"This is the warship's multifunctional medium energy convection layer, specifically designed to protect the hull and serve as a buffer layer between the outer armor and inner compartments of the warship. At the same time, it's also the area for transmitting energy to the entire warship," Dao Lao explained, looking at the medium energy passing through Hao Yun's hand.
"Not only that, but this is also where the energy source the system just indicated is located. Look, as soon as our battle armor entered here, it automatically started recharging," Hao Yun observed the flowing energy around him while pointing to the three sets of Earth Yin Realm battle armor under his feet. Then Dao Lao saw that although the flowing energy in the convection layer could pass through their bodies, it all entered the three sets of battle armor after touching them.
"You see, according to the system's calculations, the remaining energy of this warship is not much. But the problem is, although the remaining energy of the warship is not much, its volume is still very large. Even with so much energy, it can only replenish less than five percent of the energy for each battle armor at most. This means that the energy storage capacity of our battle armor is much greater than that of this warship! Does that mean that if we fill these three sets of battle armor with energy, the power they can unleash will be much stronger than this warship? My goodness! What kind of monster is that Countess? How did she do it?" Hao Yun exclaimed, while also sharing the recharging information displayed in his system with Dao Lao.
Dao Lao didn't seem surprised by this. Because Tie Zhu had previously said that even larger warships than this one couldn't penetrate the three defense layers enveloping the surface of Eternal Admiration Star. Yet the three of them had successfully penetrated Eternal Admiration Star with just three sets of battle armor, which was enough to prove the profound power of these three sets of battle armor.
However, no effort goes unrewarded, especially when they inexplicably received help from the hostile party. So, when Dao Lao thought about it, he couldn't help but stroke his white beard and mutter to himself, "That Countess, how did she do it? What does she want?"
Just as Hao Yun and Dao Lao were lost in thought again, their thoughts were interrupted by Dream Jia's call: "Hao Yun? Dao Lao? Can you hear me? Please respond!"
"We hear you! Dream Jia, how's the situation on your end?" Hao Yun quickly replied.
"We've found the escape pods. After confirmation, one of the escape pods has been completely destroyed, and the other escape pod has a minor malfunction now. However, Old Jones said he had some repair knowledge in related areas, so he should be able to fix it soon. Also, we found several bodies here," Dream Jia said.
"Bodies? Whose bodies? Are they Eternal Admiration Star residents?" Hao Yun asked.
"They shouldn't be. At least judging from the current appearance of the bodies, they are not Eternal Admiration Star residents. Oh, by the way, I found an energy source that can recharge the Earth Yin Realm battle armor here. How about your end? Is the battle armor recharging?" Dream Jia briefly answered Hao Yun's question and then asked.
"What? Another one found?" Hao Yun and Dao Lao replied in surprise.
"Yes, if the system hasn't malfunctioned. This is my location. You better come and see for yourselves!" Dream Jia said, sharing her location with Hao Yun and Dao Lao.
Since Dream Jia and Old Jones were currently located in the warship's medium energy convection layer, Hao Yun and Dao Lao only needed to move along the inside of the convection layer and quickly saw Dream Jia and Old Jones.
"Hey! This convection layer is designed so well! We can quickly move to any position of the warship here. It's much more convenient than running around inside the cabin!" Hao Yun sincerely praised when he saw Dream Jia.
"Of course. But the reason we can enter here is that the warship is currently in standby mode. When the warship is in active mode, it absolutely doesn't allow anyone to enter the energy convection layer. Because these medium energy convection layers are constructed with bio-mimetic black technology by the Allied Forces of the Divine Realm. Not only can they provide necessary energy for the warship, but they can also quickly repair damaged parts of the warship after it starts. Therefore, if someone stays here, the medium energy will treat them as the cause of the warship's damage and find a way to eliminate them. Believe me, no one wants to encounter that situation," Dream Jia said.
"As for this crack—, the force that caused such great damage to the warship has exceeded the warship's own bearing capacity. Obviously, this force not only pierced the warship's armor but also destroyed the internal medium energy, leading to the warship's crash," Dream Jia continued, pointing to the wound on the other side of the hull and the crystallized medium energy that had solidified into white crystals.
"So, where are those bodies?" After listening to Dream Jia's explanation, Hao Yun turned to ask. Although Hao Yun had become desensitized to zombies and bodies after experiencing many bloody battles, he still paid special attention whenever these things were mentioned.
"They're over there. We found the remains of those bodies near the escape pod," Dream Jia said, pointing casually around the severely damaged escape pod on the opposite side.
Following Dream Jia's direction, Hao Yun and Dao Lao indeed saw a severely damaged escape pod, along with scattered and incomplete armor fragments. These armor pieces, under high temperatures and immense energy impacts, had long lost their original appearance and couldn't be recognized. Hao Yun casually picked up a large piece of armor fragment and found that on the back of this piece, which seemed like a large chest plate, there were some sticky black substances. Seeing this, the scene of soldiers being blown into pieces by tremendous energy while trying to board the escape pod flashed through Hao Yun's mind, followed by their fragmented bodies burning into charred residue under high temperatures. Thinking of this, Hao Yun quickly threw away the armor in his hand and wiped his hands on Dao Lao, which earned him another round of harsh scolding from Dao Lao.
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Seeing Hao Yun and Dao Lao about to argue again, Dream Jia rolled her eyes and pointed to the intact escape pod nearby, saying, "That one over there is a relatively intact escape pod, where we also found two bodies. And not just bodies, I also found an energy source that can recharge the battle armor."
