I built the Black Tower City in Sumeru.

Chapter 26: Testing the floating cannons with Nasita.

Based on the paper submitted by Farusan, Chen Bo discovered that Farusan's research on these two mechanical cores was quite in-depth.

In her paper, she mentioned that the two cores were not isolated entities, but rather sub-units of a large defense matrix.

Simply put, the ruins consisted of many anti-aircraft guns working together, but Farusan only managed to salvage two.

In addition, Farusan also found related ancient books inside the ruins, titled "Logical Synchronization Protocol for the Scepter Hall Defense Unit".

This document, in a sense, is the core user manual.

When it comes to Teyvat's technology, we have to talk about Canriar technology, Ancient Dragon technology, and Red King technology.

However, all three of these technologies have become history.

Let's look at archaeology with a proper scientific perspective.

Chen Bo discovered from the research paper that this mechanical core was originally designed for networking, and that the cores could share information and computing power with each other.

Simply connect the two cores, and then make a few simple settings.

hum.

The two floating cannons emitted a slight humming sound, and the dark blue patterns at their cores began to flash in sync.

Once you have the method, the setup is very simple.

Setup complete.

Chen Bo clapped his hands and looked at Nasita: "Alright, let's continue the test."

Chen Bo and Naxi Da distanced themselves from each other.

Naxi Da nodded and tapped her fingertip lightly.

Two grass element bullets, one to the left and one to the right, one in front and one behind, shot towards Chen Bo at an angle.

The attack from the left came first.

The floating cannons reacted extremely quickly, instantly locking onto the attack from the left.

The floating cannon on the right remained stationary until the second attack entered the warning range, at which point it began to lock on.

boom!boom!

Two explosions rang out one after the other, and two grass elemental bullets exploded in the air, successfully intercepting the projectiles.

"It's a success." Chen Bo clenched his fist.

"Nashida, increase the attack frequency. I want to test the limits of the floating cannons' interception capabilities."

Nasita nodded: "Okay, I will keep increasing the attack frequency."

Nasita's rate of increase is linear.

From an average of one elemental bullet every three seconds, to an average of one elemental bullet every two seconds, and then to one bullet per second.

The floating cannons have consistently performed well in interception.

Up to two shots per second.

At this frequency, the drones clearly felt some strain.

When it reached the point of firing four shots per second.

Just as this situation began, a grass element bullet broke through the interception zone and stopped in front of Chen Bo.

Nasida stopped.

The two floating cannons can intercept up to four shots per second.

This is equivalent to a floating cannon being able to intercept two shots per second.

Chen Bo understood that this was not the limit of the mechanical core, but the limit of his floating cannons.

The design of its floating cannon muzzle is the same as that of the palm cannon.

All of them are designed to charge up power, with a minimum charge time of 0.1 seconds and a maximum charge time of 3 seconds.

The maximum power and the minimum power differ by 30 times.

There is also a gap between each launch. Chen Bo's design ensures that the minimum launch interval is 0.3 seconds.

A maximum of two interception operations can be completed per second.

"If the enemy uses a saturation attack, four interceptors won't be enough." Chen Bo frowned, lost in thought.

When fighting the Relic Guardians, they don't fire missiles one by one.

If the enemy's missile density is too high, exceeding the maximum interception capability, then the interception capability will be useless.

Chen Bo realized that perhaps he should change his approach.

Nasita suggested softly, "Perhaps we could increase the number of floating cannons?"

Chen Bo thought about it carefully, and realized that this was indeed a possible approach.

One interceptor isn't fast enough, so you need a dozen or so?

The problem is that replicating the core of the Red King civilization's ruins is quite difficult.

However, there may be an easier way.

Battleships have two parts of defense: missile defense systems and close-in weapon systems.

For example, the Type 1130 close-in weapon system can fire 12,000 shells per minute, or 200 shells per second, creating a dense barrage to quickly intercept all targets approaching at close range.

Perhaps, I could also redesign the floating cannon's firing system, changing it from a charged attack to a low-power, high-density attack.

They can fire dozens of shots per second.

However, Chen Bo had no idea about the structure of close-in weapon systems and had no reference materials. If he wanted to research it from scratch, it would probably take a lot of time.

However, Chen Bo could try making it.

Reproduce this capability using a completely different structure.

"Increasing the number of floating cannons is not feasible for the time being, but I have a new idea."

"Even with only two cores, we can still increase the density of firepower." Chen Bo squatted down and drew an arc with his finger on the grass in the dream world. "The main cannons I designed earlier have always focused on the power of a single attack, but in the defensive field, power is far less important than the number of attacks."

"I want to change the structure of the floating cannons." Chen Bo looked up at Nasita and stated his idea. "Change the original single main cannon barrel into twelve small secondary cannon barrels, each with its own independent fuel-burning chamber."

"No, we should eliminate the power adjustment mechanism by charging up the gun. Each shot should be charged for a fixed 0.1 seconds. This way, the cannon barrel can be made very thin."

Nasita squatted opposite him, looking at the sketch on the grass. She stretched out her finger and placed twelve small dots around the circle Chen Bo had drawn.

"Is this the general design?"

Chen Bo nodded: "That's right, that's exactly it."

"Intercepting missiles... that is, intercepting elemental attacks, does not require completely destroying them. It is enough to detonate them with sufficient kinetic energy before they get close to me."

Chen Bo explained, "I've calculated that if the charging time of each small cannon is shortened to 0.1 seconds, and the twelve cannons rotate and fire in turn, I can fire thirty energy bullets per second."

"Moreover, when the main gun was intercepting dense targets, the charging time for each shot was only 0.1 seconds, so the excessively large charging combustion chamber was simply a waste."

Thirty shots per second.

Nasita was not very familiar with this weapon.

It sounds very powerful.

"This kind of thinking has not yet appeared in the Academy's paper database. You can always come up with some unexpected methods."

Chen Bo then immediately began making adjustments.

Chen Bo already possessed a great deal of mechanical knowledge, and was further enhanced by ten times the comprehension ability.

The design process is incredibly fast.

The twelve micro-combustion chambers are arranged in a ring.

A complex gear train is responsible for driving the rotation of the gun barrel.

Automatic launching mechanism.

The basic design was completed in four hours.

And with Nasita's help, they created new floating cannons.

The new floating cannons have undergone a dramatic change in appearance.

The original slender and elegant triangular pyramid disappeared, replaced by two giant cannons with a diameter as thick as a thigh, and twelve small firing ports enclosing a large firing port.