National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 817 [Exploring Chaos]

Unlike more than two thousand years ago, the [Human Emperor City] today is much quieter, more peaceful, and more joyful.

Since the end of the Battle of the Human Emperor City, with the Shenxia Jiuli ship personally overseeing the defense, the tense and solemn atmosphere that had permeated the Chaos City for over two hundred thousand years is no longer present.

The mere thought of the mythical and immortal Captain Jiang Huang personally overseeing the city brought immense peace of mind to the billions upon billions of citizens of the city. Consequently, the exploration of the outside world, which had been unthinkable for over two hundred thousand years, has been fully opened up in the last two thousand years.

The number of exploration registration forms held by the city's patrol teams alone has already exceeded that of the past two hundred thousand years.

It is no exaggeration to say that from the moment the [Human Emperor City] won the war between the four races and firmly established itself on the Chaos God Continent, the golden age of exploration for the Chaos God Continent belonging to the Torch Civilization had already arrived. Now it is just a small beginning.

The leaders of the four great empires of the Fire Spirit had already reached a conclusion: the next tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years, would be a golden age of great upheaval for the entire Fire Spirit civilization.

Indeed, this is true. In the vast wave of exploration that has swept across the world in just over two thousand years, more than five lucky individuals have been found to have obtained colorful artifacts.

Those with even greater influence, who don't need to hand over their spoils, will secretly reap even more rewards. In total, the Fire Spirit Civilization has recently acquired no fewer than ten mythical artifacts, and it's even possible that it has acquired more than twenty.

Just saying that might not give many Captains of the Flame a clear idea of ​​this concept.

To put it another way, take the Shang clan of Shangdang, the once immortal giant of the Immortal Qin Dynasty, as an example. This super clan, which has been passed down for more than 200,000 years, only has two mythical artifacts revealed to the outside world.

Of course, this is only what the Shang family has revealed. There must be many more hidden in secret, but even if we include those, it would not exceed five items.

Looking at it this way, it should be obvious at a glance.

Simply put, in just the two thousand years since the [Human Emperor City] was fully opened to the public for exploration, the mythical artifacts secretly acquired are equivalent to the ultimate foundation of several super clans with more than two hundred thousand years of heritage.

This shows just how terrifying the hidden benefits on this Chaotic Divine Continent truly are.

Otherwise, why would the chaotic beings native to the Divine Continent, the elite races that settled here after the end of the era, or the emerging civilizations like the Torch Human Civilization that have risen in the current era, all be so eager to open more chaotic cities on this Divine Continent throughout the endless ages?

All they wanted was to acquire more of the mythical artifacts, super-level resources, and world-shaking inheritances that continuously emerged from the Chaos Divine Continent, in order to continuously strengthen their own power and the foundation of the civilization behind them.

After more than 300,000 years of struggle and effort, the Human Civilization of the Torch has barely entered this ranks and has initially gained the qualifications to compete with those hegemonic civilizations and top races. However, that is all. If they really want to compete with these long-established forces, a single mythical immortal ship is not enough.

The road to carrying on human civilization into the future is still very long.

With these thoughts, Song Chi stopped walking and realized that he had arrived at the registration office of the city patrol team.

As the conditions for settling in the Human Emperor City have gradually been relaxed, more and more citizens of the Ancestral Domain are coming from the ancestral domain. Therefore, even though there have been many captains who have registered to go out and explore the Chaos in the past few thousand years, the number of new registrants each year has not decreased at all.

Looking at the seemingly endless line in front of him, Song Chi abandoned his idea of ​​keeping a low profile.

Seeing him step out of the ranks and stride quickly toward the advanced passage without any hesitation, the captain of the city patrol team soon came to greet him.

"This is the VIP registration area, not..."

The moment Song Chi unleashed the immense pressure of an eighth-tier life form, the fifth-tier patrol captain abruptly paused, and a slight smile instantly appeared on his previously serious face.

"Li He, a member of the First Fleet of the Crimson Yu Royal Family and a member of the Ring Patrol Team of the Human Emperor City, greets Your Excellency!"

