Beside the ancient ship as majestic as a mountain, other slipways were arranged in parallel. These slipways gradually decreased in size, but even the smallest were nearly a hundred ters long.
Walking down the path, Li Ang looked toward the end of the underground space facing the slipway. There was no energy supply there, so it was shrouded in darkness, but the outline of a huge tal door could be vaguely seen.
"Once those doors are open, what's outside?"
"Oh, over there? Actually, we've never opened those doors," said Neil, walking beside him.
The Great Engineer had lent the slipway for Li Ang and his crew to use, but the corresponding procedures were still Neil's responsibility.
Li Ang looked at the other slipways: "Haven't any of these ships already taken off?"
"No, these are for practice, because everyone here is an experienced ship worker. If they need a ship, there are those parked at the ground port."
Neil pointed to the half-built ships on the other slipways: "Take a look at the structures over there, along with the multi-engine and built-in hovercraft concepts. They're not sothing you see on ordinary comrcial ships; they're built piece by piece through discussion."
The young man smiled: "When we counterattack the Sky Fla Shipyard and several other shipyards, those big doors will only open then, because if we open them now, we don't know if it will cause a commotion that draws attention."
"That makes sense," Li Ang agreed.
However, Neil added that judging from the depth and angle of this underground cavity, they speculated that outside the doors was the lower part of the vertical spindle-shaped island of the City of the Ship's Rudder, located near the existing port, but at a lower altitude.
They arrived in front of the slipway that Loken agreed to let the Star Flower Travel Corps use. All the clutter had been cleared away with various equipnt nearby, making it ready for use.
"There's so much machinery here?" Dorothy asked.
From the previous conversation, she learned that she had seen the production scenes inside the shipyard, but she hadn't seen so much equipnt.
At Nebis, most of the shipyards employed primitive building techniques similar to ship sailing, and even at the City of the Ship's Rudder, the facilities left by past civilizations were mainly used for material transfer. Few were utilized for shipbuilding.
Here, every ti Li Ang casually touched or observed, the system kept prompting and supplenting these machines' purposes and usages, indicating that within the genuine dock of the Island Founder, shipbuilding could already be semi-automated.
Neil chuckled: "I'll show you how to use them in a while. If I lead the construction and you assist with machines, the progress can be greatly accelerated. If you have shipbuilding knowledge, it'll be even quicker."
Li Ang thanked him.
"Wow, didn't expect it to be this wide."
On the other side, Zoe jogged to the edge of the groove used to elevate and set the keel afloat. Due to the Island Founder's preference for gigantic constructions, this place was as deep as a small canal.
The young girl leaped to the other side like a beast and then leaped back, grinning foolishly, eliciting a grin from Dorothy behind her.
"Let's get started soon."
Zoe ran back to Li Ang: "Let's take out our tree."
"No rush. We're already here, so it's already begun."
Li Ang took out a thick stack of blueprints.
These were his thoughts since Flashing Field, and the allocated space was long planned, with internal structures well thought out. With the knowledge provided by the system, shipbuilding went smoothly.
Currently, what's lacking were so detailed considerations on outfitting procedures, as Li Ang wasn't certain about the materials on hand or the situation once he began construction, leaving room for later supplentation.
Installing equipnt and partitioning rooms internally while outfitting anchors and rudders externally were part of the outfitting phase.
Near the slipway were large tables and panels for displaying design blueprints, with Li Ang spreading out the blueprints one by one, imdiately drawing the interest of Morales and Neil.
"Did you have soone design this?" Xiaomo asked.
Andasu glanced sideways at him: "The master's knowledge of shipbuilding is profound."
Little Wolf imdiately defended Li Ang, while Morales frowned in confusion.
Li Ang recognized his old friend's curiosity about both Andasu's address and how Li Ang acquired this knowledge over the years, but he had learned to feign ignorance regarding unexplainable matters.
Farina chuckled: "Caught off guard, eh? It's alright, I was surprised too. There will be more opportunities like this in the future."
"What do you an? It sounds as if there is much I am unaware of."
With a heavy expression, Morales patted Li Ang's shoulder: "It seems you've cramd a lot for The Soul Apex; Rams is really an animal."
Li Ang sneaked a glance at the silent luna nearby, feeling relieved she wasn't responsive. Otherwise, two sentences would've given them away.
He had devoted most of his ti to her after finishing the tasks.
"Let's focus on the blueprints, guys, and discuss them together. I plan to build while supplenting details along the way."
The vessel's length, width, depth, and unloaded tonnage were already set—these data were critical for determining the engine's position and power, the size, and efficiency of the hovercraft—elents that needed early consideration.
"These blueprints are excessively standard, almost like templates."
Neil cast a look of confusion and a hint of admiration at Li Ang.
Li Ang continued to feign ignorance to Neil's attitude and emotions, knowing that he didn't look like a ship designer.
anwhile, Andasu stood with ears perked, engrossed in appreciating the precise lines and reading the annotations on the blueprints, her big tail swaying from side to side.
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