Global Era of Star trekking

After gritting his teeth, he retrieved the Brox Ultra Base Main Cannon and suppressed the idea of borrowing money from his parents, deciding to wait a little longer, as his parents had also just returned to the Clan and were likely in urgent need of Golden Merit Points.

Then, he considered whether to bring out that remaining piece of 900-meter-long Purple Crystal Skin, but after thinking for a moment, he shook his head.

The Purple Crystal Skin was from a Pseudo Fourth Rank insect queen and the chances of acquiring more in the future were very slim.

With Grandfather Song Mingsong revealing a small portion at the Technology Department, it was very likely that many from the Song Clan would come seeking it, and waiting to sell at a high price would be the best choice. Your journey continues at empire

Consoling himself with a few soft whispers, he thought.

Perhaps after a few more visits to the Ruins Market for trades, he might acquire other Purple warship components?

Dismissing the idea of directly exchanging for the Obsidian Ship Armor, Song Chi continued walking towards the 50th floor of the Merit Tower.

But this time, he was stopped by a quarantine light screen, or more precisely, the Quantum Communication Bracelet on his wrist was blocked.

[Access to floors above the 50th requires more than 20 Golden Merit Points. Your Golden Merit Points are insufficient, you cannot enter the 50th floor.]

Hearing this prompt in his ear, Song Chi felt helpless.

In the end, he could only leave the Merit Tower with the Second Rank Komo Yin Serpent Enslavement Proof, the Space Beacon Emitter component, and 20 Advanced Body Tempering Potions.

After finding Grandfather Song Mingsong, Song Chi explained the situation and indicated that he still had to make another trip to the "Sub-Valley Great Rift."

The two then parted ways.

As for the synthetic skin Battle Armor, it would still take a few days to complete. Once finished, someone from the Technology Department would deliver it to Green Moon Manor.

...

Dragon Spine Continent, Sub-Valley Great Rift.

This was an enormous rift with an average width exceeding 100,000 meters and stretching over hundreds of thousands of kilometers. From the Vault of Heaven above, it appeared like a long dragon lying eternally asleep beneath the surface of the earth.

As the Cang Qiong slowly descended, it soon entered the interior of the rift, which was astonishingly deep, with the deepest point also surpassing 100,000 meters, and was home to numerous creatures living at the bottom of the rift.

At that moment, Cang Qiong successfully landed on a platform halfway up the cliff of the rift. The platform was over a kilometer wide and tens of kilometers long, and atop it stood a medium-sized manmade building— the Song family's base stationed to ensure the normal breeding of the Komo Yin Serpent population within this rift.

As soon as Cang Qiong docked at the edge of the platform in the warship docking area, before Song Chi could leave the warship, a series of violent roars suddenly came from above the distant rift.

Glancing sideways at the Sky Eye Patrol Radar, two figures of different sizes were rapidly approaching.

The two figures, one only about a hundred meters long and leading the way, while the other, whose body extended beyond a thousand meters, was chasing closely behind the first one.

With just a glance, Song Chi conjured up a basic outline in his mind. The likely scenario was an Escort Ship of Second Rank tangling with a Third Rank Komo Yin Serpent.

And indeed, as he had surmised, he soon saw an Escort Ship shrouded in a Purple Energy Shield speeding past from above the rift ahead of the platform.

His eyes flickering after scanning the results from Cang Qiong's semi-automated shipborne intelligence, Song Chi noted that the strength of the Energy Shield around the Escort Ship that just flew past was at the Third Rank Peak.

While pondering, the platform below the base soon started to tremble violently as well.

Looking down through the protective Shield of the platform, he saw a terrifyingly huge serpent longer than a kilometer, radiating a strong Third Tier Life Pressure as it slithered past, chasing after the Escort Ship in front.

In Cang Qiong, Song Chi's pupils slightly constricted. If the ship's detection results were correct, then this Komo Yin Serpent that had just passed by was a Third Rank Peak creature.

