Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 404 Three Talents

In the second week after Revelation III was occupied by the Starfire Organization, the first military starport was finally completed under Lin Xuan's personal command.

“Starports are built on different scales depending on the needs. For example, a starport for building an aircraft carrier and a starport for a planetary fortress are not even in the same league. Of course, the larger the starport is built, the more resources will be required each month. With Starfire’s current ore production capacity, a starport for building frigate-class or destroyer-class ships is already expensive enough. Any larger, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle it.”

Rod Stewart looked at the blueprints in his hand, making sure that the last part of the construction was accurate, before explaining to Lin Xuan beside him.

He is the captain of the frigate of the mechanical Earth. He is not only proficient in combat, but also knows every detail of the starport like the back of his hand, making him a semi-scientific research talent.

He had previously looked down on Lin Xuan and her group, considering them nothing more than a bunch of insignificant bandits who, even if they managed to occupy Revelation III, wouldn't last long. Let alone establishing a base; that was simply wishful thinking.

However, after experiencing these things recently, Luo De finally realized one thing—it wasn't Lin Xuan and the others who were having wild ideas, but himself.

In his mind, once Mechanical Earth learned that Starfire had occupied Revelation III, it would definitely send a fleet to suppress them. At the very least, a landing force would be deployed to harass them. They would also send reinforcements to investigate the situation on Revelation III. After all, this planet was part of their territory, and to ensure territorial integrity, enemies should be punished no matter how far they are!

But the truth is so magical.

Mechanical Earth seems to have completely forgotten that it even has such a planet. It's been almost two weeks since it was lost, and apart from the initial spaceship that landed on Revelation III, it hasn't sent any other troops.

Rod was very curious about how this was done.

He had asked Lin Xuan if there were any hidden plans they didn't know about, or if he had any special connections in the council of Mechanical Earth.

As a result, Lin Xuan's words completely silenced him.

“We didn’t do anything. We just increased the monthly tax we paid to the mechanical Earth by 20%, and then they agreed.”

"Damn capitalism, all they care about is money!" Rod couldn't help but curse inwardly. Sure enough, as long as the money is right, anything can be negotiated.

But soon, he realized another problem.

"Wait a minute, where does all that money for your taxes come from?"

"Oh, we've handed over all the money the government embezzled. For some corrupt officials, after our investigation confirms their embezzlement, we'll confiscate their property. Add to that the money we're about to earn from wealthy businessmen, and all this adds up to more than enough to cover not only the monthly taxes to the Mechanical Earth government, but also more than enough for other construction projects."

"hiss……"

"Then... what if you run out of money? This money will eventually run out, right?" As soon as Luo De asked this question, he looked at Lin Xuan's ambiguous smile and suddenly seemed to know the answer.

"My great captain, have you lost your mind? Are you really planning to work for Mechanical Earth for the rest of your life?"

As Lin Xuan spoke, she raised her hand and gave a thumbs-up.

"Once my fleet is built, they'll still dare to ask me for money. They're nothing but this!"

"I'm not letting them get away, I'm the one!"

"Brilliant!"

Rhodes was completely speechless. Now that he thought about it, the timing of the Starfire Organization's entry was perfect. It was the most intense time of the three-way battle, and Mechanical Earth probably couldn't send any fleets to support them. If things continued like this, it was very likely that this civilian organization could really develop.

"How about we bring our parents over after a while?"

Rhodes wasn't completely disillusioned with the mechanical Earth; he still believed the government was good, only that some officials were the problem.

So now that he sees the Spark Organization's power growing, he occasionally lends a hand, essentially betting on both sides.

Lin Xuan didn't force him to join, since he hadn't expected these people to be of any help to him in the first place. It had been two weeks since Xinghuo occupied Revelation III, and at Lin Xuan's request, the city had been restored to its previous state as much as possible.

During this time, there were also people from the Spark Organization who tried to cause trouble in the wealthy area. However, Lin Xuan showed no mercy to these people and cut off their heads on the street and hung them on the wall for public display.

The leaders of Xinghuo almost tacitly approved of Lin Xuan's actions. After all, Lin Xuan was the one who led the team to capture Revelation III, and they were just benefiting from it. What right did they have to go against Lin Xuan?

Now that they have a starport, Lin Xuan and her team feel more confident, at least their fleet has a place to go.

With the Super Dream System in his brain, plus the computing power provided by nanobots, he can precisely control thirty or forty warships all by himself. It can be said that he is a fleet all by himself.

"Now that the starport is complete, the next step is to build a fleet of our own for the Starfire Organization." Lin Xuan gathered all three of them, including Simothers, to discuss the relevant matters.

Hope is still missing. Lin Xuan asked Himothers, but he couldn't explain it either. He only knew that Hope was always mysterious and would only come out to make decisions on some key issues. Otherwise, no one knew what he was busy with in private.

"Since we have limited resources, I only plan to build one warship. To be fair, the design of this first warship will be left to you all to design yourself."

"Once you have more money and resources, you can use this ship as a mass production line."

Lin Xuan smiled at the three of them and then explained the basic design principles of the ship to them.

After making sure all three understood, Lin Xuan asked them to start designing ships for her Spark Organization.

After waiting for about two or three days, Simothers and the others handed over the completed design drawings to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan looked at the design drawings submitted by the three people, her brows furrowed so deeply they looked like a pretzel.

"What the hell is this design?"

The ship designed by Simothers was named "Peace". It had no main gun, only two secondary guns for interception and harassment. The main gun was replaced by a giant singularity thruster.

Felix designed a ship called the "War Soul," which is the exact opposite of the Simothers. This thing has four main cannons, and the entire fleet is as if it is surrounded by the four main cannons. No matter which angle the enemy is from, they will be directly bombarded by the main cannons.

However, this thing's propulsion system is extremely poor, so an integrated model was chosen to make room for the main gun.

"They are truly two talents; one only attacks and never defends, while the other only defends and never attacks."