Global Era of Star Trekking

Chapter 1293: Chapter 694: Targeted

"Indeed, the difference between the Seventh Rank and the Sixth Rank can no longer be simply described as a transformation in the essence of life. It’s just like when the Third Rank breaks through to the Fourth Rank; they are two completely different life dimensions!"

Feeling the unresponsive Seventh Rank barrier within his body, Song Chi opened his eyes with a wry smile, stopping this meaningless action.

At one moment, he glanced at the [Demon Snake Nine Shedding Fruit] and [Heavenly Jade Spirit Marrow] placed to the side, but quickly forced himself to look away.

Although these two resources could assist the Guidance Technique in breaking through, it’s best to take them in the best possible state, and currently, the state of his body was far from optimal.

Just like that, time slowly passed as Song Chi quietly awaited the most suitable opportunity to arrive. Unfortunately, even after several years had quietly slipped by, he still couldn’t find the right moment.

...

In contrast to Song Chi, who confined himself day after day and year after year in the silent, enclosed Cultivation Room, striving to reach the Seventh Rank, the Copper Snake Floating Land was much more lively.

A senior Eighth Level Floating Land, stretching diameters over three hundred thousand light-years, coupled with dozens of Snake Demon Dominators empowered by the Floating Land Original Will guarding it, made it quite challenging to capture completely.

Having been on this Copper Snake Floating Land for six years, each family had only roughly cleared the areas they were responsible for. They had not yet formally acted upon those Snake Demon Holy Cities within their regions.

Copper Snake Floating Land, west.

In a certain stretch of mountain range, the sound of intense ship cannon bombardment erupted.

The fierce bombardment lasted for about half an hour. Once the deep tremors within the mountains ceased entirely, a fleet of just over a hundred appeared in the sky above the mountains.

"Attention, my radar shows all Eight-Armed Snake Demons have been completely eliminated. Ziang, take the second team down to inspect. Be vigilant!"

"Received. Don’t worry, Captain, haven’t I always done my job well?"

Communicating, a cruiser a thousand and one hundred meters long led three escort ships downward. The hulls of these four warships emitted a dazzling purple glow, evidently fitted with Purple Quality Ship Armor, and were among the most defensive warships in the fleet.

In fact, the surface of that cruiser even glistened with orange light, showing that it was equipped with Orange Level Ship Armor.

Seeing this, the captain of the squad, a Zhulu Warship Captain over a thousand years old, slightly relaxed his gaze, while also sighing inwardly at how much the family heritage had indeed improved this time around.

To think, back when he was just a Cruiser Captain, the configuration for a captain in the family was nowhere near this luxurious. At that time, having a single piece of Purple Ship Armor on a cruiser’s flagship far surpassed the same rank, unlike now, where many escort ships were equipped with multiple Purple Components.

While contemplating this, the four warships responsible for reconnaissance below had already returned.

In the newly connected magnetic wave communication group chat, the Cruiser Captain named Song Ziang shouted:

"Captain, we’ve discovered a medium-sized Red Fire Iron Ore Vein beneath the strata we shattered below."

The excitement in Song Ziang’s voice was undisguisable.

Being the captain, Song Yunfan did not scold them, understanding that it wasn’t Song Ziang’s fault.

He knew that the Red Fire Iron was a mid to high-level mineral resource, which, after refining, could be used to produce Third Rank Level machinery.

What is Third Rank Level machinery?

Similar to the Hellfire Mech, which possesses strong Fourth Rank firepower, weak Fourth Rank defensive power, and weak Fourth Rank mobility, making it typical Fourth Rank combat machinery.

Though Third Rank machinery couldn’t compare with the Hellfire Mech, it was the most extensively used by the Song Family at present. Despite the Hellfire Mech being mass-producible, its bulk made it difficult for Low Rank clan members to carry along on warships without special size-reduction components. In comparison, Third Rank combat machinery was much more convenient.

Thus, the value of a medium-sized Red Fire Iron Ore Vein was quite high. Simply reporting it to the family would ensure the entire squad received considerable Family Merit rewards.

轰轰轰!

Before the members of the Song Family squad could revel in excitement, a sudden burst of intense rumbling ensued.

Song Yunfan initially believed it to be the remaining Eight-Armed Snake Demons. But when his gaze swept toward the distant sky, his expression suddenly darkened.

"All members, listen, First Level alert!"𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

He added another sentence immediately.

