For three whole days, a group of experts from the Mecha Academy were studying Jiang Xingchen's upgrade plan for the Raider Mecha.

Of course, there are not many new technologies used, basically on the original technology, the design of the mecha is optimized, and the effect achieved by the new version of the OS is matched.

That's what surprised them the most.

Originally...

There's so much potential for the Raider Mech!

However, there is also a problem here, that is, although the data of mecha has increased significantly, ordinary pilots are completely unable to control it.

In addition to the main thrusters, which are still four, the number of auxiliary propulsion devices used to control the attitude of the mecha has increased from 17 to 29.

Even under that brand-new OS, the reaction speed of ordinary pilots can't keep up at all, and if you just stuff them into such a mecha, there will only be one result...

Rush!

So, after more testing, it was decided to split the new generation of raiders into two versions, the so-called exclusive customization, and the universal version.

Needless to say, the exclusive customized version is directly full, and there is no need to consider whether Jiang Xingchen can operate it.

As for the universal version, it is to cancel a large number of new designs, partially improve performance, and at the same time balance with the pilot's operating limits.

So, everyone rejoiced!

After all this was done, the mecha squadron carried on the Wuluo naturally obtained the first batch of rights to accept modifications.

During this period, Jiang Xingchen was not idle, and began to enrich the various knowledge he needed through the Tinder database, preparing for the design of a new mecha in the future.

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Before I knew it, two and a half months had passed.

In half a month, the Hope will end its escort and return to Canglan Star to rest.

And the one who took over the escort mission was naturally the Wuluo, after all, it had only been working for ten days before, and then the Hope went out of the mission ahead of schedule and replaced himself.

Originally, it was supposed to be like this, however...

"Captain, are you saying that this escort mission has been canceled?"

"Yes, according to the latest order, Hope will continue to stay in the Salante asteroid belt and continue to carry out escort missions for half a year, while Wuluo and Fuxing have special missions to perform!"

Nodding, Luo Hao explained.

Jiang Xingchen, who heard this, was also slightly surprised.

Generally speaking, in order to ensure the physical and especially mental health of all people, the rebels usually do not allow a warship to carry out a mission for more than half a year.

After all, other human beings are not like Jiang Xingchen, who has been strengthened at the genetic level.

This is also why, the escort mission of the Salant asteroid belt has always been rotated every three months.

And now Hope has been in the Salant asteroid belt for two and a half months, and if this is extended for another six months, it will be eight and a half months.

If there are no special circumstances, this kind of thing usually does not occur.

And this special situation is obviously the special task that Luo Hao said...

"Captain, what special mission?"

"Well, look at this!"

While speaking, Luo Hao controlled the big screen in the conference room and played a video.

There are three celestial bodies in the picture, the largest of which is 973 meters in diameter, and the remaining two are also more than 400 meters.

"This is the worm mound of the Starry Sky Zerg?"

"That's right!"

"What's the location?"

"Here!"

Under Luo Hao's operation, the picture became a star map of the Death Nebula, and the marked location was about 2.7 light-years away from the Canglan system.

So the question is, this location is not on the safe waterway at all, so how did you get here and take this video?

Don't...

"Captain, is this the result of that plan?"

"That's right, it's the drill plan!"

Luo Hao nodded again.

The main purpose of the drilling program, which originated two hundred years ago, was to identify the environment around the Canglan system and, if possible, to find other safe routes within the Death Nebula.

The method is also very simple and crude, by constantly creating a large number of unmanned explorers, sending them out of the system from all directions.

Of course, the result of this is basically that as soon as the vicissitudes are released, they are destroyed due to the spatial turbulence in the Death Nebula, and contact is lost.

However, after the number of people sent out increases, there are often some exceptions, and individual unmanned explorers have really successfully flown out without encountering space turbulence.

However, although it is true that many waterways have been found over the centuries that can be successfully extended outward, most of these waterways are cut off by space turbulence after only slightly extending outward, which is of no practical significance.

Therefore, so far, the drilling plan has not achieved much results, at least what Jiang Xingchen knows.

But now that I hear Luo Hao say this, does it mean that in fact, this plan has achieved some results?

"This route is the result of more than 100 years of using tens of thousands of unmanned explorers!"

"There are as many as 38 jumps to go through, and the route to the Canglan system is even more complicated than the route from outside the Death Nebula."

"And just a week ago, the latest batch of unmanned explorers finally found a safe way forward at the end of the original channel, and after continuing to move in this direction..."

"That's what you just saw!"

It turned out that this was the case, Jiang Xingchen understood, no wonder that in addition to the Wuluo, even the Fuxing had to be transferred.

After all, there are three insect mounds, one of which is as high as nearly a thousand meters in diameter, and with the Wuluo alone, I am afraid that it is not safe, and even with the addition of the Fuxing, this battle will not be easy.

If it weren't for the fact that it was necessary to leave a battleship in the Canglan system, it is estimated that even the Hope would have to come with it.

At the same time, the purpose of this mission is probably not just to kill the three worm mounds so that the drilling plan can continue as simple, but more considerations...

It should be taking advantage of this rare opportunity to obtain more corpses of starry sky war bugs, right?

You must know that the insect mound of more than 300 meters before provided the rebels with materials that could build three warships of the same level as the Wuluo.

If you take down all three mounds...

I'm afraid that it will be more than enough to build a dozen or twenty more ships.

"Got it, when are we leaving?"

"Leave in three days, you prepare and draw up a feasible battle plan for me!"

"Shall I draw it up?"

"Xingchen, you also know that now the large-scale shipbuilding plan has begun, especially the three destroyers of the same class as the Wuluo, but many people are staring at the captain's position, so..."

Luo Hao said meaningfully.

However, the words have come to this point, where can Jiang Xingchen not understand the truth.

This ship-building plan is not a secret in the first place, after all, those battleship production lines...

They have all begun to be built in space outside the Canglan Star.

At that time, there will definitely be many people vying for the position of captains of these warships, especially the three destroyers of the same class as the Wuluo, and there are even those veterans who are forty or fifty years old and have rich experience.

Therefore, Jiang Xingchen wants to fight his way out of these people and take a third of them, and it is not enough to rely on what he is doing now.

He knew very well that this was Luo Hao deliberately creating opportunities for himself.

"Understood, Captain!"

"Work hard, boy, your future achievements will far surpass mine!"

got up and waved his hand, and Luo Hao left the conference room.

And Jiang Xingchen is...

Refocus on the star map in front of you!