Chapter 135: Chapter 100: The Torch Civilization’s Supreme Empire – The Chi Yu Divine Dynasty, The Orange ponent Reappears_2
Although the illusion realm that was created was indeed convincing enough to be mistaken for reality and also had a decent effect in shielding energy fluctuations, it was not only expensive, but the area that the illusion realm could cover was extremely limited; therefore, it had never been very popular in the market.
Of course, pared with technologies like the spatial veil, it was still much more cost-effective.
Soon, Qingkong touched down in the docking area for single-person warships next to the base.
Whoosh!
Once Song Chao had stowed Qingkong into the Ancestral Torch, Song Chi and the other two were finally free from the warship. Although the persistent restriction from the warship’s credential ponent was gone, they still couldn’t use their spectral energy, needing a full 24 hours before it would be pletely lifted.
It wasn’t long before Second Uncle Song Hai came out with Song Qi and Song Wen. They had been there for over a month, and the arrival of Song Chao and his group meant they would soon be leaving.
“Little brother, Little Lin, Little Chi, hmm… Little You got promoted too? Not bad!!”
With Second Uncle Song Hai initiating the greeting, the seven of them began to chat back and forth.
Especially among the five younger ones, the topics of conversation seemed endless.
Song Qi walked up to his youngest brother, laughing as he clapped Song You on the shoulder.
“You kid, not bad. When did you get promoted? Five times or six times?”
Upon hearing this, Song You tilted his chin up, making a proud gesture with his hand.
“Five times, it’s quite an achievement. You truly are the prodigy of our family!”
Song Qi was particularly pleased. He and Song Lin had both explored the star domain ten times before they managed to promote their flagship a rank. He naturally felt genuine joy seeing his younger brother progress so quickly.
Up ahead, Song Hai and Song Chao were also conversing softly.
“So, any other movements from the Blood Blade Star Thieves?”
Upon Song Chao’s inquiry, Song Hai first shook his head, then his tone shifted.
“However, a few days ago, ‘Blood Wolf’ took a group of men and left their den; they’re likely out raiding. They haven’t returned yet.”
Song Chao’s eyes narrowed slightly as he rapidly recalled all sorts of information about this person.
Blood Wolf, the deputy leader of the Blood Blade Star Thieves, a Second Rank Peak Torch Ship Captain, under whose mand the flagship ‘Demon Wolf’ ranked among the most powerful of escort ships. He was rightly the undisputed second-in-mand of the Blood Blade Star Thieves.
After a moment’s thought, Song Chao offered a guess.
“Could it be that he left to get promoted?”
Song Hai did not respond immediately; indeed, he had harbored such speculation, but he could not be certain.
“It’s not very likely. According to the information we have obtained, Blood Wolf is not even two hundred years old yet. Though he holds considerable power within the Blood Blade Star Thieves and has a hefty annual ine, promoting to Third Rank is no trivial matter; he still lacks sufficient preparation time. Besides, he is the absolute confidant of Blood Knife. If he really wanted to promote to Third Rank, their thieves’ den would be the safest place to do so. Why risk an external promotion? I personally believe he went out plundering!!”
Song Hai’s speculation was well-founded, and Song Chao was actually quite in agreement. However, considering the matter concerned their lineage’s decades-long planning, they could ill afford such casual subjective conjectures.
‘Likely not very probable…’ These kinds of statements could be acceptable in ordinary tasks, but not in this case.
The two men exchanged glances, and then Song Hai took the initiative to say:
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“Understood, when we return to the White Tower Floating Land this time, I will explain the situation to the old man and the exact whereabouts of the Blood Wolf will be thoroughly investigated, with no margin for error allowed!”
With these words, Song Chao finally felt at ease, but Song Hai immediately continued to ask,
“By the way, how’s the situation with the boss? What are the chances of advancement?”
“It’s going well. After the initiation of the advancement task, the old man personally led two rounds of Alien Star Domain exploration. With the assistance of the old man, last time the boss directly killed a Third Rank Peak Alien Race, greatly increasing the success rate. The current success rate has already approached 50%. If the old man continues to guide further explorations a few more times, raising the success rate above 60% shouldn’t be difficult.”
Song Chao’s response pleased Song Hai greatly. The advancement task had been initiated for less than two months and the success rate had already neared 50%. It was a very good start. As long as there was no extreme misfortune, reaching a 60% success rate should not be difficult.
Walking into the base, Song Chi found that it was not large, but that was understandable since it was only temporary. Apart from a few single-person rest rooms, there was the remote monitoring room at the furthest end.
Standing behind Song Hai and Song Chao, Song Chi and the others curiously stretched their necks. They were extremely curious about this room that Song Qi and Song Wen had talked about, a room capable of remote monitoring across the vast distance of a light-year.
As the door opened, the three of them followed Song Hai and Song Chao into the monitoring room.
Upon entering, their gaze was immediately drawn to the large projection screen that occupied almost the entire room.
This projection screen, over ten meters in length and more than five meters wide, looked like an oversized black and white screen stretched across the room. However, this was not the focal point.
Specifically, what captured the attention of Song Chi and the others was the constantly changing imagery within the screen.
In the pitch-black starry sky, terrifying spatial cracks of varying sizes were scattered about. Not far away, a large Floating Land Fragment over ten thousand meters in diameter quietly hovered. An elliptical Energy Shield, even larger in diameter than the fragment, enveloped the entire large Floating Land Fragment.
Through the transparent Energy Shield, one could see various sized Torch Warships floating within, and below, alloy skyscrapers over a kilometer tall stood imposingly on the fragment. Red-hued Energy surged from the top of these skyscrapers, funneling into the Energy Shield above, maintaining its existence.
“The mechanical base on the Floating Land Fragment is the station of the Blood Blade Star Thieves. It is located over 1.5 light-years away from our current position. Since our arrival here decades ago, this interstellar base has already stood here,”
Deep voice of Uncle Song Hai reached their ears, and the Song Chi trio snapped out of their stupor. Song Chi didn’t know what Song Lin and Song You were thinking at the moment, but a question had arisen in his heart.
“How exactly is this projection screen generated? To be able to carry out real-time remote monitoring of a Star Domain 1.5 light-years away was beyond incredible.”
Song Chao began to explain slowly, seemingly noticing the curiosity in his son’s eyes.
“This projection screen was created by an Orange ponent that your grandfather brought with him from the clan!”
Still not pletely free from confusion, Song Chi listened.
Ship ponents needed to be installed on a Torch Warship to take effect. Could it be that this Orange ponent was currently installed on Uncle’s Flagship? But if that was indeed the case, what would happen when Uncle leaves later? Would it just be uninstalled and then installed on Qingkong, or would Uncle’s Flagship remain here permanently?
Before he could ask, Song Chao spoke again.
“This ponent only needs to be enhanced to level 19 for it to reach an effective distance of 1.5 light-years, and disassembling it doesn’t waste many resources.”
Hearing this, Song Chi nodded in understanding. If enhancement only required up to level 19, then there was no need for the consumption of Titanium Crystal, a strategic resource. Naturally, this was acceptable to everyone.
Having understood this point, Song Chi abruptly shifted his focus and thought,
“Orange Quality special ponents, indeed, our elders are hiding quite a few treasures.”
At that moment, Song You, standing beside, suddenly asked a question that all of them were very curious about.
“Uncle, Uncle, the family has even used an Orange ponent, so what exactly have we been planning for these decades?”
PS: It’s a bit hard to write, occasionally getting writer’s block!
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