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Chapter 135: Dragon Blood Tree and Dragon Blood Fruit
Chapter 135: Dragon Blood Tree and Dragon Blood Fruit
Seeing the unhidden curiosity in everyone's eyes, Song Ming actually felt the same intense anticipation, but there was nothing he could do. The Secret Realm Binder component could only be activated by the captain of the Covenant, and they were, at best, outsiders with no such rights.
As for removing it and installing it on their own warships, once they did that, they would likely never find this secret realm again. When a ship component is removed, all its enhancement levels reset, akin to a complete format. At that point, the Dragon Blood Secret Realm mark bound to the Secret Realm Binder would be erased, making it nearly impossible to locate this secret realm in the vast star sea.
So, no matter how curious they were, everyone could only hold back for now.
As for the distribution of the remaining components, apart from the Secret Realm Binder, there were only two other purple components, both from the Covenant. The components scavenged from other Tros family warships were all blue, possibly due to damage sustained during their sinking.
The two remaining components on the Covenant were the Luminous Kinetic Engine and the Xuan Guang Energy Shield. The Luminous Kinetic Engine was the most valuable, with its active feature "Luminous Sprint" being an excellent survival ability.
However, Song Chi wasn't particularly interested. He already had the Phantom Propulsion System, with its "Phantom Trace" feature being sufficient for survival. For him, the more important aspect of a ship's engine was ensuring a steady supply of yu energy.
The main reason, however, was that his Shadow Antimatter Supra-Engine was already enhanced to level 30, consuming a significant amount of resources, especially titanium crystals. Without a higher-quality engine component, Song Chi wouldn't easily replace it.
In the end, the two components were given to his mother and his fourth aunt, Zhao Lan.
His mother received the energy shield. The Dragonfly had just been promoted, and while it already had a purple main cannon and a purple Half-Serpent Soldier Puppet Tree, the energy shield was the primary defense and survival mechanism for a Flame Warship, so it was the most urgent to install.
His fourth aunt, who had been promoted a few years earlier, received the purple engine.
After the two purple components, there were plenty of blue components, but Song Chi didn't see any puppet-related components or healing fruits for ship repair. In the end, he chose the second-stage Thousand Strand Floating Land Essence.
With his titanium crystals depleted, he couldn't continue enhancing components like the Phantom Propulsion System or the Brainwave Remote Control System. However, blue components like the Electromagnetic Lightning Cannon, the Fixed Point Deployment Platform, the Starlight V Hull Armor, and the Purple River Jump Device all needed enhancement, and the second-stage Floating Land Essence was exactly what he needed.
After distributing all the spoils, the group, whose yu energy was sealed and unable to practice guidance techniques, spent their days in idle chatter, with only short periods of mythic mech projection and visualization.
The distance between the Stabilizing Star Domain and the White Tower Floating Land exceeded ten thousand light-years. Even with the Lion's Roar's blue jump device enhanced to the third stage, it could only jump up to two hundred light-years at a time, and each jump required a ten-hour cooldown.
Thus, returning in a short time was impossible, and the journey would take at least a month, assuming no delays. If anything happened along the way, the time would be extended even further.
Time passed quickly, and several days flew by.
In the eastern part of the Golden Shark Star Domain, adjacent to the Lion Kingdom's Silver Spear Floating Land.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Amidst a loud hum, the Lion's Roar docked in the outskirts of the capital, Silver Spear City, in the ship docking area.
The moment they stepped out of the airlock, the younger members of the Song family were almost blinded by the bustling scene outside.
The docking area, spanning over ten thousand square kilometers, was filled with Flame Warships of all sizes, their countless silhouettes nearly covering the entire sky.
Among the at least ten thousand warships, the one-kilometer-long Lion's Roar, while not shabby, was far from standing out. Just a glance revealed over a dozen one-kilometer-long Flame Warships, including two three-thousand-meter-long fourth-stage Pursuit Ships.
At that moment, Uncle Song Shan's voice came from behind.
"Silver Spear Floating Land is a ③-level life-type star sea floating land, with a population exceeding ten billion. Combined with the 'Mid-Range Star Domain Teleportation Gate' set up by the neighboring kingdom, many Flame Warship captains stop here for rest, sightseeing, and various business activities. Plus, Flame Warships are not allowed to enter the city, which is why the area is so prosperous."
