Chapter 507: Chapter 330: Spider Armor Puppet_2

“This power source is the diesel and Spiritual Liquid hybrid I mentioned?”

Su Jie patted the Spider Armor Puppet and inquired about the crucial aspect.

When Su Jie first brought in a batch of diesel oil, using it as the main energy source was also one of the design indicators for the Spider Armor Puppets.

“Correct, we have specifically set up a power output system for the Spider Armor Puppets. The diesel engine blueprints you gave us were very ingeniously designed, Hall Master. We have made some minor modifications to them to match the current state of the Spider Armor Puppets better. Meanwhile, the Spiritual Liquid serves as an auxiliary power source for backup to mainly ensure the rapid recovery inside the Spider Armor Puppets. Honestly, if we drove them entirely with Spirit Stones, the power of these Spider Armor Puppets would be even greater. Hall Master, won’t you consider it?”

Zhu Zhangqi gave a brief explanation; the main power of the Spider Armor Puppet primarily relied on diesel, with Spiritual Liquid as a secondary source. This was also per Su Jie’s requirement.

When Zhu Zhangqi first got his hands on the product of diesel, he was quite excited, but when comparing it to puppets powered by Spirit Stone energies, the power was far too lacking, and the energy transmission pathways were particularly simple, absolutely no match for the combat power of puppets driven by Spirit Stones.

After researching for a while, the disciples of Puppet Hall lost interest. Now, only some beginners would use the diesel provided by Su Jie to practice because they couldn’t afford to play with puppets driven by Spirit Stones.

“There’s no need; the diesel is very useful.”

Su Jie immediately dismissed the suggestion without a second thought. The Spider Armor Puppets prepared by Su Jie were meant for large-scale deployment. If they were all driven by Spirit Stones as the energy source, the power would increase, but so would the speed of burning through funds exponentially.

In comparison to military equipment that was going to be massively retrofitted, Su Jie had to consider the factor of cost-effectiveness. Chan Country itself produced oil, and having seized a large number of European and American oil companies and refineries, the cost of oil was particularly low for Su Jie, making it more suitable as the power source for the Spider Armor Puppets.

For the sake of cost-effectiveness, Su Jie didn’t even implement any formation on the Spider Armor Puppets, as formations consume too many Spirit Stones. These puppets were intended to be expendable, balancing both cost and performance, and sometimes quantity was more suitable than quality, as the Tiger Tanks feared the T34 tank swarm.

“Then, Hall Master, does this Spider Armor Puppet meet your requirements?”

Zhu Zhangqi handed over a piece of paper, on which were listed various performance metrics and standards for the Spider Armor Puppet. All of the design requirements initially set by Su Jie were checked off, including the cost of production, which had not exceeded Su Jie’s expectations. This was particularly rare for the normally extravagant and generous Puppet Hall.

“It’s fine. Let’s start with manufacturing a hundred units of Spider Armor Puppets according to these specifications.”

Su Jie nodded in satisfaction and casually threw out a number.

“How… how many, a hundred units?”

Zhu Zhangqi’s expression stiffened. They usually produced no more than a dozen units of a puppet model, but Su Jie’s order of hundreds startled him. This was not rocket artillery but genuine real-deal puppets.

Although many aspects seemed severely neutered in Zhu Zhangqi’s view, requiring Cultivators to pilot them personally, they were nevertheless qualified puppets. Producing so many at once seemed excessive.

“Is it difficult?”

Zhu Zhangqi shook his head and said, “Not a problem, Hall Master. We now have twelve hundred disciples in Puppet Hall, and if we’re short-handed, we can recruit additional disciples temporarily. We should be able to complete the production task in about a month.”

“This is just the first batch, and there will be more production tasks in the future.”

Su Jie patted Zhu Zhangqi’s shoulder earnestly and said, “Work hard on production, the performance evaluations will be calculated as normal.”

“Yes, Hall Master, I will urge everyone to work hard.”

Zhu Zhangqi’s face bloomed like a chrysanthemum. As long as there were rewards, no one would complain anymore. A hundred Spider Armor Puppets, even if it’s a bit exhausting, at least they were getting paid. It was far better than adventuring in Insect Valley to capture bugs, where there was a risk to life, and nowhere near the favorable conditions provided by the Puppet Hall.

