Chapter 27 The Second Design Draft
Mingyu sat in the lounge, looking at the list of available materials in front of him.
On the light screen, two-thirds of the long list of materials are bright colors that can be used, and the remaining one-third is some intermediate materials, advanced materials and special materials.
Mingyu felt a little regretful that he couldn't use mid- to high-level materials, but he didn't really care.
He has never had the opportunity to really come into contact with those expensive materials, and his control over them is not as proficient as that of ordinary and intermediate materials, so he is still a little unfamiliar with them when using them.
Lanmao has gone offline to work, and Mingyu occupies the entire room by himself. He simply opens the light screen to draw the design draft.
However, he did not start writing immediately, but slowly organized his thoughts.
According to the title "Escape from the Dead Sea", the most important performance of the starship in this round of competition should be speed and endurance, followed by the defense layer.
Judging from the rules of the game, they seem to be a lost starship that needs to find a way out of the chaotic energy flow before the Death Star collapses.
The starry sky with a dead star that is about to collapse usually has complex and changeable energy flows, and is inevitably filled with broken stars of different sizes and unpredictable trajectories, as well as the intertwined traction between the star particles.
To navigate in such a place, a starship couldn't be too small, otherwise it would be difficult to control its course. It had to have sufficient power to escape the drag zone. Its defenses needed to be exceptionally strong, and its offensive guns were essential. If evasion proved impossible, it could penetrate the shattered star, creating a path of escape.
Mingyu rested the pen against his chin and had an idea in mind.
He chose the type of ship that was easiest to change direction: round.
The main gun barrel is mounted in the center, allowing it to fire in any direction without turning. A ring-shaped cutting gear layer is installed on the hull, rotating in all directions to break through obstacles.
The four engine groups, along with their respective backup engines, were staggered vertically and placed at quarters of the ship's hull. Any one of these groups could provide enough power to keep the starship operational. The first and third engine groups featured additional, deployable, needle-shaped shields that extended outward, serving as guideposts for the pilot to determine the ship's orientation. These shields could also be deployed and linked together to provide additional protection against impacts exceeding 3,000 star tons.
Mingyu began to write.
He did not draw quickly this time and was not in a hurry to finish the draft. After releasing his mental power, he instead focused most of his attention on observing the reaction of his mental domain when he was thinking.
His mental tentacles naturally turned into clouds again.
It was not that Mingyu deliberately guided him, but it was as natural as breathing.
Mingyu was acutely aware that this cloud of mental energy, like a fully developed second brain, effortlessly and accurately captured all the hidden logic within his thoughts, making every detail crystal clear, mobilizing, connecting, and recalculating all the knowledge he had seen and learned...
Such assistance made Mingyu's writing movements unconsciously speed up, but after only ten minutes, Mingyu felt tired.
It was as if a sponge that was originally full of water was quickly squeezed and drained, and began to feel pain due to excessive dryness.
Mingyu didn't dare to continue the experiment and quickly stopped writing.
It seems that the last time his mental domain was overloaded was because he was drawing the blueprint. Before the Star Navigation Competition began, he had never noticed that his mental power had such an effect.
Mingyu sat on the sofa, his fingers subconsciously clenched around the electronic pen.
Like every child who was looking forward to awakening his spiritual power, he once held certain expectations, hoping that his spiritual power could awaken to special properties.
Common spiritual awakenings are divided into nine major levels, from F to 3S. Spiritual awakeners below level C are not classified in detail because their performance in all aspects is generally very balanced. Spiritual awakenings at level C and above are further divided into four types.
High-intensity mental power and high-sensitivity mental power are also called ships and navigators. Mingyu had imagined the most, awakening to one of these two.
Besides ships and navigators, there are also highly penetrating psychics. Awakened individuals are known as Explorers. Their psychic threads are even more flexible and slender than those of navigators, allowing them to penetrate deep into the universe, where even instruments cannot detect energy waveforms. However, their perception takes much longer than that of navigators, and as a result, they typically work in the scientific research sector, exploring new star regions.
