Lu Jiamei rolled her eyes and replied, "If the Chief wakes up, we should still let him rest for a while!"
Qin Haonan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and nodded. "Of course. Once his Mental Energy has recovered, he can just help me modify a few more ships while he’s at it!"
"Easy for you to say. We have no idea how much Mental Energy the Chief consumes modifying those ships. He should be the one to decide based on his own reserves!" Xin Wan added. "We can’t have him falling into a coma again!"
"Exactly. This was an exception. We absolutely cannot let the Chief fall into a coma again in the future." Lu Jiamei nodded slightly. "If something unexpected were to happen, we’d be in serious trouble!"
"After this battle, the Sea Eagle Country probably won’t dare to mess with us again, right?" Qin Haonan said with a smile. "Even if the Chief doesn’t modify any more ships, those two modified vessels should be enough to handle any enemy that comes our way!"
If even the Sea Eagle Country’s carrier fleets couldn’t touch Peach Blossom Base, then other countries stood no chance!
"In theory, yes. But what if all the major powers came at us at once?" Hua Lingfang said gravely. "Don’t forget, they have a history of banding together to invade our Dragon Country!"
"Exactly. Besides the threat from other factions, there’s also the uncertainty of Blue Star’s environment. No one knows what will happen from one moment to the next!" Lu Jiamei added.
Everyone nodded in solemn agreement, their faces grave.
"Of course, there’s no need for excessive worry. As long as we follow the Chief’s lead, I’m confident we can overcome any hardship we face!" Lu Jiamei continued.
"That’s right. No need to overthink things. We’re doing just fine, aren’t we? Now that we’ve defeated Xi’an Base, they won’t be bothering us for the next couple of days, at least!" Qin Haonan chimed in.
After finishing dinner, everyone went to the Cultivation Pods of their own accord to begin their Cultivation.
They had all felt the immense burst of Mental Energy from Ren Yuanyang as he modified the ships. It was overwhelmingly powerful! Not wanting to be left too far behind, they could only dedicate themselves to their Cultivation and try to close the gap between themselves and their Chief.
The night passed uneventfully. At five o’clock the next morning, Ren Yuanyang finally awoke from his coma.
He still had a throbbing headache, like a hangover from drinking cheap liquor.
As he started to sit up, he startled Lu Jiamei, who was keeping watch by his side.
"Chief, you’re awake?" Lu Jiamei was overjoyed, her voice a little too loud in her excitement.
Apparently hearing Lu Jiamei’s cry, a crowd of people immediately rushed in from outside. Seeing Ren Yuanyang awake, everyone was overjoyed.
Ren Yuanyang sat up and gave them a slight nod. "Get me some food, please. I want some Evolutionary Octopus Meat. I’m a little hungry!"
"Right away!" Xin Wan replied, turning and heading out.
"Chief, how are you feeling now?" Qin Haonan immediately stepped forward to ask.
"Still got a bit of a headache. I think I must have had some bad booze yesterday!" Ren Yuanyang replied with a smile.
Hearing him joke, everyone knew he was going to be fine.
"We don’t have any bad booze on this base! It’s all pure, plant-brewed bamboo wine!" Qin Haonan chuckled.
"So, did we manage to drive back the Sea Eagle Country’s carrier fleet yesterday?" Ren Yuanyang asked, concerned.
"You bet we did!" Qin Haonan immediately replied. "You have no idea how badass Captain Long was yesterday! He took on all three of their carrier fleets with a single destroyer, and they couldn’t do a thing to him! Of course, the most important part was that you modified that destroyer. Captain Long said it himself: without the modified destroyer, the Liaoyuan carrier fleet would have probably been captured by the Sea Eagle Country!"
"Not only did we drive them back, but we also captured some of their ships," Lu Jiamei added.
Ren Yuanyang was a little surprised. He knew that a high-performance vessel in the hands of a professional combatant could be used to its fullest potential.
’I can’t believe Long Zhan actually defeated three carrier fleets with a single destroyer!’
"Was the entire Xi’an Base fleet captured?" Ren Yuanyang asked.
"Yes, including their aircraft carrier! There were too many prisoners, so we didn’t bring them directly to our base. We let Captain Long’s people handle them for now," Lu Jiamei replied.
Just then, Xin Wan returned with a tray of food and set it before Ren Yuanyang. The tempting aroma immediately whetted his appetite. He glanced at the crowd and asked, "You’re not all going to stand here and watch me eat, are you? If you haven’t rested, go get some rest. If you’re well-rested, then go do what you need to be doing!"
"Yes, Chief!" everyone responded in unison, then left Ren Yuanyang’s room, talking and laughing amongst themselves.
But Qin Haonan lingered, showing no sign of leaving.
"What is it? You want to have breakfast with me?" Ren Yuanyang asked.
"No, I just wanted to ask about that ship-modifying ability. Can you use it indefinitely?" Qin Haonan asked curiously.
At this point, only the five people who had followed Ren Yuanyang from the very beginning remained in the room. Ren Yuanyang didn’t hide anything from them and simply nodded. "I can, but as you saw, it requires support from my Mental Energy. My Mental Energy just broke through the hundred-meter range, so I can only strengthen ships less than two hundred meters long!"
"So this is also ’strengthening’!" It suddenly dawned on Qin Haonan.
In the past, Ren Yuanyang had always talked about strengthening plants and animals; now, he was strengthening machines. They finally understood: Ren Yuanyang’s special ability was simply to strengthen things.
"No wonder the Chief went into secluded Cultivation. With an ability like this, we really don’t have to worry about the threat from Xi’an Base!" Hua Lingfang remarked.
Ren Yuanyang shook his head slightly as he ate. "Actually, Xi’an Base was never the real threat. For us, the greatest danger has always been the chaotic environment of Blue Star itself."

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