Ark Journey

"Leader, are you going to interrogate those people yourself?"

"I won't interrogate you. I'll just come and listen. Just watch and do what you want."

"clear."

In fact, he could use his overwhelming mental power to break through those people's mental defenses and make them speak anything, but this was inhumane and would not achieve the purpose of cultivating talents.

Simply put, the number and level of these people are not enough for Xue Zhi to personally take action.

Noticing the people being escorted over in the distance, Xue Zhi raised her eyebrows.

"You seem to be in good spirits. I wonder what information I can get from you later."

The patriot who was also looking over there laughed.

"Heh, they are the ones who drive high-speed warships after all. They are better than us barefoot people running on the ground in some aspects."

"Don't say that. This land always needs soldiers who can dig their feet into the mud. And I don't think these people are important figures. When they fought with us, there were no infantry around them. It shouldn't be difficult to get some information from them."

"From the videos I watched, very few infantrymen can catch up with their speed. However, high-speed warships have a large blind spot, so infantrymen are needed to provide cover around them to prevent them from being attacked from close range. Perhaps under normal circumstances, they would not drive that fast."

The two men were chatting about high-speed battleships, and they stopped talking at the same time after those people were brought into the interrogation room.

The situation in the interrogation room can be seen clearly through the one-way translucent glass.

"We can talk about this later. Let's hear what the officer has to say first."

All the captives were brought here, and now everyone has been arranged for interrogation, and the most important one is the tough officer.

The interrogation room was fairly bright, but the all-metal chairs were extremely cold to sit on. However, the carefully arranged lighting still prevented Petrov from seeing the interrogator's face clearly.

"Tell me your name."

Petrov did not answer the question immediately, but looked at the glass next to him. When he came in, he saw Xue Zhi and Patriot standing there. Although he could not see the two people now, he knew that they must be there looking at him.

"Don't expect me to tell you."

As expected, he was very uncooperative, but the interrogators selected by the Integration Movement had enough patience and time to waste time with him.

After a period of questioning, Petrov, who only told the other party his name, finally said something valuable in the face of the endless questions.

"Don't think you can sit back and relax just because you destroyed our two high-speed warships. You ignorant infected people have no idea how terrifying our fleet is. To tell you the truth, we are just a reconnaissance force on patrol. You can't resist the main force of the fleet. Surrender early and return the city to Ursus to get leniency."

Seeing that there was hope, the interrogator continued quickly.

He planned to provoke the opponent to see if it would work.

"We can even handle the internal guards, so even if the main force of your fleet comes here, it may not end well."

Last night, the Patriots gave them a crash course in some knowledge, including things related to internal security.

This made Petrov speechless. He didn't know the patriot, or he wasn't sure what the patriot knew, so he had a preconceived notion that these people didn't know about the internal security. But now it was obviously not the case.

"So what? Even those adults don't dare to face our main force head-on. Not to mention those adults, even your mobile city can't withstand a single shot from the flagship. Let me tell you something else. It's no secret anyway. Our flagship is even bigger than the mobile city under your feet."

Xue Zhi, who was outside, was stunned after hearing his words. He thought about the size of the moving city under his feet, and a grand and strange scene emerged in his mind.

He envisioned an entire fleet of aircraft carriers that originally sailed in the sea moving to land, with carrier-based aircraft transformed into various ground vehicles. The length of the aircraft carrier was about the same as this mobile city, but narrower.

I didn't specifically search for pictures of high-speed warships before traveling through time. Now it seems that the ships we seized can only be regarded as reconnaissance ships.

"Bigger than this mobile city? That's a bit outrageous. The development of the technology tree after there is no gunpowder and nuclear weapons but more Originium is so weird? And this is just a boat on dry land. Could it be that when analyzing the information in the Originium, some of Rome was included?"

The patriot didn't understand what Xue Zhi said.

"what are you saying?"

"Some technical stuff and weird words, don't pay any attention to them, just treat them as me talking to myself."

