Global Era of Star Trekking

Chapter 1460: Chapter 747: [Ancient Mother Empress] and [Heavenly Star Plant]

"My apologies for keeping you waiting!"

Song Chi’s worries eventually did not materialize; as one of the four pillar-level forces of the Torch Human Civilization, the Heavenly Pillar Ying Family, even if it’s just a branch under them, would never openly commit such a vile act.

Upon returning, the elder tapped several times on the special terminal in his hand, and a projection screen appeared in front of Song Chi.

"Endless Insect Sea, the Ancient Mother Empress who has just entered the ninth rank not long ago, under her command are more than ten eighth rank Dominator King Worms, over a hundred seventh rank Dominator King Worms—what is this?"

Scanning the information on the screen briefly, Song Chi’s pupils slightly contracted, filled with doubt, as he looked back at the elder opposite him.

Facing his inquisitive gaze, the aged Lord of the Qin Yue Business Building calmly replied:

"This information about the Ancient Mother Empress is personally verified by an ancestral figure from our branch, absolutely authentic, and she has been promoted to the ninth rank for less than ten thousand years. Currently, it’s highly probable she hasn’t cultivated a ninth rank-level guard King Worm yet."

"Of course, the focus lies in our long-planned scheme; it is confirmed that three Galaxy Captains are already participating in this operation, and over thirty Star-Annihilating Starship Captains, extending enslaved species, Star God Mechas, and Warship Avatars among others, a seventh rank combat power totaling no less than fifty entities."

"Friends, you can rest assured, this operation is by no means a momentary impulse. Our two Star River ancestors have been strategizing for thousands of years, and you are not the last one we invited. Only when the number of participating Star-Annihilating Starship Captains exceeds fifty, the operation will officially commence. Our Qin Yue Business Building can guarantee that the success rate will not fall under seventy percent."

Despite the other’s assured rhetoric, Song Chi’s inner doubts and vigilance were unabated.

"Not to mention anything else, your branch is under the Heavenly Pillar Ying Family, having enough Star-Annihilating Starship Captain assistance is so simple. Why bother going to such efforts to gather in this public open area? Apart from the difficulties in managing different origins, one has to beware of people with ulterior motives. How do you explain this point?"

"Haha, is this what you’re worried about, my friend?"

Seeing that Song Chi’s concern was this point, the elder quickly smiled and explained.

"There may indeed be those with ulterior motives, but you do not have to worry. Our ancestor’s flagship possesses a colorful lower-level secrecy contract component, although only enhanced to level 99, its binding force is guaranteed enough."𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"As for why not seek assistance from other family branches, the answer is actually very simple."

Saying this, a bitter expression flashed across the face of this elderly Star-Annihilating Starship Captain.

"Our branch does not hold much authority within the family, even this business building under our feet was arduously sought by two ancestors using their own energy..."

Due to certain concerns, this elderly Star-Annihilating Starship Captain did not speak too bluntly, but Song Chi, who was nearly two thousand years old now, naturally easily inferred the hidden meaning in the other’s words.

In essence, although they bear the name "Ying Family," they are barely considered an upper branch. To outsiders, they might claim to be Heavenly Pillar Nobles, but within the Ying Family, their influence is limited, and cooperation with other branches offers no guaranteed future benefits.

Perhaps noticing Song Chi’s thoughts, the elder quickly added:

"Do not worry, our only requirement lies in the potential Energy Core within the Ancient Mother Empress. If it has not been nurtured, the top-level and special-level energy crystals nurtured within other seventh to eighth rank Dominator King Worms will be contested by ability, with captains achieving the final kill having priority selection!"

Upon hearing this, Song Chi’s doubts finally dissipated.

The Energy Core mentioned by the other is a special non-attribute energy entity of a higher level than energy crystals, apart from those rare special environments, only within ninth rank Starry Sea Insect Race is there any chance of its development.

As he knew, this Energy Core could be used during the Star River Ship’s impact on a Superdimensional Mother Ship to increase the promotion success rate by 4%, and if used during the Star-Annihilating Starship’s impact on a Star River Ship, it could increase promotion success rate by 12%.

If their goal is this, then unwillingness to cooperate with other branches of the Ying Family stands to reason.

Even so, the vigilance in his heart never completely dissipated.

A colorful secrecy contract component certainly has adequate binding force, but let’s not forget, it is their component, with the authority to lift the contract at any time.

"How can you ensure that you won’t go back on your word after the operation with just that colorful lower-level secrecy contract component in your hand?"

Apparently, Song Chi was not the only captain raising this point. Facing his pursuit, the elderly captain Ying Yu promptly projected another screen.

[War King Hall · Third Notary Hall · Contract Book]

The information displayed on the screen was only these eleven characters, but Song Chi now had no further doubts.

[War King Hall], he still had adequate understanding of this entity.

As a super-giant force equaling [Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall], [Immortal Qin Heavy Industry Group], [Langya Wang Family], and [Langya Meng Family], [War King Hall] was established fourteen thousand years ago by a captain ranking first on both the [Immortal Qin Star Annihilation King List] and the [Torch Star Annihilation General List] fifteen thousand years ago after being promoted to Galaxy Captain.

To this day, [War King Hall] has publicly revealed three Galaxy Captains, and that former top-ranking captain stepped into the Extreme Star River Captain stage nearly ten thousand years ago.

Recently, Song Chi had also received secret information collected by the family’s Shadow Department, suspecting that the flagship of this [War King Hall’s first-generation War King] had successfully advanced to become a superdimensional mother ship. When this captain appears again, he might already be a great superdimensional captain.