Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 810 - 39: The Maiden Voyage Ahead of Schedule

Having completed the test on the floating core, Perfikot and Sanderion brought the floating core back to the city.

Although the test had a wide impact, for the residents of Chernobyl, it was merely the Lord taking a trip on the Flying Airship and returning.

No one could have imagined that she had completed the most crucial part of the Floating City test and was about to start this project, which seemed almost like a fantasy to everyone else.

Once back at the Lord's mansion, Perfikot planned to take a break and soak in the bath, while Sanderion borrowed a Flying Stone from Perfikot to test how alchemy would perform in the Anti-Gravity Field environment.

Being a relatively traditional Alchemist, Sanderion was indeed concerned about this matter.

Perfikot, while curious about it, was less interested overall.

After all, even though the original world didn't have alchemy or an Anti-Gravity Field, it managed to send people into space and conduct scientific experiments in a zero-gravity environment.

Despite the huge technological differences between the two, the end results were not significantly different.

So Perfikot clearly understood that in a zero-gravity environment, many things would be different.

However, she didn't share this insight with Sanderion, merely hoping that Sanderion might research something that would genuinely surprise her.

For Perfikot, having unlocked the 'Omniscient' ability of the Jade Record, the only things that attracted her in this world were those she hadn't seen before.

Even ordinary new things were hard to impress or interest her, since the Eye of Omniscience could analyze anything it saw in an instant, understanding what it was, and if Perfikot wished, she could even figure out how to recreate it using alchemy.

Perfikot herself felt helpless about this; sometimes she even considered temporarily removing her Eye of Omniscience and replacing it with a normal artificial eye.

By doing so, she could seal the ability of the Eye of Omniscience, allowing her to take a break from understanding everything at a glance.

But for Perfikot, this didn't have real significance, as her ability to see through everything stemmed from the Jade Record, not the Eye of Omniscience.

Simply removing the Eye of Omniscience had some effect, but wasn't very useful.

Moreover, since the Eye of Omniscience was a memento from her parents, Perfikot was reluctant to remove it from this perspective too.

So most of the time, when Perfikot wanted to relax, she'd choose to take a bath.

Her bathroom was relatively simple, built of ordinary stone, without anything that could trigger the Eye of Omniscience, allowing her the rare chance to relax.

However, just as Perfikot instructed the old butler to prepare the bathroom and asked Beifa to provide her with bath essentials, a messenger from Beloburg disrupted her plans. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Regent, Her Majesty the Empress invites you to Beloburg to attend the maiden flight ceremony of the new Floating Battleship." The messenger respectfully handed an invitation to Perfikot.

Taking the invitation, Perfikot opened it with some puzzlement. After frowning at it, she asked the messenger: "Hasn't the Floating Battleship just completed its launch? How can the maiden flight happen so soon? Is it possible that this ship has finished outfitting so quickly for the maiden voyage?"

Perfikot felt very puzzled; not long ago, she had received news that the Floating Battleship had completed construction and launch, and was currently outfitting.

According to her expectations, it would take at least another six months for the Floating Battleship to be ready for a maiden voyage after outfitting.

Making a maiden flight this quickly could only mean two possibilities; first, the ship's outfitting timeline was severely shortened to facilitate a quick maiden voyage, possibly not outfitted with everything and planning to complete outfitting slowly post-voyage.

This possibility indeed existed, given that the maiden voyage of the Floating Battleship held significant meaning, greatly boosting the morale and spirits of people, especially for the Northern Territory still recovering from a recent blizzard.

The other possibility is that the ship has been converted into a civilian or experimental ship, allowing a reduced outfitting requirement with no lengthy process.

If this is the case, then clearly it's for safety and risk mitigation, aiming to validate and test the technology of the Floating Battleship, turning it into a technology validation vessel.

"Apologies, Regent, I am unaware of the specific situation, Her Majesty the Empress merely instructed me to invite you to attend the maiden flight ceremony of the Floating Battleship." The messenger bowed his head in panic, not knowing detailed circumstances, being just a messenger.

Seeing this, Perfikot didn't trouble the messenger further; she simply asked a few more questions before letting the messenger leave.

Regarding whether she would attend the so-called maiden flight ceremony, Perfikot wasn't very interested in it.

Compared to the Floating City she was about to build, the Floating Battleship was akin to the difference between a small boat and an aircraft carrier. Although the Floating Battleship was her design, with the entire plan formulated and presided over by her, Perfikot herself had little interest in the Battleship.

Due to political reasons, Perfikot had handed over the Floating Battleship plan to the cabinet once it was on track, for them to handle specific matters.

The Floating Battleship plan had completed most of the construction phase, with the first five-year economic development plan formulated by the cabinet being executed well. For Perfikot, the remaining part was building the Battleship then sending it skyward.

This part she had already provided a comprehensive design; as long as they stick to her scheduled plan, nothing should go wrong.

However, at the moment, certain things seemed to have veered from their original course.

"Are you going to attend the invitation?" Sanderion, having understood the situation, asked Perfikot.

"I should go and take a look; the timing of this maiden flight seems off. I need to check it, lest any issues arise." Perfikot answered Sanderion's question.

Although not interested in the matter, since it had deviated, Perfikot intended to investigate, while checking where the problem lay.

As for now, she just wanted to bathe.

So after a brief chat with Sanderion, Perfikot headed to the bathroom.

Seeing this, Sanderion shrugged without saying more, simply attending to her own matters, as she had a keen interest in the Flying Stone.