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Chapter 536: The Exotic Realm
Chapter 536: The Exotic Realm
After a moment of shock, Song Wujiang's gaze suddenly shifted.
Seeing this, Song Chi's expression quickly turned serious, and he noticed the solemnity and gravity in the Grandmaster's eyes.
"Little Chi, promise me, the modification of the Golden Holy Domain-level component's characteristics must remain a secret from outsiders!"
Seeing the Grandmaster's request, Song Chi nodded solemnly.
"Grandson understands!"
He naturally understood the gravity of the situation. Normally, only the Silver Apple and the Golden Apple could freely modify component characteristics, and only after evolving components through them could they add characteristics independently.
But for the Golden Holy Domain-level component, a ninth-rank Golden Apple was required, and the difficulty was unimaginable.
...
Song Wujiang didn't feel reassured by verbal assurances, so to ensure secrecy, he activated the silver-colored contract-type component on his flagship and signed a silver-quality confidentiality agreement with the two of them.
"Let's go to the Fireplunge Plain!"
After signing the confidentiality agreement, seeing the eagerness in Song Chi's eyes, the two of them headed straight to the Fireplunge Plain.
Inside the large combined illusion, the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring hung high in the sky, while below, Song Chi waited quietly.
Despite his calm exterior, he was extremely nervous inside.
After all, if this attempt failed again, they would have to wait for the Heaven Ruin Skydome to advance to the sixth rank and for his Flame Seed to be upgraded to gold, or for the Grandmaster to upgrade the Flame Seed to gold.
Whichever option it was, it wouldn't be achievable in a short time; it would take at least a century, or even several centuries.
Song Chi didn't want to wait that long.
At this moment, the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring in the sky slowly descended.
"Grandmaster, how is it?"
Song Chi's gaze was fixed on his Grandmaster, and only when he saw the smile slowly appearing on Song Wujiang's face did he feel relieved.
The answer was so obvious, but he still asked.
"Is that coordinate within the effective range?"
"Yes!"
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"Little Chi, besides the coordinate you provided, I also tried the Crimson Star Continent, but unfortunately, it still didn't work."
Song Chi was a bit surprised. This meant that the star domain where the Time Chessboard was located might be somewhere between the Dragon Spine Continent and the Crimson Star Continent.
Not paying too much attention to this, he thought of another point.
At this moment, Song Wujiang spoke again.
"Little Chi, what I mean is, let's go to the Crimson Star Continent and see if we can connect to that coordinate. If we can, it would be better to open a spatial wormhole on the Crimson Star Continent!"
Song Chi's eyebrows lifted slightly; the Grandmaster and he were on the same page.
Although the Spatial Wormhole Generator had confirmed that it could connect to that coordinate, they didn't know what was on the other side, whether there was an alien civilization, or if it was an advanced alien civilization. Opening a wormhole from the Dragon Spine Continent would be too risky.
On the other hand, if they opened the wormhole from the Crimson Star Continent, even if something went wrong, they could flee without any psychological pressure. After all, there were already many alien races on the Crimson Star Continent, and one more wouldn't be a big deal.
With their minds aligned, there was no delay in their subsequent actions. Song Chi directly used the Dimensional Space Stone to take Song Wujiang to the Crimson Star Continent.
Half an hour later, the two returned, looking helpless.
The star domain where the Crimson Star Continent was located was ridiculously far away and couldn't connect to the star domain where the Time Chessboard was located.
"Since it's like this, let's go to the Jiefeng Floating Land. The Dragon Spine Continent is the foundation of our Song Clan, and we can't afford any accidents."
"Yes!"
Jiefeng Floating Land, a medium-sized combined illusion. The Heaven Ruin Skydome and the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring were both within this illusionary space.
Besides Song Chi and Song Wujiang, Song Shiyuan, who had been stationed in Jiefeng Floating Land for over 150 years, was also present.
The Heaven Ruin Skydome and the Immovable Bodhimanda hovered in the low sky, closely monitoring the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring, which was enveloped in golden light.
The spatial wormhole was about to form, and if there was any danger on the other side of the wormhole, they would assist the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring in forcibly closing it.
If the unlikely event of the alien civilization on the other side being able to forcibly restrain the wormhole channel occurred, Song Chi would not hesitate to use the Bazaar Projection Token to forcefully destroy the wormhole with his Sovereign power.
Additionally, the Tri-Eye Clan Sovereign flagship was also hovering in the sky, ready for action.
Time passed, and the situation didn't develop towards the worst-case scenario. After the wormhole was opened, no abnormalities were detected on the other side.
The three of them exchanged glances and decided to proceed with their original plan.
The Tri-Eye Clan Sovereign flagship took the lead and was the first to enter the wormhole channel.
The Heaven Ruin Skydome, the Sea Tamer Dragon Soaring, and the Immovable Bodhimanda followed behind.
As they traveled through, they didn't encounter any abnormalities, but the three of them weren't the type of new-generation commanders who would let their guard down.
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An exotic star domain, a pitch-black starry sky.
A spatial vortex with a diameter of over tens of thousands of kilometers spanned across the empty star domain. Suddenly, a massive battleship emerged from the spatial vortex, followed by three smaller warships.
Battleship Magnetic Wave Communication Group Chat:
"Song Shiyuan: Our luck isn't bad; it's actually a starry sea void belt!"
"Song Wujiang: Little Chi, how is it? Is your component reacting?"
In the main control room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi's gaze was fixed on the Heavenly Destiny South Pointing Plate's star map, and his eyes shone brightly.
As the Heaven Ruin Skydome appeared in this star domain, 95 billion light-years away from the Dragon Spine Continent, three bright points appeared on the star map.
Such dense points of light.
