NABC Chapter 6: The First Exploration into an Alien Realm
Chapter 6: The First Exploration into an Alien Realm
The components on a Fire-Bearing Warship are divided into two main parts: basic components and special components.
The basic components are designated component slots that are equipped on all Fireships. However, the attributes will vary depending on the quality and attributes of the exotic components that are subsequently loaded onto the warship.
Special components are different; they are the foundation of a Fireship's ability to freely combine various strange and unusual components. For example, the [Source Energy Overload Jump Device] recently installed on the Sky Patrol is a jump-type component. Other examples include puppet components that can summon special terracotta warriors, and enslavement components that can forcibly control alien creatures.
The boundless starry sky has given birth to countless wonders, including those with unique effects. As long as they can be transformed into shipboard components, they can be installed in the special component slots of the Firewood Warship.
Of course, a Firestarter warship cannot be loaded with an unlimited number of exotic parts. Although each Firestarter warship initially has two special part slots, the number of special part slots increases for every five levels the warship's hull level increases, depending on the quality of the Firestarter Seeds under the direct captain.
Colorless Flame → 2
White Flame → 4 Paths
Blue Flame → 6 Paths
Purple Flame → 8 Paths
Orange Flame → 10
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In other words, once the [Sky Patrol]'s hull is upgraded from lv0 to lv5, the [Sky Patrol] will gain 8 more special slots, adding to the initial 2 slots, for a total of 10 slots. If it is upgraded to lv10, which is the first-tier psionic airship stage, another 8 slots will be added, reaching 18 slots.
But this is all for later.
Chen Yao pulled his wandering thoughts back and was about to continue clicking to check the detailed attributes of each component after the enhancement, when he realized that the Sky Patrol had already broken out of the atmosphere of Tianlan Star.
Therefore, he had to stop what he was doing and quickly activate the "alien domain deployment" function of the Sky Surveyor.
After a short period of energy gathering, the Sky Surveyer began to tremble violently.
Buzz!
The next second, a strong sense of weightlessness came over them, and in a dizzying moment, the Sky Patrol disappeared into thin air outside the atmosphere of Tianlan Star.
The intense dizziness had not completely subsided, but Chen Yao, who had been highly focused, shook his head sharply and regained consciousness immediately.
Inside the warship's main control room, Chen Yao's gaze swept out of the ship. The giant star "Red Sun," which was originally visible through the porthole, had disappeared, replaced by a deep, almost absolute darkness.
"Another planet..."
Chen Yao muttered to himself, his gaze quickly sweeping over the detection information light screen that had been popped up by the shipborne semi-intelligent system in front of the main control panel.
[Current Location: Unknown alien region - Coordinates not calibrated.]
[Environmental survey complete: Vacuum environment, no atmosphere, no extraterrestrial life, interstellar radiation level normal.]
"Not bad, at least we didn't encounter any unknown dangers from the start, but..."
Chen Yao shook his head. If that were all there was to it, then the "lucky card" he had used before would have been a misnomer.
He quickly regained his composure and soon issued the first command to the shipborne semi-automatic system.
"Air patrol radar, full power scan!"
Standard psionic air patrol radar lv10
Quality: Colorless
Cost: 15/s (Psionic Points)
Maximum detection radius: 0.33 light-seconds (hundred thousand kilometers)
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An invisible ripple of psionic energy spread wildly in all directions from the Sky Patrol as its center.
On the star map in the center of the control panel, the previously empty dark area began to gradually light up—in just a few seconds, a dense cluster of bright spots suddenly appeared on the star map, which had previously been devoid of any stars, debris, or energy reaction signals.
[Large-scale swarm detected, data analysis in progress...]
[Data analysis complete. There is a 99% probability that this is a miniature asteroid belt, with a diameter of approximately 11,000 kilometers.]
"Found it, just as I thought..."
With a slight smile, Chen Yao activated the blue special component that had just been installed and upgraded to level 10 without the slightest hesitation.
Energy overload transition device lv10
Quality: Blue
Cost: 1000 Psionic Points/time
Charging time: 20 seconds
Buffer: 60 minutes
Effect: Consuming a certain amount of psionic energy points allows the warship to perform a directional jump, with a current maximum jump distance of 100 million kilometers.
Upgrade Requirements: 1000 Psionic Points, 6 Planetary Origin Crystals
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As a blue jump component, once upgraded to Tier 1, its maximum jump distance reaches 100 million kilometers, making it easy to jump directly to the asteroid belt on the star map.
[Warp coordinates locked, asteroid belt edge region, warp activated.]
hum-
The familiar spatial fluctuations enveloped the entire hull of the Sky Patrol once again. After a brief period of energy accumulation, the hull suddenly shuddered, and the unchanging dark starry sky outside the portholes was abruptly stretched into countless blurry rays of light.
The entire jump process lasts no more than two seconds.
When the light stabilized again, the view outside the porthole was completely different.
Countless fragments of planets and asteroids of varying sizes float silently in the void, stretching endlessly without end.
With just a glance, Chen Yao spotted several asteroids with diameters exceeding 100 kilometers, resembling floating islands in the starry sky.
Chen Yao could even imagine how many rare minerals these asteroids might contain.
In fact, his guess was not wrong. Not long after the Sky Surveyer completed its jump, the [Standard Psionic Air Survey Radar] beside it kept beeping with one alert after another.
[Zero-order mineral deposit detected: Black granite, a common building material – (Estimated reserves: 3000 standard units)]
[Zero-order mineral deposits detected: Rare earth elements, laser radar, starship materials — (Estimated reserves: 60 tons)]
[Miniature planetary primordial crystal minerals detected (estimated reserves: 15-25 pieces/low-grade)]
[Tier 1 mineral deposit detected: Meteorite concentrate - Tier 1 weapon and starship armor material - (Estimated reserves: 15 tons)]
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"Beautiful! This is the effect a legendary 'Lucky Card' should have."
Looking at the mineral information detected by the radar in front of him, Chen Yao felt a sense of joy.
It's important to understand that these are just the minerals exposed on the surface of the asteroid. The [Standard Psionic Radar] is just a basic standard radar. Even if it's upgraded to Tier 1, it doesn't have any special detection bonuses for mineral resources. The minerals it can detect are only those located on the surface of the asteroid.
In other words, these asteroids likely contain even more undetected mineral resources.
"The asteroid belt, stretching over 10,000 kilometers in diameter and completely unexplored, is truly a vast treasure trove, but unfortunately..."
Muttering to himself, Chen Yao quickly shook his head.
He knew very well that this treasure did not belong entirely to him. With the Sky Patrol's newly awakened capabilities, it was absolutely impossible for it to even swallow one ten-thousandth of the resources in this asteroid belt.
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