God-level Hero-Chapter 1118 - 1045: Space Battleship

Beijing Time, 12:30 PM. Da Fei, who was taking a nap, was awakened by a pleasant system prompt sound:

——System Prompt: Congratulations! The power device of the Sky Ship you purchased has been successfully installed on your Flying, please check and inspect it!

Finally, the moment had arrived! Da Fei hurriedly got up to take a look. He saw a huge black balloon atop the Flying, and the mast that had been cut down was now replaced by four metal pipes. These four pipes were emitting black air to inflate the balloon.

Sain was already waiting nearby: "Lord City Lord, the equipment has been installed and debugged, please board the ship for inspection. Our technician will teach you how to operate it, it’s very simple!"

Da Fei excitedly replied repeatedly, "Good, good, good!"

So, Da Fei followed Sain to the captain’s cabin. The cabin had a newly added sparkling demon crystal control panel. On the control panel were several demon crystal screens, a steering wheel, a few dashboards, and a large array of colorful buttons. Each button was clearly labeled with words like "Take Off," "Land," "Accelerate," "Ascend," "Auto Pilot," "Jet," "Invisible," and so on.

Sain introduced, "This is the control panel of the Sky Ship. Lord City Lord can first look at the current attributes of the Sky Ship through this instrument."

Da Fei excitedly checked the attributes:

——Sky Ship: Aerial transportation, Divine Artifact, Defense 100, Durability 200,000, Speed 11, Magic Resistance 70%, Fire Resistance 95%, Special Skills: Self-Healing, Balloon Invisibility, Super Toughness, Jet, Auto Pilot.

Self-Healing: The Sky Ship restores 1% of damaged durability every 10 seconds.

Balloon Invisibility: The balloon part of the Sky Ship can remain invisible for an extended period, using this skill consumes additional resources.

Super Toughness: When the total physical damage received in the same area within 10 seconds is less than 30 points, the Sky Ship will not lose durability.

Jet: The Sky Ship can increase its speed threefold by rapidly expelling the balloon’s gas. Once Jet is used, the Sky Ship will rapidly fall to the ground, please do not use at low altitude.

Auto Pilot: The Sky Ship possesses intelligent auto-piloting functionality on the large map.

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These are the attributes of the Sky Ship! That its durability is actually higher than the current Flying was beyond Da Fei’s expectations, and it also greatly increased his sense of security with the balloon.

Sain continued, "The Sky Ship is divided into automatic and manual piloting functions. Generally, Lord City Lord just needs to press the Auto Pilot button. As long as Lord City Lord gives a general direction on the map, the balloon will automatically adjust height and speed and automatically avoid obstacles and move forward. During auto piloting, Lord City Lord can also manually adjust speed and altitude. The biggest difficulty is landing; selecting a coordinate to land, still using auto pilot is fine. Then these screens can monitor dead angles of normal vision like below the ship, atop the balloon, and behind the balloon..."

Da Fei, dizzy, kept nodding: "Oh, oh, oh!"

Finally, Sain smiled and said, "It doesn’t matter if Lord City Lord can’t remember everything, our team will leave behind 10 professional technicians to train you in piloting. Once Lord City Lord becomes proficient, you can have them withdrawn at any time."

Why didn’t they say so earlier! Da Fei breathed a sigh of relief, "It’s good to have technician training!"

Da Fei remembered something: "However, my ship is about to conduct cross-regional battles. What if the war spills over and affects the technicians’ safety?"

Sain shook his head and solemnly said, "This is necessary after-sales service for products worth hundreds of billions, life and death are already disregarded, please don’t worry, Lord City Lord."

Could they stop mentioning the hundred-billion value? Da Fei could only say blandly, "I see!"

Sain added, "Well, then please experience the flexibility of the Sky Ship here in this Underground Space, take off!"

The technician confirmed the command repeatedly: "Yes, Sky Ship taking off now!"

With a slight tremor of the ship, the Sky Ship began to slowly ascend, pulling the hull along, and the monitoring screens indeed showed views from various vantage points like beneath the ship and atop the balloon.

Da Fei’s heart raced, this was truly a space battleship, this was really not the same game as before!

Then, under the technician’s guidance, Da Fei also tried pressing a few buttons and turned the steering wheel several times, and it was indeed simple and easy to learn. It made sense; after all, this is playing a game. If it were harder to operate a vehicle in-game than getting a driver’s license, what would be the point of playing?

Da Fei was having a great time, and naturally, he didn’t forget Tamilia: "Come, come, Tamilia; you are the First Officer, you come try it too!"

Tamilia said excitedly, "Okay! I’ll try it!"

Anlicia also urgently said, "I want to try, I want to try too!"

Da Fei laughed heartily: "Don’t rush, everyone come one at a time, no need to all come at once!" If we were in bed, then everyone could come freely.

Now, the Sky Ship carried the Flying around the underground space of the Pool of Radiance, floating up and down, weaving left and right. It’s indeed simple and flexible to operate.