Obviously, the seventh-rank astrologer's previous divination wasn't a bluff; even if this place wasn't where the Time Chessboard's main component was located, it shouldn't be too far away.
Of course, this "far" was relative to the vast and broken star sea; the actual distance was still in the billions of light-years.
In the midst of his excitement, Song Chi's eyebrows furrowed once more.
"Something's not right. All three of these silver dots should represent the Time Chess, not the Time Chessboard."
Song Chi's brows knitted together as he had always been searching for the Time Chessboard, not these Time Chess pieces.
There were hundreds of Time Chess pieces, and if he had to search for them one by one, he didn't know how long it would take.
Moreover, even if he spent a long time collecting all the Time Chess pieces, it was highly unlikely that he could find the Time Chessboard based on them.
On the contrary, as the main entity, the Time Chessboard, once obtained, would very likely be able to recall all the scattered Time Chess pieces.
The distinction between the main and the auxiliary had always been a huge gap.
After some thought, Song Chi truthfully informed the Grandmaster and the Original Ancestor about the situation.
"Song Shiyuan: Are they all sub-components? This could be troublesome. It seems we'll have to search for them slowly in this area."
After Song Shiyuan finished speaking, Song Wujiang asked, "Little Chi, do you have high-quality warp components on your ship?"
"I have to return to our clan to guard it with the Original Ancestor, so I can't search with you. I can only try to help from the side."
Hearing the Grandmaster's question, Song Chi shook his head.
He had already prepared for this, and the Crimson Dome Warp Device of silver quality had been enhanced to level 70, greatly improving its attributes. As a result, the single-warp distance of its 'Crimson Dome Warp' characteristic had skyrocketed to an extremely exaggerated level.
Crimson Dome Warp Device lv70
Quality: Silver
Characteristic: Maximum warp distance doubled
Characteristic 2: Loaded battleship spatial resistance +6400
Characteristic 3: Warp charge, can be charged up to twice
Characteristic 4: Crimson Dome Warp
Consumption: 100,000/warp (Shadow Energy Points)
Maximum warps: 2/2
Effect: After charging, the loaded battleship performs a spatial jump in a specified direction. Current maximum warp distance: 13,000 (6500 x 2) light-years
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{Crimson Dome Warp: Consumes 300,000 Shadow Energy Points to perform a single long-range spatial warp. Maximum warp distance is 500 times the normal warp limit (6.5 million light-years). Cooldown time is fixed at 1 year. (This warp comes with great uncertainty and is highly dangerous without detailed star maps.)}
With the normal warp, it can already cross tens of thousands of light-years, and when the Crimson Dome Warp is activated, it can warp 6.5 million light-years in one go, which is an extremely exaggerated distance.
As for the drawbacks and risks, Song Chi was well aware of them but didn't mind.
The drawback was the 1-year cooldown time, but with the Bhrama Meditation Seal and the Time Chess components, it could be directly compressed to less than one and a half months, which was an acceptable range.
The risk was the uncertainty after the warp ended. If the landing point happened to be inside a floating continent, asteroid, or even an extreme celestial body like a black hole, the entire battleship would be crushed into debris.
For this, Song Chi also had a solution.
His idea was to turn the Heaven Ruin Skydome into a micro neutron star form at the moment before warping, relying on the terrifying density of the micro neutron star to withstand the impact even if the warp landing point happened to collide with a floating continent, asteroid, or even an extreme celestial body like a black hole.
This way, he would have enough time to use the teleportation artifact, Angelic Royal Wings, Bazaar Projection Token, Black Hole Evolution Layer, and other means to save himself.
"Alright, since you're prepared, we won't delay any further. Be careful."
After saying this, Song Wujiang and the Original Ancestor, along with the Tri-Eye Clan Sovereign Flagship, turned and entered the spatial wormhole.
Finally, Song Chi added one more thing, asking them to destroy the spatial wormhole after they returned.
Although the wormhole was in the void belt, there was still a chance of encountering unexpected situations. He would also be leaving here soon, and destroying the wormhole was the safest option for the safety of the Tribulation Wind Floating Land.
As for himself, with the spatial anchor, he could travel back and forth at any time.
Although this place was over 900 billion light-years away from the Dragon Spine Continent, he had just tested it multiple times and could still freely travel back and forth through the Multiverse Ruins Market.
Not long after, under Song Chi's watch, the spatial wormhole that spanned the void belt gradually collapsed and then completely dissipated.
After confirming this, he turned his gaze back to the Base Plate star map.
Looking at the three dots on the star map, he shook his head.
"Forget about the Time Chess. The star domains where the three are located are separated by tens of millions of light-years. Even with the 'Crimson Dome Warp,' it would take more than a year to collect them all. It's better to search for the Time Chessboard directly."
He muttered to himself as he recorded all the coordinates of the three. If he couldn't find the Time Chessboard in the end, he would still have to collect these Time Chess pieces one by one.
After confirming this, he didn't rush to activate the 'Crimson Dome Warp.' Instead, he carefully planned his search route on the Base Plate star map. He didn't know where the Time Chessboard was, so he had to plan his search route carefully, or else he might end up searching the same areas repeatedly.
The area he was about to search wasn't just a small star domain but a vast starry sky with a radius of twenty billion light-years centered on this void belt.
This was the search area he had planned, and it was also the limit of his current capabilities. As for the three hundred billion light-years mentioned by the seventh-rank astrologer, he couldn't do it now; it would take too long.
His plan was simple. If he didn't find anything within the twenty billion light-year radius, he would wait until the Heaven Ruin Skydome advanced to a dreadnought, and the Flame Seed transformed into a golden one, then try again.
At that time, with a golden warp device, the 'South Point Trace' tracking radius could also be increased to 20 billion light-years, making the search much simpler.
(End of Chapter)
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