Blueprint Ship: Malta / I Heard Everyone Who Went Up on Deck Together...

She curled her tail. "Hehe! I'm used to it! Now I only wear earplugs when I'm sailing!"

Oute then seized the opportunity to add, "Different races and lifestyles all influence the development of Originium Infection. To obtain more comprehensive firsthand data and research Originium Infection, Rhodes Island will send its ships to sail between countries."

He paused, then said, "But as Rhodes Island continues to develop, the ship itself, the USS Rhodes Island, is no longer sufficient to accommodate our future."

Enciodes Silverash knew he was finally about to enter the settlement phase of the land-based ship...

Just as Rhodes Island viewed him as a potential partner because Kjerag was weak enough, the logic behind Kjerag's "warlord," Enciodes Silverash Silverash, attempting to acquire landships from Rhodes Island is similar:

Rhodes Island is relatively too weak to use this as an excuse to forcibly interfere with Kjerag, unlike some Grand Dukes.

If Kjerag truly has the ability to complete his own land-based vessel, even if it doesn't have direct combat capability for the time being, it would still be a qualitative breakthrough!

At the very least, once that awful good ore is shipped out of Kjerag, we won't have to pay the shipping company another penny...

Chapter 262 Blueprint Ship: Malta

While Enya took her two "brothers" to handle visitor formalities and arrange accommodations for visitors to Karlan Trade, Enciodes Silverash flattered Oute until he took her to the Engineering Department on his own initiative.

But strangely, the engineer from Closure, who came down first, disappeared without a trace...

Engineering Department, Rutrala Workshop.

From the very beginning, Oute intended to sell blueprints, ships, and even the complete manufacturing process to Kjerag. Therefore, the parts that even "foreign" personnel like Mel could directly participate in, after slight modifications, were sold as export products, which was just right.

"This is the digital drawing processing workshop," Doctor. Oute said without any suspicion. "Because space is limited on Rhodes Island, and even more so for the Engineering Department, all the drawings are digital."

Then he told a really scary, lame joke, "If someone blows this place up, then the results of the entire Engineering Department's two thousand hours of work will all be for nothing."

The true storage location is Hamlet.

Enciodes Silverash suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, even pushing aside Doctor. Oute and smashing open the workshop door with a single sword strike.

"Whoa! Meebo Prototype!" A female engineer in an orange coat, carrying numerous robotic arms, emerged from the billowing black smoke.

Although she looked extremely flustered, her hands never left the control panel beside her for even a second.

A robotic arm was carrying a tattered otter part, while a robotic arm on her back, as if possessing its own consciousness, pulled a fire extinguisher for electrical fires out of the black smoke.

While the jet stream covered the fire source, the two idle robotic arms began to preventively salvage other supplies.

"Where are the blueprints?!" Enciodes Silverash demanded sharply.

This scene was not something that Oute had planned.

However, considering that Mel was using the studio as a storage room for otters, Oute had actually prepared a contingency plan.

"Here."

A cluster of eye-catching Originium shells slowly grew, gradually enveloping a workstation terminal.

Enciodes Silverash looked in the direction of the sound and saw Doctor. Oute wielding his dagger and casting a spell.

Originium shell?

Whether it was innate magic or magic gradually developed through research, when this spellcaster stood next to Enciodes Silverash, he knew: this was probably one of the world's top-tier Originium Scholars.

It's even possible that there's no need to add a "tier" at all.

"Oh! Thank you so much, Doc Otter!" Mel scratched his cheek sheepishly. "There was a small problem with Meebo Prototype."

She muttered to herself, "We really should have tested the code inside before moving it outside..."

The source of the explosion was indeed the mechanical otter.

"I was thinking of not Doc Otter you too much, but in the end I've troubled you even more!" Mel sighed as she packed up the wreckage of the mechanical Mibo and the parts she had salvaged.

She half-squatted on the ground, looking at Oute's research, and tapped on the crystal shell protecting the workstation.

With Oute's control over the crystal shell, it gradually curled up into a hard crystalline shell, freeing up the workstation terminal.

Mel focused intently on inspecting the workstation for damage and the data cables, then connected to it via a desktop terminal to check the data status—completely ignoring Mr. Silverash, who was nearly two meters tall, as if he didn't exist at all.

Another professional who fits the stereotype.

"Ah!" Mel suddenly realized, but without raising her hand or looking up, she said directly, "You're that Engnima Shiva Aegis?"

"Ahem, Enciodes Silverash Silverash."

Seeing Oute's proactive explanation, the Snow Leopard realized that Doctor. Oute's emotional intelligence might be considered high.

"Ah, yes, yes! Eun-hee... um... right!"

"You're here to look at the blueprints, right?" Mel asked casually. "You were speaking quite loudly just now!"

Enciodes Silverash froze.

The reason he tricked Doctor. Oute into coming here was nothing more than a trivial matter like "being interested in huge machines."

But his performance just now was quite eye-catching!

"Mr. Enciodes Silverash is very interested in cooperating, so it wouldn't hurt to show it to him." Oute's expression remained unchanged, making it impossible to tell whether he was being sarcastic or not.

