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Chapter 325: The Red [Bimeng Heart] and [Aurora Leap Device]
Chapter 325: The Red [Bimeng Heart] and [Aurora Leap Device]
Before time froze, Anderson's heart was filled with doubt and fear.
After receiving a heads-up from Anlock, he had specifically brought a red-quality control-nullifying component from his clan, and had even upgraded it to level 50. This way, even if the control component on Song Chi's flagship, the Golden Shark, was of the legendary silver quality, it wouldn't be able to fully control the Golden Shark. After all, the maximum reinforcement level for a cruiser was only Tier 5.
When both components were reinforced to Tier 5, the silver component might be significantly stronger than the red one, but it wouldn't completely nullify the red component's effects.
However, at this moment, he felt utterly helpless. The red control-nullifying component on the Golden Shark seemed to have become completely ineffective, only buying him a fleeting moment to think.
In the last instant, only four words remained in his mind: "Golden Sacred Domain!"
The moment these four words flashed through his mind, he was completely stunned, his thoughts grinding to a halt.
In front of the Golden Shark, the Sky Dome's hull rapidly transformed, turning from a 1,300-meter cruiser into a microscopic neutron star.
Zzzz! Over ten million degrees of heat radiated out from the neutron star, making the surrounding air seem to boil. The energy shield of the Golden Shark overloaded in an instant, followed by the sizzling sound of its armor melting.
In just a few seconds, a cruiser of a quasi-immortal family's direct lineage was reduced to a pile of half-melted iron water. If someone were to see this scene, they would find it hard to believe that this half-melted wreck was Anderson's flagship.
In the Sky Dome's main control room, Song Chi frowned. He had underestimated the destructive power of a microscopic neutron star on a cruiser of the same tier.
Although he had always intended to end the battle quickly, he hadn't planned to kill his opponent outright. However, the current state of the Golden Shark was clearly that it had sunk.
Looking at the darkened, seemingly lifeless cruiser in front of him, Song Chi didn't rush forward. Instead, he sent a few Void Shadow Assassin puppets to investigate.
"Is it really sunk?"
Through the perspective of one of the Void Shadow Assassin puppets, Song Chi confirmed that the cruiser had indeed sunk. This left him somewhat puzzled, and for a moment, he was at a loss.
If he remembered correctly, Anderson was the third sequence of the Stark family's current generation. As a quasi-immortal family that once had a star-annihilator, Song Chi had expected the battle to be more evenly matched, lasting for tens of minutes or even hours.
He never imagined that the "neutron star fission" characteristic alone would end the battle so quickly, completely contrary to what he had anticipated.
If the elders of the Song family were present and saw the current configuration of the Sky Dome, they wouldn't be too surprised. In fact, Song Chi had severely underestimated the combat power of his own flagship. One golden component, two silver components, and multiple red components—such a configuration was more than enough to overwhelm even the first direct lineage of a slightly less powerful immortal family from the upper realms, let alone a third direct lineage of a quasi-immortal family.
In the Stark family, a golden sacred domain component was one of the clan's most valuable assets, especially a time-related golden component.
On the other hand, Anderson's flagship only had a few red components and no silver components. It was only natural that it was easily suppressed by the Sky Dome.
Song Chi's eyes flickered, and he gained a new understanding of his own and the Sky Dome's combat power. However, he quickly shook his head and refocused on the half-melted wreck in front of him.
He had high hopes for this cruiser, the third direct lineage of a quasi-immortal family's current generation. Unfortunately, it had sunk, and the components on the cruiser would likely have survived in limited numbers.
The Sky Dome's hatches opened again, and two more Void Shadow assassin puppets, controlled by brainwave beacons, were dispatched to thoroughly search the partially melted cruiser.
A few minutes later, Song Chi let out a light sigh.
One of the three search teams had already retrieved a red-quality component, a good start.
Searching a 1,200-meter-long cruiser naturally took time, and it took over half an hour for the three teams to finish their search.
