Chapter 9

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The command cabin fell into silence. Only the Thunder Flash was traveling quietly in space. It passed by asteroids and meteorites. The quiet space was beautiful.

After traveling for about half an hour, suddenly, the optical computer began to fluctuate. The reactors began to give feedback.

It was not 1 or 2, but dozens of reactors were giving feedback.

Either they encountered a group of meteorites along the Thunder Flash’s flight path, or something was following them.

Lin Dong was the only miner that could enter the depths of the mining area. It could not be another miner.

It was either meteorites or the spaceships that were chasing them had arrived!

Under uncertain circumstances, Lin Dong would usually assume the worst case scenario. The people that were chasing Lorne had already arrived and were currently chasing them along the flight path.

However, with the signal jammer activated, the exact location of the Thunder Flash would not be revealed.

Lin Dong started breathing heavily. However, he took a few deep breaths and calmed down.

Lorne said at this moment, “It’s likely that the reactors that you have deployed has been detected. You can set them up at different places. Let’s see how it goes.”

Lin Dong was stunned for a moment. After which, he followed Lorne’s instructions.

“Thank you for your advice. However, will they neglect something that they don’t know?”

“For example, the Sylvester family is still unaware that the Thunder Flash has a new commander. If I don’t appear in front of them, they’ll definitely not expect that the new commander is a miner. Would it be my opportunity?”

Lorne’s expression changed. After pondering for a while, he shook his head.

It made perfect sense. To be able to execute it perfectly and with the help of a few additional modules, the chances of success were huge.

However, all of this was based on executing it perfectly. Lorne did not think that Lin Dong could do it well. At most, he could rely on his talent only.

If it was someone like Lorne who had roamed the galaxy for many years and was also familiar with the Thunder Flash, he might have a chance. However, he could not do it at the moment.

He was not optimistic about how far Lin Dong could go.

However, he did not say the thoughts in his heart. It would be too disheartening if he said it out loud.

Lin Dong was not clear about what Lorne was thinking. However, there might be pursuers behind him. He had to act like a new commander. Otherwise, it would be illogical.

He immediately asked, “Lorne, as a battleship, why does the Thunder Flash only have 1 main cannon?”

“4 secondary cannons. Its fire power was rather weak, right?”

Lorne could not help but laugh as he said, “Looks like you have been misled by the game. You are indeed a newbie.”

“Do you feel that if you do not equip a dozen of main cannons, your battleship will lack fire power and won’t be able to defeat the others?”

Lin Dong awkwardly turned his head and waited for Lorne to explain.

When he saw that Lin Dong truly did not understand what he meant and did not have any information about it, Lorne explained, “Generally speaking, it’s indeed as you said. The more main cannons, the stronger the fire power. However, that is only applicable to low rank civilizations.”

“The fire power of a low rank civilization’s battleship far exceeds its defensive power. For example, a super rail gun can easily tear apart an opponent’s armor. At this time, more main cannons can pour out more fire power in a short period of time. Naturally, they possess an extremely high combat power. However, as a civilization’s rank rises, the situation will reverse.”

“When the defensive power of a battleship is no longer its weakness, and an energy shield even appears, it’ll begin to surpass the opponent’s fire power. The situation will be different again.”

“For the Spark battleship, after activating the energy shield, attacks below a certain intensity will be largely immune to it. Only attacks above a certain intensity will consume the energy of the shield, which will then damage the battleship

“Under such circumstances, no matter how many main cannons the battleship has, if the intensity is not high, it will be equivalent to having no main cannons

“And the higher its fire power, the more energy it needs to supply. A battleship’s energy supply capacity is limited, which results in it being unable to carry many main cannons. The main point is to have fewer but better main cannons.”

“The secondary fire power will be supported by the secondary cannons. As the structural module of the battleship is strengthened, the fire power of the secondary cannons of the battleship will also increase. It’ll not be necessary to replace them.”

“However, the most important point is that the Spark battleship also has its own limitations. The Spark battleship can only have 1 main cannon slot. This is the restriction. No one can do anything about it.”

Lin Dong had a bright expression, as if he had learned something new.

At this moment, the battleship had already arrived at the location that Lin Dong had previously set up. It had changed its direction to deploy reactors, but the other reactors were not responding.

It seemed that it was really caused by meteorites earlier.

In order to be on the safe side, Lin Dong turned on the imaging map of the detection radar and pointed at a new coordinate.

“Thunder Flash, activate the signal jammer and head toward this place.”

After giving the command, Lin Dong turned around and explained, “Although the reactors have no feedback and it’s very likely that we have encountered a group of meteorites, we aren’t sure that if someone has detected the reactor and deliberately misled us. Therefore, we should go further away.”

“If there’s danger, we should head in another direction.”

Lorne smiled at Lin Dong, somewhat gloating over his misfortune.

Clearly, Lorne was mocking Lin Dong for being timid.

However, Lin Dong’s action also piqued Lorne’s interest. Having a sensitive and cautious successor was ultimately better than having an idiot successor.

“Your actions will reward you. While there’s still time, I’ll tell you more about my Spark battleship so that you will not be embarrassed by others and fall to the lower ranks.”

When Lorne’s words came out, Lin Dong raised his eyebrows as he felt astonished in his heart.

In Lin Dong’s previous life, he did not receive such treatment. It seems like the butterfly effect was beginning to show signs.

Fortunately, the changes were good.

Lorne first asked a question, “The ancestor of our human civilization is actually a seed fleet of a defeated civilization. Do you know what a seed fleet is?”

Lin Dong nodded.

He knew this. When a civilization developed to a certain extent, it would start to expand and send out pioneer fleets.

When a civilization was on the brink of extinction, if they wanted to preserve the seeds of their civilization, they would send out seed fleets.

“Our ancestors rode on battleships. After thousands of years of escape, they were lucky to find the ruins of a prehistoric super civilization in space. After a long period of exploration, we obtained the inheritance of the ruins. The seed fleet obtained the authority to use a mysterious creation, the All spark.

“After that, combined with the technology of our own race, the essence was extracted from the All spark and fused with the battleship. Thus, the Spark battleship was born.”

When Lorne spoke up to this point, he had an extremely respectful expression.

Lin Dong was stunned for a moment. He had only heard some rumors regarding the history of the human civilization.

This was the first time he had heard such specific news.

Especially when it was related to the Spark battleship.

“Generally speaking, the creations of different civilizations can’t be used in common. This is because each civilization’s development direction is different. Their body structure is also different and the materials used are all different,” Lorne continued to speak.

Lin Dong nodded his head to express his understanding.

It was just like how different countries on earth had different screw diameters and could not be used in common.

Let alone 2 different civilizations in the universe?

If 1 civilization used screws, the other civilization might not have screw as they forged it directly. They were civilizations which did not use screw at all.

“But the Spark battleship is different. The Spark battleship has module slots. Even if it was created by a completely different civilization system, it could still be used normally on the Spark battleship.”

“Through this method, we borrowed the core methods of other civilizations in disguise. What a great feat!”

“And this is only 1 of the characteristics of the Spark battleship.”

Originally, it was just some normal information, but at that moment, Lorne’s interest was piqued.

Lin Dong quietly listened. With his status as a miner, he could not find out about this information. If someone knew about this information, they would not easily tell others. This was a rare opportunity for Lin Dong.