Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 61 The Difficulty of Travel in America
“I’m sorry, but our priority right now is to ensure our own survival. We cannot allow the technology to leak out,” Su Ming replied. “If the problem is solved, I can consider selling the technology.”

“Really?” Beanie asked, pulling out a piece of paper and quickly writing down two strings of symbols. “The first is the call sign of the Five Fangs, which you can use to contact me during this time. The other is my runic call sign, and the last one is the encryption method.”

"Runic report?" Su Ming asked.

“It’s a communication system unique to us dwarves,” Beanche explained. “You can contact any dwarven faction’s rune communication tower with a signal, like a dwarven ship, and they will forward the rune report to headquarters. I can check it with headquarters when I have time. Oh, this message is charged by word, and it’s not cheap, so please keep it as brief as possible.”

"Understood." Su Ming accepted the note. Zi Jin also gave her the call sign of the Zhiyuan communication tower.

After seeing off the beer ship and Beianqi, Su Ming and Zi Jin began to discuss the next steps of their plan.

"The Zhiyuan's draft has increased, exceeding its reasonable load capacity. It would be best to find a place to moor it," Su Ming said.

"How many days will the renovation take?"

"With two steam turbine units and ship hull adjustments, a week wouldn't be too much."

"Then we need to find a secluded place." Zijin thought for a moment, then took out a nautical chart and began searching for an island.

"It's a bit far from here."

"Ah."

After some discussion, they chose an uninhabited island 1000 kilometers to the north. Taking advantage of favorable sea conditions and wind direction, the Zhiyuan set sail again.

"I've got the materials, now I should start assembling the equipment." Su Ming stretched, sent Black Skull to the cockpit to stand guard, and White Skull to cook, then headed towards the engine room. "Such a huge workload, just thinking about it makes me a little apprehensive."

"Do you regret not keeping that girl with you?" Zijin asked.

"Of course, I regret it so much."

In the warehouse, Su Ming cleared a space for the zombies to pile up the materials. The scholar had also changed into work clothes, which she had previously arranged to be sent over by the Blue-Eyed Merchant Guild as part of the supplies.

She finally had some personal belongings.

“If you don’t wear the cape, that outfit is also a work outfit,” Su Ming glanced at Zi Jin. “You don’t have to change.”

“It’s not sturdy enough; it needs to be strengthened with magic,” the girl replied. “Earth’s clothes are indeed very beautiful, with excellent colors and textures—are the individual strengths of people in your world relatively low?”

“I think it’s because the people in your world are too resilient!” Su Ming replied.

Su Ming took out the magic crystal, and many of the items inside had gradually materialized, leaving basically only the two steam engine units. He decided to start with the boiler and the steam engine.

Segmented crystal construction!

The area corresponding to the magic crystal was reduced to dust, and the previously stored model was exported and reassembled using materials from the ship's cabin.

This steam engine was more complex than the previous one, and its power was almost an order of magnitude greater. It took Su Ming several tens of seconds to complete the assembly.

Even Zijin, who wasn't very knowledgeable, noticed that the equipment this time was much better. "Are you struggling?" she asked.

"Repairs were carried out simultaneously during the reorganization," Su Ming replied. "The device being used this time is the old one."

"Huh, you rewrote the spell again?" the scholar exclaimed in surprise. "You've created two modifications to the Summoning of All Things in such a short time?"

"Don't you also modify your spells every few days?" Su Ming replied.

“No, at least allow me to have some self-respect as a scholar,” Violet said.
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Miao Xin's contact request came through; she had arrived at her destination. Su Ming pulled up a chair, lay down, and connected.

A day ago, the troublemaker finally arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state, on the west coast of the United States. Before being taken to the warehouse to wait for customs clearance, Su Ming chose a moment when there was no surveillance, manipulated the troublemaker to kick open the box, and then carried the box away.

Out of caution, Su Ming had already instructed Miao Xin to turn off her phone. The ghost circled around and finally stole a phone from a mover.

Su Ming checked the US railway system and found that it couldn't provide the same rapid mobility as in China. Passenger trains here run very infrequently and are incredibly slow.

Fortunately, there was a freight train, and the destination wasn't too far from Sitago Airport. Su Ming wasn't too picky; he arranged the route to Everett Naval Base for Miao Xin and then logged off.

Upon reconnecting and checking, they were indeed close to the naval base. He found a spot to hide the troublemaker, separated Ghost Miao Xin, and arranged for her to go to the base alone to investigate.

It was nighttime in the United States. Following Miao Xin's gaze, Su Ming studied the base's defenses and found that simply breaking in wouldn't be particularly difficult.

The problem is, this is modern society; you can outrun people, but you can't escape surveillance. This is a military base, and Su Ming wasn't sure what would happen to the little troublemaker if he took dozens of bullets.

No, that's not right. Given the martial spirit of this nation, it would be at least hundreds or thousands of shots.

Besides, these soldiers don't only have guns as their weapon.

Su Ming arrived at the Zhiyuan's operations room, modified the sand table to resemble a model of the Everett Naval Base, and used one eye to connect with Miao Xin's vision to continue his investigation.

The target ships are easy to find. There are at least three decommissioned Independence-class and two Freedom-class littoral combat ships docked in port. We can just pick one of the lucky ones.

Su Ming's original plan was for Miao Xin to fuse with the little troublemaker, then control the little troublemaker to jump over the fence and quickly run to the ship to complete the teleportation. The whole process was 5 kilometers and would take about 4 minutes. If they used buildings to avoid sentries or guards, it would take even longer.

After setting up the sand table, Su Ming realized his own stupidity; outside the naval base was a vast ocean.

With waterways available, why bother with land routes? The fish in the sea are far more friendly than the American soldiers on land!
By changing my mindset, the difficulty level indeed dropped significantly.

The little rascal doesn't even need any reinforcement; it just sinks to the bottom of the water, and you can walk there on foot.

There were sonar and some equipment on the seabed that Su Ming couldn't quite recognize, but he had Miao Xin, the ghost, go to the base's duty room first. They discovered that these were mainly for underwater vehicles and had many blind spots. After all, with human thinking, one wouldn't be wary of a skeleton walking across the seabed.

Su Ming spent the entire night scouting, selecting targets and routes, and familiarizing himself with the layout of the naval base. Miao Xin's psionic energy was running low due to her previous manipulation of the little devil for travel. Su Ming decided to wait a day for her to recover, as the fusion of two undead was a powerful ability, making it easier to handle unforeseen circumstances.
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After ending the manipulation, it was already night in the other world. Feeling that his magic power had recovered considerably, Su Ming performed a second reconstruction, recreating the No. 2 boiler and steam engine stored in the crystal.

(End of this chapter)