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What Song Chi intended to express was... in the future, he had no idea when he would be able to obtain such a large amount of Titanium Crystals at once, or what kind of dangers he would have to endure. Coupled with his grandfather's words from before, he now placed great importance on the issue of the family's rank in the sequence.

If nothing unexpected occurred along the way, he would have to participate in the upcoming competition for the Song Family's Seventh Sequence status. Thus, he needed to make good use of the Titanium Crystals in his possession to maximize the combat power of the Cang Qiong as much as possible.

He didn't spend much time agonizing over the first component to enhance, which was of the Third Rank.

As more Purple components were enhanced to the Third Rank, the energy consumption of various components on the Cang Qiong naturally reached a new level. Additionally, since more Third Rank components would continue to be enhanced, it was necessary to ensure sufficient energy supply.

Before long, the "Light Energy Aggregation Engine," an Orange engine, was upgraded from lv30 to lv39.

This enhancement increased its energy supply efficiency from 2835/s to 3561/s.
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With this, there was no longer a need to worry about energy supply, and Song Chi continued to contemplate the subsequent enhancements.

After enhancing the "Light Energy Aggregation Engine," he was left with only 496 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin and 1361 Titanium Crystals, which were enough to upgrade two more Purple components to lv39. If it were an Orange component, only one more could be enhanced.

Therefore, he had to consider carefully.

After pondering for a while, Song Chi's focus mainly fell on seven components.

Among them, three were Orange, specifically:

[Silver III Generation Super-Wave Magic Energy Detection Radar], [Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree], and [External Cobalt Piercing Bullet Launcher]

The four Purple components were:

[Cold Light Heavenly Frost Cannon], [Phantom Thruster], [Void Escape Orb], and [Plasma Guardian]

These seven components, all of which could directly or indirectly enhance the combat power of the Cang Qiong, would be effective when upgraded to lv39, regardless of which one was chosen.

After some indecision, Song Chi eliminated the [Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree], [External Cobalt Piercing Bullet Launcher], [Cold Light Heavenly Frost Cannon], and [Plasma Guardian].

The [Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree] mainly served to increase the combat power of the Soldier Figurines, which didn't significantly boost the battle capabilities of the Cang Qiong in its warship form.

While it was indispensable for exploring the ancient battlefield of the Tri-Eye Race's super-giant flagship, that would only occur once it was enhanced to the Fourth Rank, which was impossible to achieve before his own "Seed of Torch" advanced.

Additionally, the Cang Qiong already had an Orange Main Cannon at lv39. Unless they encountered another enemy unit with an extremely high defense like the Golden Armored Giant Beast, the "Pure Yang Sword Beam Cannon" was sufficient. Hence, the [External Cobalt Piercing Bullet Launcher] was also temporarily set aside.

As for the [Cold Light Heavenly Frost Cannon], its main effect was to slow down enemy units, but this effect wouldn't significantly change until it was upgraded by a Great Rank.

Lastly, the [Plasma Guardian] was similar to the Void Assassin Clan Soldier Figurine Tree in that it didn't enhance the warship-form of the Cang Qiong, and thus Song Chi ultimately excluded it as well.

The current lv30 [Plasma Guardian] component had its Plasma Shield value skyrocket from the previous 22500 to 306000, which seemed to be sufficient for the time being.

Finally, only the [Silver III Generation Super-Wave Magic Energy Detection Radar], [Phantom Thruster], and [Void Escape Orb] remained as options before Song Chi.

Of course, more precisely, there were two choices, as the latter two components were both Purple and could be upgraded to lv39 if chosen for reinforcement.

After further deliberation, Song Chi ultimately chose the [Silver III Generation Super-Wave Magic Energy Detection Radar], the Orange radar.

After all, the radar functions like the eyes of a warship, and foresight in identifying the enemy is more important than anything else.

Additionally, Orange components have a higher limit than Purple ones, making them a better value for enhancement.

Well... those were the reasons Song Chi convinced himself with, and after deciding, he didn't dilly-dally and directly upgraded the [Silver III Generation Super-Wave Magic Energy Detection Radar] from lv30 to lv39.