In the end, Song Chi thought about it and activated the Proportional Scaling Device component. After towing the remaining half of the Golden Shark into the Sky Dome, he took the Sky Dome to the Market Ruins and discarded the Golden Shark's wreck into the depths of the Void Turbulence.
After doing this, Song Chi felt more at ease and continued his journey at full speed.
Although leaving the Golden Shark's wreck here wouldn't be a problem, if anything were to be exposed, it would be at least two hundred years later. By then, the Sky Dome would likely have already advanced to Tier 4, or even Tier 5, and wouldn't need to fear such things.
However, Song Chi's cautious nature led him to choose the safest path.
In the Sky Dome's main control room, he excitedly examined the multiple components he had retrieved.
This time, his luck was decent. Although the Golden Shark had sunk and not many components remained, their quality was unexpectedly high.
The three teams of Void Shadow Assassin puppets had found a total of seven components, two of which were red, one was orange, and the remaining four were purple.
Among these seven components, the two red components were the most valuable. One of them was a red-quality energy shield, the Red Canopy Shield, which overlapped with the Sky Dome's current Immortal Realm Five Elements Celestial Energy Shield.
The second red component was particularly excellent.
Bimeng Heart lv0
- Quality: Red
- Characteristics:
- Bimeng Overlord Body
- King of Land Combat's Protection
- Additional +1 to Ship Hull Quality
- Consumption: 20/s (Nether Energy Points)
- Effect: For silver-quality (red +1) and below ship hulls, when the hull reinforcement level is not higher than Tier 0, the hull's durability will increase by 40%.
- No need for charging or buffering.
- Upgrade Required: 20 strands of Floating Land Essence (Tier 0), 2,000 Nether Energy Points, 1 drop of Bimeng Blood
- Bimeng Overlord Body: Consumes 100 Nether Energy Points to attach the "Bimeng Overlord Body" buff to the loaded ship. For 10 seconds, the ship will be immune to most control effects. Cooldown: 72 hours.
The King of Land Warfare’s Protection: When near large land masses, planets, or asteroids, the warship will automatically gain a certain degree of self-repair.
Clearly, this component was the source of the opponent’s ability to ignore the effects of the [Pseudo God-Binding Chain] component. From the component attribute panel, it was undoubtedly an exceptional component.
Not only could it enhance the hull durability of a Flame Torch Warship, but it also provided control immunity and self-repair in specific environments. In every way, this was a component extremely suitable for the Sky Dome.
However, although Song Chi valued this component, he did not immediately install it. Instead, he planned to place it and the other six components into the Multiverse Market later.
Anderson Stark’s death would undoubtedly cause a great upheaval. To ensure that he would not be implicated in any subsequent matters, he believed it was best not to install these components for now.
As for the other five components:
The orange component was named [Aurora Leap Device], which could perfectly make up for the Sky Dome’s current shortcoming in leap distance.
Aurora Leap Device lv0
- Quality: Orange
- Characteristic: Maximum leap distance doubled.
- Characteristic 2: Leap Star Map Collector
- Consumption: 1000 per use (ether energy points)
- Effect: After charging, the warship equipped with this device will perform a spatial leap in the designated direction. Current maximum leap distance: 10 (5×2) light-years.
- Charging: 1 hour; Cooldown: 24 hours
- Upgrade Requirements: 10 strands of Floating Land Origin (Zero Rank), 1000 ether energy points, 1 Zero Rank Void Crystal
Leap Star Map Collector: After entering an unfamiliar star region, the leap device will autonomously collect star maps. After one hour of collection, the leap device will automatically generate a detailed star map covering 10 times the detection range of the warship’s onboard sky radar.
Song Chi was most satisfied with this component’s leap distance, which far exceeded that of a blue leap device. This would save the Sky Dome a significant amount of time in the future.
The "Leap Star Map Collector" was also a valuable feature. Although it was slightly inferior to the 20 times star map collector on a normal orange sky radar, it should not be forgotten that the Sky Dome was currently equipped with a red radar, which had a much greater detection range than an orange radar. When combined, the difference was not significant.
With this characteristic, the Sky Dome’s operations in alien star regions would be much more convenient in the future.
