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Chapter 229: Mineral Room
Chapter 229: Mineral Room
After choosing three consecutive ship hull cracks that led to dead ends, Song Chi's mood naturally didn't improve.
However, despite this, every time he was about to enter the ship, he still maintained good patience and sufficient anticipation.
There was no other way; during his first entry into the ship, he had obtained a red epic quality artifact and a highly valuable [Silver Apple Mother Tree] among star sea plants, along with two living Tier 4 Void Demons.
Any of these would be a once-in-a-century, or even a once-in-a-lifetime, major find for a Tier 2 Flame Vessel Captain. Yet, all of this was just the result of one of his entries into the ship.
Furthermore, he recently learned that the owner of this ancient flagship was a member of the Trieye Clan's royal family, which further increased his anticipation and interest in the ancient flagship.
Even with the presence of the Multiverse Market, he had only seen red epic quality artifacts. As for silver, he had only heard his grandfather mention it once, and he didn't even know the title of a silver artifact. This had always been a point of concern for him.
"Perhaps, on this ancient flagship, there might be a silver-quality artifact?"
Orange Glory, red epic, silver...
Muttering, Song Chi's voice suddenly stopped as the deployment of four Void Shadow Killer Puppets was completed, his attention was shifted entirely to the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets.
Mental energy divided into six, with five parts focused on the Void Shadow Killer Puppets and one part remaining in the Cobalt Number for vigilance.
The four Void Shadow Killer Puppets, having been deployed without any losses due to previous explorations, moved forward along the pre-marked safe route.
With a mental command, the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets lined up and slowly moved forward along the the marked the the coordinates.
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Song Chi's attention shifted on the last Void, the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets, with the one he was mentally linked to at the back of the formation.
The four Void Shadow Killer Puppets were not far from the hull of the Super Gigantic Flagship, just a hundred meters away. They moved straight toward a ten-meter-long hull crack.
ahead.
The first part of the journey was fine, as it followed the roughly safe route marked out in previous explorations. However, when they reached twenty meters away from the crack, a hidden Law Trace erupted, swallowing the leading Void Shadow Killer Puppet. The Plasma Shield on it failed to activate.
Seeing this, Song Chi remained calm, rerouting the three remaining Puppets to continue.
A few minutes later, the second Void Shadow Killer Puppet triggered another hidden Law Trace, leaving the four Puppets down to two.
However, they were only five meters from the crack and didn't retreat.
Luck seemed to favor Song Chi, as the two Puppets didn't trigger any more else dangers and reach crack the into the into the crack the into the hull crack.
entering the small crack.
The crack was over eight meters wide, but on a ship tens of thousands of kilometers long, it was indeed a minor crack.
In the Cobalt Number, Song Chi felt a bit nervous, as the previous failures were disheartening. He hoped for better luck this time.
Otherwise, it would take at least a week to explore a new route.
The moment the two Puppets entered the crack, the scene in his mind changed, and a gleam of joy appeared in Song Chi's eyes.
"Finally, not a dead end..."
What appeared before him was a corridor, similar to the one he had encountered before, but much longer.
The previous cultivation room corridor had only one room on each side, but now, looking down the corridor, it seemed to stretch endlessly, with multiple rooms on both sides.
Seeing this, Song Chi was quite pleased.
After calming down, the two Void Shadow Killer Puppets moved forward, one after the other.
"Hmm?"
Song Chi soon noticed something. As the two Puppets stepped forward, their puppet bodies made creaking sounds, the result of the surrounding pressure acting on them.
"From the sound, the pressure in this corridor seems to be even stronger than before."
Muttering, Song Chi's heart sank. This was not good news, as the stronger the pressure, the more restricted the Puppets would be.
"Hopefully, the Void Shadow Killer Puppets can explore a few more rooms..."
As he thought, the two Puppets approached a cabin door, with two crooked, ghostly characters carved above it.
In the Cobalt Number's main control room, Song Chi's semi-automatic AI quickly began to decipher the characters.
If it were the first exploration, he would have been helpless.
However, knowing that the flagship's owner was from the Trieye Clan, Song Chi had systematically organized the available information on the Trieye Clan civilization after returning, including their script.
The semi-automatic AI soon provided the answer.
"Translation complete, meaning 'Basic Mineral Room 1.'"
Song Chi's eyes lit up.
"Mineral room, could there be Titanium Crystals, Law Stones, or Ten-Thousand-Year Volcanic Lava Iron Mothers inside?"
Thinking this, he controlled the two Puppets to step forward, extending their puppet arms to push the alloy door door.
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Unlike the open door of the previous cultivation room, this Basic Mineral Room 1's alloy door was tightly shut, and it was unknown if it could be opened.
Honestly, Song Chi didn't have much hope, as he had already tried once in the first corridor, and the alloy door hadn't budged.
"Click, click, click!"
Unexpected things often happen at the most unexpected moments, and this seemed to be the case now.
Despite not having much hope, Song Chi soon noticed that as his two Puppets exerted force, the alloy door was slowly been slowly being,.
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A few seconds later, the two Puppets successfully opened the mineral door door, revealing its interior to Song Chi.
In the Cobalt Number, Song Chi's eyes flickered.
The interior of this Basic Mineral Room 1 was more than ten times larger than it appeared from the outside. Initially, he thought it might be a few thousand square meters, but a rough glance showed it was probably more than twenty thousand square meters.
In this cabin spanning over twenty thousand square meters, countless specially designed storage cabinets for various minerals were neatly arranged. With just a quick glance at the outer row, Song Chi discovered copper mother ore, phantom crystals, and flame yang ore among them.
