Chapter 1432: Chapter 735: The Deepest Depths of the River of Time
The successful transformation of the [Time Chess Board] undoubtedly represents a significant enhancement for the main body of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.
However, even though the transformation is complete, the exploration of the external Ruins of the River of Time has not concluded yet.
The "Time·Retrospect" feature added to the [Time Chess Board] requires a large consumption of Spectral Energy, and resources like the Source of Time are equally essential.
Currently, this piece of the Ruins of the River of Time is the only place he knows of that can produce this resource.
The [Source of Time] may not be as coveted as super resources like Mixed Elemental Copper, Eternal Stone Bricks, or Chaos Qi, but its rarity is even greater. Now that there is an opportunity, naturally, it is best to stockpile some.
However, this obviously has nothing to do with his personal will. The external Ruins of the River of Time, after decades of exploration, now have only a small area left. Even if it is the core area, there can’t be too much of the Source of Time.
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Inside the external Mirror Image Warship, the Spiritual Force projected remotely by Song Chi controls the warship to continue heading in the designated direction, while he also diverts part of his Spiritual Force to look at the replicated [Time Chess Board] component on the side.
Unlike the [Time Chess Board] on the main body of the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, which has already evolved to Colorful Extreme Position, this replicated [Time Chess Board] is still at Colorful High-Rank Quality.
However, compared to nearly a century ago when the civilization war ended with only 2 activations of the "Nine-Life Life and Death Chess" feature remaining, the 361st "Nine-Life Life and Death Chess" piece on this replicated [Time Chess Board] does not have cracks nearly as dense.
{Nine-Life Life and Death Chess: The 361st piece on the Time Chess Board is a special Nine Lives Chess, sealed with vast Life and Death Power inside. It can be used for absolute revival or to assassinate a designated unit (the target’s Life Rank cannot exceed the component’s Enhancement Rank), but each activation causes the Life and Death Chess to shatter a little. After nine times, the Life and Death Chess will completely collapse, and this feature will transform into a random new feature. Currently, Nine-Life Life and Death Chess has been activated (8/9).}
Indeed, the Nine-Life Life and Death Chess feature has returned to the maximum of eight times now.
As for the reason, naturally, he refreshed the Mirror Image Warship ahead of time.
Having known that the [Source of Time] resources produced in the Ruins of the River of Time can promote the evolution of [Time Chess Board] components, how could Song Chi not anticipate the current situation?
Considering that once the [Time Chess Board] evolves to Colorful Extreme Quality, [Mirror Image Splitting] cannot replicate it anymore, he had already reset the Mirror Image Warship once over the past decades to maximize the effects of both the [Mirror Image Splitting] and [Time Chess Board] components.
With a high cooldown in effect, he could simply wait several months for it to be summoned again.
In retrospect, the decision to act ahead of time was undeniably the right one.
Even though the [Time Chess Board] component will not be easily mirrored again for a long time after this transformation, at least for now, there is a premise: unless he voluntarily recalls the Mirror Image Warship, as long as the remaining eight revival opportunities on this Mirror Image Warship are not completely used up, the Colorful High-Rank Quality [Time Chess Board] will be retained.
Comparing to the possibility of infinite replication, this does not seem particularly commendable. However, at the moment, it is considered a blessing in disguise.
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Shu!
Golden light enveloped the entire Main Control Room of the Mirror Image Warship. As the Sixth Rank Robber Star Race activated the [Ruins Market Projection Rank] in their hand, familiar Purple Mist Energy quickly gathered from the outside world.
Before long, the half-step Ninth Rank Projection of the Markets of the Heavens appeared above the Mirror Image Warship.
With the support of this half-step Ninth Rank Purple Mist phantom, not only was the subsequent exploration speed significantly increased, but the infiltration of the Power of Time into the ship’s interior was also greatly reduced.
The Mirror Image Warship had indeed been reset mid-way, but the temporal erosion endured by the ship itself thereafter was real and present.
Previously, this was naturally inconsequential, but now, with the promotion of the [Time Chess Board], every use of the remaining revival opportunities on the Mirror Image Warship is permanently lost. Until the issue of replicating Colorful Extreme Position Components with the [Mirror Image Splitting] component is formally resolved, Song Chi would not easily consume each precious revival opportunity.
"Hmm..."
At one moment, he let out a soft exclamation.
A pair of eyes was entirely drawn to that eternal dark black light in front.
After a long period of exploration, this last piece of the Ruins of the River of Time was nearly thoroughly searched, and he never expected there would still be a minor surprise at the end.
Black Quality oddities, while not entirely absent over the past few decades, were extremely limited in number, and more importantly, unable to be converted into ship components. Thus, this last Black Supreme Oddity brought him quite a bit of anticipation.
"Is this a key?"
As the Ruins Market Projection captured this oddity emitting dazzling black light into the warship, Song Chi finally saw the specific appearance of this oddity clearly.
That wasn’t the most crucial point. The key point was he quickly found that the surface of this black light key was not wrapped with the special resource of the [Source of Time].
"Without the isolation of the Source of Time, it still remained safely in the Ruins of the River of Time. Could it be... another time-related oddity?"
A thought instinctively emerged in his mind, but Song Chi didn’t ponder further. The result was clear at a glance.
Eyes focused, a panel of attributes soon floated before him.