Half a day later, in the middle of Storm Prison …
The starship named "Ghost Prison" had truly turned into a haunted domain where gloomy winds were blowing nonstop.
Collapsed pathways, twisted tubes, and units riddled with holes were everywhere. The bodies of several space pirates that had not been cleaned up were lurking in the dark corners together with the broken Crystal Suit.
The middle of the starship had been the training area for the space pirates.
For a Cultivator, training was the most important thing. Therefore, the training area on the starship that was specially prepared for Cultivators was always the largest, most luxurious area with the most magical equipment.
But right now, the area had been smashed into smithereens after hundreds of explosions. It was like a palace made of sand and debris left behind by a raging tornado.
There was nothing but dead silence in the area that resembled a broken maze. The illumination rune arrays were emitting greenish light that looked like fireflies floating in the wind, further accentuating the gloominess of the space.
Li Yao stood in the middle of the darkness. He was quite satisfied with the working environment of the place.
Right now, he was short of hands. Most of the refiners were busy working on Gold Horn. Those who could be transferred to Ghost Prison to clean up the debris were the weak maintainers and the novices.
Ghost Prison was more than a thousand meters long, with a spacious interior. The maintainers were scattered everywhere. Every one of them was responsible for their own independent work space. No one would disturb them.
The training area was under the sole responsibility of Li Yao.
He was the dominator of the dark world.
"Let's begin!"
Li Yao warmed up his fingers unhurriedly. His fingers extended and contracted weirdly like vipers, while cracking noises were echoing from his joints. Flames of eagerness beamed out of his eyes as he mumbled, "It's been a long time since I last played such a game. I wonder if it has degenerated. "
In front of him was a bucket of the most common detergent of the Flying Star Sector.
The detergent was stored as powder in advance. When it was used, it only needed to be poured into clean water and stirred. Then, it would turn into a detergent that contained feeble spiritual energy. It was quite effective in cleaning magical equipment and restoring its performance.
Although it was still not as good as the magical equipment maintenance oil that Li Yao had concocted himself using the ancient method, it was still barely passable.
Li Yao looked around, with clusters of starry brilliance bursting out of his eyes that were as dark as ink. His computational ability soared like a tide, and he saw all the remains that were scattered in every corner.
He took a deep breath and inserted his hands into the detergent. His eyes narrowed to the size of two needles. Thousands of blue veins appeared on his arms, and like thousands of flood dragons, they rushed to his ten fingers and pierced into the detergent through his fingertips.
Countless tiny bubbles were rolling on the surface of the scarlet detergent. A lot of scarlet mist was spreading out like a misty lake.
Li Yao vaporized the cleaning agent in the blink of an eye with the high-frequency vibration of his hands!
Li Yao withdrew his hands. A light red ball of mist condensed on each of his palms, and he flicked his ten fingers. More than a hundred spiritual threads were released, driving the fog ball to split into dozens of strands. The strands then rushed in all directions like a whirlwind, sweeping back a large amount of magical equipment debris.
Li Yao thought quickly, and his computational ability was boosted to the maximum. He released a lot of spiritual threads into the cluster of scarlet mist incessantly, dissecting, studying, and cleaning every piece of magical equipment debris.
Those that were not of any use were flicked away and landed in the left corner precisely.
Only those that were still of some value were left. They had been polished and nurtured with the detergent to remove the impurities and restore their performance and hardness.
Half a minute later, Li Yao waved his hands, and the scarlet mist was gone.
Floating in front of him were 126 brand-new components that were as bright as new as if they had just been refined in a furnace!
"It's 1.4 seconds slower than I expected! The components of the Flying Star Sector are indeed subtly different from those of the Tian Yuan Realm in terms of design.
Li Yao smiled. This is not bad. Through this fundamental work, I can get in touch with the components of the Flying Star Sector as much as possible so that I can get familiar with the magical equipment of this Sector as soon as possible.
Li Yao snapped his fingers. The hundred or so components were sorted into seven piles according to their attributes and purposes. Li Yao moved them to an empty space behind the training area that had just been cleared.
Li Yao inserted his hands into the detergent again, with brilliance beaming out of his eyes.
"The second batch begins!
"This time, I must finish the battle in thirty seconds!"
After two hours of high-intensity work, the entire bucket of detergent had been vaporized by him. His hands were shivering, and his skin was as red as a lobster's. Li Yao finally took a long breath in relief and sat down in the middle of the 27,255 components that he had just processed.
Like a complacent monarch inspecting his magnificent army, Li Yao was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
He picked up a cold steamed bun, on which a rune of the fire class was stuck. He tore it apart softly, and the rune was torn apart. A wave of fire was immediately triggered. The steamed bun was immediately steaming with a pleasant aroma.
With his mouth stuffed with meat buns, Li Yao hummed a tune in a relaxed and happy manner.