Two Void Shadow Killer Puppets took another step forward. The moment they entered the cabin, the door behind them suddenly closed, followed by a red light flashing from the side.
A sideways glance made Song Chi's heart skip a beat.
The source of the red light was clearly a towering alloy mech, standing dozens of meters tall. Its size was not particularly striking, but the aura it emitted was undeniably at the Fourth Rank.
【Please state your identity...】
A cold, emotionless mechanical voice rang out from the alloy mech.
Hearing this, Song Chi immediately realized that this alloy mech was likely the guardian of the ore storage room, tasked with verifying the identities of all who entered. Otherwise, they would inevitably be...
Before he could think further, a second mechanical voice echoed.
【Please state your identity...】
Although it was the same question, Song Chi could clearly feel that the red light in the alloy mech's eyes had intensified.
【Please state your identity...】
Seeing the alloy mech raise its mechanical arm, in a moment of desperation, Song Chi replied in the obscure language of the Trieye civilization:
"Rubbish, Lord Chikura instructed us to come here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another mechanical voice sounded.
【Identity verification failed, identified as intruder, executing Protocol 2, immediate extermination!】
Song Chi was taken aback. Under his control, the two Void Shadow Killer Puppets quickly retreated, attempting to see if they could reopen the closed alloy cabin door.
However, a sharp cry came from behind.
Swish!
A blade of light swept across, and under the sweeping blow of the massive alloy combat sword in the alloy mech's hand, the two Void Shadow Killer Puppets were sliced like tofu, their puppet bodies splitting into two halves.
As the two puppets completely disintegrated, the light in the alloy mech's eyes dimmed, and it returned to its guard position on the side.
After repositioning, the red light in its eyes dimmed again, as if it had cut off its energy supply and entered standby mode.
Song Chi witnessed all of this.
One couldn't say that the alloy mech was a creature without intelligence; it was simply following instructions. Although it had killed the two Void Shadow Killer Puppets, it had not erased the brainwave imprints attached to their bodies.
This meant that Song Chi could still observe the interior of the cabin through these imprints, although he could no longer control the puppets to move freely.
In the Cobalt Number, Song Chi, having withdrawn most of his focus, was deeply pondering something, muttering to himself.
"From what I've seen, it's clear that the energy remaining in this alloy mech is already quite low. Even if it remains in standby mode to minimize energy consumption, ten thousand years is too long a time. This can't be solved by just staying in standby."
Pausing his thoughts, he already had a plan.
In the ancient flagship, the combat power of the Void Shadow Killer Puppets is severely limited. Trying to engage in a direct confrontation with the Fourth Rank alloy mech is simply impossible; their combat capabilities are on entirely different levels.
Therefore, a bit of trickery is needed.
For example, wearing it down gradually.
Although the combat power of the Void Shadow Killer Puppets inside the super colossal ancient flagship is pitifully weak, their advantage lies in their ability to infinitely resurrect, infinitely summon, and infinitely deploy.
Thus, by repeatedly entering the ore storage room and continuously activating the alloy mech, its already limited energy core will surely deplete faster. Once its energy supply is completely exhausted, the mineral resources in Basic Mineral Room 1 will naturally belong to Song Chi.
With this plan in mind, Song Chi didn't think further and proactively canceled the brainwave imprint that hadn't yet dissipated, allowing the Brainwave Remote Control System component to enter a buffer state.
Several hours later, a second batch of four Void Shadow Killer Puppets was deployed, and they gradually re-entered the ore storage cabin. The alloy mech guardian was reactivated and immediately killed the entering Void Shadow Killer Puppets.
After four consecutive attempts, the Cobalt Number fell into a waiting period. Several more hours passed, and a third batch of four Void Shadow Killer Puppets was deployed, repeating the cycle.
In this repetitive and somewhat monotonous routine, a month passed in the blink of an eye.
It was still Basic Mineral Room 1. As the new four Void Shadow Killer Puppets pushed the door open, this time the alloy mech guardian in the corner remained motionless.
Over the past month, the daily rounds of puppet intrusions had repeatedly reactivated the alloy mech. By the end of the month, the energy inside the alloy mech guardian had been completely depleted, and it could no longer activate on its own.
Slowly walking up to the alloy mech guardian, which now emitted no energy, Song Chi, through the eyes of the Void Shadow Killer Puppets, closely observed the alloy mech.
"Pity, this thing is a genuine Fourth Rank combat unit. If I could get my hands on it, whether submitting it to the family or selling it to the gnome Luke, it might be possible to exchange it for an orange-quality component..."
Song Chi sighed. The thing was too large, standing dozens of meters tall. Although it was insignificant compared to the standard three-thousand-meter size of a Fourth Rank unit, it was impossible for the Void Shadow Killer Puppets to bring it back to the Cobalt Number.
As for the Proportional Scaling Device, it wasn't omnipotent and couldn't work from tens of thousands of kilometers away; it had to be used in person.
But to have Song Chi personally enter the flagship, well... that wasn't realistic. His Second Rank life level simply wouldn't allow it.
Shaking his head, he dismissed the thought. The four Void Shadow Killer Puppets turned and walked toward the interior of the cabin.
Of course, before further inspecting the mineral storage cabinets, Song Chi first had the four puppets walk to the spot where the first two puppets had died. There, two storage capsules lay scattered.
These were the storage capsules carried by the first two puppets, used for loading and unloading their harvest. They were now being recovered early.
After securing the two storage capsules, the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets turned their attention to the mineral storage cabinets inside.
(End of Chapter)
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