In front of the gate that connects the 49th floor to the 50th in the Merit Tower, Song Chi took a step forward.

This time, he wasn’t stopped and directly reached above the 50th floor.

To enter the 50th floor of the Merit Tower, one must possess over 20 Golden Merit Points. Currently, his account held 27 Golden Merit Points.

As soon as he entered the 50th floor, the first thing Song Chi noticed was a stark difference from the 49 floors below, most notably in terms of the area of the floors.

From the first to the 49th floor, each level had at least several hundred square meters, with the first five floors being nearly ten thousand square meters.

In contrast, the 50th floor appeared to be, at most, around a hundred square meters.

However, Song Chi didn’t mind this. After a brief moment of surprise, he began to look around the 50th floor.

And with that look, his eyes instantly lit up, and the fiery passion in his gaze far exceeded that of before.

Even though this floor also only traded in items for Golden Merit Points, compared to the 30th to 49th floors, the 50th floor had many more desirable items, including some exceedingly rare resources.

Orange Air Patrol Radar

Orange Soldier Figurine Tree Component

Orange Thruster

Orange Exterior Launcher

Fourth Rank Void Crystal

Earth Attribute Law Sculpture

Ten Thousand Year Moony Tree Sap

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In just over ten minutes, Song Chi saw many invaluable starship components and special resources, several of which were needed for the Cang Qiong.

For example, the Orange Quality thruster and exterior launcher—both of these were components not found on the Cang Qiong, or the quality was inferior to those needed.

However, upon seeing their exorbitant prices, reaching up to several hundred Golden Merit Points, he could only regretfully step back.

Song Chi felt somewhat thoughtful; he had originally thought that with 27 Golden Merit Points in his account, he had a small fortune, but now it seemed quite far from enough.

After leaving the 50th floor, Song Chi continued towards the 51st floor.

As he passed by various rare and dazzling items, he arrived at the 59th floor.

At a counter on the right side of the 59th floor, Song Chi stopped walking, his gaze burning as he stared at the Fire Seed behind the counter.

Name: Magma Core Fire

Quality: Orange

Item Description: A strand of Orange Fire Seed nurtured over fifty thousand years in the depths of magma volcanoes of a Level 3 Starry Sea Floating Land with Fire Attributes, capable of evolving a Blue Quality Seed of Torch into Purple Quality.

Exchange Price: 130 Golden Merit Points

Indeed, behind this counter was an Orange Quality Fire Source UpRank.

Although it was just plain Orange, and not the kind that could evolve a Purple Fire Seed into an Orange one, it was nonetheless exceedingly rare and highly sought after.

It was precisely what Song Chi desperately needed at the moment; his Seed of Torch was of Blue Quality, which set a limit for enhancing starship components to a maximum level of 39—an enormous restriction.

If he could evolve his Seed of Torch into Purple Quality, the combat power of the Cang Qiong would surely see a new surge.

After all, according to the rank limitations of the Torch Warship itself, the enhancement levels of onboard components cannot exceed the ship’s body by two Great Ranks. Now, with Cang Qiong being of Second Rank, the theoretical enhancement limit for components is Fourth Rank, or level 49.

However, due to the limitations of the Seed of Torch, this enhancement limit is currently capped at level 39, which greatly impacts the overall combat power of the Cang Qiong.

(PS: Can you accept this patch now? Many readers said that the enhancement of starship components without any limits was too exaggerated, so I added this patch. If it’s not acceptable, we can change it back in the future!)

As much as he coveted it, Song Chi could only look on.

With a price of 130 Golden Merit Points, it wasn’t something he could currently afford unless he removed an Orange Component from Cang Qiong.

Forcing himself not to dwell on it, he continued to explore the other items on the 59th floor.

Soon, Song Chi came across another item that deeply intrigued him.

It was an Orange Quality starship component, an Orange Engine that the Cang Qiong urgently needed.

Light Energy Aggregation Engine lv0

Quality: Orange

Feature: Energy Supply Efficiency increased by 40%

Feature 2: Light Energy Aggregation

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Consumption: 8/s (Spectral Energy Points)

Energy Supply: 56/s (Spectral Energy Points)

Post-overload Buffer: 30 minutes

Energy Pool: 8000 (can store 8000 Spectral Energy Points)

UpRank Requirement: 10 strands of Floating Land Origin (Zero Rank), 1000 Energy Points, 10 Life Cores (Zero Rank), 10 Void Stones.

{Light Energy Aggregation: Consumes 2000 Spectral Energy Points to aggregate the energy of the consumed Spectral Energy Points, allowing the engine to enter a hyper-overload operating state, with Energy Supply Efficiency and thrust increased by 100%, lasting for 10 minutes, with a buffer of 240 hours.}

Without a doubt, the attributes of this Orange Quality [Light Energy Aggregation Engine] far surpassed the [Shadowcapture Antimatter Overstate Engine] currently installed on the Cang Qiong.

Not only in terms of Energy Supply Efficiency, but also because it consumes less energy when operating, resulting in a significant net gain of energy per second.

Moreover, this engine’s exchange price was much lower than the [Magma Core Fire], at only 90 Golden Merit Points.

Thus, if he could manage to scrounge up a bit more, there was a real chance of securing this engine before heading to Copper Mountain Continent.

For instance, the segment of worm mother skin he still had, or the [Shadowcapture Antimatter Overstate Engine] which could be swapped out—these could be traded for Golden Merit Points, in addition to the 27 points he currently had, offering a substantial opportunity.

Thinking this, Song Chi’s heart grew even more eager.

It wasn’t that he was disinterested in the [Magma Core Fire], but rather that the biggest shortfall of the Cang Qiong at present was the engine component.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Aunomay Read