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Chapter 319: Sustainable Development · Ten Red Artifacts
Chapter 319: Sustainable Development · Ten Red Artifacts
The battle on the Illusory Continent ended quickly, but this did not mean that the other Song Clan fleets were having an equally smooth time.
Don't forget that outside the Illusory Continent, there are still two Tier 5 Illusion Battleships.
One of them is being dealt with by another Tier 5 Battleship from the Song Clan, with limited impact on the battle, but the second one is a significant problem.
Fifty thousand light-years away from the Illusory Continent, three Song Clan Chasing Deer ships are fully engaged in combat with a ten-thousand-meter-long Illusion Battleship.
In the past ten minutes of battle, the energy shields of the three Chasing Deer ships have already dimmed significantly. One of them is completely overloaded and can only use the "Dragon Whale State" secret technique as a weakened energy shield.
All three Chasing Deer ships are in their warship forms, with no one transforming into the Mythical Mech form.
After hundreds of thousands of years of accumulated experience, the Ember Human Civilization has established a comprehensive combat system.
One of the most basic rules for Chasing Deer ships and above is:
When fighting within a Floating Continent, prioritize using the Mythical Mech form.
When fighting in the vast Star Sea, prioritize using the warship form.
This rule corresponds to the advantages of the two forms of Ember Warships.
Suddenly, the Tier 5 Illusion Battleship used some unknown means, and the super base cannon at its bow, which normally takes a minute to fully charge, managed to complete the process in just six seconds. The result was that the Chasing Deer ship with the completely overloaded energy shield had no time to react.
In the next second, as the super base cannon erupted, it was already too late to dodge.
Helplessly, the clan elder serving as the captain of the Chasing Deer ship could only fully activate his Law Power, making the Dragon Whale Phantom on the ship's surface more substantial.
The active defense feature of his ship's armor had already been used, and the energy shield was long overloaded. His only option now was to strengthen the Phantom Dragon Whale's defense.
However, even this did not give him any sense of security. He specialized in the Law of Light, and the Dragon Whale Phantom formed by the Dragon Whale State secret technique was not adept at defense. The attack coming from the opposite side was a terrifying Tier 5 attack.
It was easy to imagine that once this attack landed, the ship, protected only by the Dragon Whale Phantom, would have a significant risk of sinking.
At a critical moment, the other two Chasing Deer ships on the side took action almost simultaneously.
One of the ships generated spatial fluctuations around it, crossing over a hundred thousand meters in an instant to position itself directly in front of the Chasing Deer ship with the overloaded energy shield. Its reinforced Tier 5 orange hull armor immediately activated its protective feature, forming a thick armor layer that tightly enveloped the ship.
Boom!
The kilometer-wide orbital annihilation beam struck the already dim energy shield first, and the red energy shield, of red quality, lasted only a second before completely overloading.
Without the energy shield's protection, the annihilation beam hit the armor layer, and the internal alarms of the Chasing Deer ship sounded urgently.
While this ship was enduring the direct hit from the orbital cannon, the other Chasing Deer ship did not waste any time.
Taking advantage of the Tier 5 Illusion Battleship's focus on the opposite side, it rapidly charged its red super main cannon and activated a reinforced Tier 5 orange quality external launcher, which also emitted a series of metallic scraping sounds.
Just before the two Tier 5 attack components were about to fire, the ship launched a weak arrow-shaped mark.
This arrow-shaped mark, triggered by a special orange component, would immediately weaken the target's defense by thirty percent once it marked the designated unit.
In the next second, the red super main cannon and the external launcher fired simultaneously.
That was not all. To maximize the effect of this attack, the Chasing Deer ship quickly transformed into a three-thousand-meter mech giant.
The mech giant held an orange long halberd, and a large amount of spatial law rapidly gathered at the tip of the halberd, forming a hundreds-of-meters-long Ruins Light. As the mech giant swung the halberd, the Ruins Light shot out, leaving trails of tiny spatial cracks in its wake.
The three attacks landed precisely on the Tier 5 Illusion Battleship in quick succession, producing three consecutive explosions.
All of this happened in an instant.
