Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!-Chapter 661 - 400: Test_2

After all, intelligence advantage, no matter the era, was always a critical element in a war.

"Hall Master, our rocket fuel reserves are too large; the rocket simply can't reach above the Fourth Layer Heaven. If we use the rocket fuel for modifications, there's a lot of design space left. Perhaps we could make the rocket reach the Fifth Layer Heaven," Zhu Zhangqi began, offering his suggestion.

Zhu Zhangqi spoke up, presenting his proposal.

"There's no need. Keep optimizing the design of this rocket and bring the costs down. In time, there will be production tasks assigned to you all," Su Jie responded, patting Zhu Zhangqi's shoulder. The rockets of Tianyuan World had no use in warfare for now, so they would be utilized on Blue Star, which was Su Jie's original plan.

The rockets manufactured by Puppet Hall had performance that exceeded Blue Star's requirements easily, as it lacked the formidable Thirty-three Heavens.

Turning his gaze away from the sky, Su Jie clapped his hands towards the others and said, "Alright, today's test was very successful, everyone is awarded fifty spirit stones."

"Long live the Hall Master!"

Upon hearing this, the Puppet Hall Disciples present burst into smiles.

For an average Outer Disciple, a monthly income was only about ten or so spirit stones, so Su Jie was being quite generous.

Leaving the experimental site, Su Jie then took Zhu Zhangqi to a lake within the territory of Ghost Ridge Palace. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

This lake had been artificially widened and deepened, and within the dock by the lake, just the length of the dock measured up to six hundred meters.

Within the dock lay a massive steel beast.

This was a steel warship over four hundred meters long. More precisely, it was a biomechanical warship, also developed by Su Jie through Puppet Hall, specifically for naval battles on Blue Star, and it was named Lanhai No.1.

Its shell and skeleton were made from a special metal blend mixed with Deep Sea Luminous Stone. Once sunlight refracted off of it, one's whole vision was filled with a shimmering blue glow, much like a vast blue ocean.

As an essential future strategic force of Jieke Group dominating the ocean, Su Jie spared no expense in its construction, utilizing a plethora of resources, leading to its costly build, and now, it was finally time for the hull's completion.

As Su Jie descended from the sky and stepped onto the deck of this steel behemoth, a unique sensation surged through his heart; the deck was actually a biomimetic one.

"Step back, everyone," Su Jie instructed.

Su Jie had Zhu Zhangqi lead the Puppet Hall Disciples to retreat, and then he took out a heavy bomb from his storage bag and directly tossed it onto the deck.

Bang!

The deck shook violently, but as the shockwave and explosive energy entered the deck, it diminished layer by layer, only blasting open a hole less than two meters wide — a minor scratch for the massive Lanhai No.1.

At the site of the explosion, dark red blood spurted out, and its interior was not made of steel but layer upon layer of meat tumors, even the surface of the deck used material similar to insect shells.

The thickness of the deck was unknown, but this bomb did not completely penetrate the deck, having its power absorbed by the underlying meat tumors.

After the attack, the biomimetic deck seemed to come to life vigorously, with meat tumors continuously wriggling to heal and quickly filling the gap caused by the explosion.

Where shrapnel from the explosion had penetrated, as the meat tumors moved, they were gradually expelled.

Lanhai No.1's defenses were strong, capable of self-repairing and adapting to various extreme conditions.

Click! Click!

Around the warship, as lines resembling blood vessels bulged, the surface's biomimetic armor quickly expanded, forming a thick protective layer, as if it were donning armor.

At the same time, several openings split on the deck, resembling the gaping mouths of monsters. Inside shimmered rows of glowing blue halos that slowly expanded and contracted.

This was a special kind of energy spore, derived from the capabilities of a particular poisonous insect. Once activated, these energy spores would release a powerful attack.

On the sides of the warship, something fuzzy, resembling fungal filaments, grew. This was actually a layer of fine sensory villi, like pores on the skin, capable of acutely capturing all surrounding movements. Once an incoming attack was detected, they would intercept or counter it.

Su Jie looked around and then walked into the interior of Lanhai No.1. Here, the battleship was brimming with life-like vitality. Countless tentacles and veins shuttled through the hull, acting as the lifelines of the battleship, linking every system and transmitting materials between chambers, maintaining the operation of the battleship.

