Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, both of them were shocked, only then realizing how shallow their previous understanding had been.
"So, what's truly terrifying about this ghost ship isn't the dark creatures inside, but the various strange things it carries?" Jian Mengyi frowned. If that's the case, then it's a big problem.
"It can even smash through a lord's territory, how tough must this sheet metal be? If we could put it on our starships and mechs, wouldn't we be invincible?" the fat man exclaimed in amazement. Compared to the strangeness of the train, he was more curious about its structure.
Ye Chen and Jian Mengyi were both stunned. Putting all sorts of bizarre abilities into starships and mechs? You're really something!
"Your idea is very forward-thinking, but I think we should first consider how to stop this ghost ship and survive its attacks?" Ye Chen couldn't help but say. If you want to modify starships and mechs, you have to have the luck to do so first!
"That's true! What do you think this ghost ship's abilities are? The Star Train is a stubborn guy, so could this ghost ship summon ghosts? How do you think I can transplant that ability into it?" The fat man snapped out of his reverie, but quickly fell into daydreaming again.
His mech has been stuck between the sixth and seventh tiers for a long time. Even Akasha's so-called seventh-tier mechs only have the corresponding materials. To operate them properly requires a high level of skill from the pilot. Otherwise, there would only be a few seventh-tier mech warriors over the years, and Ye Chen has no plans to expand his forces.
The cost of Tier 7 mechs is too high, and the damage in battle is extremely severe. Now that we've reached Tier 7, the demand for high-tier mechs isn't as great, which gives Fatty enough time to research and improve them.
Unfortunately, despite continuous small improvements, a qualitative leap has been difficult to achieve, causing countless goblins and dwarves to worry themselves sick, feeling that the limits of technology may have been reached here.
Now that he has seen something far beyond their current technological level, how could the fat man not be excited? Even if it might be from the magical side, he can still find a way to learn from it. After all, the strange thing that Ye Chen mentioned is a power completely different from the lord system.
The appearance of the ghost ship and the star train mentioned by Ye Chen gave Fatty hope for the technology side. As long as he could find the source of their strangeness, his technology side would definitely be greatly improved. He could even feel that this was likely the hope for his territory to enter the seventh tier.
After all, unlike Ye Chen or other lords, he was not able to create a complete cycle of life and death across his territory. How to break through to the seventh rank was something he had been thinking about all along. If he specialized in technology, perhaps he could avoid this problem.
"Don't get too excited. Use your strength to figure out what's going on with this ghost ship and what kind of strange things it has. If you can't even figure these things out, how can you expect to study it?" Ye Chen shouted sternly, finally bringing the fat man back to his senses.
“You’re right. I need to figure out what’s going on with this ghost ship first. Don’t worry, leave the investigation to me!” The fat man calmed himself down and said with a serious expression. He then began to give his goblins various orders to investigate the ghost ship at all costs.
Numerous drones rose from his territory and flew toward the ghost ship, transmitting countless images back. Unfortunately, once they approached the ghost ship's range, all communication devices malfunctioned, as if some kind of magnetic field was present there, interfering with the transmission of communication signals.
Undeterred, the fat man arranged the drones in rows, monitoring the machine from a distance. He wanted to figure out how these drones had malfunctioned.
"No! It's not that the communication equipment failed; it's that a special magnetic field exists, causing all the electrical currents on the technology side to fail!" The fat man stared at the screen and suddenly frowned as he spoke.
Those drones all have a certain level of artificial intelligence. Even if they are unmanned and lose signal, they should be able to act autonomously for a period of time. However, the footage transmitted back from the monitoring station shows that the drones in front lost power in an instant. Some drones were even emitting flames, indicating that they were severely interfered with and that even their own power supply was malfunctioning.
"Is there any other way?" Jian Mengyi asked. Everyone could only be thankful that the ghost ship wasn't fast, otherwise it would probably have already reached them.
"Yes! Technological devices are most vulnerable to magnetic field interference, and I've already prepared for that!" The fat man nodded in agreement, and then saw a huge fortress drifting towards the ghost ship.
The fortress moved very slowly, but it was tightly sealed off, like a black stone with a surface as clear as a black diamond. In the distance, there were long, thin iron chains that stretched for hundreds of kilometers, allowing distant drones to remain outside the interference of the magnetic field.
"This is a miniature fortress made of obsidian. It was only after you advanced to the seventh rank, Brother Chen, that you were able to exchange enough materials for me. The entire fortress is completely sealed off. At the same time, due to the special properties of obsidian, the interior can completely shield against all external interference. No matter how strong this ghost ship is, it cannot affect the interior of the obsidian!"
"Since technological methods won't work, let's use the most basic method. There's a camera inside the obsidian fortress that can film what's happening inside through the semi-transparent obsidian. Then, a drone from the outside can pull it out, and we can manually retrieve the camera to get the footage!"
The fat man explained, "This is also the most common method used by the tech side. To put it bluntly, after encountering a network virus, I will directly cut off your internet and power. Without any connection, let's see how you can steal my data and information. If you're so capable, come and have a real one-on-one with me."
"This method is good. Let's see if obsidian can really block the eerie phenomena!" Ye Chen nodded. They all knew the effects of obsidian. That was the reason Fatty asked him to help exchange for obsidian. If they could block the magnetic field interference of the ghost ship, they would have found a way to deal with such a tool of dark civilization.
"Great! As long as we can see what's going on inside, we'll definitely be able to find a way to deal with it!" Jian Mengyi said excitedly, but then she saw the fat man shake his head. "Don't be too optimistic. Although we can't see the ghost ship yet, the footage from the drone shows that all the lords' families that have entered the magnetic field range seem to be moving closer to the ghost ship, and no one has chosen to leave."
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