Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 124 Anti-aircraft weapons and anti-roll systems

In the afternoon, Su Ming took a nap before he and Zi Jin spread out the documents and laptops on the table and began discussing the follow-up actions.

There are many things to do, the first being Miss Vengeful Spirit.

“Two points,” Zi Jin said, writing in her notebook with a pen. “First, you need to accelerate your mental strength improvement—the stronger you are, the stronger your control over Miao Xin will be.”

Su Ming felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this, "What are you planning now?"

"Don't worry, this is the next step in the teaching plan. Your current course is not over yet," the scholar reassured him insincerely. "Next, we need to plan our journey to the northern lands. We must obtain Russell and Galio's information on spirit-type undead."

These two are, after all, Saint-level Archmages; their vision and depth of research are far beyond what that little Karamisenica could compare to.

Su Ming nodded. Not only were there data on spirit-type undead, but the traveling raven Galio also had a lot of dimensional research data there, not to mention a large amount of alchemical materials, which were absolutely not to be missed.

Therefore, Su Ming needs to carefully plan how to land.

As for the sea monster base, the two discussed it and decided to proceed with the plan.

On one hand, the rewards for completing missions can be used for dimensional research. On the other hand, according to Siwo's investigation, Yesia has purchased a large number of rare materials in the past year. In particular, Chenjin is a very important dimensional stabilizer, and it is very difficult to collect.

Therefore, we need to act quickly. If we can intercept the deal, it will be much more important than the reward!

During the discussion, Beianqi arrived at the workroom covered in sweat.

"I modified a basic quantity of 203mm shells." She poured herself a glass of water, then skillfully reached for the refrigerator and patted ice cubes into the glass.

"I happen to have something to discuss with you," Su Ming said, then told Bei Anqi about his plan to go to Ling Island and find the sea monster's base.

"We're going to the Stormy Seas, and we have to go around Ling Island?" The girl's face turned deathly pale in an instant, clearly thinking of something extremely bad.

"Don't be so scared," Su Ming said, puzzled. "We can avoid the storm based on the weather forecast. Even if we do collide with it, this trimaran can withstand it."

“No, no, no, I’m not worried about the ship!” Beanie replied. “It’s fine, of course. The problem is with us!”

Su Ming and Zi Jin seemed to realize something, and their expressions changed. "We'll be tossed around by the storm?"

“It’s not just rocking back and forth,” Beaujolais exclaimed excitedly, “it’s rocking back and forth continuously, 26 hours a day!”

As the only professional seaman, she began to educate the other two on the basics of stormy waters. Even during lulls in the hurricane, the waves in that area could be very large. There were ships that could withstand the storm, but with constant rocking and frequent major rolls every few days, even the most resilient sailors couldn't withstand it.

Su Ming still couldn't quite understand the danger involved. "Elisa and I aren't seasick anymore."

“The violent shaking will affect everything—work, eating, rest,” Beaujohn explained. “You haven’t experienced this before; it really will drive you crazy in the long run!”

Su Ming refused to give up, "The White Triangle is very fast. It can make a round trip in ten days, and it only needs to go through two storms during that time."

This time was indeed much shorter than Beaujolais had imagined. Her tone softened slightly, "If you insist, I can endure it. But I'm a seasoned sailor, so I have some stamina. As for you two, who knows how much fighting power you'll have left?"

Zijin's face darkened, clearly as she imagined the consequences.

"Understood, I will solve this problem," Su Ming said.
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Su Ming is connected to Earth, and Miao Xin is controlling the little troublemaker; they are already in a room together.

She found a spot and got a phone, which was playing an instructional video. There were piles of silicone materials on the table, and a human head model was also on the table, with people practicing according to the video instructions.

Su Ming was highly suspicious of how he had accessed the link, and even glanced at the time. He confirmed again that it had been less than six hours since the last connection.

"What's the situation now?" he asked Miao Xin directly.

"The owner of this house went on vacation to Hainan and won't be back until spring," Miao Xin explained. "Then I need to practice makeup to make myself look good enough to fool ordinary cameras."

"Is it safe to use someone else's house like this?" Su Ming asked.

"If we don't touch someone's valuables, they won't even call the police, let alone leave by then," Miao Xin replied. "Actually, this is even less likely to leave traces than renting a house."

Renting a house involves dealing with agents and landlords, showing your ID, signing a contract, making payments, and inspecting the property. Moreover, once you move in, not buying household items, food, or water can raise suspicion. And if you're even more unlucky, you might encounter a troublemaker, making the situation even more complicated.

In comparison, "borrowing" an empty house is much simpler. You can change rooms at any time, which is convenient and quick.

Having clarified the logic, Su Ming nodded in agreement.

"I'm here to look up some information." He glanced at the phones on the table; there were several, all very old models. "Where did they come from?"

"I bought it," Miao Xin replied.

Half an hour earlier, as dawn was breaking and students were heading to school, Miao Xin transformed herself into a student and bought these items at a small shop near a middle school. These old models are now considered junk, but in certain situations, they still attract a steady stream of customers.

