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Chapter 314: The Source Hunt Civilization and the Floating Land Core
Chapter 314: The Source Hunt Civilization and the Floating Land Core
Suddenly, intense spatial fluctuations emerged in the pitch-black starry sky, followed by the appearance of a 1,300-meter-long warship, none other than the Sky Dome, which had just initiated a new alien domain deployment.
Yesterday, after Answei's birthday banquet concluded, the Sky Dome's alien domain deployment function had already completed its cooldown. Thus, after resting and regaining his energy, Song Chi promptly initiated the exploration.
Considering the time, he hadn't explored an alien domain for quite a while. He had been either busy developing the Three-Eyed Royal Sovereign Flagship or comprehending the laws in the Dragon Spine Mystic Realm.
Now that most of his tasks were completed and the law assimilation would take a considerable amount of time, Song Chi finally had the chance to begin his exploration.
"I hope this first proper exploration in over a decade brings some good luck..."
Murmuring to himself, Song Chi shifted his gaze from the dark projection screen in front of him to the radar map on the side.
His eyebrows slightly raised, and it seemed his hopes were not in vain. The [Spirit Eye Gaze] radar map clearly showed a substantial Star Sea Floating Land not far from the Sky Dome.
"Both its length and width exceed four million kilometers; it's actually a 3rd Tier Star Sea Floating Land?"
Song Chi was somewhat surprised, not because the floating land's tier was too high, but rather, it seemed too low.
Although the Sky Dome's current hull level is only lv32, a typical third-tier level, the addition of several golden, silver, and red components has significantly boosted its real combat power, making it capable of easily suppressing ordinary fourth-tier life forms.
Therefore, even though the alien domain deployment strength assessment primarily depends on the ship's hull level, the Sky Dome would not be judged as merely a third-tier unit. It would most likely be considered a fourth-tier unit.
Given this, it would be normal for a fourth-tier unit to be deployed around a 4th Tier Floating Land. Hence, the 3rd Tier Floating Land before him was somewhat puzzling.
With a cautious mindset, Song Chi first summoned four Void Shadow Killer Puppets, attached brainwave marks to them, and deployed them using the [Fixed Point Deployment Platform].
Although the Sky Dome's current combat power was indeed formidable, Song Chi did not let his guard down.
In the unknown alien domains, even warships of the Star Annihilator class could face risks. Relaxing was not an option.
While controlling the warship to slowly approach the unknown 3rd Tier Floating Land, Song Chi's eyes quickly filled with surprise.
In his mind, he saw the full view of the 3rd Tier Floating Land.
It was neither a life-type nor a resource-type floating land but a nearly valueless barren land.
Wherever he looked, the vast floating land was covered in broken stones and yellow sand, with enormous sandstorms sweeping across it, leaving no trace of life.
The only thing that caught Song Chi's attention was the several small spatial fortresses floating above the floating land.
From the few intelligent beings still present on these spatial fortresses, it was highly likely that the current state of the floating land below was due to these beings, or at least they knew the cause.
Thinking this, Song Chi carefully examined the spatial fortresses through the perspective of the Void Shadow Killer Puppets. After confirming that there were no weapons or combat units that could threaten the Sky Dome, he initiated the leap.
The 3rd Tier Floating Land was not far from the Sky Dome, but relatively speaking, it would take at least several dozen hours to reach it at light speed.
As soon as the Sky Dome appeared above the barren floating land, Song Chi directed his attention to the distant spatial fortresses.
The floating land itself had already lost its value, and the alien beings in the fortresses were now more valuable.
Although they were called fortresses, they more closely resembled small space stations with their own internal ecological cycles, far simpler than the massive wartime fortresses.
Song Chi speculated that their primary function was likely to monitor the Star Sea Floating Land below.
Within ten minutes, he effortlessly captured all the alien beings in the fortresses and gathered the information he needed.
These humanoid aliens with sharp heads and four claws called themselves the "Source Hunters." Their civilization, the Source Hunt Civilization, had emerged around thirty thousand years ago, starting with technology. Currently, their territory spans over ten thousand light-years, controlling nearly a thousand life-type floating lands, with a population exceeding a hundred billion. Their strongest combat unit is the Source Hunt Mothership, suspected to have fourth-tier combat power.
However, the Source Hunters responsible for monitoring generally held low status and were not well-informed about the exact number of Source Hunting Motherships under the Source Hunt Civilization.
Additionally, the territory under the Source Hunt Civilization did not have any 4th Tier Star Sea Floating Continents, whether life-type or resource-type. This was a point of great disappointment for Song Chi.
A mid-level civilization without a 4th Tier Floating Continent was quite rare in the Shattered Star Sea. Such civilizations usually had lower potential and limited cultural depth. It was unexpected to encounter one, leaving Song Chi feeling quite frustrated.
There was one more point that puzzled Song Chi greatly. In the Source Hunters' impressions, their territory contained an unusually large number of desolate Floating Continents, which was clearly abnormal.
Typically, Star Sea Floating Continents in the Shattered Star Sea were divided into two categories: life-type and resource-type, with resource-type Floating Continents making up over 99%.
Among these vast numbers of resource-type Floating Continents, they were further classified into barren Floating Continents, mineral-rich Floating Continents, and special celestial phenomena resource Floating Continents.
Even barren Floating Continents usually had a small amount of various resources distributed on them. Truly desolate Floating Continents, devoid of any resources, were extremely rare, even rarer than life-type Floating Continents.
Based on this, Song Chi was certain that the situation was abnormal.
