Elijah turned his head and had a discussion and calculation with his master Terence, and finally gave Todd a number that made him despair—seven years.
"Seven years?! How could it take that long?!" Todd exclaimed in surprise.
Aisha, fiddling with the 3D projection system, glanced at Todd: "This number isn't wrong, and I think they're being a bit optimistic. From design to testing to launching, a ship involves countless modifications and rework. Just the materials for the hull and sails, and the drying process, will keep you busy for a long time. If you don't believe me, I once heard someone in a tavern say that even a skilled Imperial shipyard needs a year to complete the lowest-level single-masted warship."
At this point, Aisha blinked: "And, Your Majesty, haven't you forgotten a major problem?"
Todd frowned: "What?"
"artillery."
Seeing the stunned expressions on everyone's faces, Aisha smiled and said, "There is a saying in the Imperial Proverb: A warship without cannons is like an eagle without a beak. Imperial warships have cannons divided into eagle cannons, snake cannons, cannons, and mortars, and each type of cannon has more than ten subcategories. It is simply not something that can be manufactured and deployed in a short period of time."
Todd closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and sighed heavily.
“A thousand years ago, when the Talos were still busy dealing with the barbarians, many empires in the south had already discovered the secret of gunpowder.” Aisha turned a model of the ship with one hand and rested her chin on her other hand: “A thousand years, countless scholars’ meticulous research, a large number of tests and processing, countless data and samples. This is the advantage of the empire. Muxi City simply cannot imitate it at will.”
Aisha's words were a bit too much of a slap in the face. Kendi was uneasy, Terence was embarrassed and helpless, Elijah was slightly angry, and only Todd remained calm with sharp eyes.
Because he heard a key word from Aisha's mouth—the advantage of the empire.
If the Southern Empire's advantage lies in its superior technology such as firearms and artillery, then what is the advantage of Muxi City?
Todd's eyes lit up.
The mutant species are the biggest advantage of Twilight City!
Todd finally realized that his fixed mindset had limited his thinking. He had always thought of using technological superiority to defeat his opponent, forgetting that in the conventional technology tree, Twilight City was already far behind the Southern Empire. To achieve victory, he had to choose a completely new, even hidden, military technology path.
This technology line is alien technology.
Turning his gaze back to the 3D model of the ship, Todd suddenly said to everyone, "I want to build a alien warship made of parasites, bacteria, and viruses!"
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