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Chapter 151: Bionic Skin Battle Armor
Chapter 151: Bionic Skin Battle Armor
Of course, this means that most psionic shuttles will likely use a few of these four materials when upgrading to frigates, but it’s not a hard and fast rule that every psionic shuttle must collect all four materials before starting the upgrade task.
It mostly depends on individual capabilities and preferences, and Song Chi is clearly someone who leans towards being cautious and thorough.
Typically, a psionic shuttle might use 2 to 3 of these materials during an upgrade, but this isn't always the case.
Some ember fleet ships might not use any of these materials, while a very small number of psionic shuttles might use all four. It really comes down to personal luck, and no one can predict it with certainty.
As the teleportation device activated, the Azure Sky quickly vanished from the sky above Azure Moon Lake.
At the base of Dragon Spine Divine Mountain, on the 49th floor of the Merit Building.
Song Chi glanced at the personal panel on his quantum communication bracelet.
Golden Merit Points: 11
After some thought, he decided to turn in the Bulochao Main Cannon. This increased his Golden Merit Points to 15.
Having done that, he made his way to the counter where the Obsidian Hull Armor components were displayed.
After deducting 10 Golden Merit Points from his quantum communication bracelet, he successfully obtained the coveted purple hull armor.
But Song Chi wasn’t done yet. He then visited the 30th and 32nd floors, where he found the Seasoul Crystal and Moonrock materials.
He spent 1 Golden Merit Point on each, and within minutes, his Golden Merit Points had dropped from 15 to just 3.
Even Song Chi, who earns money much faster than the average ember fleet captain thanks to the All-Realms Marketplace, felt a pang of pain at the loss.
After all, these Golden Merit Points were accumulated through the intense battle with the Bloodblade Pirate Group and the distribution of all the Marketplace Guest Orders. They were hard-earned, to say the least.
However, overall, his excitement outweighed his pain.
Not only had he obtained the Obsidian Hull Armor, but he had also gathered all the special resources that the Azure Sky might need for its upgrade.
Combined with the energy crystals and the Moon Tree Juice he already had, the Azure Sky’s minimum success rate for the upgrade would now exceed 20%. With a few more kills of alien creatures and a sufficient bath in alien blood, a 70% success rate would be easily achievable.
Suppressing his emotions, Song Chi tapped the Second-Stage Floating Land Essence in his hand.
"360 strands, is that a bit low?"
Muttering to himself, he turned and returned to the 49th floor.
Here, there were counters for exchanging Floating Land Essence, as well as counters for exchanging Golden Merit Points for Floating Land Essence, such as the Second-Stage Floating Land Essence.
1 Golden Merit Point → 200 Strands of Second-Stage Floating Land Essence
Looking at this exchange rate, Song Chi gritted his teeth and exchanged 1 point.
After this, he had 560 strands of Second-Stage Floating Land Essence, but only 2 Golden Merit Points remained.
Not wanting to stay in the Merit Building any longer and risk spending his remaining Merit Points, Song Chi left.
As for the obsidian needed to reinforce the Obsidian Hull Armor, he had already received a significant amount from the specialized mining shops in the Marketplace Secret Realm, enough to reinforce it to the Third-Stage threshold.
Half a day later, Song Chi returned to Azure Moon Manor and entered the Marketplace again.
In the Free Market Area, Song Chi boarded the newly summoned Azure Sky and immediately replaced the Starlight V Alloy Armor with the newly acquired Obsidian Hull Armor.
After a series of reinforcements, using hundreds of strands of Zero-Stage and First-Stage Floating Land Essence, the component was reinforced to Level 20. But Song Chi didn’t stop there. He then spent 486 strands of Second-Stage Floating Land Essence, 110 tons of titanium crystals, and 60 titanium crystals to reinforce it to Level 30.
Additionally, he fused 200 tons of Voidstone into the armor.
This spatial attribute special resource, mined from the Moholo Secret Realm, was something he had been hesitant to use on the Starlight V Alloy Armor, fearing it would be a waste.
He had checked the prices at the Merit Building, and Voidstone was not cheap, with 1 Golden Merit Point exchanging for only 100 tons.
Now, things were different. The Obsidian Hull Armor was a purple component with active defense characteristics, and it would likely last through the Azure Sky’s upgrade to the Third-Stage. It was definitely worth fusing the Voidstone.
After reinforcing it to the Third-Stage, the Obsidian Hull Armor’s attributes significantly increased.
