Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam-Chapter 754 - 119: Beware of Extreme Sports Enthusiasts When Using Magic Cannons

Unfortunately, due to the lack of technical capability and production capacity, the Empire's manned space program fell into an indefinite suspension before it even started.

However, Ave still led Ethan and others on a tour of the Empire's proud Golden Fleet.

"The Imperial Sword," "The Sword of Damocles," it has had many titles, and since the advent of the Sixth Epoch, it's been one of the key reasons why all forces are wary of the Empire. Its renown has spread far beyond the Western Continent. Even though few people today have seen the Golden Fleet in action, the rumors of its capability to easily destroy a city are still circulating among nations.

In Ethan's view, its strategic value is like nuclear weapons, where the threat of balance outweighs actual use.

To promote the development of manned space technology, Ave proactively invited technology personnel from the refuge. In theory, their predecessors had experienced the research of space warp theory, but the three old professors from the Western Suburban Research Institute had long since passed away, and they were the heads of this department.

But those in the know understand that the so-called space warp theory was entirely a concept Ethan concocted in a dream, just like his doctorate from Mashu University of Technology, both of which were unsubstantiated.

The truth is, the one providing starship technology to the City of Truth is the "Eternal Empire," and dreams were just a replay of the past.

However, Ethan felt that exchange still had some significance, promoting understanding between two different cultures.

For example, when the Golden Fleet took off, several young researchers from the refuge were so scared that they screamed like chickens.

They screamed, warning the crew not to remain in such an open-air environment at ten thousand meters altitude. Ample academic theories suggest that humans at high altitudes would suffer from oxygen deprivation or freeze into ice blocks.

They couldn't comprehend how the Imperial People could stand shirtless on the deck as if nothing was wrong.

One of the ladies from the Other Shore, who was shirtless after being pointed out by the researchers, cooperatively put on the Knight's light armor.

"Is this better now? You people are really particular."

She felt that the description "shirtless" wasn't accurate, as she was actually wearing a small vest.

She admitted the vest was bought small, making her chest feel tightly bound.

For her rare ride on the Golden Fleet, she enjoyed the feeling of the cold wind on the deck.

"That's not the main issue, you, I, cough—!"

Several researchers clutched their chests simultaneously and fell to their knees in pain.

To ensure their safety, Ethan had to summon two types of Elemental Elves. Even for a well-versed literary girl, this was a formidable challenge. She first needed to understand the elements in the air, altering their proportion to provide the researchers with sufficient oxygen. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

This wasn't combat; it was chemistry.

The fire element's job was much simpler; he merely needed to dispel the cold for them. However, clearly, the fire element didn't like to waste his power on such trivial matters. He couldn't understand why these people were acting like it was life or death just for riding an airship, one of the most common long-distance travel means in the Empire and across the continent.

He always felt that the people from the refuge were somewhat fussy.

Ethan always stuck around them lately; hopefully, he wouldn't be negatively influenced.

The researchers were assisted into the Golden Fleet's cabins to rest. In comparison, the literary girl was much gentler. She accompanied them throughout, learning chemistry knowledge from their difficult descriptions, and the researchers from the refuge were amazed by the green-haired girl in front of them.

They found it hard to believe that a seemingly harmless young girl could be so powerful as to change the proportion of elements in the air!

A superpower wielder?

If she were where they came from, it would be considered at least an SSS-level strong ability.

Through the literary girl's efforts, it led to Ethan and Ave also experiencing an abnormal reaction.

They clutched their chests from shortness of breath, while the researchers simply lay on the ground. Blood trickled from their mouths, eyes bloodshot, and they couldn't speak clearly, entirely looking like they might die at any moment, needing Lao Ba to win another resurrection match for them.

"Little Qing, what did you do?"

"I followed your request and increased the oxygen concentration."

The green-haired girl looked proud of her completed mission, "Now the air around you is completely oxygen."

This girl is extremely dangerous!

The researchers rolled on the floor like fish out of water. They confirmed this was indeed an SSS-level of extreme danger ability—especially since the person in control was a child with no basic understanding of chemistry.

They struggled to cooperate with Ethan in continuing to impart chemistry knowledge to the girl until the oxygen level in the air gradually returned to normal. Finally, they leaned against the bed in the rest area, immersed in the joy of surviving an ordeal.

Perhaps, it's not a bad thing that the green-haired girl doesn't like chemistry.

At least she didn't randomly change the air composition for the sake of scientific exploration. It's no exaggeration to say that even a small whim of hers could result in climate and environmental changes, causing thousands of deaths.

Their chests heaved violently, completely clueless as to where Ethan found such a living hell-raiser.

However, Ethan found much inspiration in this exchange.