No matter how unreasonable it all seemed, now that things had come this far, everyone still had to do their best to keep living.
"Exactly. We need more firepower," Yu Lian agreed with a nod.
"Right. Bigger, more powerful railguns!" Little Gray said. "Energy weapons aren't very effective against that thing, but kinetic weapons treat everyone equally, no matter the era!"
"Then could you..." Maybe reinforce my railguns with nanomachines? I pieced those guns together from spare parts, after all. It'd be even better if you could simulate a few more on the spot.
"Could you stop treating me like some omnipotent goddess? You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, you know?"
Judging by appearances, she'd spent a lot of time playing around on Earth's networks over the past two days. Of course, it was also possible she'd already been browsing Earth's networks when she first awakened.
Still, her real body could even assemble a battleship, yet she couldn't put together one or two cannons now? Who'd believe that?
Naturally, Yu Lian couldn't be bothered to argue. He knew that even if he did, she'd just say it was a forbidden topic.
"I need sturdier rails, more powerful capacitors, and more potent shells. All of that requires quite a few special materials and professional-grade equipment," Little Gray said. "This star system can't produce them, can it?"
Based on his development plans for New Jade Gate, maybe they could manage it in a year, but they were definitely not there yet.
Just then, the ship's automated warning system sounded. "Mass detected at Gravity Well D03! A large vessel has entered the star system!"
The ship soon provided a more detailed report, confirming that the signal at the gravity well included an oversized vessel. Its mass was initially