Miao Xin tacitly topped up her phone credit at the boss's place and received two more SIM cards.

"Why didn't I have that when I was in junior high?" Su Ming complained.

You must be a model student at a top school.

Su Ming took control of the little troublemaker and picked out a phone that was easy to use to start fiddling with. On the other phone, a chess app was open, seemingly a battle platform.

"You still like this?" Su Ming asked, somewhat surprised.

[I'll only manage a barely passable performance.]

He quickly found relevant information. Solutions to reduce hull rolling include anti-roll fins, anti-roll tanks, and anti-roll gyroscopes.

The Independent-class destroyer is designed with anti-roll fins, but Su Ming cut corners during construction, only making the shape. Normally, these fins should connect to control devices and sensors, constantly changing the fin angle during navigation to counteract the lateral impact of waves.

All the technical data and related equipment are available; Su Ming can restore the function of the anti-roll fins.

Anti-roll tanks require a lot of bottom space, which is not suitable for trimaran configurations, so we'll skip that.

That leaves the anti-roll gyroscope. Su Ming examined it carefully; this device didn't take up much space, installation wouldn't be a problem, and the ship's power supply could support it.

Su Ming showed Miao Xin the information on the webpage and told her that he needed this equipment.

Will I be able to receive it tonight?

"There's plenty of time, leave it to me!" Miao Xin said confidently.
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In the work area, Beianqi had already left. Her fighter jets needed adjustments in preparation for potential encounters with enemies during the trip to Ling Island.

Su Ming transmitted a batch of data from Earth and began studying it.

He quickly sighed and slumped onto the long table.

"What's wrong?" Violet asked, puzzled.

“A roll-damping gyroscope can be used as an energy storage device to supply power to the circuit in reverse,” Su Ming said, referring to what he had just read in the data. “With this, the peak load capacity of the power supply system can be greatly improved.”

"So?" The scholar was puzzled. Wasn't this a good thing?

"This means we can install some equipment with extremely high burst power," Su Ming said, making a "biu" sound, "and the enormous workload that comes with it!"

“It’s alright, at worst we’ll just bring Beanie’s sister over too,” Violet said. “You seem to really care about that.”

"...It's impolite to eavesdrop on other people's conversations."

“You’ll have to get used to it; this ship is under my omniscient control,” Violet replied. “Also, what do you want laser weapons for? The MK71 heavy cannon is more than enough.” “What do you think?” Su Ming retorted irritably. “Didn’t Stanton say the dragon is already on its way?”

No matter how powerful the MK71 is, it is not suitable for dealing with these aerial targets.

"Would a high-powered laser weapon kill these dragons?" Violet asked.

"Probably." There's no actual combat record of Blue Star's laser weapons against large targets, so Su Ming wasn't really sure either.

However, he suddenly realized Zijin's wording, "Hey, you're not trying to say that your people can't be killed, are you?"

“The dragon race is small in number, and they have long lifespans but are difficult to reproduce,” Violet replied. “This race usually doesn’t interfere with each other and is very free-spirited. But if anyone dares to kill any individual—” she made a gesture of slitting her throat, “then the entire race will be mobilized, leaving no one alive.”

"Uh, so if you were being chased like this, did you kill your own kind?" Su Ming asked.

Violet sighed, "It's even more troublesome than that."

"..."

"Don't misunderstand, I mean things are complicated to handle, but they're not at the point of a fight to the death," Zijin quickly explained. "We just need to repel them, and I'll handle the aftermath."

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief. "I had previously considered going for the 1130 close-in weapon system, but it seems that won't work."

His initial consideration was the Phalanx CIWS. This naval gun has a range of five kilometers and a rate of fire of over 10,000 rounds per minute. It features fully automatic intelligent control and radar guidance, capable of simultaneously tracking 48 targets and switching between them at high speed.

If this 11-barrel 30mm rotary naval gun is actually implemented, Su Ming doesn't think anything from the other world would dare to fly over the White Triangle—even a giant dragon wouldn't be able to do anything!
However, from a logistical perspective, this weapon system is very unfriendly.

With a full magazine of 2560 rounds, it can fire continuously for 15 seconds. However, expanding the magazine would be pointless, as its eleven barrels would reach their cooling limit after firing that many rounds.

So one is definitely not enough. As for multiple ones—don’t be fooled by the small caliber of the 30mm tungsten core armor-piercing projectile; the manufacturing technology required is much higher than that of the 203mm shell.

Even if it were modified into conventional ammunition, meeting the dimensional accuracy required to load and fire 170 rounds per second without jamming would be too much to ask of the dwarves.

As the world's leading permanent member of the UN Security Council, capable of manufacturing its own aircraft and carriers, they are surprisingly adept at producing bullets—though, strictly speaking, they are capable of manufacturing them themselves. However, the defect rate on their production lines reaches an astounding 67%, and even among the remaining 33% that pass quality inspection, three consecutive bullets failing is not uncommon. Accidents resulting in the production of these bullets have led to a greater number of soldier deaths and injuries than losses on the battlefield during the same conflicts.

