In an unnamed valley with vast stretches of barren ground, a hundred li east of Base No. 1, hundreds upon thousands of Worker Bee Puppets bustled in and out like a swarm of insects.
Li Chen's clay puppet avatar wore an alloy coat, his hands resting on the armrests as he reclined in a mechanical Flying Chair hovering a foot or so above the ground, surveying the scene below from a mountain platform.
Within his sight, a colossal structure a hundred zhang across was being busily worked on as though at a construction site. It was none other than the Five-Star Puppet Li Chen had confiscated from the Black Shark Bandits.
Eight months had passed since Li Chen acquired it, and he had finally succeeded in dismantling and servicing its important internal components, then carrying out a major overhaul according to his own wishes.
The Black Shark Flying Boat now bore no trace of its former appearance, having been completely reshaped into a flattened saucer with a distinctly science-fiction look.
"Employer, as you can see, it measures one hundred and twenty-eight zhang in diameter and forty-eight point eight zhang in height. Its hull was cast in one piece from a refined alloy with a composition similar to plain earth steel, giving it three-star strength. Combined with a large tower-ship-grade Spirit-Gathering Formation and an array-enhanced primordial energy Secret Art, it can withstand a full-force attack from the ninth level of Foundation Establishment without suffering any visible damage!"
"Like other five-star creations, it also comes equipped with a Void Furnace and Cosmic Dao defenses in the form of a world barrier protective membrane. It possesses divine ability features such as world-barrier-grade protection, void-field interference, and greater spatial transfer..."
"Unfortunately, its Power Core is still the old one used by the Merchants' Association."