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Chapter 102: Star Sea Secret Realm - Secret Realm Tier Classification
Chapter 102: Star Sea Secret Realm - Secret Realm Tier Classification
For a moment, Song Chi and the six others cast eager, curious gazes toward the elders.
Song Hai and Song Chao exchanged a glance, then nodded subtly.
In their view, since they had brought the younger generation along, it was time to inform them of the family's mission. After all, as long as nothing went wrong on Song Shan's end, they would soon be taking action. There was no harm in letting the younger ones know now.
However, before speaking, Song Hai and Song Chao gave a stern warning with serious expressions:
"You can know the family's ultimate goal, but you must swear to keep it a secret. If you betray this trust, there will be no mercy. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Seeing the seven of them respond in unison, Song Chao didn't press further. All seven were direct descendants of the family, and the two elders had full trust in them.
After another glance, Song Chao took the lead and spoke:
"You all know that this star region was once the core domain of the Mohalo civilization. The family received a top-secret message some time ago, revealing that the Mohalo civilization once controlled a secret realm."
At the mention of "secret realm," the hearts of Song Chi and the others began to race instinctively. Having received proper Flame Legacy education, they were not unfamiliar with the term.
Especially Song Chi, as the secret realm he controlled, the All-Heaven Market, was a special kind of secret realm.
A secret realm, as the name suggests, is a hidden, enclosed environment in the star sea. Due to its extreme secrecy and isolation, these spaces often retain their original environments from the time of their formation. Under the influence of these original conditions, most secret realms have unique ecosystems that differ greatly from the outside world. Over long periods, these unique ecosystems have given rise to various rare star sea curios, extremely rare minerals, and exotic life forms.
"Could it be that the Bloodblade Pirate Gang has obtained that secret realm?"
Song You's voice was urgent, but his guess was confirmed by Song Chao.
"Exactly. The Bloodblade Pirate Gang has obtained the secret realm of the Mohalo civilization."
With this confirmation, the breathing of Song Chi and the others grew heavy.
This was a secret realm, an incredibly rare find. The number of secret realms was far fewer than the various ruins of civilizations in the shattered star sea. Therefore, the value of each secret realm was unimaginable.
Even the lowest-tier broken secret realm was worth as much as a top-tier purple star sea curio.
Given that the Song family had spent decades meticulously planning, the secret realm controlled by the Bloodblade Pirate Gang was clearly not the lowest tier.
At this point, Song Chi spoke up.
"Father, what tier is the secret realm controlled by the Mohalo civilization?"
Song Chi's question echoed the thoughts of the six others. For a moment, all seven of them focused intently on Song Chao, eagerly awaiting his response.
In the shattered star sea, secret realms are classified into four tiers based on their rarity and value, from lowest to highest:
1. Broken Secret Realm: As the name suggests, these are normal secret realms that have been damaged, affecting the quality and quantity of the resources they produce.
2. Star Sea Secret Realm: These are secret realms created by the civilizations that arose during the shattered star sea era. They rarely contain time or space laws, instead fostering random laws.
3. Primal Secret Realm: These were created by the original civilizations of the multiverse in the early days of the shattered star sea era. They possess either time or space laws.
4. Cosmic Secret Realm: These are entire fragments of a universe that formed after the multiverse shattered. They contain both time and space laws and are filled with the essence of a broken universe, making them invaluable.
Even a broken secret realm is comparable to a top-tier purple star sea curio. Those with less damage can rival orange glory-quality star sea curios.
A star sea secret realm, if it contains either time or space laws, is on par with red epic-level star sea curios.
As for the higher-tier primal and cosmic secret realms, there are no detailed records in the textbooks, but from the value of star sea secret realms, it is clear that their worth would far exceed that of red epic curios.
Song Chao fell silent for a moment, then, unable to bear the intense gazes of the seven, quickly responded:
"Based on our decades of covert investigations, that secret realm is most likely a star sea secret realm."
When these words were spoken, the excitement in Song Qi and the others' eyes could no longer be concealed. A Star Sea Secret Realm, even at its worst, was equivalent to an orange-quality component. However, Song Chao had more to add:
"And it's a Star Sea Secret Realm that contains the Laws of Space!"
