"All right, Brother Li! Get seated!" Second Better hurriedly told Li Xiaoya, then walked over to the buttons on the metal console.
"Oh, don't worry! I'll watch..." Rather than sit down, Li Xiaoya walked toward Second Better as he spoke. Suddenly remembering something, he quickly asked, "By the way, Brother Second Better! What powers this flying boat? Spirit stones?"
"Not entirely! Didn't I say this flying boat could absorb spiritual qi? It can absorb spiritual qi while it's flying!" Second Better explained, his fingers darting over the buttons.
"Oh!" Li Xiaoya murmured in acknowledgment.
As they spoke!
"Click, click!" As Second Better pressed several buttons, the transparent light barrier in front of them lit up. It actually displayed views of the flying boat in eight directions, while the center remained empty, giving them a clear view ahead through the light barrier...
"Let's retract those pipes first!" Second Better muttered to himself, casually pressing a button.
Then!
The enormous metal pipes standing upright on top of the flying boat jolted on the screen and swiftly began moving. First, they contracted until they were only several dozen feet tall. Then they rotated, and a long opening appeared on top of the flying boat. The pipes withdrew into its hull, after which the mechanisms above turned and closed the opening, leaving not a trace...
"Next, activate the propulsion pipes!" Second Better continued, tapping several buttons.
"Clack!" On the screen, panels at the flying boat's stern shifted, revealing four enormous metal pipes. Over a dozen openings of varying sizes also appeared along both sides of the oval flying boat, and several metal pipes extended from them...
"Look, Brother Li. Those metal pipes on the sides absorb spiritual qi... Activate!" Second Better explained as he worked, finally pressing a larger button with a shout.
"Whoosh!"