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Chapter 576: Celestial Intestine
Chapter 576: Celestial Intestine
The large-distance teleportation Stargate Terminal in the Golden Plate River System, like the Heavenly Plate and Silver Plate River Systems, is located not far from the first floating continent of the river system.
Three warships, one large and two small, exited the Stargate Terminal and headed straight for the first floating continent of the Golden Plate River System, where the Golden Disc Floating Continent is located.
The Golden Disc Floating Continent, with a diameter of over 20,000 light-years, is still a considerable distance from the seventh-rank apex floating continent. It is far superior to the Tribulation Star Floating Continent and the Dragon Spine Continent, which are the weakest among the seventh-rank floating continents.
In the warship's group chat, Song Wujiang was sharing information about the Golden Plate River System and the Heavenly Harmony Kingdom with Song Chi and Song Yan.
"The Golden Plate River System was opened up over 40,000 years ago, and the Heavenly Harmony Kingdom, which dominates the entire river system, was established almost simultaneously. Due to the fact that the Heavenly Harmony Kingdom has existed for more than 40,000 years, its strength is far beyond that of the Yaohan Kingdom.
Although the Golden Plate River System is not very large, with a diameter of only 1.2 million light-years, its total area is still smaller than that of the current Yaohan Kingdom. However, due to the accumulation and development over 40,000 years, the Heavenly Harmony Kingdom within it is far more powerful than the Yaohan Kingdom.
Among the openly known immortal clans, there are six in the Heavenly Harmony Kingdom, and there are as many as five life-bearing floating continents of the seventh rank.
The strongest among them is the Liang Clan of the Heavenly Harmony Royal Family, which has three Star Annihilator warships stationed.
And this is just what's openly known; there are likely more in secret."
As they conversed, the three warships descended into the publicly accessible area of the Golden Disc Floating Continent.
Led by Song Wujiang, the three of them headed straight for the Bone-Cracking City in the public open area.
The giant auction was to be held in this city.
"Ancestors, which clan is behind the Bone-Cracking City?"
Song Yan asked.
"The Bone-Cracking City was established over 20,000 years ago by the Bone-Cracking Luo Clan, who is also the force behind the subsequent giant auction."
Apparently aware of the two's curiosity about the Bone-Cracking Luo Clan, Song Wujiang continued his explanation.
"The Bone-Cracking Luo Clan inherited the legacy of the Bone-Cracking Beast. Over 25,000 years ago, the Bone-Cracking Luo Clan produced a heaven-defying genius who achieved the status of a Star Annihilator Fleet Admiral in just over 3,000 years.
It was at that time that the Bone-Cracking Luo Clan became the fourth immortal clan in the Heavenly Harmony Kingdom. Unfortunately, the Luo Clan's luck was insufficient, and that Star Annihilator Fleet Admiral met an unexpected demise during his first defense mission for the Immortal Qin Dynasty. As a result, the Luo Clan, which had held the status of an immortal clan for less than 3,000 years, lost its position and never regained its former glory."
After listening to this, Song Chi's thoughts raced, and finally, he asked a question.
"Did he encounter a large-scale invasion of the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon during his defense mission?"
Seeing Song Wujiang shake his head, Song Chi understood that it was related to the matters the Ancestor had previously mentioned but couldn't disclose. He didn't pursue the matter further but instead asked, "Ancestors, since the defense mission is so dangerous, why not wait until the end of the ten-thousand-year period to register?"
In response to his confusion, Song Wujiang seemed to have the answer ready.
"It's simple. The civilizational war is about to begin, and this giant war won't be over in a short time. During this period, the likelihood of the Flame Ancestral Courtyard assigning defense missions will significantly decrease..."
Song Chi and Song Yan exchanged a glance, and both saw a flash of surprise in each other's eyes.
Apparently, neither of them had expected that the Ancestor's intention was to take advantage of the situation.
However, the three of them weren't overly optimistic. The people at the Flame Ancestral Courtyard weren't fools, and they would naturally understand the key point. During the subsequent civilizational war, it wasn't impossible for them to issue special missions.
What they could imagine was that there would be more than one or two people trying to take advantage of the situation.
Once the news of the full-scale war between the two river system communities was released, there would be numerous Dread Fleet Admirals in the Flame Human Civilization attempting to become Star Annihilator Fleet Admirals. With a large number of candidates, the number of successful promotions would also be high. Therefore, as long as a sufficient number of people were certified during this period, the chances of slipping through unnoticed would still be significant.
...
"The auction is still half a month away..."
After leaving the auction hall, Song Wujiang waved the luxurious entry permit in his hand.
After revealing his identity as a Star Annihilator Fleet Admiral, the auction hall officials directly gave him the highest-level token. From then on, he could enter the auction hall unimpeded by presenting this token, making it even more convenient with Song Chi and Song Yan.
At a high-end Flame Human hotel not far from the auction hall, the three successfully checked in and greeted the Ancestor and Song Yan. Song Chi then summoned the Heaven Ruin Skydome and soared into the sky of the floating continent.
He was about to embark on an exoplanar exploration.
It had been a while since his last exoplanar exploration, so he wanted to give it a try while there was still some time before the auction.
