A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 461 - 347 Digging Up Someone_1

Chapter 461: Chapter 347 Digging Up Someone_1

Chapter 461 -347 Digging Up Someone_1

Once Duanmu Huai returned to the mothership, he immediately sought out Kukulu.

But, the once lively and adorable girl now looked haggard, as if she had been tortured by hundreds of strong men for days and nights, and was only just rescued.

“Are you okay? Is your body alright? How’s your mental state? Still holding up?”

Staring at the girl, Duanmu Huai was momentarily taken aback. As the only and most crucial head of his “military industry sector,” Kukulu was in charge of warship maintenance, upkeep, and weapon manufacturing and repair…

“Ah, Sir Knight…”

Kukulu at this moment, was like a nicotine addict deprived of her fix, her hand shaking as she raised a greeting towards him, then sagging down again — a picture of utter dejection.

“I’m fine, just exhausted from reading nonstop, my brain hurts…”

“Eh… I can understand that…”

Hearing Kukulu’s response, Duanmu Huai broke out in a cold sweat. He knew why the once bubbly, adorable girl had transformed into this ghastly state.

Simply put, Kukulu’s intelligence was extremely high, her smarts were notable especially in weapon and vehicle design. At least to Duanmu Huai, Kukulu was an incredibly responsible person. But the problem lay in the vast technological gap between her era and that of the Human Empire.

This caused Kukulu to cram in a lot of fundamental knowledge.

For instance, materials science, missile dynamics, structural engineering, and so on. She also had to thoroughly read through material for the prerequisite disciplines – which was very normal. For example, a paper on materials science that used calculus – if your calculus wasn’t up to par, what to do?

You’d have to cram, what else could you do? Otherwise, how would you understand the calculations and the content of the paper?

The only thing was, most people usually just needed to learn about one or two disciplines. Kukulu, however, had to cover various fields of study.

It’s like becoming a ship designer, you not only need to learn how to design ships but also how to forge steel, refine iron, and set up the electronic control system… Alright, admittedly, it definitely was a bit difficult for Kukulu.

But luckily, Duanmu Huai finally found a technology that could help Kukulu out of her misery. Nanotechnology should be able to help her solve the current problem because, according to the Life Cube, most of the stuff in the Dark Age was done by clever machines. Well… indeed, it also led to the Ironman rebellion.

“Okay, stop looking so gloomy, I got you something good, it can help solve your current issue.”

“Huh?”

When Kukulu heard Duanmu Huai’s response, her eyes lit up instantly.

“Really, Sir Knight?”

“Yes, you should know about nanotechnology…”

“Ah, please don’t mention nanotechnology, Sir Knight, I’m stuck on it right now…!!”

However, before Duanmu Huai could finish his sentence, Kukulu’s hands immediately clamped onto her ears, and she squatted and yelled on the ground.

It seemed she almost had a psychological shadow about it now.

“Alright, it’s not your fault.”

Seeing Kukulu on the verge of collapse, Duanmu Huai cleared his throat. Most of the technology Kukulu was currently studying came from the Demon Planet, War Planet, and the Imperial Library’s collection. However, these civilizations themselves are not very good at researching nanotechnology, some even made false starts.

When Duanmu Huai brought back the “Inheritance Craft” before, Kukulu complained to him that the Forerunner’s nanotechnology was too complicated, using her current ability to parse it was impossible. At that time, Duanmu Huai let her take it slow – after all, it’s the reality that the Tribunal was short-staffed, and the lack of high-tech personnel from the cosmic civilization was the biggest weakness. This even made Kukulu, who was from the medieval magic civilization, take over.

Without the cheat-like Void Dockyard as a player, Duanmu Huai would struggle to construct a fleet, he might have to go through the process of human civilization development from smelting iron, forging steel to building warships from scratch.

“Anyway, I’ve got something good…”

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai explained the Life Cube’s technology to Kukulu, and when she realised this gadget could automatically transform according to the specified structure, she was elated. However, soon after, she encountered another issue.

“But Sir Knight, this thing needs program compilation…I don’t know how to do that?”

“You don’t need to worry about that. I’ve found someone to assist you with this task, and she’s quite skilled at it.”

The person Duanmu Huai was referring to was Lumiaire. In his hands, there was no other person more proficient in information technology and programming.

