PFC Chapter 751 Dragon Ball
Chapter 751 Dragon Ball
Chapter 751 Dragon Ball
Tatooine, South Dune Sea.
Two men in protective suits and goggles were speeding across the desert in an A-A4B truck-mounted landboat, their heavy clothes flapping loudly in the wind.
"boom--"
A loud explosion came from behind them. The two people in the cockpit turned around at the same time and saw a small gray-yellow mushroom cloud slowly rising from the valley in the distance.
"What happened? The bomb was detonated?"
The short reincarnator took off his goggles in surprise.
"Perhaps some unlucky sandman accidentally stepped on the detonator, or maybe the Kretosaurus crushed the Radensaurus storage tank. In any case, my advice is to leave it for now. That Kretosaurus is too big for the two of us to handle."
The tall reincarnator turned around and said in a deep voice.
"So, are we just going to give up like this?"
The short reincarnator was clearly somewhat unwilling:
"We spent so much money and so much time to get our hands on those radium dinitrates and heavy radium nitrates..."
Have you forgotten what I told you?
The tall reincarnator smiled.
"We have a backup plan."
"What backup plan?"
His companion asked, puzzled.
"All the adult male sand people of the Hoa tribe came out with us to hunt this Kreit Dragon."
The tall reincarnator gripped the steering wheel and said softly.
"Now they're all dead in that valley, which means the entire Hoa tribe is now reduced to a group of old people, children, and women. The Tusken raiders have a long-standing tradition of hunting Krete Dragons as a rite of passage. Do you think there's any chance they might find dragon balls in the Hoa tribe's tents?"
The taller reincarnator turned his head and winked at his companion.
"Wow... brilliant!"
The short reincarnator finally realized what was happening.
Even if the entire Sand People tribe combined doesn't have the ability to hunt the Giant Kreto Dragon, it's possible to hunt the smaller Canyon Kreto Dragon. The Canyon Kreto Dragon might also have Dragon Balls inside its body, which might be a little smaller, but still quite valuable. A Sand People tribe that has been passed down for generations should have one or two Dragon Balls, right?
The short reincarnator thought to himself with satisfaction.
If you unite with the Sand People tribe to defeat the Clay Dragon and obtain the Dragon Balls, then use the Clay Dragon to defeat the Sand People tribe and obtain the Dragon Balls in the same way—either way, it's a huge profit.
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At this moment, inside the valley.
Fu Qinghai donned his power armor, activated the internal circulation breathing mode, turned on the searchlight on his power backpack, and then plunged headfirst into the severed neck of the Kreitlong.
Cratosaurus is a treasure trove of resources, especially the giant subspecies like the Great Cratosaurus, which is extremely rare and difficult to hunt. The Milky Way is not lacking in believers and practitioners of the "you are what you eat" theory. Cratosaurus skin, flesh, internal organs, and bones can all be sold for money. Even the green corrosive liquid that it sprays from its sublingual glands can be used as a medicinal ingredient after drying and solidifying.
But none of these are the main points.
It wasn't what Fu Qinghai was looking for either.
There was only one thing he was looking for.
That's the legendary Kret Dragon Ball!
Observing the oral cavity of a Cretosaurus reveals that its mouth lacked chewing function; it simply swallowed its prey along with large amounts of sand. Cretosaurus possessed a stomach structure similar to a gizzard, much like birds or herbivorous dinosaurs. These rough rocks, once inside its stomach, mechanically ground and crushed the food to aid digestion, before being excreted as fine soil along with its waste.
Kretterosaurus's method of ingestion inevitably results in an exceptionally powerful digestive system. In fact, the turbid green corrosive liquid expelled from the sublingual glands of Kretterosaurus is itself a pre-digestive fluid, aiding in the initial chemical digestion before physical digestion by the gizzard.
However, over time, some hard minerals from the sand will remain in the body. Over time, these minerals will gradually accumulate on the stomach wall of the Kretosaurus. If the size becomes large enough to affect normal digestion, the digestive juices secreted by the stomach will wrap the crushed sand and stones together to form a round "dragon ball".
To ordinary people, the Kreit Dragon Ball is essentially a type of gastric stone. The locals of Tatooine regard it as a magical gemstone, and it is famous throughout the outer ring region. Even some high-ranking officials in the core region hope to obtain a Dragon Ball to highlight their noble status—Han Solo once used a Dragon Ball as a wager to win the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian.
Kretosaurus possesses a powerful digestive system, preventing most ores from forming "dragon balls" within its body. They are either corroded by digestive fluids or ground into powder and excreted. However, there is a well-known and unique mineral that possesses both exceptional physical strength and strong corrosion resistance, and is even found in trace amounts in the Tatooine desert.
This mineral is called kebernite.
Kyber crystals are not found only in Erebor; they are distributed throughout the entire galaxy, though their reserves and purity vary. Erebor has the largest reserves of them.
