The Witch's Taste

"In fact, so far, there have only been two weird attacks on the ship." Lu Yunfeng explained, "The frequency of weird attacks may not be directly proportional to the population. The vast majority of attacks may be related to the victim's preference for death, and such When people are in the final stage of Gao Tianyuan, they will not be inclined to escape to the star port in advance."

"Yes, those who like to seek death are all dead." Chen Ziang sighed, "How are your parents?"

"It's nothing." Lu Yunfeng sighed, "It's good to be alive, right?"

"Right."

Chen Ziang was keenly aware that Lu Yunfeng spoke to him much more politely.For example, in the past, the two of them often joked and joked, but now it is basically impossible.

To quote Brother Xun's words, "I'm afraid there is already a sadly thick barrier between the two of us."

However, this is not incomprehensible. If Chen Ziang were in Lu Yunfeng's position, he would not use his family's treatment to gamble on "whether old friends will care about it." Changing his attitude based on his status is the safest option.

Anyway, as long as he knows that he is nostalgic for his old relationship.

After leaving the living area, Chen Ziang returned to the bridge.

Suzuna Tsukimiya was sitting in front of the display screen, Xia Zili was standing with her back against the wall, and Xia Qingyu was lying on the sofa nearby. The rest of the drivers were also in their respective places, wearing full-cover sound-isolating headphones, working quietly and orderly head job.

"I just went to inspect it." Chen Ziang cleared his throat and said, "The commercial area, industrial area, and living area are almost complete. There may be some industrial chains and employment rates that need to be solved, but it doesn't hurt."

"The only problem is that our ships don't seem to have any space combat capabilities... Is this reasonable?"

"It doesn't matter." Xia Zili replied, "I will take action."

Chen Ziang: ……………

Also, if the Federation fleet appears, just send the witches to sink them all... That's not right!This is wrong!After all, it is a starship force with more than 1000 million people!How can national defense rely entirely on a few witches?

What if you happen to come to visit the aunt together as a group, you will completely break your defense!

"Starship power is a necessary component of starship power." Xia Qingyu suddenly said, "You can't expect the public to understand the great power possessed by the witch."

"That's right." Chen Ziang quickly added, "Defense is actually not the key point. The key point is that we make the masses feel that they are under strict protection! Necessary military parades and demonstrations of strength are also very important."

"But the cost of building ships is too high." Suzuna Tsukimiya interjected, "It will make the industry worse."

It is easy to build a nuclear bomb, but it is difficult to build an aircraft carrier.

"There is nothing we can do if the cost is too high." Chen Ziang pondered for a moment and said, "If the national defense power relies entirely on witches, then what is the meaning of the existence of starship humans? Does it all depend on us to fly?"

"Isn't it?" Tsukimiya Suzuna asked with a frown.

"This is the reason why you were chased around in your previous life." Xia Qingyu said with a sneer.

"Aren't you the reason why I was chased away?" Tsukimiya Suzuna rolled her eyes.

"Sister, it's almost done." Xia Zili said aloud, "Little Suzuna knows some of the truth, but she just doesn't want to hear you point it out. It will make her feel that her dignity has been damaged."

Tsukimiya Suzuna: ……………

Sister tag team, right?Do you think I will be afraid?

Senior, save me!

She cast a look at Chen Ziang asking for help, and Chen Ziang immediately came out to smooth things over:

"Anyway, how should we build our own fleet? Please work together and give us your opinions."

I may update later this afternoon on my way back to my hometown, depending on whether the traffic is blocking me.

333. Take a Leave Tonight

take a day off tonight

Book lovers, have you ever seen the highway on the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day? In 4 hours, we passed the scene of 6 car accidents, all of which were horrific car wrecks, just like the battlefield in Afghanistan.I arrived at my wife's parents' house at 8pm, ate some spicy pickled pumpkin, and now I am sitting on the toilet and doubting my life.

334. Chapter 332 The Golden Fleet is not as good as the Brood

Speaking of the golden fleet, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the super giant mothership.

No matter how powerful the main battleships are, no matter how massive the cruisers are, without the super giant mothership, it can only be regarded as a relatively powerful "fleet".The so-called "golden fleet" certainly needs to have a golden core.

However, the situation of starship humans is special.They only have a mothership and no fleet ocean...

Therefore, if we must be more serious, we have to remove the "fleet" of the "Golden Fleet" and only have the core mothership. No matter how powerful it is, it is just a target.

Because of this, in the residential area of ​​Forever, the most expensive house in the central area is more than three times more expensive than in the edge area, because people instinctively feel that "living in edge areas is less safe."

"If a powerful escort fleet can be formed, then everyone will feel more confident about living on a starship, right?" Tianshangyuan and Hua suggested, "House prices in the fringe areas of residential areas can also rise!"