Obsidian Hull Armor Level 30
Quality: Purple
Characteristic: Obsidian Guard
Consumption: 50/second (Psionic Points)
Protection: 204,000
No Charging or Buffering Required
Upgrade Requirements: 10 strands of Floating Land Essence (Third-Stage), 30,000 Psionic Points, 25 tons of obsidian, 16 titanium crystals
{Obsidian Guard: Consumes 10,000 Psionic Points to instantly generate a layer of obsidian shield on the ship's surface. The shield lasts for 20 minutes, with a 24-hour cooldown.}
In addition to its specific attributes, the Azure Sky had a hidden attribute: resistance to spatial forces, granted by the Stabilizing Stones. After integrating 200 tons of Stabilizing Stones, it could now attempt to leave the marketplace and test its capabilities in the void outside.
However, after enhancing the Obsidian Hull Armor, Song Chi was left with only 74 strands of second-stage Floating Land Essence and 15 titanium crystals.
After some thought, he spent 57 strands of second-stage Floating Land Essence and 6 titanium crystals to upgrade the Phantom Thrusters to Level 23, further enhancing the Azure Sky's mobility and agility.
With only 17 strands of second-stage Floating Land Essence and 9 titanium crystals remaining, this round of enhancements was complete.
Storing the Azure Sky back into his Ancestral Fire Acupoint, Song Chi turned and headed toward the All-Attribute Training Room in the marketplace.
After the marketplace's level increased to 17, the All-Attribute Training Room, Ultra-Long Range Spatial Gate Random Deployment Platform, and Dark Energy Defense Array were all upgraded to Level 17 as well.
At Level 17, the All-Attribute Training Room provided an even more astonishing boost to practicing Dark Energy Guidance Techniques.
With a sufficient supply of second-stage insect flesh, fourth-stage energy-imbued insect queen flesh, advanced body-forging potions, and body-tempering liquids, Song Chi decided to focus on refining his Guidance Techniques for the next period.
Inside the All-Attribute Training Room, Song Chi first evenly applied the body-tempering liquid to his skin, then took out a 20-pound piece of processed second-stage insect flesh and swallowed an advanced body-forging potion.
After assuming the posture for practicing the Guidance Technique, a steady stream of heat began to rise in his abdomen, flowing through the channels of Dark Energy and surging into every part of his body.
Seven days passed in a flash.
On this day, inside the All-Attribute Training Room, Song Chi's Dark Energy began to surge violently. Soon, a powerful energy pressure filled the room.
When the door of the training room opened, Song Chi, with reddened skin and a glowing body, walked out with a smile.
Just now, his Guidance Technique had successfully broken through from Level 10 to Level 11.
Over the past month, he had been consistently practicing with second-stage sandworm flesh and body-tempering liquid, which had brought him close to Level 11. The seven days of practice with the advanced body-forging potion had finally allowed him to break through the bottleneck.
In those seven days, he had only consumed less than 600 pounds of second-stage insect flesh, and he still had over 10,000 pounds in storage.
Logically, he should have continued to practice at full speed, especially since he had several dozen pounds of fourth-stage energy-imbued insect queen flesh that could help him break through a few more levels.
However, Song Chi had his reasons for leaving the marketplace.
After seven days, he estimated that the acceleration in the family's [Immortal Puppet Secret Realm] should be over. He needed to attend to this matter as soon as possible.
He had been thinking about high-level puppet components for a long time.
Now that the family offered this benefit, all clan members had the chance to challenge the Immortal Puppet Tower Secret Realm for free, without needing any merit points or Floating Land Essence. He was naturally eager to take advantage of it.
Leaving the marketplace, Song Chi cleaned up and headed out of his small courtyard, preparing to go to the Dragon Spine Divine Mountain.
Before he could summon the Azure Sky, his mother, Chen Lixia, called out to him.
Walking into his parents' courtyard, Song Chi smiled and asked, "Mom, why aren't you practicing?"
Chen Lixia's ship, Dragonfly, had only been upgraded for less than half a year, and her Guidance Technique was still stuck at Level 19. She had been busy practicing with body-tempering liquids and advanced body-forging potions, and he hadn't seen her for nearly half a month.
Seeing her son's concerned gaze, Chen Lixia smiled. "I've already touched the second-stage bottleneck. It might take another half a year."
She then handed him a briefcase.
"What is it?" Song Chi raised an eyebrow and opened the briefcase, his face lighting up with joy.
Inside the briefcase was a beautifully crafted, light-blue glowing battle suit with a grid-like pattern, looking extremely refined.
"Biological Skin Battle Armor? So soon?"
Impressed by the speed of the family's technology department, Song Chi quickly picked up the battle suit. It was incredibly smooth and lightweight, lacking the bulk of exoskeleton or alloy armor, and felt more like a piece of clothing that could be worn directly. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
"Mom, you should have one too, right? How does it feel?"