But considering his previous behavior... let's just assume he hasn't been exposed!

Mel's fingers danced as he brought up the graphical interface.

She muttered to herself, "I always get so much inspiration at night... but then... I'm so sleepy! No, I can't take it anymore, I need to make myself a cup of coffee first..."

As he said this, Mel glanced at Oute: "Do you want Doc Otter?"

If Oute doesn't go to bed on time, then the Engineering Department won't be able to go to Hamlet to "work overtime".

"Just pour me a glass of water," Oute added. "Hot water, please."

Sure enough, this ship was not a civilian vessel.

It had weapon interfaces pre-installed from the beginning, and the power output of the Originium... am I remembering correctly? It seems to be higher than those on the market?

The overall structure is very complete... or rather, too complete!

They even provided blueprints for the screws! Rhodes Island really has a complete set of manufacturing processes!

More specific technical details will be discussed when Gnosis (the Gnosis) arrives...

Revealing your bottom line prematurely puts you at a significant disadvantage in trading!

"What a beautiful ship!" Enciodes Silverash exclaimed sincerely. "Especially its symmetry! It's as if you put a mirror on the central axis, and it becomes a complete ship!"

Mel handed Oute a glass of water, then, while drinking his coffee, suddenly froze.

It was as if... I heard something.

"That's impossible! At most, the weights on both sides will be equal." She said vaguely, "After all, using recoilless technology on the axle is too flawed!"

"In that case, we must prepare well to prevent the Malta from tearing itself apart!"

Enciodes Silverash kept his expression under control.

Rhodes Island is indeed building warships! Axle guns... axle guns? This is the concept of a battleship!

"Malta... that's a nice name." Enciodes Silverash decided to end his visit to the Engineering Department.

He had already gotten everything he wanted from the Engineering Department, and further contact would only increase the risk of exposing the bottom line of the deal.

"In Minos, it's Μελ?τη (pronounced Melite), which means 'sweet land.'" Doctor. Oute seemed quite pleased with the pedantic name, and then added in a strangely melancholic tone, "In Sargon's dialect (referring to Phoenician here), it's 'Maleth,' meaning 'safe haven.'"

"It sounds like something left over from Sargon's invasion of Minos."

Doctor. Oute said somewhat sullenly, "Just as the Victoria savagely transformed Gaul."

Chapter 262 I heard that everyone who went up to the deck together was...

Enciodes Silverash looked up at the Twin Moons in the night sky, while Oute leaned against the railing, the two of them staying together on the deck.

However, with a little trickery, using the neighboring country of Minos as a topic and then turning around to criticize Victoria, Enciodes Silverash successfully lured Doctor. Oute onto the deck to "watch the stars" together.

Oute is the best breakthrough point!

He's arrogant and lacks social skills; if he could extract Rhodes Island's trump card in exchange for the land-based ship blueprints, the cost would be much lower...

Despite the fact that "Rhodes Island knows nothing about this," Enciodes Silverash has already made up his mind to steal Rhodes Island's land-based ship designs, complete manufacturing processes, and even the entire shipbuilding team.

This puts the Karlan Trade at a disadvantage in its dealings with Rhodes Island: Rhodes Island's needs for the Karlan Trade are substitutable. And for the Karlan Trade... Rhodes Island is almost a perfect target in Kjerag's needs.

"Doc Otter, I have a slight doubt."

After chatting, Enciodes Silverash began to call Oute by a nickname.

"Um."

Doctor. Oute looked rather lazy and completely unguarded.

Enciodes Silverash inquired, "Since the Malta was built in Lungmen..."

"Not Lungmen," Doctor. Oute corrected. "Strictly speaking, it's Ursus."

What does Ursus have to do with this?

That's not the main point right now; I can get information from other people.

One bombshell after another Snow Leopard somewhat overwhelmed, but he still pretended to be calm and collected—just like when Doctor. Oute casually mentioned "subversion/counter-subversion of state power."

Wei Yenwu's diplomacy in Saint Petersburg has been quite successful, and both the U and Yan sides are now tacitly suppressing the further spread of information. Apart from the surrounding Mobile City, the general public's understanding of the "Chernobog attack by the Reunion Movement" is quite superficial.

It is likely that Chernobog will only be openly permitted to be "destroyed by infected mobs" after both countries have received their respective satisfactory offers.

"Since... the construction site is located in Ursus, what materials does Rhodes Island actually need?"

Before Oute successfully amassed a large sum of cash and assets in Lungmen, it was actually about Oriron. As the largest and most difficult-to-produce raw material, it was quite challenging for a private company to gather such a large quantity of Oriron...

After all, Rhodes Island isn't a moving plot builder.

Sacrificing some transportation time and technology to obtain cheaper Oriron from Kjerag was worthwhile back then. But now, purchasing directly from Rim Billiton is more cost-effective in terms of time.

You can either buy time with money, or exchange time for money.

"Incandescent Alloy," Doctor. Oute said nonchalantly, "We need to install a large number of Originium electronic devices. This quantity is difficult for ordinary sellers to provide directly, and if we purchase directly from official or semi-official sellers, there will most likely be some embarrassing diplomatic... embarrassing conditions attached."