Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 41 UFO

Su Ming ignored the fact that the other side had such a large force, with four people who were clearly high-ranking priests hiding in the air and letting Iser get beaten up—they weren't there to play mahjong!
The energy of the Bone Mark had been severely depleted during the battle with the Temple Knights before Su Ming transmigrated to this other world. Afterwards, whether it was modifying the Bone Fortress or amplifying Violet's magical abilities, the power of the Bone Mark was used, and it was only recently that he had managed to recover some of it.

Su Ming had no time to spare either!

In an instant, a strange magical trajectory appeared on the horizon, and Su Ming suddenly understood the opponent's purpose—a large-scale long-range attack!

A dense barrage of light blades, like a torrential downpour, suddenly crashed down from the night sky at high speed. Their trajectories were almost invisible to the naked eye, only creating a series of massive waves behind the Zhiyuan, cascading towards the ship. Only the last fragments grazed the Zhiyuan's stern at an angle. The ship's Netherworld Shield shattered the moment the ice blades struck, as fragile as paper. The two aft masts and bone sails were instantly reduced to dust! The entire hull was enveloped in this savage force and the flying debris!

Su Ming was also thrown off balance by the massive tremor, his entire body flying uncontrollably into the air before slamming heavily against the control room wall. The ensuing roar nearly deafened him, but ignoring his injuries, he lay on the ground and began to activate the Bone Mark, focusing all his efforts on rebuilding the structure of the Zhiyuan!
The Bone Fortress began to wail, every bone trembling. But Su Ming showed no sign of giving up. He firmly controlled the Bone Mark, repairing the damaged structure bit by bit, allowing the Zhiyuan to regain its stability.

Zijin used a maze to make the two bishops collide and fall into the sea. She then used a spell that Su Ming couldn't understand to slow down the archbishop by nearly a kilometer before finally taking the opportunity to return to the Zhiyuan.

Even Violet used all her strength to catch up. She almost knelt down as soon as she landed, and only managed to stay upright by sticking the stolen Scales Blade into the deck.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Ming noticed that the girl's energy expenditure was abnormal.

“I’m connected to the Bone Fortress, and the power of the Bone Mark has been depleted too much,” Violet told Su Ming breathlessly. “Don’t worry about the structure, maintaining the sails is the priority!”

Su Ming followed instructions, ignoring the battered hull, and focused on repairing the remaining mainmast, foremast, and the four hoisted sails.

Fortunately, the attack only destroyed the superstructure at the stern of the Zhiyuan, without damaging the power equipment and propellers in the lower decks. After the sails were restored, the ship's speed returned to twenty-three knots.

Beside them, the bishops who had been channeling magic to pursue the Zhiyuan could no longer hold on and abandoned the chase. The archbishop also changed direction and turned back to rescue Iser.

"Was that relay guidance?" Su Ming's forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat, and his breathing was slightly rapid. He had also expended a lot of magic power, and his back was badly injured in the impact, throbbing with pain.

Violet nodded; the attack came from two Songstress-class warships.

In the previous battle, the two Songstress-class ships closed the distance to the Zhiyuan to eight kilometers before launching a magical attack.

Unable to hit precisely at such a distance, they conducted a coverage attack based on a general area, with further precision guidance carried out by the bishops' council hidden nearby.

Fortunately, the Zhiyuan's unreasonable acceleration prevented the temple from achieving complete success.

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Inside the ship's cabin, the violent tremors affected the imprisoned captain. Panic spread across his face, and he suddenly pounded on the wall, shouting, "Wait, Scholar Chestnut Owl! I have intelligence to report! There are other ships joining the battle! It's the UFO!" Su Ming and Zi Jin both heard this, and the latter's face turned deathly pale.

She summoned the Divine Scepter, and a burst of sunfire shot out directly in front of her.

A beam of light shot out, tearing through the night sky, before being cut off five kilometers away.

The beam of light was blocked, and the ripples spread horizontally in all directions, vaguely revealing the outline of a huge warship, which stood horizontally in the mist.

"We've been spotted! Disguise off!" the captain ordered aboard the UFO.

As the fog dissipated, a colossal warship revealed its magnificent form, lying horizontally on the sea ahead. This warship was over 150 meters long, its towering superstructure formed by a single, solid wall, its lines sharp and angular, sloping inwards. The warship lacked traditional sails and masts; these were cleverly folded and concealed within the hull.

At the captain's command, the pale purple armor plating was rolled up and retracted, revealing the robust triple-gun turrets hidden behind it, poised to fire like the sharp teeth of a behemoth. With the sailors' assistance, all four main gun turrets extended and began to slowly rotate to the sides.

It really is the UFO! The flagship of the Star Empire Navy, and the strongest battleship in this other world to date!
Holding night-vision binoculars, Su Ming could see everything clearly, especially the familiar inward-sloping camouflage structure. He understood why his radar hadn't detected the other side; this other world truly was a place teeming with hidden talents!
"Turn right immediately!" Violet hurriedly said.

"No, wait!" Su Ming stopped him, forcing himself to think calmly. The UFO was using a T-formation, with its hull horizontal so that all the main gun turrets could fire at the Zhiyuan. Now the Zhiyuan was within the enemy's optimal firing range.

It would take them at least four minutes to get within Violet's magical attack range. A single salvo from the UFO's twelve large-caliber cannons would riddle the Zhiyuan with holes!
Su Ming observed the details. To get a tailwind, the UFO's bow was facing north. Now, the massive main gun barrels had already turned halfway and would soon be pointing in this direction.

"90 degrees per minute?" Su Ming finished his calculations. The rotation speed of these heavy turrets wasn't considered fast! He quickly performed calculations and discovered that this could be used!

"Let's continue approaching," Su Ming decided.

The speed of the Zhiyuan was still ahead of its time; its speed of 23 knots could turn many things that were originally taken for granted into fatal loopholes! And the closer it got to the enemy, the bigger these loopholes became!
As the UFO's turrets took position, the Zhiyuan was already about four kilometers away. Su Ming gave the enemy five seconds to adjust the gun elevation, then suddenly began to maneuver the Zhiyuan around.

Turning a sailboat is a very troublesome task, but fortunately the Zhiyuan has propeller power. In particular, the four swashplates on both sides can be adjusted at a free angle to quickly turn by cutting through the water flow.

So, facing the UFO, Su Ming maneuvered the Zhiyuan like a skilled figure skater, executing a nimble, arc-shaped dance. Due to the change in wind direction to headwind during the turn, the speed dropped rapidly. But as the 90-degree turn was completed, the UFO changed from a 45-degree angle forward to tailwind on its right to a 45-degree angle forward to tailwind on its left.

Su Ming activated the White Bone Mark, flipping the remaining three main sails upside down to a forward-facing configuration with the left side receiving the wind.

With the propellers working, the immense static pressure allowed the Zhiyuan to accelerate again!
(End of this chapter)