“That’s great…”

Upon hearing that the most important issue had been resolved, Kukulu sighed in relief and plopped down on the ground. The slow progress of the mothership’s transformation stressed her greatly, she even lost a lot of hair. This started to cause her to worry if she was going bald, but now it seemed at least that fate could be avoided.

“Alright, take a rest, you look tired. Let’s resolve the remaining issues later.”

“Okay, Sir Knight.”

Upon setting her worries down, Kukulu finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around cheerfully, and left. Duanmu Huai watched Kukulu’s retreating figure and shook his head in resignation. He certainly didn’t treat this weapons expert poorly, but Kukulu’s abilities were inherently limited. It was indeed commendable that she got to this point. Even though he recruited Lumiaire, they were still short-staffed.

Where else could he find the talent to recruit?

Duanmu Huai helplessly opened his system and glanced at the world modules he possessed.

Holy City, Manaria, and Regnes were out of consideration, Sky Province as well. All were civilizations of the Middle Ages. Any gifted scientists from there wouldn’t immediately become battle-ready. The best method was to recruit directly from Cosmic Age civilizations, but that wasn’t an easy feat because – people from the Cosmic Age were much harder to fool than those of the Middle Ages.

Moreover, many from the Cosmic Age were mad scientists, the kind that would be instantly executed as heretics according to Tribunal standards. People like that couldn’t be brought back to the Tribunal. However, ordinary scientists weren’t very useful either and one had to always guard against them being corrupted by Cunning Deception.

So, it was a difficult conundrum to handle.

Currently under Duanmu Huai, Sherry was in charge of biochemistry and Lumiaire dealt with information networks. But this was not enough. Kukulu was barely holding up the military branch and could only ensure the consistency of the Void Dockyard’s process. Simply put, Kukulu was more like a qualified supervisor than a qualified scientist – well, Kukulu was, after all, from a civilization of the Middle Ages, so some consideration was needed.

Therefore, what Duanmu Huai needed next was an expert in mechanical engineering.

In that area, mechanical engineering professionals wouldn’t cut it. To put it …

“Hmm…”

Duanmu Huai looked at the Dream Crystal in his hand.

He would go back to Venus Island and ask around.

At least, by its own definition, it was a world of high-tech that’s close to modern times, right?

Soon, Duanmu Huai opened a portal, arrived at Venus Island and found the girls there, to whom he relayed the situation.

“A powerful genius scientist?”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s inquiries, Honoka and Maryrose exchanged puzzled looks.

“Well…”

The girls pondered for a moment, then Honoka opened her mouth with some hesitation.

“I’m … not really sure at the moment, but I can help you ask around, someone might know.”

“Mary will also ask.”

“Okay, I’m counting on you.”

But just then, someone suddenly interrupted.

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“Oh?”

Hearing this voice, Duanmu Huai looked down. At his feet, a petite girl was standing, her crimson eyes unblinkingly staring at him.

“Sha … who are you recommending?”

Looking at the little girl in front of him, Duanmu Huai felt a headache. The girl was dead set on becoming his wife and showed no sign of compromise. Duanmu Huai was at a loss for words. He had no interest in a little girl like this, but since she was giving him a clue … well, he’d listen first.

“I’ve just heard this.”

Sha stared at Duanmu Huai and quietly began.

“In a city named Castam, there exists a group known as the Four Witches. One of them is extremely proficient in manufacturing weaponry such as tanks and artillery. I think she should meet your criteria.”

“Four Witches … isn’t that a group of mages?”

Hearing Yue Huasha’s response, Duanmu Huai was somewhat disappointed. He had hoped for a more normal scientist rather than a mumbo-jumbo mage. Nonetheless, having a lead was better than none. On the bright side, perhaps she was labeled a ‘witch’ because her invention techniques were too remarkable?

“Where’s this Castam?”

Although Duanmu Huai had a feeling that Yue Huasha was leading him into a trap, he had no choice but to jump into it given his current lack of manpower.

“I can take you there.”

“No problem, I’ll call Ogis and Kula as well.”

Obviously, Duanmu Huai would not foolishly make a move alone with Yue Huasha. Imagine waking up one day to find her on top of him – he wouldn’t be able to explain himself out of that situation.

Of course, Duanmu Huai did not miss the audible “tsk” sound from Yue Huasha.

As expected, this girl was planning something crafty.