madnovel Chapter 416 The Tomb Ship is Born!
Chapter 416 The Tomb Ship is Born!
Chapter 416 The Tomb Ship is Born!
The tomb ship has actually been found!
To be honest, he has never given up searching for the Tomb Ship over the past few years, because it is too important.
Of course, the tomb ship itself is not important; what is important is the legacy of the Broken East River that it contains.
Besides the various powerful secret techniques passed down, the most crucial thing is—specific information on how to ascend to true godhood through divine power!
After all, with Chen Yuan's current mastery of secret techniques and runes, breaking through using the laws of nature would be incredibly easy for him. He could simply go into seclusion for a short period of time and comprehend the final key points.
But this was useless, because the true gods of the law path were too mediocre and had no future to speak of.
Even the inheritors required by Duan Donghe are basically not true gods of the law path, because their potential is limited and their malleability is too poor.
Therefore, if Chen Yuan wants to break through, he must take the path of divine power, and he must also forge a perfect divine body, which is a 100,000-fold increase in genetic level.
For this reason, the information on the divine power routes contained in the Broken East River inheritance is of paramount importance.
Without this information, relying solely on the clues from the original work would be useless, even with the system.
Even the most powerful system cannot create something from nothing; it still needs an optimization entity.
Therefore, Chen Yuan was determined to obtain the inheritance of Duan Donghe, so much so that after the virtual universe network covered the three forbidden zones, he did not hesitate to list the spaceship as his first target.
Unfortunately, despite having deciphered 70% of the dark areas of the entire spaceship over the years, Irene still couldn't find the Tomb Ship that appeared in the original story.
Initially, Chen Yuan focused his analysis on the "Flame Ice Domain," since it was the place where the Tomb Ship was born in the original story.
However, after Irele fully analyzed the area, she found no trace of the Tomb Ship.
It was at this moment that Chen Yuan, recalling the details of the original work, suddenly realized that the Flame Ice Domain was not the area where the Tomb Ship was originally parked.
In the original story, the Tomb Ship containing the legacy of Duan Donghe was brought out from the core of the Cosmic Ship before being discovered by Luo Feng and others.
In other words, the true location of this tomb ship is most likely in the core area.
Having figured this out, Chen Yuan immediately arranged for Irene to conduct a thorough investigation of the core area.
However, the core area is quite large. For example, at least half of the 30% of the dark area that Iriel has not yet explored belongs to the core area!
Secondly, as a key area of the spaceship, this area has the highest shielding strength in the entire spaceship.
Even with the massive computing power invested by Irelia, progress remains slow. According to the initial estimate, it would take at least several decades to fully explore the core area.
To Chen Yuan's surprise, less than ten years have passed and Irene has already discovered traces of the Tomb Ship!
"This is incredibly lucky."
Chen Yuan blinked, looking at the map sent by Irele, which marked the location of the Tomb Ship, in the outer area of the core area.
"That makes sense." A flash of understanding crossed Chen Yuan's eyes. "I remember the first being to find the Tomb Ship in the original story was the Thunder-Clad Demon God," a seemingly weak but actually powerful being in the universe.
"The core area is fraught with danger, especially the area closer to the core, which is becoming increasingly dangerous. It would be difficult for the Thunder God to reach there safely."
"But the outer area is different. It's not as dangerous here. Even ordinary true gods can still take risks in it."
"So, this is not good luck, but rather, according to general probability, the possibility of discovering the Tomb Ship on the outskirts of the core area is the highest."
"Irelia," Chen Yuan inquired, "are there other life forms inside the Tomb Ship, especially the Thunder-Clad Demon God?"
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"Master, there are no signs of life inside the Tomb Ship."
Ireil responded, "As for the Thunder-Clad Demon God from the original story, I have located him through the virtual universe. Although he is adventuring in the core area, he has not approached the Tomb Ship."
"So, in the original story, the Thunder-Clad Demon God hadn't yet discovered this Tomb Ship?"
Chen Yuan nodded slightly, "That makes sense. After all, the current timeline is 100,000 years earlier than the original story. The inheritance assessment of Duan Donghe doesn't require that much time, so it's normal that the Tomb Ship wasn't discovered."
"In that case, I will accept the legacy of Duan Donghe."
