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Chapter 1337 1335. Shadow Chaser's First Voyage - Monthly Pass and More Updates [310]

"Lao Ma! Lao Ma? Stop eating and come with me to the hangar. The first flight test of the No. 1 ship is about to begin! This is a really big deal. I'm convinced. Everyone else is waiting there, why are you still eating here?
Is this thing really that delicious? "

The roar of the big boss who eats dates and pills rang out in the canteen of the Sun Boat Dock of the Songhai Empire, causing Lord Ma, who was dealing with a bowl of hot dry noodles and tofu pudding while holding a piece of local crispy potato cakes in his hand, to look up and sigh helplessly.

"What are you shouting for?"

He slowly picked up the spoon and put a spoonful of sugar into the tofu pudding, saying:

"Isn't there still 20 minutes before the first flight test begins? That thing is right there and it won't suddenly fly away. Its onboard control system self-check also needs time. You are just standing there anxiously.

It's like when you're slacking off and waiting for the end of the day, you can keep staring at the clock, but it won't make it go any faster."

"Aren't you talking nonsense? The result of everyone's hard work for so long is right in front of us, who wouldn't be excited?"

Boss Pill came over wearing his power armor pilot suit and holding a helmet painted red with a five-pointed star. He pulled out a chair and sat opposite Lao Ma. However, he saw the tofu pudding with sugar at a glance and frowned immediately.

He complained:

"Why the hell are you still a sweetheart? I've known you for more than ten years and I didn't know you were a hidden heretic! Tsk, you seem to be unfaithful to Doufunao, I'm going to kill you!"

"Huh? If this thing doesn't have sugar in it, does it have salt in it? Wouldn't it be too salty?"

Old Ma rolled his eyes, took a mouthful of tofu brain and a bite of crispy potato cake, and immediately snorted with satisfaction. Seeing him eating so happily, Pill Boss, who was not interested at first, rubbed his stomach, waved his finger and shouted to the cafeteria aunt not far away:

"Sister Li, give me a portion of tofu pudding and a steamed bun with vegetables, with more chili and no cilantro!"

"okay."

The cafeteria aunt's powerful voice sounded, making Yaowan chuckle.

Although they are in a different world, it is indeed a good thing for these hard-working researchers to be able to bring the entire staff team from the base in reality.

At least there is no need to worry about not being able to get used to the alien food. As a native of Guanzhong, Big Boss Yaowan is quite particular about what he eats.

"Speaking of which, when Ship No. 1 makes its maiden voyage later, we all have to go together, right?"

Lao Ma pushed his glasses and asked:

"We are also going to conduct a wave of solar bombardment and test the ship-borne weapon system?"

"Yes, the target is East Prussia."

Pill knocked on the table and said:
"The day before yesterday, we temporarily adjusted the content of the initial flight test. We need to run the engine of Ship No. 1 to the maximum, so that it can join the battlefield at the fastest speed, and then conduct actual combat tests of the full set of weapon systems, and by the way, test Ship No. 1's unique vehicle deployment and air assault system.

According to the information in the dock, this No. 1 ship was originally positioned as a tactical support arsenal ship.

We were busy all night last night, loading all 40 reinforced dragoons sent from the Port of Origin into eight delivery bays, and it still did not reach the standard load.

Therefore, early this morning, Prince Khufu was asked to borrow a Sand Sea Guards Regiment and their full set of equipment to be responsible for guarding the periphery of the base.

At the same time, we loaded it with all the explosives we could collect, bringing it to 85% of the full load.

This thing is really useful!

I feel like its firepower loadout is already more outrageous than our aircraft carriers."

"That is!"

Old Ma snorted and continued:
"The two super-large transport and delivery cabins of this thing are specially prepared for combat weapons of the level of the Callemkins. When necessary, the two delivery cabins can even be used to transport a Giant God Soldier. It is necessary to design its load capacity to be higher.

This is just like the Archangel in Gang Da Mu's animation!
Do you understand?
There must be at least two Gangdamu inside to be considered a true combat form!"

"Zhao! Are you still a fool?"

The pill laughed and said:
"Me too. After this mission is over, we can evacuate some of our personnel here and transfer them to Ship No. 1 to stay permanently. Are you interested in starting a separate project with me?"

"What?"

Lao Ma asked curiously. Yaowan looked around, took out his computing orb, and opened it in front of Lao Ma. A complete set of design drawings appeared in the flickering optical projection, which made Lao Ma stop eating hot dry noodles. He looked carefully and exclaimed:
"Zhao! Gangdamu? No way! Are you really going to do this?"

