Chapter 42: Renovation Completed and Dark Cemetery

Modification of armor.

Chen Ming plans to modify the [Multi-layer Buffer Armor] that he saw when modifying the spacecraft armor before.

Forget about the other three [Explosive Reactive Armor], [Armor Material Replacement] and [Heavy Armor].

Chen Ming currently lacks materials for the explosive reactive armor.

If the armor material is to be modified, Baiyun Steel can only be used, but Chen Ming will still need Baiyun Steel in the future, so it is the same problem as the explosive reactive armor.

And heavy armor has a great impact on the maneuverability of the spacecraft.

Even if he does not lack materials, if all three armors are really modified, how thick will the spacecraft armor be? How can the lost maneuverability be recovered?

So the modification of armor must be selective.

So Chen Ming now even has to find a way to solve the problem that the bottom armor has been modified by [Heavy Armor].

Fortunately, the solution was soon in front of Chen Ming.

Because when Chen Ming opened the modification panel of the bottom armor of the spacecraft, the position that should have been [Heavy Armor] had been replaced by [Standard Armor].

Chen Ming directly chose to transform the [standard armor].

Then all the materials previously used to transform the [heavy armor] were returned to the storage compartment.

Chen Ming did not need to take the effort to remove the armor himself, so the rest of the things were much simpler.

He only needed to transform the armor of the spacecraft step by step according to the techniques he had learned.

In addition to the armor, Chen Ming planned to transform the hatch of the spacecraft.

After all, the strength of the armor has been improved, but the strength of the door has not been improved. It is simply a joke.

There are not many choices for the hatch, and Chen Ming finally decided to use the [explosion-proof airtight door] transformation.

Transforming a double-layer protective door can greatly improve the protective ability of the hatch.

The door has been transformed, so Chen Ming will naturally not miss the bearing points on the left and right sides of the ship.

[Battery armor] was finally selected by Chen Ming.

It can transform the bearing point and protect the bearing point and the weapons installed on the bearing point in the armor.

Slightly sacrifice the speed of weapon turning in exchange for safer protection measures.

In fact, Chen Ming had a similar idea when the cyst worms used acid to counterattack.

Although the worms did not cause damage to the spacecraft, other enemies with long-range attack capabilities in the future may not be as weak as the worms.

If Chen Ming's weapon is damaged by mistake, then at least during the time the weapon is repaired, Chen Ming will be a lamb to be slaughtered.

And if the bearing point is damaged, then Chen Ming really doubts whether the lost weapon can be repaired by "repair".

So when modifying the turret armor, Chen Ming chose to use Baiyun steel as the material.

Chen Ming can still afford the materials required for the modification of the turret armor.

The modification of the armor is more difficult than other modifications before, after all, Chen Ming has to climb outside the spacecraft to do it himself.

Although the spacecraft is in a stable flight stage, and the high-precision sensor will not let the spacecraft rub anything.

But anyway, the work outside the spacecraft is always much more difficult than inside the spacecraft.

If Chen Ming had modified the armor before departure, it might not be so hard now, but it also means that the departure time may need to be postponed for several months, unless he directly relies on the panel to modify it.

But if he did so, it would mean that his skills would not improve at all, and there would be basically nothing to do in the past six months, and a lot of free time would be wasted.

So Chen Ming would rather choose to modify the spaceship after it departed and make full use of the time.

The armor modification lasted until the beginning of the fifth month after departure.

The appearance of the Iron Ore has changed significantly.

At the beginning, the Iron Ore was a spaceship with a pure metallic color on the outside.

But now, the entire Iron Ore has turned white.

This is because Chen Ming discovered something when the armor modification was halfway through.

[Armor material replacement] This modification option can freely adjust the proportion of different materials in the spaceship armor material.

Then Chen Ming discovered that ordinary steel materials only need to be mixed with a little white cloud steel to greatly improve their strength.

At least it is definitely much stronger than the current aluminum-steel composite material of the spaceship.

So after discovering this, Chen Ming directly tried to use [Armor material modification] on the front armor that had already completed the [Multi-layer Buffer Armor] modification.

The material choice is an aluminum-steel composite material mixed with 1% Baiyun steel.

Then, including the multi-layer buffer armor modified by Chen Ming himself, all the front armor of the spacecraft was replaced with a very high-strength aluminum-steel Baiyun steel composite material.

The armor strength has been qualitatively improved, and the armor color has also changed to white.

Although it is not as good as pure Baiyun steel, this way of modifying the spacecraft is much more cost-effective than directly using Baiyun steel as a material.

It was worth it for Chen Ming to exchange some of the Baiyun Steel reserves for armor that was at least three times stronger.

After the armor of the spacecraft was completely transformed.

Chen Ming finally took the time to carefully study all the professional books in the terminal during this period.

Because most of the books were learned from Chen Ming's memory, his learning and mastering efficiency was very high.

Combined with the practice that was carried out almost every day, so far, Chen Ming has completely mastered the skills that a maintenance technician should master.

Maybe he is still a little bit worse than the maintenance technician Chen Ming in his memory, but this is a matter of years of experience.

As long as Chen Ming is still alive, Chen Ming will sooner or later surpass his past self.

And with the completion of the armor transformation, the fifth month has arrived.

The remaining journey of the spacecraft is almost only one-third, and it will take more than two months to reach the destination.

However, Chen Ming chose to start slowing down the spacecraft now.

Because Chen Ming learned from the galaxy map that there is a place a distance ahead of the spacecraft.

An asteroid belt, or asteroid zone, called the "Dark Cemetery".

This is the record that Chen Ming found on the terminal, including the galaxy where Ryuma is located and several other nearby galaxies.

It is said that this asteroid belt was discovered before the human empire expanded here.

Because there are no stars here, all the asteroids here are in the dark.

At that time, there was a very special mineral in this asteroid belt that could emit a specific electromagnetic frequency band to interfere with the work of detection equipment.

This led to many explorers and pioneers failing to detect asteroids in the dark space of the universe when passing here, causing accidents and shipwrecks.

When someone falls in front, there are always some people who like to pick up other people's relics in the back.

Then they died here like the previous people.

So the news continued to spread, and more and more people came here and died on the asteroids in the dark.

So this place has a nickname like the Dark Cemetery.

But now it is different.

With the development of the territory of the human empire, the Dark Cemetery has long been thoroughly developed, and the special minerals have long been collected.

Chen Ming can go in with confidence.

Maybe he could find some sunken ships that were missed in the past.

Even if not, Chen Ming could find some asteroids containing ores to collect and replenish the metal materials consumed on the road.

Although there are basically no mining unions in this asteroid zone, the efficiency and benefits of mining are definitely not high.

But since it's on the way, Chen Ming doesn't mind taking a look.

To relieve the boredom of the past five months, when he could only see the starry sky like flowing lights except for work.