Chapter 1103: Chapter 585: Gold [Mirror Image Splitting] _2

“Remember, if you can avoid collecting Floating Land Origin, do so. Prioritize exchanging for those special ship-mounted components, high-rank non-convertible ship components, high-rank mineral resources, Starry Sea Spiritual Objects, and similar items.”

“Understood, rest assured, Master!”

As he spoke, Wang Zhen also handed over a storage capsule.

Upon opening it, there were over a thousand various Starry Sea Oddities, the most valuable of which was a silver oddity unable to be converted into ship-mounted components.

Song Chi wasn’t surprised by this, given that Wang Zhen was currently working on the Yao Han Floating Land, the capital Floating Land of the Heavenly Disk Galaxy, where a large number of Torch Ship Captains were stationed.

After Wang Zhen left, Song Chi summoned Pan Ying.

Like Wang Zhen, Pan Ying had been fully committed to helping him acquire various war resources, but she was responsible for the Silver Disk Continent.

Upon receiving the storage capsule Pan Ying handed over, Song Chi found twenty thousand pieces of Titanium Crystal inside.

“Titanium Crystal? Where did it come from?”

Pan Ying explained with a smile that it was used by a declining Fourth Rank family from the Silver Disk Kingdom to offset a batch of war resources.

“Not bad, take this piece of silver energy…”

Song Chi apparently valued Pan Ying more, not for any other reason but because Pan Ying’s potential far exceeded Wang Zhen’s.

She was just over nine hundred years old now, and it was almost certain she would reach the rank of Fearless Captain in the future.

In contrast, although Wang Zhen was more than a hundred years younger, he was still stuck at the Fourth Rank, far from reaching the ultimate Zhulu Warship Captain.

…

Time passed, and five years went by in a flash.

On this day, Song Chi stood in the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong Main Control Room. With a single turn of his mind, a component on the side began to flash with golden light continuously.

Soon, the [Mirror Image Splitting] component was enhanced all the way to level 80.

A short while ago, he acquired 10 pieces of Dominant True Spirit from the Divine Kingdom Player Trading Space. The player who sold it was a Fifth Rank Dark Night Elf.

Upon getting these 10 pieces of Dominant True Spirit, he immediately enhanced the [Mirror Image Splitting].

Enhanced to the Eighth Rank, the attributes of this component saw a significant change.

Firstly, the “Mirror Image Splitting” feature had its range soar from the initial 1,000 light-years to a million light-years, something Song Chi was extremely satisfied with.

This meant that the warships generated from the mirror image could be controlled freely in real-time as long as they were within a million light-years of the main body of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.

Secondly, the “Mirror Refraction” feature also saw a major improvement.

{Mirror Refraction: The loaded warship will come with a refraction halo. When subjected to external energy attribute attacks, it will refract 50% of the attack’s power back to the attacker.}

In other words, all external energy attack methods in the future, upon striking the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, will deal half of their damage to the attacking unit itself, making this an absolutely top-rank feature.

…

After upgrading the [Mirror Image Splitting] component, Song Chi dedicated all of his time to comprehending three Laws.

Having learned that a Law Comprehension Degree exceeding 90% would grant a bonus in upgrading to a Star-Annihilating Starship, he was particularly attentive to this.

With the new boost from [Mirror Image Splitting], Song Chi successfully increased his Comprehension Degree of the Law of Light to 81% over more than ten years, and even the Time Law had broken past 60%.

As for the Space Law, it had barely reached 75% now.

On this day, still staying in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, Song Chi suddenly received a mind sound transmission; his family was summoning him.

Upon arriving at the Clan Ancestral Hall, more than four hundred people had already gathered inside.

This was a result of the family’s rigorous inspection some time ago, and with the clan atmosphere returning to a healthy cycle, many clan members rekindled their motivation. Under this major trend, the clan added dozens of Fourth Rank members over the past decade, and now, the family had formally exceeded four hundred Zhulu Warship Captains.

After Song Chi arrived, he waited for nearly half an hour for all Fourth Rank and above clan members to arrive.

Indeed, all had arrived.