A smile appeared on Chen Yuan's face. With his unparalleled talent, the inheritance of Duan Donghe was practically in his grasp.
Even if other inheritors join along the way, it doesn't matter, because no matter which assessment it is, Chen Yuan has absolute confidence in becoming the final winner.
However, some preparations need to be made before heading to the Tomb Ship.
With a thought, Chen Yuan's Soul Devouring Beast clone teleported directly to his main body through the optimized space, replacing him to continue cultivating the Primordial Eye and the Secret Technique of Will, while also taking advantage of the time acceleration effect here.
As for his true self, he naturally participated in the Duan Donghe inheritance assessment, since the first step of this assessment was to confirm the race of the inheritor.
Chen Yuan didn't know if Duan Donghe's inheritance mechanism could confirm the race of the original body through the clone, but he wouldn't allow any clone to be born out of nowhere. It would be safest to have the original body participate in the assessment directly.
After all, Luo Feng's original human form in the original story passed the race test smoothly, so Chen Yuan's original human form, who is also an Earthling like Luo Feng, would certainly be able to pass this test as well.
After settling the Soul Devouring Beast clones, Chen Yuan's main body teleported directly to the location of the Tomb Ship.
In the heart of the ocean, beneath a deep, dark sea, a massive, jet-black ship lies silently submerged.
The next second, a figure appeared beside the ship; this person was naturally Chen Yuan.
He gazed at the ship's exterior and nodded slightly: "Yes, the appearance of this Tomb Ship is indeed exactly the same as described in the original work."
Over the years, he has also gathered a lot of information through the virtual universe, especially about the Tomb Ship.
According to this information, the appearance of each of the Tomb Ships is not exactly the same; at least the ships that have ever appeared have different appearances.
That's why, upon seeing this ship that was exactly as described in the original work, Chen Yuan was so certain that this was the ship that had been passed down through the Duan Donghe lineage.
"However, this ship is not currently operational."
Chen Yuan circled the tomb ship and quickly found the ship's hatch, but unfortunately, the hatch was tightly closed and showed no sign of being opened.
"Interesting. It seems we'll have to use some special methods."
Chen Yuan smiled gently, without any disappointment on his face.
He possessed the means to open the Tomb Ship, and his skill in it was quite high.
That is the art of refining treasures!
"According to the original work, a treasure refiner who can forge supreme treasures can open the Tomb Ship ahead of time."
Chen Yuan stared at the ship's tightly closed hatch, a slight smile playing on his lips: "My treasure-refining skills have reached the peak of True God, and I have even refined Void-level secret treasures. There's no reason why I should be stumped by this hatch."
The next second, Chen Yuan's eyes lit up with white light. The Primordial Eye watched the situation of the Tomb Ship and quickly completed the collection of information about the ship.
A moment later, Chen Yuan withdrew his Primordial Eye, having fully grasped every detail of the ship's exterior.
"Void God-level materials, paired with equally Void-level runes, no wonder the Tomb Ship possesses such power."
Chen Yuan's eyes brightened slightly, meaning that judging from the external appearance alone, this Tomb Ship was at least a Void-level treasure.
Judging by his expertise in crafting magical artifacts, this ship would at least be rated as a Tier 11, Level 6, which would be considered the peak of the mid-stage Void Realm.
And this is only the external condition of the ship. According to Chen Yuan's estimation, the facilities inside the ship are probably even more valuable and powerful.
Having grasped all the details of the ship's exterior, Chen Yuan found a way to forcibly open the external hatches without much effort.
In Chen Yuan's view, this method of forcibly opening the hatch should have been deliberately left by the designers of the Tomb Ship, because forcibly opening it is not complicated and can be done with a little skill in treasure refining.
With his expertise in refining magical artifacts, he could easily complete the operation.
Chen Yuan gathered his divine power at his fingertips and gently tapped the ship's hatch a few times, instantly filling in the missing runes and causing the entire hatch to light up.
The next second, the hull of the huge ship began to rumble and tremble, and the hatch did the same, even more violently.
Rumble—
Under Chen Yuan's expectant gaze, the Tomb Ship took off directly into the air, rising from the dark underwater world to mid-air. Complex, dark-colored patterns appeared on its hull, radiating an incomparably powerful aura.
Chen Yuan was not surprised, even though the spectacle would attract people around him.