Since this escape pod hadn't been destroyed by that powerful energy, Hao Yun could see clearly that the shape of the escape pod was remarkably similar to a shiny silver egg. The top and bottom shells of the escape pod were now open, and the burly Old Jones was busily conducting a quick inspection and repair on the escape pod.
Not far from Old Jones, there were two fully armed bodies lying on the ground. Seeing this, both Hao Yun and Dao Lao naturally prepared to go over and inspect the two bodies. However, just as they approached the bodies, they both received messages from the Mold Spirit Energy Pursuit System: "Ding! A usable energy group has been found. Do you want to charge the Earth Yin Spirit Armor?"
"It's this escape pod. According to the system prompt, the energy stored in this escape pod can also charge our battle armor. Actually, it's quite understandable since the escape pod and the energy source used by this battleship are the same. But according to Hao Yun's system calculations, the energy in this escape pod is not even enough to fill a tooth gap in one piece of battle armor. So, I suggest we leave this bit of energy for the escape pod." Dream Jia said after Hao Yun and Dao Lao received the system prompts, and both of them expressed no objections.
Then, Dao Lao roughly inspected the two intact bodies on the ground and asked, "Have you found out where these soldiers are from?"
"Reporting, Sir, based on my memory, these soldiers don't seem to belong here." Old Jones answered as he poked his head out from under the escape pod.
"I have scanned and sampled the two bodies. Now let's see if the system can find out their origins. Hmm! But considering the current situation, who knows how long it will take for the system to respond!" Dream Jia replied with her hands spread out.
"Hmm, why do I feel like these two bodies look like larger humans?" Hao Yun said after carefully examining the two bodies. Then, as if his brain malfunctioned, he suddenly lay down next to the bodies and compared their sizes. Seeing this, Dream Jia and the others couldn't help but shake their heads in disbelief at Hao Yun's sudden absurd behavior.
"Don't get me wrong, I just wanted to make a more direct comparison between the physical aspects of these two bodies and mine! Because they look very similar to me in form, except they're taller and stronger than me. Oh! Don't look at me with that 'caring for the mentally challenged' look! I'm just curious!" Hao Yun realized he was acting silly and hastily got up to explain himself. Dao Lao and Dream Jia gave Hao Yun a "whatever floats your boat" expression, then shifted their attention back to the intact escape pod.
"Old Jones, how much longer until this guy is fixed?" Dao Lao asked.
"Reporting, Sir, it's almost done! It may be due to the fatal blow the battleship suffered, and the fact that the energy supply system was cut off for self-protection for a long time, causing a slight malfunction in the system of this escape pod. However, I have rechecked all the components of this escape pod and reset its operating system. It should be ready for normal use after a while!" Old Jones replied as he checked the holographic projection projected from the bottom of the escape pod and occasionally tapped commands on it.
Seeing Old Jones's professionalism, Dao Lao and Dream Jia were quite surprised. "Old Jones, you're quite capable! I didn't expect you to be able to repair equipment from the Divine Realm!"
"Oh my, you're flattering me, three respected gentlemen! As a logistics center designated by the gods in the Divine Realm, we people from the Mastanians have indeed mastered some knowledge and technology for maintaining the equipment and devices of the Divine Army with the help of the priests. Of course, I, Old Jones, have only learned a little bit of superficial technology because of my limited knowledge and skills. However, fortunately, the structure of this escape pod is simple, and repairing such an escape pod belongs to the basic technology we need to master, which happens to allow me to help." Old Jones replied modestly after receiving praise from the priests.
"Old Jones, you're being too modest! You, being able to pilot warships and repair equipment from the Divine Realm, are clearly a genius on a scholarly level, right? Oh! Frankly speaking, I'm really jealous of your talent!" Hao Yun praised Old Jones without reservation.
"Doot! Doot! Doot!"
With the sudden sound of an urgent alarm, the conversation between Hao Yun and the others and Old Jones was interrupted.
Then, the three of them received a voice message from Captain Tie Zhu through the system: "Gentlemen, the radar system of the battleship has detected the enemy!"
Here it comes! Hao Yun was surprised to hear this, but Dao Lao and Dream Jia, beside him, only frowned slightly, indicating that they were somewhat surprised by the early arrival of the enemy.
"Gentlemen, what should we do now?" Old Jones climbed out from under the escape pod and asked urgently after receiving the message of discovering the enemy.
"Old Jones, how long will it take for the escape pod to restart?" Dao Lao asked.
"Um, it's estimated to take fifteen Eternal Moons." Old Jones confirmed again.
Dao Lao nodded, then asked through the communicator he had previously given to Captain Tie Zhu, "Tie Zhu, how long until the enemy arrives?"
"According to the radar monitoring results, a small group of Mastanians is currently gathering in our direction. They must have seen the light cannon fired by the battleship earlier, so they surrounded us like this with such specificity. If the battle system calculations of the battleship are correct, the enemy will only need twenty-three Eternal Moons to fly to our location from their current position." Captain Tie Zhu replied.
"However, the good news is, the Mastanians have currently stopped moving. It should be because the ongoing underground fire and the high temperature on the ground have slowed down their progress. But it shouldn't be long. In fact, as long as tonight, the surrounding underground fires will be largely extinguished, and the ground temperature will quickly drop to a level tolerable for the Mastanians. Therefore, based on our experience in fighting the Mastanians for many years, it is highly probable that they will wait until midnight, when the temperature in this area drops to a safe range, before continuing to shrink the encirclement against our generation. By then, we will undoubtedly find it difficult to hide, and we will inevitably engage in a fierce frontal conflict with them." Captain Tie Zhu continued to report the situation in a grave and calm tone.