Having obtained the information he needed, Song Chi casually dealt with the Source Hunters.
However, not fully trusting the situation, he lingered on this 3rd Tier Floating Continent for some time, using the Ultrasonic Magnetic Detector component to roughly survey the area.
Only after confirming that no resource veins existed did he definitively determine that the Floating Continent beneath his feet was indeed a nearly valueless desolate Floating Continent.
It wasn't that Song Chi was skeptical, but truly desolate Star Sea Floating Continents were indeed rare.
The formation of desolate Floating Continents could be categorized into two types: innate and acquired. The likelihood of such a dense cluster of desolate Floating Continents forming innately in the same star region was low, making it more probable that they were formed through acquired means.
However, achieving this through acquired means was not simple.
Apart from creatures like the insectoids, which indiscriminately devour everything on a Floating Continent, the only method was to extract the core of the Floating Continent's origin.
Excluding the insectoids, which would never coexist peacefully with other civilizations, only one possibility remained.
Despite this, Song Chi's doubts remained unresolved.
Extracting the core of a Star Sea Floating Continent's origin required at least a 4th Rank Star Sea lifeform. Extracting the core from 3rd or 4th Tier Floating Continents would require a 5th Rank existence and a considerable amount of time. Given the peak combat strength of the Source Hunt Civilization, it should have been impossible for them to achieve this.
This led to the question: How did the Source Hunt Civilization manage to do this?
After confirming that the Floating Continent beneath his feet was desolate, Song Chi became curious about this question.
With this curiosity, he activated another Teleport Device on the Sky Dome.
Dozens of light-years away, outside a 2nd Tier Floating Continent under the Source Hunt Civilization, the Sky Dome quietly appeared.
Without any hesitation, with the concealment provided by the Mirage Dragon Transformation Pearl and the Void Membrane, and the absence of a Source Hunting Mothership, Song Chi directly maneuvered the Sky Dome into the Floating Continent.
Several hours later, as the Sky Dome emerged from the Floating Continent, he had obtained a complete star map of the territory under the Source Hunt Civilization and the exact number of their Source Hunting Motherships.
"There are only four Source Hunting Motherships. In that case, there's no need to be cautious at all..."
Having made up his mind, Song Chi quickly set his next target as the only 003 Floating Continent of the Source Hunt Civilization.
On this 003 Floating Continent, one of the Source Hunting Motherships was stationed. Song Chi's goal was to meet this Mothership, reputed to have 4th Rank combat power.
Moreover, he wanted to understand the method or specific details of how they extracted the Floating Continent's origin core from this Source Hunting Mothership.
Extracting the Floating Continent's origin core was never an easy task. Even a 5th Rank Battleship Captain would need at least 10 years to extract the origin core of a 1st or 2nd Tier Floating Continent, and 20 years or more for 3rd or 4th Tier Floating Continents. Some might even take 40 years.
Despite the significant time and effort required, the value of these cores was considerable.
A typical 1st or 2nd Tier Floating Continent origin core was worth as much as a purple component, while a 3rd Tier core could be worth as much as an orange component.
(End of Chapter)The value of a Floating Land Core is extremely high. Its value is comparable to that of a silver-colored legendary component. The reason for this high value is that it can be used to quickly enhance the strength of another Floating Land, allowing it to rapidly advance in rank.
For example, the Morning Star Twin Floating Continents were initially ordinary 5th-rank Floating Lands 5,000 years ago. However, through the continuous provision of low-rank Floating Land Cores by the Morning Star family, the Morning Star Yin Land has been able to advance from an ordinary 5th-rank Floating Land to a 5th-rank peak.
Similarly, the Dragon Spine Continent was also an ordinary 5th-rank Floating Land 3,000 years ago. However, with the help of a large number of low-rank Floating Land Cores provided by the Song clan, it has been able to advance to a high rank, although it has not yet reached the peak of the 5th rank.
The value of a Floating Land Core is so high that many 4th-rank life Floating Lands are eager to obtain it, even if it is difficult to extract.
After several days of traveling, the Sky Dome finally arrived at the Hunt Source 003 Floating Land, where Song Chi saw a massive Hunt Source mothership.
The mothership was over 10,000 meters long, which was surprising to Song Chi. However, after seeing the numerous bombers on the ship, he quickly realized that it was not a single-body warship, but rather a cluster bombing ship.
The mothership's radar system was not very good, and it did not detect the Sky Dome even when it was within 10,000 meters. This gave Song Chi plenty of time to prepare.
The Sky Dome's weapons, including the Pure Yang Sword Light Cannon, Soul-Extinguishing Gaze Light Cannon, Electromagnetic Thunder Light Cannon, Scarlet Fire Heaven Curtain Cannon, Dark Shadow Breaking Magic Cannon, and Cold Light Heaven Frost Cannon, all began to charge up.
Song Chi did not target the mothership's weak points, but instead targeted the numerous bombers on its deck. The result was a massive explosion that destroyed most of the bombers.
The Electromagnetic Thunder Light Cannon and Scarlet Fire Heaven Curtain Cannon then fired, covering multiple bombers with each shot.
The mothership's nuclear energy shield was eventually breached, and the ship was sunk after 20 minutes.
Song Chi then searched the wreckage and found a special device used by the Hunt Source civilization to extract Floating Land Cores. However, the device was not a rare artifact and could not be removed from the mothership. It was automatically destroyed when the ship sank.
The chapter ends with Song Chi receiving both good and bad news. The good news is that he found the special device, but the bad news is that it was destroyed and cannot be used.
Chapter end
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