To be more precise, he wanted to test the current combat power of the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
With the Flame Seed's promotion to gold and multiple warship components enhanced to the eighth rank, Song Chi himself wasn't sure about the Heaven Ruin Skydome's current peak combat power, so he wanted to test it out.
However, it was evident that the randomness of the random deployment was too high, and this time, the warship's deployment didn't encounter a suitable star domain.
But Song Chi did not rush to return. After confirming through the sky-scanning radar and the teleportation star map that there were no higher-tier floating continents nearby, he directly initiated the "Crimson Dome Teleportation" in his miniature neutron star form.
When he reappeared, the Heaven Ruin Skydome was already over six million light-years away.
...
"Still no mid or high-level floating continents..."
Song Chi's eyes narrowed as he stared at the radar map displayed by Heaven's Eye.
If this was the case, he could only choose to return to the Golden Disc Floating Continent.
The cooldown time for the "Crimson Dome Teleportation" was fixed at one year. Even with the Time Chessboard and the Tranquil Seal · Internal · Temporal Speed's dual reduction, it would still take half a month to cool down again.
In the end, he decided to wait for several dozen minutes. The "Teleportation Star Map Collector" feature of the Aurora Teleportation Device required a certain amount of buffer time to generate a star map.
After several dozen minutes, Song Chi's gaze shifted to the teleportation star map.
Compared to the detection range of Heaven's Eye, the teleportation star map magnified it by more than a hundred times, revealing many things that Heaven's Eye did not show.
Ahead, nearly a thousand light-years away, was a 4th-rank floating continent...
Additionally, not far from it was a 3rd-rank floating continent...
Looking at the teleportation star map, Song Chi's expression remained grim. Although there were many additional objects, he still did not see any 6th-rank floating continents.
"Forget it, let's head back. Testing the battleship can be done later..."
As his thoughts turned, Song Chi prepared to return to the Golden Disc Floating Continent through the spatial anchor point he had left there. However, as his peripheral vision swept over the teleportation star map for the last time, he noticed something unusual.
"That's odd, there's something strange about this starry sky..."
On the teleportation star map, he spotted a special vacuum zone.
If it were an ordinary vacuum zone, he wouldn't have reacted this way, as most of the star domains in the Shattered Star Sea were vacuum zones. But this one on the teleportation star map was different.
Vacuum zones were usually vast and expansive, but the one on the star map had scattered fragments of floating continents or asteroids on all sides. Yet, the area in the center, which should have been easily detectable, showed nothing at all.
At this moment, Song Chi had only one thought in mind: this area didn't seem like a naturally formed vacuum zone; instead, it seemed more like a deliberate absorption of all the probing waves sent out by the teleportation device, creating this isolated region.
Without hesitation, Song Chi stopped his return to the Multiverse Bazaar. He decided to personally investigate this star domain.
According to the star map, this area was only a few hundred light-years away from the current location of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, easily reachable with just one of the two teleportation components. There was no need to wait for the "Crimson Dome Teleportation" to cool down.
He did not directly initiate the teleportation.
The previous "Crimson Dome Teleportation" had triggered the cooldown for the "Neutron Star Fission" trait, so Song Chi decided to wait for it to cool down before setting off.
Even with the Tranquil Seal · Internal · Temporal Speed, which could reduce the cooldown, this trait still required a significant buffer time. It wasn't possible to accelerate again immediately after the first acceleration; it was better to be cautious.
According to the teleportation star map, the unusual vacuum zone had a considerable volume. If it were a celestial lifeform, its life rank would undoubtedly be high.
Several hours later, the "Neutron Star Fission" trait officially completed its cooldown, and Song Chi did not delay further. He activated the Aurora Teleportation Device.
As the teleportation charging was completed, the Heaven Ruin Skydome plunged into a violently fluctuating spatial vortex.
Six hundred light-years away, the Heaven Ruin Skydome burst out of the teleportation channel. The surrounding starry sky was pitch-black, with no other objects in sight.
This didn't mean his previous judgment was wrong; the destination of this teleportation was not near the abnormal vacuum zone, but several dozen light-years away.
In the main control room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, with a thought from Song Chi, the Heaven's Eye component's "Heaven's Eye" trait was activated.
The next second, a projection light screen slowly appeared in front of the control console.
Song Chi's gaze fixed on the light screen. As he discerned the image on the light screen, his pupils contracted sharply.
"This... what is this?"
In the projection light screen, a strange object, over tens of thousands of kilometers long, bathed in crimson bloodlight, and even writhing on its surface, stood silently in the starry sky.
It had no roots or stems, clearly not a celestial plant. It was also far from being a celestial beast.
As Song Chi puzzled over this, the Heavenward Mind System quickly displayed an attribute light curtain in front of him.
Name: Celestial Intestine
Category: Special Celestial Lifeform
Introduction: A unique celestial lifeform, some say it originated from the distant Multiverse Era, while others believe it is a product of chance after the Multiverse's shattering. However, they share one common trait: it constantly absorbs various energies from the starry sky to nurture extremely rare and peculiar celestial artifacts.
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