Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 405: Chapter 404 The Gambling Ship Is Part of the Game

Several streaks of white smoke streaked across the sky, howling as they flew towards the distant target.

As if sensing the imminent danger of destruction, the warship adrift on the high seas began to turn rapidly, and three laser anti-aircraft guns burst into action, sweeping across the sky with their trajectories.

But in the next instant, several torpedoes glowing with azure radiance managed to slip through the anti-air net of lasers and artillery fire, hitting the hull of the warship before them with a heavy impact!

”—————!!”

Accompanied by a flash, several dark-red spheres exploded on the warship, rotating and spreading rapidly, breaking through the outer defense field of the warship in the blink of an eye. Then, one could see the warship’s hull, previously composed of nanomaterials and incredibly sturdy, being gouged out in an instant like a scoop of vanilla ice cream, leaving a massive hole. The next moment, with the sound of an explosion, the Warship of Sea Mist was blasted in two and slowly sank into the depths of the ocean.

”Light Cruiser Nagara—completely silenced.”

With that voice, a distortion appeared in the distant clouds, and the next moment, a pure white warship quietly emerged from the midst of the air, moving above the destroyed Warship of Sea Mist. Soon, a light beam shot down from the warship, piercing through the wreckage of the Warship of Sea Mist and then extracting a small, purple, circular stone, retrieving it back into the warship.

[Active Phase Mission ”My Journey is the Stars and the Sea” Phase 1 Complete]

[User receives reward, the store opens a new vehicle equipment exchange section, user receives 1000 Furniture Coins]

[Active Phase Mission: My Journey is the Stars and the Sea Phase 2 Begins]

[Players can enter Sea Chart 2 to commence their strategy, Objective: Eliminate 50 Light Cruisers of Sea Mist, Defeat 1 Heavy Cruiser (Upon completion, proceed to Phase 3, user receives 1000 Furniture Coins)]

”Finally finished grinding through Phase 1 of the event.”

Looking at the system prompt that appeared before him, Fang Zheng let out a sigh of relief and had to admit that the warships from the space era were indeed useful. Compared to the previous submarine, the upgraded Iona’s searching range had nearly doubled, and not only that, the warship’s built-in Invisibility Device could also shield it from radar searches by the Warships of Sea Mist. Coupled with the super-long effective range of the torpedoes, Iona had effectively become a long-range sniper, concealed and lethal with a shot from afar.

It just used up a bit too many supplies... but that was not a big issue.

”Nymph, how many cores have we collected so far?”

”A total of ten, Master.”

Just like how the small fry in event missions would ”drop” event items, these Warships of Sea Mist would also drop ”Warship Cores” upon defeat—essentially, something akin to a CPU of the Warship of Sea Mist. Unfortunately, Fang Zheng’s luck wasn’t all that great, as some light cruisers would self-detonate upon sinking, leaving him unable to salvage anything. But now, it seemed his luck wasn’t too bad after all.

”Is that enough to create a second battleship’s Mind Model?”

”Hmm... as of now...”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s question, Nymph pondered for a moment.

”If we combine them, we would only be able to create a Destroyer-Class Mind Model.”

”A destroyer, huh... Well, that’s better than nothing.”

Glancing at the prompt for Phase 2, Fang Zheng hesitated for a moment but eventually decided to use the Warship Cores he had at hand to create the Mind Model for a second warship. The second phase required the destruction of 50 light cruisers, 10 heavy cruisers, and one battleship—a feat not Iona alone could achieve. There was truth in the saying that there’s strength in numbers; with one more warship, he’d be more confident in quickly clearing the map.

”Wait a second.”

As he spoke, Fang Zheng reached out to open the store and then spent 300 Furniture Coins to purchase a random Destroyer draw card—the reason for opting for random rather than specific was because in the game store’s modules, random draws cost significantly fewer Furniture Coins compared to direct purchases. For example, taking the modules Fang Zheng had opened, a random Destroyer draw card cost only 300 Furniture Coins, but a specified destroyer could cost up to 5500 Furniture Coins. That meant if Fang Zheng was lucky, he could get a destroyer worth 5500 Furniture Coins for just 300 Furniture Coins.

Conversely, if he was unlucky, the 300 Furniture Coins spent on the draw card could only get him a destroyer worth 150 or 200 Furniture Coins...

Hmm... Who designed this shameless consumption system?

