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Chapter 172: Chapter 118: Moruo Secret Realm's Resource Production - The Theory of Time Acceleration (Please Subscribe)_2

Clearly, everyone was puzzled by Song Mingsong's decision—24 hours was such a short time. After decades of arduous planning, they had finally conquered the secret realm, and even the Fourth-Rank Moruo Royal Family from the outside world had been taken care of.

With this accomplishment, shouldn't they have taken advantage of the situation to thoroughly loot the place before handing it over to the main family? What was the use of 24 hours?

Sensing the doubts in their minds, Song Mingsong solemnly explained,

"Before the Prime Ancestor's projection dissipated, it mentioned that there could still be other Fourth-Rank Combat Powers from the Moruo Royal Family. Therefore, to be on the safe side, we can't stay here too long."

Shocked by this explanation, everyone ceased their questions and quickly summoned the Torch Warships, scattering and speeding off toward different areas of the Floating Land beneath them.

Before leaving, Song Chao specifically sent Chen Lixia and Song Chi a special resource distribution map, which was reportedly seized from an escort ship of a group of star thieves.

Afterwards, the three also speedily split up.

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In such a race against time, splitting up was the best strategy.

The Cang Qiong surged at full speed above the dense forest, its destination very clear, heading straight for the Space Solidification Stone vein marked on the resource distribution map.

There were many resource points marked on the distribution map, which included not just Space Solidification Stone mineral deposits, but also several unique resources of the secret realm, and nearly a hundred resources that existed in the outside world but were relatively rare.

It wasn't to say that among all the resources in the secret realm the Space Solidification Stone was the most valuable. Several other secret realm specialty resources were equally precious.

For instance, one of the resources was called the "Moonth Tree." Once a Moonth Tree aged over a thousand years, the essence it produced from its sap could improve the success rate of a Torch Warship's promotion.

The essence from a Moonth Tree aged under three thousand years could only increase the success rate of a First Rank Torch Warship's promotion to Second Rank, but those over three thousand years could significantly benefit the promotion of Second Rank Torch Warships.

Even the sap from a Moonth Tree over ten thousand years old could have a certain effect when a Cruiser was promoted to a Zhulu Warship. It was a resource fervently sought after by every Torch Ship Captain.

However, for Song Chi, the Space Solidification Stone was still the more important mineral, as it could endow the Cang Qiong with enough spatial resistance.

As long as he could resist spatial rifts and spatial tempests to some extent, he would later be able to command the Cang Qiong to hunt Void Demons, thereby continuously acquiring the rare resource known as Void Crystals.

As long as he had enough Void Crystals, it surely wouldn't be too difficult to trade them in for resources for promoting various First Rank Torch Warships within his family, nor would it be impossible to exchange them for Purple or Orange components for his warship.

Of course, if he managed to obtain enough Space Solidification Stones and still had time to spare, he wouldn't mind making a trip to the Moonth Tree resource point.

The Space Solidification Stone resource point in the Moruo Secret Realm was located in the heart of the Floating Land. By the time the Cang Qiong arrived above the resource point, two kilometer-long warships had reached it ahead of him.

"Uncle, Grandfather, why didn't you go to the Moonth Tree resource point?"

As soon as he joined the communication channel, Song Chi immediately raised his question.

Naturally, he had his speculations.

The resource distribution map indicated that "Thousand-year Moonth Tree sap could improve the success rate of promoting to a Zhulu Warship." However, the Blood Blade Star Thieves or the Moruo Royal Family—who had controlled the secret realm for over a hundred years—if there were indeed Moonth Trees producing sap, they would undoubtedly have taken it long ago. How could it be their turn?

While talking with his grandfather and uncle, Song Chi was controlling the Cang Qiong to descend. Then, with the strange looks from Song Mingsong and Song Shan, the doors of the Cang Qiong opened, and two fully-equipped Furious Tiger Type 1 Floating Land Mining Carts quickly drove out from the airship, heading toward the Space Solidification Stone vein ahead.