The final type of spiritual power is healing. This special spiritual power instantly promotes and repairs the spiritual tissues of other awakened humans. It is extremely rare and precious. Mingyu's mother, Zhao Ying, is a rare person who has awakened this type of spiritual power.
Under each category, different people's mental power may have other characteristics. For example, Mulan's mental power is hidden, while the eldest brother Mingyan's mental power is characterized by burning flames.
Mingyu pursed his lips.
Those who possess psychic powers, like a second brain, to aid their thinking are called "Sages." Throughout humanity's long interstellar history, there have been only a handful of such individuals, with only four recorded.
Zhong Tian, the developer of modern starship systems, Qiao Luoma, who discovered the habitable galaxy Yinxi Star Field during interstellar migration, Huo Xiusi, the pioneer of interstellar physics, and Zhang Wen, the founder of modern advanced mathematics.
Records show that when they used their mental powers, they were surrounded by light, as if gods had descended to earth. Points of light arranged into symbolic formulas that no one could understand, changing in an instant, revealing the mysteries of the universe...
Mingyu: ...Could it be that he really has his own mental strength? Through simulation and calculation, to assist his thinking?
But his mental power level... let alone C level, his mental power is not even F level. Logically speaking, it has not reached the strength that can be classified!
Mingyu: “…”
...It can't be that his mental power has the potential to rise to A-level or above?!
Mingyu searched the Star Network for a long time with this expectation, but he didn't see any similar cases, which made him somewhat disappointed.
But no matter what, mental power has special properties... no matter how you think about it, it's a good thing.
Apart from anything else, using mental power to draw blueprints is truly amazing!
It's just that I overdrew too quickly.
Mingyu opened the search box again and typed in a line of words:
"What if the mental domain is overloaded too quickly?"
Thousands of search results were refreshed in an instant, showing that many people asked this question. The top popular answer had a small red flag, and the answerer was concise and to the point.
"The threshold for mental overload is related to one's physical condition, but generally, as one's mental strength level increases, the threshold will increase accordingly."
"If you want to be less prone to overload, if you have money, spend it on Citrus Star Dew and see if you can gradually level up. If you're even richer, look for high-purity Citrus Star Crystals at rare item auctions, or hire a fleet to take you to find Hot Rock Ivy. If you're an ordinary person... just use less mental energy."
"Brother, think more positively. For ordinary people like us, a simple life is the real life."
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu opened his planner.
"First: Leaving the Central Star Region. Funding requirement: at least one million star coins."
Mingyu closed the plan book.
No matter what, save money first!
Since his mental energy was quickly overloading, he took his time drawing the blueprint. With the experience of the previous two times, Mingyu was confident that his blueprint would not take dozens or even hundreds of times to pass the feasibility test, so time did not seem so tight.
Every day he went to combat training as usual, then went to the starship designer library to read and study, checked in for the history of starship design class, and spent the rest of his time drawing designs. He drew for three consecutive days, and on the morning of the fourth day, he finished the first draft.
Mingyu walked slowly in the corridor of the Star Navigation Designer Headquarters and visited a modeling room. While waiting for the results, he subconsciously checked the team communication channel.
It is now noon on the fourth day.
Mingyu waited until after midnight that night, until four in the morning of the fifth day.
First, the machine in the modeling room spits out a feasibility report.
Because this time, the changes weren't just to a few parts of the starship, but to an entire design from scratch, several red alerts appeared on the report screen, indicating that the design drawings needed further revisions. Mingyu took a quick look and quickly spotted several logical conflicts. While carefully noting the problems with the supercomputer's simulation results, he made revisions and submitted them again.
At the same time, the light screen of Mingyu's communication terminal lit up, and the system popped up a communication friend request message.
"Mu Baixing, I'm requesting to exchange information with you."
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