"Phew! Stop talking nonsense and get me up there!" Fortunately, Dream Jia didn't want to continue bantering with Hao Yun, so she commanded.
Dream Jia measured very accurately, and Hao Yun's height of 183 centimeters was just enough to lift her to a comfortable height for cutting the hull. Watching Hao Yun and Dream Jia cooperate seamlessly in cutting the hull, Captain Tie Zhu quietly approached Dao Lao, constantly communicating with him through sign language to confirm Hao Yun and Dream Jia's previous relationship. Dao Lao responded with a variety of expressions to the inquiries of Captain Tie Zhu's team, occasionally glancing back at Dream Jia's movements like a thief, while also reminding Captain Tie Zhu's team not to let Dream Jia see them whispering, or she would definitely give them a hard time!
"I don't understand, why do you insist on carrying me when you can fly yourself?" Hao Yun asked in a stiff tone. On the surface, Hao Yun was protesting against Dream Jia's arbitrary commands while they cut through the hull. In reality, he was trying to conceal his embarrassment and prevent himself from having various strange thoughts. After all, any straight guy would find it hard to resist carrying such a beautiful woman on his shoulders and feeling her firm and sexy thighs and buttocks up close.
"Tch! Flying myself would consume my mental power, wouldn't it? Although our mental power has recovered, don't forget we're in a black hole. Under the chaotic interference of the black hole, the mental power we consume takes longer to recover. So, we should conserve as much as possible. This is called 'saving the best for last,' so we don't run into a situation where we don't have enough mental power at a critical moment." Dream Jia continued cutting the hull, explaining.
Hao Yun wholeheartedly agreed with Dream Jia's explanation. After all, during the battle in the Black Stone Castle, he had experienced firsthand how frustrating it was to be unable to exert himself due to a lack of mental power.
About twenty minutes later, Dream Jia stopped cutting, then tapped Hao Yun's head with her palm before gracefully somersaulting off his shoulders. "Done!"
Then, Dream Jia instructed Dao Lao to push upward with the elongated Demon Slayer staff. The armor of the warship, which had been cut and inscribed with runic patterns by her, dropped directly, leaving a hole three meters wide in the hull.
"Alright! We can go up now! Hao Yun, stop staring dumbly! You go first!" After successfully cutting a hole in the ship's hatch, Dream Jia waved her spear and ordered. So, Hao Yun, obedient to the command, leaped up with his dagger and was the first to enter the cabin to assess the situation.
"All clear! You guys can come up!" After quickly inspecting the surroundings of the hole, Hao Yun shouted to the people waiting below. Upon receiving Hao Yun's reply, Dream Jia shook her cloak and flew into the cabin. Dao Lao, with the help of two tall Eternal Star warriors, easily followed behind Dream Jia and jumped into the warship.
Since the location of the opening was close to the scar on the hull, as soon as Hao Yun entered the cabin, he saw that many components near the scar had also been melted by high temperatures, indicating the immense power of the energy that hit the warship. However, despite suffering such a deadly blow, only the exterior and corresponding internal areas of the ship had been damaged, while the other internal structures remained intact.
"Wow! The warships of the Divine Spirit Realm are indeed extraordinary! If it were a warship from your world, even the most advanced aircraft carrier would probably be split in half on the spot by such a hit, wouldn't it?!" Hao Yun exclaimed as he inspected the damage inside the cabin.
"As if those junk from your world could survive such a hit! Alright, stop dawdling! Come over and help!" Dream Jia interrupted Hao Yun, while using the butt of her spear to forcefully smash a large metal plate blocking their way.
Clang!
With Hao Yun's strong assistance, Dream Jia quickly broke the metal plate and unhesitatingly dove in. Then, after running up a small slope, Hao Yun and the others officially entered the cabin of the warship. The interior shell of the entire warship was made of the same material as its exterior, constructed from a shiny silver metal that was as smooth as a mirror. The interior furnishings of the cabin were also very simple, with the exception of a cylindrical corridor about seven to eight meters in diameter that ran from the bow to the stern. The bright walls around it were not equipped with any devices for operation.
However, compared to the simple and even somewhat impoverished interior, what attracted Hao Yun's attention the most was the metal walls inside the cabin. Although these metals were very bright, and the weak light shining in from the hole cut by Dream Jia illuminated the entire cabin through a wonderful refraction, the magic was that these bright metals could not reflect the appearance of Hao Yun and the others like a mirror. Instead, only a small blurry image could be seen on the surrounding walls, which was barely discernible unless examined closely.
According to Dream Jia, this design in the cabin was to ensure illumination and visual comfort while preventing unimportant images from being reflected on the metal walls, thus avoiding unnecessary visual disturbances for the personnel in the cabin. In addition, this design also prevented the ship's crew from being scared by their own projections reflected from the walls when they got up at night to relieve themselves. Of course, Dream Jia said she would tell Hao Yun more about this quirky anecdote after they finished their business, because there were so many such stories that they couldn't finish telling in a short time.
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"Wow! This design might be science fiction, but—without control devices, how do they control this warship? Don't tell me, the priests use consciousness to manipulate these warships in battle! That would make it even more, even more awesome!" Hao Yun exclaimed as he felt the temperature-appropriate and unexpectedly textured metal walls of the cabin.
