Chapter 426: Success
Chapter 426: Success
At the entrance of the Family External Affairs Hall, located at the foot of Dragon Spine Sacred Mountain on Dragon Spine Continent, Song Chi's eyes narrowed as he confirmed the information provided by the family. After a moment, he asked, "What about the western part of the Chaos Star Domain? How is the battle situation there now?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, the western battlefield has entered a critical stage. Nearly twenty civilizations in the Chaos Star Domain have joined forces, and several Sixth Rank units have appeared. They are currently doing their best to halt the Duchy fleet's advance!"
After obtaining the information he sought, Song Chi nodded slightly and turned to leave the hall.
Soon, the Celestial Ruin Heaven soared into the sky, heading north towards the Northern Star Domain.
It was confirmed that the Dominant-level Black Devouring Beast King had not appeared and was most likely back in its slumber. The battle in the Chaos Star Domain had also reached a critical stage, with most of the alien civilizations' forces in the central region being redeployed to the western battlefield.
Now was the perfect opportunity to head to the central region of the Chaos Star Domain to obtain the genuine Bind God Chain, and Song Chi wasn't about to waste this chance.
In the following days, the two Leap Components on the Celestial Ruin Heaven took turns operating, and with the assistance of the Illusory Dragon Transformation Orb, Song Chi began a full-speed journey.
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Chaos Star Domain, Western Region, Liguo Star Zone.
This area was originally occupied by a low-level alien civilization, the Liguo Tribe, but over two thousand years ago, they were enslaved by a medium-level alien civilization. Now, this region had become a battlefield between the Morning Star Duchy's main fleet and the alien coalition forces.
Under the continuous bombardment of over ten million starships, the Liguo Star Zone had been almost completely destroyed, with the entire star zone's territory spanning hundreds of light-years in ruin.
In just a few months, with the combined firepower of over ten million warships from both sides, the only 2nd-rank Floating Land in the star zone had completely disintegrated, giving a glimpse of the intensity of the battle.
On this day, after several days of fierce fighting, both sides tacitly agreed to a ceasefire.
Morning Star Duchy Fleet Command Center, Encrypted Group Chat.
The encrypted group chat, consisting of just over twenty people, was particularly intense at this moment.
"Angre Morning Star: The Yaohan Kingdom has sent new instructions, urging us to rendezvous with their eastern fleet within five years. In other words, we don't have much time left."
"Marco Twilight: Five years, is that a bit too tight? Aside from the western Chaos Star Domain, we also need time for the central, eastern, and northern regions!"
"Song Dingbang: The coalition forces blocking us have already deployed nearly eighty percent of the alien forces in the Chaos Star Domain. If we can annihilate this coalition, it's not impossible to sweep through the entire Chaos Star Domain in the following four years!"
"Lu Beili: Annihilating millions of warships is no easy task. Everyone, contribute what you can!"
As the Lu family ancestor spoke in the group chat, the other Sixth Rank ancestors from the five major powers responded one after another.
"Angre Morning Star: My Morning Star family can provide a large-scale domain blockade component. This component has been enhanced to the seventh rank, and at that time, it can be activated by our family's ancestor, who will personally control the Morning Star Vanguard. With it, we can seal off a star domain with a radius of hundreds of light-years for three months. We just need to focus on annihilating the alien coalition within this period."
"Hols Twilight: We will contribute an amplification component that can link up to 100,000 Flame Warships. With these warships as the vanguard, we can thoroughly disrupt the enemy fleet's formation!"
"Slim Eagle: My Eagle family's advanced mobile battle star can join the vanguard fleet!"
As the ancestors of the five major powers spoke, everyone's attention turned to Song Wujiang, who had remained silent.
However, before Song Wujiang could speak, Song Dingbang took the initiative, "My Song family will provide a group concealment component. At that time, we can deploy one hundred Deer Hunt Ships in stealth mode. When the critical moment arrives, they can infiltrate the battlefield from the side to execute a decapitation plan against the alien coalition!"
After the five major powers expressed their intentions, the other battleship captains from the Duchy's secondary powers also voiced their support.
These individuals had limited resources, so they could only voluntarily join the vanguard fleet, as it faced the highest danger and would be the primary target of the alien coalition's firepower.
However, as participants in the profit-sharing agreement, those who couldn't contribute efficient auxiliary components had no choice but to contribute their manpower.
