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Chapter 190 Space Wormhole Law Scar Purple Space Exp

    Chapter 190: The Scar of the Space Wormhole Law Purple Space Expansion Component (Subscribe)


    Just an asteroid belt, five-head, half-step, fourth-level creatures appeared. What is this concept?


    You should know that the soul floating land, which has touched the threshold for the advancement of the ④-level star sea floating land, has only appeared in two half-step fourth-level until it is completely controlled by the family''s first straight line.


    As a star-sea floating land, the soul floating land is much more than the asteroid belt environment. The probability of birth of high-level creatures is much greater.


    "Can these humanoid aliens come from a more super-level starry sea floating land?"


    "Or what rare resources can promote biological improvement hidden in the stronghold behind the light?"


    For a moment, Song Chi had a lot of thoughts in his mind.


    After calming down, he continued to ask a lot, but he was not satisfied with the reply he received.


    In general, the third-class humanoid alien in front of him has not a high status in the alien stronghold behind the light curtain, and he basically does not know any important matters.


    More like a tool man who is purely used to capture creatures in the asteroid belt.


    …


    "Okay, you go back and try now!"


    Seeing that he could not ask for any other useful information, Song Chi decided to use himself as the carrier to attach a ray of brain wave mark to enter the light curtain with his own eyes.


    “Yes, master!”


    After receiving Song Chi''s order, the third-level humanoid alien quickly walked out of the cage and left the Cangqiu, pretending to be a tribe returning midway and heading towards the distant light curtain.


    Of course, he was doing the whole show, and he also escorted dozens of first- and second-level planetary creatures in his hand. These were also captured by Song Chi during the middle of the journey and are just in handy now.


    …


    In front of the light curtain with a diameter of thousands of miles, the figures of the third-order humanoid alien race quickly sank into it.


    In the Cangqiu, a brand new picture appeared in Song Chi''s mind. After that light curtain, it was not as he had imagined before.


    There are no asteroids scattered and suspended everywhere, there is only a giant asteroid with a diameter of hundreds of miles floating quietly in the middle of the light curtain.


    This giant asteroid has some stone buildings, stacked and aggregated into the residences of these humanoid alien creatures.


    But strangely, there are obvious splicing marks on this giant asteroid. These marks vary in length, but they are spread throughout the surface of the asteroid.


    With just one glance, Song Chi can confirm that this is by no means a naturally formed asteroid, but is composed of countless small asteroids of different sizes.


    According to the previous third-order humanoid aliens, the depth of the tribe in their mouths is likely to refer to the interior of this giant asteroid, that is, the interior of this giant asteroid is hollow, and there is also hidden space.


    In that unknown space, there is also a space channel connecting the strange star domain and most likely to contain great benefits or opportunities.


    Thinking of this, he directly ordered:


    "Try to go to the depths of the tribe!"


    With his order, the energy on the surface of the third-order humanoid alien race surged, carrying itself and dozens of asteroid-belt creatures around it fell towards the giant asteroid.


    It fell rapidly all the way, and it soon landed on the surface of the asteroid and headed towards the so-called deep entrance of the tribe.


    The entrance to the depths of the clan is a giant obliquely downward opening. The diameter of the cave is neither large nor small, with a diameter of about dozens of meters. However, before the third-level humanoid aliens could go far, they were stopped by two same third-level tribes guarding the entrance.


    "Chel, just leave these aliens to us, you can go back!"


    Hearing this, Chel did not reply immediately, waiting for Song Chi''s order.


    After thinking for a while, although Song Chi was extremely curious, he was not impulsive and passed the order to let the third-level humanoid aliens leave first.


    Hundreds of thousands of meters away, Song Chi in the Sky was quietly waiting. The reason why he did not let the third-level humanoid alien named Chel take action directly was because he had to wait for the subsequent re-cooling of the [brain wave remote control system] components.


    At the moment, the brain wave channel is marked on Chel, and it is obvious that it is not enough to rely on Chel alone. After all, there are more than 40 third-level tribes among the strongholds that Chel knows. This is not the five half-step fourth-level humanoid aliens, so they must be carefully planned.


    …


    The next day, two uninvited guests arrived quietly outside the light curtain of thousands of miles.


    hold head high!


