Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Particle Beam Cannon
Besides, there was actually another minor reason.
He had just enhanced the Goldrock Ship Armor to lv10, which he hadn’t used even once. If he were to replace it now, all the resources spent on enhancing the Goldrock Ship Armor would have been wasted.
Once dismounted, all the enhancement levels of a ship’s components would be reset to zero, and no resources spent on the enhancements would be refunded.
Overlooking the Obsidian Ship Armor, Song Chi turned his attention to the second orb of light.
His eyes brightened; he was much more excited compared to when he saw the Obsidian Warship Armor.
Particle Beam Main Cannon lv0
Quality: Blue
Consumption: 20/shot (Spectral Energy Points)
Feature: Main Cannon Might Increase by 10%
Might: 17
Charge: 10s; Buffer: 20s
Upgrade Requirement: 3 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, 300 Spectral Energy Points.
Although the Spectral Main Cannon on the Cang Qiong had also been enhanced to lv10 not long ago, the difference was that the Spectral Main Cannon was only a Colorless Quality main cannon, which was two quality levels lower than the Particle Beam Cannon he was looking at now, meaning that in terms of enhancement limit and attack power, the Particle Beam Cannon would completely outperform it.
Moreover, there was the most important point: this Particle Beam Cannon had a feature, making it the top rank among the blue-quality components.
Generally speaking, only components of purple quality and above have their own unique features. However, there are also a small number of blue components with features, and every blue component with a feature is considered the top rank among its peers.
“Dad, does Mom’s Dragonfly have a blue-quality main cannon?”
Although Song Chi really wanted this Particle Beam Cannon, his mom’s Dragonfly was currently at a critical point of advancing. A good main cannon would allow the Dragonfly to kill more alien races during exploration in the Alien Star Domain, thereby increasing the chance of a successful advancement more quickly.
Therefore, he had to let his mom choose first. Although he was also in need of a main cannon, he was still young and had more time ahead of him.
Song Chao’s eyes flashed with a touch of relief, and he smiled, saying:
“You really should mention that because I was actually going to choose this main cannon for you and leave the Obsidian Ship Armor for your mom; now that you’ve taken the initiative to choose this Particle Beam Cannon, it just so happens to work out.”
Seeing that Song Chi was still not reassured, Song Chao continued before his son could speak:
“Don’t worry, the main cannon on your mom’s Dragonfly is also Blue Quality, and it was even enhanced to over lv20 a long time ago. You can rest assured, I will take care of your mom’s promotion task. You just focus on dealing with every Alien Star Domain exploration that comes your way.”
Song Chi nodded, and after hearing his dad’s firm answer, he finally rested assured and absorbed the orb of light containing the Particle Beam Cannon into the Ancestral Torch.
In the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, he summoned out the Cang Qiong, quickly dismounted the Spectral Main Cannon, and replaced it with the Particle Beam Cannon.
He then immediately began the enhancement of the Particle Beam Cannon.
Enhancing a blue-quality component required more resources than a white one. Song Chi spent a total of 271 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin to enhance it to lv10.
Particle Beam Main Cannon lv10
Quality: Blue
Consumption: 40/shot (Spectral Energy Points)
Feature: Main Cannon Might Increase by 15%
Might: 173
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Charge: 3s; Buffer: 6s
UpRank Requirement: 15 strands of First Rank Floating Land Origin, 2500 Spectral Energy Points.
Song Chi stopped at this point, not because he was unwilling to enhance further, but because he had only 12 strands of First Rank Floating Land Origin left in his possession, insufficient for another upgrade.
However, compared with the previous Spectral Main Cannon, the attributes of the Particle Beam Cannon were much stronger.
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In the warship base behind the First Torch Academy of Jiangyuan, a warship named “Lightshine” was docked.
Inside the Lightshine, Zhu Yaokui, the dean of the First Torch Academy and a Third Rank Torch Ship Captain, was standing atop a Ghost Energy Cultivation Platform with an enhancement level of lv39, meditatively practicing the Guidance Technique.
For a Torch Ship Captain who had advanced to Third Rank over two hundred years ago and was nearing five hundred years old, nothing was more important than persisting in cultivation.
Based on the average lifespan of Torch Ship Captains in Torch Human Civilization,
a Zero Rank Torch Ship Captain had the same lifespan as an ordinary person, still only 140 years.
First Rank Torch Ship Captains lived much longer, around 200 years.
Second Rank Torch Ship Captains lived even longer, with a lifespan of up to 300 years.
Once reaching Third Rank, the change was even greater, as the lifespan doubled from the Second Rank’s basis, reaching up to 600 years.
Six hundred years was undoubtedly a very long time, yet every Third Rank Torch Ship Captain would often feel as though they didn’t have enough of it.
The enhancement of Torch Warships was fast, as long as one had the specific resources they could be UpRanked quickly, but cultivating the Guidance Technique was not possible, especially after reaching lv30 or above. The speed of cultivation was indescribable, and to raise one level could typically take several decades or even hundreds of years.
Therefore, even a veteran Cruiser Captain like Zhu Yaokui, who had advanced to Third Rank nearly three hundred years ago, had only reached a Guidance Technique level of lv37.
With only a hundred years left before reaching the end of his life, if he did not want to turn into a mound of yellow soil a hundred years later, he must attempt to advance to Fourth Rank. The prerequisite for challenging the Fourth Rank was having a Guidance Technique level of at least lv39.
This was the main reason Zhu Yaokui and more than ninety percent of Third Rank Torch Ship Captains spent most of their spare time on the Ghost Energy Cultivation Platform.
Just then, a series of shouts came from outside the Lightshine. Zhu Yaoqiu’s cultivation was disturbed. He instinctively frowned and was about to rebuke the noise harshly, but upon scanning with his mind and realizing it was his son, he actively exited his cultivation state.
Outside the Lightshine, Zhu Kang did not enter the warship; instead, Zhu Yaokui came out to meet him.
Although it seemed very unimpressive, there was no helping it—it was just the way the Torch Warships operated.
Once an outsider entered a Torch Warship, no matter the strength of the entrant, the Torch Warship would deduct 10 strands of Floating Land Origin corresponding to the warship’s rank.
Moreover, this was only temporary, lasting ten minutes. After ten minutes, for every additional minute, double the strands of Floating Land Origin had to be deducted continuingly.
For example, letting Zhu Kang enter the Lightshine would mean that the moment he stepped on board, the Lightshine would have to deduct 10 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin. If Zhu Kang stayed on board for eleven minutes, another 20 strands of Third Rank Floating Land Origin would have to be deducted, for twelve minutes it would be 40 strands, for thirteen minutes 80 strands, and so on.
Due to this special restriction, each Torch Ship Captain generally would not allow outsiders to enter their personal warships, especially the high-rank Torch Ship Captains.
“What’s it this time? Your elder brother couldn’t solve it for you, and you have to come to me?”
Zhu Yaokui’s face was stern, and his tone was quite cold. He had never thought highly of this son of his, who typically only caused trouble.
Zhu Kang knew that he was not favored by Zhu Yaokui, so he went straight to the point.
“Dad, I heard some news about Titanium Crystals recently.”