Anti-Air Weapons and Stabilization Systems

In the afternoon, Su Ming took a nap before he and Zijin spread out the documents and laptops on the table and began discussing the follow-up actions.

There are many things to deal with, the first being the vengeful spirit.

"Two points," Zijin said, writing in her notebook, "First, you need to accelerate your mental strength improvement—the stronger you are, the stronger your control over Miao Xin will be."

Su Ming felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this, "What are you plotting now?"

"Don't worry, this is the next step in the teaching plan; your current course isn't finished yet," the scholar offered a half-hearted consolation. "Next, we need to plan our journey to the northern lands. We must obtain Russell and Galio's information on psychic undead."

These two are, after all, Saint Rank Magisters; their vision and depth of research are far beyond what that little Saenieka could compare to.

Su Ming nodded. Not only were there data on spirit-type undead, but the Traveling Crow Galio also had a lot of dimensional research data there, not to mention a large amount of alchemical materials, which were absolutely not to be missed.

Therefore, Su Ming needs to carefully plan how to land.

As for the sea monster base, the two discussed it and decided to proceed with their plan.

On one hand, the rewards for completing the missions can be used for research related to different dimensions. On the other hand, according to Xiwo's investigation, Yexiya has purchased a large number of rare materials in the past year. In particular, Celestial Gold is a very important dimensional stabilizer, and it is very difficult to collect.

Therefore, you need to act quickly. If you can snatch the prize, it will be far more important than getting the reward!

During the discussion, Beianqi led the worker, who was covered in sweat, into the workroom.

"I've modified a basic quantity of 203mm shells." She poured herself a glass of water, then skillfully reached for the refrigerator and patted ice cubes into the glass.

"I happen to have something to discuss with you," Su Ming said, then told Beianqi about his plan to go to Water Chestnut Island and find the sea monster's base.

"We're going to the Storm Sea, and we have to go around Water Chestnut Island?" The girl's face turned deathly pale in an instant, clearly thinking of something extremely bad.

"Don't be so scared," Su Ming said, puzzled. "We can avoid the storm based on the weather forecast. Even if we do collide, this trimaran can withstand it."

"No, no, no, I'm not worried about the ship!" Beianqi replied, "It's fine, of course there's a problem with us!"

Su Ming and Zijin seemed to realize something, their expressions changing slightly. "Are we going to be tossed around by the storm?"

"It's not just rocking back and forth," Beianqi exclaimed excitedly, "It's rocking back and forth continuously, 26 hours a day!"

As the only professional seaman, she began to educate the other two on the basics of the Storm Sea. Even during lulls in the hurricane, the waves in that area could be very large. There were ships that could withstand the storm, but with constant rocking and frequent major rocking every few days, even the most patient sailors would not be able to withstand it.

Su Ming still couldn't quite grasp the danger involved. "Ailisha and I aren't seasick anymore."

"The violent shaking will affect everything—work, eating, rest," Beianqi explained. "You haven't experienced this before; it really will drive you crazy in the long run!"

Su Ming refused to give up, "The White Triangle is very fast; it can complete a circumnavigation in ten days, and only needs to weather two storms during that time."

This time was indeed much shorter than Beianqi had imagined, and her tone softened slightly, "If you insist..."

I can endure this once. But I consider myself a seasoned sailor, I have some stamina. As for you two, who knows how much fighting power you'll have left by then."

Zijin's face darkened; she was clearly imagining the consequences.

"Understood, I will resolve this issue," Su Ming said.

Su Ming connected to Earth, Miao Xin, controlling the Little Spiky Head, were already in a room.

She found a spot to stand and got a phone, which was playing an instructional video. A large amount of silicone material was piled on the table.

There was also a human head model on the table, and someone was practicing following video instructions.

Su Ming was highly suspicious of how he had accessed the connection, and even glanced at the time. He confirmed again that it had been less than six hours since the last connection.

"[What's the situation now?]" he asked Miao Xin directly. "[The owner of this house went on vacation to Hainan and won't be back until spring.]" Miao Xin explained, "[Then I need to practice makeup to make myself look good enough to fool ordinary cameras.]"

"Is it safe to use someone else's house like this?" Su Ming asked.

"If we don't touch someone's valuables, they won't even call the police, and besides, we'll be gone by then," Miao Xin replied. "Actually, this is even less likely to leave any traces than renting a house."

Renting a house involves dealing with agents and landlords, showing your ID, signing a contract, making payments, and inspecting the property. Moreover, once you move in, not buying household items, food, or water can raise suspicion. And if you're unlucky enough to encounter a troublemaker, the situation becomes even more complicated.

In comparison, "borrowing" an empty house is much simpler. You can change rooms at any time, which is convenient and quick.

Having clarified the logic, Su Ming nodded in agreement.

"I'm here to look up some information." He glanced at the phones on the table; there were several, all very old models. "Where did they come from?"

"I bought it," Miao Xin replied.

