Chapter 280: Chapter 167: The Rules of Floating Land and the Rejection of the Source

In the pitch-black starry sky, a Starry Sea Floating Land with a diameter of tens of millions of kilometers quietly hovered.

The flashing Ghost Light and the planetary shield, covered in a grid-like pattern, enveloped the entire Floating Land, with occasional flashes of Rule Power, making it akin to a grand turtle shell on the surface of the Floating Land, restricting the ingress and egress of the entire Dinghai Song family expedition party.

This was the mission target of the Dinghai Song family on this occasion, a Third Rank Life Floating Land, the Soul Spirit Floating Land.

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Tens of thousands of kilometers away from the Soul Spirit Floating Land, a hundred-million-meter-class space combat platform, assembled from numerous parts, continuously operated, having surpassed twenty years since its initial assembly.

On the permanently under-filled warship berths of the outer ring of the combat platform, a few more Transport Warships had arrived today, bringing a fresh supply of materials and clanspeople willing to participate in the mission.

As the doors of the Transport Warships rapidly opened, the hundreds of Song family members arriving disembarked from the ships and stepped onto the temporary space combat platform.

As they followed the lead robots to the special repair chambers, Song Chi’s gaze shifted towards the other warship berths on the side of the combat platform.

Contrary to expectations of hordes of warships and crowds of clanspeople, there were only a few scattering of Torch Warships berthed at the docks, barely surpassing three figures.

It had been three months since the Vein Leader “Song Hengtong” of The First Direct Lineage issued the mission. In theory, there should have been a considerable number of clanspeople participating, so the numbers shouldn’t have been so few.

“Could it be that the vast majority of the clanspeople have already…”

Before he could speculate further, the voice of his grandfather came from beside him.

“The vast majority of the clanspeople have already entered the Soul Spirit Floating Land. Tearing apart the Floating Land Shield of the Soul Spirit Floating Land is no easy task. Normally, unless it’s an urgent situation, the clanspeople who enter the Soul Spirit Floating Land will not easily come out.”

Without waiting for Song Chi to understand, Song Mingsong didn’t continue to elaborate and quickly headed towards the inner ring of the combat platform.

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Inside the ring of the combat platform, the body cultivation chamber.

Squeak—-

As the airtight door of the cultivation chamber opened, Song Chi, who had been lying inside for over twelve hours, sat up.

He was not alone; hundreds of other Torch Ship Captains were also in the body cultivation chamber.

After cleaning off the residual cultivation fluid and energy from their bodies, the group of hundreds didn’t linger on the space combat platform. Their Spectral Energy, previously restrained within their bodies, had been prematurely restored thanks to the neutralizing effect of the cultivation fluid.

Once they summoned their Torch Warships and quickly unloaded the supplies from their family’s square, the hundreds of Torch Warships left the berths one after another, charging towards the Starry Sea Floating Land on the horizon.

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In the outer space of the Soul Spirit Floating Land, a hundred Torch Warships floated in place, looking through the densely patterned Floating Land Shield, one could see that this Third Rank Starry Sea Floating Land was quite extensive.

A typical Third Rank Starry Sea Floating Land would have a diameter of just a few million kilometers, yet this Soul Spirit Floating Land’s diameter exceeded ten million kilometers.

Compared with the Silver Spear Floating Continent, another Third Rank Floating Land they encountered before, it was almost ten times larger.

However, what captured Song Chi’s attention at the moment was not these details. He glanced sideways and noticed two Torch Warships also floating in space not too far away.

Both Torch Warships were over three thousand meters long, their hulls wrapped in terrifyingly thick armor layers, with two Main Cannons positioned at the bow, and even more imposing, a Super Main Cannon of terrifying diameter. They were like two steel behemoths dominating the starry sky, menacingly intimidating the Soul Spirit Floating Land below, clearly two Fourth Rank Level Zhulu Warships.

In fact, these two Zhulu Warships, belonging to The First Direct Lineage of the Dinghai Song family, had become a nightmare for all beings on the Soul Spirit Floating Land from the moment they appeared decades ago.

Periodically, they would tear apart the Floating Land’s own protective Floating Land Shield, sending Song family members inside, who would soon initiate a brutal and bloody slaughter in the Floating Land, stirring up a bloodbath on the Soul Spirit Floating Land.

Lost in thought, a deep, aged male voice suddenly reached his ears.

“Come over, and prepare to enter the Soul Spirit Floating Land!”

All eyes lifted to gaze towards the two Zhulu Warships with imposing captains.

The voice that had just spoken came from one of those two ships.

Through the warship communication holographic group chat, the voice of his grandfather, Song Mingsong, came through.

“Follow me there; both of them are Fourth Rank Ancestors from The First Direct Lineage, currently serving on the Clan Council of Elders. Don’t be nervous…”

As the hundred Torch Warships quickly approached, they quietly waited for the next step in the arrangement.

At that moment, one of the Zhulu Warships suddenly began to emit a dazzling light. This light was incredibly bright, illuminating the starry space for tens of thousands of kilometers around.

Under the blinding light, everyone instinctively closed their eyes. When they opened them again, Song Chi’s eyes went wide with disbelief, fixated on something incredible before him.

He was not the only one; the Song family members within the hundred Torch Warships all reacted the same.

Looking ahead, in the brief moment that had just passed, the luminous Zhulu Warship had transformed into a Mech Giant towering over three thousand meters tall.

Filled with curiosity, Song Chi gazed intently at the Mech Giant that transcended coolness, better described by words like “grand” and “domineering.”