Global Era of Star Trekking

Chapter 1458: Chapter 746: Return to the Demon Snake Floating Land

Amidst a plethora of ships of various ranks, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong quickly entered one of the spatial wormholes.

Since its identity was not revealed, the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong naturally also paid the toll.

strands of Second Rank Floating Land Origin, not a lot, but certainly not cheap either.

However, this was only in relation to "Second Rank" Torch Warship; those of First, Second, and Third Rank also had to pay Second Rank Floating Land Origin, while Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Rank Warships had to pay Five Rank Floating Land Origin, the number still being 10 strands, and warships of Seventh Rank and above uniformly for 10 strands of Seventh Rank Floating Land Origin.𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Through this way the Floating Land Origin acquired, the Song Family could be said to receive it to their heart’s content every year.

For this reason, the family intentionally increased the initial investment amount for the new generation of awakener clansmen each year.

This not only consumed the increasingly accumulation of Floating Land Origin from various ranks within the clan but also enhanced the survival rate of the new generation of clansmen, proving to be quite effective.

Besides, utilizing this large gathering of Floating Land Origin, the Song Family also established the [Dragon Spine Royal Family Investment Group], which each year distributed several billion First and Second Rank Floating Land Origin to invest in successful awakened civilian captains in the Red Plate and Dragon and Snake River Systems under the kingdom’s jurisdiction.

Compared to those small and medium-sized investment groups, financial groups, and families among the populace, the investment agreements of [Dragon Spine Royal Family Investment Group] are much more equitable. After several hundred years of promotion, nowadays, over seventy percent of civilian captains graduating successfully from the Torch Academy under the kingdom choose to sign agreements with [Dragon Spine Royal Family Investment Group].

During this process, taking into account the rather high mortality rate in the Alien Star Domain exploration, and the quite relaxed investment agreement terms themselves, the actual capital gains [Dragon Spine Royal Family Investment Group] makes each year are not significant.

However, this evidently is not the main point, the emphasis is on the process where the Song Family left quite a number of relationships with the civilian captains, which on the surface might seem trivial but is actually the largest asset.

For instance, over thirty years ago, a Second Level staff in the investment department of the family External Affairs Hall received a batch of raw mineral resources valued over ten thousand strands of Fourth Rank Floating Land Origin, after the difference from acquisition and resale, just this batch alone generated a profit nearing two thousand strands of Fourth Rank Floating Land Origin, eighty percent of which was turned over to the family.

As for the one who delivered the batch of raw mineral resources, it was a civilian captain signed by this Second Level staff over two hundred years ago. This civilian captain had good fortune and successfully advanced to Cruiser Captain over the years.

Because of the initial conscience investment of [Dragon Spine Royal Family Investment Group], in all these years, all the gains the captain received during explorations in the Alien Star Domain were basically transferred to the resource recovery department under the investment group for processing, and there were no fewer than millions, even tens of millions of civilian captains like this across the two River Systems under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Spine Kingdom.

The key is that this is not the most crucial; what these millions or even tens of millions of Torch Captains can leverage is just secondary. The emphasis is on the ever-growing number of civilian captains among which there are not a few lucky ones rising from their ranks.

Based on the data gathered by the family investment department, since[Dragon Spine Royal Family Investment Group]was formally established and invested in the first batch of awakened civilians, over three hundred years have passed, until now, the highest level among the invested captains still known to exist has reached the extreme of Fourth Rank.

Besides, there are nearly twenty normal Zhulu Warship Captains. Although compared to the Song Family’s own clansmen, this still falls short, don’t forget these are just the achievements of three hundred years. If the family keeps at it, in five thousand years, ten thousand years, even just a thousand years from now, these captains will become a formidable force.

Hmm... a great force friendly with the Song Family, mostly available for their use in special times.

Regarding this matter, the Song Family has given it high attention internally in recent years, with the Council of Elders largely supporting it in many discussions.

As of now, [Dragon Spine Royal Family Investment Group]not only has set up investment branches all over the kingdom, but even started to infiltrate surrounding kingdoms.

For example, the Heavenly Disk Galaxy, Silver Disk River System, but because of the subtle exclusion from various Immortal Clans, the success so far can only be described as moderate.

In response, the Song Family has not taken any countermeasures.

Ultimately, it comes down to lack of strength, even if it’s a family with Five Annihilation Stars, could the surrounding Immortal Clans turn a blind eye to the Song Family causing a stir on their own turf and remain indifferent?

On this matter, there’s only one solution to the deadlock, and that is for the Song Family to formally ascend to Immortal Giant Force, and at that point, the Song Family can truly become the uncrowned king of several River Systems around.

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The landing point of the wormhole channel between Dragon Spine First Vocational Floating Land and Demon Snake Continent is not within Demon Snake Continent itself but located at the fifth fragment intermediate base in outer space of Demon Snake Continent.

Not only is it so for the spatial wormholes opened by the Song Family, all other allowed transmission means, regardless of their backing, are the same.

The reason is simple, Demon Snake Continent belongs to the Demon Snake Continent under the Immortal Qin Ying Family; if these transmission means are set within the continent, and if chaos on the other end of the transmission arises, wouldn’t it be able to spread to the Demon Snake Continent at any time?

Regarding this point, the Heavenly Pillar Ying Family obviously refuses to allow it.