Galaxy of Giant Ships: Starting with Data-Driven Warships

Outside of Tianlan Star, the Xuntian, which had been upgraded to a psionic airship, hovered quietly.

Inside the warship's main control room, Chen Yao remained calm, waiting for the alien space deployment function to cool down.

Compared to the previous two times, he did not use the "Lucky Card" this time, firstly because the cooldown time of the "Refresh Card" had not yet ended.

Although the new [Time Tower] universal cooldown reduction component has been installed, which also has full effects on several other components on the warship, the [Miracle Card Mother Pool] is of silver quality, so the [Time Tower] can only exert 60% of its effect on it.

The original 25% cooldown reduction only resulted in a 15% cooldown reduction. This reduced the "Refresh Card's" original 8-month cooldown period to just over a month. Now, two months have passed, and it will take another 140 days to complete the cooldown.

Secondly, since the purpose was to explore the planet Taina again, there was really no need to activate the "Lucky Card" again, after all, it was the previous "Lucky Card" that had teleported him to that star system.

While I was pondering this, the Sky Survey notification indicated that the alien star field deployment function had completed its cooldown.

Without further ado, Chen Yao activated it again, and just as the spatial fluctuations were about to engulf the entire warship, he gently activated the [Starfield Patrol Beacon] component on one side.

……

Taina Galaxy, Resource Star No. 3.

Above the second-tier heavy iron ore vein, the sky was filled with rapid spatial fluctuations that condensed into a deep spatial tunnel in a very short time. The next second, the Sky Patrol, a ship with a length of over fifteen meters, shot out from it.

"【Rock Guardian Terrace】Activated!"

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The moment the Sky Patrol's hatch opened, nine rock guardian terracotta warriors descended from the sky, each carrying a handheld star-digging mining device. After confirming the approximate location of the heavy iron ore beneath their feet, they quickly began full-scale mining.

About half an hour later, the 88-ton second-order heavy iron ore vein was successfully mined and sent into the Sky Patrol ship's cabin.

After advancing to the next level, the storage space of the fifteen-meter-long Sky Patrol has been greatly improved. For minerals with extremely high density such as heavy iron, it can carry more than 100 tons at a time, which is much better than when it was the zero-level psionic shuttle.

After completing the loading and unloading work, Chen Yao did not linger and activated the [Energy Overload Jump Device] immediately.

……

Taina Star, Tongchuan District.

The landing point of the [Energy Overload Jump Device] was precisely the sky above this small tribe.

When the Sky Patrol appeared out of nowhere above the tribe, shouts of surprise quickly filled the air above the Tongchuan tribe.

The Taina laborers who were carrying ore all looked up at the huge warship that appeared in the void above them, their eyes filled with awe and fear. Everyone could clearly see the huge change in the size of the Sky Patrol.

Previously, the captain, who was only seven meters tall, could easily suppress large tribes. Now, the aura he exudes is obviously stronger. How could this not terrify the Taina tribe, who are at the bottom of the hierarchy?

The chieftain of the Tongchuan tribe rushed out of his simple stone hut, knelt down, his face beaming with smiles, and raised his hands above his head:

"My lord, the Tongchuan Division has completed the task you assigned!"

Chen Yao did not leave the warship, but merely glanced at the mine below through the porthole.

The ore, piled high like mountains, was neatly stacked in the center of the mine. A rough estimate puts it at least 80,000 to 90,000 tons.

"Scan the sky, scan for the quantity of raw ore."

[Received, scanning in progress...]

[Scan complete. The Tongchuan mine currently holds approximately 98,000 tons of Grade 0 and Grade 1 ore, meeting the requirements...]

Chen Yao nodded, a thought flashing through his mind.

"Well done, your task is complete. There's no need to disturb the mine here; I'll come back to collect it later!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Sky Patrol took off and disappeared into the clouds in an instant.

……

Over the next two hours, Chen Yao piloted the Sky Patrol, inspecting more than a dozen other small tribes that had been assigned mining tasks before his last return.

The second tribe was the Doma tribe.

The ore in the mine was also piled up like mountains. The results of the sky survey showed that the total amount of raw ore mined in the Doma region exceeded 120,000 tons, which was even more than that in the Tongchuan region.

The third tribe was the Stone Axe tribe.

The ore is neatly piled up, amounting to approximately 90,000 tons, which basically meets the standards.

The fourth is the Blackwater Tribe.

Eighty-five thousand tons was slightly insufficient, but considering that the tribe was already sparsely populated, Chen Yao did not pursue the matter.

the fifth.

sixth.

……

All eight tribes met the standard.

Some exceeded their targets, while others barely passed, but at least they all showed their sincerity.

However, when the Sky Patrol flew over the ninth tribe—the Black Rock Tribe—his brows furrowed suddenly.

The mine below was empty, with only a few scattered piles of ore in the corners, and its scale was far smaller than that of other tribes.

The results of the subsequent sky-surveillance scan made his face darken even more.

The Black Rock Mine currently holds approximately 10,000 tons of Grade 0 and Grade 1 ore.

"Ten thousand tons?" Chen Yao's voice was icy.

"Three months, two thousand able-bodied Tayna men, ten thousand tons?"

He remembered clearly that although the Black Rock Tribe was not a large tribe, it had a population of nearly five thousand, with at least two thousand able-bodied men. Even with the most primitive tools and manpower, it shouldn't have yielded so little after three months of mining.

"Kiichi."

"Master, I'm here!"

Behind him, a gargoyle wearing exoskeleton armor gave a hoarse response.

After this period of adjustment, Gui Yi is now able to understand most of Chen Yao's instructions.

"Go down and bring their chief up."

"Yes."

With its wings spread wide, Ghost One crashed into the Black Rock Mine like a black meteor. A few breaths later, a figure that looked like a dead dog was casually taken aboard the Sky Patrol.

The Black Rock chieftain, a burly man, was trembling with fear and lay on the ground, too terrified to lift his head.

"Three months, and this is your answer to me?"

Chen Yao looked down at him, his tone not harsh, yet it made the chieftain feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

"M-My lord... our Black Rock Clan is outnumbered and outgunned, but we have done our best..."

The chief stammered in his defense.

"Try your best?" Chen Yao sneered, but didn't say anything more.

With a casual wave of his hand, he made Gui Yi throw him back to the ground, and the next second, a cold command came out of his mouth.

"Sky patrol, naval guns ready, target Blackrock City below, full fire coverage."

【receive! 】

Boom boom boom!

The three naval cannons fired almost simultaneously, and the silent energy shockwaves covered the Blackrock tribe's settlement and all surrounding buildings.

The entire city collapsed with a roar in the shockwave, sending rubble and dust flying everywhere.

The Black Rock tribe members scattered and fled, their cries and wails blending together.

Chen Yao remained expressionless until the entire mine and surrounding area were razed to the ground before he stopped shelling.

"Next."

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PS: Brothers, please keep reading! We're already in the fourth round, and this is the most important period. Please try to scroll to the latest chapter these next two days and stay there for 30 seconds each time. Thank you!