Song Chi lightly tapped his fingertips against the console, its metallic surface reflecting his deep eyes.
The terms offered by the Heaven-Battling Will were suffocatingly generous—an instantly hatched Heaven-Battling bloodline with eighth-rank combat power, permission to enslave and control it, plus a Chaos Mirror Stone Cube, mythical progenitor essence blood, and the legendary Chaos Marvel, the High-Dimensional Sea.
It could be said that this was something he had never imagined before.
So, after a brief moment of contemplation, his voice emerged from the Mirror Battleship.
"I can agree, but I need to confirm a few more details."
His voice echoed through the cabin, calm enough that it hardly sounded like he was discussing a deal that could change the fate of human civilization.
The purple giant egg within the chaos beam trembled faintly. The Heaven-Battling Will responded like an echo from ancient times.
"Speak!"
"First, the method of enslavement after the blood egg hatches. I need to ensure that the means of control is absolutely reliable and cannot be removed by any external force."
Song Chi's gaze was blade-sharp as he stared directly at the beam ahead.
"Second, can the exact timeframe for the ruins' collapse be determined?"
"Third, what combat level does the branch with 'a certain degree of self-preservation ability' specifically refer to?"
The purple light within the beam suddenly fluctuated violently, as though some sensitive nerve had been touched.
What followed was dozens of seconds of silence. Only more than a minute later did the Heaven-Battling Will speak again, its voice carrying a trace of fatigue Song Chi had never heard before.
"Human, you are more troublesome than I imagined."
As soon as it finished speaking, a strand of rainbow light abruptly separated from the chaos beam, then condensed in midair into a peculiar yellowed scroll.
"This