Chapter 1029: Chapter 539: Time Chess Board_2

Fortunately, today’s bad luck seemed to have exhausted itself with that Ancient Demon Dominator, and no other unexpected events occurred afterward.

Not only was the Ruins Market Secret Realm successfully relocated to a brand-new safe area, but even the situation of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong in the outer realm had also improved considerably.

From the perspective of the Ethereal Body, Song Chi spotted a spatial rift far ahead at the edge of his vision.

This spatial rift was different from the others he had encountered before. Its diameter was astonishingly large, and it was located at the edge of a warp passageway rather than within the warp channel itself. It seemed to connect directly to the vast outer starry sky.

Initially, Song Chi couldn’t be certain, but as time passed, he gradually came to a conclusion.

“Indeed, it’s a rift that connects to the outer starry sky!”

Upon confirming this, Song Chi was overjoyed.

At this moment, the power of the second Ruins Market Projection had been largely depleted and couldn’t last much longer. Although he had initially prepared the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain to activate the “Enslavement Mark: Frenzy” Feature at any moment, it now seemed unnecessary.

An unknown starry sky, an incredibly vast region of spatial fractures.

At the core of the spatial fracture zone, a flash of light glimmered, and a warship with a severely damaged hull erupted forth from a spatial rift.

Trailing behind the warship was a powerful spatial storm.

Fortunately, the faint projection of purple mist above the warship managed to dissipate the spatial storm completely.

Inside the Battleship Main Control Room, following the spatial fluctuations, Song Chi’s figure materialized.

“A spatial fracture zone?”

Surveying the surroundings, he observed that Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had emerged in an extremely vast spatial fracture zone, where countless fragmented spatial rifts lay scattered chaotically across the area.

“Is this the aftermath of a large-scale interstellar war or merely a naturally occurring weak point in space?”

While Song Chi had some theories about how this fracture zone might have formed, he quickly dismissed them.

What required his immediate attention was the current state of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong and the condition of the two Fifth Rank Robber Star Race members still located on the Fifth Level Floating Land.

[Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield] is completely overloaded.

[Neutron Star Core Armor] is damaged at 68%.

The warship hull is damaged at 40%.

“Acceptable, but it looks like there’s no chance of attempting an escape from this spatial fracture zone today. I’ll have to wait until the cooldown of the two repair components is complete.”

Glancing at the radar map and the Territory Star Map briefly showed no anomalies, so Song Chi felt reassured and entered the Ruins Market.

Ruins Market, third floor of the guesthouse.

In a Walking Room, Song Chi received a Storage Capsule handed over by the Fifth Rank Robber Star Race members.

Contained within were the Titanium Crystals extracted from the mines.

The small vein held a decent reserve, yielding seventy-three thousand Titanium Crystals in total—enough to last him for a while.

The four mining vehicles left behind in the depths of the Floating Land would likely be discovered in the future, but it didn’t matter since they held little value.

After storing the Titanium Crystals away, Song Chi began to tally up the spoils acquired from the Ancient Demon King City Secret Vault.

The artifacts were limited due to the fact that it was merely a Fifth Level Floating Land, not the repository of a civilization’s accumulated resources. Aside from one Silver Oddity, there were just three Red Epic Oddities, and only a few Orange and Purple Relics were present.

However, there was no shortage of Floating Land Origin—but Song Chi did not particularly need more of it.

Well…at least not anything below Seventh Rank.

Aside from that were some mineral resources, including a surprising ten blocks of Eternal Stone Bricks.

Song Chi returned briefly to the outer realm and fused the bricks into the hull of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.

Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had already integrated many of these bricks, bolstered by the slow enhancements provided by the [Black Hole Evolution Layer] component, as well as the reinforcements from [Heart of Behemoth] and [Yang Concentric Medallion]. The durability of the battleship’s hull far exceeded that of other warships of the same rank.

Had it not been for this, the battleship would likely have been engulfed by the space turbulence and sunk this time.

Thus, Song Chi always prioritized incorporating any Eternal Stone Bricks he acquired into the warship immediately.

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The next day, with the alternating use of the two repair components, Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong was fully restored.

Without delay, Song Chi activated the “Neutron Star Fission” Feature and initiated a Spatial Jump.

