The next day.

Within the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Song Chi finally cast his gaze towards the large quantity of antimatter source.

Since yesterday, the "Antimatter Energy Evolution Engine" had been restless, eagerly yearning to consume the antimatter source.

Compared with the antimatter energy crystals he had obtained before, this batch of antimatter source was gaseous, and in terms of quantity, it far exceeded the total of the dozen or so antimatter energy crystals from before.

"This time around, there ought to be some changes..."

Muttering, Song Chi didn't dawdle any further and immediately fused the antimatter source into the "Antimatter Energy Evolution Engine."

For a moment, the entire warship shimmered with golden light, a sight that filled Song Chi with anticipation.

However, the reality quickly disappointed him; while the golden glow flickered, there was no sign of it turning black.

The process lasted for about several minutes, and once all fell silent, Song Chi turned his gaze to the "Antimatter Source Evolution" feature of the engine component itself.

Sure enough, at the end of the feature description, there was now a new change.

[Current engine is evolving (3.5/10), please continue to input more antimatter source...]

Upon seeing the figure (3.5/10), Song Chi thought of many things.

If the dozen or so antimatter source crystals he had previously acquired only accounted for a 1.5 progress, then this most recent large batch of antimatter source was about 2, which meant he would need to obtain three to four more batches of the same type of antimatter source to completely evolve the gold Sanctuary Engine into the Black Ultimate Engine.

Song Chi was not entirely satisfied with this answer; the difficulty was too great.

But soon he saw the silver lining— at least he now knew the specific quantity required, rather than blindly pouring resources into it as before— which could be considered good news.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye ten days had passed.

At the moment when Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong had all its features' cooldowns completed and the warship was restored to its peak condition, Song Chi couldn't wait to pilot it towards the interior of the black hole.

After all, it pertained to a Black Ultimate Strange Object.

During these ten days, he had further enhanced the "Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield" component to lv63, significantly increasing the warship's defensive capabilities.

In the Battleship Main Control Room, as the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong continued its steady advance, a smile formed on Song Chi's face.

The warship had now surpassed the previous equilibrium point established by the "Immortal Realm Five Elements Celestial Energy Shield," yet the warship's own repair rate was still far ahead of the external compressive forces and energy absorption, which was undoubtedly great news.

Hum, hum, hum!

The engines roared as the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong continued its steady advance. When it slightly surpassed the location where the previous batch of antimatter source had been found, the new balance point finally appeared.

If the warship were to continue moving forward from here, the gold Energy Shield, known as the "Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield," would be continuously eroded.

Without any unnecessary words or hesitation, the warship continued its advance.

As time went on, the "Final Blessing" component had been activated once, but Song Chi discovered that the warship was still quite a distance from the lustrous black light.

However, by now he could conclusively affirm that the gleam of black indeed existed; unless something unexpected happened, it was undoubtedly a Black Ultimate Strange Object.

With this conclusion, the turmoil in his heart instantly faded, and then the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong continued its firm advance towards the target.

In this core area of the black hole, every second felt so unbearably long.

Song Chi only knew that, not long after the "Final Blessing" component had been activated for the second time, the "Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield" component completely overloaded.

[Warning, due to external compressive and tearing energy influences, the warship's Neutron Star Core Armor has sustained 9% damage.]

As another alert from the Intelligent Brain sounded, the next component taking damage was the Neutron Star Core Armor.

[Warning...]

[Warning...]

However, Song Chi didn't respond; as long as the warship still had the ability to move, he wouldn't care.

Until...

[Warning, Warship Armor has sustained 100% damage, warship integrity is at 68%, captain please initiate repair immediately!]

Hearing that the Warship Armor was completely out of action made Song Chi's heart leap.

But he quickly gathered his wits.

"No, it's not time yet!"

He clenched his teeth, continuing to push the engines to their limits.

Approximately several seconds later, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong's advance abruptly halted, the entire warship becoming immobile in the core region of the black hole.

[Warning, the warship has sustained over 80% damage, it has lost the ability to move, please initiate repair immediately!]

Hearing the final warnings ring in his ears, and now again in the most central region of the black hole, any other captain would have been gripped by fear of impending death, but Song Chi's expression remained calm, unflustered.

With a thought, the "Final Blessing" feature of the "Final Blessing" component was activated the next second. The cooldown time for this feature was a lengthy five years, and even after being reduced by the "Zen Seal: Inner Speed" feature, it still required one year. Generally speaking, he would not use it unless absolutely necessary.

But obviously, the present circumstances were different. Compared to a Black Ultimate Level Starry Sea Oddity, what was a year's cooldown time?

A surge of silver light emerged from the "Final Blessing" component, quickly enveloping the now heavily damaged Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong. Once the silver light dissipated, all of the damaged regions on the surface of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong were repaired, and even the overloaded Yin Yang Offsetting Annihilation Shield was restored.

At this moment, the warship's structure, its Neutron Star Core Armor, and the Energy Shield were all back to 100% full condition.

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