Zhou Wenbin and the others standing nearby smiled awkwardly; this was indeed their shortcoming.
"We will strengthen talent training in the future!" Zhou Wenbin stammered for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence. Zhou Wenxuan couldn't bear to watch any longer and could only say it with a blush on her face.
Raphael smiled and didn't say much. In his eyes, only Ye Chen and Fatty, these two exceptionally talented young men, were easy to talk to. As for Zhou Wenbin and the others, they weren't even high-level lords, let alone sixth-level lords. It would be difficult for them to even reach the level of mid-level lords.
Indeed, that's true. Over the years, Fatty and Jian Mengyi have reached the peak of the third tier and can advance to the fourth tier at any time. They just want to accumulate more experience.
However, apart from Zhou Wenbin, the rest of them had not even reached the third rank yet. The expansion and development of their territory was too slow. By the time Ye Chen planted the same batch of saplings, they might have already grown into a small forest, while they were still struggling to figure out which few of them would survive and when the next batch of seedlings would be planted.
It is extremely difficult for a low-ranking lord to truly grow stronger.
However, Zhou Wenbin and his group were quite capable. They always sent troops whenever there was a war, trying their best to accumulate merit points to exchange for resources for the development of their territory.
Although it's difficult for Ye Chen and the others to exchange merit points for rare items, it's enough for the development of the territories of low- to mid-level lords. There are plenty of resources to improve the territory that can be exchanged. As long as they have money, they can improve the territory little by little and develop it sooner or later.
"Fatty, send out more goblins! Also, try to get the starship out!" Ye Chen nodded to the group and then said to Fatty.
Starships are considered an accessory to mechs, designed for those who cannot venture into space. However, once a player reaches the third tier of power, they can engage in combat in space for a short period. Consequently, research on starships was quickly delayed.
Although many lords are still researching starships, the high manufacturing and maintenance costs make it difficult for them to become widespread. Most lords prefer to send their kin into space to fight, as they are much more agile and powerful than these large, metal-clad starships.
Over time, starship research, like stargate research, stagnated at around the third level, and more powerful starships became extremely rare.
Sending the fat man to study starships was Ye Chen's helpless move after the development of mecha was hindered. It was too difficult to manufacture a real intelligent mecha like those in science fiction movies. Ordinary mechas were limited by materials, and breaking through to the seventh level was either extremely difficult or too expensive to mass-produce, so they were always stuck at the last hurdle.
In comparison, once a starship is upgraded to a level four or five defensive standard, and it also has access to the fat man's high-level energy cannons, it becomes a formidable weapon.
Of course, the high cost was inevitable, but Ye Chen and Fatty weren't sure; they just wanted to build one for their own use.
"Alright!" the fat man said excitedly upon hearing Ye Chen's words.
Although starships are expensive, they are much easier to build than mechs. With sufficient funds and resources, Fatty built ten in one go, each costing around 100 million merit points. If he were to sell them, they would fetch at least several billion.
Let alone selling it for billions, even selling it for 200 million would still result in the awkward situation where low-ranking lords can't afford it and high-ranking lords can't use it.
"Boom!" Starships flew out of the fat man's territory, creating a spectacular sight.
The enormous starships and mechs are something that would excite anyone to look at them. Now, ten of them flew out at once, comparable to a small fleet. Even Raphael was tempted.
"How combat power do you think your starships are?" Raphael asked curiously. Although he hadn't paid much attention when he mentioned them before, he was still very shocked and excited after seeing them in person.
"Hehe! You'll see when you see it," the fat man said arrogantly.
"You little rascal!" Raphael laughed and scolded, but did not press further. Instead, he looked at the starry sky with curiosity.
To be honest, he didn't have high hopes for the starship's combat power. After all, there were too many dark creatures, and they could easily break through the starship's firepower blockade. Once a large number of low-level dark creatures got on him, even if he was as strong as an iron wall, they could break through him.
But when the fat man's many starships officially set foot in space and flew into the space passage, Raphael was shocked.
The high-strength metal material and the constantly flashing magical shields helped the starship easily defend against the scattered dark creatures around it.
Furthermore, numerous guard cannons protruded from the ship's hull, strafeing the dark creatures clinging to the starship.
The starship's strong defenses and close-combat capabilities ensure its safety to the greatest extent.
"If that's all there is to it, at most it just means there are more guard guns and the hull is stronger. Your starship must have cost quite a bit, right?" Raphael turned his head and glanced at the fat man before speaking.
"Hehe! Of course there can't be only this much, take another look!" the fat man chuckled.
As the two were talking, ten starships arrived at the site of the formal battle. Here, a large number of familiars and dark creatures were clashing. The ones they had encountered before were just some that had slipped through the net. Only here did they truly begin their first battle against the starships.
"Boom!" The hulls on top of all the starships suddenly opened, and a large number of interstellar fighters flew out, carpet-bombing the surrounding dark creatures.
Moreover, numerous cannons appeared on the starship's hull, unleashing a barrage of energy cannon fire that instantly inflicted devastating damage on the surrounding dark creatures.
The terrifying firepower easily reaped the numerous dark creatures around them. Although Raphael was shocked by the starship's firepower, he wasn't too surprised. After all, this had always been Fatty's forte, and it was just that it was used more on the starship. The real key was the defense behind it.
Even the fiercest firepower eventually comes to an end. Once a gap appears in the firepower, endless dark creatures will instantly overwhelm them and devour these starships.
Indeed, after nearly half an hour of bombing, the starship's firepower finally ran out. Many of the fighters were either damaged or ran out of energy and had to return to the warship to rest. During this process, a gap in firepower appeared.
However, just when Raphael thought the starship would be overwhelmed and destroyed by the dark creatures, he suddenly froze and couldn't help but exclaim, "That's... a territory shield?"
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