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Chapter 316: Shen Youran's News
Chapter 316: Shen Youran's News
Sighing deeply, Song Chi could only abandon this thought. However, he did not show much of a reaction. From the beginning, he had not held out much hope; mass production was indeed too exaggerated. The simplest point was that to use machines to extract the Floating Land Core, the primary materials would at least have to withstand the chaotic energy emitted by the core. Such materials were not easy to find.
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After two days, Song Chi packed up all the valuable information and technology from the Source Hunt Civilization, including the Source Hunters, the Source Hunting Mothership, and the Core Extraction Device. He left a target imprint in this isolated star domain and finally returned to the Morning Star Yang Land via the Market Ruins.
Actually, he could have directly sent everything back to the Dragon Spine Continent, but that would have exposed the existence of the spatial anchor point. After some thought, Song Chi decided against it. Instead, he transferred all the gains to Song Yufeng and instructed him to notify the family to come and collect them.
Of course, he kept one of the Source Hunting Motherships, including the accompanying Source Hunters. Although he had obtained the "Floating Continent Core Extraction Device," he was still unsure how long each extraction would take. If it took too long, it would be troublesome. However, the Source Hunting Mothership was different. He could hand it over to Soul One or Soul Two, letting them extract the Floating Land Core on his behalf, thus saving his own time.
As for the other two Source Hunting Motherships he submitted, one did not have the Core Extraction Device, while the other, which was complete, was given to the Tenth Direct Line. The main materials for manufacturing five complete Source Hunting Motherships were also handed over to the family. With the family's resources, they could quickly create five more complete Source Hunting Motherships. This would mean that the family would have five Fifth-Rank Battleship Captains who could extract Third-Rank Floating Land Cores without hesitation, greatly enhancing the family's influence.
"I wonder what rewards the family will offer. Orange components? Or red components?"
After a brief guess, Song Chi did not dwell on it further. The most important thing now was to continue perceiving the Space Law and practicing the Guiding Technique. Of course, the most crucial matter was the upcoming trip to the Immortal Continent Fragment in a year. With the Multiverse Market and the Immortal Realm Five Elements Celestial Energy Shield, Song Chi was quite looking forward to this trip.
Perceiving the law, practicing the Guiding Technique, mental visualization, and improving the proficiency of the two secret techniques... time flew by in his busy daily life.
Half a year later, the acceleration in "Chikura's 004 Cultivation Secret Realm" ended. Song Chi used the "Meditation Seal Inner Speed" feature to reduce the buffer time of the "Realm Accelerator" to a little over two months. He immediately entered the cultivation secret realm.
One year in the outside world meant over twenty thousand years had passed in the secret realm. The two rule trees, the "Dragon Blood Fruit Tree" and the "Spirit Quenching Tree," which were in the fruiting stagnation period, showed no changes. However, after twenty thousand years, the two rule trees finally changed. The Light Attribute "Rule Tree" and the Space Attribute "Rule Tree" both officially bore fruit, each producing three corresponding attribute rule fruits. Of course, they were not yet mature. It was unknown how long it would take for the six rule fruits to fully mature.
Finally, there was the "Silver Apple Mother Tree." Song Chi was puzzled about this unique star sea plant. The cultivation secret realm had already been enhanced to level 50, so the mother tree should have advanced to the Fifth Rank. However, after tens of thousands of years of acceleration, it showed no signs of movement. Although it reached the Fourth Rank peak, there was no indication of it advancing to the Fifth Rank again.
He thought for a long time but could not understand the reason. However, the four "Silver Apples" on the mother tree had fully matured—yes, the Fourth Rank ones.
Picking the four silver apples one by one, Song Chi had already planned for them. Once he exited the cultivation secret realm, he immediately focused on the components of the Sky Dome.
The first component needed no explanation. Among the remaining blue components on the Sky Dome, the only one with a feature was the "Winged Deployment Platform" component. After using it, this component was upgraded to purple, and the feature directly increased from +2 to +3. Normally, a purple deployment platform would have a feature of around +2, but with this quality improvement, the feature exceeded the normal purple feature.
In other words, just this one [Winged Deployment Platform] has four deployment platforms, capable of deploying 16 war puppets at once. Adding the [Fixed Point Deployment Platform] brings the total to 20, which is quite astonishing.