In this brief moment, the tide of the battle in the silent starry sky shifted significantly. The initiative, which had been held by the Tier 5 Illusion Battleship, quietly transferred to the three Song Clan Chasing Deer ships.
The orbital annihilation beam failed to completely destroy the Tier 5 orange hull armor, meaning that all three Song Clan ships retained their combat capabilities. On the other hand, the Tier 5 Illusion Battleship, with its defense weakened by thirty percent, suffered significant damage to its thrusters from the previous three attacks.
Without the thrust from the thrusters, its speed was greatly reduced, which was a major weakness against the three Chasing Deer ships.
Without the ability to maneuver, the Tier 5 Illusion Battleship was like a large target, and no matter how sturdy it was, it would eventually be sunk by the relentless attacks of the three Chasing Deer ships.
...
On the Illusory Continent, after receiving reports of victory from various fleets, the three clan elders could finally focus on the ultimate goal of this interstellar war.
"Extract the core of the 5th Tier Floating Land!"
The Illusory Continent, as a 5th Tier Life Floating Land, has a diameter of six light-years, though it is not as large as the Dragon Spine Continent, which is approaching its peak 5th Tier.
Finding a suitable extraction point for the Floating Land core on such a vast Floating Land is no easy task.
Although the [Floating Land Core Extraction Device] can be activated at any point on the Floating Land to extract the core, the actual results can vary significantly.
Previous tests on the Dragon Spine Continent have shown that a suitable extraction point, one that is closer to the core at the bottom of the Floating Land, can greatly reduce the extraction time.
With the [Floating Land Core Extraction Device] now reinforced to Tier 5, the normal extraction time for a 5th Tier Floating Land core is fifty years. However, finding a suitable point can reduce this time by half.
Therefore, selecting a suitable extraction point is still very important.
In the eastern part of the central province of the Illusory Continent, in the Vast Wilderness mountains, the three warships landed one after another in this mountain range.
"According to the display, this is the place... If we extract here, it will only take 22 years."
"Then this place will do. Shiyuan, the extraction will be handled by you from now on. This time, it will take 22 years, and with the two portions required for a Fifth-Rank peak to advance to Sixth-Rank, it shouldn't exceed 50 years. Altogether, that’s 70 years to increase the Immovable Mingwang’s promotion success rate by 20%. Opportunities like this are rare!"
Hearing the Ancestor Patriarch’s words from the Dreadnought, Song Shiyuan nodded gently.
"However, Ancestor Patriarch, what should the extraction ratio be? Or should we extract the entire core?"
Upon hearing this, the communications group chat in the warship fell silent for a few seconds before a reply came from the Dreadnought:
"60% should be enough. This ratio will allow this Floating Land to remain stable at the Fifth Rank in the future without falling below."
"Extracting the entire core would have a greater effect on the Longji Continent, but it absolutely wouldn’t promote it directly to the Sixth Rank. The cost would be the complete collapse of this Floating Land, which is too immoral. We don’t need to take such a step unless absolutely necessary."
Song Shiyuan nodded again, feeling a slight relief in his heart.
If the entire core were extracted, he would find it hard to accept it too.
It must be understood that without considering the fusion of the Floating Land Origin Core, the normal time required for the birth of a Fifth-Rank Star Sea Floating Land is at least tens of thousands of years. To destroy a Fifth-Rank Floating Land for a bit of short-term gain is, frankly, not worth it.
This method of draining the pond to catch all the fish is tacitly prohibited by all civilizations in the Shattered Star Sea. After all, no matter how vast the Shattered Star Sea may be, if it is exploited without restraint, it will eventually be completely exhausted.
However, extracting 60% of the Floating Land Origin Core would allow the remaining 40% to continuously absorb stray energy from the surroundings to replenish itself. In about a thousand years, it would basically recover. While it might not return to its peak, it would at least be able to nurture new resources on the Floating Land again.
Of course, this does not apply to creatures like Void Demons and Star Sea Insects, which have only the instinct to devour.
Sustainable development? What’s that? Can it be eaten?
With everything arranged, the Immovable Mingwang battleship began to slowly descend, coming to a stop in a mountain hollow. Song Shiyuan immediately activated the Floating Land Core Extraction Device.
