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Chapter 537: The Threshold of Advanced Civilizations in the Starry Sea
Chapter 537: The Threshold of Advanced Civilizations in the Starry Sea
After finalizing the detailed search plan, Song Chi took a deep breath and activated the 'Crimson Dome Warp' characteristic.
The battleship's warp charging process began.
【Attention, the warp drive has been initiated. Current charging progress: 1%... 2%... 100%.】
【Charging complete! 'Crimson Dome Warp' activated!】
Along with the Dome Sky Mind System's prompt, intense spatial fluctuations followed, and then a dizzying sensation enveloped his entire body.
After that, the Heaven Ruin Skydome abruptly transformed into a miniature neutron star form, and the 'Mirage' characteristic of the Mirage Dragon Transformation Pearl component was also activated.
Buzz!
After the spatial fluctuations, the Heaven Ruin Skydome vanished within the void belt.
Over six million light-years away, a similarly pitch-black starry sky appeared.
With the 'Mirage' effect in place, the Heaven Ruin Skydome quietly emerged from the void without attracting the attention of any lifeforms in the surrounding space.
"Phew!"
Seeing that there was no collision with any celestial bodies in the Starry Sea, Song Chi relaxed.
However, he was also aware that this was the norm for long-distance interstellar warping. The likelihood of colliding with celestial bodies was extremely low.
After all, whether it was the Multiverse Era or the current Shattered Star Sea Era, the celestial bodies in the boundless starry sky only occupied a tiny fraction. The invisible and intangible void was the primary component of the Starry Sea.
He didn't dwell on this point, even though the probability of such events was extremely low. Song Chi would never gamble with his life, and in the future, he would always activate 'Neutron Star Fission' before each Crimson Dome Warp.
As for now, he didn't stop his actions and continued to control the battleship for regular warps.
At this moment, the duration of 'Neutron Star Fission' and the 'Mirage' characteristic had not ended, and the single-warp distance of the Crimson Horizon Warp Device was still over thirteen thousand light-years. Although it was insignificant compared to the twenty billion light-years he wanted to explore, as the saying goes, many small make a mighty whole. The Crimson Dome Warp would take more than a month to cool down, so waiting around was pointless.
Buzz!
After two more regular warps, the Heaven Ruin Skydome continued to warp forward over twenty thousand light-years, and only then did Song Chi stop to wait for the 'Crimson Dome Warp' characteristic to cool down.
During this time, he constantly monitored the base plate of the Heavenly Destiny South Pointing Plate component, confirming that there were no other changes on the star map of the base plate. Song Chi then turned and entered the Ruins Market.
At times like this, there were still many things he could do.
For example, he could activate the 'Divine Eye' characteristic of the Eye of Heaven component to scour the starry sea for oddities in the surrounding space.
Or, he could remove the Time Chess and try to bind it to the Taiyi Quantum Sword Light Cannon Platform component to see if he could search for the missing parts of this main cannon.
He had never forgotten that the Taiyi Infinite Sword Stone oddity, which transformed the Taiyi Quantum Sword Light Cannon, was incomplete.
Alternatively, he could venture into the surrounding star domains of alien civilizations to scavenge for rare resources.
The reason he did none of these things was that Song Chi always maintained a sense of crisis deep in his heart.
The star domain beneath him was over nine hundred billion light-years away from the Flame Relay Network human cluster. What did this mean?
Even the Flame Relay Network human civilization, which governed the entire cluster with a diameter of ten billion light-years, was just one of nearly a hundred clusters away from this star domain.
The Flame Relay Network human cluster had given birth to the top-tier advanced civilization of the Flame Relay Network humans, and the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon cluster had also birthed the top-tier advanced civilization of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon civilization. What about this new cluster beneath his feet? Was there also a top-tier civilization dominating the entire cluster? Song Chi guessed that there was a high probability of it.
This was the only reason he remained highly vigilant.
He had the relatively powerful Bazaar Projection Token as a means of self-preservation, but what were top-tier advanced civilizations?
According to the family database records, there was only one threshold for top-tier advanced civilizations in the Starry Sea: the existence of ninth-level combat units.
Ninth-level lifeforms in the Starry Sea—this was an incomprehensible concept to Song Chi at present. Even with the seventh-level peak combat power of the Ruins Market Projection, it would be utterly helpless against such a level. If he were to encounter such a peak lifeform, he even doubted he would have a chance to enter the Ruins Market.
"The Starry Sea is vast, so it's better to play it safe..."
With this mindset, Song Chi repeated this routine for a long time.
