Heroes' Prison

Chapter 410 - 400 Dragon Fang Battleship

The next morning, Huang Yi logged on early to check the forums.

"Giant Bear Vinnie earned National Honor Points again, bestowing the name ’Giant Bear’!"

"Heavenly Dao became the Guardian of the Japanese Mainland, which is renamed as the Land of Dongying!"

"Black Warrior, Sakura, Ninja, and the Four Great Masters of the Meiji era, their guilds have formed an alliance to create the top team ’Four Nations’, aiming for the championship in the team competition of the martial arts tournament, contending with Heavenly Dao’s ’Heavenly Group’ and Miyamoto Musashi’s ’Martial Way’ for supremacy!"

"After Cold Storage, Miyamoto Musashi has been level grinding around the clock, his speed of progression remarkable, and yesterday successfully reached level 91, narrowing the level gap with Instakill to just one!"

"Xuanyuan Clan, Hall of Famous Generals, Hero, Dongying, Heaven, Martial Way... who will construct the next Deep Sea Battleship?"

Ever since the announcement of the martial arts tournament, top players from all over the world began a fierce push, working overtime to increase their strength, and the forums suddenly teemed with news of their heroic deeds.

This was like the time before the annual grand festival of The Second World, where everyone was sprinting with all their might. Things they didn’t dare to do normally, or plans that were yet unprepared, were all being pushed forward now.

After briefly browsing through a few important messages, Huang Yi entered The Second World and appeared at the top level of the City Hall.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a graceful figure, it was Qin Shiyu.

At that moment, she was sitting on the table, reviewing the accounts of the Hero Guild, not knowing how long she had been working. Sensing Huang Yi’s arrival, Qin Shiyu looked up at him, her beautiful eyes slightly baggy, showing she had pulled an all-nighter.

"Don’t overdo it, rest when you need to," Huang Yi walked over, stroked Qin Shiyu’s hair, and spoke softly.

Qin Shiyu leaned tiredly into Huang Yi’s arms, wrapped her arms around him, and said, "Our guild is about to go public soon, we don’t have much time, and there are many things to deal with. I need to check these accounts. Now that number 5 has already paved the way for our listing, we’ll be able to do so soon, it’s just a matter of choosing the date."

"So what’s our valuation now?" Huang Yi asked with interest.

"Around 500 billion US dollars. Our Hero Guild’s biggest asset is actually you, but you’ve made enemies with the Half-Beast Holy Land, and the prospects aren’t particularly bright. Otherwise, our valuation could have been higher. If you died, our guild’s competitiveness would be greatly reduced," Qin Shiyu said somewhat helplessly.

"What about the construction status of our Dragon Fang Battleship?" Huang Yi continued to ask. He had spent the past few days with Poet and Xiao Chunzi, leaving all the guild’s affairs to Qin Shiyu to manage, and he wasn’t aware of many things.

Qin Shiyu smiled slightly and said, "Ever since the shipbuilders under Thunder God were transferred over, progress has indeed sped up. It should be ready in about a week. My idea is to go public as soon as our Dragon Fang Battleship is finished, as this will be very positive news that can add a lot of weight to our guild. But the other Great Guilds have announced they will finish their Deep Sea Battleships soon and will come to take a slice of this cake. It’s just a matter of who can do it faster now."

"And what about the Oceanic Airship?" Huang Yi continued, referring to something even more difficult to construct than the Dragon Fang Battleship, which no team in the world had managed to create before.

At this question, Qin Shiyu just shook her head, "Little Riddler has already assigned people to research it, but there’s still no clue; it’s too complex. Without professionals in flight device manufacturing, even with blueprints, it would take a year or two to figure out."

"Professionals in manufacturing, huh?" Huang Yi chuckled and said, "That’s not a problem. Our Rose Prison has a former technical director from Boeing Company; the Boeing 937 jet was developed under his leadership. Also, we have the former chief technical expert of Airbus, ace pilots from the US Air Force, and aerodynamics scientists. With these talents combined, there’s no flying machine we can’t create. These people are currently scattered across their respective countries. I’ll have Thunder God arrange a few Deep Sea Battleships to their continents to bring them over to help us develop this airship. I want an Oceanic Airship within half a year."

Qin Shiyu suddenly looked up at Huang Yi, her smile blooming like a flower, "Brother Yi, why do I feel like you being in Rose Prison is actually a good thing? It’s like a talent pool over there, having whatever talent you want."

"Every cloud has a silver lining!" Huang Yi said, stroking Qin Shiyu’s hair softly, "Xiao Yu, log off now, have a good breakfast, take a warm bath, and rest for a while, listen to me! Leave these matters to me."

Qin Shiyu looked at Huang Yi for a while and nodded.