Chen Lixia replied gently, "Thank you, our son. Your father and I have already put ours on, and so have your grandparents and your uncle. The bionic skin armor has a temperature-regulating effect, so it's best worn as an inner layer."
Song Chi nodded in understanding. He had only heard a brief explanation from his grandfather before, and upon hearing the term 'armor,' he had subconsciously assumed it would be worn on the outside. He hadn't expected it to be an inner layer.
But this was even better, more convenient.
After bidding his mother goodbye, Song Chi summoned the Skysphere and soared into the sky. Before he initiated the jump, he put on the purple crystal bionic skin armor, which had pseudo-fourth-tier defensive capabilities.
As soon as he put it on, Song Chi felt an intense coolness spread throughout his body. However, after a moment, this coolness dissipated, and the armor adjusted to his body temperature, feeling extremely comfortable.
When he put on his outer clothes, the bionic skin armor was completely hidden, providing excellent defense while maintaining a high level of stealth. It was perfect.
Hovering over Qingyue Lake, Song Chi didn't rush to jump. Instead, he moved around inside the cockpit to personally experience the differences between wearing the bionic skin armor and not.
After all, he had just asked his mother, and she said the Immortal Puppet Secret Realm would only be ready in the afternoon, so there was no need to hurry.
"It feels almost the same as before. My body's flexibility hasn't been affected at all. No wonder Grandfather said this purple crystal bionic skin armor would attract a lot of attention from the clan..."
...
Halfway up the Dragon Spine Divine Mountain, there was a large, flat area known internally as the Secret Realm Platform. This platform, which was over ten thousand meters long and wide, had a cave entrance leading directly into the mountain's interior. It was said that all the entrances to the Song Clan's secret realms were located inside this cave.
Today, the sky above the Secret Realm Platform was unusually bustling. Hundreds of warships of various sizes were suspended in the air, all waiting for the Immortal Puppet Secret Realm's acceleration to complete.
Among the more than three hundred Flame Warships, over eighty percent were hundred-meter-long escort ships. There were also more than twenty cruiser ships, each over a kilometer long, and the rest were dark energy airships.
The Skysphere, mixed in with the thirty-plus dark energy airships, wasn't particularly noticeable.
Inside the Skysphere, Song Chi felt a chill. Over 240 escort ships and more than twenty cruiser ships, each over a kilometer long, were suspended in the sky, creating a significant visual impact.
However, this feeling didn't last long. His gaze quickly shifted to the mountain body of the Dragon Spine Divine Mountain ahead.
Under the subtle glow of dark light, dense, ancient patterns covered the entire mountain, giving it an unbreakable appearance.
Looking up along the mountain, the peak was shrouded in clouds, and he could vaguely see it connecting to the sky-shielding barrier deep in the heavens.
"This entire mountain has been transformed into the core pillar of the floating land shield, reinforced by the essence of the Dragon Spine Continent."
"Even if a fifth-tier Great Being attacks directly, as long as the floating land shield doesn't shatter and the essence of the Dragon Spine Continent isn't destroyed, the Dragon Spine Divine Mountain will never be destroyed. Furthermore, with this mountain as a backing, the Song Clan's ancestors will have the ability to challenge beings of a higher tier..."
Based on his previous studies of floating land shields and the essence of floating lands, Song Chi made some speculations.
He knew his speculations were likely inaccurate and had many errors and gaps, but one thing was certain: the Dragon Spine Divine Mountain was even more formidable than he imagined, and it could never be less.
The Song Clan had accumulated nearly three thousand years of history. Without some means to awe outsiders and some hidden cards, how could they have firmly controlled the Dragon Spine Continent for two thousand years?
As he pondered, an elderly voice echoed from inside the mountain cave.
"The acceleration of the Immortal Puppet Secret Realm has ended. Clan members who wish to challenge should recall their warships and enter in an orderly manner!"
Hearing this elderly voice, Song Chi felt a chill again. If he wasn't mistaken, the voice belonged to a fourth-tier being responsible for guarding the entrances to the clan's various secret realms.
A fourth-tier Flame Warship captain, who could command a Mythical Mechanized Ship, was a top-tier combatant within the Song Clan. While they might not be considered 'ancestors,' they were absolutely elite forces, capable of suppressing an entire floating land and having significant influence within the clan.
PS: I refer to fourth-tier clan members as clan elders. Do you have any other suggestions? If not, I'll stick with this.
Additionally, I've adjusted the Thorned Dragon genetic lineage to 80, the peak of the fourth tier, and not yet entering the fifth tier.
(End of Chapter)
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