The three of them arrived in front of the warship that Xia Fan had chosen. Fu You was stunned.
It was a very ugly warship. It looked like a black egg with many strange patterns on its surface, like a mysterious totem worshiped by the natives of the Outer Realm.
Standard warships were all domineering, with thick black cannons sticking out and pointing into the distance.
But this egg-like warship did not have any weapons on it. There were no firing ports, missile launchers, or deep-space bomb launchers. It was round and looked ridiculous.
Lina said, "This is a Demon Chrysalis class destroyer. The navy seized it from the natives of the Outer Realm. When translated, Demon Chrysalis means the son of the devil.
"You're right. The performance of the Demon Chrysalis class has reached a shocking level. After our tests, we believe that the combat power of the Demon Chrysalis class is close to that of an elite cruiser."
Xia Fan was slightly stunned. Elite cruisers were more powerful advanced cruisers. They were usually expensive to build and produced in smaller numbers.
The Demon Chrysalis class had the same performance as an elite cruiser?
How was that possible?
Lina smiled. "Actually, the strangest thing is not the appearance of the Demon Chrysalis class, but its interior. Come, I'll take you up to take a look."
Then, she opened the Demon Chrysalis' landing pod.
In Cang Yue, people called warships that were less than 400 meters long a destroyer.
The Demon Chrysalis had reached the upper limit of a destroyer's length, which was 389.42 meters long. It was not small.
But because it had an oval egg-like shell, it did not feel big.
Only after boarding the ship could one feel the space of a large destroyer that was close to 400 meters long. Calamity was only 92 meters long. Compared to the Demon Chrysalis, it was a small guy.
Lina gestured with her hands the width of the corridor, the height of the seats, and the length of the cabin bed. Then she said, "Can you see? All the living facilities on the Demon Chrysalis are larger than the standard Cang Yue model. The length of the bed is 2.8 meters, which means that the average height of the crew living on this warship is probably more than 2.5 meters. "
Xia Fan nodded and sat down on the captain's seat.
It was a very spacious captain's seat. When Xia Fan sat down, he was like a child sitting on his father's sofa with his legs crossed.
According to Xia Fan's memory, there were no natives in the Outer Realm that were this tall. An average height of 2.5 meters was too much.
Lina shrugged. "The Demon Chrysalis doesn't seem to have been built for humans. It's been too long. It's been too long. It's impossible to prove who designed and built it.
"The natives didn't know where they got the battleship, but since it was usable, they used it as their own armed force. They even had the audacity to rob the Alliance's Special Task Force. Hence, the ship was captured by the Special Task Force and brought back to the base for research and testing."
"The research?" Xia Xia asked.
Lina frowned. "Experts agree that the Demon Chrysalis is a top destroyer. Unfortunately, the Alliance doesn't have the ability to replicate the Demon Chrysalis. If you take a look at the power drive, you'll see that the Demon Chrysalis have a core base.
"In other words, the Demon Chrysalis were built with the use of the four cores in mind. There's no doubt that this is an ancient warship. Only the humans who lived in Cangyue in ancient times had the ability to build the four cores. The blueprints and craftsmanship for these cores have long been lost.
"To us, the Demon Chrysalis are useless. Naval warships have always been mass-produced. A Demon Chrysalis, no matter how powerful it is, is useless against the Alliance Navy, which has tens of thousands of warships.
"So, after scientists studied this ship and gathered enough data, the Demon Chrysalis were thrown into the hangar. It's been thousands of years now.
"If you want this ship, it's not impossible. But I have to remind you that the Demon Chrysalis don't have spare parts because it's not a standard ship. The parts are not compatible with the ones produced by the Alliance. If it's damaged, it'll be troublesome."
With that said, Xia Fan still decided to take the Demon Chrysalis because its performance was too amazing. Although it only had a single engine, the engine's thrust reached an incredible 97 MN!
The standard thrust of a battleship was only 100 to 200 MN. The propulsion of this destroyer was close to that of a battleship.
Other important equipment, such as the energy shield and the high fusion reactor, had also reached the standard of a battleship.
It was worth mentioning that the Demon Chrysalis was equipped with a very rare compound radar system.
This radar system didn't belong to an array, but its function was far stronger than a radar array.
The engineer who designed the Demon Chrysalis must have been a genius. He combined the gravitational wave radar, photon radar, magnetic radar, star scanning radar, matter analyzer, and other different detection systems into a whole.
This set of radar was too amazing. It could scan and detect in all directions with all wavelengths and functions. Even a nail in space couldn't escape the tracking of this compound radar.
As for weapons, the Demon Chrysalis only had one laser launcher.
Yes, this destroyer used a powerful laser weapon. As everyone knew, laser weapons consumed a lot of energy. Often, after firing a shot, they needed to rest for a long time to replenish their energy. It was said that if they fired a shot, they'd die.
Xia Fan wasn't too worried about the energy problem because he had an energy core in his hand. With this core, the efficiency of the fusion reactor could be increased by 3.5 times.
Although this was still not enough to make the laser weapon fire continuously like a rapid-fire cannon, it should be able to fire three to four times per minute.
Moreover, the Demon Chrysalis also came with two sets of light missile launchers that didn't need to use energy. As a supplement to the firepower, they could rely on the missiles to attack the enemy continuously during the gap between the main cannon firing.
All these weapons were designed to be hidden. That was why they looked smooth and round, as if they weren't equipped with any weapons.
In short, the Demon Chrysalis was like a hidden swordsman. It would suddenly appear and use its laser weapon to slit the throat. This was what it was best at.
