Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Chapter 734 Spaceship Shield Test

In the conference room, everyone stared wide-eyed, deeply shocked by Academician Qian's words.

The Great Xia Dynasty plans to build 10,000 of these behemoths!

They're insane, absolutely insane.

They knew beforehand that they needed to build a planetary engine, but they had no idea what it would look like.

Now that I see the design drawings and model, it suddenly dawned on me that this is what it is.

The Academy of Sciences is full of lunatics!

Old Zhao tapped his fingers lightly on the table and asked in a deep voice:

"How's the heavy-duty engineering robot going?"

"Otherwise, with our current engineering technology, we wouldn't be able to complete this project within the limited time."

Another person in charge immediately reported:

"The first production line has been completed and is currently being scaled up."

"The first batch of production capacity will be prioritized for the construction of the universal factory in the thirty-six underground cities."

"Once the demand for underground city construction stabilizes, any surplus production will be allocated to the Kona satellite outpost and the lunar terraforming project."

After listening to the entire report, Old Zhao nodded and left as he had other matters to attend to.

At this moment, Qian Zhenhua suddenly looked at Lin Mo and smiled:

"Commander Lin, how about we go check out the excitement at the lunar dock?"

Lin Mo was taken aback.

"What's all the commotion about?"

Qian Zhenhua adjusted his glasses.

"The prototype of the Kuafu's shipborne shield is installed."

……

Half an hour later, Lin Mo, wearing a spacesuit, arrived at the lunar dock through the transition capsule portal.

Inside the massive domed dock, the Kuafu rested quietly on the platform.

The ship's surface is covered with newly installed shield generator nodes, and blue indicator lights illuminate in rows along the hull, like a sleeping behemoth opening its eyes.

This is the only large spaceship in the Great Xia Dynasty, carrying the expectations of too many people.

If the shipborne shield test is successful, the Great Xia's spaceships will no longer be fragile toys; they will officially be qualified to take a step into deep space warfare.

Qian Zhenhua stood on the observation platform, holding a tablet in his hand, his expression much more serious than usual.

"Let's begin."

At his command, mechanical prompts rang out from inside the dock.

[The shipboard shield generator has begun charging.]

[Nodes 1 through 36 are synchronized.]

[Energy field closure test begins.]

The next second, a semi-transparent light blue light curtain lit up from the bow of the Kuafu ship, quickly extending backward along the hull, and finally closing into a complete elliptical shield at the stern.

The entire spaceship was enveloped in an energy shield.

On the observation platform, several engineers couldn't help but cheer quietly.

Lin Mo's heart warmed as he watched.

It became.

The first prototype of the shipborne shield technology of the Great Xia Dynasty after thoroughly understanding the Kona civilization has truly been completed!

Before he could speak, a second layer of light suddenly appeared on the surface of the Kuafu ship.

It wasn't a light blue technological energy field, but rather rings of pure white shields.

Runes and lines lit up sequentially along the ship's hull, interlocking with each other.

Finally, it transformed into a softer yet more stable translucent barrier, slowly unfolding along the inside of the energy shield.

Lin Mo's expression changed slightly.

He was all too familiar with that aura.

"This is... the magic of the Holy Human Race?"

Qian Zhenhua couldn't help but laugh.

"good!"

Lin Mo turned to look at him:

"Mr. Qian, when did you inscribe the magic circle onto the spaceship?"

Qian Zhenhua said confidently:

"The personnel involved in the Fire Seed Project from various ethnic groups have now been integrated into the Great Xia system. They are willing to work and participate in scientific research, so why shouldn't we use them?"

"The Holy Humans have magic, and we're not stupid, why would we leave it unused?"

Lin Mo was speechless for a moment.

This is a very large summer!

If it can improve combat power, let alone carving magic circles on spaceships, even having dwarves swing hammers next to the ship's cannons to perform a blessing ceremony, the Academy of Sciences would probably dare to approve a research project.

No, this spaceship already had dwarven runes.

Qian Zhenhua opened another document and explained:

"The outer layer of the Kuafu is a ship-borne energy shield, and the inner layer is a sacred composite defensive barrier. As long as an energy crystal is inserted, the formation can be activated and maintained."

"Based on previous test results, magical barriers are more effective than energy shields in some aspects."

As a mage of the Holy Human Race, Lin Mo immediately understood his meaning.

"Because it can only go out and not come in?"

Qian Zhenhua nodded.

"That's right."

He pointed to the outer light blue shield.

"The shipborne shields of the Kona civilization are essentially a closed energy field."

"We have only built the first-generation prototype so far, and we have not yet completed the partial windowing and enemy-foe identification modules."

"In other words, when the shield is activated, it will not only intercept enemy attacks, but also block our own plasma cannons, laser weapons and some missiles, and can only launch physical electromagnetic bullets."

Lin Mo frowned and said, "Wouldn't that be very troublesome in actual combat?"

"It is indeed troublesome," Qian Zhenhua said without denying it.

"The current plan is to use them alternately."

"Close the shield before firing and immediately recharge it. It takes about one minute for the shield to fully close."

"The one-minute shield deactivation time is the weapon firing window."

"Once the shield is activated again, the weapon system can also take the opportunity to cool down and recharge."

Lin Mo nodded after listening.

It feels a bit complicated; reality isn't a science fiction movie where you can operate in a foolproof way.

If the enemy seizes a window where the shield is closed on the battlefield, something terrible could happen.

Qian Zhenhua then pointed to the inner silver-white barrier.

"But magical barriers are different."

"Its defense logic is not to block everything, but to use the formation to identify directions and permissions."

"Simply put, it can block external energy attacks, magical attacks, and kinetic energy attacks, but the ship's cannons and missiles inside can still be fired normally."

Lin Mo watched as the outer layer of the Kuafu ship shimmered with pale blue light while the inner layer shimmered with holy light.

The shield of technological civilization, plus the barrier of magical civilization.

These two civilizations actually merged on the same spaceship.

"Test attack".

Qian Zhenhua gave another order.

In the distance of the dock, three test gun emplacements were slowly raised.

The first round was high-energy laser.

The crimson beam struck the outer energy shield, causing the light blue light barrier to ripple violently, but it was not penetrated.

The second round is a high-speed kinetic energy projectile.

The tungsten-core projectile, accelerated by electromagnetic force, struck the inner magical shield, leaving afterimages and creating a visible shockwave.

In the third round, the outer energy shield was temporarily shut down.

The test gun turret seized a window to simulate an enemy surprise attack, and three heavy armor-piercing shells headed straight for the hull of the Kuafu ship.

Lin Mo subconsciously tensed up.

The next second, the three armor-piercing rounds seemed to crash into a semi-transparent mountain. The warheads twisted and shattered in mid-air, finally turning into a pile of metal debris that fell onto the dock floor.

Then, cheers erupted from the observation platform.

As Qian Zhenhua looked at the test data, his eyes behind his glasses grew brighter and brighter.

"The barrier is stable, and energy consumption is lower than expected."

"very good."

Lin Mo couldn't help but laugh and raised his hand to clap.

Then, applause erupted.