For this, Song Chi was already very satisfied. After all, he couldn’t even begin to guess how many light-years separated him from that soul spirit clan member, so the fact that they could communicate at any time was already an incredible feat.

Moreover, this was just ordinary contact, let’s not forget he also had the Zhu Tian Ruins Market at his disposal.

With a thought, his figure disappeared within the Cang Qiong.

In the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, as he entered, the Ruins Market Laws swiftly converged, augmenting his very being.

Now, he once again made a mental connection with the soul spirit clan member in the asteroid belt.

"Have Zhao Lei activate the Travel Command and enter the ruins market."

Merely thirty seconds later, the soul spirit clan’s response echoed in the depths of his heart, and the voice was evidently much clearer.

"Yes, Master, do you need... to bring those mined out ore... resources?"

"Bring them!"

A few minutes later, Song Chi’s gaze shifted, looking towards the third floor of the inn behind him.

Zhao Lei had activated the [Ruins Market Walking Rank], and without being prohibited by him, the Ruins Market Master, he was already teleported into the Travel Room on the third floor of the inn.

Walking up to the third floor, Song Chi gently pushed open the door to the only Travel Room currently open.

During times when the market trading hadn’t started, the owners of the [Travel Command] couldn’t leave the Travel Room, but he, the Ruins Market Master, could enter at will.

Inside the room, Zhao Lei bent forward in a salute.

"Master!"

Song Chi nodded slightly, and understanding his intentions, Zhao Lei lightly tapped his waist. The next second, a vast amount of ore resources appeared within the Travel Room.

Ten Furious Tiger Mining Carts and two standard civilian interstellar mining ships were engaged in mining operations, and in just two days, they had mined out thousands of tons of ore.

Without that storage bag at Zhao Lei’s waist, it would have taken who knows how long for that Third Rank soul spirit clan member to shuttle back and forth for such a quantity of ore resources.

With a gentle wave of his hand, using the Power of Laws, he classified and sent all these ore resources into a dedicated ore selling shop. Song Chi gave Zhao Lei a glance, instructing him to return to the asteroid belt.

After Zhao Lei departed, he too exited the inn.

At the very inner part of the ruins market, in front of the [Ultra Long-Distance Space Gate Random Deployment Platform], Song Chi’s breathing was somewhat hurried, his eyes brimming with anticipation.

After all, this was his first transaction since the market advanced to Second Rank. This time, not only Zero Rank and First Rank alien species could enter, but Second Rank aliens could as well.

Second Rank Starry Sea Alien Race, the wealth in their hands surely surpassed that of the previous Zero Rank and First Rank by far, which meant that the trading volume of this ruins market would inevitably see a significant increase.

Naturally, he was full of anticipation.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Song Chi clicked to activate the [Ultra Long-Distance Space Gate Random Deployment Platform].

Light flashed, and more than seventy beams from the deployment platform shot up into the sky, being sent to various corners of the Shattered Starry Sea.

After a brief delay, more than seventy swirling gateways slowly took shape outside the market entrance.

As usual, the first to enter the ruins market was still that Goblin Luke.

At each opening of the ruins market, he was always the one to maintain the highest enthusiasm for making money.

Of course, before heading to his own shop, Luke’s first stop was still the dedicated ore resource selling shop, where he removed a large cluster of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin from his carrying case.

Hm, not more or less, precisely five hundred thousand strands.

Then, using the five hundred thousand strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, he exchanged for one million Terrastone, and only then did Luke leave the mineral resource shop contentedly to restock at his House of Silver shop.

...

Compared to him, Song Chi felt the same way. One million Terrastone, after adding the family’s purchasing costs and labor fees, would only need 25,000 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin. Having sold it for the price of 500,000 strands, the profits were twenty times over; how could one not be satisfied? Enjoy new chapters from empire

As usual, he took 100,000 strands for himself and planned to hand over the remaining 400,000 to his grandfather.

Song Chi waited quietly for any disturbance at the entrance of the Ruins Market.

As time passed, various forms of Starry Sea Alien Race creatures cautiously entered the Ruins Market, with the majority being Zero Rank and First Rank, although Second Rank were few, they were not absent.

Having looked at the rule light screen at the entrance and seen their caution greatly decrease, they entered the Ruins Market with curiosity and began to repeatedly visit each shop.

The hottest spot was not the potion shop, nor Goblin Luke’s, nor the centaurs or Zhou Ping’s shops, but the mineral resource shop that had just completed a large restock.

After such a long accumulation, the number of mineral types in the mineral resource shop had reached several thousands.

Although these minerals were priced at more than ten times the market price in the Torch Human Civilization Territory, there still were many types of minerals that were in high demand in the star domains inhabited by these newly-arrived Alien Races, prompting them to purchase in large quantities.

In response to this, Song Chi shook his head. Although he was the Ruins Market Lord, he did not have the power of foresight. Before the market trading began, he could not have known which minerals would be popular and, naturally, could not have adjusted the prices accordingly.

But once the Ruins Market trading began, it was inappropriate to change the prices on a whim; such a move would not fit the ethos of the marketplace.

...

Deep within the Starry Sea, in a vast unknown Star Domain.

Dozens of oddly shaped starships were flying at full speed, coming close to the speed of light; their ship cannons were not idle, continuously roaring and firing into the dark expanse ahead.

"Keep up the chase, there must be exceptional treasures in that stretch of interstellar ruins. That’s the remains of a Neutron Star from the Multiverse Era!"

The words echoed through the dozen starships and the next second their speed increased even further.

Several light-seconds ahead of these starships, another uniquely shaped starship was racing forward.

However, compared to the ones chasing it, this starship was significantly damaged, and even its rear thrusters were flickering with sparks of electricity, indicating they were also compromised.

Scanning the radar at his side, Elon on the starship’s control seat looked deathly pale. As a common citizen of the Star Origin Empire, today he had experienced the greatest ups and downs of his life.

Firstly, as an interstellar scavenger, he had fortuitously found a new wormhole. Through it, he reached an unknown star domain and in this ancient area of ruins, he discovered a strange object of astonishing quality.

Then, in a stroke of bad luck, he encountered another group of empire space pirates passing by, who happen to catch sight of his find, sparking the subsequent pursuit.

As the distance on the radar between them closed, Elon’s heart turned cold.

As an interstellar scavenger, his starship’s performance was inherently inferior to those of the space pirates behind him, and now with the thruster damaged, this almost certainly sealed his fate.

Grinding his teeth, he glanced at the strange object emitting a dazzling red light and felt a surge of reluctance.

With this Red Quality strange object, he was confident that he could soar to great heights with just a bit of time to develop quietly, and he might even become a formidable force within the Star Origin Empire one day.

But his damn fate played a big joke on him. Despite his luck, he lacked the life to endure it.

He had thought about handing over the Red Quality strange object in exchange for his life, but those behind him were infamous space pirates; how could they possibly spare him over a Red Epic Relic?

As he raced on, the dozen starships behind him drew even closer, and just as Elon was completely losing hope and ready to end things with a self-destruct, a void portal appeared out of nowhere at the end of the dark expanse in front of him.

Seeing this, Elon was overjoyed, as if a drowning man had grasped at a lifeline. He no longer cared about anything else and sped towards the void portal.

ps: Some say the previous Enslavement Medal was quite underwhelming; the second Red Curio is coming, guess what component it will be!

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