Just like the "Light Energy Aggregation Engine," a total of 360 Titanium Crystals and 387 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin were consumed.

With this, the Orange radar also reached the ship's strengthening limit.

Silver III Generation Super-Wave Magic Energy Detection Radar lv39

Quality: Orange

Feature: Magic Energy Detection

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Feature 2: Star Chart Collector

Consumption: 300/s (Spectral Energy Points)

Detection Range: 1800 Light Hours

Precision: 890

UpRank Requirement: 100 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin, 2 strands of Fourth Rank Floating Land Origin, 70,000 Spectral Energy Points, 4,000 Terrastones, 60 Titanium Crystals, 1 Law Stone

{Magic Energy Detection: Within the detection range, all lifeforms or objects with special energy reactions will be specially marked on the display.}

{Star Chart Collector: After entering an unknown Star Domain, within half an hour of collection, the patrol radar will automatically generate a star map 400 times the size of the detection range.}

Note: The ship has reached the enhancement limit of its hull and cannot be further strengthened.

After the enhancement, this orange engine improved significantly in attributes, whether it was the detection range, precision, or the diameter of the star map generated, there was a substantial increase.

Not to mention anything else, the star map generated by the previously lv30 [Silver III Generation Super-Wave Magic Energy Detection Radar] had a diameter of only about 65 light-years, but now it has already broken through 100 light-years.

Besides, the "Magic Energy Detection" feature also saw a considerable improvement in its detection depth inside obstacles, which is quite satisfactory.

Shifting his gaze away from the components of the Cangqiong, Song Chi tapped on the remaining funds in his hand.

The Second Rank Floating Land Origin had dropped to a five-figure number, leaving only over 9,000 strands, and there were only 109 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin and 1,001 Titanium Crystals left.

However, in the blink of an eye, the resources in his hands were already heavily depleted; fortunately, the combat power of the Cangqiong had increased by not a small margin, and overall, it was very satisfying.

Thinking of this, he remembered a component that he had not paid attention to for over a year.

[Blue Torch Ship Hull] lv20.

If he was willing to strengthen it, he could instantly raise it to lv29, but after thinking it over, Song Chi decided not to strengthen it.

Compared to other components, the [Torch Ship Hull] itself does not provide a direct boost to the warship's combat power, except for the six special component slots provided every 5 levels and the Great Rank enhancement effect on all basic components, there are no other benefits from strengthening it.

Instead, the level of the Torch Ship Hull affects the area in which it is deployed within the Alien Star Domain; the higher the level of the Torch Ship Hull, the higher the likelihood of being deployed within the territories under the jurisdiction of a higher-level Alien River Domain civilization, and vice versa.

Based on this, unless there is a special reason, such as not having enough special slots on the warship or necessary Great Rank promotion, Torch Ship Captains generally are not in a hurry to upgrade the [Torch Ship Hull].

After all, the higher the level of the alien civilization, the greater the danger, and the greater the risk during the 24-hour exploration.

The Cangqiong currently has 26 special slots (2+6+6+6+6), with 20 already in use and 6 still vacant.

So, there was no need to rush into enhancing this component.

...

Time passed, and several days went by in the blink of an eye.

The Song Family had returned to the Dragon Spine Continent the day before. After detailing the specifics of their trip to Copper Mountain Continent to Bai Xiuqin and the others who had stayed behind, their faces first showed a look of solemnity.

After gently praising Song Chi, Bai Xiuqin's expression suddenly turned cold.

"In that case, there's no need to maintain too close a contact with them in the future; just keep two basic communication channels open..."

Hearing this, Zhao Hongxue and the others at the side prepared to speak out to dissuade her, but Bai Xiuqin, usually known for her gentleness, was very firm this time and did not give anyone a chance to argue.

Everyone could understand her position, as the situation was no trivial matter and had almost led to an irreparable outcome. The Bai Family did not take the initiative to apologize; instead, they were the first to speak up and were aggressive.

Under such circumstances, how could Bai Xiuqin not be angry?

They had never considered the feelings of someone who had married over from the Bai Family!!

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