Song Shan paused, then continued, "The White Tower Floating Land is a frontier region, while the Silver Spear Floating Land's prosperity ranks among the top three in the Golden Shark Star Domain. The difference between the two is immense."
Song Chi and the others nodded in understanding. Although they weren't clear about what "top three in the Golden Shark Star Domain" meant, they had a general idea of what a Level 3 life-type floating land entailed.
If 99% of the life-type floating lands in the star sea were ungraded, then among the less than 1% that were graded, Level 1 and Level 2 lands made up over 99%. This meant that out of ten thousand life-type floating lands, only one might be a Level 3.
As they were lost in thought, a voice came from behind them. This time, it wasn't their uncle but Song Ming Song, who had recalled the Anger Lion.
"Alright, the mid-range star domain portal will reopen in about three days. You're not allowed to wander around today. You must wait at least 24 hours, until the dark energy in your bodies has fully recovered, before going out. For now, let's head to the hotel we've booked."
Hearing their grandfather's stern voice, they all nodded and quickly headed toward the city center.
The mid-range star domain portal, it was said, had been set up by the Grand Duchy's Engineering Academy at great cost to connect all the star domains under the Grand Duchy, promoting economic circulation and development. The portal in the Golden Shark Star Domain connected to the Golden Lion Star Domain and could transmit thousands of light-years at once, and it could transport groups. However, each transmission required significant energy and a substantial fee. Each activation needed several days to recharge.
They had arrived at an inopportune time, just after the last transmission, so they had to wait about three days.
...
Silver Spear City, Yinchuan Street, Tengger Hotel.
It was the second day since the group arrived at the Silver Spear Floating Land. However, the Song family members were not in their respective rooms but had gathered in the hotel's underground kilometer-level warship summoning chamber.
In the age of starships, the Flame Warships, which could be summoned by each Flame Captain at any time, were a necessity. Therefore, hotels that primarily served Flame Captains naturally had to consider this, leading to the establishment of these underground warship summoning chambers.
As the name suggests, these underground summoning chambers were specially created in the hotel's basement to provide a sealed space large enough for a Flame Captain to summon their Flame Warship. A kilometer-level summoning chamber was designed for a cruiser-level Flame Warship.
After a considerable wait, the Void Cage characteristic activated by Song Ming Song finally took effect. Under his control, the spatial barrier enclosed the entire underground summoning chamber.
At the same time, in a hidden monitoring room in the Tengger Hotel, one of the monitoring screens suddenly went black, displaying no image.
Upon seeing this, the monitoring personnel quickly cut off the feed from the corresponding summoning chamber. The ability to block the external monitoring equipment was a clear sign of the monitored person's considerable skills. To avoid attracting unwanted attention, the hotel's monitoring personnel would usually stop monitoring the designated summoning chamber immediately in such cases.
In the summoning chamber, with the Void Cage in effect, the Song family members nodded.
Soon, a faint hum came from the Anger Lion's hangar, and the Covenant, which had been sealed, slowly emerged.
Once the Covenant was out of the hangar, Song Ming Song quickly recalled the Anger Lion, freeing up the crowded summoning chamber.
Looking at the revitalized Covenant, Song Chi's expression remained calm, unsurprised.
Indeed, the Covenant had already been bound to a second captain. This captain was not a member of the Song family but a member of the Tros family with a white Flame Seed, brought along by their uncle.
The identity of this person was not important, as he had already been enslaved by a special control component on their uncle's warship. His own warship had sunk, and like the previous Grim Tros, his role was to temporarily control the Covenant and activate the "Dragon Blood Secret Realm" entrance using the [Realm Binding Device]. After that, he would be of no further use.
Of course, this did not mean that the entrance to the Dragon Blood Secret Realm would remain here. The Song family simply wanted to explore the secret realm in advance. After examining the various resources within, they would destroy the entrance and wait until they returned to their family to reopen it.
Song Ming's brow glowed momentarily, and the Anger Lion, the warship within his ancestral acupoint, trembled slightly. The Stellar Monitor inside the warship flickered with an orange light.
