Chapter 425: Conquest of the Chaos Sector

On the foot of Dragon‑Spine Mountain on the Dragon‑Spine Continent, at the headquarters of the Family External Affairs Hall.

After confirming the intelligence provided by the family multiple times, Song Chi’s eyes flickered before he said:

“What about the western part of the Chaos Sector? How’s the battle there now?”

“Reporting back, Your Highness. The western battlefield has entered a critical phase. Nearly twenty civilizations from the Chaos Sector have teamed up, with several Sixth-Order units now on the scene. They’re currently doing their best to block the advance of the Duchy fleet!”

Having learned what he wanted to know, Song Chi nodded lightly before turning to leave the Foreign Affairs Hall entrance.

Soon, the Heavenly Ruin soared into the sky, heading directly toward the northern star domain.

Since the dominant Black Devourer King Beast hadn’t appeared again, it was most likely back into deep sleep. The battle on the Chaos Sector front was also in full swing, with most of the powers of the alien civilizations in the central part having been pulled to the western front.

This was an excellent opportunity to go deep into the central Chaos Sector to obtain the genuine Bind-God Chains. Naturally, Song Chi would not waste this moment.

Over the following time, two jump units on the Heavenly Ruin alternated operation. With the Mirage Dragon Metamorphosis Pearl assisting, Song Chi began a frantic journey to catch up.

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Western Chaos Sector, away from the Gexing Sector.

Originally, this was a star region occupied by the low-level alien civilization Gexing Family, but over two thousand years ago, it was enslaved by a mid-level alien civilization. Now, it has become a battleground between the Morningstar Duchy’s main fleet and the allied armies of various Chaos Sector alien tribes.

Under continuous bombardment from more than ten million starships, the Gexing Sector was almost shattered. The entire hundred-light-year territory was fragmented.

In just a few months, with over ten million starships fighting fiercely, the only Level-2 floating continent in this region was completely destroyed. The intensity of the battle was evident.

On this day, after days of intense combat, both sides agreed to a ceasefire.

The Morningstar Duchy Fleet Command, encrypted group chat.

A covert group chat with just over twenty members, now abuzz with fierce discussion.

Angeli Star: The Yaohan Kingdom has issued new orders. We’re required to join with their eastern fleet within five years. That means time is running out.

Dusk Star: Five years? Isn’t that too tight? The western, central, eastern, and northern Chaos Sector all need time!

Song Dingbang: The allied force resisting us has nearly 80% of the Chaos Sector’s alien tribes’ forces. If we can wipe them out, pushing through the entire Chaos Sector in the next four years isn’t impossible!

Lubei Li: Several million starships. Wiping them all out? That’s a tall order. Everyone, gather your strongest assets!

With the old ancestor of the Lubei family speaking up, several Sixth-Order elders immediately responded:

Angeli Star: My Star family can supply a large void-sector blockade device, enhanced to level seven. My ancestor can personally activate it using the Morningstar Traverse, sealing off hundreds of light-years for three months. During that time, we aim to annihilate as many enemy alien tribes as possible.

Holes Dusk: We’ll provide a boost device capable of linking ten thousand Firestar warships, making them the vanguard to thoroughly disrupt enemy fleet formations!

Slym Eagle: My Eagle family’s top-tier mobile battle star can join the vanguard fleet!

As the ancestral elders spoke one after another, all eyes turned to Song Wujian, who had remained silent.

However, Song Wujian didn’t speak. Song Dingbang took the initiative:

My Song family can provide a group concealment device, which can send a hundred Zhulu-class cruisers into stealth mode. At a critical moment, they can slip into the rear of the enemy and carry out a decisive strike, maximizing the chance to take out the alien coalition!

With the five major forces speaking up, other first-rate forces’ battleship captains also expressed their stance.

These forces had limited resources and could only join as vanguard, mostly risking themselves to draw enemy fire, since the vanguard was the most dangerous position.

As part of the sharing of the spoils, if they couldn’t provide high-efficiency auxiliary equipment, they could only contribute themselves.

Rosetta Star: Since the main plan is set, arrange the details carefully over the next two weeks. The operation begins in half a month!

With the first duke of the duchy speaking, the others quickly nodded, discussing and planning the specifics.

Within Song family’s encrypted chat, Song Xingru said:

That old Rosetta always acts mysterious and has never shown himself. His projection never appears in the communication group, only voice communication. Is it true, as rumors say, he’s about to…

Song Ning: Be careful, Xingru. Duke Rosetta was already an Invincible Captain at the founding. Over five thousand years have passed, and there are rumors that he’s close to reaching the limit of the Invincible Captain. But the idea he’s about to reach his end? Completely nonsense.

Song Dingbang interrupted directly, expression serious.

Then, together with Song Tianhao beside him, they looked at their ancestor.

Song Wujian first made a reminiscence look, then softly said:

According to the founding captains of that first batch of Zhulu-class ships, Rosetta should be similar to Hoels.

After saying this, Song Wujian said no more, but Song Xingru and the others already understood the implication.

Hoels Dusk: The Sixth-Order elder of the Dusk Marquis family, a talented prodigy who reached Sixth-Order at just over two thousand years old.

If Duke Rosetta and Hoels are similar, it means they also achieved Sixth-Order over two thousand years old. Considering the five thousand three hundred years since the founding of the Morningstar Duchy, he’s at most about eight thousand years old. With a few rare longevity treasures, that could extend to three thousand years—long enough to surpass the typical ten-thousand-year lifespan of the Invincible Captain.

Thus, the rumors about his imminent demise are clearly unfounded.