Therefore, Su Ming still needs to look for some "antiques" for anti-aircraft guns. In terms of lineage, the most durable, reliable, and reliable guns, even those that can be haphazardly modified, are undoubtedly Russian.

"Don't worry too much, we only need to deal with twelve adult dragons," Violet comforted her.

"..." This is really good news. Su Ming asked helplessly, "How many can you handle now?"

"Two now!" The scholar patted her chest. "I've made a lot of progress lately!"

"So where are we going to find five more chestnut owls?"

"I was just kidding." Violet covered her mouth and chuckled. "I never thought about facing my people head-on. If I can't afford to offend them, I'll just avoid them."

"I never thought of that. Why bother practicing Windwing Dance?" Su Ming thought to himself.

He continued to consider anti-air weapon combinations. Effectively engaging the enemy and injuring them without killing them was far more difficult than simply aiming to kill them. Moreover, the dragon's formidable fighting power made it extremely difficult to deal with in itself.

“One option is drones,” Su Ming said.

"Can drones defeat dragons?" Violet recalled the information she had recently gathered about Earth. "Are they fixed-wing or rotary-wing?"

“A small rotorcraft, a racing machine,” Su Ming replied.

"That kind of thing," Violet stretched out her hand and made a claw-like gesture, "a dragon could probably smash dozens of them with a single slap!"

"What if we add two zeros to the number?" He recalled the shocking scene he had seen at the airshow, "A swarm of high-speed drones covering the sky, carrying suicide bombs in their faces. Their destructive power might be limited against the dragon's main body, but its wings probably wouldn't be spared, right?"

Zijin shivered, and her shoulders involuntarily hunched over.

This sight made Su Ming burst out laughing. "Sometimes you really do look like a dragon."

“Of course!” Violet rolled her eyes at him. “I’ve been a dragon for much longer than I’ve been a human!”

Su Ming checked the performance capabilities of the time-traveling device and conducted a battlefield simulation with the scholars.

Speed ​​and maneuverability met the requirements, but Violet discovered a weakness: "The drones are individually fragile and can be killed by area-of-effect spells."

Most dragons are skilled at breathing, and some even have dragon roar spells.

"Add a magical defense system to the drones?" Su Ming asked, but immediately rejected the idea, "That would be more expensive, and would also increase weight and reduce speed."

“We can leave it as is,” Violet said. “It can be very useful when combined with specific tactics, or when used for attrition or support.”

Su Ming agreed, saying that if low-cost weapons are used for defense, then the underlying concept is flawed.

“Even if we don’t fight dragons, drones are very useful for reconnaissance and harassment,” he added.
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On Earth, Miao Xin left the room she was staying in and set off on an electric scooter.

She first went to a nearby commercial street, locked her car in the parking area, and went to a shop to buy a large plush doll.

Then, holding the doll, she used an app to hail a taxi.

The car arrived quickly. She got into the back seat and pretended to sleep while hugging the doll. The large doll perfectly covered her face, and with the mask and hat, even the car's security cameras couldn't detect anything.

"I feel like you've become more shrewd." Su Ming asked somewhat suspiciously, "Can the awakening of a vengeful spirit increase intelligence?"

"I'm naturally smart," Miao Xin said smugly.

The factory was quite far away, so Miao Xin traveled normally during the day. By nightfall, she was only 300 kilometers from her destination.

Miao Xin turned off all electronic devices on her body. Some of the older models even had their batteries removed. She casually placed the completed doll in front of a shop on the street.

Maybe some lucky person will take it home.

Next, she needed to disguise herself and cut off any trace of her pursuers. She first hitched a ride on a convertible truck, and then jumped out as they passed an interchange.

As the power of the Dark Sea unfolded, the little prickly girl's figure faded, becoming nothing more than a hazy blur in the night. She nimbly leaped off the bridge, landing on the cargo of a truck passing below.

Even with ubiquitous surveillance, nothing can stop this kind of mobile surveillance.

"Is this a new use for Youhai?" Su Ming asked.

"Yes, I figured it out after a lot of hard work," Miao Xin replied. "Hurry up and find me some learning materials; I can do even better!"

Su Ming had already asked the necromancer Seneca, and he had never heard of using vengeful spirits as disposable bombs in the other world.

"I'll try my best," he replied. It's always good to have something to look forward to, just in case it happens someday.

After a while, Miao Xin hitched a ride with another car. Because they had taken a roundabout route, it was estimated that it would take another three hours to arrive.

"Why not hitch a ride on the high-speed train?" Su Ming asked, puzzled. If they were to hitch a ride on the high-speed train, the journey would only take a little over an hour.

"I've been studying diligently these past few days," Miao Xin replied. "There are so many surveillance cameras along the high-speed rail lines; we try to avoid getting involved as much as possible."

That's true too.

(End of this chapter)