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Li Jia quickly reacted, dashing into the distance and soon returning with four hemispherical crystal shards, remnants of the forbidden spell's crystal. These crystals, crafted with secret techniques, possessed various wondrous uses and were impossible for modern mages to replicate, thus serving as conclusive evidence. Immediately after, the android girl relayed another piece of news: "Sir, during the scan, we found something else besides these fragments."

"Oh? What is it?" Chen Xuanfeng knew Li Jia had high standards and wouldn't mention something unless it was significant, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Below these ruins, there's a third layer. Although it's just a small storage space, it's confirmed to contain a goblin-era warship."

"What?" Chen Xuanfeng was startled by this news.

The significance of relics from the Goblin Empire era can be understood by looking at Chen Xuanfeng's "Sword of Divine Punishment." Even a fragment from that era makes all mages covet it. Naturally, Chen Xuanfeng was interested in such a treasure. However, glancing at the massive waterfall in the sky and the continuously falling rock fragments, he knew this place would be submerged in at most ten minutes. Not being an archaeologist, he finally steeled his heart and said, "Forget it. That thing’s probably long gone. Even if it's well-preserved, it's designed for goblins' stature. We can't ride it, nor can we operate it. Plus, it's underwater. Let's abandon it. At most, we can inform the King of the Undead later and let him study it."

Unexpectedly, the android girl shook her head slightly and said, "If you're concerned about these issues, there's no need to worry. That space has a special force field protecting it, ensuring the items inside don't decay and can't be detected. The interference we experienced earlier was due to the waves emitted by that force field. Fortunately, the force field was destroyed by your recent attack. From the scans, it’s a small assault transport ship for large goblins. Its facilities are built to the scale of large goblins, making it very suitable for orcs, humans, and elves. It can navigate both on water and underwater, and possibly has short-term flight capabilities. As for operation, the Twelve Sages once collected data in this area, and with my calculations, we should be able to activate it."

At this, even Jin Luosha and the elf sisters exclaimed in surprise—piloting a Goblin-era warship, even a troop transport, would drive half the continent wild.

Without hesitation, Chen Xuanfeng instructed Li Jia to command the Crystal Dragon, along with the Black Gold Treant summoned by Xue Li, to clear the ground passage and drag out a nearly fifty-meter-long spindle-shaped green warship from underground.

A warship that has endured for a hundred thousand years, still as good as new. (Regarding how a mechanical product could be preserved for a hundred thousand years, readers may refer to Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece "Laputa: Castle in the Sky.")

PS: The author has blatantly plagiarized in this chapter, with golden armor, sword and blade divine skills, and the Nüwa Star Ark all making an appearance. Haha. A tribute to the great Evil Emperor.

Volume 36 of the Werewolf Hero Chronicles: Casual Slaughter and Cloud-Turning Rain

The Goblin Empire's glory is beyond today’s creatures' imagination. Even if people hear some related descriptions from ancient literature and legends, they can't fully comprehend the meaning behind those descriptions.

This realization came to Chen Xuanfeng after he inspected their greatest spoils of war—the goblin-era warship named "Ancient God." Although the reincarnated Chen Xuanfeng had no experience with sailing, in his previous life, he was a disciple of Peach Blossom Island and was quite familiar with maritime navigation and shipbuilding. During the Song Dynasty, maritime commerce was extremely prosperous, and ports like Quanzhou gathered merchants from various countries. Thus, he had not only seen various Song Dynasty ships but also vessels from places like Persia.

But those ships, next to this Goblin warship, were like a farmer meeting Huang Yaoshi—no contest.

This warship, only fifty meters long and spindle-shaped, might not be as large as the world's largest sea monster ships or the Song Dynasty's multi-decked warships, but it was entirely made of an unknown green metal, incredibly sturdy. Although it had no sails or oars, it could generate speeds faster than fish through mechanical power. The entire hull could be completely sealed, allowing it to dive to a depth of twelve hundred meters underwater. At such depths, even among super magical beasts like sea dragons and hydras, only a few powerful individuals could reach. (Haha, it's already as extreme as the Danann. What? Readers don't know what the Danann is? Well, I recommend the famous anime "Full Metal Panic!" The Danann is the super submarine in it.)

The ship’s power source, created through advanced alchemy, absorbs space elements to replenish energy, keeping it operational for a hundred thousand years. As an armed assault ship, even if it's just a small troop transport, it was equipped with several weapons, though Chen Xuanfeng and his team hadn't yet figured out how to operate them.

Most of the information about this ship came from several manuals collected on board. The language and script of the ancient goblin civilization had long since vanished with the civilization itself. Today's goblins use a completely different language from their ancestors, having evolved anew, and they have no written script. Fortunately, tens of thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the elves spent a long time compiling a comprehensive dictionary of ancient goblin language through archaeology. This allowed Li Jia, who had stored the dictionary data, to read the information. According to Li Jia's interpretation, this ship, though not the strongest warship of its time, was the most functional and fastest vessel. The reason it was hidden in the lowest layer was to serve as an escape craft for the large goblin commanders. Unfortunately, the power of the gods was too overwhelming. After the Sea God summoned a tsunami to destroy the city's defenses, the God of Death came by and directly stripped the souls of all survivors, leaving this escape ship unmanned and silently slumbering.

Large goblins are goblin warriors transformed through alchemy. They possess a height similar to today's humans and elves, with strength close to orcs and excellent combat talents, forming the main body of the goblin army. The hundreds of thousands of troops stationed at the coastal military fortress back then were mostly large goblins, hence this warship was designed to their height scale. Otherwise, Chen Xuanfeng and his team wouldn't have been able to operate it.