Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 846 Ship Style
Menso Atas listened to the words of the Lord of the Courtyard and felt a chill in his heart for no reason.

This chill did not come from Xia Xiu's tone, nor was it simply a kind of pressure, but rather a profound beating.

He suddenly had a premonition.

What the Lord of the Courtyard said was not just about Vlaakis and the Gis foreigners, but more like a warning to some Gis philosophers with ulterior motives, or even the movements within the Council of Philosophers.

Was what he just said really meant for Vlakis to hear?
Mensuo's fingers tightened slightly, his eyes flickered, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, suppressed those excessive speculations, and maintained his usual calmness and composure.

"Let's continue with the war with the Githians."

Xia Xiu's voice brought Menso back to his senses. He raised his head and saw that the Lord of the Courtyard had refocused his attention on the battle situation.

"You said before that Vlaakis ordered the fleet to return for reinforcement and entered a strategic contraction phase, right?"

Menso nodded slightly, sorted out his thoughts, suppressed the thousands of thoughts in his mind, and answered calmly:
“Yes, most of the Githyan fleet has withdrawn to their capital, Tu’narath.”

"They set up a large number of blockades at the border and closed the hyperspace channels constructed by multiple ether traction wave engines to prevent foreign invasion."

Xia Xiu gently stroked his chin, seeming to be thinking about something.

"In other words, Vlaakis now intends to use the entire Tunaras to implement the 'fortress strategy'?"

"She plans to concentrate her forces to defend the key fortresses in order to hold out for a long time or delay the enemy?"

He paused, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and sneered:
"Knew it……"

"Those guys behind Vlaakis must have promised her a lot of benefits."

“As long as she can hold the courtyard back and keep it mired in a long war with the Githian, they are willing to provide aid to the Githian Empire.”

Mensuo frowned slightly, he understood what Xia Xiu meant.

Those forces hiding behind the scenes are unwilling to take action themselves, but they hope to use the hands of the Gis foreigners to consume the power of the courtyard and force the courtyard into a protracted war.

They will not intervene in the war directly, but will transfer resources, provide technology, give certain military support, and even manipulate public opinion and shape the war situation behind the scenes.

But the question is - is this aid really free?

Xia Xiu smiled and shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of sarcasm:
"But aid is not so easy to obtain."

His eyes turned slightly cold, and he said in a meaningful tone:

"Some countries and people always think they can turn the tide with aid..."

"In the end, they just signed a bunch of 'humiliating' mining agreements."

"When they realize they have been completely 'sold'..."

"It's too late now."

Menso Atas's eyes narrowed slightly, and he took over the conversation and asked in a low and solemn tone:

"So, what are you going to do?"

Hearing this, Xia Xiu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

"There is an invisible hand behind Vlaakis pushing him forward, and I naturally have allies on my side."

"They want to fight the courtyard?"

"Then I'll just have some fun with them."

The Lord of the Courtyard spoke in an unhurried but sharp voice.

Menso did not speak, but he could sense a hint of... a keen desire to fight from the Lord of the Courtyard's tone.

"I think Vlaakis should have a lot of good stuff in his hands. These things should be specially used to deal with the courtyard and me."

Xia Xiu tapped his fingers lightly on the table and continued in a calm tone:

"And at the extraordinary level, the only thing that can quickly eliminate the stage barriers is - abnormality."

Menso's eyes flickered slightly.

"abnormal……"

He knew that the abnormalities mentioned by the humans on Terra were equivalent to the general terms for artifacts, laws, domain creations, etc. in the eyes of the heavens and all worlds.

Xia Xiu continued:
“I’m quite curious about what kind of anomalies Vlaakis has in his hands.

The next war will be my main battlefield, but since I will be the leader of the war, the fleets of the Children of the Courtyard and you, the Gisze people, will play a supporting role."

I need you to assist the Children of the Courtyard and reclaim the Nexus that the Githian have abandoned."

He raised his eyes to look at Menso and asked directly:

"Of the hundreds of hubs abandoned by Vlaakith, how many are colonizable and habitable?"

Upon hearing this, Menso Atas lowered his head slightly and began to recall the intelligence reported by his front-line troops.