Ignoring Hao Yun's surprise, Dream Jia summoned another holographic display and once again referenced the scan data provided by the system, searching around the cabin for something. After a while, Dream Jia suddenly stopped in her tracks, turned her head to the upper right corner of the circular corridor in the cabin, and said with a slightly dissatisfied tone, "So that's where it is! Ugh! The safety lock position of these old-fashioned warships is really bizarre!"
Hao Yun heard Dream Jia's words and quickly looked at her. Then he witnessed an incredible scene—after confirming the position of the warship's safety lock, Dream Jia, in a way that defied the laws of physics, as if entering a weightless environment, stepped on the incredibly smooth circular metal wall with three steps and two steps, striding briskly to the upper right corner of the corridor. At this moment, Dream Jia was upside down, with her body in a forty-five-degree angle facing away from Hao Yun, standing on the inclined upper side of the cabin, making Hao Yun instantly think of vampires in movies and TV shows who could walk on walls at will.
"Wow! How did you get up there? That's so cool!" Hao Yun exclaimed, envious, as he watched Dream Jia hanging upside down on the wall as if nothing was unusual.
"I told you not to be amazed by everything! Come up here quickly, I want to show you something!" Dream Jia interrupted Hao Yun somewhat impatiently, then waved at him.
"What's up there? How do I get up?" Hao Yun asked.
"Nonsense! Just come up, do you expect to fly up? Hurry!" Dream Jia urged impatiently again. Hao Yun, feeling uncertain, looked at Dream Jia first, then touched the unusually smooth wall, before gathering the courage to try stepping on the side wall.
"Huh? This feels amazing!" Hao Yun exclaimed in surprise as he stepped onto the smooth metal surface. He could clearly feel that as his right foot stepped onto the side wall, the center under his right foot also changed accordingly. At this moment, his right foot felt like stepping on a piece of ordinary ground, allowing him to stand firmly on the wall. So, after several attempts with his left foot to test the stability of his right foot, Hao Yun finally mustered the courage to fully transfer his weight to his right foot, and then, like a Neanderthal just learning to walk, he walked along the wall towards Dream Jia, slowly and clumsily.
"Don't worry! You won't fall! This is the unique 'Omnidirectional Gravity Dynamic Management System' inside the Divine Spirit Realm warship, designed to expand the range of activities and mobility of soldiers inside the cabin." Watching Hao Yun's cautious and somewhat ridiculous walking posture, Dream Jia couldn't help but laugh.
After hearing Dream Jia's explanation and feeling confident that he could move freely without falling, Hao Yun finally relaxed and boldly ran back and forth on the wall, excitedly saying, "Wow! This Omnidirectional Gravity Dynamic Management System is quite interesting! If I could install one at home, I wouldn't have to worry about limited floor space anymore, right?!"
Dream Jia rolled her eyes at Hao Yun and said, "You're dreaming! This system is specifically designed for handling divine warfare, and it's specially designed for divine energy warships. Besides expanding the soldiers' range of activities inside the ship, it also ensures that the lower realm combatants inside the ship won't have to constantly adjust their center of gravity due to the ship changing its flight attitude during battle, thus affecting their combat effectiveness. Of course, with this Omnidirectional Gravity Dynamic Management System, soldiers from the lower realm coalition can also more freely operate the ship's panoramic combat system against the enemy."
"Panoramic combat system? What's that? It sounds very powerful!" Hao Yun asked curiously.
"That's it." As Dream Jia summoned a light screen on the wall of the cabin and skillfully tapped on it, the cylindrical cabin immediately lit up as if it had been electrified, with layers of energy rings circulating from bow to stern. After about five seconds, these energy rings suddenly disappeared as if the power had been cut off. Then, transparent holographic screens appeared in an orderly manner on the surrounding cylindrical walls.
"Wow! Are these screens the warship's combat system? So many mysteries hidden in this seemingly empty cabin!" Hao Yun marveled at the combat holographic screens in the slow cabin. But before Hao Yun could express his admiration for the technological level of the warship, his thoughts were interrupted by a sudden "ding" notification.
Hao Yun quickly collected his thoughts and realized that it was his Mold Spirit Energy Tracking System sending him an inquiry message: "Attention! Accessible signal port detected! Do you want to access operational port No. 258 of the HL-4396-22002800777 Hell-class destroyer?"
"Access the operational port? What does that mean?" Hao Yun muttered, puzzled.
"It should be that after I lowered the safety lock, your Mold Spirit Energy Tracking System detected the port connection signal sent out by this warship. Why don't you try to link up?" Dream Jia explained.
"My system can still connect to the system of this warship? I thought this darn system was restricted by the black hole, and the signal was so bad that it couldn't do anything!" Hao Yun asked excitedly, wide-eyed.
"Because these signals are all sent out by this warship and do not need to go through the Divine Spirit Realm's divine energy network for secondary processing. Plus, we're so close now, so even if these signals are disrupted by the chaotic energy of the black hole, we can still receive them. It's actually the same principle as how we can still communicate through the system's private chat channel," Dream Jia replied.
"That makes sense. Then—System, access operational port No. 258!" Hao Yun nodded, then eagerly issued the command to the system.
"Ding—! The system has successfully connected to operational port No. 258 of the HL-4396-22002800777 Hell-class destroyer." Hao Yun quickly received the system's reply.