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Chapter 474: The Astral Anchor and Starship Swap Device
Chapter 474: The Astral Anchor and Starship Swap Device
Song Chi didn't waste any time and, upon seeing the completion of the contract, began to question Lu Xuelu, the Stag Hunt Fleet Captain, about various matters.
Besides inquiring about the specific shipborne modules of his ship, the Celestial Frost, he was more interested in the hidden strengths of the Ji Han Lu Clan.
As Lu Xuelu spoke, Song Chi's eyes flickered with anticipation.
According to Lu Xuelu, the Lu Clan had secretly hidden a significant amount of power, especially in terms of battleships. The five battleships they had publicly displayed were just the tip of the iceberg. Lu Xuelu was aware of at least seven battleship captains within the clan, and the Lu Clan also had numerous colonization points in other star domains.
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After gathering all the secret information about the Lu Clan, Song Chi noted the coordinates of a Level 6 colonization floating land owned by the Lu Clan in another star domain. He planned to inform the two elders of his family about this, hoping to specifically suppress the Lu Clan.
After all, with the deep enmity now between the two families, Song Chi wouldn't pass up an opportunity to directly weaken his opponents.
Afterward, he asked Lu Xuelu to list the overall attributes of the Celestial Frost.
As he looked over the information, Song Chi raised his eyebrows.
It was indeed impressive, considering Lu Xuelu's status as a direct descendant of the Ji Han Lu Clan. The configuration of his ship was exceptional.
Besides the orange-tier Flame Ship Body, which had been enhanced to level 44, his ship also boasted a silver-tier legendary component and three red-tier epic components, with over ten additional orange-tier components.
Of course, many of these were likely acquired during the Great Expansion War, but they still contributed to the ship's high-end configuration.
The silver-tier legendary component was called the Astral Anchor, a unique type of teleportation module.
Astral Anchor, Level 50
Quality: Silver
Attribute: Astral Stone Teleportation
Attribute 2: Astral Stone Communication
Attribute 3: Double Teleportation Distance
Attribute 4: +800 Starship Space Resistance
Consumption: 30/s (Shadow Energy Points)
Effect: Creatures holding an Astral Stone can instantly teleport back to the ship equipped with this component upon activation. The maximum teleportation distance is currently 5,000 (2,500 x 2) light-years.
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{Astral Stone Teleportation: Consumes 30,000 Shadow Energy Points to create an Astral Stone. A maximum of six Astral Stones can exist simultaneously.}
{Astral Stone Communication: Real-time communication is possible between the Astral Stone and the Astral Anchor. The maximum communication distance is equal to the maximum teleportation distance.}
Song Chi was quite impressed by this silver-tier component, especially compared to the Soul Summon Puppet component on the Skylord. It had a longer-range function and allowed for real-time communication.
However, after some consideration, Song Chi decided not to have Lu Xuelu remove this component.
It wasn't out of kindness, as the value of a silver-tier legendary artifact was clear, but Song Chi had his own plans. He intended to send Lu Xuelu back to the Lu Clan with a Bazaar Travel Permit, using him as a spy to report on the clan's activities.
If he took away the Astral Anchor, the Lu Clan would surely notice, as this component was not a secret within the clan.
Apart from the Astral Anchor, the three red-tier components included a red-tier ship body armor, a red-tier super main cannon, and a rare special swap component.
When it came to swap-type components, Song Chi recalled the incident at the Po Suo Inheritance Tower, where the golden component Po Suo Zen Seal had caused a major conflict among the various races. At the time, Song Port had used a swap component on the Skylord to save themselves, but it was only successful due to the presence of the Abnormal State Purifier component.
However, compared to the purple-tier swap component used by Song Port back then, the red-tier swap component on Lu Xuelu's ship was evidently much more powerful.
Starship Swap Device, Level 50
Quality: Red
Attribute: Starship Swap
Attribute 2: +600 Swap Priority
Attribute 3: Intergalactic Swap
Consumption: 20/s (Shadow Energy Points)
Effect: +1000 Starship Space Resistance when equipped.
