Chapter 334: Silver Eden

Chapter 334: Chapter 334: Silver Eden

"All upgrade conditions have been met. Upgrade to T4 System Store available. Confirm upgrade?"

The system’s prompt echoed in Zhao Chen’s mind.

Zhao Chen immediately chose to confirm.

Subsequently, he watched as his System Points began to plummet rapidly, dropping from the original 250,000 points to just 190,000 points.

At that moment, a new section appeared on his System Store interface.

It was the T4 Technology Level Product Zone.

Zhao Chen expanded it and scanned the products inside.

A series of T4 Interstellar Warships, along with other technological creations, and so on.

Each had its own merits.

But they all shared one common point: they were ’expensive’!

T4 Level Products generally required 600,000 System Points and 40 Task Points to exchange.

Top-tier T4 starship technologies like Carrier Starships and Interstellar Battleships could cost three times as many System Points!

Compared to these prices, the remaining 190,000 System Points Zhao Chen had after upgrading the System Store were completely insignificant.

"Can only satisfy my eyes for now," Zhao Chen stared at the images of the various interstellar warships.

It was a feeling of ’desiring but not obtaining.’

It was as if dozens of beauties with different postures were swaying before him, yet he couldn’t touch them.

His heart itched unbearably.

"Better not look anymore..." Zhao Chen withdrew his gaze, no longer looking at these T4 technology products.

Out of sight, out of mind.

But a seed had been planted in Zhao Chen’s heart: he must possess a combat-type T4 interstellar warship!

After personally witnessing the terrifying combat capabilities of the T4 Boreas-class Heavy Interstellar Battleship and the T4 Zerg Nest Mothership.

Zhao Chen understood that T4 interstellar warships held an absolute advantage over T3 interstellar warships!

Just the terrifying combat power of the T4 Boreas-class Heavy Interstellar Battleship alone meant that unless Zhao Chen’s Fierce Dragon Fleet was equipped with a certain number of T3 Judge-class Heavy Interstellar Missile Ships, and at a certain cost, would they have the ability to achieve victory under equal starship numbers!

While browsing the System Interface, Zhao Chen suddenly noticed that his Quarterly Mission seemed somewhat different.

He clicked to open it.

[Quarterly Mission:

Requirement One: Exchange one combat-type and one support-type T3 Starship Blueprint each (Incomplete)]

Requirement Two: T3 interstellar warship count reaches 50 ships (61/50)]

The second requirement of the Quarterly Mission was actually fulfilled!

Currently, the active T3 interstellar warships in his possession included one T3 Phoenix, five T3 Phantom Stings, and twenty T3 Blizzards—all combat-type interstellar warships.

Additionally, since this Quarterly Mission didn’t specify only combat-type interstellar warships, support-type starships should also count toward the requirement.

Zhao Chen also had support-type interstellar warships: one T3 Andromeda, one T3 Goddess Academy-class Starship, ten T3 Gold Digger-class Heavy Interstellar Mining Ships, and ten T3 Virgo-class Heavy Interstellar Supply Ships that were urgently constructed and put into service due to the Zerg invasion.

Adding to that, by the end of this quarter, the number of T3 Forge-class Heavy Star Industrial Ships in service would reach ten; also included were the T3 Triceratops-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigates planned for construction this quarter.

Reaching the count of fifty ships was only a matter of time.

"It seems the T3 Triceratops-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigate should already be rolling off the production line in the Fierce Dragon Star System. It’s just a shame it didn’t make it in time for this Zerg Campaign," Zhao Chen muttered with some regret.

"In that case, if I exchange for two T3 interstellar warships, I can complete this Quarterly Mission." Without another word, Zhao Chen reopened the System Store and began browsing among the T3 Level products.

In truth, he already had a plan in mind.

He immediately exchanged for one T3 auxiliary interstellar warship.

[Confirm consumption of 12,000 System Points and 10 Task Points to exchange for the product ’T3 Silver Eden-class Starship’ Technical Blueprint?]

"Confirm."

[Congratulations on obtaining the ’T3 Silver Eden-class Starship’ Technical Blueprint]

[Your remaining System Points: 178,000]

[Your remaining Task Points: 310]

That’s right. The T3 auxiliary interstellar warship Zhao Chen had long desired in his heart was this T3 Silver Eden-class Starship—the upgraded version of the T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship!

Zhao Chen briefly reviewed the technical specifications of the T3 Silver Eden-class Starship.

Its design philosophy remained the same, but all related technologies utilized cutting-edge T3-level science, greatly enhancing its performance and effectiveness.

Back when Zhao Chen had the T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship, he had wanted to venture into the Interstellar Grain Trade. However, after weighing the pros and cons at the time, he decided to temporarily shelve the idea.

Firstly, Zhao Chen lacked an "umbrella"—the grain trade was a sizable pie.

Secondly, if most production capacity were devoted to manufacturing T2 Bronze Eden-class Starships, it would inevitably affect the expansion of the Fierce Dragon Fleet.

Thus, this idea could only be postponed for the time being.

It was enough to simply build one T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship to meet the Fierce Dragon Fleet’s own needs.

But the moment Zhao Chen saw the requirements of this Annual Mission, and even before issuing the Fierce Dragon Star System decree, he had already decided to exchange for this T3 Silver Eden-class Starship!

The grain Yield of the T3 Silver Eden-class Starship was one hundred times that of the T2 Bronze Eden-class!

If the T2 Bronze Eden-class was black technology, then the T3 Silver Eden-class Starship was black technology among black technologies.

But regardless, this was an absolutely staggering figure!

At the same time, the Construction Cost for a single ship was also extremely expensive: three billion Star Coins worth of raw materials.

However, investment and return were proportional.

The grain output of one T3 Silver Eden-class Starship could meet the normal living needs of one hundred million people, and under extreme conditions, it could meet the minimum subsistence needs of one billion people!

At current market prices, the grain produced would be worth at least one billion Star Coins annually!

Of course, if the market were flooded with grain, the price would fluctuate accordingly.

Based on the current population of the Fierce Dragon Star System, just a few T3 Silver Eden-class Starships would be enough to meet the entire star system’s grain needs.

This was the foundation of Zhao Chen’s confidence in issuing that high-welfare decree.

With the T3 Forge-class Heavy Star Industrial Ship handling the construction, a single T3 Silver Eden-class Starship could be produced per month.

But there was one special factor.

To build a T3 Silver Eden-class Starship, an asteroid meeting specific criteria in all aspects was required!

In truth, the T3 Silver Eden-class Starship is less a starship and more a ’Modified Planetoid’—a specially hollowed-out asteroid that meets specific standards, transformed through a series of modifications into a unique interstellar warship.

Fortunately, the asteroid standards are not overly stringent. As far as Zhao Chen knows, there are at least a dozen in the Fierce Dragon Star System alone that meet the criteria. With a more thorough search, many more could likely be found.

After exhausting the Fierce Dragon Star System, there is still the Lion King Star System.

Quantity is not an issue.

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