Although the Gith have been hiding in the Chaos Sea under the oppression of the Gith, their great psionicists have been paying attention to their every move.

Although these great psionicists are few in number, their individual combat capabilities are extremely strong.

If calculated by combat power, they could probably do one on three against the I-stage Sons of the Courtyard who had only completed the Holy Casting once.

Of course, facing the top Sons of the Court including the Grey Knights, the situation is completely different.

But no matter what, their powerful psychic powers enable them to follow the military trajectory of the Gisyan people for a long time and continuously synchronize intelligence to the parliament.

It is also because of this that the Gizher Council is able to obtain such detailed intelligence.

One of the key purposes of this meeting with the Lord of the Courtyard is to conduct "intelligence exchange".

Menso collected his thoughts, raised his head, and replied in a serious tone:
"According to the intelligence we have, among these hundreds of hubs, only seven are colonizable hubs."

“Six of them are small hubs and one is a medium hub.”

At this point, his tone paused slightly, and a hint of...sadness appeared in his eyes.

"However, before retreating, the Gisyans had already conducted orbital bombardments on key areas of these hubs."

“They used psykers to cleanse the city clusters on the hub, and most of the non-Githian residents were… slaughtered.”

"At the same time, the infrastructure within the hub was severely damaged."

"In other words, while these hubs are still theoretically colonizable, they will require long-term repair and reconstruction."

"Knew it……"

Xia Xiu leaned back in his chair, tapping the table slowly with his fingers, his tone lamenting, as if he was not surprised by the behavior of the foreigner Gis.

The Gis people are worthy of being called a "little paradise" in terms of ideology. Although their hardware and strength are far inferior to those of the paradise, they have learned the same ideology well.

Xia Xiu's golden pupils narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This method of "purifying foreign races" is exactly the same as that of the Kingdom of Heaven.

He glanced at Speaker Menso, who had a sad face, and knew that the Giszers' ideology did not allow for the option of "purification".

The Gisze people never recognized the practice of "purification".

Although they are of the same race as the Gith, they are completely different from the Gith foreigners. The philosophers value psionic power, wisdom, and order rather than brutal genocide.

The actions of the Gisyans have not only stained their hands with the blood of countless hubs, but have also caused the Giszers to endure prejudice from other races time and time again.

They were all once considered the same kind as the Githyans.

Xia Xiu noticed the change in his expression.

So he paused and nodded slightly to show his silent condolences. ——But that was all.

There is no right or wrong in war. The Courtyard will not feel much sympathy for the Gis foreigners because of what they did, but since the Gis philosophers chose to stand on the side of the Courtyard, their position can be "appropriately" respected.

Soon, Xia Xiu restrained his solemnity for a moment and returned to his usual calmness.

"Okay, let's get back to business."

"Those resource hubs abandoned by the Gisyan people will be fully taken over by the courtyard according to the agreement."

"Replace all mining and research station equipment with the ones in the courtyard."

"According to our previous agreement, half of the courtyard's research materials will be shared with you Gis philosophers."

Xia Xiu's tone was steady and unquestionable.

The Gisezhe people are willing to join the courtyard, which is an exchange of interests.

And he is willing to give reasonable returns.

Menso nodded without objection.

"As for those colonizable hubs..."

Xia Xiu continued:

"First, let the courtyard's advance scientific research team conduct research and repairs to determine the stability of these hubs, and then consider immigration and colonial construction later."

After dealing with the allocation issue of resource hubs, Xia Xiu finally talked about the most critical issue - war preparation.

"Next, I want to ask a question."

"How much fleet support can you Githzers provide in the upcoming 'Battle of Tu'naras'?"

This is what the courtyard is really concerned about.

The Gith are one of the Courtyard's most important allies in the war with the Gith, and the deployment of their fleet will directly affect the pace of the entire war.

Menso pondered for a moment, then said slowly:

"We are different from the Githyans."

"We have never been militaristic, nor have we been keen on endless expansion."

"The size of our fleet has always been maintained at around 30 to 40 ships. We will not manufacture warships as lavishly as the Gis people do."

Xia Xiu nodded slightly.

This was in line with his expectations. In his eyes, these Giszer people were somewhat...useless.

So, he didn't expect them to be very good at fighting.

