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Chapter 304: Final Ascension in the Market Ruins
Chapter 304: Final Ascension in the Market Ruins
Song Chi didn't hide his joy, his intuition telling him that An Se Wei didn't seem like the type to suddenly raise the price.
However, seeing the woman's gaze flicker, he instinctively felt uneasy, always sensing that she was thinking of some tricky conditions.
Indeed, while An Se Wei immediately tossed the Void Crystal to Song Chi, her words didn't stop, and she said with a smile,
"Have you thought about how to repay your sister? How about offering yourself in return?"
Habitually filtering out her increasingly shameless words, he thought for a moment and then took out a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Fruit from his storage capsule.
Equivalent to half an orange component, this supreme Dragon Blood Fruit was more than enough to trade for the Void Crystal.
Although the Void Crystal was rare, its price wasn't that high.
An Se Wei glanced at the Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Fruit, a flicker of surprise crossing her eyes. She was quite surprised that Song Chi could produce such a life-extending spirit fruit.
As a captain who had risen from the border regions, she didn't think Song Chi could casually produce a spirit fruit comparable to half an orange component.
Assuming it was something Song Chi had struggled to obtain, and considering that this Void Crystal had been in her collection for nearly a century, she quickly shook her head.
"Just joking, it was just something stored in the warehouse..."
After saying this, seeing that Song Chi was about to speak, An Se Wei continued,
"Two months from now is my birthday, which will be held at the Saint Roland Manor in the northern part of Holy Star City. If you really feel guilty, just prepare a gift that will satisfy me then..."
Taking the birthday invitation from An Se Wei, Song Chi hesitated for a moment before nodding.
After a brief conversation, Song Chi mentioned the matter of the Shen family on the White Tower Floating Continent to her, asking her to try and help him investigate.
After An Se Wei agreed, they chatted for a while longer before he took his leave.
With the Void Crystal in hand and the Man Feng Squad already returned, Song Chi had many things to handle.
At the top floor of the Legendary Hall.
The woman tilted her neck, as smooth as white jade, and looked up at the Sky Dome as it ascended, her eyes gleaming.
Once the cruiser vanished into the clouds, a figure in formal attire, standing straight, appeared behind her.
"Order the investigation bureau to send a high-level team to the White Tower Floating Continent in the Golden Shark Star Domain to gather information on the Shen family in Jiangyuan City twenty years ago."
"Understood. Should we also investigate this person?"
"Hmm!"
...
Holy Star City, North Street.
The Sky Dome, under Song Chi's control, circled around and arrived here. He was extremely concerned about the Time Sand, so much so that he had suppressed his urge to upgrade the Market Ruins.
North Street, No. 1105.
As the base of the Man Feng Squad, No. 1105 wasn't on the main street of North Street but wasn't too far away. It didn't take Song Chi long to find it.
Thanks to Song Yufeng's advance notice, when Song Chi arrived, the Man Feng Squad welcomed him with the highest honors.
No. 1105, second-floor hall.
The captain of the Man Feng Squad, the commander of the "Wind Savage" cruiser, Shi Man, looked at Song Chi respectfully and said after a moment's thought,
"Seventh Highness Song, we do indeed have the Time Sand, and I can guarantee that. However, we don't need the Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Fruit. Instead, we would like to invite Your Highness to join us on an exploration of an alien star domain in a month!"
Song Chi, who had already heard this from Song Yufeng, wasn't surprised. He put away the two Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Fruits and asked,
"Details?"
Shi Man hesitated for a moment, gave Song Chi an apologetic look, and then used a special private chat method to communicate with the other squad members.
"What do you all think? Should we directly inform Seventh Highness Song?"
"The Storm Continent is a Level 4 Life-Type Floating Continent, with extremely strong origin rules. That Fourth-Rank male Storm Giant Eagle from the Storm Giant Eagle clan isn't something our squad can easily handle on our own. It's been three years, and if we delay any longer, that Storm Cloud Mother might be used by the female giant eagle. We can't afford to wait any longer!"
(PS: How many of you listen to audiobooks? Some say using ④ isn't recognizable, so should we use normal Arabic numerals from now on?)
"I agree. Besides, this person is from the Dinghai Song Clan sequence, so he shouldn't covet the Storm Cloud Mother, right?"
"I heard through a secret channel that Seventh Highness Song specializes in the Law of Space, so the likelihood of him coveting the Storm Cloud Mother is low."
"The Law of Space, that makes it certain. While the Storm Cloud Mother can increase the success rate of a cruiser's ascension to a Zelusui Ship, it will inevitably cause an attribute bias in the flagship after the ascension. Captain, you've already decided to follow the Law of Wind, so you won't be affected. Seventh Highness Song shouldn't be unaware of this point."