……

Compared to the tense battles in the western Chaos Sector, Song Chi’s situation was definitely more relaxed.

After several days of hectic travel, the Heavenly Ruin re-entered the central Chaos Sector, but this time, it skirted the southern Huntian Star Zone and headed straight into the heart of the chaos— the Chaos Sector proper.

According to Wang Zhen’s intel, the genuine Bind-God Chains were located on a level five floating continent called the ‘Chaos Float,’ beneath the Chaos Sector. The good news was that this float was not controlled by a single civilization but jointly managed by three top mid-level civilizations, each with Sixth-Order units, offering a chance to approach during wartime.

Near the edge of an asteroid belt on the outer periphery of the Chaos Sector, Song Chi, relying on the strength of the Heavenly Ruin, easily enslaved a third-order starship.

This starship belonged to a transport vessel of the Horned Family, one of the strongest of the three Chaos Float tribes. Their ancestral territory housed a Sixth-Order Horned Family starship, making them dominant over the entire Chaos Float.

The Horned Family vessel had never been inspected during the entire process, easily passing through the float’s shield and entering inside.

Even if it had been checked, Song Chi could enter a market—an ideal cover to avoid detection.

This triangular power structure allowed the Horned Family’s ships free access into the float, showcasing their supreme dominance, unlike the other two tribes who had more restricted entry, especially during wartime when navigation was tightly controlled.

Without access passage for starships, Song Chi couldn’t sneak into the Chaos Float no matter how carefully he tried.

Because of the hierarchical relationships between these three civilizations, the Horned Family’s ships could freely come and go, demonstrating their uncontested dominance.

Inside the Chaos Float, Song Chi immediately separated from the Horned Family’s third-order starship, allowing the enslaved captain to continue his work, while he activated the ‘Mirage’ feature, directing the Heavenly Ruin straight toward the Bind-God Chains.

Wang Zhen’s initial intel indicated that the genuine Chains were not discovered by aliens but buried deep inside a volcano on the Chaos Float.

Song Chi’s search was straightforward—it involved activating the ‘Spirit-Seer’ radar’s special trait.

Within minutes, a highly unusual radar map appeared before Song Chi.

Compared to normal radar, this map’s range was over a thousand times greater, comfortably encompassing the entire nearly twenty-light-year diameter of the Chaos Float.

Furthermore, the map was dotted with numerous glowing points of various colors.

White, Blue, Purple, Orange, Red.

Unfortunately, no silver points were visible.

These points represented the corresponding qualities of star treasures. Since the ‘Spirit-Seer’ component had upgraded to level six, it should detect the existence of silver-class treasures.

Song Chi speculated they might have been taken by high-level aliens heading to the western Chaos Sector, or perhaps blocked by some special means. Most likely, there are simply no silver legendary treasures in the Chaos Sector itself.

Without dwelling on this, Song Chi’s attention shifted swiftly to the few red points.

Among the over two dozen red points, three areas were particularly dense, with one even grouping six items.

However, these three points were initially ignored. They belonged to the three major tribes’ ancestral lands—the one with six red treasures was undoubtedly the Horned Family’s, which was still guarded by a Sixth-Order force, so it was very dangerous.

His focus was on the other red points.

There were three of them, but due to the radar’s inability to display terrain, Song Chi would have to search each one himself to find the volcano.

While the ‘Mirage’ feature lasted, Song Chi charged toward the nearest red point.

Chaos Float, Bingchi Lake.

Watching the massive figure in the center of Bingchi Lake, Song Chi shook his head slightly before steering the vessel toward the second red point.

That wandering giant beneath the lake was a 20,000-meter-long ice-armor turtle—probably a formidable Fifth-Order creature. Its environment advantage would make a direct attack by the Heavenly Ruin highly disruptive.

The red epic treasure beneath its shell was definitely not the Bind-God Chains, so Song Chi didn’t act.

With both jump devices cooling down, he returned to the market to wait for the next day to continue toward the second red point.

“Huh… a volcano?”

Looking at the distant towering, cylindrical mountain, Song Chi checked the radar again. The red point exactly overlapped with the volcano, confirming this was likely the location he sought.

Soon, the Heavenly Ruin reached the summit of the volcano.

“Active volcano?”

In the main control room, Song Chi frowned.

An active volcano was one thing, but the problem was its diameter was less than 300 meters, far too small to hold the Heavenly Ruin.

Without its defense and isolation, Song Chi couldn’t directly enter the volcano.

Thinking quickly, he summoned the Flamewrath Giant and marked it with a mental wave imprint.

Compared to remote control through mental waves, telepathic messages were still much more troublesome.

Soon, the mini Flamewrath Giant rushed into the volcano and fully submerged in the molten lava, then expanded its size to better conceal itself using the volcano’s energy.

However, the interior of the volcano was immense, and searching for the red treasure was incredibly difficult.

At this moment, Song Chi remembered the ‘Ultrasound Magnetic Detector’ on the Heavenly Ruin.

This device had rarely been used since its installation, as Song Chi had long since left the stage of mining for resources. Now, it was just perfect.

It mainly detects mineral magnetic fields, but since the star sea Float contains core star treasures, it also has a unique magnetic signature, with higher quality treasures having stronger magnetic fields.

The upgraded orange-tier ‘Ultrasound Magnetic Detector’ now could probe up to three thousand meters deep. After continuous scanning of the volcano’s interior, Song Chi quickly pinpointed the red treasure’s location.

A few minutes later, after the miniature Flamewrath Giant returned, it was holding the genuine Bind-God Chains.

P.S.: Just one chapter today. I’ll try to make up for the second chapter tomorrow.