Half an hour earlier, as dawn was breaking and students were heading to school, Miao Xin transformed herself into a student and bought these items at a small shop near a junior high school. These old models were now considered junk, but in certain situations, they still attracted a steady stream of customers.

Miao Xin tacitly topped up her phone credit at the shop owner's place and received two more SIM cards.

"Why didn't I have that when I was in junior high?" Su Ming complained.

You must be a model student from a top school.

Su Ming took control of the Little Spiky Head and picked a phone that was easy to use to start fiddling with it. He opened a chess app on another phone.

It appears to be a battle platform.

"You still like this?" Su Ming, somewhat surprised.

[I'll only manage a barely passable game.]

He quickly found relevant information. Solutions to reduce hull rolling include anti-roll fins, anti-roll tanks, and anti-roll gyroscopes.

The Independence class is designed with anti-roll fins, but Su Ming cut corners during construction, only making the shape. Normally, it should connect to the control device and sensors, constantly changing the fin angle during navigation to counteract the lateral impact of waves.

All the technical data and related equipment are available; Su Ming can restore the function of the anti-roll fins.

Anti-roll tanks require a lot of bottom deck space, which is not suitable for trimaran configurations, so we'll skip that.

That leaves the anti-roll gyroscope. Su Ming reviewed it carefully; this device didn't take up much space and installation shouldn't be a problem.

The ship's electrical supply can also provide support.

Su Ming showed Miao Xin the information on the webpage and told her that he needed this equipment.

[Can I get it tonight?]

"There's plenty of time, leave it to me!" Miao Xin said confidently.

In the work area, Beianqi had already left. Her fighter jets needed adjustments in preparation for potential encounters with enemies on the trip to Water Chestnut Island.

Su Ming transmitted a batch of data from Earth and began studying it.

He quickly sighed and slumped onto the long table.

"What's wrong?" Zijin asked, puzzled.

"A roll stabilizer gyroscope can be used as an energy storage device to supply power to the circuit in reverse," Su Ming said, referring to what he had just read in the data. "With this, the peak load capacity of the power supply system can be significantly improved."

"So?" The scholar was puzzled. Wasn't this a good thing?

"This means we can install some equipment with extremely high burst power," Su Ming made a "biu" sound, "And the enormous amount of work that comes with it!"

"It's alright, at worst we'll just bring Beianqi's sister over too," Zijin said. "You seem to really care about that."

"--Eavesdropping on other people's conversations is impolite."

"You'll have to get used to it; this ship is under my Omniscient Vision control," Zijin replied. "Also, what do you want laser weapons for? The MK71 heavy cannon is more than enough."

"What do you think?" Su Ming said irritably, "Didn't Stanton say the dragon is already on its way?"

Even the MK71, no matter how powerful, is not suitable for dealing with these aerial targets.

"Would a high-powered laser weapon kill these dragons?" Zijin asked.

"Probably." Since Blue Star's laser weapons lacked combat experience against large targets, Su Ming wasn't actually sure.

But then he suddenly realized Zijin's wording, "Hey, you're not trying to say that your people can't be killed, are you?"

"The dragon race is rare; they have long lifespans but are difficult to reproduce," Zijin replied. "This race usually doesn't interfere with each other and is very free-spirited. But if anyone dares to kill any one of them—" she gestured with her neck, "Then the entire race will be mobilized, leaving no one alive."

"So, if you were being chased like this, did you kill someone from your own clan?" Su Ming asked.

Zijin sighed, "It's even more troublesome than that."

"Don't misunderstand, I mean things are complicated to handle, but it's not at the point of a life-or-death struggle," Zijin quickly explained. "We just need to repel them, and I'll handle the aftermath."

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief. "I had previously considered going with the Type 1130 Close-In Weapon System system, but it seems that's not going to work out."

His initial consideration was the Phalanx CIWS. This naval gun has a range of five kilometers and a rate of fire of over 10,000 rounds per minute. It features fully automatic intelligent control and radar guidance, and can simultaneously track 48 targets and switch between them at high speed.

If this 11-barreled 30mm rotary naval gun is actually implemented, Su Ming doesn't think anything from the other world would dare to fly over the White Triangle— even a giant dragon wouldn't stand a chance!

However, from a logistical perspective, this weapon system is very inconvenient.

With a full magazine of 2,560 rounds, it can fire continuously for 15 seconds. However, expanding the magazine would be pointless, as its eleven barrels would reach their cooling limit after firing that much ammunition.

Therefore, one is definitely not enough. As for multiple 11.30 tungsten core armor-piercing shells, although they have a small caliber, the technical requirements for manufacturing them are much higher than those for 203mm shells.

Even if it were modified into conventional ammunition, meeting the dimensional accuracy required to load and fire 170 rounds per second without jamming would be too much to ask of the dwarves.

As the Blue Star's leading country in oil and gas, capable of "self-producing" aircraft and carriers, they are surprisingly inept at producing even the smallest bullets. While they can technically manufacture their own, the defect rate on their production lines reaches an astounding 67%. Of the remaining 33% that pass quality inspection, three consecutive bullets failing is not uncommon. Accidents resulting in the production of their own bullets have led to a greater number of soldier deaths and injuries than losses on the battlefield during the same conflicts.

