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After some thought, Song Chi eventually decided against the idea of exchanging for the Titanium Crystal.

There were two reasons for this.

First, Golden Merit Points were hard to come by. As far as Song Chi knew, they could only be earned by completing quests associated with Fourth Rank lifeforms.

Alternatively, one could hand in Purple Quality or higher shipborne components, or extremely rare resources (such as Void Crystals, Titanium Crystals, medium-high Rank Life Crystals, space-based special resources, time-based special resources, and so on).

The stringent requirements for either of the aforementioned methods further proved how rare Golden Merit Points were.

Second, at the Zhu Tian Ruins Market there was a steady income of Titanium Crystals every month. Although each time it was only 50 pieces, the consistent, long-term yield meant that his annual income of Titanium Crystals would still be quite significant, as long as he wasn't in a hurry.

With his decision made, he didn't linger at the counter any longer and continued to stroll around the thirtieth floor.

After about fifteen minutes, having nearly finished touring the thirtieth floor, Song Chi felt a bit dazzled by the abundance of good items.

He saw no fewer than ten pieces of Purple Quality shipborne components alone, with the regular Purple Components priced at about 5 Golden Merit Points each.

Among these was an ordinary Purple Quality Fire Source UpRank called "Essence Lotus Heavenly Fire," capable of upgrading a Colorless Seed of Torch to a White Quality.

However, it wasn't cheap, priced at 10 Golden Merit Points.

Naturally, Song Chi had no interest in it.

Two minutes later, he reached the thirty-first floor.

On this floor, he saw an Orange Quality shipborne main cannon with attributes that were not much different from a Pure Yang Sword Beam Cannon, and it also had an active feature that facilitated major bursts, but it was priced at 105 Golden Merit Points, which made Song Chi's eyes widen.

Subsequently, he visited several more floors in succession. He saw a number of Orange Quality shipborne components and even more Purple Components, as well as two pieces of Purple Quality Fire Sources that could rival Orange Oddities.

In the end, he arrived at a rough conclusion.

Above the thirtieth floor of the Merit Tower, Purple Quality shipborne components, were generally valued at 5 to 10 Golden Merit Points.

Purple Components capable of matching the Orange Quality components were uniformly priced at 40 Golden Merit Points for exchange.

And the Orange Glory Quality shipborne components were priced at around 80 to 120 Golden Merit Points for exchange.

Having grasped this, Song Chi continued upward.

At the forty-ninth floor of the Merit Tower, Song Chi stopped.

On this floor, he saw a type of component that he had always been very eager to acquire.

Obsidian Ship Armor lv0

Quality: Purple

Feature: Obsidian Guard

Consumption: 7/second (Spectral Energy Points)

Defence: 17

No need for Charge and Buffer

UpRank Requirement: 7 strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin, 700 Spectral Energy Points, Obsidian 1kg

{Obsidian Guard: Consumes 2000 Spectral Energy Points to instantly generate an Obsidian Shield on the outer layer of the warship, lasting 2 minutes with a 48-hour cooldown.}

Indeed, ship armor with active Shield features like this was precisely what Song Chi had been searching for.

The woman from the Chenxing Multifunctional Shop had a piece of ship armor named "Shadow Inkstone Armor," and that component had been on Song Chi's mind for a while.

However, until the woman left, he never found the right opportunity to ask for an exchange, as his main focus was, after all, on that strand of "Senbai Bone Flame."

Now, seeing this "Obsidian Ship Armor," which was by no means inferior to the "Shadow Inkstone Armor," Song Chi was naturally very eager.

Its "Obsidian Guard" feature was undoubtedly no worse than the "Inkstone Shield" feature, and equally instantaneous, making it very suitable for the Cang Qiong when there was no time to fully activate the "Dark Matter Energy Shield Generator" for self-preservation.

However, eager as he might be, the exchange price for this "Obsidian Ship Armor" remained unchanged, demanding 10 Golden Merit Points, making it one of the most expensive Purple shipborne components, second only to the top-tier Fire Sources. This gave him a headache.

The collection counter on the forty-ninth floor of the Merit Tower is one of many such counters, each floor having one. Their purpose is to facilitate the appraisal of items in the hands of clan members and the corresponding issuance of Merit Points.

Song Chi stepped up to the counter. His Ancestral Torch slowly opened at his brow, and he took out the "Brox Ultra Base Main Cannon," placing it on the counter.

"Excuse me, how many Golden Merit Points can I get for this Purple main cannon if I hand it in?"

He took out that main cannon, which he had obtained along with the "Enslavement Medal" from the ruins of the Buluo Civilization, pondering whether he could gather enough Golden Merit Points by selling this main cannon to exchange for the "Obsidian Ship Armor."

However, the reality was somewhat disappointing to him.

Even with this main cannon added, it still wasn't enough.

"A standard Purple main cannon can be exchanged for 4 Golden Merit Points."

Upon hearing this, Song Chi frowned.

Because in the more than ten floors he had browsed through earlier, all the Purple main cannon components after the thirtieth floor, if their attributes were not exceptionally top-tier, such as having special Armor-Piercing or Shield Breaker features, were typically worth 5 Golden Merit Points.

He hadn't expected the clan to only offer 4 Golden Merit Points when repurchasing similar components, which amounted to selling at the list price but buying back at eighty percent of it. This was a surprise to him.

And even with the additional 4 Golden Merit Points, it was still insufficient to exchange for the Obsidian Ship Armor. Moreover, he had plans to save up for later exchanges, like the Third-Rank Level of the "Thorned Flying Dragon" enslavement certification.

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