The blueprint Tang Xiao had given Arroyo Barlow was incomplete, merely an overview for now.
After all, Skrand Sharpbeak could not possibly carry the entire blueprint around with him, nor could he memorize such an immense amount of data. According to him, the blueprint's data was hidden within his soul.
This required using Essence Transfer to extract Skrand's soul before the complete blueprint could be obtained.
Tang Xiao also searched the Glory mothership's database and discovered that, in this nearly all-encompassing database, there truly was no data on the Talon!
That made him even more puzzled.
From the current situation, there was indeed something wrong with Skrand Sharpbeak. The problem did not lie with him personally, but with certain things he carried.
But a problem was a problem. Tang Xiao still held Skrand Sharpbeak himself in very high regard. He even believed that if Matt Hona retired in the future, Skrand Sharpbeak would be the best candidate to succeed him as Commander of the Navy.
Originally, Ling Liang had been the candidate, but after speaking with Skrand at length, Tang Xiao had begun to change his mind.
As for Arroyo Barlow, his shock came entirely from a technological standpoint. The data included Element Zero armor, dark matter Deflector Shields, dark matter reactors, and dark matter thrusters—terrifying technologies that did not even exist in their long-term plans!
In other words, once they obtained the complete blueprint, this technological system built around Element Zero and dark matter would bring a qualitative leap to the Kingdom of Dawn's materials and energy technologies!
One had to know that the Kingdom of Dawn's primary energy source was still merely antimatter.
At the same time, Tang Xiao also obtained some basic information regarding Skrand Sharpbeak's species.
This species had evolved from avian creatures. They had once