Three days later, when Old Captain and the others arrived at Dock Five, they were astonished to discover that the entire dock had completely changed.
The once-packed Dock Five now held only a single Death Star Ship. All the other vessels were gone.
Most of the ships here, whether docked or undergoing repairs, had been dealt with by Liu Zhi.
They had either been sold off through the dock administrator's own channels in exchange for more suitable materials, or dismantled, with their materials taken and installed on the Death Star Ship.
The Death Star Ship looked like a Death Star Ship on the outside, but its actual core had been completely transformed.
Everything inside was made up of parts salvaged from various ships.
Since the parts had come in so many different styles, Liu Zhi and the others had previously had to come up with all sorts of ways to modify them before installing them.
The interior had been a complete mess.
Yet Liu Zhi had somehow managed to find a place for everything, relying solely on his legendary shipbuilding skill.
Even the shipbuilder had to admit defeat.
As the shipbuilder put it, Liu Zhi might not know engineering, but he understood ships exceptionally well. He seemed to make decisions about their layout almost by instinct.
Someone like Liu Zhi was born to be a shipbuilder. If he truly wanted to learn how to build ships, all he needed to do was study engineering.
But Liu Zhi had no time to pay attention to the shipbuilder's words. He had already come to terms with things: if his underlings could handle some of the troublesome tasks, then all he needed to do was manage the overall layout of the ship.
That was why he hadn't accepted the shipbuilder's introductory engineering lessons.