109: Chapter 109 Tianyuan Mothership

Zhang Qiling soon arrived at Su Fan's home.

In the study.

"Qiling, I'll be uploading some data to the star wars world in a bit. Make sure to check it out," Su Fan said with a smile.

"Understood." Zhang Qiling nodded solemnly. If Su Fan was making a special point of it, the data was bound to be extremely important.

"I'll give you a brief overview of the data first," Su Fan continued. "The Tianyuan Mothership is a D-class spaceship. It is 90 kilometers long, 60 kilometers wide, and 30 kilometers high. It is a complete and utter super-behemoth."

Zhang Qiling's eyes widened upon hearing this. Had Su Fan not said it himself, he would have definitely thought it was a joke.

What did a ship that size even mean?

Ignoring the height and just calculating length times width, the Tianyuan Mothership's footprint would reach a terrifying 5,400 square kilometers.

Many people didn't have much of a concept of what 5,400 square kilometers looked like.

For example, the old Hong Kong City on Blue Star had a total area of about 1,100 square kilometers.

The Tianyuan Mothership was equivalent to five Hong Kong Cities!

"Chief Su, can we really build a ship that large?" Zhang Qiling felt a lack of confidence.

The title 'Chief Su' was the short form for the Chief Executive Officer of the planet Mars.

Su Fan smiled. "The data is very comprehensive. Although you'll need to study a lot to absorb it all, you must believe in yourself."

"You are the best spaceship builder among Xia Country's Level 2 professors. If you don't have confidence, how can others follow your lead?" Su Fan patted Zhang Qiling's shoulder encouragingly.

"Assemble a team as soon as possible and focus your efforts on this project. Put your other work aside for now."

"Yes, sir! Rest assured, Chief Su, I will lead the team to build the Tianyuan Mothership as quickly as possible." Zhang Qiling's eyes were determined.

"There's no rush; rushing won't help anyway. This is a mothership, much more difficult than an ordinary spaceship," Su Fan said, shaking his head with a smile.

"It took you nearly twelve years from getting the data to fully building the kunpeng no. 2."

"The kunpeng no. 2 is an e-class spaceship, a whole grade below a standard D-class ship, let alone the tianyuan, which is a D-class mothership."

"The difficulty isn't even on the same level!"

"Take your time. If there's something you don't understand, ask me immediately. With my guidance, you should be able to move a bit faster," Su Fan said with a smile.

At this, his heart stirred. The kunpeng no. 2 had taken twelve years to build through independent research. If he didn't manifest it directly and waited for Zhang Qiling and the others to build it, it would be at least decades from now.

"Understood, Chief Su! I'll go assemble the team right away and start studying the research materials immediately," Zhang Qiling said with a serious expression.

"Alright, you can head back. No need to rush; haste makes waste." Su Fan waved his hand, and Zhang Qiling took his leave.

Once Zhang Qiling had left, Su Fan let out a sigh.

He had originally planned on independent research, but on second thought, it would take too long. He didn't want to wait that long now.

"I'll manifest one first. The civilization over at Proxima Centauri is still waiting for my 'visit,' and I don't want to wait! Anyway, it's not a production line; it's just ten times the influence points. I can afford it," Su Fan thought to himself.

No sooner said than done. Su Fan gave Zhou Xiaoxiao a heads-up and then drove the Flying Car in his yard straight into the sky.

After more than a decade of development, the transportation of the Xia people had been completely overhauled. Flying Cars had replaced automobiles, becoming the darlings of the new era.

Flying Cars used Cold Nuclear Fusion batteries; a single one could last for a very, very long time.

Furthermore, neither the cars nor the batteries were expensive; an average family could easily afford them.

In terms of size, Flying Cars were only slightly larger than the cars of the past and could be parked in one's own yard, which was very convenient.

In terms of speed, they could reach 500 kilometers per hour. While not as fast as a plane, they were much faster than the high-speed rails of the past.

Regarding the driving experience, Flying Cars were fully autonomous, controlled by the Red Queen. The driver only needed to input the destination, and it would arrive automatically.

Su Fan's destination was the spaceship port in Tianheng City, where his private spaceship was located.

Piloting the kunpeng no. 2, he soon reached the Moon after a few hours of flight.

Secret Base No. 1 and Secret Base No. 2 on the Moon were already too small to house the tianyuan.

Therefore, Su Fan spent another 4 million influence points and 40 million influence points in the system to exchange for, extract, and manifest a new base.

This was a D-class Base. It was massive, with a length and width of 200 kilometers and a staggering height of 50 kilometers, perfectly sufficient for the manifestation of the tianyuan.

After being excavated by Bionic Nano-Ants, this D-class Base was successfully manifested.

Su Fan entered the base impatiently and began manifesting the Tianyuan Mothership.

"Manifesting the Tianyuan Mothership requires 99.9 million influence points. Does the host wish to proceed?" the system inquired.

"Manifest!"

Ten minutes later, the Tianyuan Mothership was successfully manifested.

A massive object spanned the air in the new base, a soul-shaking sight!

What does it feel like when something 90,000 meters long is placed before you?

Under normal circumstances, most people would feel a sense of megalophobia.

This feeling of dread generally leads to a racing heart, dizziness, and elevated blood pressure, though it's usually nothing to worry about—it's a normal physiological reaction.

Unlike when the kunpeng no. 1 and No. 2 were manifested, the Tianyuan Mothership did not land on the ground but hovered quietly in mid-air.

It hovered because of the system's deliberate operation. The ship was too large; if it landed, many pieces of equipment in the base would be crushed instantly.

The boarding method for this ship was different from others.

It had hatches on the side and the bottom, which were primarily for personnel. At the rear of the ship was a massive cargo hold, mainly for storing smaller ships and mechas, though it could also hold other cargo.

Besides allowing people to walk in normally, the two personnel hatches had a new function.

They could fire a beam of energy to pull a person directly into the hatch.

It was quite miraculous!

This was a special application of energy.

F-class and e-class spaceships could only rely on their own armor for defense, but D-class ships already possessed powerful energy defenses.

The built-in Energy Defense Engine could directly generate a thick energy barrier, wrapping the ship up tight.

Because the tianyuan was a mothership-class vessel, its energy shield's defensive power was even stronger.

Su Fan approached the area directly beneath the tianyuan with an excited heart, having already donned a suit of mecha armor.

He activated the mecha and leaped up, arriving directly outside the hatch on the side of the ship.

He had to gain authorization before entering; otherwise, the door wouldn't even open.

Su Fan quickly obtained operational authorization for the tianyuan via the Red Queen. In a moment, he would need to go to the ship's Bridge to confirm again and obtain the highest level of operational authority.

"Red Queen, open the hatch!" Su Fan's voice was a bit shaky with excitement.

"Yes, Master!"

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