Chapter 1050 - 552: 8 Years_2
This was the Song family’s first attempt to steal an Origin Core from an eighth-level Floating Land. While they knew that the commotion that would follow would not be minor, they were unclear about when exactly it would erupt and where the concentrated focal point would be.
All the Spatial Blockade components did not have a long duration, and their cooldown time was not short either. To prevent the real commotion from erupting while [Sealing Heaven Prison] was on cooldown, the Song family unanimously decided not to activate the golden blockade component yet. They would wait for some signs to show before proceeding with activation.
With the [Illusion Array Stone] empowered by the Starry Sky Dragon Shark, along with multiple layers of insurance prepared by the Song family, even if the disturbance came too quickly, it wouldn’t immediately break through all the blockades, avoiding concerns about [Sealing Heaven Prison] not being activated in time.
After all these preparations were completed, Song Wujiang signaled to Song Shixing.
Upon receiving the signal, Song Shixing did not hesitate; the [Dinghai Dragon Ship] slowly moved to the weak point of the Earth’s Core in the stone chamber, and the silver [Origin Core Stealer] component, already installed inside the ship, was activated.
A silver beam of light shot out from the body of the [Dinghai Dragon Ship], piercing straight into the weak point of the Earth’s Core beneath the battleship.
Buzz buzz buzz!
After the silver beam completed its link, everyone could clearly feel a slight tremor coming from the ground of the stone chamber space.
Although the [Superdimensional Continent] did not have the Floating Land Primordial Will like a normal Floating Land, it still had its own instincts, having a natural repulsion against methods like stealing its own Origin Core.
However, as the theft had just begun and the Red Star Continent did not have a mature primordial will, the repulsion was still relatively weak.
Warship Magnetic Communication Group Chat
“Dinghai Dragon Steed · Song Wujiang”: Shixing, how is it? Can you calculate approximately how much time it will take?”
Upon hearing this inquiry, the surrounding individuals all turned their gaze to the communication projection of Song Shixing.
The time required for this theft not only directly affects the subsequent safety of everyone but also concerns whether the Dragon Spine Continent can complete its advancement before the civilization war begins, whether the [Dinghai Dragon Steed] can impact the Star-Annihilating Starship, and whether Song Wujiang’s Guidance Technique can break through to the seventh rank—issues of great consequence.
After all, if just this step of stealing takes decades, the subsequent time would certainly be insufficient.
It’s not as if obtaining a thread of an eighth-level Floating Land Origin Core would immediately allow the Dragon Spine Continent to impact the seventh-level Floating Land.
Firstly, the Floating Land Core of the Dragon Spine Continent would need time to merge and absorb this thread of the eighth-level Origin Core, right?
Secondly, the formal push for the seventh level of Floating Land would also require time, right?
Furthermore, even after the advancement is complete, the subsequent expansion of the Floating Land’s area would also require time.
If it weren’t for considering this point, why would they let the [Dinghai Dragon Ship] host this extraction?
The [Dinghai Dragon Ship] is one of the four Fearless Ships currently, and if it truly attracts a large number of aliens, the combat power that a Fearless Ship can exhibit is far beyond what a Battleship can offer, though this excludes the flagships of Song Chi and Song Yan.
Once the extraction of the Floating Land Origin Core is underway, no matter what happens afterward, [Dinghai Dragon Ship] would remain immobile until the extraction is complete, effectively losing the combat power of one Fearless Ship.
The Song family understood all this, but why proceed anyway?
The reason, of course, is the advantage a Fearless Ship has over a Battleship; an [Origin Core Stealer] enhanced to level 70 yields significantly more efficacy when mounted on a Fearless Ship than on a Battleship, reflecting the required time for the entire theft process and the success rate.
Based on this, everyone decided to let the [Dinghai Dragon Ship] host this theft.
Under everyone’s gaze, Song Shixing provided an answer.
“Not bad, if just stealing a small portion of the Floating Land Origin Core, about eight years should suffice!”
Eight years!
Everyone murmured and then nodded in unison.
This time frame was within their expectations, and they had quite a bit of confidence regarding this.