"No! Look carefully, the technical specifications limit the maximum height of a combat machine that can be 15 meters. Not to mention comparing it to the Golden Man and the Giant God Soldier, this thing would be pure cannon fodder if placed in the Gangdamu Theater.

If I have to say, it's probably a humanoid combat weapon similar to the Patlabor type."

Yaowan is indeed a veteran robot fan. When he talked about this, his eyes lit up and he slapped the table and said:
"Hasn't our research on the mental control framework yielded results? This means that our pilots no longer have to use joysticks like in the animation, but can use the Pacific Rim driving method to control this medium-to-large war machine. This thing would definitely not be approved in our country.

How could the people above understand this!

They were so slow in launching a project to make a prototype of a power armor, it's not straightforward at all!

But it doesn't matter here. Whether it's the Songhai Empire or the Port of Shardo, we can attract enough investment. We just need to modify the design of the Golden Man God and put the mental framework on it, and this thing will basically be ready!"

"But the problem is, in the material world, there aren't any enemies that need robots that are more than ten meters tall to deal with, right?"

Lao Ma was somewhat tempted, but then he said with some annoyance:
"Unless you plan to use this thing to deal with those legendary creatures, but seriously, wouldn't it be better to make dozens of power armors with this spare time?"

"You still don't understand!"

Yaowan said with some regret:
"We can't keep fighting in the material world! I think the speculations of those plot fans on the forum are quite reasonable. As the hidden dangers in the material world are eliminated one by one by the Order Camp, after we take back the Greenhouse of Life, we can basically consider expeditions to the Star Realm. According to my understanding of the Star Realm, the creatures there look very 'random'.

There are strange large individuals everywhere. It would be difficult for the power armor knights to go there, but it would be an overreaction to send the gold men directly. Therefore, this second-level special force between the power armor and the gold men would come in handy.

So this time we are investing in the future!

By the way, I can satisfy my little desire to build a big tree. We are all playing games, why can small players do whatever they want while we have to follow the plan?
Who doesn’t have something they want?”

As she was talking, the cafeteria aunt brought over the tofu pudding and vegetable steamed bun. The tofu pudding, which was drizzled with a large spoonful of oil and spicy sauce, looked very tempting, and the talkative Yaowan started to eat it with slurps.

Old Ma stared at the computing orb in front of him and thought for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Okay, since we mechanical guys don't have much to do next except to supervise the construction of the remaining three solar ships, I can join your project team, but you have to do the investment work yourself." "Tsk, do I need you to tell me that?"

The pill boss, who was eating so much that his mouth was full of oil, grinned and said:
"Since I dare to ask you to work with me, I have already taken care of all the details. As I said just now, both the Songhai Empire and the Port of Shardo have similar needs. We only need to put the design drawings and plan outline in front of them, and they will beg us to pay.

Only we can do this job! Got it?
The designers in this world have enough skills, but they lack imagination and knowledge, so they cannot design such fantastic things.

Oh, right!

Yincha received a technical request from Transia last night, asking him to find a way to modify the protection and operation mode of the second ship so that the second ship can meet a series of requirements for star navigation.

The specific indicators have been sent over. You see, I said that exploring the star realm is the general trend, and the main NPC has directly issued tasks. "

"Okay, okay, this is another big job."

Lao Ma finished the rest of the food in a few bites, looked at the time on the mechanical watch he made, and said to Yaowan:
"Just leave when you're done eating. I'm waiting over there."

A few minutes later, the two bosses, smoking and digesting their food, walked down the stairs to the hangar, which was already crowded with people. Outside the safe area, representatives from various forces were waiting to watch the maiden flight test of the No. 1 ship.

The Queen Pharaoh of the Songhai Empire came over in person and whispered with her brother. The sun larva lying on Prince Khufu's shoulder was particularly conspicuous. It looked like a small sun that was always shining and emitting heat.

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Master Minx and his students from Shardor Harbor were also here, holding something similar to a sketchpad and drawing, trying to record today's "feat". This was indeed something that would go down in history for the Halflings, as the Halfling Mechanics Guild had participated in the entire construction of the four sun ships in the hangar.

These super war weapons from prehistoric times that are being made in this era are a "mechanical epic" that can only be completed by the cooperation of three parties.

In the hangar in front of everyone, the No. 1 ship on the construction platform was making final preparations for the voyage, and the flight deck was full of busy members of the warship's logistics team. This thing was driven by a solar engine and equipped with black-tech vector propulsion, allowing it to take off and land vertically without a runway, and the utilization of space factors could be said to have reached the extreme.

The appearance of Ship No. 1 has not been adjusted too much. It follows the classic configuration of the solar ship, and its square structure is full of a sense of technology.

