The rescue operation on the sea was underway, and on the other side, Raine tied the corpses of the three divine beasts behind his own warship.
These corpses were of no use anymore, as the scales used for dragon-scale armor were almost destroyed. However, Blacky and the others could eat them, so Raine naturally wouldn't discard them.
Although Raine had lost eight warships, he could rebuild new ones using the materials from the sunk ships, wasting only some time. The real issue was the aircraft that had been destroyed by the three divine beasts, especially the drones and first-generation planes, whose wreckage was scattered and difficult to find.
"Forget it, the Hurricane fighters can be phased out too," Raine shook his head, still feeling a bit heartbroken, as all of this represented money!
"Blacky, don't worry about searching for supplies. You, White, and the Tiger King hurry up and eat. Don't waste it!"
The trio, Blacky, White, and Tiger King, ate heartily.
Half a month later, Raine disassembled the sunken warships and recovered a significant portion of the materials, bringing them back to the island.
"My lord, you really killed the Black Dragon God!" Old Wong and the others had been waiting here for a long time and were extremely excited when Raine and his team finally arrived.
Many people stared at the corpses of the three divine beasts behind the super warship, their eyes filled with terror.
Even though they were already dead beyond dead, these three divine beasts were still quite terrifying to the islanders.
Raine smiled slightly, "Old Wong, I said I would kill it, and I did. Now, about the conditions you agreed to before..."
"My lord, there's no problem at all! With the Black Dragon God dead, we no longer have to live in fear. That's the most important thing!"
"Lord, we'll take you to the vein location tomorrow!"
Raine shook his head, "Let's wait a bit. My people are tired from this period and need a few days to rest."
...
After a short break, Raine looked at a large amount of materials and hesitated.
"Captain, why haven't you started building the ship yet?" Avril asked curiously.
"It seems like the tonnage of the optimized Yamato is still a bit low... I don't really want to build it."
Avril thought for a moment and nodded, "Indeed, the waves caused by the Black Dragon God could actually sink the optimized Yamato. In the Dragon-class sea area, the Yamato is a bit small."
As the only other battleship in the carrier fleet, the optimized Yamato's tonnage was starting to lag behind Raine's needs.
"Yeah, and the equipped drones can't keep up with the aerial combat demands either. If we fight other Dragon Gods, the optimized Yamato is still somewhat lacking."
"Captain, do you want to build other warships?"
"Not for now, I plan to build a batch of transport ships first."
"Huh? Transport ships?"
"Yes, to speed up resource extraction. Later, we'll see if we can build better destroyers and escort ships."
Since the fleets in the safe zone wouldn't come out, and there was only one Black Dragon God in the nearby sea area, Raine could temporarily weaken his defense force and focus on collecting resources.
Determined to go all out, Raine directly built a giant cargo ship.
During Raine's previous upgrade process, there was a choice between two options. At that time, Raine chose the warship option that favored more offensive power, while the other option included a 10,000-ton giant ship.
Since Raine could build all previous technological vessels, he naturally could build the giant ship as well.
The islanders witnessed the process of a 10,000-ton giant ship being built from scratch.
Raine didn't mind them seeing it. They were all pitiful outcasts who were in awe of the fleet and had no combat power, so they posed no threat to him.
A few days later, the giant ship carried 4,000 islanders, as well as the crew members of the fleet and a large amount of underwater mining equipment, heading to the mineral vein located 30 nautical miles away.
The vein was not too deep, no more than 300 meters, which surprised Raine.
"Captain, Arsan has taken me down to take a look," Armin said. "I carefully observed the terrain below and found that the reason for the appearance of the mineral vein was due to the continental plates squeezing together, causing the previously unmined rock layers to rise."
"The minerals below are mainly iron ore and rare metal ore. It's hard to determine the reserves for now, but I estimate there should be a lot!"
"Good, regardless of how much, let's start mining as soon as possible!"
The mining equipment was all provided by Raine. Produced by the system, they were high-quality items. These originally thought to be unnecessary manufacturable items played a role at this moment.
Part of the optimized Yamato temporarily served as a mining vessel.
