Archie's words had a profound impact on Raine. Given his steady nature, he would certainly not rashly enter the Sky-class Sea Area without a good chance of winning.
"Even if I can't resist such a terrifying attack, at least I should have a chance to dodge," Raine frowned. "It seems that to go to the Sky-class Sea Area, I must upgrade again!"
He opened the system's basic information panel to check the materials needed for upgrading.
The number of materials needed for the next upgrade wasn't particularly terrifying, not more than the current Gemini Aircraft Carrier, but the purity, chemical, and physical performance requirements for the materials were very high, and almost all of them were alloy materials.
If these requirements were included, the amount of basic materials needed could be considered massive.
"What exactly is it trying to build with such high material requirements?" Raine shook his head.
"It seems I have to try the new skill."
Thinking of this, Raine called Armin over.
Armin, in combination with the survey map given by the Magnus, had completed the full distribution map of ore veins in the Dragon-class Sea Area.
"Armin, if I want to build a huge furnace on the seafloor, can you help me choose a place that won't cause too much impact on the seabed and surrounding islands? It's best if it's in the shallow sea area, where the furnace can emerge above the water surface."
Armin asked curiously, "Building a furnace on the seabed? How big of a furnace?"
"Radius of 500 meters, the height of three to four hundred meters."
"That big!" Armin's eyes widened. "That's not a furnace, that's a volcano!"
"That's why I'm worried about causing too much impact on the terrain."
"Well... let me see." Armin immediately started looking for a suitable area on the map.
In the shallow sea area, Armin found a suitable location, "Captain, this place should work. The average depth of the seawater here is about 350 meters. The seabed is rocky and thick enough. The location is within the continental shelf and will not affect plate tectonics. There are no islands around, which should be relatively safe."
Raine was a bit confused, but as long as Armin said it was possible, then it was.
"Good, then let's go there today. Have Trajan prepare to transport all the materials on Saipan Island over there. From now on, all materials gathered from other islands will also be sent directly there."
Armin curiously asked, "Captain, with such a big move, you wouldn't be thinking of upgrading to the next level, would you?"
"Of course I need to upgrade. Archie said that my current battleship doesn't have many advantages in the Sky-class Sea Area."
"Really? Is the Sky-class Sea Area that terrifying? By the way, how did Archie know?"
"I guess he must have stayed in the Sky-class Sea Area before, but that's just a guess."
Armin thought for a moment, then asked, "Captain, what will the next level battleship be like? I'm really curious."
"I'm curious too!" Raine answered. "We'll know when it's built. You go notify them now."
Thinking of the impending construction of a new battleship, Armin was exceptionally excited and rushed off to make arrangements.
Raine's Gemini Aircraft Carrier quickly set off for the designated area.
Truth be told, Raine had not yet had his fill of the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, and he was a bit reluctant about upgrading it so soon.
However, upon further thought, Raine suddenly realized that he could still construct Gemini Aircraft Carrier as an escort vessel, and with that, he became more accepting of the situation.
Arriving at the designated area, Armin and Raine flew up into the sky. After confirming the location of the large furnace, Raine returned to the battleship.
"Boss, how do we construct the furnace?"
Raine grinned slightly, his gaze fixed on the area in front of him. "Triple Heaven Crystal joint ability, Metal Melting Furnace!"
The seawater in front of them suddenly began to churn, and the Gemini Aircraft Carrier swayed vigorously with the waves.
Twenty minutes later, a thick stone wall slowly rose from the sea floor, breaking the surface and towering in front of everyone!
This massive wall enveloped the area, forming a sealed cylindrical shape.
Armin watched this scene in astonishment, exclaiming, "My God... This, this isn't the work of humans, this is the power of nature!"
Before long, a large amount of steam rose from the huge furnace, and the surrounding temperature quickly escalated. Raine brought Armin to the wall of the furnace, and waves of heat rolled over them.
Inside the furnace, golden molten iron churned like lava. In a short while, the large furnace had already melted the metallic ore within the area into molten iron.
Two months later, a fleet of transport ships arrived in front of the furnace. Through helicopters, Raine dumped all the preliminarily refined metal into the large furnace.
Upon learning that Raine intended to build a next-level ship, old Trajan and the others immediately became energized.
Members of the bounty team ran back and forth between the various islands and the large furnace.
...
A year and a half later, thanks to everyone's efforts, a massive amount of materials had accumulated next to the large furnace.
On this day, Raine stood outside the glass cabin of the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, looking at the mountainous pile of materials, and let out a long sigh.
Behind the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, a large number of warships were moored. The captains and crew members were all nervously watching the person on the Gemini Aircraft Carrier.
"Is it starting?" Avril asked nervously.
Shobe's eyes never dared to leave the sea area in front of them. "I really can't imagine what the next-level ship will look like."
