Chapter 119: 93: Plunder · Harvest

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Facing these starships that had already lost their vigilance, Song Chi couldn’t help but silently applaud them in his heart; this truly saved him a lot of trouble.

While controlling the Cangqiong to continuously attack each Second Rank warship, doing his utmost to destroy the fleet’s fighting forces, Song Chi also did not forget to search for the location of the logistical units of this base built on the small fragment belt. Since he was going to plunder resources, the logistical units were naturally his primary target.

Before long, he successfully located the enemy’s logistical units. Song Chi first eliminated most of the living forces in that area with a blast from the main cannon, and then he deployed ten Fire Peony Soldier Figurines and a military combat robot.

The Brainwave Beacon that had been activated earlier was still within its duration, so he could continue to remote-control them.

It was not much different from when he landed on the Second Rank starships before, except that he faced even more astonishing firepower this time. The ten Fire Peony Soldier Figurines and the combat robot faced hundreds of Starshine Civilization aliens armed with thermal weapons. Despite several forceful charges that failed to break through the enemy lines, it was the energy grenades that Song Chi had prepared in advance that proved to be highly effective.

Once the ten Fire Peony Soldier Figurines and the combat robot closed in for melee combat, what followed was merely a one-sided massacre.

After completely cleaning up the aliens inside this logistical building, the ten Fire Peony Soldier Figurines opened the doors of the fleet’s logistical warehouse located deep within the building.

As his gaze swept across the inside of the warehouse, even Song Chi, remotely viewing from the Cangqiong, was slightly taken aback, followed promptly by great joy.

The warehouse was huge, covering an area of several thousand square meters. Though most of the items stacked inside were specialized weapons and ammunition of this Starshine Civilization, he also found quite a few valuable items.

There were over ten thousand strands of Floating Land Origin, including over a thousand of First Rank and tens of thousands of Zero Rank. Additionally, there were various common mineral resources like electrum, mithril, and purple copper.

Besides that, there were several Starry Sea Oddities. Not to mention the five white ones, there were also two Blue Oddities and one Strange Object that could be transformed into a shipborne main cannon.

A rough estimate concluded that the value of the resources in this warehouse would not be less than eighty thousand strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin.

After a moment’s thought, without lingering outside any longer, Song Chi seized an opportunity to retrieve the Cangqiong, donning a set of military exoskeleton armor, and rapidly rushed into the warehouse on the side of the logistics department.

The variety of mineral resources in the warehouse was substantial, and it would take who knows how long if he relied solely on the Fire Peony Soldier Figurines and the combat robot to move them. He must use the Cangqiong as an intermediary to be able to transport these materials to the Zhu Tian Ruins Market as quickly as possible.

As for the reason for such haste, he joked, this was the lair of a leading faction in a Second Level technological civilization. The Cangqiong could assault the enemy’s fleet base so effortlessly because the enemy had not encountered such an emergency situation for many years, but such a situation wouldn’t last long.

Once the enemy came to their senses, and thousands upon thousands of starships converged, the concentrated fire from countless shipborne main cannons would fall upon them. By then, even the Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator would not guarantee the Cangqiong’s absolute safety.

After all, the Starshine Civilization was a Second Level technological civilization, and strictly speaking, the Cangqiong was merely a First Rank starship; how could it truly act without any restraint?

Fortunately, the space in the logistical warehouse was big enough to summon the Cangqiong inside.

With the appearance of the Cangqiong, the ten Fire Peony Soldier Figurines and the combat robot began to transport various resources from the warehouse rapidly. Yet Song Chi was still unsatisfied, feeling it too slow, as he could already imagine the swiftly gathering Starshine Civilization starships outside, leaving him little time.

In the end, he simply brought out two Floating Land Mining Carts, allowing the vehicle intelligence to control them automatically. The mining carts instantly transformed into temporary transport vehicles, rapidly moving the gathered mineral resources into the Cangqiong.

As soon as the cargo bay of the Cangqiong was filled, Song Chi immediately transported it into the Ancestral Torch and then transferred it into the Ruins Market.

After two rounds of this process, nearly half of the warehouse’s resources had been moved.

Boom!

Loud sounds of artillery fire suddenly came from the great hall outside the warehouse, followed by a slight tremor.

Song Chi’s eyebrows tightened, and a sense of impending crisis suddenly rose to an unprecedented level.

“No, we can’t delay any longer, retreat!”

Finally, he decisively issued the retreat order. Although more than half the resources in the warehouse had yet to be moved, his life was clearly more important.

Moreover, items like Floating Land Origin and Starry Sea Oddities, which hold the most value, had already been taken into the Ruins Market during the first round. In other words, the bulk had already been secured, so there was no need to risk his life for the remainder.

Upon his command, the eleven figures, which a moment ago had been busy transporting goods, immediately stopped their work and quickly returned onboard the Cangqiong without hesitation.

Song Chi himself also returned to the Cangqiong at the first opportunity. He did not choose to store the Cangqiong in the Ancestral Aperture in order to summon it after leaving the warehouse; instead, he prepared to directly break out.

By now, who knew how many Second Rank Starshine Civilization starships had gathered outside, and a barrage of intense fire could rain down at any moment. It would be too dangerous to charge out in the flesh.

As for the potential damage that might be caused to the Cangqiong by the direct escape, Song Chi couldn’t care about that at such a time. And he had recently obtained a “Healing Fruit” component which could repair the ship’s body; at most, it would just cost him some extra time.