Not in a projected form, but all physically present.

It was now at a critical point for war, and with the all-out mobilization order from the Four Great Empires of Xinhuo, more than 70% of the Torch Ship Captains in the Torch Humanity Galaxy Cluster needed to participate in the war, significantly reducing the number of active Torch Ship Captains on various Floating Lands outside.

Based on this point, many large gates followed suit, either closing shops entirely or recalling all high-rank clan members, leaving the lower-ranked Second and Third Rank members to handle the basic operation of shops.

The Song Family chose the latter approach.

Once everyone had gathered, the Family Head, Song Xuancang, officially spoke from the head of the hall.

“According to detailed statistics from the Internal Affairs Hall, the family currently has 432 Fourth Rank and above members, over 7,000 Third Rank Cruiser Captains, and more than 100,000 Second Rank Escort Ship Captains.”

“The reason for convening everyone here today is primarily to discuss the first group of troops to be deployed in one month. Exactly how many clan members should we send?”

Soon, discussions erupted one after another.

While the Immortal Qin Dynasty had clearly stipulated that all subordinate families, gates, consortia, and conglomerates must send no less than 70% of their clan members (Torch Ship Captains) to participate in the war, otherwise they would be considered cowardly in battle.

No power would defy this order, but that didn’t mean families had to send 70% of their clan members to the battlefield all at once.

Dividing into batches and rotating with clan members pulled back from the front lines for recovery or promotion was clearly the most appropriate strategy.

After some discussion, the over four hundred individuals formed three predominant views.

One: It’s best to divide into two batches, with the first batch deploying 80% of all participating clan members, and the remaining 20% reserved for replacing those lost in battle, promoted, or those needing retirement.

Two: Divide into three batches, with the first batch deploying half of the participating clan members, dividing the remainder evenly between the latter batches, and rotating every hundred years for replenishment.

Three: Also divide into two batches, but the first batch would deploy only 65% of the participating clan members, ensuring sufficient reserves for subsequent replacements and support.

The arguments over these three approaches lasted quite a while until Song Shiyuan finally spoke, making the final decision.

“The third approach is the most reasonable; let’s prepare according to the third option!”

He elaborated in detail:

“Everyone is aware of the first approach’s advantage. Deploying 80% of participating clan members at once would allow the family fleet to swell to a scale of ten million warships. Under such scale, our influence within the United Fleet would perhaps bring our family more benefits.”

“However, we’ve already received a message from the patriarch passed down from our ancestors; the Chigu Luo Family of the Golden Disk River System has returned to be an Immortal Clan, and we will form a comprehensive alliance afterward. Then, the number of warships we mobilize together will exceed twenty million, forming a force that absolutely cannot be ignored, so there’s no need to worry about influence.”

…

A month later, outside Dragon Spine Continent, over eight million Starships gathered, divided into multiple divisions, all assembling neatly outside of Dragon Spine Continent.

These are the first departing fleet of the Song Family, though only over a million of them are Torch Warships; the remaining seven million are the most conventional standard Starships.

Beside the Song Family Fleet, there was another substantial fleet, numbering around six million, consisting of ordinary forces and gates from other kingdoms affiliated with the Song Family.

Included among them was the Phillip Clan from the Golden Lion Star Domain, which has always maintained a camaraderie with the Song Family. The Phillip family has been interlinked with the Song Family through marriages for years and has benefitted significantly from the rapid development of the Dragon Spine Song Family over the past centuries.

For instance, back when the Yao Han Great Expansion War ended, the Song Family’s proactive approach resulted in the Phillip Clan occupying a star domain close to ten thousand light-years in size. Hundreds of years later, the Phillip Clan now boasts two Battleship Captains, with nearly thirty Fourth Rank Zhulu Warship Captains.

Even so, the Phillip Clan has never developed any dissent and remains steadfastly aligned with the Song Family.

Of the six million warships that accompanied, the Phillip Clan accounted for one-third, a total of two million warships.

Besides the Song Family, the fleet affiliated with the Chenxing Clan of the kingdom is even larger, reportedly already exceeding ten million.

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