After this, the void prison surrounding the group underwent a subtle change, retaining only its containment function while the seal on the internal space was temporarily removed.
Following Song Shan's signal, the Trosian inside the Covenant activated the Mystic Realm Binder.
Soon, a faint spatial fluctuation appeared not far from the front of the Covenant, and as time passed, the fluctuation intensified until a vortex several meters in diameter finally took shape.
Seeing this newly formed spatial portal, the Song family's spirits soared, but they didn't rush to approach it. Instead, they summoned several war constructs to scout ahead.
According to the description of the Mystic Realm Binder, this portal likely led to the so-called "Dragon Blood Mystic Realm," but they couldn't be entirely sure. Even if it was, the dangers within the realm were still unknown. Sending the war constructs to scout first was the best course of action.
Song Ming's gaze shifted, and he glanced at Song Chi behind him.
Receiving his grandfather's signal, Song Chi nodded, and a faint light glowed from his brow. The Neural Remote Control System within the Canopy was activated, and he imprinted a neural mark on a third-stage Blazing Flame War Construct. Then, four war constructs stepped toward the void vortex.
A few minutes later, Song Chi shook his head gently.
"There's no danger. The portal leads to a broken floating land, which is almost certainly the Dragon Blood Mystic Realm."
With his confirmation, the group's worries were alleviated, but to be safe, they had the third-stage war constructs under Song Ming and Song Shan's command lead the way.
After a brief but not severe sensation of weightlessness, Song Chi and the others disappeared through the void portal.
The environment of the Dragon Blood Mystic Realm was similar to that of the previous Moho Mystic Realm—a dark and eternal closed starfield. The only difference was that the floating land beneath their feet was much smaller compared to the at least Grade 2 star sea floating land in the Moho Mystic Realm.
Of course, this wasn't due to the realm's initial formation but rather the damage it had suffered over time.
The group summoned their personal warships, and Song Ting and Song Shishi boarded the Anger Lion. As the Flame Warships rose into the sky, they soon saw the astonishing ruins on the right corner of the floating land below.
These ruins stretched for thousands of kilometers, destroying most of the original environment and reducing the area of the floating land by more than seventy percent.
Inside the Anger Lion, Song Ming sighed.
"At least a fifth-stage Great Power must have clashed here, otherwise, such destruction would have been impossible. What a pity."
As he spoke, his gaze rapidly scanned the remaining intact fragments of the floating land, and he quickly added:
"Hurry, search the entire fragment thoroughly to see if any of the realm's specialty resources remain!"
With that, over a dozen Flame Warships dispersed and descended, each responsible for a different area, conducting a meticulous search of the remaining floating land fragment.
Two hours later, the family regrouped, and after such an extensive search, they had inventoried all the resource points on the remaining floating land fragment.
Aunt Zhao Hongxue, Song Ming's sister-in-law, gently reported:
"Currently, we have identified 15 resource points, 14 of which are still considered rare outside, including obsidian, mercury crystals, and celestial starflowers..."
"Additionally, there is one partially destroyed special resource point, known as the Dragon Blood Tree."
She then provided a detailed introduction to the Dragon Blood Tree.
The Dragon Blood Tree produces ordinary Dragon Blood Fruits every thousand years, which can extend life by ten years, but are only fully effective for life forms of the second stage and below. For third-stage and higher life forms, the effects are reduced.
Every three thousand years, it produces superior Dragon Blood Fruits, which can extend life by thirty years, but are only fully effective for third-stage and below life forms.
Every ten thousand years, it produces supreme Dragon Blood Fruits, which can extend life by fifty years and are fully effective for fourth-stage and below life forms.
Although each type of Dragon Blood Fruit can only be consumed twice by the same individual, the life-extending properties alone highlight the immense value of the Dragon Blood Tree and its fruits.
However, the most regrettable aspect for the Song family was that the Dragon Blood Tree grove was located near the edge of the battle ruins. Now, only ten Dragon Blood Trees remain, and each tree can bear a maximum of five fruits at a time. Thus, the total number of Dragon Blood Fruits in the realm does not exceed fifty.
(End of Chapter)
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