    The thorny dragon with a wingspan of 1,500 meters roared to the sky, and its hot dragon breath kept spewing on the humanoid alien creatures entering and leaving the light curtain around. Under this hot dragon breath, all humanoid aliens below level three affected were burned to ashes without exception.


    Not far from the Thorn Flying Dragon, Tuoguhong, holding the Qingming Split Spear, was also emitting the magnificent blood and energy in his body. The tip of the ink green spear continued to bombard the surface of the light curtain, and the light curtain began to sway violently, as if it was about to collapse the next moment.


    This change naturally attracted the attention of the humanoid alien creatures in the light curtain at the first time.


    At the entrance of the clan, two third-level humanoid aliens looked up at the sky. When they noticed that the light curtain barrier above their heads was already a little overwhelmed, they did not hesitate anymore.


    Energy in the body surged out, and the next second, both bodies disappeared from their original position. When they appeared again, they had already appeared above the giant asteroid.


    With them, there are also digital third-level humanoid alien races, which are left-behind strongholds or the same races that happened to return within these two days.


    Eight third-level humanoid aliens rushed out of the light curtain barrier one after another, and their bodies were expanding rapidly, reaching a height of 1,000 meters in a blink of an eye.


    Seeing this, the thorny dragon stopped breathing, and the blood and energy in Tuoguhong''s body on the other side gushed, and his body also began to increase sharply.


    It activated its talent for "Ancestor Blessing" and its aura soared to the peak of the third level.


    In this way, the ten third-level creatures fought together, and the violent battle fluctuations caused great noise in this asteroid belt.


    More than 100,000 meters away, the Sky, hidden behind a kilometer asteroid, did not reveal a trace of sound, as if an experienced hunter was waiting for the final chance of a killing attack.


    In the main control room, Song Chi''s eyes were staring at the projection light screen in front of him. The screen showed the battlefield of ten third-level creatures. However, Song Chi''s eyes did not fall on the ten main masters who were in the battle, but were staring at the light curtain barrier behind them.


    Under the aftermath of the fierce battle, this light curtain that was already shaking under Tuoguhong''s attack became dimmer and dimming, and it was obvious that it would completely collapse in no time.


    Capturing this situation, Song Chi thought to himself. He sent Nachel the command to take action through telepathy.


    In an ordinary stone building on the surface of the giant asteroid, Chel, who had been hiding from the stone house under the order of Song Chi, stepped out of the stone house and then quickly rushed towards the entrance of the clan.


    In front of the diagonal downward entrance with a diameter of dozens of meters, Chel, who was flying all the way, rushed in without hesitation.


    As it walked quickly, hidden space fluctuations flashed behind it.


    “Hiss!”


    When you pass through a not-so-long dark passage, Cher came to the inside of the giant asteroid and took a breath of cool air.


    The space deep in the entrance of this tribe is much larger than he imagined. The diameter of the asteroid under his feet is no more than 200,000 meters, but the space deep in this tribe has a horrifying length, width and height of 100,000 meters.


    In Chel''s impression, at most, there is a secret room space of hundreds of meters in depth in the clan, connected to a space channel to an unknown area, but he never knew it would be such a terrifying closed space.


    Compared to Chel''s suspicion, Song Chi, who was hundreds of thousands of meters away, was no less shocked than his.


    But Chel was shocked by the internal space of this asteroid, and what Song Chi was afraid of was the whirlpool of amazing diameter on the inside of this space.


    This space vortex is oval, not like it is formed by torn, but more like a natural void channel.


    And this is also a point that surprised Song Chi.


    You should know that in the broken starry sea, the most common space channels are space gates, space arrays, etc. manually opened by smart biological civilization, and then space cracks and space cracks formed due to unknown reasons.


    The least type is the star sea wormhole spontaneously formed by the star sea. The two star fields that this type of space channel can connect are farther and the most stable.


    The one in front of me is a space wormhole with a diameter of about 10,000 meters.


    But this is not the most surprising thing. What shocked Song Chi even more was that at this moment, there was the wreckage of an ancient warship in the core space of this asteroid.


