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Chapter 6 - Chapter 6: Ancient Information Carriers

"Big business."

The Collector's golden lips slowly curled up, completely unlike just now, as if a clown's smile, filled with inexplicable emotions.

He raised his jade-like finger and gently pointed.

An entirely black object appeared in front of Shen Shi.

"This is the best warship I own, if you have the capability, feel free to take it!"

Shen Shi saw an unprecedented intensity deep within those blue glowing eyes!

I was careless.

Shen Shi knew he was being too eager.

This kind of trade-by-barter lacks a specific price, needs occupy a huge part of the value, stating what he wanted first actually lost a part of the initiative.

Just like the previous guest, he had to trade at a greater cost.

However—

The warship is the most important!

Shen Shi's attention was completely attracted by the spaceship in front of him.

It differed somewhat from the cosmic battleships people fantasized about in movies; this spaceship was neither flat nor elongated, but spherical.

Yes, exactly a spherical form.

The surface was entirely black, most areas were exceptionally smooth, the material was indistinguishable, only a few places had slight protrusions, corresponding information already entered his mind through the platform.

[Diameter 1.365 kilometers, equipped with eco-circulation system, carrying *** model intelligent control system.]

[Equipped with ** type annihilation reactor.]

[Equipped with **** curvature drive engine, power level ***58*4.]

[Equipped with maintenance system, maximum repair loss ratio 32.486745%]

[Equipped with Level III Energy Room.]

[Equipped with ***** Stealth System.]

[Main weapon is Star-Killing Plasma Cannon.]

[Secondary weapons include *** Pulse Shooting, Gamma Laser Emitter, ***** Cannon...]

[...]

The lengthy passage that followed was filled with numerous mounting devices and performance parameters, opening even the weapon section revealed four to five pages, each item upon expanding revealed immense details, and a large amount of text marked with * appeared.

According to the platform's translation system, the meaning of * is: unable to translate using the common language he used.

In short, Shen Shi gave up trying to discern the merits of the immigration-use cosmic battleship from the description.

After all, even to buy a computer, one needs to understand the corresponding knowledge to know the quality, what more a cosmic battleship.

He simply focused his attention on the ship itself.

With just a thought, Shen Shi who already gained the projection control rights effortlessly enlarged the projection of the battleship in front of him.

And this ordinary-sized shop unexpectedly began to extend continuously.

Until a truly massive cosmic battleship appeared before him, only then did Shen Shi truly feel that shock!

This is a sphere with a diameter of thirteen hundred meters! The surface area exceeds six million square meters! Equivalent to roughly a thousand football fields in area!

The world's largest aircraft carrier is only over three hundred meters long!

Shen Shi once watched the nation's aircraft carrier from afar, still remembered the awe humans feel facing such a moveable giant, but compared to this cosmic battleship, that aircraft carrier seemed so "small"! If this cosmic battleship were brought to Blue Star, it would immediately become Blue Star's largest transport vehicle! Bar none!

Not to mention, this was a cosmic battleship!

Thinking this cosmic battleship could possibly be his own, Shen Shi felt an indescribable pang of excitement.

He, like most men, favored large and domineering things.

Yet...

The image in his mind suddenly resurfaced of that cosmic battleship seen blocking most of the sky, Shen Shi's excited heart cooled once again.

From a modern perspective, this cosmic battleship is sufficiently mighty.

But from a future and interstellar perspective?

Shen Shi did not know.

He only knew that if he had to escape, this cosmic battleship in front of him could only carry tens of thousands of people at most.

"Not enough." He looked at the Collector, "Any better ones?"

If alien invaders arrive as scheduled, this cosmic battleship will become his and his family's final refuge, their largest reliance in the vast cosmos, just thinking this, no matter how powerful, it's not enough for his needs!

Unless it's strong enough to defeat the invaders!

"Honored guest." The Collector's tone, translated, carried obvious regret, "This warship was originally prepared for myself, I can assure you, you cannot find a better immigration warship here. You must know, we humans are not qualified to build immigration warships above ***."

The last words took Shen Shi by surprise.

Not qualified, not incapable?

Come to think of it...

After three years of defeat and losing everything to barely survive, what is humanity's situation in the interstellar society three thousand years later?

If only I knew history.

Shen Shi again realized his oversight, immense crisis urged his strong desire for cosmic battleships, but in truth, he should gather more information about the future before trading battleships, reducing the risk of exposing his hand greatly, while also possibly obtaining much stronger battleships.

Ultimately, he was just a regular college student, lacking such cool-headedness and wisdom.

Shen Shi mocked himself inwardly.

But the decision was already made.

No matter what, a cosmic battleship had to be obtained! Even if it's only this seemingly decent immigration warship, even a smaller one is needed, as long as it can escape from Blue Star!

As for a more powerful battleship, there will always be opportunities as long as there's a chance.

The Time Rhombus and ancient relics' future value is his confidence!

"Since that's the case, I'll take this one." He said softly and hesitated for a moment, then directly tossed a USB drive.

Yes, the USB drive from which he copied some things using a computer before coming here.

Three thousand years have imprinted on this USB drive, but it was in an inert environment for three thousand years, so there were no rust, no corrosion, only slight deformations—traces time could not erase.

Yet the moment the USB drive projection appeared.

The Collector's entire head was enveloped in a rich halo!

His eyes were not just glowing, they were rolling intensely, filled with emotions even Shen Shi could easily discern!

"This is...ancient information storage from the Earth Star Era?" His voice became very light, the translated words even carried a trace of tremor.

Shen Shi did not expect just pulling out a USB drive would evoke such an exaggerated reaction.

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