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Chapter 37: The Ember Seed Recovery Period
Chapter 37: The Ember Seed Recovery Period
Although the ember seed within the human body's ancestral acupoint doesn't extinguish when an ember spacecraft sinks, it does fall into a weakened state, requiring several decades to fully recover.
After recovery, the body can once again merge with a new Scout-class shuttle, starting from scratch.
Mother Chen Lixia is already a century old. Although her life level has undergone one transformation, reaching the first tier with a 200-year lifespan, the decades required for the ember seed to recover make it nearly impossible for her to cultivate a new ember spacecraft and have a second chance at advancing to the second tier.
Without the assistance of the lv19 Psionic Training Platform from the Dragonfly, it's impossible for her to break through to lv20 within a century.
Song Chi, who is only at lv5 in the Guiding Technique, needs more than half a year to advance to lv6, even with the 580% enhancement of the training room. Without the enhancement, it would take at least three years, and that's just from lv5 to lv6. What about after lv15?
Not to mention, the gap between lv19 and lv20 is a formidable bottleneck. Without the Psionic Training Platform, it's common to get stuck for a century just trying to advance one level.
Thinking of this, Song Chi's heart couldn't help but feel heavy. The good mood he had from the successful exploration of the alien star domain was completely ruined.
Seeing his expression, Chen Lixia rubbed his cheek and smiled, "Alright, I know my little Chi loves his mom the most. Your dad will figure something out. He's been busy these past few days, probably trying to find a solution."
Mentioning this, Song Chi's eyes brightened. He knew exactly what his dad was investigating. Given that he had been busy for over ten days, the news about the titanium crystals was likely not just a rumor.
Given the value of titanium crystals, if they could obtain them, it might just be enough to exchange for something that could increase the success rate of upgrading the airship to a spacecraft.
This thought lifted his spirits considerably.
With his dad and Uncle Shen, both second-tier ember spacecraft captains, working together, the chances of obtaining the titanium crystals were quite high.
However, Song Chi was still concerned. Given the strategic importance of titanium crystals, if the news leaked beyond Jiangyuan City, two second-tier ember spacecraft captains might not be enough to secure them.
With this in mind, he clenched his fists, his desire to quickly enhance his own strength becoming even more urgent.
As for the "Dinghai Song Clan" his dad mentioned, their true strength and reliability were still unknown. Placing his hopes on this vague name was something Song Chi couldn't bring himself to do.
He preferred to rely on himself.
After giving his mother a reassuring look and sending her home, Song Chi drove around the city center several times, slightly altering his appearance to ensure no one was following him. Then, he quickly headed to the Jiangyuan black market.
He needed to quickly sell the batch of primal copper. As for the smaller quantities, he would gradually sell them as part of his normal exploration gains, which would fetch a higher price.
And the 110 tons of phantasm crystals? Sorry, but these rare and useful resources were better kept for his own use, as their value was much higher that way.
He rented a large resource transport vehicle and sold the entire thousand tons of primal copper ore in one trip. Without lingering in the black market, Song Chi used the funds from the sale to purchase supplies.
Directly buying from the black market was generally more expensive than through official channels.
The long-range spatial portal in the Posterior Void Market had just finished buffering, signaling the start of his second Void Market trading session. This time, with nineteen spatial portals, even more alien races would enter the market. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on goods and sell them at a high price, he would feel like he was letting himself down.
After all, this was an opportunity that only came once every thirty days. The over three thousand strands of zero-grade Floating Land Essence he earned last time were quickly spent on the Celestial Sovereign. This time, he needed to make even more.
...
Dongjiang Ember Mall, Eagle Machinery Store.
As a regular customer, the young lady at the counter was already quite familiar with Song Chi. As soon as he walked in, she greeted him with a warm smile.
"Welcome! Did you have another successful exploration?"
Song Chi smiled and summoned the Celestial Sovereign, handing over all the scattered minerals to the Eagle Machinery Store.
Perhaps because of their previous transaction, the store offered 80% of the market price, and Song Chi had no choice but to spend the money entirely at the Eagle Machinery Store, or the transaction would be void.
Without rushing to browse the goods, Song Chi fished through his clothes and pulled out the Life Crystal of the peak first-stage Gold Devouring Vine.
"Would you be interested in a Life Crystal from a peak first-stage Gold Devouring Vine?"
He chose to offer this Life Crystal here because the Eagle Machinery Store also sold gene serums.
Gene serums required "Heavenly Star Grass" as the main ingredient, and the production of Heavenly Star Grass determined the annual production of gene serums by all gene serum manufacturers. As a result, Life Crystals that could shorten the growth cycle of plant-like organisms were always in high demand.
The young lady's eyes lit up, and she nodded eagerly.
"Of course, we would take it. A peak first-stage Life Crystal is worth 30 strands of first-grade Floating Land Essence on the market. We offer 32 strands. How does that sound?"
Song Chi was quite satisfied with the price.
Before he could nod, the girl spoke again.
"Did you obtain this during your recent exploration of the alien star domain?"
Song Chi smiled but remained silent, not responding.
Seeing that he didn't want to elaborate, the clever young lady quickly changed the subject.
"Do you happen to have any remaining parts of the Gold Devouring Vine? If you do, we would be willing to offer 35 strands of first-grade Floating Land Essence for both the Life Crystal and the vine."
Song Chi was slightly surprised. He had never heard that the remains of a Gold Devouring Vine, once it had lost its vitality, could still have value. For star plants, the remains might still have significant research value, but for Floating Land plants, without the Life Crystal, they should be common and valueless.
"What makes the vine of the Gold Devouring Vine so valuable?"
Song Chi asked, and as expected, the young lady only smiled and shook her head, refusing to answer.
He didn't press the issue. If there was a secret, why would she tell him?
"Sorry, I only obtained this Life Crystal by chance. I don't have any remaining parts of the Gold Devouring Vine."
He indeed didn't have any. The remains of the Gold Devouring Vine had no value to him, so he hadn't brought them back to the market.
(End of Chapter)
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