But Da Fei quickly noticed a problem: "Is the speed of this Sky Ship always like this? Not enhanced by Sailing Skill or Logistics?"

Sain laughed: "Lord City Lord, we are flying now, we’re neither sailing nor marching on land, so it does not benefit from the bonuses of Sailing Skill or Logistics."

Da Fei hurriedly asked: "Is there no such thing as an Aviation Skill?"

Sain smiled wryly: "Lord City Lord, your question really stumped me, I don’t know."

Da Fei’s eyebrow twitched, if an NPC says there’s none, then there’s definitely none! But if they say they don’t know, there might be a chance? Maybe it’s a new, incomplete profession just like navigators? Or a completely unprecedented skill class waiting for players to invent?

While contemplating, Sain added: "Now that the operation status is understood, let me introduce the power situation. The Sky Ship’s Power Furnace is divided into the Resource Power Furnace and the Conventional Power Furnace. The Resource Power Furnace is another core technology of the Sky Ship, capable of converting any strategic resource, except wood and stone, into lift power. Additionally, the furnace has a massive resource space that can store 1000 units, greatly solving the fuel-carrying problem of the Sky Ship, an advanced technology that poor goblins can never surpass."

So that’s how it is! My Flying only has a 500-unit cargo hold, I was just thinking if the fuel issue would force me to modify the Gun Cabin!

Da Fei suddenly felt a sense of value for money: "It seems just the 1000-unit resource space alone is worthy of being called a Divine Artifact."

Tamilia laughed: "Lord, we already have the Holy Vine Space, so we don’t really care much about carrying fuel."

Damn! Da Fei’s recently uplifted good mood instantly shattered.

Sain hurriedly said: "With the Holy Vine Space, it’s even better, Lord City Lord can carry even more fuel, making long-distance travel more convenient."

Da Fei’s mood improved again, and he hurriedly checked the fuel gauge, currently displaying 992/1000.

Da Fei asked in surprise: "So, does it mean that our few minutes of flying burned 8 units of mercury?" Damn it, this fuel guzzler is even more ruthless than that sandworm mining machine from before!

Sain nodded: "Exactly! For a Lord who owns a Mercury Mine, fuel is not a problem at all. However, the fuel consumption of the Sky Ship is indeed unavoidable, so the Sky Ship has a second conventional power mode, which saves operating costs by burning wood resources and oil. In fact, this is the normal operation mode of the Sky Ship, and the conventional Power Furnace also has a 1000-unit fuel space. So if you fill the Sky Ship with fuel, the two power furnaces alone can store 2000 units of fuel, plus the extra capacity of the Lord City Lord’s Holy Vine Space, your long-distance travel capability is unrivaled!"

Darn it, luckily I still have a Mercury Mine! Da Fei asked the most pressing question: "So if I carry 2000 units of fuel, how long can I fly?"

Sain replied: "About 1000 minutes. However, Lord City Lord has Concentrated Mercury, so it’s a completely different story, and the endurance can increase tenfold, flying all over the New World will be no problem!"

Da Fei spurted out old blood! 1000 minutes, 16 hours? Not even enough for me to AFK and take two naps. If I run out of fuel in the wild, who do I find to refill? Don’t tell me you’re really pushing me to burn Concentrated Mercury? Damn it, I haven’t even started making a fortune with my Divine Artifact, and I’m already starting to squander it!

Lastly, Sain concluded: "It’s better to use the normal sailing mode for everyday purposes. The Sky Ship has a stow mode which can retract the balloon into the cargo hold, so in appearance, except for those few iron pipes, it basically looks no different from a regular sailing ship. Does the Lord have any other questions?"

Da Fei exhaled a long breath: "Well, I want to play high-altitude bombardment, are there bombs for sale?"

Sain was taken aback, then shook his head: "No!"

Da Fei felt crushed, you’ve allowed me to enter the era of space warships, yet there are no bombs! How does that do justice to this Kirov Airship style! How does that do justice to this ten billion worth?

Da Fei was anxious: "How could there be none?"

Sain said with a wooden expression: "There truly aren’t!"

Alright, perhaps this is the restriction of the game’s balance rules, not allowing things like unfair high-altitude attacks that leave opponents defenseless—but, my alt character in the Great Wilderness was bombarded by droppings from flocks of Birdmen, proving high-altitude bombardment is feasible in the game!

Bombing doesn’t necessarily have to involve bombs!

Da Fei asked again: "Can I launch a fuel attack while flying, like when others defend a city pouring fuel?"

Sain’s eyebrows jumped: "If you put it that way, just throwing rocks would do! The destructive power of high-altitude projectile is beyond imagination! However, ordinary stone resources can’t be used as rocks. The Lord can specifically purchase siege machine stone bombs, but that would greatly increase the load on the Sky Ship, consuming much more fuel."

Da Fei felt crushed, you’ve given me a spaceship, yet you’re teaching me to invest stones with it!

At that moment, Selvia spoke: "Captain, I think it’s time for me to infuse the Demon Soul, I can hear the cries of the souls in the battle!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)