Doubled

"War Axe" is a dead giveaway. Once its damaged aft armor is discovered, it's highly likely to be exposed.

If it were the intact "Pond," it wouldn't be immediately exposed, but suspicion would still linger. If the initial large-scale search failed to find the "wreckage" of the War Axe, the next phase of the investigation would be much more thorough.

This applies whether it's the Jin Family or the local powers in the mining sector.

Not to mention the other hyenas who rushed over upon hearing the news.

Given his identity as a mere miner, Wang Dong couldn't explain the origin of his ownership of the "Pond," so both he and the "Pond" remained in danger.

Fortunately, the Origin Points gained this time far exceeded Wang Dong's expectations, enough to implement the "Ultimate Plan."

As he pondered, the aft armor section was already repaired.

However, Wang Dong didn't immediately choose to upgrade the armor. Instead, he issued a command for further repairs.

"Repair all ship armor."

The initial intention of repairing the aft armor was naturally to give the "Pond" a new look. Previously, under Yuan Shu, the original "War Axe" had engaged in multiple battles with Jin Family warships, resulting in damage to various parts of its hull armor, with the aft section being particularly severe and distinctive.

But the repair of the aft armor didn't mean the "Pond" could completely change its appearance. The damaged parts on other sections of the armor could still be discovered by observant individuals through image comparison.

Although the "Pond" had just fought against the Yatai civilization and sustained some minor attacks, which helped conceal the original traces, the marks left by the battle with the Yatai civilization were also something Wang Dong needed to conceal.

Therefore, simply ordering the repair of the aft armor was a bit hasty. Wang Dong realized this oversight in time and immediately corrected it.

"Repair all ship armor. This repair will consume 29 Origin Points and take 29 minutes."

This took less time than the previous repair.

The severity of the damage was different.

The aft armor was severely damaged, a clear distinction from the minor damage elsewhere.

After a while.

The "Pond's" armor modules were repaired to pristine condition, leaving no trace of the previous battles.

The effect of Origin Points was truly miraculous and powerful.

"Upgrade armor from LV.1 to LV.2."

Only after confirming that all ship armor had been repaired did Wang Dong issue the upgrade command.

"Consume 200 Origin Points and 20 tons of Ghost Titanium Ore to upgrade Standard Armor (Green) LV.1 to LV.2. Estimated time: 1 hour. Confirm?"

"Confirm!"

The auxiliary materials required for upgrading these low-quality ship modules were relatively common and could be found in asteroid belt mines within the mining sector.

Wang Dong had already collected a certain amount during his mining operations.

Remaining Origin Points: 617.

The time required to strengthen ship modules is related to their upgrade level. LV.1 to LV.2 takes only 1 hour.

LV.2 to LV.3, however, requires 2 hours.

Time passed quickly.

"Standard Armor (Green) (LV.2) upgrade complete. Current attributes:

Defense Strength: 13; Material: Alloy; Defense Properties: Kinetic 13%, Particle 13%, Laser 13%, Mysterious 0.

Upgrade Requirements: 1. 200 Origin Points; 2. 25 tons of Ghost Titanium Ore."

The changes were not significant.

For green-quality ship modules, each upgrade costs 200 Origin Points; this remained unchanged.

Only the demand for auxiliary materials increased slightly.

Wang Dong checked the time. There were about 5 hours left until the otherworldly battlefield concluded.

He had plenty of time.

"Upgrade Sky Patrol Radar from LV.1 to LV.2."

"Consume 100 Origin Points and 3 tons of Aotong Ore to upgrade Standard Sky Patrol Radar LV.1 to LV.2. Estimated time: 1 hour. Confirm?"

"Confirm!"

"Reinforcement commencing, countdown..."

Remaining Origin Points: 517.

He continued to wait.

"Standard Sky Patrol Radar (LV.2) upgrade complete. Current attributes:

Exploration Range: 11; Accuracy: 11.

Upgrade Requirements: 1. 100 Origin Points; 2. 3 tons of Aotong Ore."

For modules without a quality rating, each upgrade only costs 100 Origin Points.

It was cheap, but its growth potential was also low, with limited prospects.

The attribute increase with each reinforcement and upgrade was very small.

Generally, Kindling Warships will not expend precious origin points on such unranked modules if given a choice.

Compared to unranked modules, green-ranked modules have higher potential for improvement.

Take the two modules Wang Dong just upgraded as an example.

After upgrading the green-ranked armor module, its defense strength and defense attribute both increased by 2 units.

However, after upgrading the unranked sky patrol radar, its exploration range and precision only increased by 1 unit each.

The difference was obvious.

While Wang Dong issued several enhancement commands just now, the auxiliary system in his mind would simultaneously pop up prompts.

"Consume 1 unit of low-grade Energy Crystal to double the module's growth value?"

Wang Dong indifferently chose "No."

This was the second optional function that appeared after the auxiliary system was activated: doubling the module's growth value.

Depending on the quality of the module being strengthened and upgraded, an appropriate amount of Energy Crystal would be consumed to double the module's growth value.

If he had chosen "Yes," then the increase in defense strength and defense attribute for the green-ranked armor module after upgrading would have become 4 units!

Even the unranked sky patrol radar would have its exploration range and precision increased by 2 units after upgrading, equivalent to the growth margin of a green-ranked module!