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Chapter 517: Origin Realm Partition - Silver Origin Core Extractor
Chapter 517: Origin Realm Partition - Silver Origin Core Extractor
In the grand hall, Song Chi and the other four elders wore faint smiles.
Song Yiming's response had clearly given them a good impression. Not only did he demonstrate his responsibility as a member of the Song family, but he also managed to gain favor without giving up the rewards they were entitled to.
As the most core members of the family, Song Chi and the others were more than willing to reward and support the younger generation.
After a brief discussion, they offered a reward of "any one silver-ranked component of your choice."
Song Yiming chose the energy shield. His Dragon Roar already had silver-ranked hull armor, and with the addition of an energy shield, its safety would be greatly improved.
As Song Yiming selected a silver-ranked energy shield component from the options provided by Song Wuxiang, Song Chi suddenly spoke up.
"Your Flame Seed should still be orange, right?"
"Yes, Uncle Song Chi!" Song Yiming replied respectfully. The next moment, his eyes widened in surprise, and after a brief moment of shock, they turned to deep joy.
Song Chi took out a Sixth Rank Silver Apple from the grand hall above and then presented an orange-ranked Advancement Flame Source acquired from the Multiverse Marketplace over the years. After merging the two, the orange-ranked Advancement Flame Source slowly transformed into a red-quality one.
With a casual wave of his hand, this red-ranked Advancement Flame Source, which would have caused fierce competition among the younger generation in other Sixth Rank aristocratic families, was given to Song Yiming.
Only then did Song Chi continue speaking.
"Consider this red-ranked Advancement Flame Source as my personal reward to you. I hope you can maintain this momentum and continue to showcase the might of the Dragon Spine Song Clan in the Morning Star Kingdom, the entire Heavenly Disc Galaxy, and even the entire Flame Human Galaxy Cluster!"
"Thank you, Uncle Song Chi. I will do my utmost to ensure that the Song Clan's name is never inferior to outsiders!"
In the grand hall above, Song Chi watched Song Yiming's excitement below with a calm heart.
He had always been willing to invest in the younger generation of the family, especially since the Silver Apple Mother Tree had produced two more rounds of fruit in the past seventy years, and he now had nearly ten of them. Giving away one didn't feel like a big deal.
After Song Yiming left, the elders in the ancestral hall turned their attention to the last matter at hand.
The Seventh Rank Silver Apple acquired from the Bosa Heritage Tower in the Star Domain and a component emitting a red glow were taken out.
After exchanging glances, the Seventh Rank Silver Apple and the newly acquired Origin Core Extractor, which had been safely uninstalled, began to interact. Within a few minutes, the Origin Core Extractor evolved into a silver-ranked component.
At the same time, Song Wuxiang took out a component called the Floating Land Core Extractor from the Flame Ancestral Cavity.
This component belonged to the same category as the Floating Land Origin Core Extractor, but its effectiveness was far inferior. It could only extract 1% of a Floating Land Origin Core at a time, and the operation time was extremely long, making it a rather mediocre component.
However, it had one very useful characteristic.
{Higher Stage Floating Land Temporary Extraction Permission: Consumes corresponding Shadow Energy Points (based on the component's enhancement level and the target Floating Land's rank), temporarily granting permission to extract the Origin Core of a Floating Land one major rank higher than the component's enhancement rank, with a maximum single extraction of 1‰ of the Floating Land Origin Core. Cooldown time: 10 years.}
The Song family elders valued this particular characteristic.
With the Origin Core Extractor evolving into a silver-ranked component, they directly transferred the "Higher Stage Floating Land Temporary Extraction Permission" characteristic to the Origin Core Extractor, making it the fourth characteristic of the component.
Floating Land Origin Core Extractor lv60
Characteristics: Energy Absorption
Characteristic 2: 60% Cooldown Reduction
Characteristic 3: Constant 50% Operation Time Reduction
Characteristic 4: Higher Stage Floating Land Temporary Extraction Permission
Consumption: 500/s (Shadow Energy Points)
Recharge: 1 hour; Buffer: 4 years
Effect: Consumes 100,000 Shadow Energy Points. After a certain operation time (based on the component's enhancement level and the target Floating Land's rank), it can extract the Origin Core of a designated Floating Land up to the component's enhancement rank.
After examining the attributes of the evolved Origin Core Extractor, the five elders were thrilled.
From now on, this component could not only extract the Origin Core of Floating Lands up to Tier 6, but it had also increased by two major ranks, allowing it to reach Tier 8 Floating Lands.
