With this thought in mind, Han Xuanji stepped out of the cultivation chamber.
The interior of the battleship was quiet, with only the console emitting a faint silver-white light. The automatic navigation System continued to operate smoothly, its screen clearly displaying the flight path and the surrounding environment.
Han Xuanji's gaze swept across the cabin, and he soon spotted the cultivation chamber where Hun Qianling was located.
The door to the cultivation chamber was currently tightly shut, enveloped by faint energy fluctuations. It was clear that Hun Qianling was engrossed in her cultivation and had reached a critical stage.
Han Xuanji paused and did not step forward to disturb her, thinking to himself:
"It seems Fellow Daoist Qianling is at a critical stage of her Breakthrough; it wouldn't be right to disturb her."
He had originally intended to ask Hun Qianling for some advice, but now he could only suppress that thought and instead ponder what he should do.
Soon, he arrived at the battleship's control center and lightly tapped the console interface with his fingertip. Hun Qianling had previously granted him significant control permissions for the battleship, including access to the weapon Systems, which was enough for him to pilot the thousand spirits vessel for hunting. He skillfully pulled up the attack interface, intending to lock onto nearby weak Primordial Chaos Alien Species, but noticed a power indicator light flickering in the corner of the console, with a prompt next to it displaying "Insufficient Energy Reserves."
"Hmm? Not much energy left?"
Han Xuanji frowned slightly, feeling that things had become a bit troublesome.
He hadn't paid any attention to energy matters before. The operation of an Eternal Battleship was not without cost. He recalled the energy System of the Eternal Continent that Hun Qianling had mentioned previously.
This type of Eternal Battleship relied on Eternal Stones as its core energy source. Eternal Stones were a unique mineral of the Eternal Continent and were quite valuable. They served not only as fuel for battleships but also as a common medium of exchange on the Eternal Continent; trade and cultivation were almost inseparable from Eternal Stones.
They were similar to the Spirit Stones of the Lower Realm and the Immortal Spirit Stones of the Immortal Realm, though their value was higher and their uses more extensive.
The conflicts between many powers on the Eternal Continent were essentially centered around Eternal Stone veins—for instance, the Hun Family, to which Hun Qianling belonged, had risen rapidly and developed steadily among many factions because they controlled a small Eternal Stone vein.
Large Eternal Stone veins were almost entirely occupied by the Nine Supreme Powers of the Eternal Continent, who thus monopolized the majority of Eternal Stone resources.
As for the few unclaimed Eternal Stone veins, they were hidden on small islands deep within the Hongmeng Sea or in extremely dangerous regions of the Eternal Continent, where ordinary Cultivators dared not approach.
Thinking of this, Han Xuanji couldn't help but grumble inwardly:
"The battleship I got from the System check-in before is completely useless."
The System had only given him the ship but no Eternal Stones. Without energy, even the strongest battleship was just a pile of scrap metal. He had only fully understood the key details of this later after casually asking Hun Qianling, and now he felt more than ever that the System was a bit of a scam.
"With insufficient energy reserves, I can't easily use the battleship's attack Systems. Otherwise, once the energy is depleted, we'll truly be in a passive position here in the Hongmeng Sea."
Han Xuanji whispered softly, his brow furrowed as he considered his options.
The battleship's attack Systems consumed a massive amount of energy. With the current reserves nearly empty, he clearly couldn't rely on the ship for hunting anymore; doing so would only make a bad situation worse.
However, Han Xuanji was not without options. He was now at the second level of the Eternal Dao Master Realm and possessed the Sword Dao Principle and the Eternal Soul Sword Divine Ability. Dealing with some weak Primordial Chaos Alien Species shouldn't be a problem.
He could entirely rely on his own attacks to hunt weak Primordial Chaos Alien Species, which would allow him to obtain cultivation resources while saving the battleship's energy—killing two birds with one stone.
Furthermore, with the battleship's defenses, he would essentially be in an invincible position.
Just as Han Xuanji made up his mind, a sharp alarm suddenly blared inside the ship. The piercing sound shattered the silence, and the console screen instantly turned red, flashing warning text:
"Enemy intrusion, enemy intrusion! Warning! An Eternal Dao Master Realm Primordial Chaos Spirit has invaded. Battleship personnel, please handle it immediately!"
"Hmm?"
Han Xuanji's heart stirred, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes, which then turned solemn.
"A Primordial Chaos Spirit? We've actually been invaded?"
He had heard rumors of Primordial Chaos Spirits from Hun Qianling before and knew they were completely different from Primordial Chaos Alien Species—Primordial Chaos Spirits had no physical bodies and existed as a special type of spiritual entity.
According to the speculations of Powerful Experts on the Eternal Continent, most Primordial Chaos Spirits were born when Cultivators perished in the Hongmeng Sea and were assimilated by its natural laws, gradually evolving into monsters.
Such beings were extremely difficult to deal with. Their greatest characteristic was the ability to penetrate the defensive barriers of most Eternal Battleships to directly attack the living beings inside.
Of course, there were top-tier Eternal Battleships that could resist the intrusion of Primordial Chaos Spirits, but those ships were exceptionally rare and worth a fortune. Most were 'toys' bestowed by the experts of the Nine Supreme Powers upon their Core Disciples.
After all, to those top-tier experts, weak Primordial Chaos Spirits posed no threat at all, making defense irrelevant.
As for truly powerful Primordial Chaos Spirits, even relying on the defense Systems of a top-tier battleship might not completely block them, making such defensive functions somewhat redundant in practice.
Although the thousand spirits vessel was an Eternal Battleship, it was not top-tier, and it clearly could not resist the intrusion of an Eternal Dao Master Realm Primordial Chaos Spirit.
"That's a bit unlucky. According to Hun Qianling, these things are supposed to be very rare to encounter."
Han Xuanji's expression turned stern as his Sword Dao Principle instantly activated. The aura of a silver Soul Sword faintly condensed at his fingertips, and his Divine Thought vigilantly scanned every corner of the cabin.
Primordial Chaos Spirits had no physical form and moved mysteriously; finding its trail would not be easy.
He was also secretly worried. Hun Qianling was currently in secluded cultivation, and it would be bad if she were disturbed.
Of course, with the cultivation chamber door tightly shut and enveloped by an energy barrier, it might temporarily block the Primordial Chaos Spirit's attack, preventing her from being disturbed during the critical stage of her Breakthrough.
"I must find this Primordial Chaos Spirit as quickly as possible and eliminate it, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
Han Xuanji thought to himself, his mind highly focused as he carefully probed every corner of the cabin, searching for the trail of the Primordial Chaos Spirit.