    The shape of this ancient warship is extremely strange, very different from an ordinary interstellar warship. It is more like an interstellar giant boat. At first glance, it gives Song Chi the feeling of dreaming of returning to the blue star in his previous life.


    Of course, this interstellar giant boat is just an ancient warship with a similar appearance to the Blue Star in the previous life, but its size is only described in terms of horror.


    The hull of more than 10,000 meters, even the height of the boat reached a terrifying two thousand meters, which was extremely terrifying.


    Just from this terrifying size, you can imagine how shocked Song Chi was at this moment.


    You should know that even the fourth-level Zhulu-level torch warship of the torch human civilization is only three thousand meters long.


    In addition, aside from the size of this warship, the ancient rhyme scar that cannot be ignored in the appearance of its hull is also an extremely eye-catching point.


    Based on some knowledge about civilization relics learned in the past, Song Chi estimated that the warship had probably fallen for more than ten thousand years, or even tens of thousands of years.


    Only in this way can time unknowingly leave such unspeakable ancient traces on its hull.


    Thinking about it, Song Chi instinctively began to guess the origin of the wreckage of this ancient warship. It could not have appeared here out of thin air. It is likely to have been shuttled by the wormhole in the space ahead.


    But the question is again. Since they have already been shuttled over, why did they eventually fall?


    Where is the star field where it was originally located?


    What else is there?


    Why does a space wormhole with a diameter of 10,000 meters appear in an asteroid belt in violation of common sense?


    In the Cangqiu, Song Chi''s reaction was very fast and turned back in an instant. Although countless thoughts emerged in his mind for a moment, it was actually just a matter of a flash.


    Tread!


    In front, heavy footsteps suddenly came from the wreckage of the ancient warship. A figure that was nearly twenty meters tall and emitting powerful pressure all over his body appeared from it. It was a half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race.


    Song Chi was a little surprised in the main control room of the Cangqiong.


    What he was surprised about was not the appearance of this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien, but the way it appeared.


    In his guess, it is even more likely that these humanoid aliens will enter the space wormhole ahead, but they did not expect that the other party would come out of the wreckage of this 10,000-meter ancient warship.


    "Have you completely explored the wreckage of this warship..."


    As he muttered, the half-step fourth-level humanoid aliens who appeared in front of him also spoke coldly.


    "Chel, from this point of view, you made all the noises in the outside world, which is interesting!"


    As he said that, the energy around him suddenly overflowed, and the strong half-step fourth-order pressure suddenly enveloped the entire asteroid core space.


    This is not over yet. After emitting the pressure of his whole body, he seemed to be afraid of the reason why Chel made such a move. His body turned into a phantom and came quickly.


    Judging from his position, it is obvious that we must solve the uncertainty of Chel in the shortest time to ensure the absolute security of the entire asteroid core space.


    "I''m so eager to solve Chel. It seems that the gains obtained from the wreckage of this ancient warship have made these half-step fourth-level humanoid aliens have gained a lot..."


    While thinking, Song Chi changed his mind, and then a faint fluctuation came from the space not far from Chel.


    Although the humanoid alien race that was racing ahead was half a step fourth, it was in the asteroid belt and did not have the blessing of the original rules of the floating land. Therefore, he did not notice this obscure space fluctuation.


    "I want to see where the connection behind this space wormhole..."


    In the sky, Song Chi narrowed his eyes.


    At the same time, five Void Shadow Killing Clan Warriors appeared quietly in front of the space wormhole with a diameter of 10,000 meters.


    Until this time, the half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race in the rear was aware of it. They directly gave up on Chel''s attack and followed the Void Shadow Killing Clan''s Fiery Warriors who had emerged.


    Song Chi ignored these things and directly controlled the Void Shadow Killing Clan Warriors'' Warriors to rush into this space wormhole with his brain wave sign.


    The first glance at the wormhole, Song Chi saw a spiral void passage through the dark side of the starry sea with his brain waves.


    But without waiting for him to observe anything more, the Void Shadow Killing Clan War Warriors who were cutting the way in front were suddenly wiped out silently.


    This discovery made Song Chi suddenly startled. Although the Void Shadow Killing War Warriors who could be summoned repeatedly, this strange method really made people feel at ease.


