153: Chapter 153 Spaceship Modification, King Luancheng

"Master, the enemy has jumped and disappeared," Red Queen's voice echoed in the captain's quarters.

Phew—

Su Fan let out a long sigh of relief.

A head-on encounter is the most dangerous situation.

Caution is especially necessary when the enemy's strength is unknown.

"Once we build an army of Level 4 spaceships, we won't have to cherish our ships like this. We'll just charge straight in. If it doesn't work, we'll perish together!" Su Fan began to share his post-battle reflections.

Xia Feifei rolled her eyes; anyone could be a Monday morning quarterback.

"Are we going back now?" Su Fan asked the Great Elder.

"Wait a moment, no rush," the Great Elder said with a smile. "Haste makes waste."

Just like that, they waited for over half a day. After confirming the enemy truly hadn't reappeared, they returned to the previous planet to mine.

...

While they were working hard at mining, King Xuan spent a massive price to buy information about the target enemy from Prince Tangping.

"The Black Dragon Empire! You have no sense of honor!" King Xuan was furious.

Since the late Emperor signed the Non-Aggression Treaty with the Black Dragon Empire ten thousand years ago, the Black Dragon Empire had never harassed the borders of the Canglan Empire again.

"To think that in just ten thousand years, you black devils would violate the covenant!" King Xuan's gaze was cold as ice, but he slowly began to calm down internally.

The Black Dragon Empire was not easy to deal with. In terms of comprehensive national power, the Black Dragon Empire was stronger than the Canglan Empire.

"Release the location info first. Some fools will act impulsively."

While King Xuan spent a fortune to buy the information, he also used resources to shut Prince Tangping's mouth, making him temporarily keep the Black Dragon Empire's involvement a secret.

...

Su Fan mined lava stones for another half a day. He was very happy at first, but as time passed, a faint sense of unease grew in his heart.

"No, we can't go on like this. I have to think of something. I feel like a crisis is coming," Su Fan thought to himself.

"Great Elder, I feel like the enemy will return sooner or later. Why don't we mark this place and retreat for a while? We can come back once the enemy has left," Su Fan suggested.

"Alright. Anyway, after mining for this long, the ship is almost full. I suggest we go back to unload the cargo first, then come back later," the Great Elder suggested.

"Fine, let's retreat quickly. This is no place to linger," Su Fan nodded.

After a brief cleanup, the three of them set off on their return journey.

Three days later, they returned to Blue Star. Countless people flooded the streets, cheering enthusiastically!

The internet was also filled with joy.

"God Su and the others have returned in triumph again! Did you hear? They brought back many precious resources this time!"

"I heard God Su and his team destroyed several civilizations, spreading the prestige of our Xia Country throughout the universe!"

"I heard Chief Su is going to give us money again!"

"It is truly my honor to be born in the Xia Country of Chief Su!"

"Long live Xia Country! Long live Chief Su!"

"May Xia Country live for ten thousand years! May Chief Su live for ten thousand years!"

...

In the secret base on the Moon, Su Fan was looking at the objects in front of him with a smile.

It was a silver-gray cylindrical device with a base diameter of five meters and a height of twenty meters.

There were numerous dense small holes on it, and in each hole was a thin, long antenna made of special material!

"So this is the Hyper-Quantum Detection Range Extender." Su Fan gently stroked the instrument with his hand.

Since returning to Blue Star, Su Fan had been constantly searching the system for suitable black technology.

He still felt a bit disgruntled about their previous retreat. He planned to reclaim his dignity when he returned there this time.

The Hyper-Quantum Detection Range Extender could double the detection range of a spaceship's sensors.

It was incredibly powerful!

But it was also very expensive, costing a full 500 million influence points, plus another 5 billion influence points for the Dimensional Ascension Manifestation.

In space warfare, the attacks of Level 4 spaceships have already completely surpassed the speed of light, allowing them to strike directly through space.

This followed the same principle as a spaceship's space jump via Warp Drive, only it was faster and more violent.

With such rapid attacks, once a ship is targeted, it is almost impossible to dodge at close range; one can only rely on shields to tank it.

If the distance is great and the ship maintains non-uniform, irregular movement, there is still a chance to dodge.

In such dangerous space warfare, the range of detectors becomes a crucial factor in victory.

If our ship's detection range is two light-years while the opponent's is only one, I can find you, but you can't find me. This grants a natural strategic advantage.

Once the kongming mothership was equipped with this Hyper-Quantum Detection Range Extender, its original detection range of one light-year would immediately become two light-years.

In addition to increasing the detection range, the ship's attack range also needed to be increased.

Currently, the effective attack range of the kongming mothership was only one light-year, which no longer matched the upgraded detection range.

Su Fan spent another 6.6 billion influence points—600 million for the exchange and extraction, and 6 billion for the Dimensional Ascension Manifestation—to install an Energy-Boosting Focus Ring for the kongming mothership's C900 Planet-Destroying Cannon.

With the Energy-Boosting Focus Ring, the effective range of the C900 Planet-Destroying Cannon reached a terrifying two light-years!

With an attack range of two light-years and a detection range of two light-years, as long as it wasn't a close-range head-on encounter, Su Fan was confident he could send a Level 4 civilization's class-c spaceship to the afterlife!

After undergoing the modifications, the kongming once again carried Su Fan, the Great Elder, Xia Feifei, and the others out of Blue Star, jumping toward the planet rich in lava stones.

...

At this moment, in the Three-Body Star System, a spaceship was conducting a careful search.

Inside the ship, Prince Luancheng was staring at the large screen with a dark expression.

"Nothing! I told you, don't come here, don't come here! Who made the suggestion earlier!"

Inside the ship, everyone knelt on the ground in fear. Prince Luancheng's tyranny was among the worst in the entire Canglan Empire.

If any servant ever went against his thoughts, he would use every possible method to torture and abuse them to death.

As for the idea of coming to the Three-Body Star System to explore, it was actually his own suggestion. But now, not a single servant dared to talk back, as the consequences would be even more miserable.

"Are you all dead! Not one person is speaking. Are you ignoring me? Or is my word no longer law? Can I no longer command you!"

"A bunch of useless trash!"

"Belon! You speak!"

Among the kneeling crowd, a muscular man standing a full two meters tall felt his muscles tremble when he heard his name called.

"My Lord... I... I..." Belon's lips quivered as he stammered.

"Speak!" Prince Luancheng's eyes were sinister.

"It was... yes... it was Emily's suggestion!" Belon suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Better her than him; he would just grab a random scapegoat first.

As long as he could appease Prince Luancheng's anger, what did the life or death of others matter to him?

In the kneeling crowd, a woman with delicate features, blonde hair, blue eyes, and a graceful figure turned pale with fright.

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