Then she stood up, kissed Huang Yi lightly on the lips, and logged off on the spot.

The delicate figure in Huang Yi’s arms suddenly vanished into thin air, leaving him alone in the room. He took a deep breath, almost as if he could smell the lingering scent of Qin Shiyu.

Afterward, he sat down and began to go through the Hero Guild’s accounts.

These accounts were mostly related to the current income and expenditure of the various industries operated by Hero Guild, including Earth Dragon Valley, Dragon City, Wind Capital, the harbor, Energy Factory, and so on. The accounts were detailed, recording where every penny was spent, when every penny was earned, and from whom. It was extremely tedious, and in the past, Qin Shiyu had been auditing them, while Huang Yi had barely touched them.

After roughly looking through them all morning, Huang Yi finally finished going over the accounts of this period. He took a deep breath and took something out from his storage ring.

That item was a medicine bottle, which he would take out to check every day to see what potions had been bred.

He had had the medicine bottle for over half a year, but it had only bred two drops of top-level potions. One was a Grade-A Level-Up Potion, which allowed one to increase their level by one before reaching level 100. The other was an even rarer Grade-S Instant-Kill Potion, effective only against players, which, upon use, could instantly kill a player.

Both drops of potions were unheard of by outsiders, and could truly be described as divine potions, capturing the essence of the world. They were not sold in any store, and player Pharmacists simply couldn’t produce them. Such potions required extreme luck and a fortuitous opportunity to obtain even a single drop.

However, as soon as Huang Yi took out the medicine bottle today, he froze instantly, his eyes locked onto the potion inside the bottle!

Atop the medicine bottle was a huge drop of blood-red potion, as big as a table tennis ball, condensed into a single drop that didn’t disperse, looking like a drop of blood magnified dozens of times!

He would never forget the appearance of this potion, as he had previously obtained a drop of it!

It was the Instant-Kill Potion!

Even a Grade-A potion like the Level-Up Potion was already hard to find, but the Instant-Kill Potion was of an even higher Grade-S. It would be completely normal for the medicine bottle to breed such a potion only once in several years!

Huang Yi had not expected that, within just half a year, he would obtain two drops of Instant-Kill Potion! Even if this medicine bottle never bred this kind of potion again, he would be completely satisfied.

Now, with the Combat Competition drawing near, his possession of these two drops of Instant-Kill Potion gave him even greater confidence in advancing to the final rounds. It was his strongest trump card!

Filled with great spirits at acquiring another drop of the Instant-Kill Potion, Huang Yi went to the Tower of Pantheons again, taking advantage of the one and a half times experience during the Winter Snow Festival to grind levels.

Gradually, another week passed, and there were only 10 days left until the opening of the Combat Competition.

Over the past week, Huang Yi had been leveling up with all his might, and his level had been raised to 95.

Elsewhere, in the shipyard at the harbor of Hero Guild, over ten thousand Life Class Players were working overtime, following the design blueprints of the Dragon Fang Battleship in construction.

Among them, the Shipbuilders from Rose Prison secretly transferred from Sun Guild by Huang Yi played a significant role. They were shipbuilding experts in the real world and some of the first players to build oceanic battleships in The Second World, drawing from a wealth of experience. They understood quickly how to construct the slightly larger Dragon Fang Battleship and made rapid progress.

That day, after logging on, Huang Yi received a message from the Head of Logistics, Little Riddler—the Dragon Fang Battleship was finally completed!

Upon receiving the message, Huang Yi teleported to the seaside harbor of Hero Guild—Hero Harbor—in a flash.

As soon as he teleported to Hero Harbor, a gentle sea breeze blew over him, soothing his entire body, as if every pore received a caress.

Every building here was brand new, with broad streets laid with white marble, flower beds neatly arranged on either side, and coconut trees sagging low, swaying gracefully under the morning sun. Looking into the distance, the buildings were orderly arranged—clearly the product of meticulous design and construction, filled with a strong coastal flavor, contrasting sharply with the desert ambiance of Dragon City.

At this moment, players could be seen everywhere in the city, some members of Hero Guild, others were outsiders, all with relaxed expressions, enjoying the sea breeze.

Hero Harbor was the first large city built by Hero Guild and also a port city. It was completed after an enormous investment, and its current permanent population was over half a million and was still rapidly growing. It was considered the largest of the coastal cities of this generation, attracting many players to come.

Huang Yi went straight to the shipyard by the sea and quickly arrived at a factory where outsiders were strictly prohibited. The factory alone occupied a large stretch of the coastline, and from afar, one could see an incredibly large battleship within, majestic in stature.

This battleship spanned over a kilometer in length, with its towering body wrapped in layers of sturdy black scales, renowned for their toughness, the Black Serpent Scales. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Tickets, Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)