Song Chi nodded slightly, without giving his name, and entered the registration area under the man's guidance.

Although he did not reveal his identity, the unique eighth-order life pressure emanating from him, belonging to the Star River Captain, was undeniable.

While most Star Destroyer Captains are not part of the privileged class and have to hand over 10% of their earnings from each overseas exploration, Starship Captains are completely different. Regardless of their status or background, once they reach the Starship Captain level, they are undoubtedly part of the privileged class.

While the Star Destroyer captains can be considered the pinnacle of the entire Torch Civilization, with each one capable of establishing an advanced interstellar civilization, in terms of sheer numbers, the Torch Civilization's Star Destroyers number in the tens of thousands, or even over a hundred thousand. In comparison, the number of Starships is only a hundred times less.

It's hard to say whether the entire human civilization of today even has a thousand starships.

After a brief registration, Song Chi left the registration office. Next, he would officially begin his first real exploration of chaos.

Of course, before he began his exploration, he didn't forget to consult the oracle.

In the main control room of the Sky Ruins, Song Chi's eyes lit up as he looked at the results displayed on the [Heavenly Fate Compass].

[Good or medium chance of winning]

"A very auspicious divination slip, second only to the highest level. Could it mean that this expedition will yield great results?"

With that thought in mind, Song Chi had already controlled the [Mirror Image] component and summoned the Heavenly Ruins Sky Mirror Battleship.

Even with the best luck in the lottery, he wouldn't let his true body go out on an adventure. With the absolutely safe Chaos City of the Human Emperor City, and the mirror warship summoned by the lower-level colored [Mirror Image], only a fool would personally go on an adventure with such good conditions.

However, the lower-level color [Mirror Image] is not without its weaknesses. At least for now, the three color-level ultimate artifacts on the Tianxu Cangqiong ship, namely the [Time Chessboard], [Heavenly Fate Compass], and [Light of Judgment], cannot be mirrored, which undoubtedly greatly weakens the combat power of the mirror warship.

Therefore, before the mirroring was completed, Song Chi had to temporarily borrow a Tricolor Galaxy Cannon from the Po Jun Hall Master stationed in the city. After the mirroring was completed, he returned it to maximize the combat power of the mirrored warship.

On the towering city walls of the Human Emperor City, which are thousands of light-years high, the main body of the Sky Ruins Skyship is quietly docked, and above the warship, the mirror warship is hovering.

At this moment, two figures emerged from the main body of the Heavenly Ruins Sky, which were two six-star ancient demons. One of these six-star ancient demons boarded the mirror warship directly. Its body had been marked with the divine thought imprint of the [Divine Thought Chapter] beforehand. If the mirror warship made any gains later, Song Chi could take the initiative to have it remotely recall them.

As for the other six-star ancient demon, it did not enter the mirror warship together. Instead, a black light shot out from the mirror warship and quickly entered its body.

It's also a divine thought imprint, but this one is a replica of the [Chapter of Divine Thought] and has the same purpose. Afterwards, if Song Chi wants, he can have this six-star ancient demon remotely recall the mirror warship.

In addition, Song Chi also took out several [Projection Emperor Stones] and threw them into the mirror warship. If any danger is encountered later, the projection of the Tianxu Cangqiong ship's main body can be remotely summoned to assist in the battle.

Unfortunately, both the [Chapter of Divine Thought] and the [Projection of the Emperor's Tomb in the Void Sea] are black components. Under the pressure of their position in this semi-high-dimensional land of the Chaotic Divine Continent, the effective range of both is limited, far from being able to be activated almost regardless of distance as they were when they were in the Shattered Star Sea.

According to Song Chi's own estimation, these two components should be effective at most within 500,000 to 1 million light-years away from the [Human Emperor City]. Beyond that, they would need to be of the Colored Myth quality.

Song Chi felt helpless about this, but there was nothing he could do. Given that the Heavenly Market could not currently influence the Chaos, this was the only option he could take.

If outsiders knew about his current troubles, they would probably be furious on the spot.

It should be noted that over the past two thousand years, more than 70% of the captains of the Torch Ship who ventured out of the city explored within 10,000 light-years of the Human Emperor City, and more than 90% were restricted to within 100,000 light-years.

