Chapter 230: Super Strategic Resource [Primordial Copper]
Chapter 230: Super Strategic Resource [Primordial Copper]
Song Chi's joy continued to grow. At first glance, he had estimated that the area of this ore storage room exceeded 20,000 square meters, but as he approached, he realized he had been too conservative.
"From what I can see, this ore storage room must cover more than 40,000 square meters. Wow..."
He was more amazed than anything.
The larger the area, the more storage cabinets it could hold, and thus, the more mineral resources it contained.
He didn’t rush to collect the minerals but instead had the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets walk to the farthest part of the ore storage room.
The resources in this ore storage room were abundant, almost indescribably so. Each storage cabinet used a special space-folding technology, allowing the amount of mineral resources inside to far exceed what could be seen from the outside.
However, because of this, he might have to selectively abandon some of them.
The storage devices carried by the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets were storage capsules, whose internal space was far smaller than the storage bags from the Honghuang Continent. The best ones currently available only had a capacity of four cubic meters, and they couldn’t carry much in one go.
Although he could have the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets carry more storage capsules or make multiple trips, it would still take more than a few days to move all the mineral resources.
And that was the problem—time. Song Chi was short on time.
He had long said that the starfield beneath his feet wouldn’t last much longer. He had given himself five years to explore, and now, half a year had already passed. The time left for him to explore this ancient Super Gigantic Flagship was limited, and he couldn’t afford to waste too much time on ordinary mineral resources.
As he moved deeper, the mineral resources became rarer. By the time the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets reached the farthest area, they found resources like Mercury Crystals, Gas Ores, and Obsidians, among others, many of which Song Chi didn’t recognize.
Without hesitation, the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets took out several storage capsules, each with a capacity of four cubic meters, quickly loading the resources from the storage cabinets, whether they recognized them or not.
His reasoning was simple: if these resources were placed alongside Mercury Crystals and Gas Ores, their value couldn’t be low. He would see if his family would purchase them; if not, he could always sell them in the Market Ruins.
Besides these, Song Chi naturally wouldn’t miss the first row of Phantom Crystals. Strictly speaking, these were even more valuable than Mercury Crystals, and they could be integrated into the Cobalt Number's hull armor to enhance the "Stabilize Air" characteristic.
Soon, the dozen or so storage capsules they carried were all full, but the resources in the cabinets had only decreased slightly. More rounds of transportation would be needed.
The four Void Shadow Killer Puppets carried the full storage capsules back to the ship hull crack, where a 2nd Tier Humanoid Alien, previously deployed by Song Chi, awaited.
After receiving the storage capsules, the 2nd Tier Humanoid Alien used the [Market Travel Permit] to enter the Market Ruins, delivering the full storage capsules there.
With the help of Song Chi, the owner of the Market Ruins, the 2nd Tier Humanoid Alien returned to the starfield with more empty storage capsules, which were then handed back to the four Void Shadow Killer Puppets.
Thus, a new cycle of routine began.
Nearly two days later, they had already replaced the brainwave beacon and added four more Void Shadow Killer Puppets, bringing the total to eight, all of which were still loading and unloading resources.
At this point, standing in the farthest part of the ore storage room, the puppet controlled by Song Chi's brainwave noticed a cabinet that seemed a bit different.
Compared to the other cabinets, this one contained very few resources—just two dry, greenish copper blocks. However, Song Chi didn’t underestimate them; he was rather curious.
Since they were placed in the farthest part of the ore storage room, following the pattern he had observed over the past two days, these resources couldn’t be simple.
He carefully controlled the Void Shadow Killer Puppet to open the cabinet, revealing the two greenish copper blocks, each weighing no more than 50 kg, to Song Chi.
Seeing the apparent copper rust on their surfaces, he frowned, having no idea what these resources were.
With no choice, he had to ask the semi-automatic AI for detailed information about these unknown lumps.
Since he didn’t recognize them, he had to let the ship's AI, which had copied a lot of family data, conduct a detailed analysis.