He would use the 'Crimson Dome Warp' to travel, enter the Ruins Market during the waiting periods, contemplate the laws, or cultivate the Guidance Technique. Once the 'Crimson Dome Warp' characteristic had cooled down, he would repeat the same process.
In the midst of this daily routine, time passed swiftly.
In the fourth month, the Heaven Ruin Skydome had warped nearly 20 million light-years, and during this time, he discovered a new coordinate for the Time Chess on the Base Plate Star Map, which he recorded.
In the first year and two months, the Heaven Ruin Skydome had warped nearly 60 million light-years, and there were no new discoveries on the Base Plate Star Map.
After three years exactly, the Heaven Ruin Skydome had warped 160 million light-years, and once again, a new Time Chess coordinate was discovered. During this journey, they visited a fourth-rank resource-type Floating Continent of an intermediate civilization and, with good fortune, obtained a rare batch of battleship reinforcement resources.
After six years exactly, the Heaven Ruin Skydome had warped 340 million light-years...
After ten years exactly, the Heaven Ruin Skydome had warped 600 million light-years. During this time, they encountered two interstellar wars involving advanced civilization fleets, with no less than five seventh-rank combat units participating on each side. The Heaven Ruin Skydome immediately withdrew from the battlefield.
...
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
In the Multiverse Ruins Market, another waiting period for the "Crimson Dome Warp" trait to cool down.
"5,000 Divine Realm player slots have been fully allocated, and the auction results for the two Void Market Passes have been announced. This round of the Void Market transaction is officially concluded!!"
A line of rule text appeared in the void above the market, signaling the end of this round of trading. A powerful repulsion force acted on the bodies of all the market's exotic races.
After more than a hundred thousand exotic races were sent out of the market, Song Chi quickly took stock of the profits from this round of market trading and then opened the market's attribute panel.
【Name: Multiverse Ruins Market】
【Market Owner: Song Chi】
【Level: lv59】
【Specifications: 700kmX700km】
【Basic Configuration: 2,500 shops, 1 70kmx70km open-air market, 1 four-story inn, 1 lv59 All-Attribute Training Room (doubled efficiency when training in Dark Energy), 1 lv59 Dark Energy Protection Array, 1 lv59 Super Long-Range Space Gate Random Deployment Platform, 1 Five-Star Spirit Machine Synthesis Platform, 1 Five-Star Oddity Origin Modification Station.】
【Additional Configuration: Invisibility Platform (Orange) lv50, Five-Star Bloodline Baptism Platform (Red), Divine Realm Mission Platform (Gold) lv70 (7/22)】
【Trait 1: Avoid Calamity (Can move freely in the void, avoiding natural disasters in a mysterious way)】
【Trait 2: Space Anchor (Can set four coordinate anchor points in any star domain of the shattered star sea)】
【Trait 3: Dominant Position (While in the market, possess the power of dominance)】
【Upgrade Requirements: 1,000 strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Continent Essence, 1 million strands of Fifth-Rank Floating Continent Essence from market transactions (968,000/1,000,000), and 1 Spatial Divine Crystal.】
After the previous decades in the Radiant City and the current ten years, the Multiverse Ruins Market had not only reached lv59 but was also close to accumulating the required transaction amount for the next level.
"It's almost here. With just a few more market transactions, the Multiverse Ruins Market will fully meet the promotion requirements. At that time, by replacing the Spatial Divine Crystal with a Chaos Copper, the market will be able to directly challenge the sixth rank."
With this thought, Song Chi's mood, which had been somewhat depressed due to the lack of progress in searching for the Time Chessboard over the past ten years, finally eased.
Once the market is promoted to the sixth rank, the Dominant Position trait will grant him a significant power boost, likely reaching the initial stage of the eighth rank. At that time, he will be able to attempt to transplant the seventh-rank Time Tree into the Cultivation Secret Realm.
Coincidentally, the components of the 004th Cultivation Secret Realm of Chicanery had also been enhanced to the seventh rank. With the seventh-rank Time Tree transplanted, it can receive the full benefits of the Secret Realm Accelerator trait.
Calming himself, Song Chi exited the Multiverse Ruins Market.
Outside, within the Heaven Ruin Skydome, Song Chi's figure appeared out of thin air.
Scanning the radar map displayed by the Eye of Heaven, Song Chi saw no abnormalities nearby. He first activated the fully cooled Mirage trait and then skillfully started charging the recently cooled Crimson Dome Warp trait.
