A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 105: Chapter 88 Void Barrack_1

After setting his next exploration target, Duanmu Huai did not act immediately. Instead, he returned to the space station with Lorena and Merlot and the others.

“This is… Sir Knight’s residence…?”

Standing on a polished metallic floor that seemed like a mirror, Lorena looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows at the giant azure sphere outside and the starry sky and was rendered speechless with her mouth agape.

“You’re right, this is my residence.”

Duanmu Huai nodded. Just moments before, he had returned to the space station on the Night Raven Black Star Gunboat and set the anchor of the fragmented world ‘Holy City’ here. Henceforth, people from Holy City could access this anchor point to freely travel between Duanmu Huai’s space station and Holy City.

Simply put, he essentially bound the projection of the Holy City to the space station. The advantage was that Duanmu Huai’s space station was now in a state of “superposition” between subspace and the main plane. With the planar shelter of the fragments from the Holy City, his space station wouldn’t have to worry about being eroded by subspace. As long as they don’t leave Holy City’s area, residents within the Holy City’s fragments can move freely in the space station without needing Duanmu Huai’s spiritual energy to maintain their existence.

This is also why Soul Walkers always make every attempt to expand the fragmented worlds they possess. The larger the fragmented world, the larger and more stable the subspace area it represents. If one could possess a fragment of subspace at the star territory level, the entire star territory would be protected from the Chaos Evil God.

Moreover, this can move along.

“Am I supposed to work here?”

Kukulu, too, was currently stupefied looking at the grand metallic hall in front of her, uncertain as to what to do with her hands.

“Something like that, come with me, I’ll show you around the Void Barrack.”

While speaking, Duanmu Huai walked out of the hall and headed to the other side of the corridor, followed hastily by the others. They looked around with curiosity while also observing the space station in astonishment—they couldn’t understand what Duanmu Huai had just said. Nevertheless, the majestic architecture of the space station was sufficient to instill awe in them.

The Void Barrack is located next to the Void Dockyard, however, in contrast to the massive and empty Void Dockyard, the Void Barrack is divided into several different areas—apart from the training ground for the Star Warriors, there are workshops specifically for maintaining and manufacturing weapons, as well as factories and areas for collecting, refining and transforming asteroid minerals. You could say that the entire Void Barrack is akin to a factory area that has a complete automated processing system. Of course, it would still require at least several thousand Mecha Servants to guarantee a minimal level of normal operation.

However, luckily, after anchoring the coordinates, Duanmu Huai can buy puppets from the Puppet Zone to replace the Mecha Servants in this regard.

Duanmu Huai also assimilated ‘Sky City’ into the fragments of ‘Holy City’, meaning he can now use the Mechanical Soldiers and Creaturess produced from ‘Sky City’ here.

Subsequently, Duanmu Huai spent a large sum of money to order a variety of puppets from the technicians in the Puppet Zone to maintain the operation of the space station, which he could barely stabilize their living conditions. However… Duanmu Huai’s money was basically spent to the last penny.

The current situation of the entire space station is basically as follows:

[Flower Doll] took charge of the security of the entire space station, and a large number of [Slaughter Puppet] were silently hidden in corner taking up the role of surveillance cameras.

Apart from this, Duanmu Huai passed the cleaning and maintenance work of the space station to [Cleaning Doll].

As for manufacturing weapons and equipment, which originally would have been completed by the Mecha Servants, Duanmu Huai had them done by the [Mechanical Maid].

Even though these puppets are not humans, one cannot deny that merely their appearance is far better than those Mecha Servants who had fused with machines and turned ugly.

Mia was in charge of managing these puppets and Kukulu was invited by Duanmu Huai to take responsibility for the weapons and arms.

“I hope you can work here.”

“But…what am I supposed to do?”

Looking at the strange tools and weapons in front of her, Kukulu felt completely overwhelmed.

“On one hand, I hope that you can supervise the weapon manufacturing here, and on the other hand, using your own expertise and knowledge, enhance these weapons.”

“But…There are so many things here…that I’ve never seen before…”

“The beginning is always the most difficult part. However, I also need a capable assistant. Of course, if you’re willing to work for me, you’re free to study the weapons here.”

“Really!?”

Hearing this, Kukulu’s eyes immediately lit up. As a gunsmith, she could instantly see that there were many weapons here which exceeded her expectations. This naturally evoked a great interest in Kukulu. If she could understand the manufacturing principle of these weapons, then she was certain that her skills would be elevated to the next level!

“Of course.”

Looking at Kukulu, Duanmu Huai nodded. Choosing Kukulu was an action borne out of desperation. After all, back in the game, Duanmu Huai usually left such issues to the people of the Mechanic Religion, and naturally, he didn’t understand the mechanisms of the equipment in these armory factories. Even if Duanmu Huai did understand them, he didn’t have the time to stay here and handle this.