Above the sky, the Dreadnought and another battleship quickly ascended and soon disappeared from the horizon of the Illusory Continent.
The Immovable Mingwang would remain on the Illusory Continent for 22 years, and Song Shiyuan naturally couldn’t leave, so they couldn’t stay here any longer.
For this operation, the clan had dispatched all its elite forces. Except for Song Xingru, who remained on the Morning Star Yang Land, the defensive forces on the Longji Continent were now quite thin. Someone had to return to garrison.
As for the Illusory Continent and the Illusory Star System, they represented the accumulated wealth of a Middle-Rank Civilization over tens of thousands of years, with significant development potential. The clan would continue to send more personnel to accelerate the development of resources in this star system.
It wasn’t that the clan was unwilling to establish a new branch here to gradually grow stronger, but the Illusory Star System was not an isolated region. To the north of this star system were numerous territories of Middle-Rank Civilizations, some of which had Sixth-Rank combat units.
Because of this, the Ancestor Patriarch’s Dreadnought would need to remain in the northern star region for the next few decades to deter any possible probes from the north. The other battleship would return to the Longji Continent to garrison the clan’s main base.
...
Song Chi, far away in the Golden Dragon Star Region, naturally knew nothing of what was happening in the clan.
Time passed, and several months went by in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Song Chi, who rarely took a break from his daily cultivation, was happily giving himself a day off.
Last night, he had made a small breakthrough in the Law of Space, increasing his comprehension from 0.35% to 0.36%. The improvement wasn’t significant, but it was still worth celebrating for Song Chi.
Small steps lead to great distances. Everything comes from the accumulation of tiny increments. Moreover, every bit of comprehension gained now would be returned tenfold when he broke through to the Fourth Rank.
Additionally, the timing of his breakthrough was crucial. The weakening period of the shield protecting the Immortal Continent fragment was now only a month away, and he couldn’t train as freely as before.
The Morning Star Royal Family could open a direct teleportation gate to the Dusk Star Region at any time. If he missed it, he would have to travel there himself.
The Dusk Star Region was not close to the Golden Dragon Star Region and couldn’t be reached in just a month.
Unless the Sky Dome were to be equipped with higher-quality teleportation modules.
Knowing this, Song Chi didn’t continue his seclusion. He left the Sky Rush Valley and headed to the Dragon Spine Shop.
In Song Yufeng’s personal office, Song Chi quickly inquired about the acquisition of Star Sea Relics.
In the past twenty days, they had acquired a total of three red relics. Now, after five months, he was looking forward to Song Yufeng’s results.
However, the results were not as satisfactory. The first twenty days, being the initial acquisition period, had been highly effective, but the subsequent five months were much less so.
Of course, the base number of Flame Torch Captains on the Morning Star Yang Land was significant. Even though the acquisition effect was not as good as initially, Song Yufeng still had 10 red relics, over 40 orange relics, more than 100 purple relics, and countless white and blue relics in his possession.
After a thorough inventory, Song Chi discovered that Song Yufeng had handed over more than a thousand relics.
"Less than half a year, and over a thousand relics—these are just the ones that can’t be converted into ship components. The ones that can be converted would be even more. Indeed, population is the greatest wealth of any force."
Song Chi sighed inwardly, but then added:
"Of course, this population refers to those who can be self-sufficient without burdening the organization."
Why?
This was simple.
In major forces, more isn’t always better. All Flame Torch Captains require resource support in their early stages, and if they encounter problems in alien star regions, it all goes to waste. Therefore, most organizations follow a semi-population, semi-elite model.
Song Chi stored all the relics in the Market Oddity Exchange Shop and then gave Song Yufeng another portion of the Floating Land Origin to continue the acquisition.
Of course, as time passed, the acquisition effect would only weaken, but Song Chi still wanted to continue.
With the Multiverse Market, every relic acquired was a profit. Although the conversion speed might be slower, he could afford to wait.
After discussing the acquisition of Star Sea Relics, Song Chi quickly changed the subject.
"By the way, have there been any changes in Holy Star City recently? Has any external force appeared?"
(End of Chapter)
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