Having grasped the situation of the ship, he now fully understood that as long as no one activated the Tomb Ship before the ship was scheduled to appear, the ship would emit an astonishing aura, attracting adventurers from the cosmic sea.
For the Tomb Ship to open silently, it must wait until the right time and for the ship to voluntarily emerge.
Just like the Thunder God in the original work, he was lucky enough to encounter the birth of this Tomb Ship and became the first person to enter the ship's interior, and successfully refined the control core.
If the hatch is opened in advance, the Tomb Ship will enter a selection mode, allowing numerous adventurers to compete for control, with only one person ultimately able to refine the control core and take control of the entire ship.
Of course, that was a normal tomb-like vessel.
As for the Tomb Ship that carries the legacy of the Broken East River—even if someone refines the control core in advance, they still cannot control this ship; only the ultimate inheritor can inherit it.
"However, refining the core ahead of time may not be without its advantages."
Chen Yuan secretly wondered: "In the original story, the Thunder-Clad Demon God was of mediocre strength and talent, so how could he have attracted Duan Donghe's favor and even been willing to help him eliminate the Divine Eye Clan?"
"The fact that Duan Donghe took action for him is probably related to this control core."
Chen Yuan understood that the so-called Broken East River was just a virtual consciousness. Although he could control the ships, he could not do anything to the Thunder-Clad Demon God who had mastered the control core.
It is highly likely that Duan Donghe reached an agreement with Lei Yi Moshen, in which Lei Yi Moshen voluntarily handed over the control core, and Duan Donghe needed to help him kill the Shenyan clan members, provided that there were no geniuses in the Shenyan clan who met the inheritance conditions.
Therefore, Chen Yuan's goal was clear: to refine the control core as soon as the hatch opened! This way, even if he couldn't control the ship, he could still gain a huge advantage in the subsequent struggle for inheritance.
Most importantly, control must not fall into the hands of others, lest unforeseen changes occur.
However, it's unclear whether this tomb ship did it intentionally, but the hatches opened very slowly, and the entire ship emitted a tremendous amount of noise, seemingly to deliberately delay the process so that more people would discover it.
This is true.
After the Tomb Ship took off, all adventurers within a radius of tens of light-years sensed its aura.
"A treasure has been discovered!"
"Go check it out!"
"After waiting for hundreds of epochs, the treasure has finally been born again."
"This treasure possesses a powerful aura; it's likely at least a top-tier supreme treasure, and possibly even an extremely powerful one!"
In an instant, several figures flew rapidly toward the Tomb Ship from the outer area of the core area, including the Thunder-Clad Demon God!
"I'm probably the closest I've ever come to possessing this treasure!"
Thunderclap Demon God's eyes were filled with wild joy. "Could it be that I, Thunderclap, will finally obtain a supreme treasure? Haha, Kong Luo, I have a way to avenge you!"
However, as he approached the treasure's location, he discovered its true form and his pupils constricted: "It's actually the Tomb Ship?!"
"not good!"
Thunderclap Demon God's heart tightened, because he clearly saw a figure standing silently outside the hatch of the Tomb Ship.
And in front of this figure, the hatch was slowly opening!
"Someone has gained the upper hand!"
The Thunder-Clad Demon God stared at the figure in front of the hatch, gritting his teeth: "Fortunately, the Tomb Ship needs to be refined to be considered under control, so I still have a chance."
As the Thunder God approached, Chen Yuan, who was waiting for the hatch to open, also spotted him.
However, he felt no panic at all; in fact, he appeared quite relaxed, as if he was certain that the core of control would belong to him.
This is true.
Because once the hatch is opened, his virtual universe network can break through the ship's external blockade through the opening crack and explore the interior of the Tomb Ship.
"Irene, has the situation inside the cabin been fully explored?"
Upon seeing the figure of the Thunder God, Chen Yuan inquired.
"Yes, Master," Irene replied. "The main control room area has been explored, and the location of the control core has been marked for you."
"Well done."
Chen Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
Through the virtual universe, he indeed saw the control core, which was still unclaimed, located in the main control room.
Chen Yuan glanced back at the Thunder-Clad Demon God, smiled slightly, and nodded in acknowledgment.
Then, he vanished from the spot.
"What?!"