Chapter 603: Chapter 318: Sustainable Development – Ten Red Curios_2

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Extract a level 5 Floating Land Origin Core!

The Phantom Spirit Continent, as a level 5 life-form Star Sea Floating Land, may not be as large as the Dragon Spine Continent, which is on the verge of reaching level 5 peak, but it still has a diameter of 6 light-years.

On such a vast Floating Land, finding a suitable extraction point for the Floating Land Origin Core naturally isn’t an easy task.

Although the [Floating Land Origin Core Extraction Device] component can be activated at any location on this Floating Land to extract the Origin Core, in reality, there is a significant difference.

It had already been tested on the Dragon Spine Continent that a suitable extraction location, which is closer to the Origin Core at the bottom of the Floating Land, can greatly reduce the time required for extraction.

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Now, enhanced to the fifth rank, the [Floating Land Origin Core Extraction Device] component normally takes 50 years to extract a portion of level 5 Floating Land Origin Core, but if a suitable location is found, this time could be reduced by half at most.

Therefore, choosing the right extraction location is still very necessary.

In the eastern central province of Phantom Spirit Continent, within the Cang Mang Mountains, three warships had successively docked amidst the mountain range.

“According to the display, it’s right here… If we carry out the extraction here, it will only take 22 years.”

“Then let it be this place, Shiyuan, you will take care of the extraction. With these 22 years, including the two portions needed to promote to level 6 from level 5 peak, it should not exceed 50 years in total. Seventy years in total to exchange for a 20% success rate for the [Immovable Ming King]’s promotion, such opportunities are indeed rare!”

Hearing the words of the ancestor from the Fearless Ship, Song Shiyuan nodded lightly.

“However, ancestor, what should be the extraction ratio set at? Or should we extract it entirely?”

Upon this question, the warship communication chat was momentarily silent, and a few seconds later, a reply came from the Fearless Ship:

“60%, this ratio is just enough to allow this Floating Land to maintain stability at level 5 in the future without falling.”

“Complete extraction may have a greater effect on the Dragon Spine Continent, but it definitely wouldn’t directly promote it to level 6. The cost, though, would be the complete collapse of this Floating Land under our feet, which is too detrimental to both heaven and nature. Unless absolutely necessary, there is no need to take this step.”

Song Shiyuan nodded again and inwardly felt relieved.

He, himself, would find it difficult to accept a total extraction.

After all, without considering the merging of the Floating Land Origin Core, the birth of a level 5 Star Sea Floating Land normally takes at least tens of thousands of years. To destroy a level 5 Floating Land just for the immediate benefits truly isn’t necessary.

This method of draining the pond to catch all the fish is something that all civilizations in the Shattered Starry Sea tacitly avoid. After all, no matter how vast the Shattered Starry Sea is, if such unrestrained exploitation continues, it will eventually reach a point of complete exhaustion.

And like now, only extracting 60% of the Floating Land Origin Core, the remaining 40% of the core will continue to absorb external free energy to replenish itself. In about a thousand years or so, it should be able to recover essentially. It may not return to its peak, but at the very least, it can nurture new resources and the like on the Floating Land again.

Of course, creatures like the Void Demons and the Starry Sea Insect Race are not included in this; they only have the instinct to devour.

Sustainable development? What’s that? Is it edible?

With everything arranged, the [Immovable Ming King] battleship began to descend slowly and stopped in a valley. Song Shiyuan activated the [Floating Land Origin Core Extraction Device] immediately.

Above the vault of heaven, the Fearless Ship and another battleship quickly ascended and soon disappeared into the sky of the Phantom Spirit Continent.

In the next 22 years, the [Immovable Ming King] will stay on the Phantom Spirit Continent, and Song Shiyuan naturally can’t leave, so they can’t linger here for long.

This operation saw the family’s elites fully deployed, except for Song Xingru, who remained on the Chenxing Yang Continent. Now the Dragon Spine Continent’s defense was very vulnerable, and it was imperative for someone to go back to take charge.