What's more critical was that Song Chi observed numerous wounds on its body, likely inflicted by the Escort Ship just before.

"A Second Rank Warship engaging head-on with a Third Rank Peak Komo Yin Serpent..."

He muttered to himself and disembarked from Cang Qiong.

Clutching the Enslavement Proof, he headed towards the interior of the base building.

As he made his way, he encountered many clan members, all holding slavery proofs like himself. Being able to rank in the third tier of the genetic lineages, the Komoyin serpent was extremely popular within the Song family.

"That was Song Tianyu just now, wasn't it? Truly a genius that has recently emerged from the seventh direct vein; I heard he's just over forty years old? Daring to face a Third Rank Peak Komoyin serpent head-on, tsk tsk tsk!!"

"I heard he is also a Seed of Torch of purple quality, just not sure if he has the potential to challenge for a spot in the family hierarchy."

"What are you thinking? Believing that a mere Torch can take on the hierarchy? In recent years, haven't the number of Torch members in our family decreased? And let's not forget, the six main ranks of our Song family haven't changed for a full twenty years!"

"This Song Tianyu is indeed not bad, enough to dominate among those Fourth Rank families in the duchy, but he still falls far short compared to our family hierarchy."

"Agreed, I remember when His Highness Song Ming of the fifth rank, whose flagship had just advanced to Second Rank not too long ago, directly demolished the attack of three cruisers from the Red River Star Thief Group."

(It should be okay to call him 'Your Highness' here, right?)

...

Hearing the discussions around him, Song Chi's steps didn't halt, nor did his expression change, but deep down, quite a few ripples were stirred.

"The fifth rank of the Dinghai Song family, Song Ming... just entered Second Rank and directly took on three cruisers..."

Song Chi felt somewhat heavy in his heart. He put himself in the situation and realized that if his Cang Qiong were to advance to Second Rank right now, he would undoubtedly face a cruiser head-on without fear, but to contend against three cruisers, to be honest, he didn't have much confidence.

To put it another way, the likelihood of failure would be high.

Although the Cang Qiong was already equipped with an orange energy shield and an orange main cannon, boasting absolutely luxurious configurations, to be frank, the warship armor was a weak spot. If they were to face three cruisers head-on, the odds were high that they would be sunk in the encirclement.

"I hope I can get a purple-quality ship component in the Ruins Market this time. The blue quality Starshine V-type alloy armor is indeed dragging us down!!"

Determined in his heart, Song Chi soon entered the interior of the base.

Deep Valley Rift Garrison Base, Servitude Department.

The middle-aged man looked up at the calm-faced Song Chi.

"From the Tenth Direct Vein, a First Rank Torch Ship Captain, are you sure your flagship can accommodate that Second Rank Komoyin serpent after enslavement?"

The middle-aged man, named Song Xiao, was a Third Rank Torch Captain, a permanent resident at the Deep Valley Rift base, and originated from the third direct vein.

His reason for asking was simple.

Ordinary white and blue control components can't adjust the volume of enslaved creatures; only purple-level control components can achieve a reduction up to 20 times.

Song Chi showed a smile on his face and nodded lightly.

Seeing this, Song Xiao did not say more, as his reminder was out of goodwill because the Tenth Direct Vein had only recently returned, and the family had clearly expressed its intention to offer a certain degree of support.

But having said that, he naturally would not interfere too much with Song Chi's own choices.

"Do you need me to take action, or will you try first?"

Song Chi's response came quickly.

"I'd appreciate your help, Grandpa Xiao."

Hearing this, Song Xiao nodded lightly.

Before coming, Song Chi had checked the identities of several Third Rank residents at the Deep Valley Rift, and since Song Xiao was about as old as his grandfather, it was appropriate to call him grandpa.

Half an hour later, the Cang Qiong burst out from the Deep Valley Rift.

With the assistance of the Third Rank Torch Captain, Song Xiao, Song Chi easily enslaved a Second Rank Komoyin serpent with the [Enslavement Medal].