…”
…
Seeing that they had finally reached a conclusion, Song Chi asked again.
"How did the discussion go?"
Shi Man replied with a smile:
"We naturally trust Your Highness, but this matter is crucial to our team's future development. So, we kindly request that even if you don't agree to cooperate, you still try to keep it confidential!"
Song Chi had no objections; this was a reasonable request, after all.
"Here's the situation: Our target is a Level 4 Life Floating Land. This floating land has special weather phenomena, being shrouded in storms year-round..."
After Shi Man finished detailing the information, Song Chi fell into deep thought, not rushing to respond.
A Level 4 floating land, a Fourth-Rank Storm Giant Eagle, and the influence of the special storm weather—these were not trivial matters and required careful consideration.
"Do you have any special components? For example, something that can ignore the storm weather or limit the Storm Giant Eagle's speed..."
This time, Shi Man didn't hesitate and replied directly:
"We have a spatial lockdown component. Once activated, it not only limits the Storm Giant Eagle's speed to some extent but also eliminates the storm weather's influence."
Shi Man was quite confident in this special orange component. If it weren't for this component's assistance, their team wouldn't have dared to frequently target the Storm Cloud Mother over the past three years.
If not for the male Storm Giant Eagle being too powerful, their team's peak cruiser, equipped with orange hull armor and a purple energy shield both reinforced to the Fourth-Rank limit, could withstand more than three minutes. They wouldn't need to trouble outsiders.
With this confirmation, Song Chi no longer hesitated.
"Agreed, let's act together in a month!"
Seeing Song Chi agree so quickly, the members of the Man Feng Squad were very pleased. They subconsciously placed a high level of trust in Song Chi, the current heir of a major public kingdom.
After settling this point, Song Chi also requested to see the reward.
He needed to confirm that they indeed had the resource of Time Sand; otherwise, he would be working for free, even though his power was more than enough to control them. He still wanted to be sure.
When the other party presented 5 kg of Time Sand in front of him, he finally felt at ease.
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Morning Star Yang Land, Sky Rush Valley.
Back at the manor, Song Chi immediately entered the Market Ruins, clutching the void crystal, eager to advance the Multiverse Market.
However, before officially initiating the promotion, Song Chi had one more task to complete.
He needed to upgrade the [Concealed Light Platform] in the Market Ruins' additional configuration from lv25 to lv30.
This component was a purple component, with its sole function being to conceal radiance. This time, the Market Ruins was advancing to the Third Rank, and to ensure no unexpected issues, he had to first upgrade the [Concealed Light Platform] to the Third Rank.
After the upgrade, he opened the Market Ruins interface.
[Detected all conditions met. Do you wish to confirm the Market Ruins promotion?]
"Confirm!"
With his agreement, the Market Ruins beneath his feet began to tremble slightly, just as it had during the previous two promotions.
Feeling this familiar sensation, Song Chi was delighted, knowing he wasn't dreaming, and the Multiverse Market was truly advancing to the Third Rank.
Amid the intense shaking, a burst of intense radiance erupted, quickly filling the entire Market Ruins space.
Song Chi was not unfamiliar with this scene; the previous two promotions had also been similar, with the first one even attracting over a thousand Void Demons, nearly causing the entire Multiverse Market to be annihilated.
However, since the installation of the [Concealed Light Platform], the intense radiance could no longer reveal the Multiverse Market, thus avoiding the attention of the Void Demons.
Once the radiance dissipated, Song Chi saw the new attribute panel of the Multiverse Market reappear in front of him. At the bottom of this panel was a new prompt.
The required time for this promotion is three days, with 71:59:15 remaining.
Seeing this time, Song Chi realized that the time required for each major promotion of the Market Ruins gradually increased. The previous promotion only took two days.
However, he wasn't in a rush. He had waited for over a decade; what were three more days?
As usual, Song Chi summoned the Sky Dome and used the Ether Energy Training Platform on the warship to practice the Guiding Technique.
During the ten years in the Dragon Spine Mystic Realm, he had paused the cultivation of the Guiding Technique, but his body had never stopped being passively refined by the ether energy within.
With the Fire Hawthorn fruit he had previously consumed, his Guiding Technique had already progressed significantly at lv31. Now, after ten years, he had unknowingly reached the peak of lv31. In no time, he believed he would be able to advance to lv32.
The Guiding Technique and visualization were alternated, filling Song Chi’s daily routine, and three days quickly passed.
On this day, the unusual ground tremors suddenly ceased. Sensing this, Song Chi immediately opened the Market Ruins attribute panel.
