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Chapter 409: The Celestial Star Floating Continent
Chapter 409: The Celestial Star Floating Continent
The Red River Star Domain, a small star domain adjacent to the Chaos Star Domain, is technically a part of the Chaos Star Domain. However, for countless millennia, it has been under the control of the Starlight Clan.
The Starlight Clan is a typical mid-level civilization in the Star Sea, with nearly a dozen Fifth Rank units among them. They are a rather ordinary mid-level civilization.
With such a clan, could the Song family annihilate them in one fell swoop?
Of course not, especially after Song Wujiang officially became a Fearless Fleet Captain. The Song family has the capability to wipe out the Starlight Clan and incorporate the entire Red River Star Domain into the Calm Sea Star Domain.
The reason they haven't done so is simple. The Starlight Clan is not just the Starlight Clan; they are backed by the entire Chaos Star Domain and the Cataclysm Clan. Once the Red River Star Domain is annexed, it will undoubtedly draw the attention of the Cataclysm Clan, which is not good news for a family that has just reached the Sixth Rank.
But now, things are different. With the Bright Han Kingdom officially declaring war on the Cataclysm Clan, the Cataclysm Clan has its hands full. They have no time to spare for the Red River Star Domain. This is the perfect opportunity for the Song family to reveal their fangs. If they can seize enough benefits in the subsequent expansion war, the entire family's foundation will soar in the next thousand years.
In the northern part of the Calm Sea Star Domain, the Thorny Star Region.
With the assistance of a large short-distance teleportation stargate, more than two million starships from the Duchy's Northern Fleet have teleported to this location. This is the border between the Calm Sea Star Domain and the Red River Star Domain, and it is also the starting point for the Northern Fleet's expedition.
At the border between the Calm Sea Star Domain and the Red River Star Domain, one can see that the Starlight Clan has also gathered hundreds of thousands of fleets on the other side of the battlefield, clearly having prior knowledge of the Bright Han Kingdom's expansion war.
However, this is destined to be in vain. In front of the Unmoving Bodhimanda Ship of the Song family's Primordial Ancestor, along with the support of over two million warships, the Starlight Clan is unable to stop the joint fleet of the Calm Sea Star Domain.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amid the roaring cannon fire, in just three days, the entire Starlight Clan's fleet was defeated, and the Calm Sea joint fleet pursued them into the Red River Star Domain.
At the forefront of the Tenth Direct Vein Fleet, Song Mingsong, Song Chi, and the four brothers of the Mountain Sea Sunrise were quickly discussing in their exclusive group chat.
"This is how it is. If we follow the family's several Fifth Rank ancestors, it will only be considered a family joint action. All subsequent gains must be handed over to the family at a rate of 40%. But if we act on our own, we only need to hand over 10%."
After Uncle Song Shan finished speaking, the group chat fell silent for a moment.
These two methods have been practiced by the Song family for a long time, not just for a decade or a century. There's nothing to discuss here. The decision to be made is which method to choose.
Following the family ancestors is undoubtedly safer, but the gains will have to be handed over in large part.
Acting independently, of course, carries greater risk, but the rewards are also more substantial.
Regarding this, even before Grandfather and the others could speak, Song Chi gave his opinion first.
"Let's act independently. With our strength now, we can easily take down several Third Rank Floating Continents!"
In fact, Song Chi wanted to say Fourth Rank Floating Continents, but the Red River Star Domain itself is not that big. The entire star domain only has one 5th Rank Floating Continent and two 4th Rank Floating Continents.
The 5th Rank Floating Continent is naturally handled by the family's main fleet, while one of the 4th Rank Floating Continents is a resource-type continent, and its resources have already been divided among various fleet forces. The other 4th Rank Life-type Floating Continent has been allocated to the Alpha family and the Wu family, leaving no room for outsiders.
But that's fine too. Although he is not afraid of 4th Rank Floating Continents, the members of his clan are not capable enough. In comparison, a 3rd Rank Floating Continent is much simpler.
Song Mingsong and the others had no objections to Song Chi's suggestion. They took out the detailed star map of the Red River Star Domain distributed by the family and, after confirming a 3rd Rank Floating Continent named "Goat," the Tenth Direct Vein Fleet set off without any delay.
Of course, only a few thousand Flame Torch Ships from this fleet are heading to the Goat Floating Continent, while the ordinary starships remain in their original positions.
The Goat Floating Continent is over two hundred light-years away from the Thorny Star Region. If these ordinary starships were to go there, they might not even arrive by the end of the entire expansion war.
