184: Why would I avoid a drop rate that's so low?

"Fate," what an ethereal and mysterious word. This doesn't sound like a name the Human Federation would give to a Warship in that era.

Keith seemed to notice the confusion in Xi Hai's eyes and explained slightly, "Her name was decided collectively by all the members on our Warship."

"As a new experimental megastructure of the Human Federation, although she had not yet completed all mass production tests when she entered the battlefield."

"But whether it's the overclocked strike capability that hits the moment it leaves the barrel, or the influence range of several light-years, it all speaks to an indisputable fact—she is Fate."

Xi Hai listened quietly while nodding gently. Once Keith finished speaking, he asked the question he was most concerned about, "Tell me, can she still be activated now?"

Keith thought for a moment, shook his head, then nodded, "I wouldn't recommend it."

"Before I entered the Hibernation Pod, her structural damage had already reached over sixty percent."

"But according to the service life regulations for super-large combat equipment required by the 'Human Federation Military Equipment Production Regulations,' she can undoubtedly be activated."

"It stipulates that any self-sufficient super-large war equipment must be prepared for up to ten thousand years of high-intensity continuous combat."

"As a prototype, and even the first machine of this series, she undoubtedly complies with the regulations."

When Xi Hai heard the phrase "ten thousand years of high-intensity continuous combat," his face immediately took on a bewildered expression.

Seriously? Brother, what kind of war lasts for ten thousand years? Even if it did last that long, weapons would have been iterated and updated countless times... Wait, no, he didn't seem to have the right to complain. Humanity had indeed been fighting for tens of thousands of years, and weapon technology had even regressed. But that wasn't the point!

"What was the mindset of the Human Federation when they introduced this regulation?" Xi Hai couldn't help but ask, his lips moving as he slowly posed the question.

Keith rubbed his chin and said, "I don't know. Perhaps they thought it might not be needed, but it must exist?"

"Regardless, facts have proven that this regulation, which was cursed by countless Human Federation military workers, is indeed useful, isn't it?"

Xi Hai shrugged, "Fine, that's true."

"Take a few teams to try and start the things up there. The Void Bubble Engine produced earlier can also be installed..."

Halfway through, Xi Hai suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at Keith, "By the way, your survival in the Hibernation Pod was a coincidence."

"Your connection tube ruptured, causing the collective life support cycle to become an independent one. Our people later inspected several of the centralized Hibernation Pods in that megastructure. Your comrades... my condolences."

Keith nodded silently and said, "It's fine, I expected it."

"Those guys, to save a bit of deep-sea fluid, really chose the collective cycle."

Xi Hai patted his shoulder, "Don't let this affect you."

"Remember, as long as you live, your comrades live. Only being forgotten is true death."

"Perhaps in the future, we can even write them into the children's textbooks and let them become a part of history. Go on, I'll be waiting for you."

After hearing this, Keith stood at attention silently, gave a military salute, and then shouted in a resounding voice, "Yes!"

...

Several landing ships carried Keith and a squad of Marines to the central control room of the megastructure, while Xi Hai returned to his office on the storm and opened a file—the detailed data of that megastructure copied by the night lamp.

[ "Heaven-Burning Divine Soldier" Class II Experimental Mobile Fortress ]

[ Outer Diameter: 12,000KM ]

[ Main Weapon: "Destiny" ESFA-3 Experimental Void Warp Rapid Strike System ]

[ Deployment Time: 370s ]

[ Projectile Speed: ∞ ]

[ Cooldown Time: 80s ]

[ Principle: After the facility is deployed, the Void Ring will forcibly and briefly rewrite the parameters within the void, conducting strikes directly through Void Warp in a different space within the same space-time. ]

[ Expected Effect: In the absence of a stable Void star marker, it will produce a 5-7 light-year oscillation range in the material universe, capable of instantly evaporating everything within 0.1 light-years of the explosion center, and causing devastating strikes within a radius of 2-3 light-years in the subsequent ten minutes. ]

"What a terrifying war machine..." Looking at these astonishing figures, Xi Hai couldn't help but sigh.

He then thought, even with such overpowered technology, they only managed a narrow, miserable victory. What kind of enemy was the Human Federation facing back then?

Although according to some accounts, all of the Human Federation's enemies had been dragged into hell by the Human Federation's suicidal attacks, who could guarantee that?

Xi Hai felt a bit sweaty.

Some things are better to believe in than not. Even if those enemies of the Human Federation hadn't appeared for several eras or tens of thousands of years, what if they suddenly popped up?

Even if it was very crude, he had to make some preparations under the current conditions—even if that preparation was just for psychological comfort.

After making a note in his notebook, Xi Hai put down what he was holding and opened the research interface of the night lamp—he hadn't had time to open the proxima centauri coin and Encrypted Technical Archive he had harvested from this megastructure, and now, it was the season for harvesting.

He wanted to see if he could get a few more Warships. He took a deep breath, opened the store interface of the night lamp, and glanced at his proxima centauri coin balance: 36,135.

He then turned his gaze to the three-in-one Technical Reserves—he only now remembered that drawing from the nine-in-one boxes would lower the drop rate; by comparison, the probability of getting blueprints from the three-in-one was the highest.

He could buy 40 three-in-one boxes. He would buy ten each of Antonios and Norma Transport, then follow up with 20 of Jupiter Industry, and finally grab one 150 Jupiter half-price box.

Next was the immersive unboxing process—first up were the 30 draws from Norma Transport—

"frigate Technical Reserves * 8"

"destroyers Technical Reserves * 12"

"cruiser Technical Reserves * 3"

"battlecruiser Technical Reserves * 2"

"aircraft carrier Technical Reserves * 4"

"Born from death, only in desperate situations can infinite possibilities erupt—Wolf Lizard Class - Defensive frigate"

"Technical Reserves * 29"

Xi Hai: Six... Who told him that the probability of getting blueprints this way was high? High my foot! Only one Wolf Lizard came out... Fine, its other two models can also be used. Again! Antonios!

"frigate Technical Reserves * 7"

"destroyers Technical Reserves * 3"

"cruiser Technical Reserves * 9"

"battlecruiser Technical Reserves * 8"

"aircraft carrier Technical Reserves * 2"

"Either command me, or listen to my command—Hive Guardian - Heavy torpedo boat"

"Technical Reserves * 29"

Messing with him, right? However, a panel god like Hive coming to this world... it should be called a frigate, right? Does this count as an epic buff?

At this moment, Xi Hai was listening to a voice in his heart saying, today is not suitable for drawing cards, run away quickly to stop the losses!

But facing such temptation, Xi Hai just wanted to say, a mere drop rate, and I should avoid its edge? You naturally evil box imp! Let me personally sanction you!

Today's main event! Jupiter Industry! Twenty three-in-one boxes, a total of sixty draws. Come! Give me blueprints! Open!

"frigate Technical Reserves * 13"

"destroyers Technical Reserves * 13"

"cruiser Technical Reserves * 11"

"battlecruiser Technical Reserves * 2"

"aircraft carrier Technical Reserves * 9"

"support ship Technical Reserves * 4"

"carrier-based aircraft Technical Reserves * 3"

"Repeated testing occurred during experimental research; perhaps a serious problem was discovered, or perhaps a huge breakthrough appeared—"

"aio Class - High-Speed Ion Cannon cruiser * 5"

"Technical Reserves * 55"

? ? ? ? ? ? ? Xi Hai looked at the long line of identical aios, and immediately revealed a bewildered expression—he felt that he needed to check his remaining lifespan...