However, because the ship belongs to the Explorers Guild of Transia, its paint job does not follow the tradition of the Songhai people. There are not many expressions of faith and religious style. Instead, it is decorated with industrial-style dark gray and gold lines, which makes it full of a simple beauty.

"You guys are here? Go get ready."

Uncle Yincha, who was presiding over the maiden flight test, held his teapot and said to Lao Ma and Yaowan:

"All explorers will be on board in five minutes. We will be ready to take off and head directly to East Prussia in ten minutes. The self-checks of the weapon system and power system have been completed. All we need to do now is wait for the pre-startup of the control system to be completed."

"Hey, Yincha, I heard that the driving squad and the firepower squad of Ship No. 1 were arranged by the higher-ups?"

Lao Ma leaned over and asked quietly, Uncle Yincha shrugged and said:

"This kind of professional work can't be done by ordinary people. Besides, the operation and combat data of this thing in this world will directly affect the design concept of our next generation of strategic arsenal vehicles. Isn't it right to let professionals do the work in advance?
Moreover, we have stuffed six standard Type 35 aircraft into the escort formation of Ship No. . You all know the combat statistics of this thing. Do you really dare to let players fly it?
That must be the golden helmet arranged by the higher-ups to fly in.

This is a secret weapon, so keep your mouth shut."

"Ah this!"

Old Ma was horrified and said:

"I thought you were just joking about letting 35 girls board the ship, but I didn't expect you to really do it? This thing hasn't even been installed on our side!"

"So we should take this opportunity to verify its combat effectiveness."

Uncle Yincha pushed his glasses up, and a different light flashed under those very traditional black-framed glasses. He whispered:

"We've been here for so long, isn't it our duty to seek some benefits for our family? But the problem is that the technology level of this world is not yet able to produce ammunition that can be used by 35 Ji, so the precision machine tools in Origin Port have to play a cameo role in the weapons factory, but the production schedule there is already full.

Therefore, the escort formation can only be deployed at the most critical moment, and the opportunity is rare!

Okay, don’t ask the rest.

Get ready to board the ship and start your first voyage!
East Prussia is waiting."

At his command, all members of the Explorers' Guild quickly boarded the plane through the check-in gate. Prince Khufu also boarded Ship No. 1 with several Fiery Sun Priests. The representatives on the Halfling side were the "Mechanical Sage" Old Flywheel and several heavily transformed "Mechanical Priests" of the Mechanicus Church currently under his management.

As producers, they have the right to participate and see the entire process.

"Ship No. 1 is ready to take off! Solar engine ignited, vector propulsion ready! Countdown to fifteen seconds!"

With the countdown shouted out by Uncle Yincha himself in the background, Queen Pharaoh stood high up in the dock. Her eyes shifted away from the No. 1 ship that was the center of attention and fell on the other three construction platforms.

The three solar boats there also showed signs of construction to varying degrees, and they will all be valuable assets of the Songhai Empire.

On the surface, Fulier maintained the dignity of the Pharaoh Queen, but in fact she was extremely excited. In the time of her father, the Songhai Empire had always been escorted by three sun boats.

But in her era, this number will reach five. Every additional one of these national treasures will be a powerful boost to the confidence of the people. It also seems to indicate that her life as the Queen of Pharaohs will soar to the peak from the very beginning.

Well, I really want to thank Governor Murphy and the foreign allies he brought. If I have the opportunity in the future, I also hope to travel around the foreign world.

As Fulier was sighing, ship No. 1 had already been ignited.

Driven by the endless power of the solar engine, this war weapon weighing hundreds of thousands of tons slowly rose up amid the cheers and exclamations of the onlookers. The dazzling light washed over the construction platform like a giant rising up, and the dock partition above it quickly opened amid the vibration of mechanical sounds, making way for Ship No. 1 to the sky.

Then, in the rough desert wind, this "God's Machine" built by mortals proudly ascended the sky, announcing that the majesty of the Creator had once again descended upon this world.

The Sanghai soldiers stationed in the desert around the shipyard also waved their flags to the war blade that was reaching the sky, wishing it success on the battlefield.

At this moment, Governor Murphy's voice sounded in the cockpit:
"Congratulations! The builders of Ship No. 1, you have accomplished a great feat, but there is no time for us to open champagne! Ship No. 1 must immediately go to East Prussia to participate in the special operation codenamed 'Sword of Dawn'.

In addition, after organizational research and decision, we will give the first ship the name "Shadow Chaser", and the Origin Pioneer will also be officially renamed "Light Chaser".

May these two solar boats cleanse the world of all the thugs who use the shadows to protect themselves from evil, and may you lead Transia to break through the darkness and sail towards a bright future.

I command!
Shadow Chaser, attack!"

(End of this chapter)