National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 846 [Multiverse - Golden Dynasty]

As his gaze swept across the scene, Song Chi then spotted more than ten other unique sights.

In the center of each of the dozen or so market rooms represented by these images, a token has been floating in the air.

Clearly, this means that the person who originally received these tokens is dead, or that their clone/summoned creature has died on the Origin Star.

Of the dozen or so tokens, nearly half belonged to the Song family. At this moment, a slight disturbance had arisen in the area of ​​the Shenxia Jiuli ship's cabin where the Song family members were located, but it was quickly suppressed by the family's Star Destroyer Ancestor.

Song Chi was not surprised at all. Although his family had only been allocated a small portion of the thousands of tokens, they included several hundred captains of dreadnoughts and above.

In comparison, the thousands of tokens distributed among the entire Torch Civilization, Wizard Civilization, and Titan Civilization are enough to give at least an eighth-tier Overlord, with many ninth-tier units among them. Their survival ability is naturally far superior to that of a mid-tier Torch Captain.

……

With a gentle wave of his hand, Song Chi casually took out the dozen or so market tokens, along with the extra resources in these dozen or so token rooms, and left the market rooms with them.

These tokens will be returned to the hands of the three civilizations' mythology according to the previous allocation. The dead cannot be brought back, and the reactivation of clones and summons will also require time to buffer. However, the market tokens have no cooling-off period. In order to ensure that the value of these tokens can be maximized, they will be redistributed soon.

As for the resources plundered by the previous token holder, they can be kept or directly distributed, depending on the wishes of the previous token holder. However, if the plundered resources are insufficient, Song Chi, the 'Lord of the Heavenly Market,' will at least receive a share, even if the other party only receives one share.

……

The Sky Ruins Mirror Warship moved silently through the chaotic mist like a ghost.

Song Chi maintained the warship in the middle layer of the star, about one-third of the way above the surface. Here, there were energy storms of sufficient intensity that continuously brought high-value treasures, but unlike the surface, there was no need to be constantly vigilant against the threat of mythical existence.

"Replicate the full-power scan of the [Eye of Truth], focusing on areas with abnormal energy fluctuations," Song Chi issued the command through his consciousness.

The space ripples on the surface of the warship rippled slightly, and the colorful radar waves pierced through the thick fog and energy storms, continuing to surge in all directions, trying their best to detect all the energy fluctuations around them.

Suddenly, a set of very regular geometric shapes slowly emerged from the edge of the radar image—these were distinct from energy, an invisible and intangible entity, and judging from their very regular appearance, they were probably not naturally formed.

"A product of intelligent civilization?"

Song Chi's spirits lifted, and he immediately changed course.

As the mirror warship passed through a dense cloud of chaos, the scene before it caused Song Chi's true form, aboard the Shenxia Jiuli, to instinctively narrow his gaze—

A dilapidated golden warship, its entire body golden and its hull covered with numerous cracks and breaks, yet seemingly connected to the depths of the void, appeared in the center of an energy storm at the tenth-order mythical level, right in front of the mirror warship.

Even more astonishingly, this golden warship is slowly absorbing the surrounding chaotic energy, transforming it into a gentle, pale golden energy that is integrated into the warship's hull, thereby continuously repairing the cracks on the warship's surface.

"This is... a special energy device capable of autonomously refining tenth-order berserk chaotic energy?"

Upon confirming this, Song Chi's heart sank.

Judging from the current situation, it is not difficult to see that this somewhat damaged golden warship is millions of years old, or even millions of years old, and may even be a creation of an exploration civilization before the shattered star sea was formed. Since it can independently refine the chaotic energy of the tenth level, it means that it is likely a mythical unit.

Thinking of this, Song Chi instinctively didn't want to stay any longer, but at this moment, the replica of [Eye of Truth] suddenly sounded an alarm.

[A spatial locking force field has been detected!]

[Unknown mythological energy reaction detected!]

[WARNING! Stealth status is about to be broken!]

Song Chi's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately activated the "Cloud Boat Jump" feature of the replicated [Void Cloud Boat Model].

However, just as ripples of space appeared on the surface of the warship, a golden light curtain descended from directly in front.

He also wanted to activate the "beyond the Three Realms and Five Elements Certificate" characteristic of the replica, but the surrounding space had been locked by an unknown force field. Although the ship's hull was also in effect, its speed was reduced by dozens of times.