In the Azure Era, almost everyone was good at swimming. Although the islanders were not very strong, they were not lacking in mutants, only their levels were relatively low. Mining at a depth of 300 meters was not difficult for them at all.
With the crew's help and the islanders' collaboration, the mining phase began after a month.
Raine sat on the deck of the super warship, basking in the sun, watching batches of ore being transported up, feeling carefree.
"No wonder the coal bosses were rich in the past," Raine shook his head. "I made money doing missions and fighting pirates, but nothing is as satisfying as picking up money like this."
Iron ore and rare metal ores were expensive and sometimes hard to buy. Now that he was mining them directly, the feeling was completely different.
"I wonder if the ores here are enough for me to directly upgrade to the next level!"
Raine was now looking forward to his next level of warship.
Four months later.
The mining of the vein had been going smoothly. During this time, Raine continued to strengthen his crew members, occasionally staying on the island to enjoy the sun, beach, and fruit.
There were not many people on the island. With a population of just a few thousand, eight young people were sacrificed every year, so the population never really flourished.
"Lord Raine! Lord Raine!"
As Raine was lying on the beach in his shorts, sunbathing and drinking coconut juice, Old Wong came running over in a panic.
"Old Wong, what's going on?" Raine looked at Old Wong with curiosity. "We don't have any enemies coming, do we?"
"No, Lord Raine, that's not it." Old Wong stood in front of Raine, panting. "When we were mining the vein, we dug up a piece of special metal ore."
"Special metal ore? What do you mean? You can ask Armin about those rare metals; I wouldn't know."
"No, Lord Raine, it's Armin who asked me to find you," Old Wong said. "We can't refine this metal with our current equipment."
Raine frowned and sat up. "The metallurgical equipment I provided can't refine it? That's impossible." Raine was very confident in the system's technological level.
"Yeah, we really can't smelt it! It feels extremely hard! And it has a very high density; only Onebear and his crew can move it, we can't move it at all."
Raine pondered for a moment, his eyes darting around. Suddenly, he jumped up.
"Quick, take me to see it!"
The rescue operation on the sea was underway, and on the other side, Raine tied the corpses of the three divine beasts behind his own warship.
These corpses were of no use anymore, as the scales used for dragon-scale armor were almost destroyed. However, Blacky and the others could eat them, so Raine naturally wouldn't discard them.
Although Raine had lost eight warships, he could rebuild new ones using the materials from the sunk ships, wasting only some time. The real issue was the aircraft that had been destroyed by the three divine beasts, especially the drones and first-generation planes, whose wreckage was scattered and difficult to find.
"Forget it, the Hurricane fighters can be phased out too," Raine shook his head, still feeling a bit heartbroken, as all of this represented money!
"Blacky, don't worry about searching for supplies. You, White, and the Tiger King hurry up and eat. Don't waste it!"
The trio, Blacky, White, and Tiger King, ate heartily.
Half a month later, Raine disassembled the sunken warships and recovered a significant portion of the materials, bringing them back to the island.
"My lord, you really killed the Black Dragon God!" Old Wong and the others had been waiting here for a long time and were extremely excited when Raine and his team finally arrived.
Many people stared at the corpses of the three divine beasts behind the super warship, their eyes filled with terror.
Even though they were already dead beyond dead, these three divine beasts were still quite terrifying to the islanders.
Raine smiled slightly, "Old Wong, I said I would kill it, and I did. Now, about the conditions you agreed to before..."
"My lord, there's no problem at all! With the Black Dragon God dead, we no longer have to live in fear. That's the most important thing!"
"Lord, we'll take you to the vein location tomorrow!"
Raine shook his head, "Let's wait a bit. My people are tired from this period and need a few days to rest."
...
After a short break, Raine looked at a large amount of materials and hesitated.
"Captain, why haven't you started building the ship yet?" Avril asked curiously.
"It seems like the tonnage of the optimized Yamato is still a bit low... I don't really want to build it."
Avril thought for a moment and nodded, "Indeed, the waves caused by the Black Dragon God could actually sink the optimized Yamato. In the Dragon-class sea area, the Yamato is a bit small."