Trajan kept taking deep breaths, "A ship more powerful than the Gemini Aircraft Carrier... I can't imagine it either."
Raine was also nervous. This ship would be his main ship for fighting in the Heavenly Sea Area unless something unexpected happened.
"Okay, everything is ready. System, let's begin!"
At his command, countless metal bars began to move quickly.
The new ship still had many tightly integrated parts, but it seemed to have fewer transformation parts than the Gemini Aircraft Carrier. However, the size of the parts seemed to have increased.
For ten days, everyone stayed here without leaving.
Gradually, the new battleship began to take some shape.
The core crew members had already jumped onto Raine's ship one after another.
"Boss, what kind of ship is this? It doesn't seem as good-looking as the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, but rather more like the previous heavy aircraft carrier," Shobe asked curiously.
"Don't be impatient, let's wait and see," Raine said.
Two months later, more than half of this ship had been constructed, and its overall shape had emerged.
The main shape of the new ship was indeed similar to a typical aircraft carrier, with a flat surface composed of a straight runway and a slanted runway, with a total length of about 650 meters.
That should be the place for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land, which was quite similar to Raine's heavy aircraft carrier, so it was no wonder that Shobe misunderstood.
However, there were four huge circular areas at the front left, front right, rear left, and rear right of the main body of the ship, each equipped with a huge propeller.
"Huh? Is the direction of that propeller wrong? Why is it facing down?" Onebear scratched his head.
"Yeah, how can the ship move forward in this direction?"
"Huh? The two main guns on the Gemini Aircraft Carrier are gone? Those two main guns were our trump cards, how could they be removed!"
"Captain, are you sure there's nothing wrong with the blueprint?" Tik also asked Raine in confusion.
Now the ship was still floating on the water, and the other parts were not visible. But from the currently visible parts, this ship felt a bit weird.
Everyone kept asking questions, but they found that their captain was standing there like a stone, not reacting for a long time.
"Captain?" Avril peeked out curiously, looking at Raine's expression.
As a result, she saw an incredibly shocked expression.
That look was almost like seeing a ghost in broad daylight.
"Captain? Are you okay? Did something go wrong?" Avril also became nervous. The captain had never been like this when building a new ship before.
Raine didn't answer, and the others thought that Raine was tacitly acknowledging it.
"Did it really make a mistake?" Everyone was shocked, "We've been waiting for more than two months."
Raine couldn't hear anything now. Facing this new ship, he just wanted to be silent.
Archie's words had a profound impact on Raine. Given his steady nature, he would certainly not rashly enter the Sky-class Sea Area without a good chance of winning.
"Even if I can't resist such a terrifying attack, at least I should have a chance to dodge," Raine frowned. "It seems that to go to the Sky-class Sea Area, I must upgrade again!"
He opened the system's basic information panel to check the materials needed for upgrading.
The number of materials needed for the next upgrade wasn't particularly terrifying, not more than the current Gemini Aircraft Carrier, but the purity, chemical, and physical performance requirements for the materials were very high, and almost all of them were alloy materials.
If these requirements were included, the amount of basic materials needed could be considered massive.
"What exactly is it trying to build with such high material requirements?" Raine shook his head.
"It seems I have to try the new skill."
Thinking of this, Raine called Armin over.
Armin, in combination with the survey map given by the Magnus, had completed the full distribution map of ore veins in the Dragon-class Sea Area.
"Armin, if I want to build a huge furnace on the seafloor, can you help me choose a place that won't cause too much impact on the seabed and surrounding islands? It's best if it's in the shallow sea area, where the furnace can emerge above the water surface."
Armin asked curiously, "Building a furnace on the seabed? How big of a furnace?"
"Radius of 500 meters, the height of three to four hundred meters."
"That big!" Armin's eyes widened. "That's not a furnace, that's a volcano!"
"That's why I'm worried about causing too much impact on the terrain."
"Well... let me see." Armin immediately started looking for a suitable area on the map.
In the shallow sea area, Armin found a suitable location, "Captain, this place should work. The average depth of the seawater here is about 350 meters. The seabed is rocky and thick enough. The location is within the continental shelf and will not affect plate tectonics. There are no islands around, which should be relatively safe."
Raine was a bit confused, but as long as Armin said it was possible, then it was.
"Good, then let's go there today. Have Trajan prepare to transport all the materials on Saipan Island over there. From now on, all materials gathered from other islands will also be sent directly there."
Armin curiously asked, "Captain, with such a big move, you wouldn't be thinking of upgrading to the next level, would you?"
"Of course I need to upgrade. Archie said that my current battleship doesn't have many advantages in the Sky-class Sea Area."
"Really? Is the Sky-class Sea Area that terrifying? By the way, how did Archie know?"
"I guess he must have stayed in the Sky-class Sea Area before, but that's just a guess."
Armin thought for a moment, then asked, "Captain, what will the next level battleship be like? I'm really curious."