As for setting up a stargate, that takes time and can't be done quickly.
The Goat Floating Continent is a 3rd Rank Life-type Floating Continent in the Red River Star Domain, with over a hundred billion members of the Starlight Clan. With the additional Floating Continent shield outside, even ordinary Fourth Rank units would find it difficult to pose a significant threat to this continent in a short time.
However, this time, they are facing the Song family's Tenth Direct Vein Fleet with the Celestial Ruin Heaven.
Just like their previous encounter with the Lei Jie Floating Continent, the answer is self-evident. The 3rd Rank Floating Continent shield was easily torn apart by the Void Splitting Golden Net, and from there, the entire shield of the Goat Floating Continent was shattered by the combined firepower of thousands of Flame Torch Ships, without the need for the Flame of Wrath Giant to take action.
"Alright, Chi, you go to the Celestial Star Floating Continent. The Fierce Battle Lion is enough here!"
After breaking through the Goat Floating Continent's shield, Grandfather Song Mingsong immediately spoke up.
The members of the clan knew that for the Celestial Ruin Heaven, the resources produced on a 3rd Rank Floating Continent were hardly worth considering. Only the Celestial Star Floating Continent, a 5th Rank Floating Continent, was where the Celestial Ruin Heaven should be.
Now that the Goat Floating Continent's shield has been completely shattered, the Fierce Battle Lion, a single Deer Hunt Ship, is enough to suppress this 3rd Rank Floating Continent. There is no need for Song Chi to stay any longer.
Song Chi nodded, as this was also part of his initial plan.
What does the Celestial Ruin Heaven need now? Sixth Rank Floating Continent Essence, titanium crystals, high-rank Void Crystals, high-rank tempering resources, and more, which can only be found on the Celestial Star Floating Continent.
Moreover, the Celestial Star Floating Continent is not too far from the Goat Floating Continent, less than a thousand light-years away, still within the range of the Shadow Descent Seal components.
Therefore, even if something unexpected happens on the Goat Floating Continent, the clan members can summon the projection of the Celestial Ruin Heaven to fight. Even if they encounter a Fifth Rank Life, the projection of the Celestial Ruin Heaven can still hold out for a considerable time, enough for Song Chi himself to teleport over.
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Compared to the Dragon Spine Continent, the Celestial Star Floating Continent is significantly smaller in diameter. Its length is only seven light-years, and its width is a mere four light-years, making it the most common type of 5th Rank Star Sea Floating Continent.
Even so, by the time the Song family's main fleet arrived, they had not yet broken through the Floating Continent shield of the Celestial Star Floating Continent.
It wasn't that the fleet lacked the means to deal with the floating continent's shield, in fact, several days ago, the Tianxing Floating Continent's defense shield had already been torn open by the Dinghai Longxiang Battleship, leaving a significant gap.
The reason a completely stable passage hadn't been established was due to the high-level Tianxing Clan members within the floating continent putting up a fierce resistance.
Looking through the floating continent's shield, one could see several Fifth Rank Tianxing Clan members in advanced Tianxing Power Armor blocking the gap, and surrounding them were over forty Fourth Rank Tianxing Clan members in mid-tier Tianxing Power Armor.
With nearly fifty Tianxing Clan members forming a blockade, coupled with the floating continent's innate defense rules, even a Sixth Rank enslaved creature attempting to pass through the gap by shrinking its size would have a high chance of being severely damaged.
It was only because the Dinghai Longxiang Battleship, belonging to the Primordial Ancestor, was a Dreadnought with its energy shield and hull armor enhanced to Seventh Rank, that it could withstand the barrage of attacks and maintain the gap without being repaired. However, expanding the gap's diameter in a short time was not an easy task.
Because of this, the family fleet was temporarily held back by the floating continent's shield.
"Chi Xiaozi is here too, join the group chat!"
With the arrival of the Tianxu Canqiong Battleship, Song Xingru sent a group chat invitation.
This group chat wasn't the high-level communication group for all the family's Deer Hunt Ship captains, but a special encrypted group chat.
Aside from Song Wujiang and Song Xingru, the group only included Song Dingbang (a Fifth Rank Battleship Captain from the ancestral line), Song Tianhao (the newly promoted Battleship Captain from the first direct lineage), Song Tianshu, Song Tianmang, and four others. These individuals were either ancient ancestors or held high seniority, and the youngest among them was over 1600 years old, making them the core members of the family.
