Chapter 131 - 115: Land Ship, Copy Tank
"Upgrade Points: 0/10, Defense: 180, Damage: 150, Average Speed: 200 km/h, Endurance Limit: 1000 km"
"Extra Attributes: Biological Armor (Defense +70), Armor-Piercing Car Head (Damage +60),
Unlimited Firepower (ten machine guns, average Damage 40),
Self-Propelled Artillery (three Lv19 Machine Cannons, Damage 160, 9,000 rounds, Bullet Recovery: 1/sec),
Life Radar (For every 1 Upgrade Point consumed, can detect all entities with a Life Value over 50 within a ten-kilometer radius),
Land Ship: A merged and upgraded version of Storage Space and Ground Effect Flight Mode. It can draw Energy from Zerg Race corpses for unlimited endurance, provides a 100% boost to top speed, and can adapt to any complex terrain, including waterways. For every Upgrade Point consumed, the internal space increases by 10 cubic meters. Current living/combat area: 150 cubic meters, Storage Space: 500 cubic meters."
"Note: The Land Ship includes additional features, such as corpse collection, processing, and smelting production lines, as well as a biological power core."
Lin Feng read the stats from top to bottom. The Land Patrol Battleship’s Basic Attributes had only increased by a limited amount, possibly due to its sheer size. When spread across its surface, a pair of orange Tiger Spine Zerg Giant Mandibles only raised the Basic Defense by 30 points and Damage by 20. However, its Average Speed had increased by over 30%, reaching 200 km/h.
This meant that in Land Ship mode, the Battleship’s top speed could reach a terrifying 400 km/h. That was almost the takeoff speed of a small propeller plane and could even rival the diving speed of Cyan-winged Zergs.
Escaping the pursuit of Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs would be as simple as flooring it.
In comparison, the value proposition of choosing the Indestructible upgrade was now extremely low. The extra 80 points of Defense and 40 points of Damage would, at best, only allow the Lv20 Land Patrol Battleship to withstand attacks from Tier Two Early Stage Tiger Spine Zergs. Compared to the Land Ship upgrade, it wasn’t even in the same league.
As long as Chen Yanyan’s driving skills were sharp enough, she could run circles around a Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg Swarm.
However, in the future, when they needed to defend a city and fight a decisive battle against the Zerg Race, the Land Patrol Battleship would need to have its armor heavily stacked.
But that was a concern for the future. The most important thing right now was figuring out how to fleece the Mother Empress—plundering vast quantities of Evolution Points and Giant Mandible Material from the Black Spine Zergs, and snatching the rare Tiger Spine Zergs—to get the Armor-Piercing Cannon and the Land Patrol Battleship to Full Level as quickly as possible.
He also needed to raise the Levels of Chen Yanyan, Shen Jie, and the others.
The core members of his team needed to complete their Tier Two Awakening quickly to maintain control of the situation.
Otherwise, if his subordinates were all Tier One Late Stage, he wouldn’t be able to command their respect with a similar Level.
At this thought, the joy Lin Feng felt from the upgrade faded, replaced by a renewed sense of urgency.
Tier Two Zerg Race weren’t a dime a dozen like Black Spine Zergs; finding them was often a matter of pure luck.
Lin Feng had specifically prepared an ambush for them before, only to come away empty-handed.
Now that he had wiped out an entire squad of Tiger Spine Zergs, even a Mother Empress blinded by her victories would realize that the combat power humanity now wielded was enough to threaten the outcome of her next war of expansion.
From now on, she would surely keep a much tighter leash on her Tier Two Zerg Race, especially the Tiger Spine Zergs.
Seeing the 0/10 Upgrade Points needed for the Lv20 Land Patrol Battleship, Lin Feng felt a headache coming on.
Unlike the Lv21 Armor-Piercing Cannon, the Battleship was a composite piece of equipment. Its upgrade requirements weren’t a simple, progressive increase. Right from the start, it required killing ten entities of the same tier to gain ten Upgrade Points.
Ten Tiger Spine Zergs would have been enough for Lin Feng and his Armor-Piercing Cannon to gain three consecutive levels, reaching Lv23 and maxing out the Bullet Time Attribute. For the Battleship, however, it was only enough for a single, minor level-up that would only slightly improve its Land Ship performance.
Suppressing his excitement, Lin Feng looked at the Lv21 Armor-Piercing Cannon in his hands. He saw that its Upgrade Points were at 3/3 and immediately initiated the next Upgrade.
’First, I’ll get the Armor-Piercing Cannon, which is easier to upgrade, to the Late Stage. Then I’ll rely on its powerful Attributes and firepower to harvest Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs and help the Land Patrol Battleship quickly accumulate Upgrade Points.’
This was the same method Lin Feng had used back at Tier One.
Now he had to do it all over again, only this time the process would be far more difficult and arduous.
To find and kill the Tier Two Zerg Race, Lin Feng had already prepared himself to venture deep into the Swarm.
But before that, he needed to turn his 150 team members into elite shock troops with the incredible combat power to both fight hard and move fast.
Meanwhile, Chen Yanyan, having finished her observation, eagerly boarded the Battleship’s command deck. She sat in the Captain’s seat, ready to pilot this super-sized war machine with its Land Ship capability.
As her consciousness linked with the Land Patrol Battleship, every aspect of the massive vessel materialized in her mind.
She split her consciousness into several streams, simultaneously controlling the Battleship’s startup and operation. The ten Heavy Machine Guns of the Unlimited Firepower system and the three Lv19 Machine Cannons extended from the vessel’s streamlined hull, their muzzles swiveling to scan for targets.
The ROARING engines underneath, accompanied by jets of steam venting from its sides, made it sound like the great ocean-faring battleships of a century ago, letting out a roar that echoed through time.
’Once it’s upgraded to Lv24, I’ll equip it with Super Firepower, too. That will be the moment for the Land Patrol Battleship to sweep the battlefield and make its name known!’
’But for now, I had best get familiar with the battlefield.’
Lin Feng boarded the Battleship’s command deck and had Chen Yanyan take the Land Patrol Battleship out for its maiden voyage, giving it a test run.
At that moment, Li Ran and the others, including the surviving defenders who had been fortunate enough to escape, were woken by the roar. They all emerged from the camp to gaze at the behemoth Lin Feng had created.
Everyone watched in a daze.
It was as if they were witnessing the bygone glory of a navy reborn.
