Maiden Voyage, The Powerful Radiant Moon Battleship!

Cloud-Mountain Star, Starport.

After a few days of slightly impatient waiting, the Huiyue Type Battleship was finally completed.

Qingyang followed behind Qingyundao, his face full of excitement as he walked into a ship warehouse.

His gaze was immediately drawn to the massive object suspended in the warehouse.

Its form resembled a rectangular prism, a highly streamlined platinum hull with gracefully curved light-blue energy circuits flickering across its surface.

Orbital ship cannons, also resembling crystal artworks, revolved leisurely around the hull, making it hard to believe this was a warship.

The first impression it gave was sci-fi, dreamlike—a collector's item with no combat capability.

A data panel immediately unfolded.

[T8 Starry Sky Battleship]

[Model: Huiyue]

[Length: 3200m] [Average Height/Width: 650m]

[Shield: Star Brilliance Type 1 Shield -- 10,000 (4,000) Recovery Speed: 50/s
(Single damage below 0.5% is ignored)]

[Weapons: Particle Main Cannon -- Standard Type ×1, Area Type ×1, Dual-Link Rapid-Fire Type ×1
Particle Secondary Cannon -- Quad-Link Rapid-Fire Type ×4, Dual-Link Standard Type ×8
Particle Ship Cannon -- Standard Type ×40, Dual-Link Rapid-Fire Type ×20
Close-Range Defense Weapon System -- ×1, Star Brilliance Type 1 Warp Suppressor ×1]

[T8 Battleship Base Energy Level: Main Cannon 2k, Secondary Cannon 800, Ship Cannon 100]

[Model Boost: Shield and Weapon Energy Level increased by 150%]

Qingyang stared dumbfounded at these numbers. This was the luxury, extravagant version of a battleship?!

Three main cannons, twelve secondary cannons, sixty ship cannons!

This firepower was already completely comparable to a standard warship formation!

After all, the energy level was right there. Starry Sky battleship energy levels were divided into large-span tiers in decimal increments during the early stages.

A hundred energy levels could already destroy a town; breaking a thousand could even completely erase a small patch of land.

But that being the case, even with a 150% energy level boost, the secondary cannons would probably get stuck at 999 energy levels.

A 1.5 times multiplier on a base 800 energy level couldn't break through this energy tier gap. A pity.

Qingyang suddenly slapped his head. What was he thinking!

An ordinary rookie commander would be thanking their lucky stars just to get a cruiser with a main cannon at 500 energy levels.

"Alright, this ship is yours, along with the blueprints."

Qingyundao handed Qingyang a card, then, as if remembering something, said, "Go wherever you want. I'm leaving this place."

"Also, there are a few little things in the ship warehouse that you'll find useful."

Qingyang took the card, momentarily stunned. "Leaving? Going where?"

Qingyundao waved his hand. "Nothing major. We can still meet in the Star Net World anyway."

"Damn, Dad, you're a commander too."

Before Qingyang could finish his sentence, Qingyundao had already left the docking warehouse.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Qingyang turned his attention back to the battleship.

[Un-datafied Starry Sky Battleship detected]

[Datafy?]

"Yes!"

[Data overwriting in progress]

[Spirit value qualified. Overwrite successful]

The next moment, Qingyang instantly appeared in the control room.

[Spirit Control Mode activated]

A three-meter virtual miniature of the battleship immediately materialized in the center of the control room.

As Qingyang's thoughts surged, the virtual ship lit up section by section, and spirit data swept through the entire vessel in an instant.

[Star Commander, greetings. I am your onboard AI.]

Qingyang nodded. "Activate the ship. Full self-check."

[Understood.]

Qingyang's spirit data quickly located the warehouse area. Staring at the things in the virtual projection, he felt a bit dazed.

A crystal ball, fifty Mantis Mechs, several crates of potions, and nine cards.

"What's all this?"

[Star Weapon: Return to One Sky Wall] [Quality: Red (Zero Star)] [Base Effect: Fleet-wide shield recovery speed +50/s, fleet shields unified, damage will be shared across all fleet shields] [Additional Effect: Fleet shields gain traits—Mental Defense, Pathogen Defense (effective until shield value reaches zero)] [Note: Can be upgraded to a maximum of five stars. Upgrading requires same-quality Star Crystals. Example: 1→3 requires three, 1→4 requires four.]