"Rising house prices won't help us either," Suzuna Tsukimiya said weakly.

Since that night, although she has not suffered any physical damage, she seems to have been severely hit mentally, and she has not recovered yet.

"That's not the case!" Tianshangyuan Hehua said seriously, "People, even if they live a life with a monthly salary of less than [-] yuan, as long as the house at home increases from [-] square meters to [-] square meters, they will immediately feel happy. The happiness of 'My assets have increased tenfold'!"

"This kind of happiness is too cheap." Tsukimiya Suzuna sighed, "But it is indeed in line with human nature. The question is where do we get the ship from?"

"Can we build a starship now?" Chen Ziang confirmed and asked, "For example, starting from the most basic torpedo boat?"

"No." Yuuki Izumo's answer was straightforward.

"Where exactly is it stuck?"

"engine."

"Engine..." Chen Ziang muttered.

The most core equipment on the starship is the engine. Because it must have the ability to achieve three motion states (jump, sublight speed, low speed), its internal structure is huge and extremely complex, and it is difficult to completely restore it even if you purchase the finished product and reverse engineer it.

Currently, there are only three companies in the universe that have the ability to manufacture starship engines. The most technologically advanced one is of course the Federation Bakht Group, which specializes in energy technology, followed by the Imperial Military Industries, which ranks first in reverse engineering technology, and finally the Federation Enterprise Alliance "Secret of the Soul" which has a different approach. .

Although the technical routes of these three companies are different, their prevention systems are exactly the same: those who master the core technology are absolutely loyal experts, and there is absolutely no possibility of betraying the company - because of this, no matter how many humans the starships poach, , and it is impossible to poach employees from the engine department.

This is nerve-wracking... huh?

Chen Ziang stared at the careless Tsukimiya Suzuna, and suddenly realized a problem that had been ignored before.

Where did the engines of the Forever Mothership... come from?

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"I have a blueprint for this," Tsukimiya Suzuna said frankly, "but I can't use it."

"The Forever starship is a mechanical creation formed by the metal life form 'Zeta' by melting metal. Its underlying technical principles are completely different from the current technology trees of elves and humans."

"The design drawings I have are also a legacy of their race's civilization. Today's Forever's ability to navigate the universe and resist physical and energy attacks are all due to my instructions for them to follow the design drawings. It was reproduced exactly as it was, but not only do I not understand the principle, but even they may not be able to understand it.”

"I understand, it's like you picked up a black box left behind by an ancient civilization." Chen Ziang said thoughtfully, "Although you don't know anything about the structure inside, it can be used."

"That's it." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied, "If we want to use our human technology to recreate such a black box according to the design drawings, it is basically impossible...the basic materials used on both sides are different. How to make it?"

Chen Ziang pondered for a moment and suddenly asked:

"Where did you get the blueprints?"

"Three thousand parsecs." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied, "Over there near the center of the galaxy..."

She suddenly had a whim and asked suddenly:

"How about we go explore there again and see if we can find more design drawings? Just you and me?"

"I can't pretend not to hear this." Xia Zili's voice sounded from behind.

Tsukimiya Suzuna immediately lowered her face and said coldly:

"How long have you been listening in the back?"

"It didn't take long." Xia Zili said lightly, "Since you said 'no need'."

"Weren't you eavesdropping from the beginning?"

"I can't help it. I want to prevent you from lying, so I came here to confirm." Xia Zili sneered and said to Chen Zi'ang, "Don't look at her pretending to be harmless to humans and animals. In her previous life, she was a very famous star. The King of Rags, he will put everything he picks up in the interstellar ruins into his ship."

"The ruins she mentioned, as long as she has explored them once, she must have dug deep into the ground and taken away everything she could. There is no possibility that she could still find something missing after a second exploration..." To put it bluntly, I just want to kidnap you out for a date."

"Is that so?" Chen Ziang looked at Tsukinomiya Suzuna suspiciously.

"No!" Tsukimiya Suzuna protested, "No matter how rigorous the search is, there is definitely the possibility of missing it!"

"So you don't deny that you're kidnapped and taken out for a date, right?!"

The three of them had a lively quarrel as usual, but in the end the fleet problem was still not resolved, which made Chen Ziang depressed.

"Why don't we directly attack the Bakht Group's starship factory before leaving and kidnap the experts in the engine department?" Tsukimiya Suzuna once again had a whim.

"It's useless." Xia Zili objected. "The experts are most likely from the elves, and their families are all in the Aegelaos star region. It is impossible for them to willingly follow the starship humans. And in this way, it is quite Yu directly went to war with the Bakht family."

"I think since we destroyed the gospel plan, it's equivalent to entering a state of war, right?"

