Chapter 16

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As the voice sounded out, a series of changes occurred in front of Lin Dong’s eyes, causing him to involuntarily close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes once again, his body was already in the space of the universe. Starlight flickered around him, while a huge star above his head emitted light and heat as it slowly rotated.

The scenes in the Star Region Network were all taken on the spot. However, Lin Dong had already forgotten which Star Region was it.

It was destined that no one would remember a place that was not famous.

Just like how he was an interstellar miner. No one would even care if he died.

Lin Dong stood still and said, “Login. ‘Sea of Stars’.”

The scene in front of him began to change after he said those words. The stars in front of him gradually disappeared until they were replaced by a giant steel.

The battleship had a huge body. There was a main cannon in the middle as well. From far to near, it gave off an enormous pressure.

On the left and right sides, there were 8 secondary cannons. At the top, there were autonomous rotating detection radars and rotating cannon barrels.

At the back of the battleship, the dark blue engine exhaust flame was 2 meters long. At this moment, it gradually faded.

A gravity beam landed on Lin Dong’s body and brought him into the battleship’s command cabin.

He took a few steps forward and sat in the commander’s seat in the middle of the command cabin. The armrests on both sides automatically sprang up and fixed at the most comfortable position. The seatbelt was derived from the back of the seat and intersected to hold Lin Dong in his seat.

The virtual screen in front of the commander’s seat lit up one by one, as the optical computer popped up a game basic description.

“The commander is in position. This ship is a mass-produced battleship. Its performance parameters are as follows: Main cannon LV1. Armor LV1. Engine LV1. Detection radar LV1. Ship structure LV1. Overall combat power evaluation: Battleship LV1. Remaining strengthening points: 1,000.”

“Currently, your combat power ranking is lower than 99.9% of the players. Please continue to work hard, commander.”

The familiar voice, the familiar layout, was still the same as back then.

Lin Dong opened his hands and gently closed his eyes.

In this virtual world, he was much more relaxed than in the real world. He did not need to disguise as someone in the virtual world, he was completely showing his true self.

The battleship was given to players when they reached a certain level.

Its prototype was based on the initial state of the Spark battleship.

Due to this, it attracted a lot of players.

However, it was different from the Spark battleship in the real world. Firstly, it did not have additional modules, and it could not add additional modules. Secondly, the initial battleship did not provide energy shield modules to ensure the smooth flow of the game process and gameplay.

To the players, the game was ultimately a game.

If it was designed based on the real world battleship, they would definitely need to explain what an additional module was. The monopoly of the privileged class was not only in terms of resources, but also in terms of information.

If they did not add additional modules into the game, there was no need to explain to players.

Lin Dong did not care much about this. When he first played this game, it was mainly to familiarize himself with the control and operation of the battleship.

He did not have much hope of obtaining additional information regarding the battleship.

At that time, he was already very satisfied to have such a game to interact and familiarize himself with the battleship.

After that, he coincidentally met Lorne and inherited his Spark Battleship, The Thunder Flash. Hence, he basically did not need to play this virtual game anymore.

Lin Dong looked at the screen for a long while before he starting the game with nostalgic thoughts.

“Entering 1-on-1 random match mode.”

“Please wait…1.2.3. Matching complete. Loading scene.”

Time: Star date February 23, 12,030.

Terrain: Asteroid belt mining area. Radius: 19 million km.

Participating battleships: Mass-produced battleship LV1 (ID: Black Panther). Mass-produced battleship LV5 (ID: Invincible Newbie).

Conditions for victory: Defeat players or surrender.

Duration: 1 hour.

The scene was still loading, but the basic information was already displayed on the virtual screen. Soon, Lin Dong’s battleship appeared in the mining area of the asteroid belt.

“Hahaha, the mining area, what a coincidence.”

Lin Dong looked at the scenery in front of him and mused for a while before giving the order. “Activate detection radar and start flying around the mining area. Gradually go deeper and stop at (X11, Y01, Z02).”

The coordinates were based on a 3-dimensional system. The initial central point was basically based on the battleship or a planet. Once the initial central point was set, one could calculate the distance, cannon standards, verbal input commands and other operations.

X was the horizontal axis. Y was the vertical axis. Z was the longitudinal axis.

The environment of the mining area was a little more complicated. To a certain extent, it would affect the operation of the detection radar. Without the commander’s judgement, LV1 detection radar would not be able to distinguish a battleship from an asteroid. Hence, if the detection radar was giving misleading information, Lin Dong would lose.

Therefore, Lin Dong chose to fly around the mining area and gradually go into the depths. By judging the environment from the outside, he would be able to determine the opponent’s range of movement.

In this way, it was a test of patience and their respective control skills.

Unless they were really unlucky, they would not be able to meet each other in the early stage if they flew around the mining area. However, they might have similar thoughts as they would be heading in the same direction.

10 minutes later, Lin Dong was only halfway around the mining area. Before he reached the designated location, he discovered that there was a hole in the middle of the cluster of meteorites.

The size and shape of the hole was not much different from that of a battleship.

This was a newbie mistake. They did not even know how to avoid obstacles or leave behind traces.

They continued to move forward in a daze, relying solely on the detection radar.

Lin Dong took a look and determined the direction his opponent was heading towards. He did not follow from behind. Instead, he circled around in a semi-circle and chased after them in an arc. The meteorites and asteroids in the middle could provide cover for him.

There were many traces along the way, which reduced a lot of trouble for Lin Dong’s pursuit.

“Beep! Beep! Beep!”

“Radar detection wave detected. Strength 0.7. Source coordinates (X20, Y12, Z34) .”

Suddenly, the detection radar found his enemies and gave out their coordinates.

“Continue to approach, the route remains unchanged.”

“Yes, commander.”

“Begin to approach the battleship. Estimated travel time is 5 minutes. Contact time is q minute and 13 seconds.”

Invincible Newbie’s detection radar had been operating all this while, but his battleship’s speed had started to slow down. It was unknown whether it was because of his impetuous mentality or some other reason.

Lin Dong had been paying attention to the surrounding environment in the cabin. He could still travel safely for 5 minutes, and could meet the enemy at any time in the next 1 minute and 13 seconds. If his enemies were careless, he would be able to catch them off guard.

The distance between the 2 battleships continued to close. However, Lin Dong’s battleship was an LV 1 battleship. Lin Dong’s main cannon was a kinetic energy type main cannon. Its effective range was long. However, its speed was relatively slow.

In order to ensure the accuracy, it was naturally best to get as close as possible. Otherwise, it would be easy for Lin Dong’s enemy to avoid it.

5 minutes later, the enemy battleship was already within range. However, if Lin Dong attacked from behind, he would only be able to hit the side wing armor and would not be able to establish a huge advantage.

Lin Dong did not give the order to attack. Instead, he searched for an angle to attack.

10 seconds later, the time had arrived!