Super God Golden Crow Record

Chapter 11 Treasure Hunting from the Remains

Zhao Chen continued his journey deeper into the cave.

After devouring the spider, his physical body and spiritual power both improved, and he had already entered the third level of Qi Refining. His ten-zhang-long body moved through the underground space without needing to deliberately conceal his aura—most of the creatures around him had already fled far away upon sensing Zhao Chen's presence.

But Zhao Chen didn't stop. He wanted to figure out where this underground passage led.

After traveling for an unknown amount of time, the passage ahead suddenly opened up. Zhao Chen landed on a protruding rock and extended his divine sense forward.

This exploration suddenly stunned Zhao Chen. Ahead lay a vast underground space, spanning dozens of miles in circumference. In the very center of this space lay a colossal figure.

This is a spaceship. A real spaceship.

It was stuck diagonally in the ground, half of its hull buried deep in the rock strata. It was silvery white all over, but it was already covered with rust and dense holes and cracks all over its body.

The ship had several huge lacerations, as if it had been forcibly torn open from the outside by some force.

Zhao Chen's heart suddenly raced. The spaceship!

Having been in this world for so long, this is the first time he has ever seen a civilized creation.

Zhao Chen cautiously approached, carefully scanning the interior of the spaceship with his divine sense. There were no signs of life within, but many strange energy reactions still lingered—some faint, some violent.

"Let's go in and take a look." Zhao Chen spread his wings and flew in through the nearest crack.

The interior of the spaceship was a mess. The passageway was extremely narrow, and with his current massive body, ten zhang tall, he simply couldn't squeeze in.

But Zhao Chen had his own way. He opened his mouth and spewed out a mouthful of flames; the intense heat quickly softened the alloy walls of the passage. He continued to tear at the metal with his claws, ripping off pieces of metal and tossing them behind him. In less than fifteen minutes, he had ripped open a hole large enough to fit a person inside.

Zhao Chen ducked and crawled inside. This was a cargo hold.

The cabin was filled with all sorts of boxes, many of which were broken, with their contents scattered all over the floor. He used his paw to pry open one of the boxes, and inside he saw palm-sized transparent cubes neatly stacked, with a faint shimmering light flowing within them.

"What is this?" Zhao Chen picked up a piece with his claws and examined it intently. An extremely pure energy rushed towards him. He could feel that it contained a certain kind of energy—very large and very pure, unlike any other energy he had ever encountered before.

Why not... give it a try? After a moment's hesitation, Zhao Chen swallowed the cube and immediately began to refine it using the Qi Refining and Breathing Technique.

"Boom—" A vast energy surged into his meridians and rushed straight to his dantian! This energy was pure and immaculate, without any impurities, and was ten or even a hundred times stronger than the energy transformed from devouring demonic beasts!

Zhao Chen was greatly shaken. He quickly steadied himself, guiding the energy along his meridians to cleanse his limbs and strengthen his dantian. This single act caused his spiritual power to surge, and the barrier of the mid-stage of the third level of Qi Refining suddenly loosened!

Zhao Chen's eyes flashed with a sharp light. A treasure! This was a precious item that could help Zhao Chen rapidly improve his cultivation! Without hesitation, he opened his mouth and devoured piece after piece, while simultaneously circulating his cultivation technique at full power, frantically refining and absorbing the energy. The energy surged through his meridians like a river, and his dantian and qi sea continuously expanded, compressed, and expanded again, tempering his physical body and spiritual power in sync.

Over three days and three nights, Zhao Chen devoured and refined more than three hundred energy cubes. His dantian and qi sea were now completely perfected, and he broke through the shackles, stepping into the fourth level of qi refining!

Its size also increased dramatically from ten zhang to twelve zhang, and its wingspan approached thirty zhang. Its feathers became denser, each one shimmering with a faint spiritual light; its claws also grew larger, the tips gleaming with a chilling light, and when its spiritual power was activated, sharp metallic energy would burst forth.

Standing in front of the pile of blocks, Zhao Chen's breathing became rapid, his eyes filled with excitement. "From now on, I'll call you... Energy Cube," Zhao Chen casually suggested.

Open your mouth and swallow the remaining energy blocks one by one, wrapping them in the membrane inside your body for temporary storage.

Zhao Chen's stomach has undergone multiple evolutions and is no longer an ordinary stomach—it can not only hold food far exceeding his body size, but also isolate undigested food separately. It's somewhat similar to the stomach abilities possessed by monsters in cultivation novels from his previous life.

After emptying the cargo hold, they found the armory. Again, they tore open the bulkhead with a claw and crawled inside. The armory was filled with various melee weapons and energy weapons—spears, swords, armor, energy guns… Although most were damaged in the crash, the materials remained intact. They faintly emitted metallic energy fluctuations.

Zhao Chen picked up a broken spear and examined it closely. The shaft was made of a strange, silvery-white alloy, with a hard texture; the tip was made of a deep blue metal, gleaming coldly.

He tried to activate his Devouring Talent, drawing upon the spiritual power in his dantian to guide and refine it. After a moment, Zhao Chen sensed something. The metallic energy within the broken spear was slowly extracted, flowing into his meridians and merging into his dantian. It was thin yet persistent. Zhao Chen was slightly taken aback. Even metal could be refined to enhance cultivation?