As for the Phantom Spirit Continent and the Phantom Spirit Star System, it is, after all, tens of thousands of years of accumulation by an intermediate civilization and holds tremendous developmental value. The family will continuously send more personnel to speed up the development of this star system’s resources.

It’s not that the clan is unwilling to establish a new branch here for a slow and steady growth; rather, the Phantom Spirit Star System is not an area isolated from the outside world. To the north of this star system, there are many territories of intermediate civilizations, and among them are some races with sixth rank combat power.

Because of this, the ancestor’s Fearless Ship will need to be stationed in the northern Star Domain for the next few decades to deter any potential probing from the north. Another battleship will return to the Dragon Spine Continent to take charge of the clan’s headquarters.

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Far away in the Golden Dragon Star Domain, Song Chi was naturally unaware of everything happening in his clan.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, several months had gone by.

This day, Song Chi rarely took a break from his daily cultivation and happily gave himself a day off.

Last night, he had a minor breakthrough in the Space Law; his comprehension had increased from 0.35% to 0.36%. Although the improvement was not significant, it was still a cause for happiness for Song Chi.

Every journey begins with a single step, and all progress is made from accumulation, moreover, every increase in comprehension now would be returned tenfold upon breaking through to Fourth Rank.

Another key piece of information was that this breakthrough occurred just one month before the Shield of the Immortal Domain Floating Land Fragment would weaken, making it impossible to continue cultivating at will as before.

Because the Imperial Family of Chenxing could at any moment open the Teleportation Star Gate to the Dusk Star Domain, missing it would mean he would have to travel there himself.

The Dusk Star Domain was not close to the Golden Dragon Star Domain, a distance not traversable in a mere month.

Unless the Cang Qiong was fitted with higher quality warp components.

With this in mind, Song Chi did not continue his retreat; he left Sky Rush Valley and hurried to the Dragon Spine Shops.

Song Yufeng’s personal office.

Song Chi quickly inquired about the acquisition of Starry Sea Oddities.

Previously, in just twenty days, he had acquired a total of three Red Curios. Now, with over five months having passed, he was somewhat expectant of Song Yufeng’s results.

However, the answer wasn’t very satisfying; perhaps the significant effects from the first twenty days were due to it being the initial acquisition. Subsequent to that, the past five or so months had seen much less success.

Of course, the base number of Torch Ship Captains from Chenxing Yang Continent was there, so even if the acquisition effect couldn’t keep pace with the very first, Song Yufeng still had stockpiled 10 Red Curios, over 40 Orange Oddities, more than a hundred purples, and countless whites and blues.

Upon a thorough inventory check, Song Chi found that the Oddities handed to him by Song Yufeng astonishingly exceeded four digits.

“Less than half a year, four-digit Oddities, and these are just the ones that can’t be converted into ship components. The convertible ones will only be more numerous. Indeed… the population base is the greatest wealth of a power,” Song Chi mused internally, but then he added another sentence.

“Of course, this population base refers to the kind that is self-sustaining, without needing support from oneself…”

Why?

That was simple.

Within various powers, having more people isn’t always better. After all, all Torch Ship Captains need resources to support them in the early stages, and if something goes wrong in the Alien Star Domain, it would all be for naught. Therefore, among the various powers, many opt for a half-population, half-elite strategy.

After depositing all these Oddities into the Ruins Market Oddity Exchange Shop, Song Chi took out a sum of Floating Land Origin and handed it to Song Yufeng to continue the acquisition on his behalf.

Of course, as time went on, the effect of this acquisition would only weaken, but Song Chi still wanted to persist.

Being the owner of Zhu Tian Ruins Market, each acquisition of an Oddity was making him money, though the conversion might take longer, he could wait.

Besides the issue of Starry Sea Oddities acquisition, Song Chi quickly changed the topic.

“By the way, has there been any change in Holy Star City recently? Have any foreign powers appeared?”

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