"Rosetta Morning Star: Since the general plan is set, let's carefully arrange the details for the next period. We'll take action in half a month!"
With the Duchy's first Duke speaking, the others naturally had nothing more to add, and they soon dispersed to discuss and plan the specifics.
In the Song family's encrypted group chat, Song Xingru said,
"That old Rosetta is so mysterious, never showing himself. He doesn't even project his image in the communication group chat, only speaking through voice. Could it be that the rumors are true, and he's really..."
"Cousin Xingru, be careful with your words. When Rosetta established the Duchy, he was already a Fearless Ship Captain. Over five thousand years have passed since then, and there have been rumors that he's already halfway into the ranks of the Limit Fearless Ship Captain. However, the rumors about his impending death are baseless."
Song Dingbang interrupted Song Xingru, his expression grave.
As he spoke, the three of them, including Song Tianhao, turned to look at their family's ancestor.
Song Wujiang pretended to recall something and then said softly, "According to the Deer Hunt Ship Captains from the founding days, Rosetta should be of the same type as Hols."
After saying this, Song Wujiang fell silent, but Song Xingru and the other two already understood his meaning.
Hols Twilight, the brilliant Sixth Rank ancestor of the Twilight Marquis family, had become a Fearless Ship Captain at the young age of over two thousand.
If Rosetta and Hols were of the same type, it meant that Rosetta had also achieved the rank of Fearless Ship Captain at over two thousand years old. Adding the five thousand three hundred years since the founding of the Duchy, Rosetta was at most eight thousand years old, two thousand years away from the ten-thousand-year lifespan of a Fearless Ship Captain. With some rare longevity elixirs, he might even live for three thousand years.
Therefore, the rumors about his impending death were clearly unfounded.
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Compared to the tense battle in the western Chaos Star Domain, Song Chi's situation was much more relaxed.
After more than ten days of rushing, the Celestial Ruin Heaven entered the central region of the Chaos Star Domain, this time bypassing the southern Chaos Heaven Star Zone and heading straight for the central Chaos Star Zone.
According to the information provided by Wang Zhen, the genuine Bind God Chain was located on the 5th-rank Floating Land, "Chaos Floating Land," within the Chaos Star Zone. The good news was that this Floating Land was not controlled by a single alien civilization but jointly held by three top-tier medium-level civilizations with Sixth Rank units, which provided an opportunity to enter the Floating Land during this wartime phase.
On the outskirts of the Chaos Star Domain, at the edge of an asteroid belt, Song Chi easily enslaved a third-rank starship with the dominance of the Celestial Ruin Heaven.
This starship belonged to the Horned Tribe, and as the most powerful of the three tribes in the Chaos Floating Land, they had a sixth-rank Horned Tribe starship stationed in their ancestral land, making them the most dominant force in the entire Chaos Floating Land.
As expected, the enslaved Horned Tribe starship was never inspected, allowing Song Chi to effortlessly pass through the Floating Land's shield and infiltrate its interior.
Even if the ship had been inspected, Song Chi could still enter the Ruin Market to ensure he wouldn't be discovered.
The reason why the three tribes' control of the Floating Land provided him with the opportunity to infiltrate was that if a single civilization held sole control, they would undoubtedly impose strict restrictions on warship movements during this critical wartime phase, knowing that the Flame Human fleet would dispatch small units to harass the enemy's rear.
Without the ability to move warships freely, Song Chi would have no way to infiltrate the Chaos Floating Land, no matter how well he concealed himself.
It was precisely because of the status differences between the three civilizations that a Horned Tribe starship could freely enter and exit the Floating Land, demonstrating their absolute dominance.
Upon entering the Floating Land, Song Chi immediately separated from the third-rank Horned Tribe starship, allowing the enslaved Horned Tribe captain to continue their previous work. He then activated the "Illusory Shadow" ability and piloted the Celestial Ruin Heaven directly towards the location of the Divine Binding Chain.
According to Wang Zhen's information, the authentic Divine Binding Chain had not been discovered by alien creatures but was buried deep within a volcano in the Chaos Floating Land.
Song Chi's search was straightforward; he activated the "Spirit Glimpse Eye" function of the sky-scanning radar.
After a few minutes, a unique radar map appeared before Song Chi.
