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Chapter 156: Goblins
Chapter 156: Goblins
It took nearly an hour for the ten Void Shadow Assassin puppets to finally return to the Skydome. The reason for the delay wasn't because the peak third-stage Sandworm's steel-like skin was hard to cut, but because it was buried hundreds of meters underground. Extracting the Sandworm's corpse from the depths was a significant challenge for the ten Void Shadow Assassin puppets.
This is also why Song Chi chose to kill the Sandworm rather than enslave it, as one of the reasons was to increase the Skydome's chances of advancement. The Sandworm never showed any signs of surfacing, and even when Song Chi used a bottle of bio-information pheromones, it remained ineffective. This rendered the Enslavement Badge useless.
Moreover, this was a crucial time for the Skydome's advancement. Song Chi's grandfather might complete his guarding task and return at any moment. Although the advancement mission could last a whole year, Song Chi preferred to have the Skydome advance as soon as possible before heading to the Soul Spirit Floating Land. Therefore, he wasn't particularly interested in enslaving the Sandworm, especially since he would need to spend a significant amount of merit points to heal its injuries if the enslavement were successful.
Once the Void Shadow Assassin puppets returned, the Skydome immediately ascended and disappeared from the sky above the area. The peak third-stage Sandworm provided an 8% increase in the Skydome's advancement success rate, which was good news. However, the bad news was that the Sandworm's corpse contained no energy crystals. It did have a significant amount of third-stage flesh, over 50 pounds.
When they returned to the initial battlefield, the Firemallow puppets and the Void Shadow Assassin puppets had finished processing all the second-stage Sandworm corpses, cutting out over 2,000 pounds of second-stage flesh, which replenished Song Chi's flesh reserve somewhat.
Unfortunately, despite processing over 400 second-stage Sandworm corpses, they still didn't find a single energy crystal.
After about ten minutes, outside the Yellow Sand Floating Land in outer space, Song Chi carefully activated the Skydome's spatial jump device, using the Sky Eye patrol radar to generate a detailed star map of a ten-light-year diameter.
In the pitch-black expanse of space, six light-years away, the Skydome emerged from a spatial vortex and remained suspended in place, waiting for the Sky Eye patrol radar to generate a new star map.
The Yellow Sand Floating Land and its associated artifacts, such as the Blorg civilization ruins and the Sandworms, had lost their value. With over ten hours left before his return, Song Chi decided to use the Sky Eye patrol radar to check if there were any other Star Sea Floating Lands nearby.
An hour later, the Sky Eye patrol radar completed the star map of a new area. Song Chi was disappointed to see that, apart from the Yellow Sand Floating Land from which he had come, no other Star Sea Floating Land appeared on the map. There were no asteroid belts or debris fields either.
With no other options, Song Chi had to wait a few hours for the Purple River jump device to recharge.
Once the jump device was ready, Song Chi repeated the process, jumping another six light-years outward, but still found nothing. Even if he had made a discovery, he wouldn't have had enough time for the Purple River jump device to recharge for another detailed exploration.
Despite this, Song Chi still held a glimmer of hope before the jump, as he still had some questions about the Blorg civilization ruins, such as why they hadn't released the fourth-stage Queen Sandworm for battle.
However, it seemed he wouldn't have the chance to find out. Since he couldn't find any additional value in this star domain, he would likely remove the spatial anchor point he had set here and probably never return.
In the dark expanse of space, the Skydome remained suspended, waiting for the upcoming return.
...
Dragon Spine Continent, Green Moon Manor
Upon returning, Song Chi immediately opened his quantum communication bracelet.
"Warship Ascension Success Rate: Bathing in Alien Blood"
He typed the keywords into the bracelet's screen and clicked search. Soon, several relevant pieces of information appeared:
- Dinghai 001 Floating Land: The perfect choice for harvesting alien species. Costs 100,000 merit points + 10 gold merit points and can provide up to 10% success rate for a second-stage Flame Warship's ascension.
- Dinghai 002 Floating Land: Currently in recovery and unable to provide alien species.
- Dinghai 003 Floating Land: The best choice for harvesting alien species. Costs 30,000 merit points + 1 gold merit point and can provide up to 12% success rate for a first-stage Flame Warship's ascension.
