Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 71 Swordsman Manta Ray (First Order)
In the cockpit, there were a large amount of food reserves placed next to the seats. These things were all moved in by Wei Jiang earlier.

A lot of the food is compressed food, and due to limited space, only these things can sustain Wei Jiang's long-term consumption.

Considering that the Rim of the Ocean exercise area is too far away from the coast of Dongda, Wei Jiang must be prepared for a protracted war.

In fact, the two days that Wei Jiang lied to his father was also false.

The Ugly Eagle Circum-Oceanic Exercise Area is a full 8500 kilometers away from Dongda!
Considering that the manta ray's current full speed is only 40 knots, it will take at least 118 hours to reach the target sea area.

The journey lasted nearly 5 days, and it was not an easy one.

Before boarding the manta ray, Wei Jiang sent a message to his cousin's phone, explaining that the trip would take a long time and asked them not to worry.

Wei Jiang was of course relieved that his father was being taken care of by his cousin, which was why he finally made up his mind to go sailing.

After setting the manta ray's navigation mode, Wei Jiang took out his mobile phone and transferred the variety show video he had downloaded in advance to the manta ray's control computer.

When sailing in the sea, there is no interference from traffic and pedestrians like on the road, so Wei Jiang does not need to worry about the manta ray's sailing status all the time.

After turning on the variety show video on the surround screen, Wei Jiang picked up a bag of spicy strips from beside his seat and began to enjoy the quiet time that followed.

Under the sea, a black metallic manta ray about 8 meters wide was riding the rapids and rushing rapidly into the darkness.

In the cockpit, Wei Jiang was amused from time to time by the behavior of the guests on the variety show.

When an episode was about to end, a red panel appeared in front of Wei Jiang, and a red light flashed on the panel.

Wei Jiang, who was originally laughing, suddenly changed his expression and reached out to pause the variety show video.

"finally come."

【Product name: Manta Ray Submarine】

[Introduction: Small manned underwater submersible, nuclear powered, with excellent power, supports environmental detection, shallow sea underwater communication, ensures the operator's ability to survive underwater for a long time, and can sail normally within 500 meters underwater]

[Enhancement level: 2 (can be enhanced)]

[Enhanced mission: Underwater navigation 5000km, current navigation mission progress 5000km/5000km]

[The focus areas available for enhancement include energy, power, intelligent expansion, and armed enhancement. Please make your choice.]

Seeing the available strengthening directions on the panel, Wei Jiang raised his lips. It seemed that the panel had already clearly understood what he was obsessed with.

Without hesitation, Wei Jiang turned off the power of the Manta Ray and took a look at the current water depth, 267 meters.

Good, hidden enough.

There is only one strengthening option, and Wei Jiang decisively gave the order.

"Strengthen the weapons."

Leaning back in his seat, Wei Jiang watched the familiar blue arcs of light emerge from every corner of the cockpit.

With tense breathing, blue arcs of light quickly filled every corner of the cockpit.

Wei Jiang even noticed that the driver's seat was also wrapped in blue arcs of light. When he looked down, his entire body seemed to be surrounded by blue arcs of light.

Strengthening begins!
The soft lights and surround screens in the cockpit suddenly went out, and blue filled Wei Jiang's vision.

The arc light was soft at first, but after a few seconds the blue color became dazzling.

Feeling dizzy, Wei Jiang had no choice but to close his eyes.

Even with his eyes closed, the dazzling blue light in the cockpit could still shine through his eyelids into Wei Jiang's pupils.

Pulling up his collar, Wei Jiang had no choice but to bury his head in his shirt. His eyes, which had been sore from the blue light, finally felt a little better.

With his head buried in his collar, Wei Jiang felt his breathing becoming very clear and increasingly heavy.

He chose the armed reinforcement, but he didn't know the result of the reinforcement until it was completed.

In this tense situation, Wei Jiang closed his eyes and waited for the final result.