    "It''s not a crack in the void, nor is it a breeze in the void. What exactly is it?"


    There was no time to make him think too much, and the half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race behind him had already caught up.


    The remaining three Void Shadow Killing Clan Warriors can only continue to explore the way forward.


    But in less than ten seconds, the Void Shadow Killing Clan War terracotta that was walking carefully ahead was quietly wiped out in the same way again.


    This time, Song Chi, who had three minds separated from each Void Shadow Killing Clan Warrior Warrior, finally captured the fleeting change, and at the same time made his pupils suddenly shrink.


    “Sign of the Law…”


    "There are traces of laws everywhere in this wormhole passage, or are the traces of laws deliberately hidden in the void!"


    The trace of the law is not mentioned in previous textbooks. Song Chi only had a rough understanding of these secret knowledge after returning to the Song family.


    As the name suggests, the mark of law is a mark of law left in the void through special means. It often contains the power of law. They do not distinguish between targets and will explode instantly as long as they are touched, erasing all objects nearby, which is terrifyingly dangerous.


    More importantly, these marks of laws can independently draw energy from the void of the starry sea, thus continuing the long years and immortality. What''s more, the longer the years you experience, the more amazing the remaining laws.


    As for how these traces of laws come from, they can be inadvertently retained by the powerful man in the Star Sea when fighting, or they can be actively arranged by some existences.


    What is certain is that the traces of the law left in the space wormhole under your feet are most likely to be deliberately arranged by the ancient warship falling on the asteroid belt I saw before, to hinder the pursuers behind you.


    But for some reason, it finally sank.


    In this way, Song Chi finally understood why those half-step fourth-order humanoid aliens have been capturing asteroid belt creatures for more than two hundred years.


    They are obviously using the asteroid belt creatures to explore the way, and constantly open a safe route in this space wormhole channel that can avoid the hidden traces of the law, so as to continue to advance towards the unknown star domain before the ancient warship shuttled through.


    After figuring this out, the Cangkong, hundreds of thousands of meters away, finally took action. Under Song Chi''s control, it suddenly rushed out from the 100,000-meter asteroid. In the blink of an eye, it crossed 100,000 meters to reach the battlefield of the ten-stage third-level creatures.


    Swish---


    As the cabin door opened, the remaining 25 Void Shadow Killing War Warriors flew out one after another, and rushed straight to the eight third-level humanoid aliens who fought against Thorn Flying Dragon and Tuoguhong.


    At the same time, the main and secondary cannons on the Cangkong did not show any mercy and fired with all their might.


    With the active intervention of the Cangqiong, these third-level humanoid aliens without the blessing of the original rules of the floating land had almost no resistance and were quickly solved one by one.


    And also inside the space wormhole, as it gradually deepened, Song Chi frowned, and there was only one Void Shadow Killing Clan Warrior who was exploring the way, but he still hadn''t seen the end of the wormhole for a long time.


    Of course, this is not the most important point. The most important thing is that the unknown star domain connected by this space wormhole is obviously far away from the asteroid belt outside, and the wormhole channel in the dark side of the star sea is also infinitely scaled.


    In this way, every time the Void Shadow Killing War Warriors go further, the distance from the outside world is actually hundreds of millions of kilometers.


    Now, in a short time, Song Chi''s brain wave mark had a feeling of being unable to do anything, and his mind''s sense of induction of this brain wave mark was rapidly weakening.


    As a result, the last two Void Shadow Killing Clan''s Warriors naturally advanced slowly and slowly, and the half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race that was chasing behind finally caught up.


    Compared with the Void Shadow Killing War Warriors, there is obviously a clear safety line in his mind, and he has not touched the traces of the laws that hide in the void along the way.


    Taking advantage of the fact that the brain wave remote control system has a certain control ability on the Void Shadow Killing Warriors, Song Chi issued an attack order.


    But the result is obvious that the pseudo-level third-level combat power is so vulnerable to half-step fourth-level creatures.


    In addition, in this extremely stable space wormhole in the void, the void abilities that the Void Shadow Killing Clan Warriors themselves are also restricted in all aspects, and the two warriors were quickly killed.