If even the ship's AI couldn’t analyze them, he would have to ask his grandfather, father, or the family.
Under his description, the ship's semi-automatic AI quickly began the analysis.
[Based on the description, there is a 90% chance that this is a super strategic resource: Primordial Copper...]
Hearing the term "super strategic resource," Song Chi was initially stunned, but then his heart suddenly leaped with joy.
Titanium Crystal was a strategic resource, so a super strategic resource would be even rarer.
Just this fact alone was enough to imagine how valuable these two blocks of "Primordial Copper" were.
As he pondered, the ship's semi-automatic AI had already listed detailed information about Primordial Copper.
Primordial Copper, a super strategic resource, extremely rare, market circulation prohibited, also known as the universal reinforcement resource.
As the name suggests, the effect of this resource is simple: it can be used to reinforce any ship component (excluding Floating Continent Essence).
For example, it could replace Law Crystals, Titanium Crystals, or Void Crystals, among others, as long as they were required for the reinforcement of a specific component.
After reading the complete information, Song Chi was delighted and instinctively thought of a component he had seen before.
He remembered that when he was still on the White Tower Floating Continent, he had attended an auction in White River City. The final auction item was a purple rarity called [Ancestor Blood].
This purple rarity could transform into a ship component called the [Crimson Blood Clan Genetic Modification Chamber], which could modify a human into a long-lived [Crimson Blood Clan].
As a component with the potential to extend life, it should have been extremely rare, but it became a useless component because it required an extinct reinforcement material called Crimson Blood Clan essence.
Now, he realized that the bidders at that time probably hadn’t encountered [Primordial Copper].
Resources of this caliber would not be taken out for auction otherwise.
Song Chi quickly used the brainwave beacon to have the eight Void Shadow Killer puppets send the batch of resources back to avoid any unforeseen incidents.
Once the 2nd Tier Humanoid Alien successfully returned the batch of resources to the Market Ruins, Song Chi directly stored the two pieces of [Primordial Copper] in the sealed storage room. He currently had no use for this material, but it might come in handy in the future, so he naturally had to keep it well.
As for trading it away?
That was out of the question. Song Chi had no such thoughts.
This material was incredibly rare. He had been lucky to obtain these two small pieces on the flagship of a former Three-Eyed Royal Clan big shot. How could he easily trade them away? Keeping them for future emergencies, or even for life-saving situations, would be much better.
Inside the super colossal ancient flagship, the eight puppet soldiers that returned split into two groups. Four of them returned to the "Basic Mineral Room 1" to load and unload resources, while the other three slowly moved toward another cabin door not far away.
As for the Void Shadow Killer puppet attached to Song Chi's brainwave, it stood between the two, ensuring that the brainwave beacon's command range covered both sides, preventing the puppets from becoming idle.
This was the most time-efficient method.
Soon, the three Void Shadow Killer puppets arrived at another alloy cabin door opposite the corridor. Looking from a distance, Song Chi saw the Three-Eyed Clan script engraved on the door.
He could roughly understand its meaning.
"Tri-Eye Guards' Rest Room 1!"
Upon translation, Song Chi raised an eyebrow.
"Tri-Eye Guards? What are these, Chikura's personal guards?"
As he speculated, the three Void Shadow Killer puppets began to push the door together.
Time passed, and Song Chi's hopeful expression gradually turned to disappointment. Despite the three puppets' best efforts, the alloy cabin door did not budge. Clearly, it was not one of the doors that could be opened at will.
Reluctantly, Song Chi had the three Void Shadow Killer puppets head to another cabin at the end of the corridor.
This cabin was named "Tri-Eye Guards' Rest Room 2."
Once the three puppets were in position, they attempted to push the door open again.
With the experience from the first attempt, Song Chi did not have much hope this time, and as he expected, there was still no response.
Thus, the three Void Shadow Killer puppets changed their target to the "Basic Ore Storage Room 2" directly opposite the "Tri-Eye Guards' Rest Room 2."