Ghost Jail had completely lost its impetus. The two starships were tied together by chains of spiritual energy. It was impossible to return to Gold Horn from Ghost Jail directly.
Therefore, the maintainers had brought a lot of supplies with them. They would work on Ghost Jail for several days before they could send a batch of goods back.
During the period of time, they were quite free.
More than twenty thousand components were enough for the maintainers to work on for several days. Li Yao was not in a hurry to tear down the entire training area. After finishing twenty meat buns, he sat on the ground comfortably and took out the jade chip that Bai Kaixin had given him.
Judging from its appearance, the jade chip had been around for quite a long time.
However, its owner had taken good care of it. Every rune array and the tiniest stroke on the surface of the jade chip were clearly visible. Vague spiritual energy seemed to be flowing on the surface of the jade chip, giving it a warm and delicate feeling.
At the bottom of the jade chip, a small character 'Xiong' was carved.
"It seems that the maintenance manual was written by Xiong Tao, the chief refiner of the Exo Society, in person. The jade chip must have been a piece of magical equipment that he had been using for many years, too.
"Such a maintenance manual is much better than the general maintenance manuals released by the authorities. It must be the culmination of his painstaking efforts. He wouldn't have lent it to other people easily.
"Right now, the Exo Society is seriously short of refiners, and they are in urgent need of manpower to maintain the starships. That's why I've taken advantage of it."
Li Yao inserted the jade chip into his crystal processor and adjusted the reading speed to the highest level.
At this level, the telepathic thoughts stored inside the jade chip would be blown out of the light beam at a high speed of more than fifty-five thousand thoughts per second. It was a reading mode that only the strongest Cultivators could use.
"Creak! Creak!
For a moment, the crystal processor on Li Yao's wrist began to vibrate rapidly and overload, transforming the telepathic thoughts into images and information.
"Shua!"
Six bright gold light beams shot out of the mini crystal processor, which revolved around Li Yao's head quickly.
While they were rotating, the images on the light beams were changing at a speed of a hundred and twenty images per second, displaying a lot of details of the structural design of the starship!
Li Yao studied them without blinking his eyes.
In the Tian Yuan Realm, his research direction had been personal magical equipment. His main focus had been on the Crystal Suit. He had longed to be an 'Armadominus' who could craft a Crystal Suit independently!
However, in the Flying Star Sector, where most of the residents lived in space, and the center of activities of the Cultivators was in the space fortresses, starships were something that he had to get in touch with.
One's energy was limited. Even with the enhancement of Ou Yezi's soul, Li Yao didn't think that he could become a master of both starships and Crystal Suit at the same time.
His goal of being able to craft a Crystal Suit independently and become an Armadominus had not changed. As for starships, all he needed to do was to know how to repair and modify them.
And this' Gold Horn Starship Maintenance Manual 'was the best material for him to learn.
"That explains a lot. The sealed cabin structure of this starship is entirely different from that of the crystal warships in the Tian Yuan Realm. Even if 70% of the cabins are blown up, the combat ability of the starship will still be maintained by almost half. Impressive. The survival rate is much higher than that of the crystal warships in the Tian Yuan Realm!
"The layout of the engine compartment is excellent, too. Other than the main engine compartment at the rear of the starship, there is an auxiliary engine compartment at the front of the starship. In such a way, the starship will be much more flexible in maneuvering! But how are the two engine compartments coordinated? By transmitting telepathic thoughts through the crystal wires? Such a structure …
"The twelve cannons on the starship can be adjusted into seven different attack modes through the calculation and assistance of the crystal processor. In the most extreme case, they can be operated by a Refinement Stage Cultivator, which saves a lot of manpower. How advanced! Such a fire control system can be applied to Sparkle in the future. Sparkle is seriously understaffed, too! "
Li Yao was completely fascinated by the book. His eyes were glittering.
The maintenance manual was indeed compiled by Xiong Tao on the basis of the original maintenance manual in the factory. It also included a lot of his notes and insights, as well as some tips and experiences in the maintenance of magical equipment. All of them were very practical.
Reading the notes carefully, Li Yao felt that he was watching two unparalleled experts fighting each other at a super slow speed. Every detail of the fight had been dissected so that he could see everything clearly. Many questions that had been bothering him for a long time were suddenly solved. He couldn't help but exclaim in satisfaction.
Very soon, the files that Xiong Tao had marked as the first three levels of difficulty were all read by Li Yao. He felt that he hadn't had enough yet.
Then, it was the files of the fourth level of difficulty.
According to Bai Kaixin, the difficulties beyond the third level were prepared for the real professionals. Rookies such as Li Yao didn't need to study them. They wouldn't be able to understand them even if they read them. They would only be asking for trouble.
When Xiong Tao had a test in a few days, he wouldn't bother him with the questions beyond the third level, either.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