    In front, I saw the broken puppet bodies of two Void Shadow Killing Clan Warriors. A half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race appeared in the eyes, as if ridiculing the Void Shadow Killing Clan Warriors Warriors and Song Chi, the person behind the scenes, overestimating their abilities.


    Then it quickly threw the puppet bodies of the two terracotta warriors into a hidden law mark node next to it. With the trigger of this law mark node, the remaining bodies of the two terracotta warriors were quickly turned into nothingness by the terrifying law power.


    After doing all this, the fourth-order humanoid alien race began to quickly return, and there was still a Chel who had to solve the problem in the outside world.


    According to the safety line I remembered in my memory, the half-step fourth-order humanoid alien rushed back as quickly as possible. When it saw the exit of the wormhole in front of me appearing in front of me, it felt a little relieved.


    Although he knew very well that Chel himself would never cause any damage to this extremely stable space channel, he was still a little worried after all. Seeing that there was nothing unusual in the space channel, it naturally subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.


    After confirming this, the cold color on its face reappeared. No matter what reason Chel planned all this today, and where did he find these helpers, he would kill the traitors in this clan today.


    The cold eyes flashed quickly in the eyes, and he also stepped out of the wormhole.


    In the asteroid core space, Chel still stood quietly in her previous position. Seeing this, the cold color in the eyes of the half-step fourth-order humanoid alien turned into a smile, but when he saw the strange steel creation floating beside Chel, he was stunned again.


    Without further ado, the next second, the humanoid alien race with a half-step fourth-level was wrapped in an extreme cold feeling, which was a threat of death to the extreme.


    Song Chi did not give him any reaction time. The "Hundong Jiyang Sword Intent Divine Light" that had completed the final charging suddenly exploded. With the majestic power that penetrated everything, it instantly rushed to the half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race.


    In the blink of an eye, the half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race could not react too much. It only had time to activate all the energy in its body, and its body was rapidly rising, but before it could expand to a height of 1,000 meters, it had already been penetrated by the phantom of the Miandong Jiyang Sword Intent Divine Light.


    The skyrocketing body suddenly stagnated, and then it began to shrink sharply. Two seconds later, it retracted from a height of less than twenty meters from a height of three hundred meters.


    At the same time, Song Chi in the main control room of the Cangqiong also captured the fast and dim look in his eyes.


    Obviously, under the "Hundong Jiyang Sword Intention Divine Light" characteristics of lv39 [Pure Yang Sword Light Cannon], this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race was almost killed instantly. If there were no other accidents, it would soon die completely.


    Song Chi was completely unsurprising about this. Even though they were both half-step fourth-level creatures, this type of humanoid alien race did not have the blessing of the core origin rules of the floating land, nor did he return to the kilometer form of peak combat power at the first time. It was not surprising that he was killed instantly by the Hundong Jiyang Sword Intent Divine Light.


    However, compared to the murderous intent before, Song Chi made an unexpected move at this moment.


    I saw a familiar red light shot out from the Sky again, which was the slavery mark of the [Slavery Medal].


    This slavery mark was temporarily contributed by Tuoguhong. He himself, like Zhao Lei, was temporarily sealed in the market.


    As for why we should do this?


    It’s very simple. Through the brain wave mark, Song Chi already knew that this half-step fourth-order humanoid alien race had a high probability of controlling a very safe route in the minds of this half-step fourth-order humanoid alien, so he made some changes to his decision-making temporarily.


    In comparison, a living guide is obviously more valuable. Although he has the Fire Aoi Warriors and the Void Shadow Killing Clan Warriors, he can continue to explore the way forward in a long distance, but this obviously takes time, and what Song Chi lacks the most now is time.


    Therefore, enslaving this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race is the best choice now.


    With the invasion of the slavery mark, this humanoid alien race resisted for a short time. After all, it was a half-step fourth-level creature, and it was normal for him to have stronger willpower.


    Of course, in the end, I still cannot escape the result of being enslaved by the [Slavery Medal].


    After the enslavement was successful, Song Chi quickly leaned over the Cangkong and opened the hatch immediately, leading the dying half-step fourth-level humanoid alien into the Cangkong.