Song Chi originally thought he might as well go all the way and have his ethereal body directly activate the [Market Projection Token] in his hand.

To everyone's surprise, the golden warship in the mythical energy storm ahead did not issue any further offensive commands, but instead emitted a mechanical voice.

[This is the refining mothership of the Seventh Exploration Fleet of the Golden Dynasty. Alien warship, state your civilization sequence.]

Song Chi raised an eyebrow. The Golden Dynasty?

He had some impression of this "Golden Dynasty". It seemed to be the dominant civilization of a universe in the multiverse era. However, it had long been annihilated in the long river of time. Even on the Chaos God Continent, no legacy of it was left. But he did not expect that a ship would remain in this Origin Star.

With his thoughts racing, Song Chi quickly calmed down.

Looking at the golden ship that was faintly visible in the energy storm ahead, he could vaguely guess the reason why the other party had been able to remain on this Origin Star until now.

It is unknown what the Seventh Exploration Fleet of the Golden Dynasty experienced on this Origin Star. What is certain is that this so-called refining mothership has long since formed a special fusion with the void barrier of the Origin Star.

Under normal circumstances, it would never be detected by any living being, not even a mythical one.

This was only because the energy storm of the tenth level happened to resonate with the golden warship in the void, which allowed the warship to briefly appear in the world. Otherwise, the replica of the Eye of Truth would never have been able to detect it.

After thinking for a moment, Song Chi also sent a reply message.

[The Celestial Ruins, a supreme civilization that has been reborn amidst the shattered stars!]

[Shattered...Starry...Sea...After testing, there is no universe in the multiverse named "Shattered Starry...Sea." This is a forged civilization identity; immediate erasure is recommended!]

Hearing the intermittent, mechanical voice coming from the other party, Song Chilian quickly continued:
The Shattered Star Sea is a new era that arose after the fragmentation of the multiverse; the multiverse era ended more than ten million years ago.

……

This time, the silence from the golden warship lasted even longer. Several dozen seconds later, a new mechanical voice came through, but for some reason, it had already skipped over topics such as the shattered star sea and the multiverse.

[The Warship of Human Civilization: Is your ship equipped with advanced repair methods?]

Song Chi glanced at the replica of the [Resurrection Medal] on the mirror warship. Having vaguely guessed the other party's purpose, he did not choose to hide it and replied truthfully.

Soon, the golden warship transmitted another message: "You have performed a full repair on my ship. In return, I will grant you an opportunity for 'Origin Refinement.' Please reply as soon as possible whether you agree or not!"

"I would like to know more specific information about 'source extraction'."

Following his quick reply, the other party soon sent back an explanatory message.

A few seconds later, Song Chi, having learned the specific details of the [Origin Refinement], nodded and agreed to the deal.

Even knowing that to complete this transaction, the main body of the Sky Ruins Skyship must be sent to the Origin Star, he was willing to take the risk.

According to the information provided by the other party, this so-called "Origin Refinement" refers to using a Star Sea Wonder as a refinement material, and then using one Wonder of one quality lower than the material, two Wonders of two quality lower than the material, four Wonders of three quality lower than the material, eight Wonders of four quality lower than the material, and sixteen Wonders of five quality lower than the material, so that all thirty-one Wonders in total are upgraded by one level from their original quality.

For example, if Song Chi takes out a tricolor artifact, then under this [Origin Refinement], he can autonomously upgrade one black artifact to tricolor, two gold artifacts to black, four silver artifacts to gold, eight red artifacts to silver, and sixteen orange artifacts to red.

This is undoubtedly a highly cost-effective transaction, and it is the fundamental reason why Song Chi is willing to take the risk of using the Tianxu Cangqiong ship itself.

……

After both parties agreed, Song Chi directly gave an order to a Seven-Star Ancient Demon in the Mirror Warship via telepathy.

Soon, the Seven Star Ancient Demon activated the Market Walk Token in his hand, and his figure disappeared directly into the Mirror Warship.

A few seconds later, when it reappeared, it was holding a black stone.

The Heavenly Marketplace, the Heavenly Marketplace Sky-High Hanging in the Sky.

At a certain moment, a dark light suddenly flashed inside the warship, and the [Void Sea Projection Imperial Tomb] received a summons from afar.