Upon exiting the warp, the surroundings revealed only a normal starry sky.

Scanning the vast, dark stellar space and the Territory Star Map, Song Chi rubbed his temples.

Due to the effects of the space turbulence, he was completely uncertain of the current location of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong. To put it simply, he’d lost his bearings.

Unless he immediately used the Ruins Market to return to the void space where his first Spatial Anchor Point was set and reevaluated his route for further exploration, it would be difficult to locate the previous trajectory again.

He didn’t decide this immediately and instead resolved to wait for over a month.

A month later, the “Red Vault Jump” Feature was reactivated.

This time, Song Chi randomly chose a direction for the jump. If nothing noteworthy was discovered, he planned to return to the void space without hesitation.

After traveling over six million light-years, Song Chi exited the jump and immediately looked outside the warship.

Observing the familiar Silent Stellar Space around him, Song Chi prepared to summon the warship back and return via the Ruins Market.

Just then, Song Chi’s peripheral gaze landed on the Territory Star Map of the [Heavenly Destiny Compass·Disk] component, and his expression froze.

“A new point of light? And this radiance…”

Staring at the edge of the star map where the seven-colored light point had vanished, Song Chi’s breath nearly stopped.

“Could this misfortune have turned into an unexpected fortune?”

“Did the space turbulence directly bring Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong near the true body of the [Time Chessboard]?”

Song Chi felt confident that this seven-colored point of light marked the location of the [Time Chessboard]’s true body.

Yet, what truly mattered was not its location but its “seven-colored radiance.”

Seven colors—what did this signify?

The first thought in Song Chi’s mind was Colorful Mythical Components.

The mere possibility that the [Time Chessboard] could be a Colorful Mythical Artifact thrilled him beyond compare.

However, after the initial rush of euphoria, Song Chi quickly composed himself.

For one, this conclusion was based purely on speculation. Even if the seven-colored light point truly indicated the [Time Chessboard]’s true body and it genuinely represented a Colorful Mythical Component, acquiring it was another matter entirely. Moreover, the region over nearly two billion light-years away where the artifact seemingly resided remained an enigma. It wasn’t the time to celebrate just yet.

Furthermore, even with his utmost effort, it would take over three years to traverse the vast gap of two billion light-years.

“Hopefully, it doesn’t turn out to be a den of the Primordial Clan. If so, that would be a real headache…”

Should it truly belong to the Primordial Clan or another advanced civilization’s stronghold, it would be utterly impossible for Song Chi to claim it with his current capabilities.

Even if the Ruins Market later advanced to Sixth Rank and his Dominator position reached Eighth-Order Combat Power, it wouldn’t suffice.

Regaining his composure, Song Chi returned to the Ruins Market and quietly waited for another month for “Red Vault Jump” to cool down.

During this time, he engaged in a Ruins Market transaction, though luck wasn’t on his side—the number of alien races entering the market was substantial, but Fourth and Fifth Rank aliens were few and far between.

The sole comforting result was Song Chi successfully trading for a “Heavenly Meteorite” with a low-rank alien. This was one of the critical resources needed to craft the formula for upgrading a battleship into a Fearless Ship. Including this Heavenly Meteorite, he had now gathered three of the four required ingredients—leaving only a High-Level Space Law Crystal.

“It’s incredible to think I’ve spent nearly two hundred years ascending to the position of Battleship Captain. How quickly time flies!”

Reflecting on this, Song Chi took stock of Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong’s current state. Over two centuries, the warship’s foundational strengths had reached an impressive level, and his Guidance Technique had previously advanced to level 59.

Additionally, he possessed the Sixth Rank Peak Blood of the Evil God, alongside the Fifth Rank [Time Realm Fruit] and a drop of Dominant Origin Blood extracted from the corpse of the Chasing Fate Immortal. Should he manage to acquire a High-Level Space Law Crystal and secure one or two excellent hunting locations, there was a chance he could propel Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong into attempting to upgrade to a Fearless Ship.

Moreover, there was another key detail. According to messages from Dragon Spine Continent, years of relentless effort had expanded its diameter to nearly one thousand light-years, nearing the peak of Sixth Level Floating Land. If it managed to ascend to Seventh Level, the energy tides generated during the Floating Land’s advancement might significantly boost the chances of a successful warship upgrade.

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