Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 80 New Plan

Lorraine plans to make a big deal out of the fight against the zombie overlord.

"Bai Jin, let's go check on how Ouyang Nian's modification plan is coming along."

When the two returned to the cockpit, they saw Ouyang Nian with a bitter face, making corrections on the data panel.

"What difficulties have you encountered? You look so worried."

Lorraine patted Ouyang Nian on the shoulder and leaned closer.

"See for yourself."

Ouyang Nian let Luo Lin sit in his seat, while she stood beside him and opened the thumbnails of the two design drawings.

"The two design drawings focus on portability and lethality, respectively."

"The change that prioritizes portability is not significant. I reduced the barrel length and the size of the gas cylinder, but inevitably reduced the lethality and firepower duration."

"This model, which focuses on lethality, has a larger gas cylinder, a larger gas chamber, and a larger grip due to the change in ammunition. Its size is now close to that of a submachine gun."

"You can't have your cake and eat it too."

At this point, a heavy sense of resentment emanated from Ouyang Nian.

"Alright, alright, I didn't think it through. I was just too trusting of our master craftsman."

Lorraine quickly reassured his girlfriend and made promises.

"This mission is over. You can take a break now. The special operations operators have new, powerful weapons."

"Hmm? Those guns we brought back before were indeed weapons?"

Ouyang Nian turned to look at Bai Jin.

Platinum nodded silently, then added.

"Those two green wooden crates did not contain complete weapons, but by replacing some parts, some of the firearms could be fired with live ammunition."

Ouyang Nian breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling both relieved that he no longer had to design weapons and at ease that he no longer had to worry about his real guns being stolen.

"Alright, now we just have to wait for them to finish tallying the materials in the warehouse."

"How's production of the Patrol Type 1 mechanical dog going in Cleveland?"

Production is expected to be completed in 4 hours.

Lorraine glanced at the time. "It's 2 p.m. now. Finishing production by 6 p.m. isn't too late."

At that moment, Platinum reached out and patted Lorraine on the shoulder, pointing to the dock outside the porthole.

"Commander, someone is waving at us from the dock."

Lorraine looked up and gazed out the window.

"Is something the matter? It wasn't Liu Haiyang and his group who came."

Lorraine was curious, so he had Cleveland send out a reconnaissance drone to take a look.

Through the drone's camera lens, Lorraine saw that the young man was holding a walkie-talkie.

"It seems they've come to deliver communication equipment to us, since it's inconvenient to rely on people to relay messages every time."

Lorraine then realized that he had no way to directly contact these managers.

"Cleveland, send a support drone over there."

【receive. 】

The robotic arm on the aft deck began working, unloading the bombs from the support drone and then attaching a roll of rope.

The support drone landed in front of the young man and dropped the roll of rope.

The young man on the dock secured the walkie-talkie to the drone with a rope, took two steps back, saluted, and then ran away.

The two drones returned together, and the walkie-talkie attached to the support drone was taken down by Platinum, who was already waiting on the aft deck.

She then turned on her walkie-talkie and made a call using the preset channel.

"Fleet call, communications test, communications test."

"Camp received, communication normal."

After a few seconds, the familiar male voice rang out again.

"This is Liu Haiyang. I'd like to ask the Commander what time Liu Yufeng and I should go over this afternoon."

Upon hearing Liu Haiyang's question, Bai Jin turned to look at Lorraine beside him.

Lorraine took the radio and pressed the call button.

"This is the flagship store. You can come at 6:15 this afternoon. There are some things to hand over."

"Liu Haiyang, do you need us to bring some people over?"

Lorraine thought for a moment, then replied.

"No need for now. Just have your people keep an eye on any unstable factors in the camp."

"receive."

Lorraine took the walkie-talkie and returned to the driver's seat.

"Cleveland, open an information channel and connect to the frequency band used by this handheld radio."

[Received. Communication frequency band recorded. Successful access. 24/7 monitoring enabled.]

"OK, remember to remind me if someone calls."

Lorraine turned off the walkie-talkie and placed it on the control panel, then returned to the maintenance room to work with Platinum on the weapons.

Time flew by as they dealt with the firearms.

[Commander, all Type 1 patrol robots have been produced.]

"We're starting to dock."

Yes, Commander.

Cleveland controlled the flagship to weigh anchor, and the flagship slowly approached the dock using an electric motor.

Once near the dock, Cleveland controlled the robotic arm to place the boarding ladder onto the ship's hull.

At 6:15 p.m., as dusk settled, Liu Haiyang and Liu Yufeng appeared on the dock right on time.

"Please come with me, you two."

Lorraine stood at the entrance of the boarding stairs and greeted the two of them.

Without hesitation, the two followed Lorraine up the boarding stairs.

"Be careful not to step on the solar panels."

As soon as the two boarded the ship, they heard Lorraine's reminder and looked down to see four solar panels laid on the connecting bridge.

"We found a lot of solar panels in the warehouse at the dock. Once the unstable factors in the camp are eliminated, you will also be able to install solar panels."

Lorraine drew pictures of edible pancakes for them as she led them to the maintenance room.

At this moment, Platinum had already taken out 10 composite bows and placed them in the maintenance room along with the air guns.

The three of them stood on the aft deck, and Lorraine began to discuss serious matters.

"There are three reasons why I called you here."

"First, I need you to select ten retired personnel with firm beliefs. Bai Jin will lead them in archery practice to give you a certain level of resilience."

Upon hearing Lorraine's words, the two exchanged a glance, sensing that doing so would cause a great uproar.

"Secondly, I have found some powerful weapons for your squad, enough to suppress the internal uprising."

"Thirdly, and also the simplest point."

Lorraine lowered his head, opened the portable terminal on his arm, and tapped it a few times.

"Wait a moment, we'll continue our talk once they arrive."

Seeing the confused expressions on their faces, Lorraine decided to ask them a question and told them to wait a moment.

A faint but orderly sound came from the preparation room.

The sound grew louder and louder as it approached from afar.

Then a patrol robot dog appeared before them.

"Don't rush."

The two saw one patrol dog after another emerge, descend the boarding ladder, and form a square formation on the dock.

"A total of 45 Type 1 patrol mechanical dogs are being delivered to you."