Monopolizing

When it was the second Captain, it decreased from one hundred percent to fifty percent.

When it was the third Captain, the origin point acquisition rate dropped to twenty-five percent.

And so on.

The origin point acquisition rate actually reflects the purity of the shipboard fire seed.

With each Captain merged, the purity of the shipboard fire seed is naturally contaminated.

In practice, if the first-generation ship could obtain 1 origin point by sinking a warship of an otherworldly civilization, the second-generation ship could only obtain 0.5 origin points, and the third-generation ship 0.25 origin points by sinking the same warship."

After calming down slightly, Yuan Shu continued.

Wang Dong gave a wry smile.

When the War Axe was in Yuan Shu's hands, it was a second-generation ship with a fifty percent origin point acquisition rate.

When it was passed down to Wang Dong, it became a third-generation ship with a twenty-five percent origin point acquisition rate.

In his past life, Wang Dong suffered a lot because of this.

Fortunately, it wasn't a fourth-generation ship.

If a third-generation ship still had some growth potential and was worth cultivating, a fourth-generation ship was basically used as a tool ship.

"Also, obtaining origin points isn't that simple.

Firstly, the conditions for a Kindling Warship to enter the otherworldly space are harsh.

It must be in a cosmic void region. Only in such a space with the most purely astronomical environment can the shipboard fire seed possibly detect spatial signals from the otherworldly space.

The process of capturing these spatial signals from the otherworldly space is completely random.

These mysterious signals appear briefly and disappear quickly, and the location of their appearance is different each time, with no pattern whatsoever.

It might not be encountered once in two or three years, or it might be encountered two or three times in a month.

According to long-term big data statistics, on average, each Kindling Warship can capture an otherworldly spatial signal about 1.8 times a year."

Wang Dong smiled slightly.

After the Warship Auxiliary System was officially activated, the first optional function was "Otherworldly Signal Capture."

By consuming just one unit of low-grade Energy Crystal, the system could assist the shipboard fire seed in capturing otherworldly spatial signals.

The most crucial point was that this capture did not require a specific astronomical environment!

This meant that Wang Dong didn't have to go through the same arduous process as other Kindling Warships, having to specially travel to the empty cosmic void and wander there like an idiot, waiting for Lady Luck to smile upon him.

Instead, he could activate the otherworldly battlefield anytime, anywhere.

This held significant strategic importance.

Yuan Shu twitched the corner of his mouth again: "I like your confident demeanor. Every young person believes they are the protagonist of their own destiny."

He interpreted Wang Dong's confidence, stemming from his "cheat," as the "misguided confidence" unique to young people.

Wang Dong spread his hands helplessly: "Actually, everyone is the protagonist of their own destiny."

"Perhaps."

Yuan Shu sighed softly.

"Secondly, even after capturing an otherworldly spatial signal, it's not a smooth sailing harvesting journey.

Upon entering the otherworldly space, the Kindling Warship will appear within the territory of a randomly chosen otherworldly civilization.

Depending on the combat power level of the Kindling Warship, the strength of the otherworldly civilization faced each time will vary.

Kindling Warships acquire origin points through destruction.

Naturally, there is no possibility of peaceful coexistence with these otherworldly civilizations.

These battles between different civilizations are the most brutal.

Every year, countless Kindling Warships are lost in battles with otherworldly civilizations, unable to even recover their wreckage."

Wang Dong couldn't help but sigh as well.

The otherworldly battlefields for Kindling Warships are fought in the enemy's territory, essentially one against many, a few against a crowd.

This is real combat; death is final, not like a game dungeon where one can respawn.

In fact, the number of Kindling Warships of human civilization lost in the otherworldly space is even higher than the losses incurred while expanding territory in our own universe.

"Finally, there's one more point you need to pay special attention to."

The moment of emotion was brief.

Yuan Shu quickly remembered something and said with some urgency.

"For the initial reinforcement and upgrades of the shipboard modules, only origin points and some common minerals or resources are needed.

However, as the degree of reinforcement and upgrading increases, the required minerals and resources gradually become rarer.

Especially after the initial rise of the privileged class, they began to consciously control the market for those rare minerals and resources.

To this day, the privileged class has basically monopolized the supply of these."

You aren't from the privileged class, so you can't easily obtain those precious minerals and resources. This is a difficult problem you'll need to find a way to solve."

Wang Dong nodded solemnly.

The privileged class maintained their monopoly on high-end military power by controlling third-generation Kindling Warships and strictly prohibiting the spread of precious minerals and resources to those outside their class.

This allowed them to solidify their rule.

In this interstellar era, the difficulty of social mobility was far greater than in the past Earth era.