Without further thinking, Xue Zhi began to think about what Petrov said.

"This level of warships definitely exists, but whether it can be easily deployed is something worth studying. Deploying this level of strategic weapons in a place like this is definitely not to target us, but those things in the north."

The patriot understood what Xue Zhi meant.

"You mean that at least units of their flagship level cannot be deployed, because if the threat from the north takes the opportunity to move south, no one will be able to take the responsibility?"

"Almost. As far as I know, platforms of this level will play various roles most of the time, such as key information nodes, headquarters locations, long-range artillery support platforms, etc. They will never change their positions easily, even if we have captured a mobile city. After all, according to what Petrov said, it will be easy to deal with us. Just send a battleship over."

The patriot sighed, which was rare for him. He suddenly felt that there was always a limit to personal strength, and he didn't know how his powerful teacher would deal with such great power equipment.

"But the situation isn't much better. We'll probably have to deal with a capital ship. We have almost no symmetrical armor. We can only rely on infantry to approach and destroy, which will undoubtedly result in heavy casualties."

"That's right, but don't forget I'm still here."

The Patriot did not think Xue Zhi was bragging. He could lift up the entire city beneath his feet with magic, so it would not be difficult for him to deal with a warship of the same size as hers.

"You can indeed deal with those warships. I even think that you will be able to deal with their flagship if it comes. But Tallulah told me that you are leaving. We have to rely on ourselves in the end."

Chapter 64: Fleet Dispatched

Just as Xue Zhi and the Patriot were discussing how the other party would play their cards, the only remaining crew under Petrov finally drove the battleship back to the camp.

At the entrance of the camp, before the warship had even come to a complete stop, the captain jumped down carrying a box.

Faced with several weapons pointed at him at once, the captain slowly punched the box and then consciously took a few steps back and lay on the ground.

"We have something important to report! Here is an order from a master to prove that we are not lying again."

They returned very late this time, and only one of the three vehicles came back, so they did not return to the garage, but were asked by the warship on duty to stop for inspection.

"Semyon, where's Petrov?"

"An infected person stole a mobile city. The commander and that adult went in pursuit. The current situation is unknown."

As they were talking, the crew members got out of the vehicle one after another and lay down behind their captain.

An officer approached the open box on the ground cautiously while his colleagues were questioning him, and his face changed drastically when he saw the contents.

After giving a wink to the people around him, he waved to Xie Miao.

"The alert level has been lowered. Put down your weapons. Xie Miao, take this box with you and follow us. Your crew can take a break."

"Yes!"

Picking up the box containing the armor plates corroded by the evil power, Xie Miao followed closely behind the officer.

Along the way, after many confirmations, he successfully boarded the flagship and met a high-ranking commander in the camp.

In this gorgeously decorated cabin, the commander asked his men to close the box they had been looking at for a long time and then drink a cup of hot cocoa.

"There's no way to copy this thing, so I can be pretty sure that everything you just said is correct."

"Well, sir..."

The commander interrupted Xie Miao before he could finish his words.

"Don't worry, I know you came here for help, but those people are just a group of infected people, how big a commotion can they cause?"

He seemed to be indifferent to the matter. Even the loss of a mobile city did not change his opinion of the infected.

"But they captured a mobile city."

"Mobile city? Those working around here are just small things that can only accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people. They can't be called a city. And even if they were lucky enough to capture it, they can't stop two high-speed battleships and the adult you mentioned. They might have surrendered now."

Semyon didn't know what to say. He still remembered what Petrov said when he asked him to go first.

"Xie Miao, I feel uneasy. Go back and ask for help first. I will explain to that adult."

But the man in front of him who was leisurely drinking hot cocoa was someone a grassroots officer like him could not disobey.

"How about this? I'll send a frigate and three patrol teams, plus your crew, to take a look and help Petrov suppress the infected to prevent them from causing trouble."

Xie Miao, who was still struggling with what to say, did not expect the commander to change his words. He hurriedly thanked him excitedly.

