Chapter 21 Construction Progress
Standing in the spaceport, Xia Houlin looked at the transport team composed of thirty transport ships, which were lined up in a neat line, docking at the port one after another. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info's originally calm face suddenly revealed a heartfelt smile.
Although this pioneer shipbuilding and repair plant is fully equipped, there is no way to produce some equipment here. For example, the heavy particle beam weapons used on various warships, as well as various types of engineering robots.
After all, the main task of this plant is to repair all sorts of large warships. Making small warships is just an incidental function here.
As a result, a convoy led by Akizuki would come here every few months to transport a lot of important items needed by the Vessel of Glory. From weapons to equipment, mechanical octopuses, etc., otherwise the construction of warships will encounter considerable obstacles.
The ships in the transport fleet commanded by Qiu Yue were all transport ships belonging to the forerunners. Each one is 1,000 meters long, which is larger than many human warships.
However, in the Forerunner's fleet sequence, these transports are only small carriers. Because the main transport ship of the Forerunner fleet is a faster-than-light transport ship with a volume of more than ten kilometers. It is the primary vehicle capable of flying large arks outside the galaxy.
When the Flood invaded the galaxy, the Precursors destroyed most of the large transports in order to stop these terrible creatures from spreading around and find the location of the Great Ark. The Covenant was lucky enough to get one, so it was built from the City of Fraternity.
However, in terms of small transport ships, the Forerunners still left a lot of them in many abandoned bases. In the ancient space battlefield baptized by the aura, the existence of these transport ships can also be found.
So Qiuyue spent a year and worked tirelessly to travel back and forth to various places. These 30 transport ships that can still be put into use immediately were found, and this material transport ship was formed, which was responsible for transporting various needed equipment for the shipbuilding base.
As soon as all the transport ships entered the port, the mechanical octopus, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately swarmed up and began to unload the cargo.
At this time, Qiu Yue had already stepped down from a transport ship and greeted Xiahou Lin. Ever since everyone started using the Precursor relics, they began to race against the clock. The three of them have only seen each other for almost three months, and they are usually busy with work.
"We haven't seen each other for more than half a year, is it okay for you to live here alone?" Qiu Yue asked softly as she hugged Xia Houlin. In this dimensional world over the years, most of the time everyone has been scattered, and the time to get together is too little.
"I'm used to it, anyway, when I was in the Assassin League, I was trained in this area." Xia Houlin replied with a smile, and then looked at the beautiful autumn moon as always. With her and Laxis' full assistance, the construction of the Vessel of Glory is now surprisingly fast.
"I brought a lot of equipment found in the ancient battlefield this time, and when the time comes, I can just install it on the mechanical octopus. How's the Vessel of Splendour's progress so far? Qiu Yue looked at Xia Houlin and asked, although she didn't work in this base anymore, and her main task was not this part, but she was still very concerned about that giant ship.
After all, the Vessel of Glory in the future is the home of everyone who roams in other planes. Therefore, no matter how much attention you bet, it is not an exaggeration.
"The main works have been completed, and now all that remains is the construction of various areas inside the battleship. However, I am afraid that these constructions will consume a lot of time. After Xia Houlin finished speaking, he led Qiu Yue towards the direction of the construction dock of the Brilliant Vessel. It's the liveliest place in the whole base right now.
In order to allow the Brilliant Instrument to be completed one day earlier, 80% of the mechanical octopuses in the entire base were working on the internal construction of the battleship.
Of course, Qiu Yue knew what Xia Houlin said, and the battleship was indeed the fastest to assemble the hull. However, the construction of various facilities inside must be carefully designed and constructed. After all, this is a matter of the future, the combat effectiveness of the Brilliant Weapon.
Soon the two of them came to the site of the battleship transformation, the golden battleship with no end in sight. At this moment, above the smooth hull, only a small number of engineering robots are inspecting the hull of the battleship.
And among the several gates leading to the interior of the battleship, you can see mechanical octopuses shuttling back and forth. A large amount of various equipment was transported to the interior of the battleship.
"Do you want to go inside the Vessel of Splendour, though it's not fully built. However, some areas are already beginning to be usable. Xia Houlin pointed to the entrance of a warship and said, in the past few years, a certain area of the Brilliant Vessel has been focused on construction.
"Then let's go, let me get a good look inside the Vessel of Glory." Qiu Yue replied with a smile, but she had never entered the Vessel of Glory to look inside.
After riding the flying machine into the interior of the Brilliant Weapon, Xiahou Lin and Qiu Yue saw a scene completely different from their appearance.
Because the battleship has a huge amount of space to use, it is purposefully divided into multiple areas. The living quarters for the future of the warship crew are still under slow construction, and only a rough road construction and lake park are currently being created.
Because the space inside the battleship is very spacious, the ground in this area has reached a drop of one thousand meters from the top. As a result, artificially constructed clouds can be formed, simulating a lot of the natural environment.
However, at this moment, there are a small number of robots in this area, and there are no other creatures in sight outside of the construction of roads and lakes, so it seems a little deserted.
"The construction of this area seems to have been completely carried out by you at the back. But if it's fully built, I'm sure it will be a very beautiful garden city. Qiu Yue looked down condescendingly, the residential areas that already had a preliminary fuzzy axle. According to the set data, it is possible to provide a good environment for five million people to live in.