Su Jie removed his gaze from the Spider Armor Puppet and asked, “Aside from the Spider Armor Puppets, what’s the production progress on the prototype ship Lanhai No.1?”

“We’ve just laid the foundation, Hall Master, come with me.”

Zhu Zhangqi’s face showed a trace of excitement as he led Su Jie to a lake nearby.

This lake, located near the Mountain Gate of Ghost Ridge Palace, was bustling with over five hundred disciples from the Puppet Hall, all busily working.

Next to the lake, a massive dock had been excavated. The dock, stretching an astonishing six hundred meters, cradled within it the steel skeleton of a titanic beast over four hundred meters long. It was evident that this was a giant warship under construction.

This warship was the very one Su Jie had planned, specifically designed for sea battles on Blue Star.

In the past six months, under Su Jie’s guidance, the Puppet Hall disciples had held continuous seminars and had finally completed the design a month ago. They then began the construction of the warship at the fastest speed possible.

Once built according to the planned design, it would be an enormous vessel with a displacement of 150,000 tons.

In the past, Ghost Ridge Palace had never built such a product until Su Jie issued the research directive.

The yet to be completed warship was currently named Lanhai No.1. Its shell and skeleton were primarily made of a metal mixed with Deep Sea Luminous Stone. When the sun shone upon it, the ship emanated a shimmering blue light, resembling a vast expanse of azure ocean.

As the Guan Chao Pavilion’s war spoils captured by Su Jie were abundant, this type of Deep Sea Luminous Stone, being a widely used spiritual material within the pavilion, offered commendable defensive properties, adaptability to water pressure, and remarkable resistance to fire. High temperatures from destruction would not easily damage it, though it was quite challenging to process.

Su Jie had also purchased a considerable amount of Deep Sea Luminous Stone from the Sect. The production cost of this warship was an astoundingly high figure according to the budget–even Su Jie winced at the expense, considering just the hull, not including the various weapons and power sources to come.

But Su Jie still invested a massive amount of resources, sick of the maritime blockade led by the Beautiful Country at the forefront of the Eight Nation Group. Jieke Group must have its own warships; not those small escort vessels of a mere thousand tons, but one that could exert strategic deterrence across the vast oceans.

Lanhai No.1, as envisioned by Su Jie, would shoulder this responsibility. Many of its design specifications appeared unimaginable in the eyes of Blue Star humans. The shoddy shipyards of Chan Country would find the task impossible to complete.

Only in the Tianyuan World, with the intervention of the miraculous energy known as Spiritual Power, and by utilizing spiritual materials, setting up Spirit Arrays, and combining the efforts of the Puppet Hall, was there hope for its completion.

Actually, even for the Puppet Hall to complete it was extremely difficult, as they had never built anything so grand. The construction process was destined to face many challenges.

Many of the key technologies involved were replicated from the Flying Magical Boat, otherwise the Puppet Hall would be utterly clueless.

“I wonder how shocking it will be on the day it’s finished, it’s a pity it can’t fly.”

Zhu Zhangqi sighed, but his eyes held not regret, but boundless ambition.

“Fumbling along, let’s first apply and digest some of the Flying Magical Boat’s technology on this warship. Once we’ve mastered it, we’ll certainly be able to build our very own Flying Magical Boat.”

Su Jie patted Zhu Zhangqi’s shoulder. This was how Su Jie motivated the members of the Puppet Hall and also how he managed to appease the high ranks of the Sect.

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“If we could build a Flying Magical Boat, hehe.”

Zhu Zhangqi’s eyes sparkled with excitement, as if he could already see the prestige the Puppet Hall would gain within the Sect once they built their own Flying Magical Boat, earning a thumbs-up from everyone!

Su Jie smiled without speaking. He had issued dozens of research tasks to the Puppet Hall, with Lanhai No.1 and the Spider Armor Puppet being just two of the projects. Others were still in the design phase, some not yet taking form, all requiring more time to develop.

With the Beautiful Country stirring up trouble with the Eight Nation Group on Blue Star, Su Jie planned to go back and take a look. The research conducted by the Puppet Hall would become Chan Country’s support and foundation.

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