There, four slightly larger Furious Tiger Type 2 Floating Land Mining Carts were already operating.

Above the Vault of Heaven, within the Furious Lion and the Mountain, Song Mingsong and Song Shan exchanged bewildered glances, their gazes shifting back and forth between the two Furious Tiger Type 1 Floating Land Mining Carts and the Cang Qiong.

No matter how they looked at it, the volumes of the two Furious Tiger Type I Floating Land Mining Carts nearly occupied nearly half of the storage space of the Cang Qiong.

"Could it be that the little guy takes these two big fellows with him every time he explores the Alien Star Domain?"

Amidst their puzzlement, the two of them quickly came upon another question. They remembered that a few hours ago, when they had conducted a Spatial Jump on board the Cang Qiong, there didn't seem to be these two mining carts in the hangar, right?

For a moment, the only two third-rank Torch Ship Captains in the family were almost simultaneously stumped by Song Chi.

As for this, Song Chi had actually thought about it when he first saw his grandfather and great-uncle's flagships lift off.

But then again, they were his closest elders, and knowing their personalities well, Song Chi still chose to release the two mining carts he had obtained from within the Ruins Market mid-journey.

At a time like this, there was no time to waste. If he really had to control the eight Fire Peony Soldier Figurines to mine manually, there definitely wouldn't be enough time to mine a sufficient amount of Space Solidification Stones.

Even though his grandfather and great uncle would most likely share some with him later, that wouldn't be enough for Song Chi, who needed not just one portion but also had to prepare one or even two portions for the subsequently to-be-replaced warship armor.

Based on these factors, Song Chi released the two Floating Land Mining Carts.

Half a minute later, the two Furious Tiger Type I Mining Carts had already started working, and as expected, his grandfather and great-uncle did not pursue the matter further, allowing Song Chi to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

To change the subject, he voiced a doubt he had in his mind.

"Grandfather, Great-Uncle, this secret realm was first controlled by the Moruo Clan for an unknown period, and then by the Blood Blade Star Thieves for a hundred or two hundred years. Logically speaking, shouldn't all its various resources have been exhausted long ago? Why do I still see so many resource points existing on the resource distribution chart?"

Upon hearing this, Song Mingsong first smiled, then explained:

"Every secret realm in the Shattered Starry Sea is tightly controlled by various civilizations. Little Chi, have you ever heard of a secret realm being abandoned due to the depletion of resources?"

Hearing that, Song Chi was slightly taken aback. It really seemed to be the case.

In the past, he thought he had just seen too few introductions to various secret realms in textbooks, which is why he had never heard of the term "Abandoned Secret Realm". But now, listening to his grandfather, it appeared that none of the secret realms in the Starry Sea had ever been abandoned due to resource depletion.

With this thought, he turned his gaze back to his grandfather on the projection screen.

Song Mingsong's smile deepened a bit before he continued to speak after a pause.

"Actually, all Starry Sea secret realms can undergo time acceleration. With that sort of thousandfold, ten thousandfold time acceleration, the resources within the realms can regenerate in cycles, relying on the special environment within their space!!"

This explanation was something Song Chi had not anticipated, so he was quite taken aback upon hearing the answer.

His mind continuously echoed the same thought.

"Secret realms can actually undergo time acceleration."

The reason why he was so shocked was because the first thing he thought of was his own Ruins Market Secret Realm. If secret realms could truly undergo time acceleration, could his Ruins Market Secret Realm also do so?

If that were the case, did it mean that his cultivation of the Guidance Technique could achieve rapid improvement through this? Could the subsequent trades in the Ruins Market turn 24 hours of the outside world into 240 hours, or even 2400 hours, a hundred days?

In an instant, Song Chi's eyes flickered non-stop, his mind filled with all sorts of thoughts.

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