Global Era of Star trekking-Chapter 944 - 495: The One-Year Period Has Arrived

Chapter 944 -495: The One-Year Period Has Arrived

Agreeing to Pan Ying’s allegiance was not solely because of her potential; the Pan Family itself was part of the reason.

Without going into too much detail, eight Zhulu Warship Captains are no small force in themselves. Coupled with the fact that this is in the Silver Disk River System, they will inevitably be better able to collect various special resources and Starry Sea Oddities that can’t be converted into warship components for him in the future.

After some thought, Song Chi took out a [Ruins Market Walking Command] from the Ancestral Torch and handed it to Pan Ying, also informing her of the basic functions of the token.

He would not stay in the Silver Disk River System for too long. If they needed to contact each other in real-time in the future, using the Ruins Market as an intermediary would be most appropriate.

Receiving the [Ruins Market Walking Command], Pan Ying’s eyes gleamed with a smile as she led Song Chi to the Pan Family’s Secret Vault.

Following him was just one of the conditions; the previous clause about entering the vault to choose three objects was also included.

When the two arrived at the entrance of the underground secret vault, they were stopped by two Pan Family members clad in special Battle Armor, who visibly possessed Fourth Rank combat power despite being only Third Rank.

“Clan Elder, this person…”

Pan Ying waved her hand dismissively and casually explained:

“The elder has already agreed to help our Pan Family, and entering the vault to select three items is one of the conditions.”

Upon hearing this explanation, the two guards brightened up and didn’t hinder them anymore, allowing both of them to enter the secret vault.

The Pan Family’s secret vault was not small, reflecting the prosperity of its heyday, but regrettably, the vault, while not small, had many of its shelves empty, with less than one-quarter still holding items.

Seeing this sight, Pan Ying’s low voice reached Song Chi’s ear.

“Our family has been running at a deficit over the years, and the vault is now almost empty. Please do not hold it against us!” she said.

After speaking, the two began to explore the vault.

Red Energy Shield

Ordinary Orange Ascension Fire Source

60,000 Titanium Crystals

One piece of Mixed Elemental Copper

…

As they walked, a variety of items flashed before Song Chi’s eyes. Just as they were about to finish touring the vault, Song Chi’s eyes brightened upon spotting an object that greatly surprised him.

“Is this mass of antimatter source useful to you?” asked Pan Ying.

Song Chi nodded, not bothering to finish looking at all the items in the secret vault, and directly took the sizeable mass of antimatter source.

This mass of antimatter source was almost identical to what he had obtained from the Black Hole in the Mixed Heavenly Star Domain. After letting the [Antimatter Energy Evolution Engine] engulf it, the progress of its evolution should reach two-thirds. With this, the jump to a Black Quality for the Golden Sanctuary Engine would be closer.

A few minutes later, they had toured the entire secret vault.

Regarding the Pan Family’s secret vault, Song Chi only had two words to describe it: very poor.

Compared to his own still-expanding secret vault, the Pan Family’s secret vault was rather shabby. Not a single Silver Quality strange object or component was in sight, and even Red Components were sparse, with barely four or five. It was quite a sorry sight.

Perhaps perceiving Song Chi’s thoughts, Pan Ying also seemed somewhat embarrassed.

“I’ve made a fool of myself in front of you!” she said.

Song Chi shook his head and made no comment.

After some consideration, besides the first antimatter source, he also took the piece of Mixed Elemental Copper, which was a versatile enhancement resource. The Zhu Tian Ruins Market was in great need of it, and since he only had one piece left in his possession, another would increase that to two, so it was naturally a must-have.

As for the final choice, Song Chi hesitated for several seconds before finally walking up to the pile of Titanium Crystals.

Glancing sideways at Pan Ying, who also happened to look over cautiously with her luminous eyes before immediately looking away upon meeting Song Chi’s gaze, Song Chi still noticed the fleeting struggle in her eyes.

After some thought, he took only half—that is, 30,000 out of the 60,000 Titanium Crystals.

From Pan Ying’s reaction, it was not difficult to discern that these tens of thousands of Titanium Crystals were probably the Pan Family’s last reserve. Song Chi’s presence meant that the Pan Family wouldn’t be further suppressed in the future, but to switch from defense to offense and from contraction to expansion, they would have to wait at least until Pan Ying’s breakthrough in the Guidance Technique to become a bona fide Battleship Captain.

In other words, during this period, the only Titanium Crystals that the Pan Family could use for turnover were these 60,000 pieces. If Song Chi took them all, the Pan Family would face an even harder time in the future.

Seeing that Song Chi only took 30,000 Titanium Crystals, Pan Ying’s eyes creased into crescent moons.

“Thank you kindly!” she exclaimed.

With that, she also took something out of her possession.

“Sir, there is also this…”

Turning his head, he saw that it was the [Space Lock Seal] component that had already been returned earlier.

Accepting the Silver Component, Song Chi’s peripheral vision swept over the strand of Orange Ascension Fire Source, and immediately afterward, he turned his gaze to Pan Ying.

“I’ll take that strand of Orange Ascension Fire Source as well. Is that alright?” he asked.

“Yes!” Pan Ying almost blurted out her answer.

However, Song Chi’s words were not yet finished.

“As compensation, come back in two days, and I’ll return to you a stream of Red Upgrade Fire Source!”

…

The decision to take out one of the five nearly mature Sixth Rank [Silver Apples] to evolve and upgrade the Fire Source was not a spur-of-the-moment decision from Song Chi but was made after careful consideration.

