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Chapter 642: The Great Starry Migration and the New Seventh-Rank Enslaved Creature
Chapter 642: The Great Starry Migration and the New Seventh-Rank Enslaved Creature
In the Dragon Backbone Continent, over a million kilometers north of the Dragon Backbone Divine Mountain, there was an extensive architectural complex. In the past, these buildings were bustling with activity, but compared to recent times, the foot traffic was significantly less.
On this day, five "Kunpeng-class" transport ships emerged one after another from a large starship manufacturing factory within the complex.
The Kunpeng-class transport ships were the most commonly used standardized transport vessels in the entire Morning Star Kingdom and even the entire Heaven's Disc Galaxy Cluster. Each ship was a kilometer long and could carry more than a hundred thousand people in a single trip. If they were to transport land-based heavy-duty vehicles like the Luohu 1-type Floating Land Mining Vehicles or the Longxiang III-type Floating Land Modification Vehicles, they could still accommodate dozens of them at once.
Due to their decent transport capabilities, the Song family designated them as the dedicated vehicles for this family's interstellar migration.
After the five Kunpeng-class transport ships left the factory, they quickly met up with hundreds of transport ship captains who had been waiting outside the factory for a long time. These captains were under the command of the Song family's Expansion Department.
"Captain Zhou, are you leading this mission?"
The most senior captain among the hundreds of veteran transport ship captains was a third-rank clan member named Song Zhou, a captain under the Foreign Affairs Hall of the Expansion Department. His ship was a cruiser with considerable combat power.
"Yes, the Vice Minister gave the order personally. Our Song family is taking this seriously. The entire Expansion Department is swamped right now, so I'm in a hurry. I don't have time to chat today, but we can catch up and have a good drink during our next break!"
As he spoke, a faint glow flashed in Song Zhou's glabella, and a mini battleship flew out from his Flame Seed acupoint, transforming into a kilometer-long cruiser in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, a commanding voice boomed from his mouth.
"Everyone, board your ships!"
Upon hearing his order, the hundreds of captains who had not yet awakened their Flame Seeds quickly formed five columns and headed towards the five Kunpeng transport ships.
Seizing the opportunity, the leader of the transport ship manufacturing factory hurriedly said, "Captain Zhou, my son is also in this group. Please keep an eye on him for me."
"Isn't your son only 28 and hasn't undergone the Flame Awakening Ceremony yet? Why send him there in such a hurry?"
Hearing this, the factory executive quickly retracted the hint of envy in his eyes and replied, "I heard that the Crimson Plate Floating Land produces a low-grade spirit fruit called the Jinhua Fruit, which even unawakened individuals can consume to improve their guiding technique level and increase their chances of awakening in the future. I want him to give it a try!"
He had failed to awaken his Flame Seed decades ago, and although he had managed to do well in the family's internal affairs hall due to his relatively quick wit, it was nothing compared to the true Flame Commanders.
Now, he vowed to ensure his son's successful awakening. Only then could he take advantage of the family's rapid development and perhaps even become a cruiser captain or even a commander of a Zuelu-class ship in the future.
Song Zhou didn't say much and simply acknowledged with a light response.
The family's current development was soaring, and even he still dreamed of further advancement, leaving him with little time to spare for such matters.
A cruiser and five Kunpeng transport ships soon took off, heading towards the nearby Divine Mountain Square.
In just a few short hours, the six starships successfully arrived at the White Jade Square at the foot of the Dragon Backbone Divine Mountain.
As they descended, they could clearly see the entire Divine Mountain Square below.
At that moment, the Divine Mountain Square was bustling with activity.
Numerous Kunpeng transport ships, interstellar mining vessels, and Flame Ships were taking off and landing in the square's airspace.
On the square's ground, a large number of floating land mining vehicles, floating land modification vehicles, and civilian TianGong V construction robots were parked in an orderly manner. As each Kunpeng transport ship landed, these mining vehicles, modification vehicles, and large construction robots were quickly loaded into the transport ships' cabins.
The work efficiency was astonishing, and everything proceeded in an orderly manner.
At this time, seeing that the transport fleet under his command had completed loading, Song Zhou controlled his cruiser to slowly take off.
In the cruiser's main control room, a magnetic wave communication group chat was taking place.
"I'll take my leave first, everyone. You all chat!"
"Yeah, Captain Zhou, take it easy. Although the Crimson Plate Floating Land has been repeatedly cleaned up by our family's main fleet, I heard from the previous batches of leaders that some stragglers from the Eight-Armed Serpent Demon Clan still appear from time to time, causing some damage to the migration teams!"
