"How's the battle going?"
"No idea, but business has been great. The war must be going pretty well."
The merchant vessel Ping An was currently the flagship of the Rebirth Merchant Guild, as well as the largest of the second-generation Ark-class ships.
Redemption, Guan Xinxian's Xiao Sang, had entered divine slumber with him and "vanished" from the world as part of him.
As the Rebirth Merchant Guild's trade routes expanded, its demand for ships grew immensely. In this regard, Lu Mouren held no advantage. Lady Lin's other branches had invested more, accumulated more technology, and begun their research and development earlier. Even the Eastern Kingdom now bought shipbuilding technology from them.
But Lu PingAn had Magic Plant Industries. Since the Arks had proven their reliability, and since the Lamp Tree and Fusang Tree had been recognized by the world through the God of Redemption's chosen, both output and quality had skyrocketed. The second and third batches of ships had all chosen Fusang Tree Arks.
They were not especially fast, but their cargo capacity was astonishing. As living entities, they could carry magic-plant armaments, consumed very little fuel, and could remain on a route for absurdly long periods. They had become one of the Redemption Merchant Guild's signature products.
Moreover, because of Redemption's existence, it bore the concept of an "Ark" in this world to some extent. Its kind, especially its descendants, had acquired the traits of "ships" and received tremendous bonuses in that regard.
"Looks like we need to order some warships."
After returning to the deck, Lu PingAn began complaining that his "ships" were not up to the task.
As merchant ships and transport vessels, the Ark series was nearly perfect: massive capacity, long endurance, low consumption, and the high defense and regenerative abilities of biological warships. Most importantly,