eurekapd Chapter 1288 The Birth of the Zhenyuan Fleet
Chapter 1288 The Birth of the Zhenyuan Fleet
It was as if a primordial beast, which had been dormant for countless ages, had awakened at this moment!
That blue crystal is its heart!
A visible blue energy ripple instantly spread from the crystal, flowing along the countless dense energy lines inside the ship and reaching every corner of the hull!
One lamp!
Ten cups!
One hundred cups!
A thousand cups!
The entire black warship shone with countless eerie blue lights from the inside out!
The dense array of cannon muzzles were no longer lifeless black holes, but instead glowed with a captivating eerie light, as if a colossal beast from the abyss had opened its millions of compound eyes!
A deep and powerful roar of energy resounded throughout the underground workshop!
Yue Fei and Elizabeth stared blankly at the steel demon that had come to life before them, feeling their souls tremble under its oppressive power.
However, this is just the beginning.
Lin Zhen carried Murong Yan and landed on the central control panel. His voice resounded throughout the space, carrying a godlike majesty.
"Using the 'Dingyuan' as a template, the 'Zhenyuan' fleet will begin mass production!"
boom--! ! !
A loud bang!
This time, it's not just one machine operating.
The entire God's Workshop, with its ten massive production lines, was activated simultaneously!
Countless robotic arms stood tall, frantically swallowing up mountains of metal ore.
Before Yue Fei and Elizabeth's horrified eyes, keels, decks, turrets... ten identical "Dingyuan-class" warships were being "printed" out simultaneously at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye!
This is not under construction.
This is... creation!
The creation of a fleet!
"This...this is...the 'Dingyuan'?"
Elizabeth's voice was incredibly dry.
She reached out, her fingertips trembling, wanting to touch the cold yet powerful black hull of the ship.
But just as she was about to touch him, she recoiled as if burned by an invisible flame.
She was afraid.
She feared that her mortal body would desecrate this divine creation that did not belong to humankind.
Having sailed the world for decades, she had seen the most robust galleons and commanded the most powerful sailing warships, and once thought that her "Black Pearl" was the pinnacle of the era.
But now, standing before this steel behemoth named "Dingyuan," she realized how ignorant she had been.
Her Black Pearl was nothing more than a small boat compared to this giant ship.
That was a sheep, but the one before us was an ancient Leviathan capable of devouring everything!
Yue Fei was also deeply shaken; the veteran general's breath caught in his throat.
He was not a naval commander, yet he could sense from this warship a terrifying, iron-blooded aura capable of crushing a dynasty.
He walked up to a newly installed rotating turret and placed his palm on the cold barrel.
The surface of the turret is seamless, without a single seam.
The caliber of the cannon barrel was smaller than that of the Red-Clad Cannon of the Shenji Battalion.
But deep within that dark cannon muzzle, thunder and destruction seemed to be brewing.
"Your Majesty."
He turned to look at Lin Zhen, his bronze, resolute face filled with bewilderment that defied all expectations.
"This cannon...does not require loading gunpowder?"
"Of course not."
Lin Zhen smiled, walked to the turret, and gently pressed a button on the complex control panel.
Om-!
The turret rotated silently 180 degrees, its dark muzzle precisely locking onto the wall of the hangar in the distance.
"It uses this."
Lin Zhen pointed to the back of the turret, where an energy module was emitting a faint blue light.
“Energy bomb?” Elizabeth asked tentatively, having heard the term from the Nihilistic Party prisoners.
"Yes."
Lin Zhen nodded.
"The power of a single shot exceeds that of 100 kilograms of black powder, with a faster rate of fire, a more stable trajectory, and a longer range."
He paused, a chilling smile curving his lips.
"Most importantly, its ammunition is unlimited."
"unlimited?!"
Elizabeth and Yue Fei—these two words completely shattered my understanding of them.
"As long as the energy core is still running, it can provide an inexhaustible energy source for all the turrets."
Lin Zhen's voice was calm, yet every word was piercing.
"In other words, we can keep firing as long as we want, until we boil the whole ocean."
Elizabeth and Yue Fei fell completely silent.
The two stood frozen in place, their minds completely taken away, like puppets.
An energy cannon with unlimited ammunition.
An energy shield to withstand artillery fire.
A giant steel ship powered by energy.
This is not a war.
This is a god's overwhelming attack on mortals, a dimensional reduction strike that is beyond doubt!
Seeing the two of them looking so dejected, Murong Yan couldn't help but smile with a hint of pride.
She walked to Lin Zhen's side and naturally took his arm, her phoenix eyes filled with undisguised adoration and love.
She was still wearing that phoenix-themed dress today.
In this cold, steel and machinery shipyard, her exquisitely black, luxurious dress and her dignified, imperial aura blended perfectly with the surrounding environment.
She was born to be the master of this place, the one and only queen of this steel behemoth.
The five-zhang-long, dark gold trailing tail of the "Dingyuan" was spread across the smooth, mirror-like black deck, resembling a flowing galaxy in the dark night, infusing this machine of death with the supreme majesty of royalty.
"My lord, this ship is truly beautiful," she exclaimed sincerely.
"I'm glad you like it." Lin Zhen smiled and squeezed her hand. "When we return to Daqian, I'll build you an even bigger and more beautiful palace in the sky."
"A palace in the sky?" Murong Yan's beautiful eyes lit up.
"Mm." Lin Zhen nodded, his deep eyes reflecting the endless stars of the future. "A sky city that can take us anywhere."
Murong Yan's heart was so sweet it felt like it was melting.
She gently rested her head on his shoulder, feeling like the happiest woman in the world.
Just then, the roar of the "Workshop of God" resounded once again from underground!
This time, ten material recombination cores are operating simultaneously!
One after another, brand-new warships of the same class as the "Dingyuan" but with different functions are being built at an alarming, assembly-line speed!
Destroyers, cruisers, supply ships, hospital ships...
That scene overturned their understanding of the word "construction".
Alita Rothschild and her companions, who were tied to the sidelines and forced to witness this creation miracle from the beginning, had already completely broken down.
In their eyes, these war machines were more futuristic and powerful than the most advanced interstellar warships in their "second quadrant".
But that Eastern man manufactured them one by one, like producing sausages.
Their pride as members of a "higher civilization" was crushed into the most insignificant dust.
They finally realized that they hadn't provoked any natives at all.
That was a true... creator god, one they didn't even have the right to look up to!
When the last warship was completed, the entire massive underground dock was completely filled with thirty-six jet-black steel behemoths.
They remained still, like an ancient herd of beasts lurking in the abyss.
The ship, with its densely packed cannons and menacing, cold hull, exudes an aura of death powerful enough to freeze the soul of any enemy.
This was the first ironclad fleet of the Great Qian Empire.
It was also the world's first.
—Zhenyuan Fleet!
Its birth is destined to drag the history of this world into a new era of blood and fire!