……

After making all the preparations, Song Chi closed his eyes and focused most of his mental energy on the mirror warship.

Soon, the mirror warship roared to life and shot towards the depths of the chaotic sky beyond the city, quickly tearing through the chaotic clouds and disappearing into the distance.

Just then, several voices came from the connected group chat.

"Good luck, Greedy Wolf!"

"Greedy Wolf, how about we have a competition to see who gets the biggest haul this time?"

……

These voices came from several other members of the Big Dipper Palace who were also docked on the Chaos City Wall. Most of them were Star Lords, including the veteran Palace Master Po Jun. Like Song Chi, they also left their main bodies in the Human Emperor City and chose to use their warship clones to explore the Chaos.

Song Chi smiled but didn't say anything. Instead, he focused all his energy on remotely controlling the actions of the mirror warship.

The Chaos God Continent is by no means a treasure land. Endless chaotic storms, chaotic killing arrays hidden in the void, and chaotic nests everywhere can take the life of an explorer at any time. No living being dares to be careless.

A sea of ​​clouds, carrying raging chaotic energy, surged outside the warship's portholes, like a turbulent pool of ink. Song Chi's mind was completely immersed in his ethereal body in the mirror warship's main control room. He could hear the faint humming of every inch of the mirror warship's hull as it was washed by the chaotic energy.

"Activate the Mythical Pulse Energy Shield."

With his soft command.

A three-colored light film immediately appeared on the surface of the warship, keeping out the chaotic mist that was trying to erode the hull.

He then quickly brought up the holographic star map, where the coordinates of the Human Emperor City flickered with a steady blue light behind him, while ahead lay a vast unknown territory.

According to the safe route provided by the patrol team, he should have traveled northeast along the "Third Chaos Corridor," where there are seven groups of ruins that have been preliminarily explored.

But just as he was about to adjust the course, the warship suddenly began to shake violently.

"Warning: High-intensity chaotic energy tide detected!" The mechanical alarm pierced the silence of the control room.

Outside the porthole, the once calm sea of ​​clouds suddenly boiled over, with several dark red torrents of energy weaving through the clouds like colossal serpents capable of destroying the world.

Song Chi's pupils suddenly contracted—this was a harbinger of a chaotic storm, and the storm's energy level was estimated to be far beyond imagination.

"Emergency evasion, initiate ultra-long-range space jump!"

The mirror ship's engines spewed out dazzling blue flames, and at the critical moment, it successfully propelled the mirror ship into the gap between the two energy torrents and disappeared.

Song Chi noticed that the moment the mirror warship disappeared, more chaotic turbulence was forming, which in the blink of an eye formed a giant storm net that blotted out the sky.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

Chaos storms are one of the most dangerous and common natural phenomena on the Divine Continent. It is said that once caught in such a super-large chaos storm, even mythical creatures will be in grave danger.

Fortunately, thanks to this timely space jump, the mirror ship has successfully escaped danger.

Even under the suppression of the semi-high-dimensional space of the Divine Continent by ten thousand times, this "Crimson Sky Leap" still managed to escape nearly seven hundred light-years away, and had already broken out of the area formed by the super chaotic storm.

Time passed day by day, and more than a decade had gone by in the blink of an eye.

For more than a decade, Song Chi has been almost constantly on the move, using the [Crimson Sky Jump Device] and the [Space Jumper] to continuously move further and further away from the Human Emperor City.

After more than two thousand years of exploration, plus more than two hundred thousand years of continuous exploration, the value of the area surrounding the Human Emperor City has been almost completely exploited. If you want to gain anything, you must stay away from the Human Emperor City.

Over the course of more than a decade, the Mirror Warship has traveled more than 400,000 light-years away from the Human Emperor City through numerous ordinary and ultra-long-range jumps.

The area still faintly bears traces of the Fire-Bearing Warships' firepower, but it is extremely limited. Clearly, being able to travel so far from the Emperor City is extremely rare, even among high-level Fire-Bearing Warships.