"I'm curious too!" Raine answered. "We'll know when it's built. You go notify them now."
Thinking of the impending construction of a new battleship, Armin was exceptionally excited and rushed off to make arrangements.
Raine's Gemini Aircraft Carrier quickly set off for the designated area.
Truth be told, Raine had not yet had his fill of the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, and he was a bit reluctant about upgrading it so soon.
However, upon further thought, Raine suddenly realized that he could still construct Gemini Aircraft Carrier as an escort vessel, and with that, he became more accepting of the situation.
Arriving at the designated area, Armin and Raine flew up into the sky. After confirming the location of the large furnace, Raine returned to the battleship.
"Boss, how do we construct the furnace?"
Raine grinned slightly, his gaze fixed on the area in front of him. "Triple Heaven Crystal joint ability, Metal Melting Furnace!"
The seawater in front of them suddenly began to churn, and the Gemini Aircraft Carrier swayed vigorously with the waves.
Twenty minutes later, a thick stone wall slowly rose from the sea floor, breaking the surface and towering in front of everyone!
This massive wall enveloped the area, forming a sealed cylindrical shape.
Armin watched this scene in astonishment, exclaiming, "My God... This, this isn't the work of humans, this is the power of nature!"
Before long, a large amount of steam rose from the huge furnace, and the surrounding temperature quickly escalated. Raine brought Armin to the wall of the furnace, and waves of heat rolled over them.
Inside the furnace, golden molten iron churned like lava. In a short while, the large furnace had already melted the metallic ore within the area into molten iron.
Two months later, a fleet of transport ships arrived in front of the furnace. Through helicopters, Raine dumped all the preliminarily refined metal into the large furnace.
Upon learning that Raine intended to build a next-level ship, old Trajan and the others immediately became energized.
Members of the bounty team ran back and forth between the various islands and the large furnace.
...
A year and a half later, thanks to everyone's efforts, a massive amount of materials had accumulated next to the large furnace.
On this day, Raine stood outside the glass cabin of the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, looking at the mountainous pile of materials, and let out a long sigh.
Behind the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, a large number of warships were moored. The captains and crew members were all nervously watching the person on the Gemini Aircraft Carrier.
"Is it starting?" Avril asked nervously.
Shobe's eyes never dared to leave the sea area in front of them. "I really can't imagine what the next-level ship will look like."
Trajan kept taking deep breaths, "A ship more powerful than the Gemini Aircraft Carrier... I can't imagine it either."
Raine was also nervous. This ship would be his main ship for fighting in the Heavenly Sea Area unless something unexpected happened.
"Okay, everything is ready. System, let's begin!"
At his command, countless metal bars began to move quickly.
The new ship still had many tightly integrated parts, but it seemed to have fewer transformation parts than the Gemini Aircraft Carrier. However, the size of the parts seemed to have increased.
For ten days, everyone stayed here without leaving.
Gradually, the new battleship began to take some shape.
The core crew members had already jumped onto Raine's ship one after another.
"Boss, what kind of ship is this? It doesn't seem as good-looking as the Gemini Aircraft Carrier, but rather more like the previous heavy aircraft carrier," Shobe asked curiously.
"Don't be impatient, let's wait and see," Raine said.
Two months later, more than half of this ship had been constructed, and its overall shape had emerged.
The main shape of the new ship was indeed similar to a typical aircraft carrier, with a flat surface composed of a straight runway and a slanted runway, with a total length of about 650 meters.
That should be the place for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land, which was quite similar to Raine's heavy aircraft carrier, so it was no wonder that Shobe misunderstood.
However, there were four huge circular areas at the front left, front right, rear left, and rear right of the main body of the ship, each equipped with a huge propeller.
"Huh? Is the direction of that propeller wrong? Why is it facing down?" Onebear scratched his head.
"Yeah, how can the ship move forward in this direction?"
"Huh? The two main guns on the Gemini Aircraft Carrier are gone? Those two main guns were our trump cards, how could they be removed!"
"Captain, are you sure there's nothing wrong with the blueprint?" Tik also asked Raine in confusion.
Now the ship was still floating on the water, and the other parts were not visible. But from the currently visible parts, this ship felt a bit weird.
Everyone kept asking questions, but they found that their captain was standing there like a stone, not reacting for a long time.
"Captain?" Avril peeked out curiously, looking at Raine's expression.
As a result, she saw an incredibly shocked expression.
That look was almost like seeing a ghost in broad daylight.
"Captain? Are you okay? Did something go wrong?" Avril also became nervous. The captain had never been like this when building a new ship before.
Raine didn't answer, and the others thought that Raine was tacitly acknowledging it.
"Did it really make a mistake?" Everyone was shocked, "We've been waiting for more than two months."
Raine couldn't hear anything now. Facing this new ship, he just wanted to be silent.
