Chapter 1373: Chapter 1118: New Technology
"Now!" As the last Divine Worm was shredded, Ika let out a roar and gathered all his mental strength. That mental energy actually turned into a spear as tangible as any physical weapon and shot straight at Long Yi! Originally, Long Yi wanted to disdainfully block it. However, his eyes suddenly flickered with a red light, causing his movements to halt for a moment. It was just a moment, but it was long enough for the mental spear to strike Long Yi squarely!
The golden flames that had been burning around Long Yi’s body instantly disappeared, and the light of the Gluttonous Snake dimmed, hanging silently in mid-air, surrounded by a still silence.
Weakly, Ika spoke, "So, now I will..."
"No," Turun’s face twisted viciously, "it is now that I shall become a god!"
A beam of red light suddenly burst from Turun’s eyes, which were not mechanical in nature, and charged straight at Long Yi!
"No! That is mine!" Ika roared in anger.
"It’s mine!" Turun didn’t care for anything else. His only goal was Long Yi’s now listless eyes!
He moved incredibly fast, Long Yi’s eyes already within arm’s reach!
But he couldn’t advance a fraction of an inch closer.
Because they were now caught in Long Yi’s hand, and on that hand, sparks were firing—it was the electric arc of the God Eater!
"This! How is this possible!" Turun was beside himself with terror.
"If it were before, I would certainly have some victory declaration to make, but I’m short on time now, so I won’t waste it," Long Yi said.
Boom!
The electric arc twisted, and the Gluttonous Snake began to devour Turun with all its might. After all, Turun had also devoured many of his kind and was not weak. The Gluttonous Snake couldn’t possibly eat him whole instantly, and in his struggle, he saw Ika approaching calmly. Why wasn’t he running away? After devouring me, Long Yi would surely go after him, right?
These were the suspicions in Turun’s mind.
But soon he came to a realization: Ah, that’s right, you had betrayed us from the start! Simu was devoured by Long Yi because of your betrayal; my kin were also devoured by Long Yi because of your betrayal; you spurred me on to devour all the Worms that sought refuge with me. And now you’ve sold me out to Long Yi!
Ika was a traitor!
Turun wanted to tell every single being in this Plane about the betrayal, but he was firmly under control by the Gluttonous Snake, making it impossible to send out any superfluous signals. In an instant, Turun was completely crushed and disappeared by the Gluttonous Snake.
"How are you doing?" After confirming Turun had utterly vanished, Long Yi asked Ika.
"I have barely expended any energy, the Golden Battleship is hidden over there, and Little Zi is also there. So, I will leave now, master," Ika said.
"Be careful, as the Divine Worms that came here this time might be the Avatars of the last pseudo-gods, different from the Divine Worms you know," Long Yi said.
"Rest assured, Master Long Yi, no matter where they come from, as long as they are of my kind, I will not fear them."
Ika departed from the area aboard his own battleship, while naturally, the Golden Battleship fell into Long Yi’s possession.
As he went inside the Golden Battleship, Little Zi was already waiting. Upon seeing Long Yi’s arrival, Little Zi with her sweet smile hurled herself into Long Yi’s arms.
"I’m back! Master!"
"Welcome back, Little Zi!"
For Long Yi, the Golden Battleship was not an unfamiliar place, as Little Zi had already thoroughly checked every corner of it. The Giants had left a wealth of automatic technology inside, and it was with this technology that Turun was able to construct that astonishing fleet. But now, everything here belonged to Long Yi.
Pacing into the control room of the Golden Battleship, Long Yi asked, "Where is the control program?" He wasn’t asking Little Zi, but rather the battleship itself.
"Detecting Giant signal. Exiting visitor mode," a metallic voice responded, followed by the disappearance of various control panels in the control room.
"Welcome back, Administrator," the metallic voice sounded again.
"Begin self-check immediately!" Long Yi commanded.
"Self-check underway. Detecting thirteen thousand seven hundred and one unauthorized operations. The operation mode is manual. Please immediately check the core control Array."
Boom!
A metallic cabinet rose from the floor, and a door was opened. Welded within an extremely complex array was an Eternal! Long Yi reached out and pulled the Eternal out. Upon opening it, inside was a Divine Worm that seemed to be lacking in energy.
The God Eater didn’t care whether the Divine Worm was energetic or not; it swallowed the worm in one gulp.
"It seems that Turun controls this flying ship in this manner," Little Zi said.
"Immediately perform a full self-check and reset all settings to default!" Long Yi shouted.
"Warning, resetting all settings to default will disengage all devices added in the later stages. Do you wish to proceed with the operation?"
"Yes!"
Are you kidding? No matter what, all of this was new to me, and Long Yi certainly didn’t trust the junk Turun had modified.
The massive spherical golden battleship suddenly cracked open a fissure, and a sleek streamlined spaceship slowly emerged from the gap, breaking through the surrounding barriers!