Song Chi was much more interested in this cabin. Based on his experience with the Basic Mineral Room 1, his intuition told him that the door of the Basic Ore Storage Room 2 should also be able to open.
Or, he felt that all these mineral rooms should have the same mechanism.
"Do not push together, push one by one!"
If his guess was correct, there should also be a Tier 4 alloy mech guard in this Basic Ore Storage Room 2. How to deal with it would naturally follow the previous method.
With the experience from before, Song Chi did not let the three Void Shadow Killer puppets enter together. By entering separately, they could activate the alloy mech guard inside multiple times, more quickly depleting its energy.
If not, he would not have been able to completely drain the first alloy mech guard in just one month. After all, it had persisted for ten thousand years, and even with depleted energy, it was not easy to exhaust.
Sure enough, the door of the Basic Ore Storage Room 2 was soon pushed open. As the first Void Shadow Killer puppet entered, the door slammed shut.
It was unclear what kind of alloy the cabin door was made of, but its soundproofing was remarkable. Song Chi did not hear any sounds from inside the entire time, only the notification from the [Void Shadow Killer Puppet Tree] that one Void Shadow Killer puppet had died.
Inside the flagship, the second puppet followed closely, and after a moment, the third puppet followed.
As for the four Void Shadow Killer puppets in the Basic Mineral Room 1, Song Chi did not call them over but had them continue loading and unloading resources.
In the Cobalt Number, the [Fixed Point Deployment Platform] activated, and a new batch of Void Shadow Killer puppets was deployed. They were then led by the puppets still inside the flagship and entered the Basic Ore Storage Room 2 one by one.
Time quickly passed again.
During this period, Song Chi naturally did not miss the Market Ruins' trading session, which only occurred once a month, so it did not take much time.
At the same time, he used this period to upgrade his Guiding Technique from level 24 to level 25. He had not used the two-thousand-year-old Fire Hawthorn yet and decided to wait a bit longer.
Firstly, his progress with the Guiding Technique was too fast, and he needed to stabilize it. Secondly, the fire elemental life had not provided any new Fire Hawthorns, and Song Chi was a bit reluctant to use it.
As for the mineral resources scavenged from the super colossal ancient flagship, he had sold quite a bit during the Market Ruins' trading sessions, helping to digest a lot of it.
The resources scavenged were so abundant that the mineral resource shop could not hold them all, so he had to store some in the cultivation secret realm.
Thanks to the new ship-bound secret realm component, Song Chi no longer had to worry about storage issues.
Compared to the Basic Mineral Room 1, the alloy mech guard in the Basic Ore Storage Room 2 lasted longer, holding out for forty days. However, the outcome was not too favorable.
In this Basic Ore Storage Room 2, Song Chi did not find resources of the [Primordial Copper] level, but he did find plenty of Phantom Crystals and Mercury Crystals. It was not a loss, but the gains were not as significant.
In the central corridor, the three Void Shadow Killer puppets continued to move slowly toward the other end of the corridor. Their next targets were the "Tri-Eye Guards' Rest Room 3" and the "Basic Ore Storage Room 3."
The Void Shadow Killer puppet attached to Song Chi's brainwave stood at the door of the Basic Ore Storage Room 2, needing to focus on commanding the four puppets that had moved to load and unload resources in the Basic Ore Storage Room 2.
As the three Void Shadow Killer puppets took steps forward, Song Chi felt something was off. Watching their increasingly slow pace, he had a vague guess.
"The further we advance, the stronger the pressure we bear..."
Muttering, he followed the puppets' gaze to the end of the corridor.
"At the end of this corridor, what could be there? To emit such a terrifying pressure!!"
Song Chi was both puzzled and curious.
However, at that moment, he noticed a slight movement in a cabin door far away.
"Wait, that's on the right side where all the Tri-Eye Guards' rest rooms are located. One of the Tri-Eye Guards' rest room doors can open?"
(End of Chapter)
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