Global Era of Star trekking-Chapter 1023 - 536: The Threshold of the Top High-Level Advanced Civilization in the Starry Sea

Chapter 1023: Chapter 536: The Threshold of the Top High-Level Advanced Civilization in the Starry Sea

After planning the detailed search procedure, Song Chi took a deep breath and activated the "Red Vault Jump" feature.

The warship’s jump charging subsequently began.

[Attention, jump device activated. Current charging progress: 1%...2%...100%.]

[Charging complete, "Red Vault Jump" initiated!]

Accompanied by the prompt of the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain, intense spatial fluctuations ensued, followed by a disorienting dizziness enveloping his entire body.

Soon after, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong suddenly transformed into a miniature neutron star form, simultaneously activating the "Mirage Shadow" feature of the [Mirage Transformation Pearl of Mirage Dragon] component.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

After the spatial wave subsided, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong was displayed in the Void Belt.

More than six million light-years away, amid a similarly pitch-black starry sky, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong quietly emerged from the void under the influence of the "Mirage Shadow" effect, avoiding the notice of any nearby living beings in the surrounding Star Domain.

"Thank goodness!"

Seeing no collision with a Starry Sea Floating Land, Song Chi sighed in slight relief.

However, he knew well that this is the norm for long-distance interstellar jumps; incidents involving collisions with celestial bodies are extreme rarities.

After all, both in the Multiverse Era and the current Shattered Starry Sea Era, the proportion of celestial bodies within the boundless starry sky is exceptionally small. The invisible and formless void, instead, constitutes the primary composition of the Starry Sea.

Not dwelling on this matter, Song Chi would never gamble with his life despite the minuscule likelihood of such occurrences. Thus, he resolved to activate "Neutron Star Fission" before performing any future Red Vault Jumps.

For now, he maintained his actions, continuing to pilot the warship for routine jumps.

At this moment, both the "Neutron Star Fission" and "Mirage Shadow" features were still active. The single jump range of the [Red Vault Jump Device] reached a substantial thirteen thousand light-years. Although trivial compared to the two-billion-light-year scope he needed to explore, the saying "small increments add up" was fitting—he wouldn’t idly wait during the more than one-month cooldown of the "Red Vault Jump."

Buzz! Buzz!

After two more routine jumps, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong advanced another twenty thousand light-years before halting to quietly wait for the cooldown of the "Red Vault Jump" feature.

During this period, Song Chi remained attentive to the [Heavenly Destiny Compass·Disk] component’s territory. Confirming no new changes on the territory star map, he turned and entered the Ruins Market.

At such times, he actually had numerous potential tasks, such as activating the "Peeping Spirit Eyes" feature of [Heavenly Eye] to scavenge Starry Sea Oddities in the surrounding Star Domain.

Or removing [Time Chess] to attempt binding to the [Taiyi Quantum Sword Light Cannon Platform] component, testing if pieces of this main cannon’s remnant could be discovered.

He had never forgotten that the [Taiyi Infinite Sword Stone] Strange Object used to convert the [Taiyi Quantum Sword Light Cannon Platform] was incomplete.

Alternatively, he could raid Alien Civilizations in nearby Star Domains to see if he could seize some rare resources.

But he refrained from these activities due to a persistent sense of crisis lurking in his heart.

The Star Domain beneath him spanned more than ninety billion light-years away from the Torch Humanity Galaxy Cluster—a distance unfathomable for comparison.

Consider this: the Torch Humanity Civilization governs a galaxy cluster of only ten billion light-years in diameter. It meant this Star Domain was separated from the Torch Humanity Galaxy Cluster by nearly a hundred galaxy clusters.

The Torch Humanity Galaxy Cluster produced the peak advanced civilization of Torch Humanity. Similarly, the Eight-Armed Snake Demon River System Group birthed the peak advanced civilization of the Eight-Armed Snake Demon Civilization. So, what about this entirely new River System Cluster beneath him? Could it also host a peak civilization dominating the cluster?

Song Chi speculated that it probably did.

This was the sole reason for his high vigilance.

Though he possessed defensive measures like the [Ruins Market Projection Rank], what defined a peak advanced civilization?

According to the family archive, the sole threshold for peak advanced civilizations within the Starry Sea is the existence of Level 9 combat units.

The Level 9 life forms of the Starry Sea—an incomprehensibly mighty existence for Song Chi at this time. Even with the Level 7 peak combat power of [Ruins Market Projection], it remained utterly powerless in the face of such entities. Encountering such beings, Song Chi believed he might not even get the chance to access the Ruins Market.

"The Starry Sea is vast—caution is better..."

With this mindset, Song Chi began to repeat his daily routines for a long time thereafter.

Using the "Red Vault Jump" for travel, interspersed with cooldown periods spent entering the Ruins Market—to comprehend Laws or train in the Guidance Technique—before the "Red Vault Jump" feature cooled down to continue forward.

Throughout these routines, time quickly passed.

By the fourth month, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had jumped nearly twenty million light-years. During this span, Song Chi recorded a new coordinate for [Time Chess] on the territory star map.

By the first year and two months, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had jumped nearly sixty million light-years. No new discoveries appeared on the territory star map.

By the third year, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong jumped 1.6 hundred million light-years, discovering another new coordinate for [Time Chess] and briefly visiting a Level 4 resource-based Floating Land from an Intermediate Civilization, lucking into acquiring a rare batch of warship enhancement resources.

By the sixth year, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had jumped 3.4 hundred million light-years...

By the tenth year, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had jumped six hundred million light-years, encountering two advanced civilization fleets engaged in a space battle midway. Each side fielded no fewer than five Level 7 combat units. The Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong promptly withdrew from the battlefield at the first sign of danger.