Fang Zheng refused to answer that question.

”Leave it to you, Nymph.”

As he spoke, Fang Zheng handed the draw card to Little Angel, who took it and then pulled out several other Warship Cores. Soon, with Little Angel’s actions, her light ring began to expand, and rows of data swiftly surfaced. The Warship Cores in Little Angel’s hand quickly turned into photon particles and then merged into the Destroyer draw card held by Nymph. After a moment, Nymph’s hands gently came together, and the next instant, a small Light Orb appeared in her hands, showing a string of numbers above it.

”The fusion will be complete in just 18 minutes, Master.”

”Very good.”

Relieved by the scene before him, Fang Zheng then picked up the tea at his side.

”Let’s see then, what sort of pleasant surprise we will get this time.”

Eighteen minutes is not long, but not short either. By the time Fang Zheng had finished a cup of tea and played with the cat for a while, Nymph had already signaled that the construction was complete. Of course, you can’t deploy this thing inside Iona, so Fang Zheng took the Light Orb and left the command room with the others to go to the deck on the edge of the Purification Level.

”All I have to do is throw this thing out, right?”

Looking at the Light Orb in his hand that kept flashing with blue cubes, Fang Zheng was sweating—what is this? A fusion of a Fleet Girl and a Little Fairy from a pet game?

”Alright... come on out, Squirtle!”

Shouting this, Fang Zheng threw the Light Orb out with all his might.

”Boom——!”

As the Light Orb was thrown from Fang Zheng’s hand, it exploded instantly in mid-air. Immediately after, streaks of Azure light rapidly appeared, and another pure white Warship emerged before Fang Zheng and the others.

It looked a little longer than the Purification Level of Iona, sporting a similar white base with gold trim. But there were differences elsewhere, such as the rectangular gap at the front center of this Warship compared to the Purification Level, and it lacked white armor on the sides, featuring instead a heavy black hull.

At the same time, the data of the Warship appeared before Fang Zheng’s eyes.

[Sea Mist Dragon Cavalry Class Destroyer—Vampire, Soulstone (Silver)]

[CPU: 300 Energy Grid: 580, Calibration Value: 400]

[High Energy Slot: 6 (Small Vampire Energy Leech x4) (Dark Blood Attacker Small Energy Neutralizer x2)]

[Medium Energy Tank: 3 (1MN Afterburner II) (Brian-Style Advanced Recon Module)]

[Low Energy Slot: 6 (Forced Field Armor) (Soul Binding Drone Damage Amplifier)]

[Small Modification Slots: 4 (Gravity Reactor Booster System) (Small Tri-Armor Aggregator II)]

[Drone Bays: Goblin IIX10, Samurai IIX5]

”Are the attributes so different between a Destroyer and a Bomber?”

Looking at the Warship attributes before him, Fang Zheng frowned and asked Nymph in a low voice. Nymph shook her head in response to his question and quickly answered.

”It’s not the same, Master. Although Iona is a submarine, she had already possessed hidden core and energy attributes before absorbing the Purification Level, plus her own submarine values were also added, which is why the Purification Level’s attributes are so high. But the Dragon Cavalry Level was optimized using only the core of the Sea Mist Warship, so other improvements are not significant.”

”I see.”

With this understanding, Fang Zheng nodded his head. At the same time, a Light Beam shot out from the opposing Dragon Cavalry and illuminated in front of Fang Zheng and the others. A figure then gradually emerged.

She looked even younger than Iona. Moreover, in contrast to Iona’s sailor uniform, this girl was dressed more daringly. Covering her chest was a black bikini adorned with a bright red bow, hinting at her subtle bust. Around her waist, she was wrapped in black and white leather, revealing her slender, delicate midriff. Below a pure white lace skirt were black garter stockings and high-heeled leather boots.

On her delicate, porcelain-like face, she had silver-white hair tied into two ponytails and bright red eyes, exuding a Little Demon-like charm. The girl gently danced in front of Fang Zheng and others. Then, lifting the hem of her skirt, she curtsied slightly.

”I am the Dragon Cavalry Class Destroyer Vampire, Master... Your blood looks very delicious...”

As she spoke, the girl lifted her head, glanced at Fang Zheng, and licked her lips while lightly lifting her skirt.

”...Speaking of which, do you really enjoy staring at someone’s panties that much, Master?”