The remaining four purple components were a purple sky radar, two purple secondary cannons, and a purple-quality stealth component. None of these were suitable for the Sky Dome.
The purple sky radar was likely one of Anderson’s gains on the Immortal Continent fragment, hence it was casually stored in the warship’s warehouse.
The two purple secondary cannons had similar attributes to those already on the Sky Dome.
The last purple-quality [Illusory Canopy] was relatively rare, but the Sky Dome already had better components like the [Void Membrane] and [Mirage Dragon Transformation Pearl].
Song Chi planned to give the red energy shield to his grandfather, and the [Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator] currently on the [Furious Battle Lion] to his father or mother. The other four purple components would be left for his father, mother, and Song Ting to choose from.
...
Dusk Star Region, Fragmented Star Zone.
Although the entire star region had been bustling for nearly half a year, with high-ranking figures from the principality frequently arriving and a large number of low-rank Flame Torch Warships far exceeding the usual, the level of activity had escalated even further in the past half-month. In just a short half-month, more than 30 Tier 4 Chasing Deer-class warships had arrived.
Outside the Immortal Continent fragment, including the first batch that arrived earlier, over 60 Chasing Deer-class warships had gathered.
Buzzing sounds filled the air as, under the watch of tens of thousands of eyes, one Flame Torch Warship after another emerged from the crack in the Immortal Continent fragment’s protective shield.
As time passed, the weakening period of the floating land fragment’s shield was drawing to a close, and the number of warships emerging from it was gradually decreasing.
When they saw their clan members emerge, the elders of various factions would show signs of relief, but more often than not, they would sigh.
The total number of Flame Torch Warship captains who entered the floating land fragment was in the hundreds, but less than half had emerged so far. The casualty rate was indeed quite high.
In the common communication group of various factions, two families had the most troubled expressions at this moment.
The Dinghai Song Clan and the Stark Family’s Tier 5 Battleship Captain.
The reason was clear to everyone present: the direct heirs of these two families had not yet emerged.
After several more hours, with the crack in the floating land fragment’s shield less than 24 hours from closing, the emotions of these two families remained unchanged.
Just as everyone’s expressions were becoming increasingly strange, a figure suddenly appeared in the distant crack, immediately drawing everyone’s attention.
"Five-Color Light Shield, it’s Song Chi of the Song Clan!"
"The Sky Dome, does this mean..."
"What are you saying? Don’t stir up trouble. If these two families really clash, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"What’s so unimaginable? The Stark Family boasts at least three Tier 6 Flame Torch Warship captains. Would they fear the Song Clan? I don’t think the Song Clan has any Tier 6 captains."
"This has little to do with Tier 6. After all, private attacks are forbidden for battleships and above. The key is that the Song Clan is the local power in the Morning Star Principality, while the Stark Family is far out of reach. If they really clash, even if they can subdue the Dinghai Song Clan, the Stark Family will not fare well."
"I agree. Don’t forget that the Stark Family is also struggling in the Radiant Han Kingdom. They are barely holding onto their own territories. If they engage in a long-distance conflict with the Song Clan, spanning hundreds of thousands of light-years, their own base will likely be the first to suffer."
...
For a moment, various private discussions erupted among the Flame Torch Warship captains, all of which revolved around the Dinghai Song Clan and the Stark Family.
Here, after receiving the Sky Dome, the faces of the Song Clan members were filled with joy. In contrast, the expression of the Stark Family’s Tier 5 Battleship Captain had become extremely grim.
Upon seeing Song Chi, he instinctively felt a sense of foreboding.
In the Sky Dome’s main control room, Song Chi respectfully replied to Elder Ru’s inquiries.
He did not hide anything from his ancestor and directly told him about killing Anderson.
After hearing his voluntary response, Elder Song Xingru’s eyes did not show any rebuke, but rather were filled with a warm smile.
"Good, they need a substantial lesson. This will teach them to behave themselves. However, this matter must not be disclosed to prevent them from acting recklessly."
(End of Chapter)
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