Speaker Menso, who was unaware that the Lord of the Courtyard was criticizing the Gissler, continued:

"If we want to go to war, we can deploy 30 ships."

"Most of these ships are 'Psychic Frigates' and 'Psychic Light Ships'."

"They are not equipped with large-caliber artillery. The weapon systems on board mainly rely on 'psychic cannons' driven by astral psionic energy."

"Our warships are more suited to guerrilla warfare rather than head-on confrontation."

"As for the fleet's flagship and commander..."

Menso paused for a moment, then smiled:
"You should have seen it."

"The fleet's flagship is the floating city that visited you at Depth 5 before, and the one commanding the flagship is none other than the commander-in-chief of the Githzer Seventh Psionic Expeditionary Fleet, Verok Zar."

Upon hearing this, Xia Xiu nodded slightly, with a hint of reminiscence flashing in his eyes.

He had indeed met the commander of the Seventh Psionic Fleet, Verok Zar, and their flagship.

It was a ship with a very astral-psychic look—it looked like a modern-day Zeppelin.

In the ether, the rules of fluid mechanics and worldly physics are distorted, so the design styles of ships are mostly... abstract and strange.

It can even be said that the entire design of a ship that can sail in the ether has more or less a flavor of "physics no longer exists."

Most of the ships of heaven are of Gothic architectural style. The hulls are covered with solemn and magnificent statues and churches, like moving temples floating in the starry sky.

The ships of the Edisi Federation have various sky carriers on their hulls, feminized machine souls, and AI autonomous systems.

—The ships of the Mi-Go tribe are purely biological aircraft. Their hulls can wriggle, their hatches can open, and even their weapons are energy symbiotes. They don't look like warships in the normal sense at all.

The ships of the Giszer people are all various Zeppelin airships, floating in the starry sky, ethereal and mysterious.

In comparison…

The ships of the Gis people appeared to be the most "honest".

Their ships have no exaggerated architecture, no surreal structures that violate common sense of physics, and their hulls are neatly designed, sturdy, and have clear functions, like a down-to-earth technical group that builds ships.

Among all the ship designs in the world, the ships of the Gis people are like "honest people", while the ships of other forces have basically embarked on the path of "abstract art".

At present, the number of ships in the courtyard is...worrying.

To be precise, the Courtyard Navy has not yet formed a complete fleet organization.

The only ship that can be used at present is the [Sword of Glory-class heavy cruiser].

Of course… although it was nominally a “cruiser”, Xia Xiu could only laugh at this three-kilometer-long behemoth.

This thing is bigger, harder, and stronger than most battleships, and its firepower system is more exaggerated than that of ordinary main battleships.

The only problem is...it's really big.

Xia Xiu's current fleet consists of only this one cruiser. To put it bluntly, the entire Courtyard Navy is like a large main battle tank rampaging on the battlefield, and the other small soldiers have not yet been built.

If you want to build a real fleet, you have to replenish the matching ships as soon as possible.

It just so happened that thirteen Gis foreign warships were captured in the Battle of Kresh and could be used for transformation.

As for the rest of the ships, they were either destroyed in the war or were so damaged that they were no longer worth repairing. Only these sixteen ships could be recycled.

Xia Xiu thought for a moment, a smile appearing on his face.

Thanks to the "honest" design of the Gis ship, there are still many modifications.

What he had to do was to transform these "honest" ships into standard Heavenly Kingdom-style warships and paint them in the color of the courtyard.

The renovation plan is also very simple.

The first step is to go to Eden's boss to ask for the ship modification drawings.

Eden's database stores a large number of designs for standard warships of the Kingdom of Heaven. These ships only need to be adapted to become part of the Courtyard Navy.

The second step is to use [Civilization Continuation] to compile the STC template.

STC (Standard Template Construction) is one of the core technologies of the Heavenly Kingdom's pedigree. It can standardize the technological templates of different civilizations, making ship modification extremely efficient.

The third step is to start the STC template and create a ship!

Strengthen the ship structure and optimize defense capabilities.

Lengthen the hull, add more weapon mounting points, and expand the firepower configuration.

Adding fortress-like structures to the ship makes it fit the aesthetic of a Celestial ship.

Then, with a snap, the ship was modified.