As Song Chi, the current family sequence and a Deer Hunt Ship captain who had made significant contributions to the family, joined the group chat, the messages quickly increased.
"Song Dingbang: Is this component feasible? Absolute Defense.jpg."
The first thing Song Chi saw was a message with an image of the component's attributes.
Absolute Defense Lv. 60
Quality: Silver
Attribute: Absolute Defense
Attribute 2: Increases ship hull durability by an additional 270%
Attribute 3...
Attribute 4...
...
{Absolute Defense: Consumes 400,000 Shadow Energy Points. The ship enters an Absolute Defense state, reducing the effectiveness of all external attacks by 80% for the next 7 minutes. Cooldown: 240 hours.}
As Song Chi scanned the attribute image, his eyes lit up.
This component, named Absolute Defense, wasn't a hull armor component but a special auxiliary component. When combined with high-quality hull armor and energy shield components, it could undoubtedly unleash a terrifying effect.
However, everyone in the group chat shook their heads.
Although this component was good, paired with a battleship, it shouldn't be difficult to withstand the attacks of those dozens of Tianxing Clan members in power armor for a few minutes.
But the current problem was that the battleship couldn't enter the floating continent, and the gap in the Tianxing Floating Continent's shield was less than two kilometers in diameter. Unless the battleship captain entered first and then summoned the ship afterward, the danger would be too high.
"Song Xingru: Why don't I just have my Sixth Rank Fire Dragon Lizard force its way through? Why make things so complicated?"
Song Dingbang immediately rejected Song Xingru's suggestion.
"Song Dingbang: Absolutely not, Aunt Xingru. Your Fire Dragon Lizard is a Celestial Beast, but it has only recently entered the Sixth Rank. If it were to force its way through in a non-peak state, reduced in size, the probability of being annihilated is very high.
It's unnecessary to waste a precious Sixth Rank enslaved creature like this. Remember, this is just the beginning of this expansion war, and the intensity will only increase from here."
"Song Xingru: But if we continue to stalemate like this, there's no other way. Do we have to use those trump cards? Once those components are used, it will take at least a decade to complete their cooldown."
...
As the group struggled to reach a decision, Song Chi spoke up.
"I have an idea we can try."
Upon hearing this, the others in the group chat were surprised.
"Song Xingru: Tell us quickly!"
Soon, Song Chi briefly introduced the Time Domain attribute of the 'Serenity Seal' and the Neutron Link. He then explained his idea.
After listening to Song Chi's proposal, Song Xingru and the others seemed to ponder for a moment, then nodded slightly, agreeing that it was indeed feasible.
Song Chi's idea was simple: to use the 'Serenity Seal Slow Time Sphere' time domain attribute to slow down the reactions and thoughts of the dozens of Tianxing Clan members inside the floating continent by several times, and then attempt to break through their fire blockade.
As for why the 'Neutron Link' attribute was needed, it was to eliminate the effects on their own units.
The 'Serenity Seal Slow Time Sphere' attribute had a unique feature: aside from the activated ship, all objects were within the domain's range.
Based on this, Song Chi had already tested that once a 'Neutron Link' was established with the ships of the three ancient ancestors, the domain would automatically label these linked ships as 'activated ships', ensuring that these ships and their enslaved creatures would not be affected by the 'Serenity Seal Slow Time Sphere'.
"Song Wujiang: Let's follow Chi Xiaozi's plan. Ru Yaotou, once the time domain is activated, I'll try to widen the gap as much as possible. You can directly send in the Fire Dragon Lizard. With the time slowdown, it should be able to withstand the attack!"
With Song Wujiang's approval, the subsequent arrangements proceeded without hindrance. Song Chi first activated the 'Neutron Link' attribute, linking with 12 ships, including those of the three ancient ancestors, Tian Shu, and Tian Mang, as well as seven family Deer Hunt Ships with excellent defensive capabilities, including Song Tian's Tian Shan Xuan Jia Battleship.
Song Tian, the family's sixth sequence, had also been promoted to the Fourth Rank and had been summoned back by the family to participate in this expansion war.
The 'Serenity Seal' component was activated, and a dim energy circle quickly spread in all directions from the center of the Tianxu Canqiong Battleship, soon covering a vast area.
Even with the interference from the Tianxing Floating Continent's shield, the 'Serenity Seal Slow Time Sphere' still managed to cover the dozens of Tianxing Power Armors on the floating continent's sky.
Instantly, the movements, thoughts, and continuous fire from the power armor cockpits of these dozens of Tianxing Clan members were all slowed down several times.
(End of Chapter)
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