This king was quite the pragmatist. He had explicitly said he had no interest in the Divine Artifact and had a damn good grasp of his own country's strength. He only wanted to protect his own little patch of land.
There was no penalty for failure anyway, and the other party was willing to give him a landship outright. Mu You had no reason to refuse the quest.
[You agreed to the king's request for cooperation.] [Overjoyed, the king immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare a banquet to welcome you.] [You politely declined the king's kindness, expressing your wish to set off as soon as possible.]
This country was quite efficient, and the king did not drag his feet either. Once he heard Mu You wanted to act as soon as possible, he immediately canceled the banquet and began preparations.
About an hour later, Mu You received a notification: his landship was ready and waiting outside the southern city gate.
Mu You hurriedly controlled his character to go take a look.
[You arrived in the south of the city and saw an enormous, single-masted landship parked on the sand outside the city gate.] [The landship stood twenty meters tall and was over a hundred meters long. Its overall shape resembled a spindle, with eight reptile-like mechanical webbed feet extending from its underside.] [Desert Landship: a vessel built to imitate the body structure of a desert salamander. It can travel across sand as smoothly as level ground. Combined with the assistance of its sand sails, it can reach unimaginable speeds when the wind blows in the right direction...]
This landship was rather different from what he had imagined. It actually had "legs." According to the description, it was modeled on a reptile's anatomy, and its appearance