novelraw Chapter 164: New Ship
Chapter 164: New Ship
Early morning, Damarro Town Dock.
Chen Qi was at the town’s dock, having just bought a pepper minced meat pie, then headed toward the Damarro Town dock.
At the dock, Burry, with dark eye circles, sharp features, and wearing dragon horn decorations, was holding a design blueprint, pacing back and forth with interest, muttering to himself:
“Hmm... not bad at all. Too bad it lacks sufficient defensive facilities. But for a dining ship, it’s already quite good. When designing it, should I focus more on distinctive aesthetics? Like designing a chef-symbolizing pig head at the bow?”
Burry’s blueprint was designed after discussion with Chen Qi.
As a somewhat eccentric designer, Burry always had wild, imaginative ideas.
As the ship’s user, Chen Qi only needed to enjoy Burry’s designs, but as a designer, Burry considered many things.
If Chen Qi hadn’t pressed him down firmly with dragon clan intelligence, Burry would have even wanted to design a super loudspeaker and a chef hat-shaped chimney for Chen Qi’s houseboat.
Plus an internal water spirit statue that would spray water like a fountain every time someone tapped it with a stick!
Burry believed these would attract customers!But from Chen Qi’s perspective, that would severely reduce the ship’s space.
In recent days, Chen Qi and Burry had become quite familiar.
Chen Qi ignored Burry’s strange dragon horn decorations, took a bite of the pie, and excitedly asked:
“Burry, is it finished?”
Burry’s completion speed was even faster than Chen Qi expected!
Burry turned his head sideways, revealing his threaded steel teeth, and smiled confidently:
“Of course. I am a powerful mechanic. My hands treat steel as an extension of myself. Plus, I have abundant supplies. What I do is just assembly. A houseboat is no big deal.”
Burry rolled up his sleeve, revealing his steel mechanical Qilin arm!
This was a powerful weapon he had mastered after more than twenty years of silence!
A third-tier Hammer affinity professional mechanic could already manufacture many highly destructive mechanical weapons and had “mechanical affinity,” allowing precise control of self-created machinery by will—a formidable third-tier profession.
Among third-tier mechanics, Burry’s skills ranked among the best.
Chen Qi glanced at Burry.
Beneath that tall, thin exterior, Burry was at least thirty percent mechanized.
Without mechanical affinity, Chen Qi’s current physique couldn’t withstand such extensive modifications.
Chen Qi smiled:
“All right, let me have a good look. I can’t wait any longer.”
Burry pinned his strange dragon tail behind his waist:
“Don’t worry, I won’t let you down.”
A trustworthy mechanic... Chen Qi followed Burry up the gangway onto the deck.
His new ship was not large, mainly divided into two areas.
One was the living area, the other a spacious deck area, with the rarely entered engine room and warehouse below deck.
First, the deck: although internally reinforced with steel bars, to maintain overall aesthetic, the deck was painted with flesh-colored wood paint.
From appearance, the entire ship leaned toward a casual-style wooden ship.
The living area’s first thing to catch the eye was the dining area—the main part of the dining ship!
Following Chen Qi’s suggestion, the dining room did not have too many tables.
Only two long tables, a wine rack, and a reception counter for guests.
On the counter were some bartending tools.
On the ceiling was Burry’s sudden inspiration—a water spirit chandelier. Depending on the light color, the chandelier’s water spirits showed different expressions.
For example, (*>.<*), QAQ,
and (￣^￣), X﹏X!
Chen Qi considered this one of the few good designs by Burry.
This arrangement resembled more of a cozy little bar than a restaurant.
Chen Qi scanned the place.
The atmosphere was decent, but the renovation cost was an unimaginably high sum. Next to the dining room was the kitchen.
Inside the kitchen were a stove for frying dishes, a dessert section for sweets, and a large refrigerator Chen Qi bought for 5,000 Shell Coins.
Behind the kitchen was the bedroom Chen Qi requested.
A double bed, desk, fabric chair, bedside table, bookshelf, and blinds—quite a standard personal bedroom.
At this moment, a simple blanket had already been laid on the bed.
If it weren’t for Burry, Chen Qi thought silently, he would definitely lie down and take a nap...
Near the bedroom was the pet room, furnished with many soft sofas, a cat climbing frame, and a steel pole.
Why give water spirits a cat climbing frame? Why a steel pole? Chen Qi glanced at Burry.
Burry shrugged and explained:
“Don’t you think water spirits pole dancing is cool?”
“???”
“Watch water spirits pole dance? Why not watch dinosaurs pole dance instead?”
Chen Qi retorted.
Without hesitation, Burry replied:
“I’d love to, but there are no dinosaurs here in Beiguo!”
“...”
Chen Qi squinted his eyes.
You can’t use normal logic to understand the Ice Demon Pirates.
He might actually think water spirits and dinosaurs pole dancing is cool.
And ever since Chen Qi gave Burry the Wyvern Charm, the guy clearly had gone a bit mad.
Burry clapped his hands:
“All right, Qi, follow me. I’ll introduce the captain’s cabin functions.”
Chen Qi followed Burry to the houseboat’s captain’s cabin.
Inside, it was as Chen Qi imagined.
A steering wheel, sea charts...
The only thing that surprised Chen Qi was an electronic display screen on the control panel.
Curious, Chen Qi asked: “What’s this?”
Burry proudly explained:
“This is radar equipment produced inside a C-tier dimensional rift. It specializes in detecting dangerous creatures, capable of sensing special spiritual energy fluctuations and huge creatures within a ten-mile radius. With this radar, your chance of being attacked by sea beasts is reduced by at least fifty percent.”
“Oh...”
Chen Qi was slightly shocked.
That was quite a useful function.
Burry explained that with the radar fully active, even shadow demons, which excel at hiding, could not evade detection.
At the same time, there was a complete radio system, allowing contact with nearby islands, lighthouses, and so on.
In addition, it could turn on the spotlights and emit distress sirens.
Overall, the travel ship’s functions were perfectly equipped.
At that moment, Chen Qi noticed a shield icon button on the control panel!
He slightly opened his mouth:
“Could it be? Is this the legendary shield deployment?”
High-end ships in the Witch Sea could deploy special energy barriers.
Burry immediately tilted his head and explained:
“No... that requires special engines. Even the Steam Hand I provided can’t do that. This technology can only be sold to military ships.
However, I suspect Beiguo will soon lift the ban on ‘military ship sales,’ so I designed the function. If you have the money, I can install an engine to activate this feature.”
Why design a feature that doesn’t work yet? Chen Qi thought with a slight complaint.
But since the function existed, maybe he could try tinkering with it himself.
Burry said:
“By the way, Qi, I’ve completed the engine room as per your request. Even without a core, this ship can sail slowly.”
“Mm.”
Burry lit a cigarette and reminded him:
“Sir, according to recent news, Blackfin Crew ships have already arrived near the coast. For safety, you’d better install a qualified core soon.”
But the core’s cost was indeed too expensive... Chen Qi sighed:
“If money’s tight, you can rent a core from Bonfire Energy Company. Just give them my name; they’ll give you a 20% discount.”
These days, Burry and Chen Qi had become quite familiar.
“Okay, I’ll do it as soon as possible...”
Chen Qi nodded.
“Two of you, give me a hand.”
At this moment, An’s voice came from outside the captain’s cabin.
Chen Qi turned his head.
Outside the captain’s cabin, An was holding a huge wooden box, wobbling.
She requested again:
“Two of you, help me out...”
Chen Qi squinted. An seemed to have some ideas about the houseboat’s renovation too.