The reason for parking the Heaven Ruin Skydome outside was not only to ensure his safety when entering and exiting the market but also because Song Chi had absolute confidence in the stealth performance of the battleship itself.
Although the Void Membrane component was only red quality, after being fused with the "Enslavement Authority Upgrade" trait through the Oddity Origin Modification Station, its stealth capability had increased significantly, and its performance was only slightly inferior to that of the Mirage state.
If it weren't for the fact that it didn't have the Mirage trait's ability to conceal even the spatial fluctuations caused by warping, Song Chi might have had to visit nearby exotic civilizations every time after a Crimson Dome Warp.
Buzz!
The Tianxu Skydome, capable of sensing intense spatial fluctuations, once again vanished into the pitch-black starry sky.
...
"Hmm?"
"It's a fifth-rank life-type floating continent, and it's even a fifth-rank life-type floating continent that hasn't maintained its floating continent shield..."
Song Chi's eyes lit up, never expecting that the Tianxu Skydome's jump destination would be near an unknown fifth-rank life-type floating continent, and more importantly, this continent hadn't activated its floating continent shield.
It was like a stunningly beautiful woman, standing naked before a man full of vigor, the temptation was obvious.
Although he had always been vigilant about the unknown star domain beneath him, it didn't mean that Song Chi wouldn't dare to do anything. He couldn't simply ignore a fifth-rank life-type floating continent right in front of him.
His heart stirred with temptation, and he had already made a decision, but Song Chi didn't rush to act. He still needed to confirm a few things.
He turned his gaze to the radar map, where numerous light points indicated the special energy distributions detected by the 'Eye of Heaven's' 'Spiritual Detection' ability.
Without the need for his personal inspection, the Skyward AI swiftly provided the results, utilizing its formidable computational power.
"According to radar detection, there are two sixth-rank units and four fifth-rank units on the floating continent below... No seventh-rank units have been detected."
After confirming this, Song Chi nodded slightly.
With that, the danger was eliminated.
He didn't give much thought to the possibility of the Eye of Heaven's detection being inaccurate.
The Eye of Heaven was a golden radar with a seventh-rank enhancement, making it nearly impossible for any seventh-rank lifeforms with powerful stealth abilities to escape its detection.
If there was a sovereign lifeform hiding within the fifth-rank life-type floating continent, then it was simply their bad luck.
Additionally, he activated the radar's 'Spirit Glimpse Eye' ability.
The diameter of the fifth-rank floating continent below reached nearly a light-year, so searching randomly would be like finding a needle in a haystack. It was essential to conduct a targeted search for valuable items, and the 'Spirit Glimpse Eye' was a crucial part of this process.
"Oh, there's even a silver-tier oddity? Excellent!"
The rarity of silver-tier oddities was well-known, and the 'Spirit Glimpse Eye' indicated the presence of one on the fifth-rank life-type floating continent below, which gave Song Chi a second pleasant surprise.
As the 'Mirage' effect had not yet ended, the Tianxu Skydome swiftly descended towards the floating continent.
The continent was home to numerous living beings, but there was only one dominant species.
"Is this... the Ancient Race?"
Song Chi was astonished as he gazed upon the towering figures on the continent's surface, each one more imposing than the Star Sea Giants.
On their bodies, faint stars twinkled, and on their heads, there were stars—the one with the most had six.
"Six-Star Ancient Demon!"
As a member of the Flame Relay Network civilization, Song Chi was well-informed about the Ancient Race, a civilization that rivaled their own in power.
Both civilizations were among the top in the Shattered Star Sea, but the Ancient Race was slightly more influential, controlling nearly two galactic clusters and holding the potential to become the next hegemonic civilization.
Upon recognizing the Ancient Race, Song Chi's first instinct was to leave immediately.
After all, the Ancient Race was one of the strongest among the top-tier civilizations.
However, he quickly suppressed this thought.
While the Ancient Race was powerful, their influence spanned over tens of billions of light-years, making it unlikely for an eighth or ninth-rank Ancient Race super-being to be present on just any fifth-rank life-type floating continent.
"I'll have to modify my plan. I'll still take action, but I can only search one area. Once I get what I need, I'll retreat immediately."
Over a month later, after the 'Crimson Horizon Warp' ability had cooled down, Song Chi finally revealed the most ferocious aspect of the Tianxu Skydome.
In the central region of the floating continent, within the Ancient Demon King City.
A blood-red spear tore through the sky, shattering the starry shield that had covered the city.
"Gugu!"
"What foreign creature dares to challenge the might of the Ancient Race?"
(End of Chapter)
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