soon, and I will arrange for everyone in the engine room to eat lunch first... Do you need to evacuate in advance?"

He was very conscious of such things, but Xia De shook his head:

"Not for now, I'm not sure what the specific situation is. I'll go and prepare first, and I'll come to find you at 11:20."

So not long after, at lunch time, Major Lades, as the deputy captain, arranged for everyone to leave the engine room first, and Xia De, who had turned into a silver cat, also came to the cabin at the bottom of the ship at this time.

The engine room, also known as the engine cabin, is the power core of a ship and one of the most important parts. According to the regulations, Xia De could not come in no matter what, but neither he nor Major Lades cared about such things, and Xia De had the documents of the Military Intelligence Service.

"Here."

After the cat turned into Xia De, there was an extra metal box in his hand. The surprised Major immediately pointed to the steam engine that had just been reassembled in the corner.

Although it was a steam engine used on a ship, the size of the thing was only the size of a double bed, but the height was about two meters.

Xia De tried his best to shield his thought that "this thing cannot exist," and told himself that there might be other reasons. After walking closer, he touched it with his hand. He didn't feel any element reaction or abnormality, but the purple mark on the back of his right hand suddenly lit up at this time.

Xia De blinked, not expecting the mark of the long-haired Luweiya to have this function. And Major Lades hadn't left yet, he asked quite worriedly:

"How is it?"

Xia De shook his head:

"I can only say this is the worst case."

He looked at the mark symbolizing "noble fate" that appeared on his hand, and then looked at the steam engine that had begun to shake unnaturally in front of him. At this moment, he had already determined in his heart that this was impossible. This steam engine was not damaged, but was given the fate of "unable to operate" as a damaged fate node.

He determined this point after seeing the mark, so even if he didn't say it out loud, the Infinite Snake was about to appear:

"Major, you step back a little. If there is a problem, just run out directly, don't worry about me."

He said, putting the 【God's Gift Box】 he was holding with one hand on the ground aside, and then in the more surprised eyes of Major Lades, he took out a metal coffin from his pocket.

He not only went home to get the 【God's Gift Box】 an hour ago, but also found a coffin. This was actually a very troublesome thing. Xia De had all kinds of toys on him, but he didn't have the habit of carrying a coffin with him.

The miracle - 【Coffin of the Underworld】 was obtained yesterday, and he didn't expect that he would need to use it so soon. It was too late to run to the city to buy one, so Xia De tried his luck at the academy just now. Fortunately, Dannister was in the library, and she got the coffin for Xia De.

Of course, Xia De didn't rob the resting place of some deceased person. St. Byrons also had Ringed Shushi who studied undead miracles.

In short, both the 【God's Gift Box】 and the coffin were placed beside Xia De. After making preparations, he said to the steam engine in front of him:

"Impossible! You cannot be unable to operate, your internal structure and modules are fine, it is absolutely impossible for you to be unable to operate!"

Black light suddenly wrapped the huge machine, and then a black snake half a meter long, larger than Xia De thought, appeared. This snake was larger than the snake that the revolver turned into last time, but the newly born "Infinite Snake" did not possess any power now.

As soon as it landed, it pounced on Xia De.

Xia De then stretched out his right hand with purple light on the back of his hand, grabbed the snake head and caught it. No matter how powerful the "Infinite Snake" was, it had to absorb many possibilities to evolve. Although it still possessed some powerful abilities, its basic values were far inferior to the outlander.

The lid of the metal coffin was pushed open a crack, and Xia De threw the snake directly into it. Before the snake damaged the coffin, the coffin lid was closed, and Xia De summoned his life ring to activate the 【True Death】 spirit rune, and then pressed both hands on the coffin:

"Miracle - Coffin of the Underworld!"

He was also not sure about the effect of this miracle on the "Infinite Snake," so besides specifically using the 【God's Gift Box】 as a backup, this spellcasting was considered to be his best effort.

So the black holy emblem of the 【God of the Grave】 appeared on the ground under the coffin, which also showed that the essence of this miracle was actually a divine spell. And the effect of the divine spell derived from divinity was naturally more powerful than ordinary miracles.

In the terrified gaze of Major Lades, a huge white bone skeleton appeared in the void above the coffin. It faced the floating coffin, and then opened its white bone arms to hug it.

The blackness of the holy emblem then dyed the white bone pitch black, and the coffin trembled violently. Xia De was ready to throw the escaped snake back into the 【God's Gift Box】 at any time, but fortunately, after a while, the holy emblem disappeared, and the metal coffin held by the black skeleton fell back to the ground steadily.

The black skeleton had now turned into a physical entity, firmly locking the coffin like a buckle.

This gave the current coffin a strange beauty. Xia De also found it difficult to describe this feeling, but in short, the snake was temporarily sealed by him so easily this time.

This seal was not lasting. Even if the "Infinite Snake" was not attacked, the longer it existed, the more powerful it would be. After all, as long as it existed, it would come into contact with fate and possibilities. So Xia De had to deal with it as soon as possible, but now there was another problem that was more important:

"I won't return that steam engine for the time being."

"Hmm? What?"

Major Lades, who had just woken up from that scene, also realized that this problem was very tricky:

"This is terrible. The steam engines used for military ships are all specially designed and ordered to adapt to the ship, and there is no way on the market..."

"No, no, I don't mean it can't be solved. Major, now you still need to delay for an hour. You know that the fleet of the shipbuilding family, the Aurora family, will come to the docks of the City of Time today, right?"

(End of chapter)