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{Starship Swap: Consumes 50,000 Shadow Energy Points to designate a target ship for an instant position swap. Cooldown: 48 hours.}
{Intergalactic Swap: Consumes 80,000 Shadow Energy Points to bind a ship. When the bound ship encounters danger, regardless of its location, it can initiate the swap effect. If the captain of the equipped ship agrees, the equipped ship will temporarily swap positions with the bound ship and take over its combat duties for 30 minutes. Cooldown: 50 years.}
(Note: It can be bound to up to three battleships, but once activated by any of the bound battleships, the ability will enter a cooldown state, during which it cannot be triggered by other battleships.)
The Astral Anchor Device is hard to come by, but this Starship Swap Device has no such restrictions, so Song Chi directly asked Lu Xuelu to uninstall it.
The swapping ability of this component is decent, but Song Chi values the third ability, "Intergalactic Swap," even more.
This ability is similar to the projection ability of the projection component, as they both allow for the temporary summoning of other battleships for assistance. However, the key difference is that the projection component has a distance limitation, while the "Intergalactic Swap" ability has none.
The vast starry sea renders the mere 5,000 light-year projection range of the Shadow Descent Chapter on the Heaven Ruin Skydome insignificant. Even the Void Seal component, which the family recently acquired and enhanced to level 70, has a maximum projection distance of only a million light-years, a mere drop in the vastness of space.
In comparison, the "Intergalactic Swap" ability is far superior, as it can ignore distance and perform swaps across the starry sea. Even if a bound battleship encounters a life-threatening situation during exploration in a different star domain, this ability can still be activated.
The only drawback is its lengthy 50-year cooldown, which even with the assistance of Zen Seal: Inner: Speed and the Time Chess, still lasts for six and a half years.
However, Song Chi isn't too concerned. His plan is to bind this component to the ships of his father, mother, and Song Ting, eliminating the need to worry about the limitations of the Shadow Descent Chapter.
As for Shen Youran, with the Heart Bond Pendant's "Yin Yang Projection" ability and a Bazaar Projection Permit, there's no need for further consideration.
Song Chi installed the Starship Swap Device on the Heaven Ruin Skydome and immediately enhanced it to level 60.
After enhancing it to level 60, the "Intergalactic Swap" ability can now bind to four battleships simultaneously. In addition to his parents and Song Ting, he can also consider his grandparents for the additional slots.
If any of them embark on dangerous missions, their ships can be temporarily bound.
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After taking care of everything, Song Chi let Lu Xuelu go, allowing him to return to the Lu Family as planned, while he himself returned to Dragon Spine City.
His actions had a significant impact, and over the next few years, the prosperity of the Song Family and Dragon Spine City not only didn't decline but flourished even more.
The footage of Song Chi's actions against White Frost Fortress attracted numerous Flame Captains, who were impressed by the Song Family Shop's value proposition. Over time, the reputation of the Dragon Spine Shop grew among these captains.
In contrast, the other factions in the public area remained notably well-behaved during this period.
The terrifying strike that the Heaven Ruin Skydome used to defeat the projection of the Dreadnought was not easily forgotten.
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Time passed, and ten years went by in the blink of an eye.
Today, a new trading session was about to begin at the Multiverse Marketplace.
In the free-stall area, Song Chi paused and stopped at the stall of a robustly built ice giant.
This ice giant exuded a dense Tier 5 life aura, standing nearly ten meters tall, making it stand out among the numerous aliens in the free-stall area.
And this was after Song Chi had forcibly compressed the sizes of all aliens entering the marketplace; otherwise, this ice giant's original size would have been tens of thousands of meters.
"How much for this?"
Song Chi, with his Blue Blood Clan appearance, pointed at a soccer-sized ice crystal on the stall and asked.
"One Tier 5 Floating Land Essence!"
The ice giant buzzed in response.
Song Chi nodded calmly, concealing his inner joy, and quickly took out a Tier 5 Floating Land Essence from his storage capsule, successfully completing the transaction.
As he walked towards the next stall, he muttered,
"With this, all the special resources needed for the Stagship's promotion to a battleship are now complete. With the recent breakthrough in Guidance Art to level 49, it's time to initiate the battleship promotion mission..."
Indeed, the ice crystal he had just purchased was the Eternal Ice Mother Stone, one of the possible resources required for the promotion of the Heaven Ruin Skydome to a battleship. With this acquisition, all preparations for the ship's promotion were now in place.