"Speaking of which," Chen Ziang suddenly asked, "Did you only own the 'Eternal' mothership in your previous life, Suzuna?"

"There are three ships in total." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied, "Eternal, Eternal, and Mirai."

"Can it be disassembled and reassembled?" Chen Ziang asked thoughtfully, "Since the Forever can automatically melt metal and change the internal structure, can other motherships be able to do it as well?"

"For example, the Transient is usually a mothership of the same tonnage. Once it encounters an enemy, it will automatically break into a larger number of battleships, cruisers and frigates. As for the engine, just copy it directly from the design drawing."

"The Instantaneous itself is also made of materials from the Zeta clan. According to the design, there should be no problem, right?"

This idea opened up new ideas, so much so that Tsukimiya Suzuna couldn't help but think about the feasibility of it.

Although the Ever Given design drawing is called a black box, in fact only the engine structure cannot be understood. The rest are purely non-functional pure structures and can be adjusted arbitrarily according to the actual situation.

If you want to split a new ship from the mothership, it is just a matter of copying the engine part intact, and then taking out enough materials from the hull structure... Does it seem possible?

Just self-division or something, a bit like the Zerg in mainstream games?

335. Chapter 333: This move is about retreating into advancement. How do you deal with it?

The Metal Zeta clan, in the early days of the Big Bang, once established a prominent metal empire in the universe.

Then with the advent of the Age of Gods, they soon collapsed at their peak due to unknown reasons and became an ordinary lower-level race.

It has been going downhill since then, and the strength of civilization continues to decline... Until now, there are only three Zeta settlements in the galaxy, and some ruins that are too old to be traced back to their origins.

These three Zeta settlements were named "Eternal", "Eternal" and "Future" by Tsukimiya Suzuna. In fact, they were the original names of their settlements.

In her previous life, Suzuna Tsukinomiya first found the corresponding Zeta ruins and confirmed the location of the "Eternal Settlement" in the documents therein, and then went to the Rose Nebula to find this Zeta tribe.

According to documentation, the Eternal Tribe's duty is to preserve the history, culture, and technology of the Zeta Empire.The reason why it is named "Forever" is also in the hope that the culture of the Zeta family can be successfully passed on to the end of time.

It is a pity that when Suzuna Tsukimiya found this tribe, not only all the information records were lost, but also their tribe name "Forever" was forgotten - the specific reason may be related to a certain god in the mist camp. , but the details cannot be verified because it is too long ago.

"Emergency" and "future" are also very different.The former is a military institution and the latter is a scientific research institution, but in some distant past, all the inherited knowledge preserved within it was "stolen"

Today's Transient Clan is extremely xenophobic and treats any foreign race with natural hostility, and will even take the initiative to attack merchant ships that come too close. However, the Future Clan simply hides, for fear that the "thief" will find them again one day.

"...In short, that's it." Tsukimiya Suzuna sighed, "If it is the Shuangshu clan, they should be completely unable to communicate now, and they can only force the door to force the other party to bow their heads."

"As for the future clan, I only know that they will appear somewhere in the future at some point in time. As for where they are now, I have no idea at all."

"In that case, let's take down the Instantaneous Number first." Xia Zili said calmly, "Are you going by yourself or should I accompany you?"

"Of course I will go by myself...did you think I would say that?" Tsukimiya Suzuna said angrily, "If I go alone, you who stay on the starship will definitely take the opportunity to do such and such things with my seniors. , then give him this and that ruthlessly, and finally give him this and that ruthlessly!"

"What's this and that!" Chen Zi'ang finally couldn't help complaining, "Even if you use homophones, it's better than using direct pronouns, right? Don't use code words to communicate in front of me!"

"Your thoughts are too dirty and dirty." Xia Zili said calmly, "Even if you leave the starship temporarily alone, I will only do some ordinary things with him that a normal couple would do."

"Isn't that what it is?"

The two of them could quarrel in less than a few words. Chen Ziang was already used to it and calmly smoothed things over:

"After you go there and get it done, how long will it take to get back?"

"If you take a scientific research ship, it will take at least about half a year." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied, "But if you use the incarnation and power of the witch, it will only take about four or five days."

"In that case, wouldn't it be just in time to meet us in the Garcia sector?" Chen Ziang calculated the time and said, "Zili, just accompany her on this trip."

Xia Zili was a little hesitant, but she knew that after what happened last time, Yuegong Suzuna would never let her be alone with Chen Ziang, so she happily agreed.

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If on the starship, the two of them would chat for a few words in front of Chen Ziang, then on the way out of the starship and on their way to the destination, basically even a few words would be too much.

In fact, although they did not talk to each other, Tsukimiya Suzuna had been staring at Xia Zili's back.