Chapter 942 - 494: Follow
A new confidentiality agreement was signed, and Song Chi used the [Proportional Scaling Instrument] to shrink the corpse of a [Sixth Rank Longfin Void Whale] by an extreme limit of 350 times, eventually pulling the over two-thousand-meter-long [Longfin Void Whale] into the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.
Looking at the huge body that still occupied a vast area in the cabin, Song Chi frowned.
Although the [Proportional Scaling Instrument] had evolved to [Orange Quality] by a [Fifth Rank Silver Apple] and had been enhanced to Lv50, the maximum scaling factor was only 350 times, which Song Chi felt was not quite sufficient.
It wasn’t that his expectations were too high, but rather there was no alternative. Leaving other things aside, just the one thousand [Hellfire Mechs] alone, and several hundred from the [Robber Star Race] already took up a large part of the space. Now, there was the addition of a nearly three-thousand-meter-long [Longfin Void Whale], so it was only normal that the living space was limited.
He walked leisurely to the component of [Chicang’s No. 004 Breeding Secret Realm], Song Chi immersed a portion of his spirit into it.
Not long after, he turned around and muttered:
“The next round of five [Sixth Rank Silver Apples] is about to mature, it seems one of them will have to be allocated to this [Proportional Scaling Instrument], in addition…”
Thinking this, his gaze shifted to another component, the [Space Lock Seal], toward which Song Chi was quite covetous.
The Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong currently lacked a high-quality locking component.
“My lord, if there’s nothing else, shall we head back to the Transfer Station first?”
Pan Ying’s sudden words brought Song Chi out of his contemplation.
Three days later, the two of them, led by the Transfer Battleship, returned to Qingluan Floating Land.
On the Floating Land Firmament, Pan Ying softly said:
“Next, I will attempt to upgrade my flagship. I kindly ask my lord to stay on Qingluan Floating Land for a while. Afterward, whether successful or not, Pan Family will surely present a generous gift to express our gratitude for my lord’s support during this time!!”
Hearing this, Song Chi shook his head.
“It’s just a trade, there’s no need for a lavish gift. We still have the last two months before the agreed one-year period is up, I will not leave during this time. Besides, I do have another matter.”
“Please speak, my lord!”
Having personally witnessed the overwhelming combat power of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, Pan Ying had long positioned herself in the lowest status without any sense of incongruity.
“This [Space Lock Seal] component, does your Pan family have any thoughts of parting with it? If so, I’m willing to offer a strand of [Red Upgrade Fire Source] in exchange!”
At the mention of the Red Upgrade Fire Source, a flicker of brightness flashed in Pan Ying’s eyes, but after pondering for a moment, she eventually replied with subtlety:
“This matter needs to be discussed with the clan elders at home, we will give my lord a reply within two months!”
With the conversation at this point, Song Chi did not say more, but before they parted, a silver light was pulled out from inside Pan Ying’s Ship.
“Once again, thank you, my lord. This is the [Time Chess] component we had promised earlier.”
Song Chi’s spirits were greatly lifted. It had been over a decade since he discovered the coordinates of this second [Time Chess] component, and now at last, he had achieved his desire by taking it into his possession.
After bringing this second [Time Chess] component into the cabin, the two warships quickly separated.
Pan Ying was headed to the Pan Family Secret Land, to officially start the upgrade of her warship, while Song Chi returned to the residence arranged for him by the Pan Family.
Inside the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, since obtaining the second [Time Chess], Song Chi’s gaze had constantly been shifting back and forth between it and the first [Time Chess] component.
“Really identical, but where’s the promised set effect?”
Muttering to himself internally, Song Chi didn’t take it too seriously, or it could be said he had been mentally prepared for this beforehand.
Without needing to say how many pieces a complete chess set includes, there are three hundred and sixty-one pieces. If there indeed was a so-called set effect, it would likely require collecting dozens or even hundreds of pieces, how could it possibly activate with just two pieces?
However, despite having speculated this earlier, Song Chi’s interest wasn’t diminished at all.
After fiddling with it for a while, he tried various operations.
For instance, equipping both [Time Chess] pieces together, and placing this second [Time Chess] directly on top of the [Heavenly Destiny Compass·Disk] component platform…
After multiple tweakings, Song Chi confirmed certain things.
Firstly, equipping both [Time Chess] pieces at once had limited effect, as their “Cooldown Reduction” feature would not stack. Given that Feature 3 and Feature 4 were temporarily sealed, there was basically no need for equipping them.
In contrast, placing the second [Time Chess] on the [Heavenly Destiny Compass·Disk] yields better results. Normally binding the already equipped first [Time Chess], its [Chasing Origin] radius was only one hundred million light-years. But inverting and binding it to the second [Time Chess] placed close to his body, the [Chasing Origin] radius shockingly increased to two hundred million light-years, doubled.
After consideration, Song Chi still bound the second [Time Chess] component directly to the [Heavenly Destiny Compass·Disk]’s platform.
Time passed, and a month and a half later.
On this day, the Guesthouse where Song Chi stayed gathered many members of the Pan family.
From the unmistakable joy on the faces of these core members of the Pan family, Song Chi guessed their purpose.
“Is it, the upgrade was successful?”
Hearing his proactive question, the leading Pan family head smiled and bowed:
“By the grace of my lord’s good omen, the [Green Ying Tian Luan Number] has indeed been upgraded to a Battleship. We are here on behalf of the entire Pan family to express our gratitude to my lord. My lord’s assistance can be considered an act of re-creation for our Pan family, and all of us will never dare to forget…”