    At the same time, the Morning Star universal medical box on the battleship that has always been equipped for exploration of alien realms was taken out by Song Chi as soon as possible and began to treat the terrifying wound on the side of the chest for this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien.


    Under his urgent treatment, coupled with the extremely outstanding self-healing ability of the half-step fourth-level creature, this terrifying wound was finally barely controlled, leaving it without subsequent life danger.


    But to be honest, although the injury was barely controlled, this general medical box was just a standard product after all, not a special carrier-based "medical cabin" component, and the treatment effect was naturally far inferior.


    It will take a long time to completely recover from this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race and return to its peak combat power period.


    I guess it will be inevitable for several months.


    Thinking of this, Song Chi''s heart moved slightly and thought that he would have to get a special component such as a "medical cabin" in the future.


    Before, because I knew my personality very well, I rarely went out to fight in person, and it was difficult to encounter serious injuries. Therefore, I have never put this "special medical component" in the ranks of primary items. But now, I still have to be equipped with it after seeing this.


    If an emergency occurs, a piece of medical component can save a lot of trouble and be safer.


    This thought flashed through my heart, and Song Chi shook his head again, not thinking about it any more.


    Overall, he is still in a very good mood now.


    After all, the purpose of this slavery was to make the safety roadmap in the brains of this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien race, and there was no need for combat at all, so it was not important to be injured or not.


    The only helpless thing is that even though the injury has been controlled, this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien is still in a coma. It is impossible to ask him about the specific situation of the other end of the space wormhole in a short time.


    The damage caused to the divine light of Hundong Jiyang Sword Intent to him was amazing enough. If you want him to wake up, you may have to wait at least ten more hours.


    Song Chi is still acceptable to this, just as he also needs to wait for the re-cooling of the [brain wave remote control system] components.


    Although he can get the complete safety circuit map in his mind as long as he waits for this half step to wake up, he can get the complete safety circuit map in his mind, but it is absolutely right to add another long-distance path-seeking insurance.


    Thinking of it, his eyes turned, and then he reached out to explore the body of this half-step fourth-level humanoid alien.


    After all, they are all one of the five half-step fourth-level in this tribe, and they have completed the exploration of the ancient warship on the opposite side first. It is impossible for them to have some good things on them.


    Facts proved that Song Chi''s idea was correct. After exploring, he had already added four items in his hand.


    Among these four items, two are purple and two are blue, which are all strange things in the sea of ??stars.


    One of the two blue ones can be converted into a blue-quality carrier-based air patrol radar, while the other one cannot be converted into a ship-based component and is directly skipped by Song Chi.


    The key play is the remaining two purple strange objects.


    Under Song Chi''s gaze, the attributes of the two quickly emerged.


    One of them is the pseudo-transformed boundary stone mentioned by Chel before, and its attributes surprised Song Chi. It was actually a strange thing that could be transformed into an extremely rare space expansion component.


    [Name of strange objects: pseudo-transformed stone]


    【Quality: Purple】


    [Convertible: {Space expansion pseudo-boundary stone}]


    [Note: A starry sea creature that was nurtured through various special reasons is very rare. 】


    …


    Space expansion pseudo-boundary stone lv0


    Quality: Purple


    Features: Extended space can be increased by 25%


    Consumption: 8/s (pity point)


    Effect: After loading, expand the internal space of the battleship by 50%.


    No charging and buffering required


    Upgrade required: 7 wisps of floating land origin (level zero), 700 secret energy points, 3 zero-level void crystals


    After reading the properties of the [Space Expansion Pseudo-Border Stone] component transformed by this pseudo-transformed boundary stone, Song Chi''s eyes flashed and he felt thoughtful.


    From the perspective of attributes, this part is obviously indescribable. After all, space expansion components are rare, and each one is extremely rare.


    But what Song Chi was thinking at this time was not the component itself, but was struggling to where to load it in the future?


    He is different from an ordinary torch captain. In addition to the torch warships under his command, he can also carry this special component, and the Zhutian Market is also fine.


    This is what he was struggling with.


    PS: Where do you guys think it is better to install it?


    PS2: Two-in-one chapter, there is another chapter of yesterday’s supplementary update to the evening.


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