As for large-scale battles, the Demon Chrysalis was difficult to adapt to. It was more suitable for one-on-one battles.
Thinking of this, Xia Fan said to Lina, "I've decided to take this Demon Chrysalis. Please."
Lina sighed. "You guys go crazy when you see laser weapons. You always think that warship cannons are the sexiest things in the world. I've already reminded you. The Demon Chrysalis has a laser cannon, but at the same time, it has its shortcomings. This is your own decision."
Xia Fan smiled brightly. "Don't worry."
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With Lina's help, Xia Fan quickly completed the procedures with the General Armament Department. The Demon Chrysalis destroyer, plus all the necessary equipment, cost Xia Fan 9.725 million alliance points.
During the rest of the holiday, Xia Fan devoted himself to the modification work of his two warships, especially the Calamity. It had been tormented by Xia Fan to the point that it was unrecognizable. Xia Fan was a perfectionist, so he hoped that his two warships could be perfect.
On the last afternoon of the holiday, Fo You lazily came to the large hangar that Xia Fan rented.
There were all kinds of tools on the ground, from the smallest universal screwdriver to the large particle cutter. There wasn't even an empty space for a leg to insert.
Xia Fan was sitting in the corner of the hangar, drinking a cup of instant tea.
Fo You picked up Xia Fan's teacup and sniffed it. Then he said disdainfully, "How can you drink this thing? It tastes like horse piss. People like you who don't drink tea often should drink good tea. A cup of good tea is fragrant and refreshing. Come, let me make you a cup. "
As he spoke, Fo You took out his favorite tea set and brewed a type of green tea in the messy hangar. It was said that he bought it from the Alliance's trading network at a high price. It was called Autumn Fragrance.
"How is it? Is the modification completed? "Fo You asked curiously.
Xia Fan nodded. "It was finally completed before the holidays ended. Now, the Demon Chrysalis, in addition to the 97MN warp engine, I also installed two sets of cruise missile launchers, four short-range rapid-fire cannons, and a set of space bomb ejectors."
"As for Calamity, it's mainly for recovery work. Anyway, I don't plan to use Calamity as the main force, so I weakened some of its performance and firepower, and added comfort and cruise automatic equipment."
"In short, the current Demon Cocoon destroyer is equipped with ultra-long-range cruise combat capabilities. It can complete various tasks independently without support from the rear. As for Calamity, it's more suitable to run around in the Alliance's territory. It'll be more dangerous if it goes outside."
"Also, I have registered a name for the Demon Cocoon destroyer, Black Egg."
"Black Egg? Why does the name you came up with sound so annoying? " Fo You waved his hand. "Forget it. It's your ship anyway. Call it whatever you want. Besides, I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm mainly here to look at the living facilities. I don't want to be like Calamity, messed up by you again."
"You drink your tea. I'll go up and take a look."
Fo You boarded the Black Egg. It didn't take long before he came down with a gloomy face.
"There are only two passenger cabins?"
"Yeah, one for each of us. Isn't that good?"
"What's good about it? The Black Egg is so much bigger than Calamity, but the passenger cabins are even smaller. I'm afraid each cabin is less than 30 square meters, right? "
"To be precise, it's 28 square meters, including the bathroom."
"Why are there two bunk beds in the cabin?"
"Because there are fewer passenger cabins. If there are other people on board, the bunk beds can squeeze four people into each cabin."
"I don't want to squeeze with others!" Fo You roared.
Xia Fan smiled slightly. "That's not up to you. To be honest, I'm still considering whether to leave the dining and living areas."
Fo You's face suddenly darkened.
Xia Fan was actually teasing Fo You for fun. The Demon Chrysalis class destroyer had excellent performance, and there were not many places that needed to be modified. Therefore, Xia Fan only made minor changes to the Demon Chrysalis class. The number of passenger cabins was not two, but four, which Fo You did not find.
The main modification was to increase the main weapons. The cruise missile launchers used by the two battleships took up most of the space. The main warehouse was also modified into a fully automatic ammunition compartment. Each voyage could carry 512 cruise high-speed missiles.
The Black Egg's preferred weapon was the laser launcher. According to calculations, Xia Fan concluded that the maximum firing rate of the bow laser launcher was five shots per minute.
This firing rate was obviously not enough to cope with large-scale battles. However, due to energy constraints, Xia Fan could not install the rapid-fire grenade cannon. After all, cannons consumed a lot of energy.
The only choice was the missile system. Xia Fan decided to go all out and let the Black Egg use the powerful cruise missiles. This way, its attack power would reach a terrifying level.
A standard missile battleship could only install four cruise missile launchers. The missile system of the Black Egg was comparable to half a battleship.
Fo You did not understand the mechanics of the battleship. It would be a waste of time to explain his good intentions to him.
Therefore, Xia Fan did not say much. Instead, he gently wiped his finger on the space ring and took out the blood-red bottle of Immortal Wine.
"These days, I have been modifying the battleship and thinking about the Immortal Wine."
"What can happen to the Immortal Wine?"
"I reckon that the group of people from the God Slaying Society ambushed us in the space storm because of this. Is this thing that precious? Is it worth sending a fleet? "
Fo You licked his lips and said, "It depends on who it is. For some old guys, if they can get a bottle of Immortal Wine, they will do anything to exchange for it, even the whole world."
"It is said that this bottle of wine contains a huge amount of energy. Even a level-nine energy crystal can't compare to it. It is a shortcut for some old guys to quickly improve their level."
A shortcut to improve his level …
Xia Fan pondered. He was currently stuck between the intermediate and advanced Star Base level. He had encountered a bottleneck, and his speed of improvement had become very slow. He was worried about this.
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