The only drawback is that after the Nantianmen starship is shut down, it will take a week to restart.
And the terrifyingly high cost of its construction.
The cost of a single ship is as high as five trillion Star Dollars!
When Zhao Chen learned of the construction cost, his heart skipped a beat.
Even at its peak, the Star Empire's annual output value was only 20 trillion Star Coins.
This means that even if the entire population of the Starry Empire stopped eating and drinking and devoted all its resources to this production plan, it would still take twenty-five years.
Even now, Zhao Chen possesses the resources of three empires, and these resources are still increasing.
The cost of five trillion Star Coins is also an astronomical figure.
In peacetime, Zhao Chen could build it slowly.
But at this critical juncture, how could Zhao Chen possibly invest such a large amount of resources to build such a T6 interstellar warship?
Another factor is the construction time.
If this construction project were undertaken by a single T5-class interstellar industrial base, it would take at least ten years.
Zhao Chen sighed and took another look at the phantom image of the Nantianmen starship.
She was like a beautiful woman from the Tianshan Mountains, unattainable and beyond reach.
"Let's wait a little longer."
"One day, I will have you." Zhao Chen was well aware of the strategic value of the Nantianmen ship, and if the circumstances allowed, he would definitely build one!
Suppress your feelings of disappointment.
Zhao Chen looked at another blinking cursor.
【Quarterly tasks completed. Please claim your quarterly rewards.】
This is the task for the last quarter of the year.
Because the task was very simple, Zhao Chen didn't pay much attention to it at first.
【Quarterly Tasks】
Mission objective: Annihilate one ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) million demonic interstellar warships.
This quarterly task is practically a complementary task to the annual task; if the annual task can be completed, this quarterly task will definitely be completed as well.
Therefore, Zhao Chen didn't pay any attention to it.
Right now, it's the perfect time to claim the quarterly task rewards.
Zhao Chen's mind raced.
【Congratulations on obtaining 3000 mission points and the T5 Ark-class Heavy Interstellar Supply Ship blueprint】
Zhao Chen acquired a T5-level auxiliary interstellar warship, which, although not a combat-type, was exactly what he needed.
The reason why the JF-17 Thunder Legion was able to achieve such brilliant results in this battle is partly due to the valiant fighting of the JF-17 Thunder Legion itself.
On the other hand, it comes from the solid logistics support team of the Xiaolong Legion, in which various types of auxiliary interstellar warships played a significant role.
Such battlefield supply ships play an even greater role.
It allows interstellar warships on the battlefield to quickly regain their combat readiness and rejoin the fight.
Someone has calculated it.
The angel race, the demon race, and the active-duty interstellar warships of the Dragon Legion have a higher combat deployment efficiency than the two combined!
It's easy to see why the JF-17 Thunder Legion has been able to repeatedly achieve brilliant victories against overwhelming odds.
Zhao Chen scrolled down the list of quarterly tasks and looked at another task box.
【Mission (The Secret of the Machine Race)】
Phase 1 Mission: Locate the coordinates of the Mechanical Prophet. (Completed)
Second phase mission: Launch a campaign against the Machine Prophets and annihilate at least 300,000 of their interstellar fleets.
Phase Three Mission: Prevent the Demon Race's invasion of the Machine Race.
Zhao Chen frowned slightly when he saw the task.
In fact, he himself could not understand this task.
The Demon Race's invasion of the Machine Race?
How is that possible?
It's important to know that the Machine Race had previously played the role of a major boss in this universe, single-handedly balancing the interstellar civilizations in this universe.
Even the Demon race, whose strength has increased, does not have the power to declare war on the Machine race while it is already at war with the Angel race and its own Wyvern.
One against three?
Did the Demon King get hit on the head by a starship?
However, the existence of system tasks will never cause any problems; since they exist, there must be a reason for their existence.
"So, the Demon Race will possess the power to threaten the Machine Race?" Zhao Chen wondered to himself.
This possibility is extremely low.
Even if the demon race took a super-powerful tonic, it would be impossible for them to become strong enough to invade the machine race in such a short period of time.
That leaves only one possibility.
Either the demon race becomes stronger, or the machine race becomes weaker.
"Looks like I need to talk to that girl again." Zhao Chen raised his hand and sent a communication request using his handheld terminal.
That was the secret communication channel that I had established with that little girl.
The little girl said that as long as they were in this universe, Zhao Chen could contact her if he wanted to.
Previously, calls were almost always answered instantly.
But this time, the call seemed to sink without a trace, and there was no response.
Zhao Chen sensed something was amiss.
There must be something fishy going on.
If they can't get in touch with the little girl, they'll have to try to contact the higher-ups of the Machine Race, but that will take some time.
Zhao Chen put the idea aside for the time being.
He continued to enjoy the massage, then opened the system page in his mind.
【Host: Zhao Chen】
Occupation: Top Starship Engineer
Special attributes: Fleet Luck Bonus, Eye of Insight
System points: 560 million (Monthly fleet income: 201.31 million points)
Mission Points: 3150
Number of starships: over 500,000
Mission: The Secrets of the Machine Race - Phase Three
Warehouse: T5 Ark-class Heavy Interstellar Supply Ship Technical Blueprints, T6 Nantianmen Starship Technical Blueprints
After three months of accumulation and the acquisition of mission points, Zhao Chen's 'wealth' has grown once again.
This could further expand Zhao Chen's T5 series of starship collections.
Zhao Chen opened the system store and went straight to the T5 series starships.
He directly chose to redeem a support-type interstellar warship.
【Would you like to spend 60 million system points and 500 mission points to exchange for the 'T5 Star-Class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship' technical blueprint?】
Sure.
【Congratulations on obtaining the 'T5 Star-Class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship' blueprint, after consuming 60 million system points and 500 mission points.】
【Current system points remaining: 500 million system points】
【Current mission points remaining: 2650】
Zhao Chen looked at the interstellar industrial ship in front of him with great satisfaction.
Logically speaking, Zhao Chen already has a T5 Star River-class interstellar large-scale industrial base, so why does he need another interstellar industrial ship?
This brings us to the drawback of the T5 Galaxy Industrial Base: it cannot be moved.
Currently, the internal and external industrial construction and construction fleets of the Xiaolong Legion still rely on the T4 Gemini heavy interstellar industrial ships.
Now that the T5 Stardust-class heavy interstellar industrial ship has been acquired, it forms a complete set with the T5 Galaxy-class large-scale interstellar industrial base, thus improving Zhao Chen's industrial foundation.