Compared to a regular radar map, this one displayed a range over a thousand times larger, easily covering the entire Chaos Floating Land, which was nearly twenty light-years in diameter.
Additionally, the radar map was filled with numerous colorful dots emitting various hues.
White, blue, purple, orange, and red.
Unfortunately, there was no sign of a silver dot.
It was evident that each of these dots represented a Star Sea Artifact of corresponding quality, and since the Spirit Glimpse Eye component had been enhanced to the sixth rank, it should have been able to detect the presence of silver-quality Star Sea Artifacts.
Song Chi speculated that it might have been taken away by the high-ranking forces of the three tribes who had ventured to the western part of the Chaos Star Domain, or perhaps it was isolated by special means. However, the most likely possibility was that there were no silver-quality legendary artifacts in this Chaos Star Domain to begin with.
Without dwelling on this matter, Song Chi quickly shifted his attention to the few red dots.
Among the more than twenty red dots, three areas stood out as particularly dense, with one area containing as many as six.
However, these three areas were the ones Song Chi initially overlooked, as they were the ancestral lands of the three tribes in the Chaos Floating Land. The area with six red artifacts was undoubtedly the Horned Tribe's ancestral land, currently guarded by a sixth-rank force, making it a dangerous place.
His attention was focused on the other red dots.
There were three of them, but since the radar map couldn't display terrain, Song Chi would have to search all three locations to pinpoint the volcano's exact position.
Taking advantage of the remaining time of the "Illusory Shadow" ability, Song Chi headed straight for the nearest red dot.
Chaos Floating Land, Ice Xi Lake.
Looking down at the giant figure in the center of Ice Xi Lake, Song Chi shook his head slightly. He quickly turned the ship around and headed towards the second red dot.
The giant figure roaming beneath the lake's surface was a massive Ice Armor Giant Turtle over 20,000 meters long, an extremely powerful existence among fifth-rank creatures. With its advantageous environment, if the Celestial Ruin Heaven were to engage it, it would undoubtedly create a huge disturbance.
Moreover, the red epic artifact was located on the giant turtle's back, clearly not the Divine Binding Chain, so Song Chi did not take action.
Since both jump devices were in cooldown, Song Chi entered the Ruin Market from his current location and waited until the next day to continue his journey to the second red dot.
"Hmm... Is this a volcano?"
Looking at the towering, cylindrical mountain in the distance, Song Chi glanced at the radar map and confirmed that the red dot matched the volcano's location. He was now confident that he had found the right place.
Soon, the Celestial Ruin Heaven successfully arrived above the volcano's crater.
"An active volcano?"
In the main control room of the warship, Song Chi furrowed his brows.
The fact that it was an active volcano was one thing, but the crater's diameter was less than 300 meters, making it impossible for the Celestial Ruin Heaven to enter.
Without the warship's protection and isolation, Song Chi couldn't directly enter the crater.
Thinking this, Song Chi had no choice but to summon the Fiery Wrath Giant and imprint a brainwave mark on it.
Compared to remote real-time control via brainwave imprint, telepathic communication was undoubtedly more cumbersome.
Soon, the miniature Fiery Wrath Giant rushed into the crater and continued until it was completely submerged in the scorching lava. Only then did the giant begin to expand its body, perfectly camouflaging itself with the volcanic energy.
However, the vast interior of the crater presented a daunting challenge in searching for the red artifact.
At this moment, Song Chi remembered the special component on the Celestial Ruin Heaven—the Ultrasonic Geomagnetic Detector.
This component had rarely been used since its installation, as Song Chi had long moved beyond the stage of needing to mine various mineral resources to make money. However, it was now the perfect tool for the job.
While the component was primarily designed to detect various mineral veins by sensing their unique magnetic fields, the Star Sea Floating Land, as a convergence of Star Sea essence, also possessed its own unique magnetic field. Moreover, higher-quality artifacts tended to have stronger magnetic fields.
The Ultrasonic Geomagnetic Detector, now evolved to orange quality, could probe up to three kilometers deep. By continuously scanning various positions below the crater, Song Chi quickly pinpointed the location of the red artifact.
A few minutes later, the Fiery Wrath Giant, having returned to its miniature form, reappeared on the warship, and as expected, it held the authentic Divine Binding Chain in its hand.
PS: Only one chapter today. I'll try to make up for it with the second chapter tomorrow.
(End of Chapter)
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