"That's right, we mustn't be careless. Captain Zhou, you're not even 400 years old yet, and there's still a chance for further advancement in the future!"
The group chat consisted of cruiser captains, all of whom were assigned by the family to lead the various transport fleets and provide military protection during the journey.
Over the past few centuries on the civilized battlefield, the Song family had maintained its rapid development, and with the strong support for clan members' reproduction, the number of ordinary clan members had increased significantly, rising from two hundred million seven to eight hundred years ago to nearly ten billion today.
Of course, this was also due to the Song family's deliberate control, not just an unrestrained pursuit of quantity.
If not for this, with the Song family's current abundance of life-sustaining floating lands, they could have easily reached not just ten billion but several billion, or even hundreds of billions, within a few hundred years if they wanted to.
The reason they didn't do so was that while encouraging reproduction, the Song family also prioritized quality, focusing on the average quality of clan members and the ratio of Flame Commanders.
Otherwise, a sole pursuit of quantity would only increase the Song family's financial burden, as all these additional clan members required proper nurturing, not just free-range rearing, let alone the despised breeding method of raising them like insects.
Although it has been proven that individuals raised in this manner often turn out well, it's essential not to overlook the fact that they also lack a sense of belonging. If the Song family were to adopt this method, the "strong family cohesion" that has been the foundation of their rapid development might collapse in no time.
This contradicted the Song family's longstanding foundation and was unanimously opposed by the clan's higher-ups.
According to the latest decision by the family's top leadership, the number of clan members was set at around two billion. With this number, each generation would produce several outstanding individuals, and for the Song family, which was about to occupy the most prosperous 300,000-light-year star domain in the Crimson Disc Galaxy Cluster, the overall cultivation costs were still manageable.
(PS: The previous mention of the Song family occupying 250,000 light-years has been modified to 300,000 light-years, while the Luo family remains unchanged at 150,000 light-years.)
Even so, the number of Flame Commanders in the Song family has increased significantly over the past few centuries.
The number of third-rank clan members, or cruiser captains, has skyrocketed from six thousand before the start of the Civilized Battlefield to nearly ten thousand today.
Even with over seventy percent of the family's main fleet dispatched to the frontlines of the civilized battlefield, there remained over two thousand cruiser captains within the clan.
Including those stationed in the family's territories across eighty thousand light-years of floating lands and various colonial outposts, there were still hundreds of them left on the Dragon Backbone Continent. Therefore, the Expansion Department boldly mobilized over two hundred cruisers to escort the family's migration, pushing the scale of the migration to its limit.
...
In the Flame Serpent River System battlefield, the Song family's fleet was stationed.
Firm Sea Dragon Soaring Ship's Encrypted Group Chat:
Song Chi: "Grandfather, I have something that requires a trip to the Flame God Clan's heritage land."
Song Wujang: "Go ahead, don't worry about this side. The Flame Serpent River System has been mostly occupied, and the joint fleet will continue to advance north. This should take some time!"
In the main control room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, after explaining the situation to the clan members, Song Chi turned his gaze towards the back.
There, the miniature form of the Infernal Wrath Giant was surrounded by surging flames, occasionally erupting in bursts, causing the temperature inside the ship to rise significantly.
The reason Song Chi volunteered to go to the Flame God Clan's heritage land was because of this Infernal Wrath Giant.
During the previous assault on the Flame Serpent Floating Land, this giant had devoured the essence and flesh of numerous Sixth Rank Eight-Armed Serpent Demons, and even some of the blood and flesh of Seventh Rank Serpent Demon Sovereigns. Combined with the deep foundation it had accumulated over the past few centuries, it was showing signs of a potential breakthrough to the Seventh Rank.
The Flame God Clan's heritage land contained a super flame world, and Song Chi believed that the Infernal Wrath Giant would have a higher chance of breaking through there.
After the Heaven Ruin Skydome was retrieved, Song Chi quickly arrived at the Flame God Clan's heritage land through the spatial anchor point he had left earlier.
"Go!"
Outside the slowly opening cabin door of the Heaven Ruin Skydome, which was quietly suspended outside the flame world believed to be formed by the fall of a peak Eighth Rank Flame God Clan member, Song Chi called out to the Infernal Wrath Giant, who had been showing signs of restlessness lately.
The Infernal Wrath Giant seemed to sense the dense flame energy outside the ship, and its red eyes flashed with excitement.