Therefore, Su Ming still needs to find some "antiques" for anti-aircraft guns. In terms of lineage, the most durable, reliable, and reliable guns, even those that can be haphazardly modified to fire, are undoubtedly Russian.

"Don't worry too much, we only need to deal with twelve adult dragons," Zijin comforted.

"This is really good news," Su Ming asked helplessly, "How many can you handle now?"

"Two now!" The scholar patted her chest. "I've made a lot of progress lately!"

"So where are we going to find five more Liya?"

"I was just kidding," Zijin covered her mouth and chuckled. "I never intended to confront my people head-on. If I can't afford to offend them, I'll just avoid them."

"I never thought of that. Why bother practicing Wind Wing Wild Dance? "Su Ming thought to himself.

He continued to consider anti-air weapon combinations. Effectively engaging the enemy and injuring them without killing them was far more difficult than simply aiming to kill them. Moreover, the dragon's formidable fighting power made it extremely difficult to deal with in itself.

"One option is drones," Su Ming said.

"Can drones defeat dragons?" Zijin recalled the information she had recently gathered about Earth. "Are they fixed-wing or rotary-wing?"

"A small rotorcraft, a racing machine," Su Ming replied.

"That kind of thing," Zijin stretched out her hand and made a claw strike gesture, "A dragon could probably smash dozens of them with a single slap!"

"What if we added two zeros to the number?" He recalled the awe-inspiring scene he'd witnessed at the airshow, "A swarm of high-speed drones, carrying suicide bombs, covering everything in their faces. Their destructive power might be limited against the dragon's main body, but its wings probably wouldn't survive, would they?"

Zijin shivered, and her shoulders involuntarily hunched over.

This sight made Su Ming burst out laughing, "Sometimes you really do look like a dragon."

"Of course!" Zijin rolled her eyes at him. "I've been a dragon for much longer than I've been a human!"

Su Ming checked the performance capabilities of the time-traveling device and conducted a battlefield simulation with the scholars.

Speed and maneuverability met the requirements, but Zijin discovered a weakness. "The drones are individually fragile and can be killed by area-of-effect spells."

Most dragons are skilled at breathing, and some even possess dragon roar-based spells.

"Add a magical defense system to the drones?" Su Ming suggested, but immediately rejected the idea, "That would be too expensive, and would also increase weight and reduce speed."

"We don't have to change it," Zijin said. "It can be very effective when used in conjunction with specific tactics, or as a means of attrition or support."

Su Ming agreed, saying that using low-cost weapons for defense is a flawed approach.

"Even if they don't fight dragons, drones are very useful for reconnaissance and harassment," he added.

On Earth, Miao Xin left the room she was staying in and set off on an electric scooter.

She first went to a nearby commercial street, locked her car in the parking area, and went to a shop to buy a large plush doll.

Then she looked at the doll and used an app to call a taxi.

The car arrived quickly. She got into the back seat and pretended to sleep while hugging the doll. The large doll perfectly covered her face, and with the mask and hat, even the car's security cameras couldn't detect anything.

[I feel like you've become more shrewd.] Su Ming asked somewhat suspiciously, [Can awakening a vengeful spirit increase intelligence?]

"I'm naturally smart," Miao Xin said smugly.

The factory was quite far away, so Miao Xin traveled normally during the day. By nightfall, she was only 300 kilometers from her destination.

Miao Xin turned off all electronic devices on her body. Some of the older models even had their batteries removed. She casually placed the doll, which had completed its mission, in front of a shop on the street.

Maybe some lucky person will take it home.

Next, she needed to disguise herself and cut off the tracking trail. She first hitched a ride on a covered truck, and when they passed an overpass, she jumped out of the vehicle.

As the power of the Nether Sea unfolded, the Little Spiky Head's figure faded, becoming nothing more than a hazy blur in the night. She nimbly leaped off the bridge, landing on the cargo of a truck passing below.

Even with ubiquitous surveillance, it would be powerless against this kind of mobile surveillance.

"[Not bad, is this a new use for the Nether Sea?]" Su Ming asked.

"[Yes, it took me a lot of effort to figure it out,'" Miao Xin replied. "[Hurry up and find me some learning materials; I can do even better!]"

Su Ming had already asked the necromancer Saenieka, and he had never heard of using vengeful spirits as disposable bombs in the other world.

"I'll try," he replied, "It's always good to have something to look forward to, just in case it happens someday."

After a while, Miao Xin hitched a ride with another car. Because they had taken a roundabout route, it was estimated that it would take another three hours to arrive.

[Why not hitch a ride on the high-speed train?] Su Ming asked, puzzled. If he were to hitch a ride on the high-speed train, the journey would only take a little over an hour.

"I've been studying diligently these past few days," Miao Xin replied. "There are so many surveillance cameras along the high-speed rail lines; we try to avoid getting involved as much as possible."

[--That's true.]