If his guess was correct, the Market Ruins should have completed its ascension.
When the Market Ruins attribute panel displayed, and his gaze caught the [Level: lv30] section, Song Chi's heart, which had been hanging high, finally settled.
However, before checking the specific changes in the Market Ruins, he first reinforced the Market Ruins level several times, stopping only at lv34.
Previously, the Market Ruins had been stuck at lv29 for a long time, accumulating a significant amount of Tier 3 Floating Continent Essence in trades, allowing it to be directly boosted to lv34.
This was not the end. With the Market Ruins level reaching lv34, the [All-Attribute Training Room], [Ultra-Long Range Spatial Gate Random Deployment Platform], and [Dark Energy Defense Array] could not be left behind. Song Chi similarly consumed hundreds of strands of Tier 3 Floating Continent Essence to upgrade them all to lv34.
After reinforcing them to lv34, the attribute boosts of these three were substantial, making them vastly different from their previous lv29 state.
[Name: All-Attribute Training Room]
[Level: lv34]
[Effect: When Tier 3 and below creatures train in the training room, their training speed increases by 1280%. When the trainer is engaged in Ether Energy training, the training speed increases by 2560%.]
...
[Upgrade Required: Market Ruins level lv35, 100 strands of Floating Continent Essence (Tier 3)]
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[Name: Ultra-Long Range Spatial Gate Random Deployment Platform]
[Level: lv34]
[Effect: After activation, it will randomly deploy 170 spatial gates into the Shattered Star Sea, allowing entry and exit to the Market Ruins. The spatial gates last for 24 hours, with a cooldown period of 720 hours.]
...
[Upgrade Required: Market Ruins level lv35, 100 strands of Floating Continent Essence (Tier 3)]
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[Name: Dark Energy Defense Array]
[Level: lv34]
[Effect: Automatically absorbs void energy to form a semi-circular protective light curtain.]
[Protection: 150000]
[Shield Value: 15000000/15000000]
[Overload Buffer: 20 minutes]
[Note: Created by a great power from the Star Sea's "Immortal Realm Civilization"...]
[Upgrade Required: Market Ruins level lv35, 100 strands of Floating Continent Essence (Tier 3)]
...
Looking at the 2560% Ether Energy training bonus of the [All-Attribute Training Room], Song Chi felt a sense of awe. After all, the Ether Energy training platform on a lv32 warship only provided an 820% bonus.
Such a remarkable training bonus meant that he could foresee a rapid breakthrough in his Guiding Technique to lv32.
As for the [Ultra-Long Range Spatial Gate Random Deployment Platform], the number of spatial gates it could now deploy had increased to 170. As long as his luck wasn't too bad, the number of aliens trading in the Market Ruins each time would likely not be less than three to four thousand. With better luck, breaking five thousand was possible.
The key point was that after the Market Ruins ascended to Tier 3, Tier 3 aliens could also enter the Market Ruins, which would significantly improve the quality of trades.
Finally, the [Dark Energy Defense Array], though having the lowest presence and potentially not being used for a decade, was the most reassuring configuration for Song Chi. Seeing the shield value of 15 million, he felt a sense of relief.
After upgrading these three, Song Chi went to the nearby [Spirit Machine Synthesis Platform].
With the Market Ruins ascending to Tier 3, this [Spirit Machine Synthesis Platform] could also be reinforced to Tier 3.
After ascending to Tier 3, the [Spirit Machine Synthesis Platform] saw a significant improvement in its effects.
By inputting one million strands of Zero Tier Floating Continent Essence, one hundred thousand strands of First Tier Floating Continent Essence could be synthesized. By inputting one hundred thousand strands of First Tier Floating Continent Essence, ten thousand strands of Second Tier Floating Continent Essence could be synthesized. By inputting ten thousand strands of Second Tier Floating Continent Essence, one thousand strands of Third Tier Floating Continent Essence could be synthesized. By inputting one thousand strands of Third Tier Floating Continent Essence, one hundred strands of Fourth Tier Floating Continent Essence could be synthesized.
Even though he had guessed this before, Song Chi found it hard to remain calm.
Receiving one hundred strands of Fourth Tier Floating Continent Essence every month was no small number. Although it would burn up one million strands of Zero Tier Floating Continent Essence, Song Chi didn't mind. He currently had more than nine hundred million strands of Zero Tier Floating Continent Essence, so one million was not much.
Moreover, the trades in the now Tier 3 Market Ruins would likely bring him more than one million strands of Zero Tier Floating Continent Essence per round.
PS: The second chapter is coming soon!
(End of Chapter)
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