After reinforcing this component, Song Chi turned and entered the Market Ruins, placing three Tier 4 [Silver Apples] in the Oddity Exchange Shop.
These three would become one of the unique trading resources of the Oddity Exchange Shop.
The characteristic of the Silver Apple is to elevate a specific quality of Star Sea Relic by one tier, and it can be used by a certain Star Sea Alien Race.
For those alien races with supreme blue-quality relics, the value of a Tier 4 Silver Apple is absolutely far greater than a purple relic.
This is far more beneficial than using the few blue components with no potential left on the Sky Dome, which would eventually need to be replaced.
Purple components without special characteristics are not much stronger than blue components. If he could acquire components with special characteristics, reinforcing the latter would clearly be more cost-effective, so why go through the extra steps?
However, the [Silver Apple] is hard to come by, and Song Chi has decided not to trade for anything less than supreme relics that can be converted, preferring quality over quantity.
In a sense, it's more like an alternative backup, but he might as well see if there are any unexpected surprises during the backup period.
After the Sky Dome was recalled, Song Chi prepared to continue his daily cultivation tasks, but was interrupted by an unexpected event.
Feeling the continuous pulsing of the Flame Seed in the Ancestral Aperture between his eyebrows, Song Chi felt puzzled.
He knew that someone was actively contacting him via the local network.
"Is it Song Yufeng? Or Wang Zhen?"
Once his mind fully sank into the Flame Seed Ancestral Aperture and connected to the Flame Torch Local Network, his eyebrows shot up.
"An Se Wei, why would she contact me now? Could it be..."
After a brief moment of surprise, a glint of excitement flashed in Song Chi's eyes.
For various reasons, the two had not yet added each other as friends, and An Se Wei was clearly contacting him through an active search. Moreover, her tone at this moment completely contradicted their apparent unfamiliarity.
"Good, you've made it hard enough for Sister!"
Seeing this short sentence, Song Chi instantly understood that she had confirmed his identity.
After all, during his time on the White Tower Floating Continent, his family's relationship with the Shen family was not hidden at all, and a quick check would reveal everything.
Song Chi didn't react much. From the moment he asked her to investigate, he knew his identity couldn't be hidden, and he didn't mind. What he was concerned about was only one thing:
The Shen family and Shen Youran's news.
"Speaking of which, you're not much better than me. Have you found any news about the Shen family?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, aren't you just looking for your little girlfriend? Why hide it from Sister? That doesn't seem like our so cool Prince Song Chi..."
Song Chi was instantly speechless. He found that every time he talked to this woman, he would inevitably turn black-faced after three sentences.
Before he could speak, An Se Wei sent another message with a laugh.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Let's meet in person; Sister has found some information!"
Song Chi's heart was shaken, and his breathing rhythm was somewhat disrupted.
A dozen minutes later, on Star Street, at the Legendary Guild.
As soon as the door to An Se Wei's private office opened, Song Chi walked in and directly threw an item to An Se Wei, who was sitting on the other side.
"Golden Law Fruit, the gift from the last birthday banquet!"
An Se Wei gently caught the Law Fruit, which emitted a dense aura of metallic mysticism, and her smile grew even wider.
The Morning Star Family specializes in the Law of Metal, and this Law Fruit was very suitable for her.
"Well, this little girl thanks Prince Song Seven, Your Majesty is mighty..."
Seeing the conversation potentially veer off track, Song Chi quickly said:
"An Se Wei, what did you find? What happened to the Shen family... and is Youran okay?"
An Se Wei's smile quickly faded, and she said solemnly:
"The Shen family is involved in a significant web of connections, with forces actively covering their tracks. I didn't find much information."
Seeing the hint of urgency in Song Chi's eyes, An Se Wei didn't waste time and continued:
"The Shen family you mentioned from Jiangyuan City is likely related to Beiqiong Shen!"
"Beiqiong Shen?"
Song Chi was first puzzled, then his eyes suddenly narrowed.
"The Beiqiong King of the Radiant Han Kingdom?"
Seeing An Se Wei nod, Song Chi's heart was instantly stirred.
