Flying Colt

That number set the bar quite high. The Skywatch Radar aboard the War Axe currently had a detection accuracy of only "10."

Aside from charging high-energy weapons, normal navigation did not affect how long the ship could remain hidden.

Just like a rogue's Stealth skill, it was an excellent way to stay alive.

The Mirage System was undoubtedly the most valuable module aboard the War Axe, worth far more than all the ship's other Shipborne Modules combined.

As for the Flying Colt Warp Device, it was purple quality—a rare treasure.

As the name suggested, it was a rare find.

From purple quality upward, the number of Shipborne Modules dwindled exponentially.

Every Shipborne Module of purple quality or higher was a treasured resource, even for the privileged class.

Take Baron Black Stone, the lord of the mining zone in Wang Dong's star region, for example. He didn't own a single purple-quality Shipborne Module.

And this Flying Colt Warp Device was indispensable to both the War Axe and Wang Dong at present.

Ordinary engines were suitable for normal space travel at sublight speeds, but they couldn't propel a warship beyond the speed of light.

As everyone knew, distances in space were routinely measured in light-years.

At sublight speeds, a ship essentially couldn't travel through space in any meaningful sense.

Clearly, a module like the Flying Colt Warp Device was indispensable for a warship.

The purple-quality Flying Colt Warp Device aboard the War Axe supported speeds of up to one hundred times the speed of light. For its size, its performance was excellent.

Even more precious were its bonus attributes.

Only Shipborne Modules of blue quality or higher had bonus attributes. These were often the module's most valuable feature.

Rapid Warp: For distances within 0.1 light-years, it skipped the deep-space warp process and arrived instantly.

This bonus attribute effectively gave the War Axe the ability to teleport over a distance of nearly 0.1 light-years once every 24 hours!

Combined with the Mirage System's concealment, this ability was the greatest reason the War Axe had repeatedly escaped the Jin Family's pursuit.

With the Mirage System, the War Axe's movements were extremely difficult to track. Although its concealment effect failed while the ship's weapons were charging, it could still be used for ambushes and stealth.

The Flying Colt Warp Device, meanwhile, gave the War Axe the ability to relocate quickly.

The ability to make a rapid warp while concealed made it exceptionally good at escaping.

If Yuan Shu hadn't been betrayed because of human nature, he could have continued roaming freely for a long time.

This was one of the reasons Wang Dong had been determined to get his hands on the War Axe.

The Mirage System and the Flying Colt Warp Device alone already formed the rudiments of a tactical system.

Whether a Kindling Warship had its own distinctive tactical system was precisely what separated a mere foot soldier from an elite.

The War Axe already had the core of its tactical system. It only needed one or two more Shipborne Modules suited to its functions for the whole system to take shape.

Moreover, any Kindling Warship aspiring to explore the true sea of stars had to be capable of faster-than-light travel.

And there weren't many Shipborne Modules that both enabled warp travel and were compatible with a shipboard Source of Fire.

Of course, high-quality modules were great, but they came at a steep cost.

The detailed data for each Shipborne Module included the requirements for upgrading and enhancement.

Source Points were essential.

The higher a Shipborne Module's quality, the more Source Points it took to enhance it.

Enhancing the gold-quality Mirage System required five times as many Source Points as enhancing a common-quality module!

Besides the difference in Source Point requirements, the second condition also reflected the high cost of high-quality modules.

Upgrading and enhancing modules with no quality rating or green quality required only the most common, inexpensive ores or resources.

High-quality modules, on the other hand, required a rare mineral called titanium crystal right from the start.

The Ghost Titanium Ore Wang Dong had mined earlier was already among the more valuable types of ore on the market.

Titanium crystal cost more than a hundred times as much as Ghost Titanium Ore.

And it wasn't even traded on the market!

At that moment, both the Mirage System and the Flying Colt Warp Device were in their buffer periods.

The Mirage System had 11 hours and 23 minutes of Buffer Time remaining.

The Flying Colt Warp Device had 6 hours and 52 minutes of Buffer Time remaining.

Yuan Shu had used it earlier, and it hadn't finished recharging yet.

Wang Dong smiled.

At this point in his previous life, he had been clumsily directing the War Axe, struggling desperately against attacks from the Jin Family's warships.

All he could do was rely on his familiarity with the environment inside the Asteroid Belt Mining Zone, its complex celestial bodies, and the system's assistance to buy time.

He'd been buying time to wait for the two modules mentioned above to finish recharging.

This time, he had perfectly avoided disaster.

Unless something unexpected had happened, the Jin Family warship was probably still searching desperately near the spot where the War Axe had captured the Mine Overlord Type 2.

In fact, after his rebirth, Wang Dong had made several contingency plans.