Chapter 26: Back to the space station, combat simulation!

Inside Space Relay Station JYZ1881.

Xu Zi'an didn't immediately start the evolution of the *Cui Can*.

He planned to rest properly for a day.

From the time he went out today until now, almost a day had passed; according to Earth time, it was already night.

Inside the space relay station, there were also many hotels and apartment-style inns.

He found a random inn and paid for a week’s stay.

Any excess would be refunded, and any deficit would be covered.

The daily accommodation fee was 170 yuan, which was quite affordable.

He entered the apartment.

Although it wasn't large, it had everything one needed.

And inns in the interstellar era were naturally different from those in the 21st century.

High technology could be seen everywhere, and the interior decoration style was that milky white color, similar to the overall style of the space station.

A large bed was right next to the window; through the window, one could see the endless galaxy outside, brilliant and dazzling.

He took a comfortable shower and ordered a decent meal on the room’s brain-computer as dinner.

Then he lay on the bed and started browsing his brain-computer watch.

First was the settlement certificate for the completed mission.

It was a total of 8,800 yuan.

Xu Zi'an calculated the fuel consumption for this trip slightly, and the final net profit was indeed about 5,500 yuan.

Net profit was net profit, but the increase in system wealth value was still calculated based on 8,800.

Now his wealth value was 69.9 points.

Xu Zi'an chose to simplify the display.

So... his wealth value was still 69 points.

After all, the decimal points in the wealth value couldn't increase anything.

He would choose to simplify the display in the future as well.

Closing the official website of the Interstellar Hunter Guild, Xu Zi'an opened the purchasing platform of the space relay station and began to purchase the components, metals, and various materials needed for the *Cui Can*'s evolution.

If nothing else, the exploration radar had to be installed, damn it!

The *Cui Can* had two types of radar installed: a locking radar and an exploration radar.

The former locked onto enemy targets to assist in attacks.

The latter was used to explore the surrounding environment and other starship targets.

The former could be ignored; the *Cui Can* didn't have a missile launcher installed, and the function of assisting the main and secondary guns to lock onto targets...

Was far less handy than Xu Zi'an aiming himself.

The Super Precision Production Group’s *Eagle Eye* series 22nd-generation exploration radar.

This was the exploration radar Xu Zi'an had carefully selected, which was currently the most suitable for the *Cui Can*.

The price wasn't cheap either, a full 78,000 yuan, which was 18,000 more expensive than the four secondary guns and two anti-aircraft guns combined.

The price was high, so the effect naturally wouldn't be bad.

By merging it with the *Cui Can* and improving its quality based on the *Cui Can*'s foundation, Xu Zi'an was confident that the effect of this exploration radar would only be higher, not lower, than the exploration radar on Qin Fuyue’s *Hui Yue*!

Xu Zi'an never wanted to be blind again.

With the exploration radar, he was no longer blind.

At the same time, Xu Zi'an didn't want to be someone without clothes on.

What did it mean to have no clothes on?

It meant others could easily detect him, and could even detect the *Cui Can*'s level clearly.

This was definitely not what Xu Zi'an wanted.

A stealth device and stealth coating also had to be arranged in this evolution.

Besides that.

He also planned to replace the glass of the *Cui Can*'s cockpit.

During the first evolution, due to funding limitations, the *Cui Can*'s glass was just the most ordinary composite glass.

This time, he had to buy the kind of glass that could block a few main gun shells.

Communicator... forget it, let’s change that too.

This thing concerned his face...

Xu Zi'an still cared about his face.

Main guns, secondary guns, anti-aircraft guns, engines, etc.

Xu Zi'an believed there was no need to continue improving their quality or replacing them during the second evolution.

The remaining money was all used to buy the metals and materials needed to evolve to Tier 2.

The improvement of a starship’s level actually only lay in a deep optimization of the starship’s strength and other aspects.

The starship as a whole became more powerful, more agile, and more coordinated in its actions.

The size and volume of a starship could only be improved through evolution at the starship level.

Although it was just a deep optimization.

It still required an evolutionist to provide a rigorous and detailed evolution plan!

Otherwise, it was possible that just one material was used incorrectly, or the weight calculation when integrating a certain metal was wrong...

At best, it would lead to a decline in the overall quality of the starship; even if the level went up, the decline in quality would greatly reduce its combat power and survival ability, so situations where it was far worse after evolution than before were common.

At worst, it went without saying: either this part exploded and that part snapped, or it turned directly into a pile of scrap metal.

From this, the importance of an evolutionist was highlighted...

No, it should be said, the importance of a powerful evolutionist!

Very few captains would choose an unknown evolutionist to evolve their ship at will, even if they were willing to pay a higher price.

This also led to a phenomenon today—

Powerful evolutionists with high grades and high success rates became high-end existences that all captains flocked to.

Evolutionists with low grades and no evolution experience... or even those who had a few experiences but whose evolution plans were ordinary and had no highlights, were almost ignored.

Not to mention someone like Xu Zi'an, who hadn't even passed the evolutionist examination.

This was also the reason why he hadn't considered making money as an evolutionist at the moment—

Even that silly girl Qin Fuyue might not be fooled into believing him, let alone others.

After a round of buying, buying, buying.

His originally wealthy balance took another dive.

From 300,000 to 400,000, it became 25,000 yuan...

Of which 5,000 was used to rent the starship factory!

Fortunately, everything that needed to be bought for the second evolution had been bought.

And the second evolution would be another huge change in the *Cui Can*'s combat power and survival ability.

This money was well spent!

At this time, the quite sumptuous dinner was also brought up by a delivery robot.

Xu Zi'an enjoyed the food happily.

Then, he lay on the bed.

A thought stirred in his heart.

Consume 10 points of wealth value.

Choose...

[Combat Simulation] in [Real Combat Simulation]!

He had been wanting to go in and take a look.

Now.

He finally had the time to go and see how this combat simulation was different from the space warfare and evolution simulations!

Xu Zi'an believed.

It definitely wouldn't let him down.