At Song Chi's behest, the warships responded to the call.

At the same time, in the Origin Star Sky, ripples suddenly appeared in the void above the mirror warship, followed by the slow emergence of a superdimensional mothership projection.

Although the Origin Star itself had strong shielding power, the Heavenly Ruins Sky was blessed with the status of the Chaotic Wonder of the Heavenly Ruins Market and was also endowed with temporary mythical power. In this way, a black projection component was able to forcefully infiltrate the Origin Star with its influence.

This wasn't the end of it. After the Tianxu Cangqiong projection condensed, Song Chi in the market activated the "real-virtual conversion" property of the [Virtual Sea Projection Emperor's Tomb] until the warship projection completely turned from virtual to real. Even at this point, Song Chi himself was still in the Zhutian Xushi market and had never entered the Origin Star.

……

After completing this step, Song Chi did not rest. With a flash, he quickly disappeared into the sky above the market.

Inside the cabin of the Shenxia Jiuli, Song Chi reappeared. The people from the Big Dipper Hall nearby were about to come over and say something, but Song Chi went straight to the main control room of the Shenxia Jiuli.

"Greedy Wolf, is something the matter?"

Having already made up his mind, Song Chi quickly said:

"Your Majesty, do you currently possess any rare and extraordinary colored artifacts?"

"The kind that can't have its shipboard components converted!"

A hint of doubt flashed in Jiang Yuan's eyes, but seeing the urgency on Song Chi's face, he didn't say anything and directly took something out of the Ancestral Fire Aperture.

[Rare Item: Essence of the Milky Way]

[Quality: Color/Extreme]

[Convertible to: None]

[Note: This material evolved from a very special mineral found in the Shattered Star Sea and is a top-grade forging material.]

"Thank you, Your Majesty. May I return another rare item of the same rank to you later?"

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care. Song Chi didn't linger either, and entered the market again, sending the [Essence of the Milky Way] to the Origin Star.

He had already inquired carefully and learned that the cooldown time for this [Origin Refinement] was quite long, and there was only one chance to refine it during the time the golden warship appeared in the world.

Given that, he would naturally choose the one with the best cost performance.

When the Essence of the Celestial River was delivered, the Mirror Ship of the Heavenly Ruins had already activated the "Alien Repair" feature of the Resurrection Medal, performing a super repair on the golden warship.

Visibly, the golden warship's badly damaged hull began to undergo large-scale repairs. Although it could not be restored to its peak condition in one go, it could at least shorten its self-repair time by more than half.

The intelligent system aboard the golden warship seemed quite satisfied with this and agreed to Song Chi's request for the highest level of refining.

As a severely damaged refining mothership, the cost of its refining is naturally proportional to the quality of the rare materials itself. If it is only a normal ninth-level repair, it will most likely not agree to the highest level, that is, the refining of colored extreme rare materials.

However, Song Chi's repair this time was no ordinary one. He used the replica of the [Miracle Cloning Pod - Soul Devouring Altar] in the mirror warship to evolve and replicate the [Resurrection Medal], and then activated the repair characteristics with this temporary tri-colored [Resurrection Medal].

As the Essence of the Heavenly River was taken into the cabin of the golden warship, Song Chi finally heard that heavenly voice.

[The material refining is complete. Get ready. I will now send thirty-one streams of refined energy into your warship. You must distribute these thirty-one streams of refined energy within five seconds, otherwise they will automatically select a suitable target.]

"Ok!"

Upon receiving his reply, the golden warship in the energy storm ahead trembled violently the moment it revealed its hull, and dozens of beams of light shot out from the storm field in the next second.

Looking at the dozens of beams of light from afar, Song Chi focused all of his mental energy on the main body of the Heavenly Ruins Sky.

This is not only to accurately allocate the energy from these thirty-one extraction processes, but also to be wary of any potential underhanded tactics involved.

The opponent was a mythical-level warship, and it was still unknown whether there were any beings from the Golden Dynasty of the multiverse era on board. How could he not be wary?

It was only because the Sky Ruins Sky had the [Time Chessboard], a bug-like life-saving component, that he would never have dared to take such a risk.

Even so, both the main body of the Sky Ruins and the mirror warship are equipped with a [Market Ruins Projection Token]. If anything goes wrong, he will activate this final backup plan immediately.

(End of this chapter)