672: Chapter 672 The First Space Force

Currently, 26 fully charged zhen crystals have been accumulated, and 13 sets of small manned space shuttles have been successfully manufactured in the Space Station.

Oriental Chen followed the old method and allocated these shuttles to Batuo City.

This batch of shuttles will be used to equip the 25 Special Operations Team members in the base, preparing for the upcoming major battle.

Now, Zhang Yuankui's strength has reached the level of a 7th-order Hollow Realm Cultivator.

Most of the other Special Operations Team members have reached the 6th-order Integration Realm, with a very few still in the 5th-order Soul Transformation Realm.

Shen Wengang and Luoer completed their gene injection months ago. Now, Shen Wengang has reached the 4th-order Nascent Soul Realm, while Luoer has advanced relatively quickly, reaching the 6th-order Soul Transformation Realm.

A small portion of the other Lurker have not yet been contacted, but most have successively received messages and completed the injection.

However, some took a long time, while others took a short time, so their current levels vary. The highest have reached the 5th-order Soul Transformation Realm, while the lowest are still in the 1st-order Qi Refining Realm.

Overall, everyone's strength is still somewhat low, so Oriental Chen plans to wait a little longer.

If they were to reveal themselves now, he is concerned that they might not be able to control the situation.

Currently, in the Mars Base, the first large space transport ship has been manufactured.

"Commander, the ship production is complete. Should it ascend?"

"First, load all the manufactured light crystal plates onto the ship."

"Understood, Commander, the command has been issued. It is estimated that it will take 3 hours to complete the loading."

"Now that the ship production bay is empty, begin manufacturing battleships."

"Understood, Commander. The task has been assigned."

Oriental Chen has completed the battleship design during this time.

According to a complete formation, a large attack mothership should be equipped with at least 12 escort ships.

The attack mothership designed by Oriental Chen can be called a small planetary-class space carrier.

Its size is not very large, with a length of only 1286 meters.

In addition to being equipped with conventional energy shields and main and auxiliary laser cannons, it also carries 200 small unmanned space shuttles and 200 small manned space shuttles.

The design is lighter in the front and heavier in the back, with an oversized main laser cannon on each side of the tail.

The mothership has a crew capacity of 368 people, of whom 200 are combat personnel responsible for piloting the 200 small manned space shuttles carried on board. The remaining 168 are internal staff and service personnel.

The 12 escort ships are much smaller, fully named small planetary-class escort ships. They are 231 meters long and have a crew capacity of 10 people.

They carry 10 small manned space shuttles, mainly used for combat by the ship's personnel, executing external missions, and escaping.

Once these battleships are manufactured, they will become Oriental Chen's first space force.

With this fleet, the safety of the Space Station can be guaranteed to a certain extent.

Three hours later.

"Commander, the transport ship is loaded. Should it ascend?" Xiao Lin asked.

"Ascend."

"Understood, the command has been issued."

"Mars weather is normal, and the base's exit hatch is opening."

"Transport ship energy core activated, battleship self-check starting."

"Communication signal normal, all functions normal, auxiliary thrusters activated."

"Countdown 10 seconds, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0."

"Transport ship beginning ascent."

"Power engine starting, main thrusters starting."

"Beginning acceleration."

Five minutes later.

"Commander, the transport ship has successfully ascended. Should it now execute the transport mission?"

"Begin."

"Understood, the command has been issued."

The successfully ascended large space transport ship was like a wild horse unleashed or a fish entering water. Under the acceleration of the warp engine, it began to accelerate at an immense rate, flying rapidly towards the sun.

This transport ship only needs 12 hours to reach a near-solar orbit, showing how fast it is.

The transport ship is loaded with 100,000 light crystal plates needed for charging units and 110,000 zhen crystals that were transported to Mars in advance.

Once built, it will increase the charging speed of the charging station by 10 times, from charging one per 10 days to one per day.

The increased zhen crystal charging speed will greatly accelerate the construction of small manned space shuttles.

And with the continuous manufacturing of light crystal plates, this speed will continue to increase.

In short, the faster the zhen crystal charging speed, the faster the development of space power.

Another six months passed.

June 20, 2058 AD.

Zhang Yuankui successfully reached the late 9th Order, taking a full 15 months.

This is probably the fastest advancing Cultivator on the surface.

The other Special Operations Team members were not slow either, all successfully entering the 9th Order, with a few even reaching the mid-9th Order.

This is all thanks to the high-quality genes provided by Zhang Huishan.

With 26 9th-order Cultivator experts guarding it, who would dare to cause trouble in Batuo City?