From the moment Pan Ying accepted the Master-Servant Contract, Song Chi had been contemplating this matter and finally made the decision after synthesizing multiple factors.

The main reason, of course, was her potential. Allowing her to obtain the Red Upgrade Fire Source in advance would enable her flagship’s combat power to make a qualitative leap and would also allow her to do more for herself in the future.

Two days later, the five Sixth Rank [Silver Apples] in the [Cultivation Secret Realm] were fully matured.

Song Chi took one out and evolved the Orange Ascension Fire Source into Red. Then, in Pan Ying’s eager and grateful eyes, he handed it over to her.

“Alright, go back and enter seclusion. Try your best to break through to the Fifth Rank in the Guidance Technique. You don’t need to worry about the An Nan Consortium; I will handle it!”

“Yes, thank you so much, my lord!”

…

In the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong Main Control Room, Song Chi’s eyes moved over several Orange Components of the warship.

Soon after, he took out the second [Silver Apple], evolved the [Proportional Scaling Instrument] component into Red Quality, and also strengthened it to lv60.

The new third feature was the “100% scaling multiplier increase” that Song Chi actively extracted using the [Origin Essence Refinement Platform].

With this, the maximum scaling multiple of the component reached 1000 times. At this multiple, the carcass of the [Long Fin Void Whale] was reduced to a kilometer in length, significantly decreasing the space it occupied.

Next were the third, fourth, and fifth [Silver Apples]. After Song Chi’s deliberation, he ultimately chose [Void Membrane], [Life System Medical Repair Pod], and [Aurora Transition Device].

The reason for choosing these three components is very straightforward.

The [Void Membrane] was chosen because its concealment effect is a permanent state, which Song Chi values more than the time-limited “Mirage Shadow.”

After the evolution, the feature Song Chi chose was the “one rank stealth authority increase” extracted from another stealth component.

This feature was something Song Chi had taken considerable effort to extract previously. Its meaning is simple: if other radars wish to break through the stealth effect of the [Void Membrane], they must be one quality and enhancement rank higher than the [Void Membrane].

For instance, if the [Ruined Void Membrane] itself is only enhanced to lv50 and now with its Red Epic quality, in order to detect while hidden by the membrane and discover the presence of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, the radar would need to be a Silver Sky Patrol Radar enhanced to above lv60. lv59 would not be enough.

At this moment, Song Chi directly enhanced the [Void Membrane] to lv60, meaning that in the future, only a Silver or higher Sky Patrol Radar enhanced to above lv70 would be capable of capturing Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong in its always stealthy state.

Of course, if it’s a Golden Quality Sky Patrol Radar, because its quality is two ranks higher than the [Void Membrane], only needing enhancement to lv60, it could remove the cloak of the [Void Membrane].

Nonetheless, this “one rank stealth authority increase” feature is undoubtedly a Super Top-Grade Feature, and if it’s improved to a Gold or even Black Quality stealth component in the future, then Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong will be extremely difficult to be discovered by other creatures or radars in the Starry Sea.

The [Life System Medical Repair Pod] needs no further explanation as it is essentially a life-saving component.

As for the last [Aurora Transition Device], it was chosen because the jump distance for an Orange Quality Jump Device is still too short, a mere thousand light-years, and most of the time on this trip to the Silver Disk River System was spent on the journey.

Evolved into a Red Quality and enhanced to the Sixth Rank, plus a feature that increases jump distance, the maximum jump distance of the [Aurora Transition Device] skyrocketed from the previous 1100 light-years to 3000 light-years.

With that, all the [Silver Apples] have been used up.

The initial excitement of using them was now matched by Song Chi’s discomfort.

Frankly, he wished he could evolve all the Orange Components on the warship to Red Quality at once, which would have caused Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s combat power to surge again. However, the production of [Silver Apples] was indeed headache-inducing. Even with the “Secret Realm Accelerator” feature, the interval between each crop of [Silver Apples] is still as high as over twenty years, nearly thirty.

Under this premise, to evolve all the Orange Components on Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong to Red Quality obviously requires a lengthy time to achieve step by step.

Song Chi knew that this had a certain relation to the rank of [Silver Apples]. Prior to this, the production cycles of the Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank [Silver Apples] were much shorter.

Boom, boom, boom!

While his thoughts were engrossed in these considerations, intense booming noises suddenly came from the space above the outside world.

“It’s happening now? That was quick!”

Song Chi quickly exited the Underground Warship Summoning Room, summoned the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, and shot straight into the sky.

He had long speculated about this attack, but he didn’t expect it to come so soon.

In the Vault of Heaven above, as Song Chi arrived, eight Panther Family’s Zhulu Warships had already reached earlier, continuously consolidating glows at the fronts of the eight warships, persistently bombarding the dozens of Zhulu Warships outside the Floating Land Shield.

Only when they saw the appearance of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong did the several Clan Elders of the Panther Family breathe a sigh of relief.

Before they could speak, Song Chi looked up first, prompting the Panther Family members to cease their attacking moves.

At the same time, three ten-kilometer-long Battleships situated deep in outer space also tacitly issued a stop-fire command.

Seeing both sides had ceased fire, Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong broke straight out of the Floating Land Shield.

Shortly after, four Battleships successfully met in the dark expanse of space.

In the warships’ group communication, the Extreme Battleship Captain from the An Nan Consortium spoke up:

“Friend, we at An Nan Consortium have given you face. Now that the year’s period is up, it wouldn’t be within the rules for you to intervene!”