"You've all been wondering why the Blood Blade Pirate Gang has built their base in this spatial rift zone, haven't you? It's because the Secret Realm they possess produces a special mineral called 'Space Stabilizer Stones.'
"These Space Stabilizer Stones protect their base from the damage caused by spatial rifts and spatial gales. When integrated into Ember Fleet ships, they grant these ships unique spatial resistance, significantly reducing the dangers of traversing the spatial rift zone."
Hearing this, everyone was even more astonished.
A Star Sea Secret Realm containing the Laws of Space—what did this mean? It meant that this Secret Realm was on par with a red-quality epic super-ship component.
At this moment, several of them suddenly understood something. They remembered that after their grandmother's birthday, the elders at home had mentioned that their grandfather had once made a mistake that cost their family the opportunity to obtain a red-quality component. If they could acquire this Secret Realm, it would make up for their grandfather's past mistake.
In the crowd, Song Chi was surprised, but not as much as Song Qi and the other six.
The All-Heaven Marketplace in his possession was itself a Secret Realm and also contained the Laws of Space.
The reason Song Chi knew this was simple. Although the All-Heaven Marketplace didn't produce any special resources, it had the ability to project spatial gates across the vast distances of the fractured star sea, a clear manifestation of the Laws of Space.
Otherwise, how could a severely damaged Secret Realm so easily connect to various star domains throughout the boundless fractured star sea? As for why it didn't produce any unique resources, Song Chi speculated that it might be related to the unknown "Great Being of the Immortal Realm Civilization."
Compared to the phrase "Laws of Space," Song Chi was more interested in the "Space Stabilizer Stones." According to his father, these stones, like the Phantasm Crystals, were not essential for the reinforcement and advancement of Ember Fleet ships, but they could be freely integrated into the ship's armor during upgrades. This would enhance the ship's spatial resistance, reducing the impact of spatial rifts and gales.
This immediately brought to mind the Void Demons. The All-Heaven Marketplace wandered through the void, which was the stronghold of the Void Demons, teeming with countless of them. It was also the best place to hunt for Void Crystals.
Song Chi still vividly remembered the large amount of Void Crystals he had obtained before. A first-tier Void Crystal could be exchanged 1:1 for a second-tier Floating Land Essence, which he was currently in dire need of.
During the time the marketplace had advanced, he had more than once considered hunting those Void Demons. With the current combat power of the Skyward, killing zero-tier and first-tier Void Demons would be incredibly easy. However, the terrifying spatial gale storms had always deterred him.
If the family could successfully seize the Secret Realm, could he take this opportunity to request a sufficient number of Space Stabilizer Stones? If integrated into the Skyward, it would gain enough spatial resistance to withstand the spatial gales, making it possible to hunt Void Demons in the future.
As he carefully considered the feasibility of this plan, Song Chao cleared his throat, drawing the attention of the seven back to reality.
"Alright, let's end the discussion about the Secret Realm here. Once we leave this room, no one is to mention the word 'Secret Realm,' whether here or when we return to the White Tower Floating Land, understood?"
"Understood!"
"Got it!"
The seven nodded solemnly, their expressions serious. They weren't children and knew the importance of this matter; they wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.
...
The next day, at the warship docking area of the Illusion Space Base, the nine of them gathered. Since Song Chao had arrived, Song Hai naturally had to take Song Qi and Song Wen away.
Before leaving, Song Chi called Song Qi, Song You, and the other four together and directly made his request.
"Big Brother, Second Brother... Little You, do any of your warships have long-range projection components? I need to borrow them for a while. The resources wasted from unloading them, I will compensate for."
Seeing Song Chi's serious expression, it was clear he wasn't joking. Song Qi and the others raised their eyebrows.
"Little Chi (Fourth Brother), what's going on?
Song Chi didn’t elaborate much, only saying that he had an urgent need.
Hearing this, the six of them didn't press further. Song Wen, one of his brothers, spoke up, "Fourth Brother, I have a blue-quality Fixed Deployment Platform. If you can use it, I can unload it for you."