As long as Xiahoulin completes the tasks assigned by space, then he can rely on this giant warship to go to other star systems in the real world to carry out colonial exploration activities.
"No way, who called the seal card, you can't fit any living creatures. Otherwise, I really want to recruit more high-tech talents in different worlds for our use. As it stands, as long as we are in the cube, the construction of the residential area can be postponed. Xiahou Lin said with a calm face, the Brilliant Weapon Battleship is really too big. Therefore, the construction units in the entire base are now concentrated to build it. However, several years have passed, and the construction has not been fully completed.
If it had been during the glory days of the Forerunners' reign over the galaxy, it might not have taken long to complete such a battleship construction project. After all, they can concentrate construction robots in the sea and start construction together with the factory. However, at present, Xia Houlin has only mastered this lonely shipbuilding and repair base.
Moreover, the main goal of this base is still to repair warships, and the function of manufacturing warships is limited to small warships. Fortress-class ships like the Vessel of Glory weren't built here in the first place.
Therefore, the residential area, in this way, was arranged in the last place in the construction plan. It's quite rare to have the current scale right now.
The craft quickly flew to a platform and came to a standstill, and several robotic attendants with biochemical skin approached to greet the two men.
Under the leadership of these robots, Xiahou Lin and Qiu Yue passed through the teleportation channel and came to another layer of the battleship. As far as the eye can see, there are all kinds of research facilities everywhere, and there are many engineering robots and mechanical octopuses around them, and they are carrying all kinds of equipment to those research facilities.
"This is currently one of the most completed areas in the construction of the Brilliant Instrument, and it is full of the equipment you have sent one after another." Xiahoulin pointed to the distant areas, where there were many research equipment found in the Precursor ruins and abandoned ships. Now these things are placed in this area.
These research equipment, which had been dormant for many years, will continue to operate for Xiahoulin's side in the years to come, showing their effectiveness.
"Forerunner research equipment, although we are constantly collecting. But it will take time to fully utilize these technologies. The ball provided by the monitor, we have linked with the other party. However, the data in it is too large, and we need time to analyze it. Akizuki took his gaze back from the research institute in front of him, and this is the largest research area where he digests the technology he has obtained from other worlds.
It's a pity that most of the technologies collected in the previous story worlds. In this plane, in the face of the advanced technology of the forerunners, it is simply not worth mentioning technology.
"Time will matter, you and Laxis can rest assured. I will do my best to delay time, and judging by the course of history, we had better have 10 years left. I believe that this will be enough time for us to complete the construction of the Instrument of Glory. When Xia Houlin said this, he couldn't help but think of the current war between humans and the Star Alliance.
Now the battle between the two sides is in a stalemate. The Covenant fleet was defeated by UNSC forces in several systems. And the counterattack of the other party also severely damaged several human fleets.
After saying this, Xia Houlin took Qiu Yue to visit this research area. There are all kinds of advanced instruments here, all of which are used for various scientific experiments.
Qiu Yue was even in a medical area and saw the medical system that everyone had obtained from the Elysium World before. This advanced equipment, which can cure all kinds of diseases, is arranged in rows here.
Some labs are already in operation, and many robots are working in them, and their task is to analyze the technologies they have in their hands and see if they can effectively combine them with the technologies of this world.
This is also to improve the strength of the human side in this plane. Otherwise, they would not be able to compete with the Star Alliance at all, after all, the other party has completely mastered the power of energy technology.
"It's no wonder that humans are now able to compete with the Covenant, it turns out that all those technologies were created from here." Akizuki looked at the research records in the laboratory and found prototypes of some of the new technologies that are now present at UNSC.
"It can't be helped, those advanced technologies of the forerunners. With the technology mastered by human beings in this era, it is too time-consuming to crack it, so it is undoubtedly the safest and most convenient way to provide them with mature technology in our hands. Xia Houlin said with a smile, anyway, the technologies in the previous worlds can also provide a lot of help to the current human race.
"The history of this plane has now become completely chaotic. However, we are just a group of passers-by anyway, and the human side has indeed blocked the Covenant's offensive because of the technology we provide. In fact, we have saved the lives of more than a billion people. After Qiu Yue finished speaking, she suddenly remembered something, and then smiled and said to Xia Houlin, "By the way, I brought you a gift this time!" ”
"Gifts?" Xia Houlin was a little surprised, he didn't expect Qiu Yue to prepare a gift for himself. In fact, he is used to the current life, although the two companions are not real human beings, but he sees them as people who can rely on each other.
Xiahoulin, Qiuyue, and Laxis are all busy in normal times. The common goal of everyone is to leave the cube space as soon as possible and show a free life without being restricted by anyone. Therefore, everyone doesn't care much about the small details in ordinary people's lives.
But this is the first time I received a gift from Qiu Yue. Therefore, Xia Houlin still felt quite surprised and happy.
"Let's go, when I got off the ship, I ordered my subordinates to send them to the command room of the base." After Qiu Yue said this, she took Xiahou Lin's hand and stopped paying attention to these research facilities.
For Qiu Yue, he just needs to watch this situation. Anyway, the work here is not my responsibility, so it's best to go and see the gifts first. And what should be seen has already been watched.
Just as Xiahou Lin and Qiu Yue left the research area, ready to go and check the gifts. In one of the Precursor ruins, an ancient force is awakening ahead of schedule, and this will lead to a major change in future history.