However, Song Chi did not stop. The warship's engines roared again, ready to continue shooting into the distance.

Just then, the Eye of Truth suddenly detected an abnormal reading.

"That is……"

Surprisingly, there was a relatively calm space in the area where the chaotic turbulence was most concentrated on the side of the warship.

Even more surprisingly, geometric outlines containing special rules appear and disappear in the energy vortex—a sight that is by no means naturally formed.

Song Chi hesitated for only half a second before making his decision.

Rather than bracing yourself against the storm, take a gamble.

He maneuvered the warship into a sharp turn, plunging it towards that mysterious area.

The chaotic energy pounded against the shield, emitting a rapid and sharp whistling sound.

The energy shield's shield value is decreasing at a visible rate:

85%
72%
59%
……

Just as the shield was about to collapse, the warship suddenly broke through an invisible barrier and entered a spherical safe space.

Song Chi was not at all relaxed. He first activated the replica of the [Last Blessing] component. After the energy shield value was partially restored, he turned his gaze to his surroundings, but was quickly shocked by the scene before him.

A black tower, its surface covered with unknown runes and entirely black, floated high in the sky. The symbols on the tower flickered in rhythm with the storm outside, as if it were breathing.

At the top of the black tower is a huge crystal that constantly absorbs the surrounding chaotic energy.

The ethereal body controlled by Song Chi narrowed its eyes, its gaze fixed on the black tower in the sky.

The moment he saw the black tower, the words "Unknown Civilization Ruins" came to mind, but he quickly shook his head.

"No, this is neither a relic of civilization nor a creation of intelligent beings; it is more like a special form of chaotic nest."

Looking at the giant crystal at the top of the black tower, which constantly absorbs chaotic energy from the outside world, it trembles every now and then, much like a heart that has not yet lost its vitality, and the black tower below it does the same.

As for why there were no Chaos Beasts around, Song Chi also had his own guesses.

This is most likely a newly formed chaotic nest, and judging from its energy level, it should be at the initial stage of the ninth rank, which is a Hong-level chaotic nest.

{Yellow (can breed Chaos Beasts up to level 6) Profound (can breed a large number of level 6 Chaos Beasts) Earth (up to level 7) Heaven (a large number of level 7) Wilderness (level 8) Flood (level 9) Universe (tenth-order myth) Universe (eleventh-order myth)}
However, because the gestation process is not yet complete, the Chaos Beast has not yet been born.

Having determined the exact origin of the black tower, Song Chi was overjoyed.

A Chaos Nest of the Flood level is being conceived, which can nurture Chaos Beasts of up to the ninth rank. As long as it can be cleared in one go, it will be able to produce a continuous stream of various rare resources in the future.

It includes the True Spirit of the Sovereign, Strange Objects of the Stars and Seas, Origin of the Floating Land, Rare Minerals, and the rewards you can get for the first time you clear the game are the highest, making it a veritable treasure trove.

Of course, the most crucial point is that this Chaos Nest is still in the process of being formed. Once it is fully formed, he will be able to challenge it immediately. A newly formed Chaos Nest is the easiest to challenge because it will not have time to breed too many high-level Chaos Beasts.

"So this must be the benefit I was talking about when I won the lottery!"

Muttering to himself, Song Chi quietly controlled the mirror warship and waited.

The formation of a chaotic nest usually takes an extremely long time, but this black tower-shaped chaotic nest in front of him is obviously about to take shape, so Song Chi naturally doesn't mind wasting some time to wait patiently.

Only in this way can he seize the best opportunity for the subsequent challenge.

Time flowed slowly, and chaotic energy surged around the black tower like a tide. The ancient runes flickered with the energy fluctuations, as if playing a symphony from the beginning of the universe.

Song Chi controlled the mirror warship to maintain a safe distance, and the warship's scanning system was running at full power, constantly collecting data on the mysterious black tower.

The ethereal figure's fingertips slid rapidly across the holographic projection, bringing up a series of data streams.

"At this rate of development, it will take about six months to fully mature."

"Hopefully things will go smoothly. I'm on a winning streak, so nothing unexpected should happen!!!"

(End of this chapter)