After the conclusion of the Heavenly Marketplace transaction, if there are no issues with the family, he will be able to officially begin the promotion of the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
At the end of the transaction, a fifth-rank ice giant exchanged a red, peculiar item for a Bazaar Travel Permit.
Song Chi was not surprised by this. Ice giants are highly social creatures, and if his guess was correct, there was a high likelihood that this fifth-rank ice giant had an ice giant tribe backing it.
This was clearly another potential major customer in the future. The star sea floating land where such a species as the ice giant could thrive was definitely not low-tier.
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After tallying up the gains from the Heavenly Marketplace transaction, Song Chi approached the Divine Realm Task Platform.
Since the Heavenly Marketplace's promotion to Tier 5, this golden-tier marketplace configuration was immediately enhanced to level 70. Although it cost Song Chi a strand of seventh-tier Floating Land Origin and a Dominant True Spirit, the attribute boost was well worth the investment.
After the enhancement to Tier 7, the number of player slots in the Divine Realm Task Platform skyrocketed to five million. Even after more than twenty years, the slots have yet to be filled.
With the help of millions of Divine Realm alien players, Song Chi has greatly benefited in recent years.
For example, the black hole dense stone, which was previously difficult to acquire, was also obtained in large quantities with the assistance of alien players scattered across hundreds of thousands of different star domains.
Even the extremely rare antimatter source was acquired three times in the past two decades, but unfortunately, the size was too small to allow for a quality evolution of the Antimatter Evolution Engine.
This time, Song Chi entered for another bounty mission.
[High Price Acquisition of Low-Rank and Mid-Rank Brainware...]
This was a task he had posted long ago as the Lord of the Divine Realm, and although many players had accepted it, he had never seen anyone actually provide brainware. However, just now, the task received a submission notification.
With a thought, dozens of low-rank brainware appeared in his hand.
Controlling the authority of the Lord of the Divine Realm, Song Chi's mind quickly displayed the image of the player who had submitted the task.
Contrary to his expectations, the player who submitted the task was not one of the few mechanical races among the millions of Divine Realm players, but a seemingly ordinary dog-headed person.
"Interesting, a fourth-rank dog-headed person actually obtained so many low-rank brainware. I should take the opportunity to ask if they can procure mid-rank brainware."
Without lingering in the Divine Realm player trading space for too long, Song Chi quickly returned to the Heavenly Marketplace.
Free Stall Area, Inside the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
With the silver light flashing multiple times, the Skyward Brain System, which had been at level 50 for many years, finally reached level 60.
As expected, its attributes showed that subsequent enhancements would require mid-rank brainware.
However, compared to this, Song Chi was very satisfied with the attributes of the Skyward Brain System after its enhancement to Tier 6.
Not to mention anything else, just the "Auto-Subbrain Mechanism" trait alone increased the number of sub-brains it could differentiate from 1,000 to 3,000.
While it wasn't a qualitative change, the intimidation factor of having 3,000 Inferno Fire Armors with full-scale firepower support from 3,000 fourth-rank units was undeniable.
Even if equipped with the fifth-rank Mara Void Walker, which had even more astonishing destructive power, the impact would be unimaginable.
Thinking of this, Song Chi rubbed his forehead and sighed.
Aside from the difficulty of mass-producing fifth-rank Mara Void Walkers, even if the family's research department successfully established a mass production line, purchasing 3,000 fifth-rank Mara Void Walkers would still be a monumental challenge.
Even with Song Chi's current wealth, buying 3,000 fifth-rank Mara Void Walkers at once would likely bankrupt him.
Shaking his head, Song Chi stopped thinking further and exited the Heavenly Marketplace, quickly sending a communication to the family.
All preparations for the warship's promotion have been made, and Song Chi naturally wanted to expedite the promotion of the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
With the luxurious configuration of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, once it is promoted to a battleship, multiple components of the warship can be enhanced to Tier 7. At that time, he will have the confidence to face a dreadnought directly.
However, while the idea is good, the resource expenditure will undoubtedly be a bottomless pit. Fortunately, the previous war's spoils were plentiful, and the gains from the Heavenly Marketplace and the Divine Realm Task Platform should be sufficient to meet the needs of the subsequent major enhancement after the promotion.
PS: The second chapter will still be delayed.
(End of Chapter)
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