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......
【Stabilizing Land 010 Free-Ranging Floating Land, Harvest... Currently in Recovery Phase, Unable...】
......
That's right. Song Chi was looking for internal family channels to increase the success rate of his battleship's ascension. While the success rate of the Azure Sky was already over 50%, it still wasn't enough for him.
His personal goal was to get the Azure Sky's ascension success rate over 70%, preferably above 80%, before officially choosing to ascend to the second stage.
A 50-50 chance was still too risky in his eyes.
As he looked through the series of messages that popped up, Song Chi clicked through each one for a detailed examination but couldn't find a suitable option.
These so-called Stabilizing Lands 001 to 010 were specifically used by the Song family to raise alien species, allowing clan members to spend merit points to increase the success rate of their battleship ascensions. These floating lands were filled with large numbers of aliens that had been evaluated by the family's internal department.
These alien species typically had fast breeding cycles, high single-birth rates, short development periods, and excellent genetic lineages, ensuring a rapid and continuous supply.
This was a significant investment for the Song family, as they had transformed nine ordinary Level 2 floating lands and one Level 3 floating land to raise these aliens. In the outside world, this would undoubtedly be considered a major undertaking.
However, within the Song family, even ten such floating lands were far from enough. The family was simply too large, with tens of thousands of Level 1 clan members. With such a large base of Level 1 Flameheart battleship captains, the number of Level 2 clan members naturally wouldn't be small either.
With a sigh, Song Chi returned to the search bar's homepage and entered the keywords:
"Methods to Increase the Success Rate of Level 1 Battleship Ascensions"
With this search, a series of messages quickly appeared.
【Breaking News, the Family's New Secret Realm 'Moluo Secret Realm' produces Moluo Tree Juice, which can increase the success rate of battleship ascensions!!】
【Qingling Secret Realm produces Qingling Fruits, one fruit can increase the success rate of a Level 1 Flameheart battleship by 5%, for just 2 Gold Merit Points.】
【Longspine Continent's 'Falling Sea Plains' produces 1200-year-old Sea Oysters, which can increase the success rate of a Level 1 Flameheart battleship by 8%, for just 4 Gold Merit Points!!】
......
"All of these require Gold Merit Points, what a rip-off!"
With a sour expression, Song Chi quickly closed his quantum communication bracelet and stopped his search.
He realized that any resources related to battleship ascensions required Gold Merit Points for transactions.
After exchanging 100 titanium crystals, he only had 1 Gold Merit Point left in his personal account. He certainly couldn't afford to buy any of these.
Moreover, he was planning to save up some merit points to enslave a Level 3 Thorned Dragon.
Thinking about this, Song Chi couldn't help but feel a headache. He realized he was still poor.
He muttered to himself, "Forget it, I hope tomorrow's market transactions bring some surprises!!"
......
The next day, at the Multiverse Market.
Standing in front of the ultra-long-range spatial gate random deployment platform, Song Chi had a detailed information panel in front of him, showing the specifics of the Multiverse Market.
After two months of market transactions, he had successfully upgraded the market to Level 19, but advancing to the second stage wasn't going to be easy.
【Name: Multiverse Market】
【Market Owner: Song Chi】
【Level: Level 19】
【Size: 1900m x 1900m】
【Basic Configuration: 70 shops, 1 market stall area (450m x 450m), 1 two-story inn, 1 Level 19 all-attribute cultivation room (doubles efficiency during Void Energy cultivation), 1 Level 19 Void Energy protection array, 1 Level 19 ultra-long-range spatial gate random deployment platform.】
【Additional Configuration: Light Concealment Platform (Purple) Level 20 (1/8)】
【Trait: Avoiding Calamity (can move freely in the void, avoiding natural disasters)】
【Trait 2: Spatial Anchor (can set a coordinate anchor point in any star domain of the fragmented star sea)】
【Upgrade Requirements: 200 strands of Level 1 Floating Land Essence, market transaction volume of 200,000 strands of Level 1 Floating Land Essence (134,800/200,000)】
Looking at the final upgrade requirement of 200,000 strands of Level 1 Floating Land Essence, Song Chi felt a headache.
