Chapter 155 The great vision of traveling around the world
"I figured it out, I figured it out! The radius of the planet is 7,200 kilometers!"
"Nonsense, it should be 6,875 kilometers!"
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Because the calculated value was too large, similar discussions soon sounded in every corner of Greenriel. After repeated arguments and disputes, the data about the planet's circumference, diameter, and radius quickly appeared on paper. superior,
And the surface area of the planet is a terrifying number beyond everyone's expectations, 594 million square kilometers!
Many people didn't realize until now that the planet under their feet is so vast!
In Alex's heart, there was an idea that the world was so big that I wanted to see it.
According to the circumference data calculated just now, driving the best alchemy ship in the Wizard's Land, under the best circumstances, it only takes three months to go around for a week!
However, when he brought up this idea, it caused ridicule from everyone.
The vastness and danger of the sea are beyond the imagination of someone like Alex who has no sailing experience.
Even the most experienced sailors may die on a fishing trip once they hit a big storm, not to mention those vicious sea beasts.
"What if it is an airship?" Alex was not overwhelmed by the ridicule of the crowd, but put forward a new idea. Since crossing the sea is very dangerous, maybe he can start from the air.
Hearing Alex's words, the people with mocking and joking expressions suddenly fell silent, because they suddenly felt that although Alex's proposal was crazy, it was undeniable that it was indeed feasible.
Flying around the entire planet is definitely an incomparably magnificent feat, enough to be recorded in the annals of magic!
"Maybe we can fly in the opposite direction. Didn't the [Magic Daily] say that the continent under our feet is constantly rotating from west to east? Then as long as we start from the east and fly west, wouldn't we be able to come back in a day?" ?" The tall and thin wizard said quite proudly, but he didn't notice that the people around him looked at him with expressions of fools.
If it was that easy, they would have run from the east side of Greenriel to the west side of Greenriel the moment they jumped up!
After pondering for a while, an alchemist shook his head and splashed cold water. "I think it is impossible to accomplish such a magnificent feat even with an airship. If you have no way to determine the direction of travel, you will get lost in the sea in a short time, and you may encounter a dragon, a feathered snake, or Attack of the harpies."
But this time, quite a few people jumped out to support Alex's grand vision, such as suggesting that several magic crystal cannons be installed on the airship to resist the invasion of flying monsters, or using the guidance of the stars to judge the direction and position...
Everyone was discussing in a hurry, but Alex himself was discouraged, because he suddenly thought, how could a commoner like himself get a alchemy airship of his own.
In the city square not far from this, Raphael stared at the wizards who were arguing fiercely about the right and wrong of the data, and even fought because of contradictory theories, and said with great emotion.
"Greenriel, it's been a long time since I've been this lively!"
Since Lynn came to this ancient city of wizards, it seems to have injected new vitality into the city, refreshing their understanding of the world every day, and even allowing some civilians to participate in academic discussions.
It was the first time he had seen such a scene where wizards and civilians discussed a certain magical theory together!
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The noise in Greenriel City lasted for a long time, until two days later, when the returning airship appeared above the city, the atmosphere reached its highest point.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the streets and squares, excitedly waiting for the airship to land.
As the airship slowly lowered its altitude, everyone was looking forward to it, and some children even climbed onto the roof mischievously, looking farther away.
Lydia, who was the first to get off the airship, waved her hands happily when she saw the dense crowd in the city square to welcome them.
Darren and other halflings shouted excitedly.
"Lydia, I knew you could do it!" "Lydia, you are the pride of halflings! Our hero!"
One after another voices soon came from every corner of the square. Although the halflings are considered a minority in the entire wizarding land, there are thousands of them together. Relying on their physical advantages, they squeezed to the front and shouted in unison. with Lydia's name.
"A halfling who doesn't know magic? How did she get on the airship?" Several wizards from Greenriel who rushed from the town on the west side of the wizard land waited to see Lydia walking from the airship. Coming down, he couldn't help but frowned.
Measuring the circumference of the planet, such a sacred moment, why do you have to bring an ignorant halfling who can't learn magic?
Hearing this, Darren and the others immediately became unhappy, and spoke rather angrily. "What do you know? Lydia is Lord Lynn's apprentice now. All the core components of this airship were made by Lydia herself. No one knows how to fly an airship better than her!"
Several wizards couldn't believe it. In the history of the wizarding land, no school would accept halflings as apprentices. After all, it is an indisputable fact that halflings have no magical talent. People are called the ethnic group detested by magic.
This also led to halflings being unpopular in some cities in Wizardland.
And that Lin En from the Overseas of Mist was willing to recruit halflings as apprentices, and let them participate in the production process of such exquisite alchemy creations as airships, which made several people feel very surprised, even dark. Thinking about whether that adult has any special hobbies.
"Can you join the Iyeta School without being a wizard and become Lord Lynn's apprentice?" Alex said excitedly, and those civilians who also aspired to become wizards also looked eagerly at Darren.
"Of course, Lydia is the best example!" Darren said complacently, and after thinking about it, he hurriedly added. "Only if someone is very, very smart!"
Very very smart? Alex hesitated for a moment, feeling that he might not meet this standard, but he still looked at Lynn who had just stepped off the airship with a glimmer of hope.
When he saw Lynn for the first time, Alex felt young, too young!
Maybe less than twenty years old.
But it was such a wizard who was a few years younger than himself, who proposed the great idea of measuring planetary data, and put it into action, and achieved impressive results.
At this moment, Lynn was having a good conversation with the legendary wizard Harov. Even though they were far away and couldn't hear the conversation between the two, Alex could guess that they must be discussing more profound magic philosophies.
However, all this is just his fantasy. In fact, Lynn is telling Harroff about the grievances between Newton and Apple...
(end of this chapter)