Therefore, finding a suitable subordinate was essential. Although Kukulu’s technological framework was completely different from what was here, Duanmu Huai trusted that with her intelligence, it wouldn’t be difficult for her to understand how these things work—probably?

By right, Imperial technology should be kept confidential. However, Duanmu Huai is not like those damn Mechanic Religion extremists with an obsession for secrecy. He’d be more than happy to have a few more hands on deck to help!

In the end, Kukulu agreed to work on the space station as a hireling of Duanmu Huai. She also expressed that she would bring her sisters along with her, with which Duanmu Huai was naturally not against. Now that the anchor point is in place and the teleportation gate is open, all one needs to do to return home is to go to the main hall and enter the teleportation gate to return to the Holy City. There naturally wouldn’t be any troubles.

As an additional note, to avoid any accidental intrusions from others, Duanmu Huai set the gate’s other side in Sky City, which indeed saved some hassle.

Truth be told, every Soul Walker’s space station progressively developed in this manner. Looking at the now somewhat bustling space, Duanmu Huai was quite pleased. This brought him back to the early days of the game when he first created a space station. Due to his naivety, Duanmu Huai had made quite a few mistakes. However, having personally witnessed the rise and growth of his very own power… the feeling was extraordinary.

At present, Duanmu Huai only needed to replenish some grenades and ammunition for the Night Raven Black Star, so he was not particularly in a hurry. On the other hand, Lorena and her group were in great enthusiasm, ceaselessly asking questions. Duanmu Huai did his best to provide answers, and also helped them to gain some knowledge. Especially when Lorena and Merlot learned that the massive blue sphere they were looking at was the land they inhabit, they were astounded. Clearly, they had never conceived that the world they lived in was, in fact, a sphere.

Aside from this, Duanmu Huai also cautioned them about some dangers. Although it’s very unlikely, if Lorena or Merlot ended up opening the airlock out of curiosity… the consequences would be dire.

After satisfying Lorena and the others’ curiosity, Duanmu Huai then piloted the Night Raven Black Star back to the Empire. Following the map, he located the Dunkelberg situated at the south end of Rick Territory.

Before arriving at Dunkelberg, Duanmu Huai asked others about it and learned a few things regarding Dunkelberg. It’s an ancient small town in Rick Territory, very wealthy and suitable for vacationing. The story of “Manaria” is a fairy tale passed down from generation to generation in Dunkelberg. Although there are many versions of the story, the crux is always about humans battling against giant dragons and ultimately defeating them, symbolizing victory.

It was said that adventurers, enticed by the tale, came here specifically to excavate dragon bones. But naturally, they found nothing.

As for now……

Duanmu Huai’s eyes glittered as he gazed at the dark land down below.

Soul Resonance!

The world before his eyes began to blur into a haze. Then…a faint light sparkled in Duanmu Huai’s eyes, like the first star of the night, twinkling with an elusive brilliance.

It’s there!

Duanmu Huai steered the gunboat quietly to descend and landed where the glimmer was. It was a tall peak deep within the forest. On the backside of the peak stood a high tower that seemed to be in ruins. Duanmu Huai leaped off the gunboat to reach the front of the high tower and looked up.

The entire tower had long been ruined, appearing as though it had been through an explosion.

Duanmu Huai activated Soul Resonance again. Subsequently, a multi-coloured crystal, flickering with faint light, emerged out of thin air in front of the tower. Duanmu Huai reached out and lightly touched the crystal.

The next moment, everything in sight vanished without a trace.

The world was tumultuous with howling winds and a flare, battle cries and utter chaos ringing through the atmosphere. Duanmu Huai looked up to see countless giant dragons in the distance, opening their mouths wide to rain fire down upon the land. On the ground, humans were swinging their weapons, casting magic, and ceaselessly fighting the dragons in the sky.

Meanwhile, a clear yet majestic voice echoed.

“Dragon Princess of Regnes! Today is the day you die!!”

Duanmu Huai looked up to see a petite figure standing at the top of the high tower. Then, the clouds split apart, and a black-haired woman with wings and a tail descended from the sky before her.

“Finally…it’s time for us to settle this.”

“Yes, this time, I will surely kill you! Heroic Spirit! Answer my call and exterminate the detestable Dragonkin!!”

Along with the resounding shriek, a gigantic Steel Knight emerged, yelling as it raised its hands and lunged at the dragonkin woman before it. The latter tightly clenched her fists and bravely confronted the Steel Knight head-on!

“————–!!!”

The next moment, the entire world turned purely white.

Duanmu Huai raised his hand to shield against the sudden explosion of light. At the same time, a figure quietly appeared before him.

“Please, save them, save this world…”

The despair-filled voice echoed in Duanmu Huai’s ears.

“The possibility of humans is the hope of magic… please, save it all.”

As the voice fell, the world before Duanmu Huai’s eyes, once again, transformed.