It was also golden and much smaller, but its appearance was significantly more imposing!
Indeed, this was the true aesthetic of the Giants!
For the remaining parts of the golden battleship, Long Yi summoned Ruosha’s Whitestar to devour them all. He kept the useful parts, and if they weren’t useful, well, they just had to obediently become raw materials.
In the past, what the Azure Sky Empire feared most was the Black Iron battleship. Because every so often, the Black Iron battleship would appear to sweep through and annihilate those powerful empires. Then, the Black Iron battleships were wiped out by Isrile and Ruosha together. After that, the Silver Battleships appeared, which were also destroyed by them. And now, the most formidable Golden Battleship had appeared here.
At this moment, the Emperor of the Azure Sky felt as if he were dreaming!
"Change of plans, this time I need not only their automatons but also this bastard’s spaceship technology!" Long Yi stated.
The Golden Battleship was a spaceship left behind by the Giants, and it contained numerous spaceship manufacturing technologies. Turun had built a powerful fleet using these techniques. Although the fleet was later destroyed, its overall combat power was far stronger than the battleships of the Azure Sky Empire.
Therefore, Long Yi decided to activate the full war machinery of the Plane, striving to build new battleships.
These new ships would not be controlled by any sentient being but would directly use automatons. This was to prevent anyone from being parasitized or influenced by the Divine Worm. Moreover, facing the Dragon Clan, beings of incredible strength, Long Yi was not prepared to shamelessly ask the warriors of the Azure Sky Empire to sacrifice their lives for him.
So, the auto-piloted battleships would be the best choice.
Long Yi planned all the new autonomous battleships to be twenty meters in class because this size was slightly smaller than the average length of a Dragon Clansman. Since the battleships were made of metal and thus comparatively large, they didn’t need to consider shape in the vacuum of space, but heavier mass meant greater inertia. Therefore, Long Yi reduced the volume of the new battleships.
As for the design of these new battleships, Long Yi barely gave it a thought.
"Tetrahedron."
In simple terms, a tetrahedron is the solid with the least number of faces, which means a simplification of the construction process. In space, where aerodynamics is irrelevant, any shape can work. A tetrahedron allows light cannons to be placed at each of its corners. No matter where your enemy is, four of the cannons can always face the enemy at the same time, optimizing firepower output. Moreover, Long Yi chose this shape for the Eternal due to its already high defensive capability. Long Yi could greatly reinforce the tetrahedral ships by inscribing runes and arrays on their exterior.
Thus, the odd-shaped vessels were decided upon. The core within the ships would use the Giant technology core left inside the Golden Battleship. As the external shape and size of the ships were simplified, and especially due to the absence of a pilot, the interior of the ship didn’t have any superfluous space and didn’t need energy-wasting life support systems. It was tightly packed with power systems and weapons.
With the optimization from the Giant’s slab and the automatic technology within the Golden Battleship, the new battleships were quickly designed.
The Prototype Battleship was being constructed within the Golden Battleship, and its outer shell material was an alloy designed by Simu. This alloy had extraordinary energy characteristics, making it an excellent choice for the Eternal’s outer shell.
The truth was that Ruosha’s Whitestar also possessed exceptional automatic technology, but that was more suited for mass production. At this moment, Ruosha was ordering the Nightmare Knights to modify the automatic production lines to prepare for the upcoming full-outburst of the war machine.
The Giant’s slab played an indispensable role in the structural optimization, turning the tetrahedral-shaped battleship into a symmetrically weighted structure, meaning it would possess exceptional rotational capabilities in a zero-gravity environment.
One large propulsion array on each of the four sides ensured flexibility in aerial maneuvers. Three propulsion arrays could also propel in the same direction simultaneously, fully ensuring acceleration. The cannon setup at each corner guaranteed that at least three cannons could face the enemy at any time, and after adjusting the angle, all four could simultaneously target the enemy, achieving true 360-degree coverage.
All of this was powered by a Giant technology Power Core, originally designed for large-scale battleships, now installed on such a small vessel, easily ensuring an inexhaustible supply of energy.
The precise internal structure ensured the tetrahedron’s absolute symmetry. Once the armor was sealed, a suite of Giant runes combined with Divine Power engravings would significantly enhance the battleship’s defensive capabilities. After all, it was known as "Eternal" for good reason—defensive power was naturally strong. Unfortunately, to achieve this level of defense, the battleship had to cease its offensive, because engaging in an attack would mean breaking the defensive system.
The Prototype Battleship took nearly two weeks to be completed, which was relatively slow for the fully automated technology of the Golden Battleship. Because Long Yi had high standards for this vessel, and there were several revisions involved, but the final result naturally astounded everyone. After witnessing a demonstration, the first thought of the Emperor of Azure Sky was, if such a battleship charged at the Azure Sky Empire, his empire would be doomed. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