With nothing else to refer to in the darkness, Wei Jiang could only focus on his own breathing and the blue light coming through the corners of his clothes.

After an unknown amount of time, Wei Jiang felt sweat starting to form on his body. He tried to open his eyes, and the blue light coming through from under his clothes was getting dimmer and dimmer.

"It looks like it's almost over."

Wei Jiang pulled his collar off his head, and the blue arc of light, which had become slightly softer, slowly disappeared into the surroundings.

At this time, there was still only arc blue light in the cockpit, and the cockpit lighting of the manta ray had not started working. Squinting his eyes slightly, feeling the obviously stuffy air in the cabin, Wei Jiang hoped that the strengthening would end quickly so that the air maintenance module of the manta ray could work.

The blue arcs of light became increasingly sparse, and when the last trace of light disappeared, the cabin's lighting equipment finally turned on.

At this time, Wei Jiang could finally see the changes in the environment inside the cabin.

At first glance, the space in the cabin became a little higher. Wei Jiang tried to stand up. With a height of 1 meters, he finally didn't have to lower his head and bend over anymore.

Looking left and right, the width of the space didn't change much.

Glancing around, Wei Jiang noticed that the control joystick that was originally in front of him had disappeared, and there was an additional push rod on the left and right sides of the driver's seat.

Wei Jiang sat back in his chair, resting his arms on the armrests, with his hands just big enough to hold them.

“The operation method has changed, it is much more comfortable, and the garbage joystick is finally gone.”

Looking up and forward, the surround screen is still there, but the central part has been expanded by bulging upward, so that more things can be displayed in front of the field of vision.

He turned his attention to the front, and a panel appeared with a new description of the manta ray.

【Product name: Manta Ray Submarine】

[Introduction: A simulated manned underwater armed shuttle, nuclear powered, with excellent environmental detection capabilities, supports long-distance underwater communications, and can sail underwater at 10000 meters. The entire armed shuttle is made of extremely high-strength alloy, and the rapid vibration of the double-wing front can cut any material with a yield strength not exceeding 2500Mpa]

[Enhancement Level: 3]

[Enhanced mission: Underwater navigation 50000 km, current navigation mission progress 0/50000 km]

After reading the text description on the panel, Wei Jiang was scratching his head.

"Why is it different from what I thought before?"

"Where are the torpedoes? Where are the missiles? Why can't I see any?"

Unable to figure it out, Wei Jiang turned his attention back to the surround screen.

Previously, he could view the various system modules of the submarine on it. If a new weapon module was added during this enhancement, he should be able to find it.

New control system, Wei Jiang looked for a while and finally saw the familiar manta ray digital model on the newly expanded screen.

He reached out and clicked it, and an enlarged model of the submarine was displayed in front of Wei Jiang.

"It's 9 meters wide and 18.3 meters long, not much change."

"Reactor module, power module, control system, life support system."

Wei Jiang slid his finger across the model, confirming over and over again, but he didn't find the weapon module he wanted to see.

"What's going on? Where's the armament enhancement?"

With no clue, Wei Jiang could only focus his attention back on the panel.

After watching it from beginning to end several times, Wei Jiang finally found a clue.

"Extremely high strength alloy, cutting material"

"Did they strengthen a cold weapon?"

After several comparisons, Wei Jiang could only come to this conclusion.

An image emerged in Wei Jiang's mind. He was driving the black manta ray like a shuttle towards the target ship. When he got close, he used the manta ray's wings to cut the target directly!

As he thought about it, Wei Jiang's eyes lit up with excitement.

“It seems like this is not bad.”

"Swordsman Manta, that's interesting."

Before Wei Jiang could start to feel happy, new text appeared on the red panel.

【Obtained high-strength alloy formula DSS091. 】

The enhanced technical transmission came, Wei Jiang leaned back and chose to lie down.

The fact that you can see this means that you have expressed your support for me!
Thank you for your 10 Qidian coins support! Thank you for your first order!

It’s time for dinner again, so happy!
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(End of this chapter)