As the only other battleship in the carrier fleet, the optimized Yamato's tonnage was starting to lag behind Raine's needs.
"Yeah, and the equipped drones can't keep up with the aerial combat demands either. If we fight other Dragon Gods, the optimized Yamato is still somewhat lacking."
"Captain, do you want to build other warships?"
"Not for now, I plan to build a batch of transport ships first."
"Huh? Transport ships?"
"Yes, to speed up resource extraction. Later, we'll see if we can build better destroyers and escort ships."
Since the fleets in the safe zone wouldn't come out, and there was only one Black Dragon God in the nearby sea area, Raine could temporarily weaken his defense force and focus on collecting resources.
Determined to go all out, Raine directly built a giant cargo ship.
During Raine's previous upgrade process, there was a choice between two options. At that time, Raine chose the warship option that favored more offensive power, while the other option included a 10,000-ton giant ship.
Since Raine could build all previous technological vessels, he naturally could build the giant ship as well.
The islanders witnessed the process of a 10,000-ton giant ship being built from scratch.
Raine didn't mind them seeing it. They were all pitiful outcasts who were in awe of the fleet and had no combat power, so they posed no threat to him.
A few days later, the giant ship carried 4,000 islanders, as well as the crew members of the fleet and a large amount of underwater mining equipment, heading to the mineral vein located 30 nautical miles away.
The vein was not too deep, no more than 300 meters, which surprised Raine.
"Captain, Arsan has taken me down to take a look," Armin said. "I carefully observed the terrain below and found that the reason for the appearance of the mineral vein was due to the continental plates squeezing together, causing the previously unmined rock layers to rise."
"The minerals below are mainly iron ore and rare metal ore. It's hard to determine the reserves for now, but I estimate there should be a lot!"
"Good, regardless of how much, let's start mining as soon as possible!"
The mining equipment was all provided by Raine. Produced by the system, they were high-quality items. These originally thought to be unnecessary manufacturable items played a role at this moment.
Part of the optimized Yamato temporarily served as a mining vessel.
In the Azure Era, almost everyone was good at swimming. Although the islanders were not very strong, they were not lacking in mutants, only their levels were relatively low. Mining at a depth of 300 meters was not difficult for them at all.
With the crew's help and the islanders' collaboration, the mining phase began after a month.
Raine sat on the deck of the super warship, basking in the sun, watching batches of ore being transported up, feeling carefree.
"No wonder the coal bosses were rich in the past," Raine shook his head. "I made money doing missions and fighting pirates, but nothing is as satisfying as picking up money like this."
Iron ore and rare metal ores were expensive and sometimes hard to buy. Now that he was mining them directly, the feeling was completely different.
"I wonder if the ores here are enough for me to directly upgrade to the next level!"
Raine was now looking forward to his next level of warship.
Four months later.
The mining of the vein had been going smoothly. During this time, Raine continued to strengthen his crew members, occasionally staying on the island to enjoy the sun, beach, and fruit.
There were not many people on the island. With a population of just a few thousand, eight young people were sacrificed every year, so the population never really flourished.
"Lord Raine! Lord Raine!"
As Raine was lying on the beach in his shorts, sunbathing and drinking coconut juice, Old Wong came running over in a panic.
"Old Wong, what's going on?" Raine looked at Old Wong with curiosity. "We don't have any enemies coming, do we?"
"No, Lord Raine, that's not it." Old Wong stood in front of Raine, panting. "When we were mining the vein, we dug up a piece of special metal ore."
"Special metal ore? What do you mean? You can ask Armin about those rare metals; I wouldn't know."
"No, Lord Raine, it's Armin who asked me to find you," Old Wong said. "We can't refine this metal with our current equipment."
Raine frowned and sat up. "The metallurgical equipment I provided can't refine it? That's impossible." Raine was very confident in the system's technological level.
"Yeah, we really can't smelt it! It feels extremely hard! And it has a very high density; only Onebear and his crew can move it, we can't move it at all."
Raine pondered for a moment, his eyes darting around. Suddenly, he jumped up.
"Quick, take me to see it!"
