Although he had initially learned that a ship's Spark could absorb Cosmic Wonders above its level and follow a different evolutionary path thanks to the Auxiliary System's permanent "High-speed Human-Machine Data Interaction" function,
the Kindling Human Civilization had developed to this point and occupied the entire Kindling Supercluster, with a territory spanning countless galaxies.
Its Kindling Warships were as numerous as the stars in the sky.
It couldn't be ruled out that some gifted individuals had also discovered this secret.
So Wang Dong wouldn't presume he was the only one.
But at the same time, Wang Dong had always firmly believed
that the Sky Peng Horizontal was absolutely one of a kind!
Even if others followed the same evolutionary path,
the Sky Peng Horizontal's combat strength would surely surpass that of any similar vessel!
That was the confidence of a "cheater"!
In the end, Wang Dong decided to sell the stellar core to Huang Zhenqiu.
Why not put it up for internal auction?
The reasoning was simple.
Only about a hundred Star Destroyers would take part in an internal auction, so the odds of getting a good price were honestly low.
He might as well earn Huang Zhenqiu's goodwill again.
When it came to favors, it was best to do them all at once!
Besides, given Huang Zhenqiu's character, he wouldn't take advantage of Wang Dong.
As expected,
Huang Zhenqiu readily accepted Wang Dong's proposal and even offered a very favorable price!
Goods worth one hundred merit points!
Merit points themselves couldn't be freely traded.
But there were ways to get around that.
For instance, both last time and this time, Huang Zhenqiu offered the same solution.
Wang Dong could pick something from the Kindling Human Civilization Alliance's merit-point exchange catalog and tell Huang Zhenqiu what he wanted. Huang Zhenqiu