"It’s the Yanai family from the Fusang Dynasty..."

The intruder was no fleeing Eight-Armed Snake Demon but a fleet numbering nearly a thousand.

It was the neighboring fleet of the immortal clan, the Yanai family of the Fusang Dynasty, bordering the area managed by the Song Family.

Compared to the Song Family, the leading ship for the Yanai family was a battleship, accompanied by two Lu Ships, and since they did not deliberately restrain their aura, the immense pressure immediately enveloped the entire Song Family squad.

"This place was discovered first by my Song Family. What, does your Yanai family intend to defy the Divine Dynasty’s ban and attack our Song Family’s ’friendly nation’?"

Faced with such flagrant disregard, Song Yunfan could only coldly question them.

In the face of his questioning, the battleship of the Yanai family remained unmoved, the pressure emanating from the warship unrelenting.

Finally, a sneer was heard from within the battleship.

"Your Song Family discovered it first? We detected this Red Fire Iron Ore Vein several days ago..."

As they spoke, they even sent over information, an image.

This image indeed depicted the valley below, with a capture date marked as three days prior. However, the image showed no indication of a Red Fire Iron Ore Vein, merely an ordinary video capture.

"Heh, this was just taken casually while mapping terrain, yet your Yanai family intends to pass off falsehoods as truth with it?"

Song Yunfan sneered.

Yet in his heart he sank once more, realizing something.

"Hahaha, do you think people on the continent would be more inclined to believe the truth, or the lies?"

As expected, they had precisely seized upon this point.

Given Satorugawa’s conspicuous suppression, would the forces on this Copper Snake Floating Land genuinely risk supporting the Song Family?

Thinking this, Song Yunfan’s cold gaze once again swept over the Yanai family warships above, and finally, amid the grim expressions of Song Ziang and others, he issued the order to withdraw.

"Captain, are we really just going to hand it over to them?"

"Yes, captain, we spent half a month painstakingly annihilating these Eight-Armed Snake Demons, and now, just as we can finally earn some extra profit, we’re being so humiliatingly forced to yield; it’s hard to swallow!"

...

Among the back-and-forth chatter, the entire group’s conversation was filled with resentment.

"This is an order. What, do you all intend to defy orders?"

"Rest assured, they won’t be pleased for long. Our Song Family will reclaim this a hundred-fold before long!"

Under Song Yunfan’s firm directive, the hundred-plus warships of the Song Family eventually turned away from the mountain range.

However, possibly because of

Watching the Song Family Fleet’s receding silhouettes, laughter resounded within the Yanai family fleet group chat.

"Haha, they really are obedient. How dare such a purely unremarkable family act rudely before Our Excellency Satorugawa!"

"Good that they knew better. Our Yanai family is a twelve-thousand-year-old immortal clan. How could such roadside mongrels with merely a three-thousand-year legacy compare?"

"And they still dared contend for the ore vein with us? If not for the prohibition against internal conflict, our Fusang Dynasty could have crushed this so-called Dragon Spine Song Family with a mere stamp of the foot!"

...

Upon returning to the Song Family’s main fleet, Song Yunfan immediately reported this matter.

However, the family’s higher-ups replied only with a brief "Acknowledged," and there was no follow-up.

Song Family senior encrypted group chat:

Song Shixing: "There was just another case. Counting this Yanai family, four immortal powers have already begun targeting us proactively!"

Song Xuancang: "Heh, let them prance around a bit. In recent years, we first exposed the Sixth Rank [Time Realm Tree], then crazily scavenged behind the Eight-Armed Snake Demon lines; afterwards, it was the Eighth Rank [Golden Apple Mother Tree]. Indeed, too many pairs of eyes are secretly watching us. It’s good to let them show themselves on such occasions, to prevent any of them being overlooked during future accounts!"

"By the way, should we bring back the Eighth Rank [Asura Emperor] that Little Chi previously enslaved, now fully restored to peak, to Dragon Spine Continent?"

Song Wujiang: "We can. Little Chi’s side doesn’t know how long it’ll take, and if they can’t make it in time, having an [Asura Emperor] can indeed hold us over. Also, Little Chi has temporarily unloaded the [Four Symbols Wheel Seal]; let’s bring that over as well!"

Song Yan: "The Shadow Department just reported that the Mist Half-Snake People can only reproduce in the Mist Swamp and seem impossible to cultivate elsewhere!"