Levi Warren walked along the starship corridor, looking at the somewhat narrow and dilapidated space, feeling quite disappointed.
"You…"
"Are you disappointed? After all, this starship was assembled from three starships with nearly a hundred years of history. Of course, it can't compare to modern starships in terms of comfort and aesthetics." Zachary Chase clearly understood Levi's thoughts.
After touring for more than ten minutes, Levi and Zachary left the Blizzard Zero.
"It's still more comfortable to look at from the outside. But old Zach, why are all your crew members half-orc females? I didn't know you had a preference for that… Although there's nothing wrong with personal preferences, fighting a starship battle is no small matter." Levi looked at Zachary, reminding him.
Zachary rolled his eyes: "I'm not as dirty-minded as you think. There's a reason I recruited these half-orc female crew members. And they were originally female crew members, but for some reason, they ended up in this situation. You saw the battle of the Blizzard Zero before, didn't you? Could a bunch of 'flower vases' fight such a beautiful battle?"
"That makes a lot of sense. Oh, by the way, you mentioned earlier that you needed my help with something. What was it?" Levi brought up Zachary's previous request.
Zachary began to get down to business: "Your family is involved in interstellar trade, aren't you? I heard that in recent years, you've expanded into starship arms trade. Coincidentally, I have a T1 starship that I developed myself. I'd like to ask you to send these technical blueprints to your family's people to see if they're interested in purchasing them.
"However, it needs to be done secretly, because I don't want too many people to know about me. You understand—even if your father asks, don't reveal my identity!"
"You want to sell a T1 starship you developed yourself?" Levi was startled: "You can develop starships yourself now?"
But on second thought, if Zachary could assemble three old starships into a starship with explosive combat power, developing a T1 starship wasn't impossible. After all, the technical difficulty of T1 starships isn't very high, and some starship technical blueprints have even been made public for everyone to learn from.
"I can't interfere with our family's business. I can't guarantee whether we can buy your starship. But I can mention it to my sister. She was the one who proposed expanding into the starship arms trade, and she's also the current head of that business within our group.
"However… our company isn't very optimistic about this business right now; we've been losing money for four consecutive years. Even a T1 starship that was supposed to be launched this year has been delayed indefinitely. The company's board of shareholders has already started to put pressure on us to abandon this business," Levi said.
Zachary patted Levi's shoulder and handed him a thumb-sized storage device: "Whether we can reach a cooperation or not, it doesn't matter. As long as this thing can be seen by your family's people, that's enough. Just encrypt and send this data directly to your sister. Remember! Keep my identity secret! If your sister asks, just make up any excuse."
"This contains the T1 starship technical blueprints you mentioned? You're just giving it to me so easily? Is network transmission safe? Do you want me to personally deliver it to my sister? It just so happens that the holidays are coming up in a few days, and I'm planning to go home. I'll tell you the result next semester." Levi said cautiously.
Although it was just T1 starship blueprint data, it was Zachary's hard work after all. This was considered a trade secret, usually delivered in person, and rarely transmitted over a network.
"It's fine. I've already encrypted the files inside. When you send it, just let me know, and I'll decrypt it remotely before it can be viewed. You can go back and send it now—I'm in a hurry," Zachary said.
Zachary couldn't wait until the end of the semester. His idea was to use the T1 starship technology to obtain a sum of money, and then find a way to build a real system starship. Although the Blizzard Zero was excellent, it was, after all, just an assembled starship.
"Alright then, I'll do as you say… but don't have too high expectations," Levi explained to Zachary first, afraid that if Zachary's technical blueprints were rejected by his sister, it would hurt Zachary's pride. His sister's personality, when it came to business, was ruthless. She would never accept anything she wasn't satisfied with.
"It's fine, just do as I say. You don't need to worry about anything after that," Zachary said with a smile.
As long as Levi's sister wasn't foolish, she would definitely see the value of this starship.
"Okay."
Levi bid farewell to Zachary and returned to his dormitory. He then, as Zachary requested, sent the data from the storage device to his sister.
The file size was considerable, and combined with inter-galaxy information transmission, it would take about a day.
Levi sent a text message to his sister in advance, briefly mentioning the matter.
Zachary also returned to his dormitory first. Although he now had a captain's bedroom on the Blizzard Zero, many of his belongings were still in the dormitory, so he needed to move them to the Blizzard Zero first. It just so happened that this semester was ending, so he wouldn't need to book tickets; he could just take the Blizzard Zero back to his territory.
The dormitory was a single room, so its space naturally couldn't compare to the captain's bedroom.
Zachary sat on his single bed and opened the system page, entering the store upgrade page.
[T1 System Store Upgrade Conditions:
First: Exchange one T1-level item (Completed)
Second: Complete one D-level system mission (Completed)
Third: Consume 100 system points to upgrade the store (First two items completed, can be upgraded at any time)**
Zachary clicked to upgrade the system store without hesitation.
[Confirm consumption of 100 system points to upgrade T1 Store to T2 Store]
'Confirm'
[Consumed 100 system points, T1 Store upgraded to T2 Store]
[Your remaining system points: 250 points]
[Congratulations! You have unlocked the T2 series of items in the system store. You have received one opportunity to exchange any item without requiring mission points!]
An unexpected surprise appeared!
Originally, Zachary was still wondering how to get more mission points to easily exchange for a T2 starship. After all, the system store stipulated that exchanging items required corresponding mission points.
Zachary checked the T2 series of products, and it turned out that three mission points were still required. Given Zachary's situation, he didn't know how long it would take to accumulate these three mission points. It seemed that the higher the level of the item, not only did it consume more system points, but it also required more mission points.
Zachary also took a quick look. To upgrade the T2 Store to a T3 Store, he would need to complete two C-level missions, exchange two T2 system items, and consume 2000 system points—significantly increased difficulty.
Zachary wasn't capable of considering all that right now; getting down to business was more important.
The business, of course, was choosing a starship!
"Let me see, which one should we choose for our first true starship?" Zachary began to carefully select, even more seriously than before. Because this time, he was choosing his first starship in the true sense. The Blizzard Zero could only be considered half of the first one.
Should it be an Interstellar Destroyer… or an Interstellar Cruiser… or perhaps an Interstellar Battleship?
Zachary deliberated.
Finally, Zachary's gaze fixed on one option.
T2… Aircraft Carrier Starship…
That's the one!