A good find!

Qingyang smiled and, following instinct, activated this Star Weapon Crystal.

The Star Weapon Crystal instantly dissipated into data, and the effect of Return to One Sky Wall began to take hold!

Then Qingyang looked toward the mechs and potions.

[Dark Mantis Mech Type 3] [Height: 12 meters] [Shield: 500] [Combat Power: Third-Order High]

Such a formidable mech!

Looking at the detailed data, a single mech of this kind was enough to threaten an ordinary Assault Ship.

If there were a way to bypass the shields and send it into an enemy vessel, probably no T8 Fleet could withstand it!

[Mental Potion Type 1~3] [Applicable Range: T8, T7, T6] [Please use daily. Based on reserves, estimated to reach T6 Mental Threshold in five years.]

"Heh, Dad really thought of everything." A warmth spread through Qingyang's heart. Even without thinking, he knew the value of this stuff was sky-high.

Confirming the ship's internal corridors were wide enough, he ordered one of the mechs to deliver the potions.

Qingyang looked at the final nine cards.

[Fleet Top Position Card] [Each card can temporarily replace the position of one Starry Sky Warship. Commonly used for rookie commanders. High production cost.]

Qingyang froze, then burst into joy.

No matter what Commander Talent one had, the most basic requirement was reaching a T8 Fleet for it to take effect.

He had thought that controlling the Radiant Moon Ship meant the Eternal Protocol was still a distant dream.

He never expected his father had already thought of this.

He immediately used all nine cards, and the Star Network indicator frame, long unmoving, instantly popped up.

[T8 Fleet standard met] [Confirmation complete. Please name the fleet.]

Qingyang rubbed his chin. "Then let's call it... Eternal Truth!"

Caliber is truth, firepower is truth too. No issues there.

[Eternal Truth (T8 Fleet)] [Talent: Eternal Protocol (Protocol 8 signed by default)] [Commander: Qingyang] [Flagship: Huiyue Type Battleship (T8)] [Scale: 10 (1)]

The Eternal Protocol took effect. Looking at the warship data—shield value suddenly reaching 20,000, and even the recovery speed hitting 150/s—

The most important thing was the Commander's Shield! At this moment, Qingyang felt his sense of security hit its peak!

"At least when I take risks, I don't have to hole up in the fleet. Taking part personally is the real fun."

Confirming the battleship had no abnormalities, Qingyang stared intently at the warehouse door slowly opening.

"Set sail!"

Hum~

A faint humming sound of energy spread, and energy circuits on the surface of the massive warship lit up layer by layer.

In an instant, the Huiyue-type warship vanished from the warehouse.

One of the functions of Datafication—no acceleration, no aftereffects, directly sailing at maximum speed!

"Woo-hoo!"

The brightly lit Radiant Moon Battleship appeared in the starry sky over a dozen light-seconds away. Its powerful energy level immediately caught the attention of the Starport.

"What a powerful energy fluctuation!"

"A T7 Cruiser?"

"Is that... a Huiyue Type Battleship?! Which nation's second-gen navy kid?"

"Looks like it launched from our starport."

"???"

Opening the star map, Qingyang marked a starport with a star gate several light-years away—the rendezvous point for the recruited crew.

Without pause, the entire warship re-entered FTL travel and swiftly shifted into warp mode.

In the Material Dimension, without entering Subspace Warp, even a Huiyue Battleship would take days to cover several light-years.

How could a physical ship exceed light speed?

Well, that's datafication for you.

Cu109 Star Gate.

Over a dozen young men and women sat quietly on chairs before a docking platform.

Their extraordinary bearing drew frequent glances from those around them. In addition, there were hundreds of spirited scholar-type personnel.

Large quantities of supplies and thousands of machines stood by, awaiting orders.

The youth at the front glanced around: "Looks like an Exploration Adventure Fleet."

"Hehe, isn't that better? More fun. And judging by those exploration commanders' temperaments, there'll be no shortage of battles."

A girl giggled.

The other team members murmured among themselves.

"Newcomers rarely gather ten ships into a fleet this quickly. Most likely just one ship."

"Wonder what type of Starry Sky warship it is."

"Fifty percent chance it's a destroyer, forty percent a cruiser, ten percent a battleship. Just Started and already able to recruit this many crew—clearly has some assets."

"True."