"Thank you, sir!"

When he was gone, the commander glanced at the rank on his shoulder.

"I should be able to accumulate some merits this time. I really want to leave this damn place as soon as possible."

He was just pretending to be indifferent. He sent people over there with the idea of grabbing the credit. After all, it was a mobile city, no matter how small it was.

In his calculations, if the infected were powerful and killed Petrov and the internal guards, they would definitely be badly injured and would not be a match for the people he sent out, so he would not have to spend any extra effort; if the infected were useless and had been dealt with by Petrov, then the people he sent would be able to take over the mobile city, and Petrov, a small officer with no one above him, would not be able to disobey him.

After the order was issued, the huge camp began to slowly move around, and a warship that was several sizes smaller than the flagship began its pre-departure inspection.

Xie Miao also took his crew to carry out emergency maintenance and supply on his high-speed battleship. They ran non-stop for more than a day. The battleship needed some inspections to prepare for the next possible battle.

In the mobile city of the Integration Movement, Xue Zhi praised the interrogators through the glass as they began to sort out the relevant documents.

"That's about it. It's a pretty good first time performance."

"It's a pity that these people were too stubborn and didn't get much useful information out of them. I hope that some information can be obtained after the summary."

"If we try a few more times, we'll eventually be able to pry it open. Let's go and see how the research on high-speed battleships is going. We might even be able to give you a target to find a way to destroy them."

"Let's go."

Instead of staying here, Xue Zhi and Patriot went to the location where the high-speed battleship was placed yesterday.

There was a large group of people there trying to dismantle it, and all kinds of pipes and parts were scattered all over the ground.

"If you break it into pieces, can you put it back together?"

An older engineer looked up at Xue Zhi and said confidently:

"Don't underestimate us. The mobile city has been developed step by step from this small mobile platform. Although we haven't personally handled related matters, we all learned about this when we first went to school."

But halfway through his words he inexplicably lost his confidence.

"And with so many capable people among us, there will always be someone who can put it back."

Xue Zhi didn't know what to say.

"...Okay, you guys are experts in this area, so if you don't mess around, you can do whatever you want."

Next to the dismantling site is a separate experimental site.

Frost Star, who was looking at the machine, noticed Xue Zhi and Patriot approaching slowly.

"Dad, Xue Zhi, you're here."

"How's the armor replica going?"

"The situation is good. The materials used for that kind of armor plate are not complicated. We have already produced a lot of them and are currently combining them with the replicated metal armor."

"Very good, is there a finished product?"

“There are a few pieces currently on the testing ground.”

"Okay, let your dad try it too."

"Ah."

After instructing the snow monsters to keep an eye on this side, Froststar took the two of them to the testing site.

From a distance, Xue Zhi could see a group of snow monsters manipulating ice cones to pierce a thick board with a certain angle.

Frost Star introduced the current situation.

"Several pieces have been lost so far, and we need to test its protective capabilities at different inclination angles."

Xue Zhi was surprised that they could think of this.

“That’s very thoughtful.”

Froststar's long ears twitched with delight.

"We didn't think about it at first, until we found that some small ice screws didn't penetrate at all but only left scratches during testing, then we realized that the inclination angle has a lot of influence."

Chapter 65: Experiments on Armor Strength and Shield Technology

Just as a group of people were preparing targets for the Patriot, Shuang Xing, who was chatting with Xue Zhi, suddenly glanced at him.

"Do you want to try it?"

Xue Zhi was stunned for a moment, then she waved her hand casually at a target that was lying on the ground not far away and was riddled with holes.

The next second, a finger-thick hole that could see light appeared on the bottom. It was pierced by Xue Zhi at another angle.

"Me? Forget it. There's no need to waste these armor plates. I don't have to worry about running out of energy, so I don't need to test what level of strength is needed to penetrate them without wasting energy."

Looking at the target that was pierced through the longest axis, Frost Star blinked, his eyes a little vague.