Even though the "Higher Stage Floating Land Temporary Extraction Permission" characteristic had a maximum single extraction limit of 1‰, it was still an eighth-rank Floating Land. For the current Dragon Spine Continent, even a mere 1‰ of an eighth-rank Floating Land Origin Core was the best promotion material.
The Song family had always emphasized that the key to the promotion of the Dragon Spine Continent lay with the Hidden Vein. This was what they were referring to.
According to the plan, once the Dragon Spine Continent reaches Tier 6 Apex, the family's high-level combat power will join forces to venture into the Crimson Star Hyperdimensional Continent and attempt to use this silver-ranked Origin Core Extractor to extract even the tiniest bit of the Crimson Star Continent's Origin Core.
If successful, the subsequent difficulty of promoting the Dragon Spine Continent to a Tier 7 Floating Land will be greatly reduced.
"Alright, we will proceed according to the family's plan. When the Dragon Spine Continent reaches Tier 6 Apex, it will be time for us to head to the Crimson Star Continent. Until then, Shixing, you must ensure that the Hidden Vein clan finds the most suitable Origin Core extraction point!"
"Understood!"
...
Time passed, and two years had gone by since the Origin Core Extractor was promoted to silver rank after their return from the Bosa Heritage Tower.
On this day, Song Chi exited the Multiverse Marketplace and returned to the Dragon Spine Estate.
"Is it time to depart? The family's Hidden Vein... Crimson Star Hyperdimensional Continent!"
As he thought this, his gaze turned to the family quantum communication ring on the side of his Ethereal Body, where a message had popped up.
"Little Chi, come to the Dragon Spine Mountain quickly! We're preparing to depart for the Crimson Star Continent!"
After a quick tidy-up and a brief farewell to his parents, Song Chi summoned the Heaven Ruin Skydome and set off towards the Dragon Spine Mountain.
At the foot of the Dragon Spine Mountain, at Song Shixing's call, Song Chi recalled the Heaven Ruin Skydome, puzzled.
He had assumed that the elders had some matters to discuss in the ancestral hall, but as they entered, they found that although chaos fog had appeared in the hall, Song Wuxiang, Song Shiyuan, and Song Xingru were not present. Only the two of them were there.
"Ancestor Xing, what's going on...?"
Before he could finish, Song Shixing interrupted him with a raised hand and said, "Don't ask. You'll find out soon enough!"
Following Song Shixing, the two of them walked straight towards the rune-inscribed stone wall deep within the ancestral hall.
"A secret passage or a special enclosed space?"
Various speculations flooded Song Shixing's mind, and he soon provided the answer.
As they walked to the innermost part, Song Shixing tapped a seemingly ordinary rune-inscribed stone wall several times. The next moment, Song Chi's eyebrows furrowed.
On this seemingly casual action, the rune-inscribed stone wall began to glow with dense black light, and finally, a small tunnel just wide enough for a single person to pass through appeared.
Not long after entering this narrow tunnel, Song Chi noticed that the entrance behind them had quietly closed. At that moment, he heard Song Shixing's voice in his ear:
"Chi, when did our Song family occupy the Calm Sea Star Domain and the Dragon Spine Continent?"
Without much thought, Song Chi gave the answer directly.
"Two thousand nine hundred years ago!"
"That's right, it was indeed two thousand nine hundred years ago."
"Back then, our ancestor decided to explore the Calm Sea Star Domain, and through countless hardships, they established the initial territory spanning several hundred light-years in the Calm Sea Star Domain."
At this point, Song Shixing's tone changed.
"Do you know that the initial Calm Sea Star Domain, which took hundreds of years to develop, actually had two Fourth Rank Life-Type Floating Lands that could serve as the family's ancestral land? Aside from the Dragon Spine Continent, there was another Floating Land closer to the Fourth Rank Apex, yet our family ultimately chose the Dragon Spine Continent as our ancestral land. Why is that?"
Song Chi's eyes flickered, and this was the first time he had heard such a claim.
"Could it be because of this Hyperdimensional Portal leading to the Crimson Star Continent?"
Song Shixing didn't keep him guessing; he nodded lightly.
"Indeed, it's because of this Hyperdimensional Portal. Even the Dragon Spine Mountain was built afterward to conceal this portal!"
Song Chi understood, but before he could ask further questions, they had already reached the end of the narrow corridor.
Before them was a small mountain chamber. The surrounding stone walls were made entirely of special Dragon Blood Adamant, and a layer of Eternal Stone Bricks was affixed to them, making the chamber as sturdy as possible.
The most eye-catching feature was the small teleportation gateway in the center of the chamber.
The gateway was covered in numerous unknown runes, emitting an ancient aura. On both sides of the gateway stood two Sixth Rank Enslaved Creatures, motionless, guarding the entrance. It could be said that the family's defense of this teleportation gateway had reached an unimaginable level.