Please... You.... Collect 6...9... Books....!
"Wait!"
But just as it was about to rush towards the open cabin door, Song Chi called out again.
Then, he threw a red spiritual fruit.
The moment the Infernal Wrath Giant received the fruit, its eyes glowed with an even deeper red, obviously sensing the fruit's immense attraction to it.
Song Chi nodded in satisfaction at its reaction.
This fruit was none other than the Fire Sage Beast Fruit he had obtained from the captain of the Ruan family's starship during the private trading session in the two river systems. This fruit had a remarkable effect on fire attribute beings, especially Sixth Rank fire attribute creatures. Once they consumed the Fire Sage Beast Fruit, their chances of breaking through to the Seventh Rank would increase.
However, seeing that the Infernal Wrath Giant was about to devour the Fire Sage Beast Fruit, Song Chi helplessly patted his forehead.
"It seems we'll have to enter the flame space together..."
Forcibly retrieving the Fire Sage Beast Fruit from the Infernal Wrath Giant, the ship and the giant rushed into the flame space ahead.
This was also the reason Song Chi insisted on coming to the Flame God Clan's heritage land. The Infernal Wrath Giant was inherently an unthinking creature, and with the excessive flame energy in its body, its temperament had become more impulsive, acting purely on instinct.
Sensing the great benefit the Fire Sage Beast Fruit would bring, it naturally wanted to swallow it whole. However, while this would still provide some support for its breakthrough to the Seventh Rank, the effect would be far less than if it entered the flame space and optimized its condition before consuming the fruit.
Therefore, to maximize the fruit's effect, Song Chi had to bring the Heaven Ruin Skydome into the flame space as well.
...
The Infernal Wrath Giant quickly rushed out of the warship, and under Song Chi's mental communication, its body rapidly expanded to its peak size before charging deep into the flame space.
Only when it reached the most suitable location did the Infernal Wrath Giant begin to absorb the pure flame energy from the outside world to adjust its condition.
Outside the flame space, in the main control room of the Heaven Ruin Skydome.
Song Chi's psychic energy rapidly circulated within his body, gathering in his mind, and finally injecting into his eyes.
With the full power of his Sixth Rank psychic energy, the shadow in his pupils became almost tangible, constantly monitoring the energy changes within the Infernal Wrath Giant.
At a certain moment, when he confirmed that the Infernal Wrath Giant had reached its optimal state, he no longer hesitated and controlled the warship to glide towards the inner circle of the flame space.
As they glided in, the energy shield and holy light shield on the ship's hull continuously suffered damage, and at a rapid pace.
There was no choice; although the Heaven Ruin Skydome was luxurious, it lacked sufficient fire attribute resistance, and they had to endure the damage.
When they reached close to the Infernal Wrath Giant, the Fire Sage Beast Fruit was thrown from the warship and accurately delivered into the giant's hands.
This time, Song Chi did not stop it, but watched as the Infernal Wrath Giant swallowed the fruit in one bite.
As the fruit took effect within its body, the flames erupting from the Infernal Wrath Giant's red skin became more intense, accompanied by a gradual increase in its internal energy fluctuations.
After delivering the Fire Sage Beast Fruit to the Infernal Wrath Giant, Song Chi did not linger. The Heaven Ruin Skydome quickly returned to the outer circle of the flame space.
Even so, as the pressure from the Infernal Wrath Giant's body intensified, the Heaven Ruin Skydome still felt a significant suppression, even in the outer circle.
Time passed, and two years went by in the blink of an eye.
During these two years, many things happened. First, the joint fleet officially advanced towards the Minshe River System, further north of the Flame Serpent River System, and the push continued.
Additionally, the scavenging team of five warship clones successfully completed a scavenging operation on a Seventh Rank floating land and even collected a strand of golden fireseed oddity that could not be transformed into a higher-level fire source. With this strand, Song Chi was only one strand away from officially refining the Everlasting Creation Pill.
On this day, after two years of calm, the flame space finally stirred with great activity once more.
Accompanied by the familiar eruption of Seventh Rank Sovereign power, the long-silent Infernal Wrath Giant successfully broke through to the Seventh Rank.
In the instant of its breakthrough, the already impressive size of the Infernal Wrath Giant began to swell further.
Three hundred thousand meters;
Five hundred thousand meters;
One million meters;
...
In just a few dozen seconds, its height directly soared to over three thousand kilometers, its volume far surpassing that of a typical Seventh Rank unit!!!
(End of Chapter)
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