The thieving process required eight years, but that didn’t mean they genuinely had to fight the Alien Race for that long afterward.
If it really came to that, forget the Song family, even the Zhangsun Family, with their eighth-rank Torch Ship Captain backing “Yulong,” might not withstand it.
After all, there aren’t just a few eighth-order aliens on this [Red Star Continent].
According to their estimates, the early years of the theft should see the disturbances from the Floating Land Origin Core being sufficiently masked by the methods they set up, with their primary concern being the final year.
And indeed, this turned out to be the case.
As time passed.
During the first three years, the space of the underground stone chamber was constantly trembling, but all of it was concealed by the Nuclear Energy Shield, and the illusion space derived from the [Illusion Array Stone].
By the fourth year, the rejection force from the Red Star Continent Origin Core began to intensify, with the most direct result being the accelerated trembling of the underground stone chamber space.
Subsequently, the Nuclear Energy Shield derived from that large nuclear reactor had to overload periodically, unable to withstand the internal ground tremor shocks, fortunately aided by the Spatial Blockade Array Curtain deployed by Song Chi and others in batches.
By the sixth year, the ground tremor became increasingly frightening, to the point where even the array curtain triggered by the silver Spatial Blockade components occasionally shattered.
By the seventh year, multiple layers of blockade array curtains were being simultaneously broken, incidents where the underground commotion was broadcast outside occurred, though each time another batch of blockade components quickly took over.
Throughout this year, several aliens wandered into the core region of the Sand Sea, but their numbers were few, and they were easily cleared by the Song family warships.
By the eighth year, the phenomena had become even more terrifying, with the large nuclear reactor being entirely ineffective, and the spatial blockade components at Song Chi’s disposal could no longer be divided into two groups since splitting them up wouldn’t allow one group to last until the other group completed its cooldown.
In this scenario, the Song family could only group all silver and red quality spatial blockade components together, with the golden [Sealing Heaven Prison] from the [Dinghai Dragon Steed] as a separate group, barely achieving a balance.
However, halfway through the eighth year, even this setup was difficult to maintain.
Boom boom boom!
In the scorching depths of the deep sea, giant sand ridges emerged, rising from the sand bed and rapidly moving forward like they were alive. These ridges varied in width, with the narrowest being several hundred meters, and from a high altitude, they resembled sand snakes crazily converging towards a center point.
Under the Sand Sea Sky Dome, nine battleships were concealed in the void.
“According to the records, these seem to be the largest hunting creatures in this Extreme Yang Desert, the Ground Sand Crocodiles. Thoughts?”
After uploading the detailed information on the Ground Sand Crocodiles to the group chat, Song Wujiang asked for everyone’s opinions.
According to resources provided by the Hidden Pulse, the Ground Sand Crocodiles are considered a native species of the [Red Star Continent], not having arrived through a Superdimensional Portal.
The Ground Sand Crocodile’s genetic bloodline level is not low, reaching 81 points, just stepping into the fifth tier of the Song family’s genetic bloodline spectrum, qualifying it as a biological group worthy of being called the child of the Starry Sea.
They have very high affinity with the Law of Earth and thrive in the yellow sands, their combat power being intensified.
Soon, Song Dingbang spoke:
“Although the final detection results show there’s currently no seventh rank Ground Sand Crocodile, I personally believe we should directly summon the Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship to take action. This will form a deterrent, likely keeping the aliens gathering at the periphery of the Sand Sea in line for a while!”
“I agree, with just a few months until Xingzu completes the theft, it’s a matter of delaying as much as possible now!”
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Seeing that no one had other opinions, Song Wujiang directly summoned the Tri-Eyed Royal Dominator Flagship. With this Dominator Flagship from an Overlord Level Civilization firing at full power, the Ground Sand Crocodiles converging from all directions below were quickly killed.
It’s important to note that this flagship, besides possessing the Star-Annihilating Cannon obtained from the Robber Star Race, also retained the Tri-Eye Race’s own Super Battleship Cannon from before, both of which are extraordinarily powerful.