Song Chi quickly understood the intention behind this.
Whether it was the Eternal Stone Bricks, the Dragon Blood Adamant, or the two Sixth Rank Enslaved Creatures, they were not only for defending against external enemies but also for protecting the Hyperdimensional Portal on the other side.
A Hyperdimensional Portal derived from an Eighth-grade Hyperdimensional Continent was akin to a rule-created object in the Shattered Star Sea, almost impossible to destroy by external forces.
Therefore, if the Song family's hidden vein base on the other side of the portal were to be eliminated by an alien civilization, they could invade the Dragon Spine Continent through this gateway at any time. Under such circumstances, how could the Song family not take extreme precautions?
As these thoughts ran through his mind, Song Shixing had already stepped onto the teleportation gateway.
Song Chi quickly followed and stood on the stone platform alongside Song Shixing, who took out a special Ethereal Crystal from his body.
Each activation of the Hyperdimensional Portal required the consumption of an Ethereal Crystal.
Of course, it wasn't just the Hyperdimensional Portal occupied by the Song family; all Hyperdimensional Continents and portals were the same.
Moreover, the key was that this wasn't an ordinary Ethereal Crystal but a High Rank Ethereal Crystal, whose value and rarity were hundreds or even thousands of times greater than that of a common one. Each one was extremely valuable.
Thinking of this, Song Chi couldn't help but think of the Space Wormhole Generator component.
"Ancestor Shixing, have you tried the Space Wormhole Generator?"
Upon hearing this, Song Shixing sighed and shook his head.
"How could I not have tried it? When Ancestor Shixing obtained the Space Wormhole Generator, he immediately informed us in the hidden vein to conduct an initial test."
"It failed?"
"Yes, the result showed that the Space Wormhole Generator's range was insufficient!"
Hearing this answer, Song Chi was astonished.
He knew that the Space Wormhole Generator component, now enhanced to level 70, could open wormholes spanning up to 30 billion light-years.
This meant that the Crimson Star Continent was at least 300 billion light-years away from the Flame Human Civilization's territory, which was an incredibly exaggerated distance.
At this moment, Song Shixing spoke softly again:
"Let's hope that when Ancestor Shixing obtains a Golden Advancement Flame Source and enhances the Space Wormhole Generator to the Eighth Rank, it will work then!"
Song Chi nodded, deeply agreeing.
According to Ancestor Shixing's previous statement, if the Space Wormhole Generator were enhanced to the Eighth Rank, based on the previous enhancement pattern, its maximum range should reach 3 trillion light-years. With this, there would be a good chance of connecting to the Crimson Star Continent.
If that were the case, the family's future endeavors would become much more convenient.
At this moment, Song Shixing seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes shone brightly as he looked at Song Chi.
"Chi, tell me, is there a way for you to return to the Dragon Spine Continent at any time? Could it also be used on the Crimson Star Continent, allowing you to travel back and forth between the two Floating Lands?"
Hearing this sudden question, Song Chi fell silent for a moment. He pondered for a while, clearly unsure.
According to his speculation, the Star Sea Bazaar Secret Realm was very likely a Cosmic Origin Realm, but even among Cosmic Secret Realms, there were varying degrees of quality.
According to the records in the North Dome Shen family's database, a mediocre Cosmic Secret Realm could, at most, be comparable to a Black Ultimate Artifact. Most conventional Cosmic Secret Realms could rival Colorful/Minor Mythical Artifacts, but the very best Cosmic Secret Realms could match even Colorful/Major Mythical Artifacts or higher-level artifacts. The difference between them was not insignificant.
So, after hesitating for a while, he only gave an uncertain answer.
"Perhaps, but I'm not sure, Ancestor Shixing!"
He wasn't clear about the grade of the Star Sea Bazaar Secret Realm. If it were the lowest-grade Origin Realm, with the Crimson Star Continent so far away from the Dragon Spine Continent, it might not be possible to establish a spatial anchor across such a vast distance.
As for previous interstellar exploration missions, they were said to be random deployments, but in reality, they were still centered around the Flame Human Galaxy Cluster, exploring within a range of 10 billion light-years. It was rumored that this restriction would only be lifted once they acquired a Star Destroyer.
Hearing his response, Song Shixing didn't ask further questions but muttered to himself, "May Heaven bless the Song Clan. If it works, the family's development will become even more unstoppable."
After saying this, he threw the High Rank Ethereal Crystal into the Hyperdimensional Portal. Soon after, a powerful sense of weightlessness enveloped both of them.
(End of Chapter)
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