The Beiqiong Shen family, also known as the Beiqiong Heavenly Mansion, is one of the two non-royal dukes in the Radiant Han Kingdom and one of the three immortal forces openly acknowledged in the Radiant Han Kingdom.
Unlike the Stark family, which is a truly immortal family, their star destroyer has suppressed the Heavenly Mansion for over twenty thousand years, making them the true dominant force in the Tianpan River System. A single stamp of their foot can make the entire river system tremble.
If Shen Youran's family were indeed from the Beiqiong Heavenly Mansion lineage, it would clearly not be good news for Song Chi.
At the very least, there would be many additional obstacles between him and Shen Youran.
As he pondered, the light in Song Chi's eyes gradually became firm. Whether or not it was true, he would never back down.
"Can you be sure?"
Raising his head, he asked again. An Se Wei quickly shook her head in response.
"I said the information I found was limited. I only know that someone from the Beiqiong Shen family appeared on the White Tower Floating Continent over a decade ago. As for whether your girlfriend's Shen family has any connection to them and where they ended up, I have no idea."
Song Chi's brows furrowed, and his eyes rapidly flickered with light.
At this moment, An Se Wei provided another crucial piece of information.
"However, there is some good news. Your little girlfriend rented a high-level safety deposit box at the Morning Star First Bank in White Tower City before she disappeared."
Safety deposit box? Song Chi suddenly stood up from the sofa. His intuition told him that this safety deposit box was most likely left for him by Shen Youran. The answers he had been seeking for so long would surely be inside.
As for the Morning Star First Bank, being the official bank of the Morning Star Principality, it was backed by the Morning Star Royal Family, and its various operations had sufficient credibility.
"Since it's a high-level safety deposit box, I don't have the authority to retrieve it, so the safety deposit box is still on the White Tower Floating Continent. You'll have to make a trip to the Gold Shark Star Region yourself."
Song Chi nodded. The Golden Dragon Star Region was not close to the Gold Shark Star Region, and it would take at least half a year to travel there and back via warship, which would inevitably delay the opening of the Immortal Continent fragment half a year later.
However, An Se Wei had already arranged a star gate ticket for him for two days later, which would save him a lot of time.
Half a month later, Song Chi successfully arrived outside the White Tower Floating Continent.
A strange cruiser descended from the sky, instantly catching the attention of the Third-Rank Flame Vessel Captains on the White Tower Floating Continent. However, Song Chi ignored them and rushed to White Tower City as quickly as possible.
In the center of White Tower City, the Morning Star First Bank's White Tower Floating Continent branch.
"Sir, please enter the retrieval password!"
As the highest-level safety deposit box, it naturally had a password, and not just one.
Song Chi thought for a moment and then began to input the password.
[Drip, incorrect password, you have four more attempts!]
His eyebrows immediately rose.
"Hmm? It's not the girl's birthday?"
Thinking about it, he tried inputting his own birthday, and the prompt informed him that the password was correct.
Next was the second password.
This time, he input Shen Youran's birthday, and it also showed as correct.
For the final third password, Song Chi chose the day he first met her in Jiangyuan City after his awakening.
It was also correct!
After unlocking all three passwords, Song Chi finally retrieved the item Shen Youran had stored in the bank: a small mechanical cube.
After getting the mechanical cube, Song Chi did not immediately open it. Instead, he quickly left the bank, summoned the Sky Dome, and soared into the sky, disappearing from the horizon of the White Tower Floating Continent in an instant.
In the Multiverse Market, Song Chi played with the mechanical cube in his hand, a faint smile in his eyes.
This mechanical cube seemed to be a special device, with a password and only one attempt. If the password was incorrect, the mechanical cube would likely self-destruct.
However, this posed no difficulty for Song Chi.
On the side of the cube, the words "Star Night" were engraved.
Song Chi tapped a few times, and soon the mechanical cube clicked open with ease.
The password he entered was the day they officially became a couple, a night filled with brilliant stars.
The moment the mechanical cube opened, a burst of shimmering silver light scattered, and Song Chi instinctively squinted his eyes. Once he adjusted, he refocused his gaze on the item inside the box.
There was only one item: a silver token.
[Artifact: Beidou Seven Stars Hall · Yaoguang Star Token]
[Quality: Silver]
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