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Chapter 3: Star Sea Ruins Market Order
Chapter 3: Star Sea Ruins Market Order
After the integration phase, the classes began to disperse and regroup.
At the gathering point for Class 5, Yang Minghui looked at the 16 familiar faces he had known for years. His eyes flickered, and though he had a thousand words to say, they all boiled down to two stern reminders.
"Meet at the academy square at 8 AM tomorrow. Prepare well today."
"Even welfare explorations have casualties every year. Don't take it lightly."
"Understood!"
...
After parting ways with Sun Hao, Song Chi hailed a kinetic flyer. His home was in the city center, not far from the academy. In less than twenty minutes, the kinetic flyer stopped at the entrance of Dongjiang Residential Complex.
"10 universal credit points deducted. Account balance: 2,413,543 points."
As soon as he stepped out of the flyer, his smart wristwatch beeped with the deduction notification. Song Chi's expression remained calm, but anyone else would have been anything but. As the universal currency of the Dawn Star Principality, credit points were a robust medium of exchange.
An ordinary person's monthly salary was around 3,000 credit points. After deducting daily expenses, they might save up to 2,000 points a month. At that rate, it would take at least a hundred years for an ordinary person to save up 2.4 million credit points.
For a student who hadn't even graduated, it was clear just how astonishing Song Chi's savings were. This money wasn't a gift from his parents but had been earned by his own hands over the past thirty years.
In his previous life, he had been a seasoned webnovel writer, and he had a bit of "talent" in creative writing. Over two decades, he had written quite a few works. The most famous of these were "Ship Shattering the Heavens" and "Duel of the Floating Lands." Unfortunately, the Flame Human Civilization, after hundreds of thousands of years of development, was not lacking in online literature. His two books were only moderately popular, and the royalties he had accumulated over the years amounted to just over 2 million credit points, which was not much to brag about.
Dongjiang Residential Complex, Building 5, Unit 403.
As soon as he stepped inside, his parents, Song Chao and Chen Lixia, turned their attention to him.
"Son, you're back! Come, Mom made your favorite braised deep-sea mackerel."
Song Chi's eyes lit up. He quickly put down his backpack and rushed to the dining table. After a full bowl of fish soup, he felt a warm current spreading from his stomach throughout his body, bringing a genuine sense of satisfaction to his face.
Deep-sea mackerel didn't taste particularly good and was even considered unpalatable by most children. However, Song Chi had persisted with it for over two decades. What attracted him was the rich blood energy contained in the fish meat, which greatly enhanced the cultivation of the Guiding Technique. This was one of the reasons he had managed to reach Level 4 of the Guiding Technique in just twenty years.
Most of his peers were still stuck at Level 2, with only a few talented ones reaching Level 3. The higher the level of the Guiding Technique, the more difficult and slower the cultivation became, a common knowledge in the Flame Human Civilization.
He extended his hands, and the Guiding Technique began to circulate within his body, rapidly absorbing the blood energy from the fish soup to accelerate his cultivation.
Of course, it should now be called the Dark Energy Guiding Technique. After completing the Dark Energy transformation, his body had become a Dark Energy vessel, and the Guiding Technique had automatically advanced to the Dark Energy Guiding Technique, which had a faster cultivation speed compared to the ordinary Guiding Technique.
Seeing the wisps of black Dark Energy emanating from Song Chi, Song Chao and Chen Lixia's worried expressions quickly faded. They were both Awakened individuals, familiar with Dark Energy.
Seeing their son able to control Dark Energy, they immediately understood that Song Chi had successfully Awakened.
"An Awakened Flame Seed of the colorless variety. The Dark Energy Shuttle has been fully integrated. The first exploration of the Hetero River Domain is scheduled for 8 AM tomorrow."
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As he absorbed and converted the blood energy within his body, Ethan Song gave his parents a brief overview of his current situation.
Upon hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Song nodded slightly, their eyes showing no hint of disappointment. When they had given birth to Ethan, both of them had been colorless Flame Seed bearers, so their son’s bloodline potential was limited. Therefore, they were already more than satisfied that he had successfully awakened a Flame Seed. As for awakening a Flame Seed of white quality or higher, they had never really harbored any hopes, given the extremely low probability.
...
"Come over here, Ethan."
After lunch, Mr. Song immediately called Ethan into the study. In the study, Mr. Song's expression was serious. After a lengthy admonition, a faint light flashed from his brow, and two light orbs emerged from his Flame Seed Ancestral Aperture, hovering in front of Ethan.
"These are the starting resources your mother and I are giving you: 1,000 strands of zero-grade Floating Land Essence and a white-quality special component for a Flame Seed Flyer, the 'Fire Chrysanthemum Puppet Tree.'"
Ethan was overjoyed. While the resources weren’t abundant, they were more than enough for him to initially reinforce and upgrade his Flame Seed Phantasia Flyer, enhancing its various performance aspects and boosting its combat and survival capabilities. With this, he would gain a head start over most of his peers. Don't underestimate this small advantage; as the saying goes, a small step ahead can lead to a significant leap in the future.
...
Compared to the 1,000 strands of zero-grade Floating Land Essence, Ethan was even more excited about the white-quality 'Fire Chrysanthemum Puppet Tree' special component. As everyone knew, any Flame Seed Flyer component with a color must have derived from a Star Sea Curiosity. Once something was associated with Star Sea Curiosities, its value would skyrocket, even if it was just the lowest-quality white Curiosity.
Not to mention, 'Puppet Tree' components were among the most popular for flyers. After all, a summonable puppet, whether used as a guard, combat assistant, or cannon fodder, could significantly increase a captain's survival rate and was often highly sought after.
This made the value of the 'Fire Chrysanthemum Puppet Tree' component even more evident.
"Thank you, Dad and Mom."
Ethan channeled his Phantasia Energy to absorb both light orbs into his Flame Seed Ancestral Aperture. After receiving another round of instructions from his parents, he finally made his way upstairs.
Back in his bedroom, he didn’t immediately focus his mind on his Flame Seed Ancestral Aperture to check the detailed attributes of his Phantasia Flyer. Instead, he first took out the copper plaque hanging from his neck, which had led to his Transmigration Event.
He had always carried this item with him. The copper plaque was small, about the size of a lighter, with the words "Star Sea Ruins Market" engraved on its front. This was why he had always referred to it as the Star Sea Ruins Market Token.
As he examined the Star Sea Ruins Market Token, he soon noticed a change in it. For the past thirty years, it had always seemed like an ordinary copper plaque, showing no reaction no matter how much he fiddled with it. However, now a faint, dark Phantasia glow appeared on the plaque. The glow was extremely subtle and might have gone unnoticed if he hadn’t been so meticulous in his examination.
"This is... Phantasia Energy?"
Ethan’s eyes lit up. At that moment, the copper plaque underwent another transformation. Perhaps because of his prolonged gaze, a status panel automatically popped up on the side of the plaque.
Name: Phantasia Star Sea Ruins Market Token
Category: Growth-Type Curiosity
Quality:??
Level: LV0
Trait: Controls and connects to a specific Star Sea Ruins Market.
Trait 2: Can autonomously level up when certain conditions are met.
Note: A supreme rarity among Curiosities, with infinite potential.
(End of Chapter)
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