Looking down at the broken gun, Zhao Chen seemed lost in thought. Ordinary alloys only contain a small amount of metallic energy, which can slowly increase one's cultivation level after refining. Although it is far less significant than that of energy blocks, it is worse than nothing.

But the deep blue metal at the tip of the spear was completely different. When the Devouring Talent touched that area, he could feel an extremely stubborn force resisting it. That force was hundreds or thousands of times stronger than ordinary alloys, and with his current cultivation level, he simply couldn't pry it off.

Zhao Chen stared at the tip of the spear, his eyes growing brighter. "A good thing." Zhao Chen opened his mouth and swallowed the entire broken spear, sealing it separately with his spiritual power.

Ordinary alloys can be refined slowly, while exotic metals can be reserved for later when his cultivation level is higher, to help him advance his cultivation to a higher level.

Zhao Chen continued searching through the armory, consuming weapons and armor piece by piece. Most were just ordinary metals, which would soon transform into spiritual energy and merge into his dantian; only the fragments with special textures were stored separately by Zhao Chen for later refinement.

Just as Zhao Chen was engrossed in his search, a sudden alarm bell rang in his mind. A dangerous aura was approaching. Zhao Chen abruptly looked up, his divine sense probing outwards.

Outside the spaceship, a dark purple figure was flying rapidly towards them. It was about twenty zhang long, resembling a giant centipede, covered in a dark purple carapace with faint dark purple patterns flowing across it, and had several pairs of sharp legs.

This centipede exuded an eerie aura, unlike any other creature on this planet.

Zhao Chen had never seen such a creature before. But its aura told him one thing—this thing was very strong, no weaker than him.

The opponent had clearly spotted him as well, and suddenly accelerated, lunging towards the spaceship. Zhao Chen did not retreat. Having just consumed the spiritual energy block, his spiritual power was abundant, and his cultivation level had greatly improved. He wanted to test just how strong he had become.

He burst out of the spaceship, charging straight at the dark purple centipede. The distance between them rapidly closed. Five hundred zhang, three hundred zhang, one hundred zhang… Just as they were about to collide, Zhao Chen abruptly folded his wings, his body swooping down like a meteorite! The centipede missed its target and hurriedly adjusted its course, chasing after him.

But Zhao Chen was too fast! He used the speed of his dive to create distance in a very short time, then suddenly spread his wings and flew close to the ground!

The centipede pursued relentlessly, its speed equally astonishing. Suddenly, it spewed out a cloud of purple venomous mist. Zhao Chen couldn't dodge in time and was grazed by the mist; wisps of smoke instantly rose from his feathers. Poisonous!

However, Zhao Chen's poison resistance is already very high. In addition, he has magical power protecting him, so this bit of poison can only make him feel slightly numb.

Zhao Chen continued flying forward, leading the centipede into a rocky forest. Within the forest, Zhao Chen used the terrain to his advantage, weaving left and right, making the centipede run around in circles. The centipede was too large, and several times it couldn't stop in time and crashed into stone pillars, sending rocks flying everywhere.

Finally, just as the centipede slammed into the stone pillar again and slowed down, Zhao Chen whirled around and slammed his claws into its carapace! "Swoosh—" His claws dug into its flesh, but only less than half a foot in. This centipede's carapace was too hard!

The centipede, in pain, began to writhe wildly, its several pairs of legs sweeping across like sharp blades. Zhao Chen couldn't dodge in time, and his left wing was struck, sending a sharp pain through him. But Zhao Chen didn't loosen his grip. Instead, he opened his mouth and spewed forth a torrent of flames! The flames were infused with pure magical power, and the temperature surged several times over!

The blazing flames instantly engulfed the centipede's head. The centipede let out a silent hiss and struggled frantically, its shell crackling as it burned.

Zhao Chen took one bite after another, continuously channeling his magical power. Only when he had nearly exhausted the fire spiritual power within his body did the centipede's struggles gradually subside. Finally, the centipede collapsed to the ground with a thud, never to move again.

Zhao Chen tumbled off the centipede, panting heavily. His left wing was injured, and his body was covered in cuts from the centipede's legs; the numbing sensation from the poisonous mist was still spreading.

Zhao Chen approached the centipede and began to devour its corpse. This creature, which he had never seen before, contained strange energy within its flesh and blood, completely different from other creatures on this planet.

With each bite, Zhao Chen could feel a faint sense of space within his body. The feeling was mysterious, as if he could subtly touch the space around him, and his perception of space was becoming increasingly acute.

After devouring the strange insect and thoroughly refining and absorbing its vast source of power, his cultivation, which had been somewhat weak due to the continuous battles, instantly became as stable as before, and his foundation became far more solid than before.

Even more astonishingly, his cultivation level also rose steadily, breaking through the barrier directly from the fourth level of Qi Refining and firmly stepping into the sixth level of Qi Refining!

More importantly, he found several undigested metal fragments in the worm's stomach—including a palm-sized crystalline plate engraved with intricate patterns, and several pieces of luminous metal of a quality far superior to any metal he had ever seen before. He swallowed them all and stored them alongside the special metal.

Zhao Chen stood beside the spaceship wreckage, quietly circulating his Qi-refining technique to stabilize his cultivation.

The psionic blocks helped him increase his Qi cultivation, and the strange insects allowed him to explore the mysteries of space. The gains were immense.