Song Chi raised his hand to stop Song Wen from summoning his personal ship, and instead asked, “Third Brother, what’s the current reinforcement level of this component? How far can it deploy?”
He needed this long-range deployment component to launch drones. The Blood Blade Pirate Gang’s base was 1.5 light-years away, and if the platform couldn’t reach that distance, it would be useless.
Song Wen didn’t hesitate. “It’s currently at level 10, with a deployment range of 0.5 light-years.”
“Level 10, 0.5 light-years. If we reinforce it to level 20, it should exceed 1.5 light-years.”
After a quick calculation, Song Chi nodded in agreement.
Once he received the ‘Fixed Deployment Platform’ from Song Wen, Song Chi immediately took out 200 strands of zero-grade Floating Land Essence. Song Wen naturally didn’t want to accept it, but after some persuasion, he finally took it.
With tens of thousands of strands of zero-grade Floating Land Essence at his disposal, Song Chi wouldn’t take advantage of his brother.
After settling this matter, Song Hai summoned his personal ship, the escort frigate "Black Sea," and together with Song Qi and Song Wen, activated the ship’s Void Membrane and quickly exited the illusionary space.
At the ship docking area, Song Chi summoned the Canopy, but didn’t rush to install the ‘Fixed Deployment Platform.’ Instead, he focused on the Brainwave Remote Control System.
The level 20 Brainwave Remote Control System had a control range of only 1 light-year, and he needed to reinforce it a few more times to reach 1.5 light-years.
However, reinforcing purple-quality components beyond level 20 required titanium crystals, and Song Chi only had 10 left, making him reluctant to use them.
But no matter how reluctant he was, he had to reinforce it.
[Do you want to spend 15 strands of second-grade Floating Land Essence + 20,000 Dark Energy Points + 1 ton of Soul Crystals + 1 titanium crystal to upgrade the Brainwave Remote Control System to level 21?]
“Yes!”
A brief glow later, the Brainwave Remote Control System successfully upgraded to level 21. The control range was now 1.2 light-years.
Song Chi had no choice but to continue reinforcing it.
After two more reinforcements, with only 4 titanium crystals left, the level 23 Brainwave Remote Control System finally met the required range.
Control Range: 1.6 light-years
Duration: 15 hours; Buffer: 4 hours
Upgrade Cost: 27 strands of second-grade Floating Land Essence, 27,000 Dark Energy Points, 4 tons of Soul Crystals, 4 titanium crystals
With the Brainwave Remote Control System reinforced, it was now time for the Fixed Deployment Platform.
After 20 consecutive clicks, the component successfully reached level 20, as expected, with a deployment range exceeding 1.5 light-years.
Fixed Deployment Platform Level 20
Quality: Blue
Cost: 2,000 Dark Energy Points per use
Recharge: 30 seconds; Buffer: 6 hours
Effect: Deploys items (or beings) of appropriate size and weight to a specified coordinate. Current maximum deployment range: 2 light-years
Upgrade Cost: 15 strands of second-grade Floating Land Essence, 18,000 Dark Energy Points
After handling these, Song Chi didn’t immediately try the long-range deployment. Instead, he turned his attention to the Sky Eye Patrol Radar.
More precisely, the star map generated by the Sky Eye Patrol Radar.
Since he needed to perform a long-range deployment, he couldn’t just do it blindly; he needed a prepared coordinate.
However, Song Chi quickly frowned. The 0155 Star Region they were in was riddled with countless spatial rifts, and the star map generated by the Sky Eye Patrol Radar couldn’t possibly mark all these void rifts.
So, what if the deployment coincidentally landed in a void rift?
He glanced at the Phantom Butterfly drone in his hand, remembering that it cost 500 strands of first-grade Floating Land Essence. He quickly shook his head.
No way. Even though he had money, he wasn’t that wasteful.
After some thought, he put the Phantom Butterfly drone aside and took out a Hornet-class drone. Compared to the Phantom Butterfly, the Hornet was much cheaper.
(End of Chapter)
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