Thanks to Zhou Ping's large orders a few times, he had barely managed to reach a transaction volume of 134,800 strands.
Even so, he was still over sixty thousand short of the required two hundred thousand. It was uncertain how many more market sessions it would take to meet the quota and advance the market to the next level.
However, after upgrading the All-Heaven Market to level 19, he had also enhanced the ultra-long-range spatial gate random deployment platform to the same level. Currently, each deployment could produce up to 47 spatial gates.
As a result, the number of alien species entering the market each time had increased significantly on average.
He estimated that with about four more market sessions, he should be able to meet the two hundred thousand transaction quota and successfully advance the market to the second stage.
With that in mind, Song Chi activated the ultra-long-range spatial gate random deployment platform.
...
Half an hour later!
Zhou Ping, in a hurry, appeared in one of the market stalls. This stall, named the Cultivation Mini Shop, was specifically leased and operated by Zhou Ping with the approval of the Luofu Sword Sect.
However, this time was different. Zhou Ping was holding a figure that was still unconscious.
From a distance, in the free stall area, Song Chi, who had been observing Zhou Ping since he came down from the door guest room, smiled.
What he was looking forward to wasn't just the titanium crystals, body tempering liquids, body tempering ointments, and the monthly 50 strands of second-stage Floating Land Essence rental fees. He was also eagerly awaiting the figure that Zhou Ping was holding.
This was a special trade he had proposed to Zhou Ping during the previous market session. In exchange for 1000 body tempering liquids this month, Zhou Ping was to bring a peak first-stage (Ninth Layer of Qi Practice) cultivator, along with a Foundation Establishment Pill.
The purpose was simple: to obtain the high-level storage bag.
Compared to the Celestial Vessel, which required active summoning, this storage bag with an internal volume of several dozen cubic meters was much more convenient. This cultivator would be used by Song Chi to control the storage bag.
In other words, a tool.
With a light wave of his hand, the market rules were activated, and Zhou Ping's titanium crystals, Floating Land Essence, body tempering ointments, and the still unconscious cultivator were all swept up. Song Chi then quietly disappeared from the stall area.
In the isolation space, the storage room.
A faint glow emanated from Song Chi's third eye, and soon, a servitude mark shot out from the Flame Ancestral Aperture and was implanted into the body of the cultivator lying on the ground.
With the market rules' enhancement and the servitude badge already at the third stage, this servitude was effortless.
Soon, the cultivator awoke from his unconscious state. Due to the servitude mark, there was no confusion in his eyes, and he immediately bowed respectfully to Song Chi.
"Master!"
"Hmm." Song Chi nodded lightly.
He then began to mentally inquire about the Primordial Continent from the cultivator.
However, the results were obvious. The cultivator knew very little about the Primordial Continent, clearly a deliberate move by the Luofu Sword Sect.
Song Chi was not surprised. The Luofu Sword Sect was not foolish and would not make it easy for him to gather information about the Primordial Continent.
Handing over the Foundation Establishment Pill and the high-level storage bag, Song Chi instructed this cultivator, named Zhao Lei, to head to the all-attribute cultivation room to try advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage. Afterward, Song Chi returned to the free stall area.
Zhao Lei was merely a tool to control the storage bag. The Foundation Establishment Pill was to ensure he could quickly advance to the second stage, making him less likely to die prematurely, with no other intentions.
Time passed quickly, and nearly twenty hours had gone by.
This market session saw a decent number of alien species, over 1,500.
This also significantly increased the transaction amounts and Floating Land Essence exchanges.
For example, the Floating Land Essence exchange stall had already received over 300 strands of second-stage Floating Land Essence, which Song Chi found quite satisfactory.
The only downside was that no aliens with great potential or significant value appeared, leaving Song Chi unable to distribute the remaining market guest orders. He would have to try an auction later.
However, just as Song Chi thought no new aliens would enter, a new spatial fluctuation at the market entrance caught his attention.
He was certain this spatial gate had not been triggered before.
As the spatial fluctuations subsided, a small, green-skinned, and rather sleazy-looking figure appeared at the market entrance.
Song Chi's eyebrows raised slightly.
"This is... a goblin?"
(End of Chapter)
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