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The starship driven by Elon sped through the void and soon came to a halt in front of the spatial gate.

But after verifying the size of the spatial gate, Elon’s expression turned sour.

Given the dimensions of the gateway, it was clear that only he alone could enter; the starship beneath him would not be able to pass through. Consequently, he was left with only two choices.

Either continue piloting the starship to flee, until ultimately being caught by the space pirates.

Or take a gamble and enter the unknown spatial gate alone, to see if he might snatch a slim chance at survival.

Within a mere two seconds, Elon made his decision.

After all, the worst outcome was death either way; might as well take the risk.

Thinking this, he swiftly grabbed the storage capsule beside him, and packed away the red curio on the ground.

Squeak—

The airtight door of the starship opened, and Elon, wearing a suit of space combat armor, rapidly shot out of the ship. It was the only thing he possessed that was worthy of praise, the latest model of imperial solo combat armor he had stumbled upon years ago during a scavenging trip.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

From behind, the sharp sound of incoming gunfire whistled through the air. With no time to think, Elon stepped into the spatial gate before him.

Accompanied by a violent spatial transition, even with the internal circulation system inside his combat armor, Elon felt somewhat queasy.

When he regained his composure, he instinctively cast a wary glance around him. But as he peered through the entrance of the Ruins Market and saw the numerous otherworldly forms of the Stellar Sea creatures inside, Elon was stunned for a good while.

It wasn’t until he approached the entrance of the Ruins Market and saw the floating screen of rules that he had an epiphany.

"Zhu Tian Ruins Market, fair trading, huh..."

Smelling a hint of survival, Elon dashed through the grand entrance of the marketplace. Experience new stories on empire

His armored figure naturally drew considerable attention, but he soon blended into the throng of creatures in the bustling stall area and was out of sight.

In a corner of the free-stall zone, Song Chi, who had shapeshifted into a member of the Four-Armed Blue Blood Race, was scrutinizing the man from a god’s-eye view.

Or more specifically, he was examining the special battle armor the man wore.

The style of the armor fit the Starry Sea Human Race perfectly, so even without seeing the face of the person inside, Song Chi could deduce that the other party was most likely a member of the Starry Sea Human Race as well.

Musing on this, with a thought, the power of Laws subtly circulated around him, and in the next second, the face hidden under the battle armor was fully revealed to him.

"Indeed, a member of the Starry Sea Human Race..."

Having confirmed his suspicion, Song Chi’s focus returned to the other party’s special battle armor.

He called it battle armor, rather than exoskeleton or mecha, because this mechanical battle armor was fairly lightweight and much unlike the cumbersome exoskeleton armor or mechas.

Of course, it certainly wasn’t as advanced as the bionic skin battle armor Song Chi wore close to his body, but it was comparable to the iron armors that ancient dynastic warriors used to wear. More flexible and better suited to solo combat than the exoskeleton powered armors or the more exaggerated mechas.

After meticulously examining with the power of Laws for quite some time, Song Chi had a basic assessment.

"A Second Rank defense alloy layer, which includes an internal circulation system. It uses a miniature nuclear fusion reactor as its power source and seems to have a light firepower system..."

After mumbling this in his mind, Song Chi concluded that the overall performance of this gadget absolutely crushed the military exoskeleton powered armors from the Chenxing Principality.

And not only the Chenxing Principality, but most of the Torch Human Civilization Territory’s solo exoskeleton armors also couldn’t match the performance of this battle armor.

Upon reaching this conclusion, Song Chi’s interest was immediately piqued.

If it had such a significant advantage in performance, it meant that if he brought it to the Torch Human Civilization Territory, it would certainly have a substantial market.

And as long as the cost price of this special solo combat armor was right, the potential profit margin could be huge.

Thinking this, Song Chi was about to approach and try striking up a conversation with the other party when the latter suddenly made an unexpected move.

The man had browsed several stalls and, not finding the item he sought, could no longer contain his impatience.

He pulled out a capsule-like object, about a dozen centimeters long and made of some unknown material, from the back of his waist on his armor.

Just as Song Chi was wondering, the man snapped open the capsule-like item, followed by a flash of red light that spread across the entire space of the Ruins Market.

"A red Starry Sea Oddity? Did someone really bring out a red Strange Object for trade?"

"Are you kidding me, this level of object is up for trade?"

"Hurry, hurry, don’t push, let me have a look at what Strange Object it is."

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In an instant, the entire Ruins Market was boiling over. The already bustling Zhu Tian Ruins Market reached a new climax with the appearance of this red Strange Object.

Even Song Chi, the Ruins Market Lord, who already possessed a red Strange Object, couldn’t calm down for a long time.

In the center of the free-stall zone, Elon, with the opened storage capsule in hand, bellowed in the common language of the Starry Sea.

Thanks to a special amplification from his armor, his voice echoed immensely, reaching the ears of virtually every creature in the Zhu Tian Ruins Market at that moment.

"Red Epic Quality Strange Object, a Neutron Star Core, priority exchange for lifesaving items. Interested parties may make their offers, and I will consider whom to trade with at my discretion!"

With that, he placed the dazzling red-glowing, pitch-black sphere, about the size of a ping-pong ball, on the stall in front of him.

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