"..."
Chen Mang pondered for a mont, then stopped thinking about it. Forget it, there’s no need to think about sothing unknown for now. He didn’t have much faith in that plan anyway; the moving speed is just too slow...
...
Driving at full speed.
Several hours later.
The Fixed Star successfully reached the boundary of the pink area "Tropical Jungle."
Ahead, rather than an island, it was more like a continent surrounded by oceans, much larger in area than the "Deep Sea Island," covered with all sorts of tropical plants, extrely dense, giving an impression that there are many snakes.
In the sky, a gigantic light curtain displayed the large characters "Tropical Jungle."
A line of text gradually appeared on the control panel screen.
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「Ahead area is the pink zone, Tropical Jungle.」
「Monsters up to Level 24 can exist; current train level is Level 21; danger is relatively high, exercise caution.」
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He is now a Level 21 train, with Level 22 armor.
As the Fixed Star slowly passed through the light curtain, landing in the coastal clearing of the pink area "Tropical Jungle," Chen Mang looked at the information on the target detection radar screen and muttered.
"This is what a normal area should be like."
There are many advanced minerals.
Level 5 minerals are everywhere, and there are three Level 6 minerals within the range of the resource detection radar, but no Level 7 minerals have been discovered yet.
Just stepping onto this continent, he’s already seen over three billion tons of iron ore.
And there are also plenty of high-level monsters.
Within the range of the target detection radar, the strongest monster is a Level 23 monster.
Just as he suspected.
No trains have been detected within the target detection radar. Most likely, the areas he has not yet explored also have no trains; he might be the first to step into the pink area on the entire Water Blue Star.
If not the first, he’s definitely the first to step into the pink area "Tropical Jungle."
A piece of good news and a piece of bad news.
Good news: This area has many advanced minerals, never been mined, leading to not only high content but also abundance, and no one to compete with him.
Bad news: Perhaps due to the absence of trains, the monsters in this area are also nurous.
High-level monsters are quite a few.
So monsters can even break through train armor defenses. Fortunately, the Fixed Star has many ans at its disposal, and its speed is also quite fast, so he’s not too intimidated. However, initially, he can’t be as arrogant as in other areas; he needs to take things slowly.
After upgrading the armor to Level 24, he can start being thoroughly arrogant.
Those 81 "Viper Unmanned Combat Aircraft" have just been recycled, all turned back into Titanium Crystal Ore, recovered without damage, much more generous than the Earth Core lting Furnace, reclaiming 200 million units of Titanium Crystal Ore.
Level 20 is no longer sufficient.
He needs Level 30.
...
「Viper Unmanned Fighter Jet Production Line」, a red-grade component, last ti he upgraded it to Level 20, this ti he needs to upgrade it higher to produce higher-level fighter jets.
The upgrade and crafting of this component consu Titanium Crystal Ore.
He has a lot of Titanium Crystal Ore right now.
A total of 1.2 billion units of Titanium Crystal Ore.
After consuming 181 million units of Titanium Crystal Ore, this red-grade component was directly upgraded from Level 20 to Level 100!
This is also the first red-grade component inside the train to reach Level 100.
Other components can’t be upgraded for now, while two additional supermodel effects appeared!
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「Viper Unmanned Fighter Jet Production Line Level 50 Supermodel Effect」: Ammunition consumption is halved.
「Viper Unmanned Fighter Jet Production Line Level 100 Supermodel Effect」: The fuselage undergoes slight changes, can adapt to more combat environnts, and enhances the diversity of firepower.
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These two supermodel effects seem nondescript.
There’s nothing too conspicuous about them.
The Level 5 supermodel effect of this component is the halved ammunition consumption; upon reaching Level 50, it again got a supermodel effect of halved ammunition consumption. Now even a Level 4 Energy Stone can extend the combat duration by double.
However, not long after—
"You call this a damn slight change?!"
As Chen Mang approached the space of the "Fighter Jet Landing Pad" in Carriage No. 10, looking at the newly crafted Level 30 "Viper Unmanned Combat Aircraft," he couldn’t help but raise his voice in disbelief.
"Is this even a goddamn drone anymore?"
"And if you ran a paternity test with a fighter jet, the similarity wouldn’t exceed 10%!"
The original Viper Fighter Jet was 11.2 ters in length, with a wingspan of 6.5 ters, requiring several carriages for takeoff.
And now...
The whole jet possesses aesthetically pleasing and sci-fi lines, like a silver dart, with a sleek tallic shell that gleams coldly under the lights, and its rear thrusters appear highly imposing.
What is it if not a fighter jet?
It is clearly a "Shuttle Ship."
Previously, it needed assisted takeoff; now it can launch directly from a still position.
The shape is compact and sharp, with folding wings that cling to the fuselage, reminiscent of a space hawk poised to strike.
The size has reduced significantly.
ters long, 1 ter wide, with a single rear thruster, making it resemble a hummingbird.
Moreover, it has gained several functions, such as the ability to share the wormholes of the Fixed Star train. Any wormhole coordinates owned by the Fixed Star can be freely traversed.
It features a stealth coating, capable of breaking through radar detection below its level. It can penetrate the enemy’s blind spots like a ghost. By the ti the enemy sees it with the naked eye, thousands of Shuttle Ships as agile as hummingbirds have already reached the enemy, launching fierce attacks.
There’s not a single similarity with the original.
The only possible similarity is that "defense" remains weak, although the functionality and attack aspects are nearly maxed out, the weak defense ans it still can only be used as a consumable.
However...
With a reduced size and extrely high speed, the agility alone allows it to evade a large number of energy attacks, so from this perspective, the defense is not too low.
It’s like the "Train’s" tendrils, carrying the mission of the Fixed Star, reaching areas beyond the Fixed Star’s grasp.
It can be unmanned in operation.
It can be piloted with a driver in the cockpit.
"..."
As Chen Mang appreciated the Shuttle Ship before him, he couldn’t help but grin: "Very cool, I like it."
He suddenly discovered sothing.
That is...
As long as the resources are ample, the chanical Civilization seems capable of bursting soldiers too.
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