Everywhere he looked, there was a perfect fusion of machinery and flesh, making the entire battleship seem as if it had been endowed with a unique form of life.

"Good, good, good!"

Su Jie nodded in satisfaction. Now that the Lanhai No.1 was constructed, once it was sent back to Blue Star for outfitting and installation of various weapons and subsystems, it would become the most important oceanic strategic deterrence force of the Jieke Group.

"Hall Master, there's just one more week, and Lanhai No.1 will be completely built,"

Zhu Zhangqi came over and said, "Also, as per your orders, Lanhai No.2 and No.3 have also begun to be launched."

"That's good,"

With a smile growing warmer, Su Jie knew that with Lanhai No.1, the future maritime safety was assured.

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After returning to the Puppet Hall with his team, Su Jie summoned Chen Yun and pointed to the massive Flying Magical Boat. He said to both Chen Yun and Zhu Zhangqi, "This Flying Magical Boat, spare no effort to repair it as soon as possible."

"Hall Master, our capabilities at the Puppet Hall aren't perfect yet, and progressively repairing would be more cost-effective,"

Chen Yun advised. The Flying Magical Boat had been captured by Ghost Ridge Palace and turned over to the Puppet Hall. The hall never ceased its repair efforts, although the progress was slow. They focused more on studying the technology of the Flying Magical Boat. After all, repairing it was too expensive, and relying solely on funds allocated by the Puppet Hall itself, without Su Jie being willing to spend money, one could imagine the slow progress.

"The Sect will specifically allocate funds for repairs, so don't worry about money. Use your intelligence and wit, and once repaired, this Flying Magical Boat will become our Ghost Ridge Palace flagship, for campaigns both in the north and south, letting the outside world witness the strength of our Ghost Ridge Palace,"

Su Jie gestured grandly — this was one of the supports he obtained from the Sect.

In the foreseeable future, it was likely they would clash with Guan Chao Pavilion again.

At that time, leaving the Ghost Ridge Palace headquarters without the protection of the Mountain Gate's great formation and Insect Valley's threats, this treasure, the Flying Magical Boat, with its formidable firepower and robust protection, would become the mobile base for the Ghost Ridge Palace Disciples going out to battle, a flying military fortress.

Guan Chao Pavilion's status as the leader of the Righteous Sect was not unrelated to their possession of multiple Flying Magical Boats. Such a valuable treasure was not something that Sects with deep pockets could afford to play with or sustain.

If it were not for Su Jie's insistence and the looming threat of future wars, Zhang Junwei would have been reluctant to pony up this amount of money.

"Really, that's great,"

Zhu Zhangqi's lips quivered with excitement upon hearing this.

Although the repaired Flying Magical Boat was to be commanded by Ghost Ridge Palace, it would definitely be operated by their Puppet Hall Disciples, essentially granting Puppet Hall possession of this great treasure.

"Hall Master, could it be... there's another war coming?"

Unlike the blindly excited Zhu Zhangqi, Chen Yun thought deeper. From Su Jie's words, she sensed something amiss.

With the financial resources of Ghost Ridge Palace, sustaining a Flying Magical Boat was feasible, but without a large-scale war, the Flying Magical Boat would only serve as a decorative piece at the Sect.

Ghost Ridge Palace had been reluctant to spend money before and merely left the Flying Magical Boat to the Puppet Hall for research—this was part of the reason.

Now, their sudden generosity was cause for concern.

"Don't worry, we are not the main characters this time, and even if there is a war, we will surely be the victorious side,"

Su Jie said calmly, after giving the instructions to repair the Flying Magical Boat, Su Jie once again started his inspection at the Puppet Hall.

A few days later, having arranged the internal affairs of Ghost Ridge Palace, Su Jie retired to his residence, and through the mysterious Ancient Mirror in his sea of consciousness, he opened the portal back to Blue Star.

The war between Guan Chao Pavilion and Heavenly Soul Sect was still far off, with both sides still preparing. There was no imminent conflict. Su Jie planned to return to Blue Star first to greatly enhance his own strength.