The creation of a lightsaber requires Kelber crystals, which are the most crucial component of a lightsaber. However, not every Force practitioner has the opportunity to search for Kelber crystals in the caves of Erell. Especially after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, all places that produce Kelber crystals have been strictly sealed off and controlled by the Imperial government. Some precious and special Kelber crystal ornaments have also been investigated and confiscated by the Imperial government. It has become extremely difficult for Fu Qinghai to obtain a Kelber crystal through traditional channels.
The lightsaber is to Jedi or Sith warriors what power armor is to Space Marines. It is not just a weapon. For Jedi and Sith, the lightsaber is an extension and expansion of their limbs, a direct focuser and amplifier for converting the Force into combat power.
A Jedi Knight without a lightsaber is like a Space Marine without power armor; their combat effectiveness is reduced by half.
So when Fu Qinghai heard about Dragon Ball in the tavern, he knew he absolutely couldn't miss it. Humans aren't beasts with claws and teeth; after losing his Blue Fang and Blue Blade, his close-combat abilities were greatly diminished, and he desperately needed a lightsaber to replenish his fighting power.
The Kratosaurus had just died, and its muscles were not yet completely stiff. Fu Qinghai entered the Kratosaurus's body through its throat and esophagus. He raised his hands to support himself above his head, stretching the relaxed neck muscles, and stepped forward step by step on the wet, soft, and resilient flesh.
He then squeezed into a spacious area. It was pitch black, and all that the searchlight could see were black animal carcasses encased in sand and gravel, sticky and wet, emitting yellowish-green fumes from decay and fermentation. Luckily, he had turned on the internal circulation beforehand, or he would have been suffocated by the stench.
Fu Qinghai began his search in such a place.
Crater Dragon Balls are generally not very large, because the vast majority of those hunted are small subspecies like the Canyon Crater Dragon. Finding one the size of a fingernail is already quite good.
But this was a giant Kreitosaurus, a type of giant dragon that is said to grow continuously throughout its entire lifespan, becoming larger with each passing year. This Kreitosaurus was nearly 400 meters long, head to tail, and must have been at least several hundred years old. Fu Qinghai had high expectations for it, hoping that a giant gallstone would develop in its stomach.
However, given the enormous size of its stomach and the complexity of its contents, Fu Qinghai was prepared for the fact that finding the Dragon Ball would not be an easy task.
But as he searched, Fu Qinghai suddenly realized that he didn't seem to need to deliberately look for the Dragon Ball. He stopped searching, stood still, and closed his eyes. In the depths of his being, he had a feeling that something in a corner of this internal space, like a bright star in the boundless darkness, was attracting him, as if there was some inexplicable and subtle connection between them.
The Force, guided by the Force!
Fu Qinghai suddenly opened his eyes, turned around, and grabbed the folds in the flesh wall, beginning to climb along the Kretosaur's stomach wall. He didn't know how the Jedi apprentices who followed their masters into the Crystal Cave of Illum found the most suitable Kyber Crystal for themselves, nor did he know how they achieved their so-called resonance with the Kyber Crystal.
But he knew clearly at that moment.
He has a special connection with this Dragon Ball!
Fu Qinghai grabbed a protrusion on the stomach wall with one hand, suspending himself in mid-air, and stuffed his other hand into the folds of the stomach wall to search hard... Finally, his fingertips touched a hard object. He spread his five fingers to grab it. The hard object was smooth and round to the touch, about the size of a football.
Found it! There really are Dragon Balls!
Fu Qinghai couldn't hide his delight.
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At this moment, inside the valley.
Fu Qinghai sat on the tail of the Krete Dragon.
He carefully examined the dragon ball in his hand.
The Dragon Balls were encased and ground into standard spheres by the stomach wall of the Kretosaurus, with irregular, colorful patterns on their surface.
Fu Qinghai couldn't wait to use the analytical testing instruments to analyze the material composition of the Dragon Ball. He held the Dragon Ball in his palm, closed his eyes, and used his Force perception to silently experience and feel it... After a moment, he opened his eyes and jumped off the dragon's tail.
According to the official Star Wars novels, a regular Dragon Ball the size of a marble can sell for 50,000 to 100,000 credits. This giant Dragon Ball, which is the size of a human head, is estimated to fetch over a million credits in the Core World.
However, Fu Qinghai raised the dragon pearl, worth millions, high with both hands and smashed it down onto the cliff face without hesitation. With a loud "bang," rocks flew everywhere, and a white gap was smashed open in the hard cliff.
The surface of the Dragon Ball remains completely undamaged.
Realizing the difference in hardness between the two, Fu Qinghai began to accumulate and build up the metal particles on his right arm armor, and the long-lost inertial hammer appeared in his hand. Fu Qinghai firmly wedged the Dragon Ball into the gap between the two rocks, gripped the hammer handle with both hands, and began to rotate his body. After rotating three times to fully charge up his energy, he slammed the hammer down hard on the Dragon Ball.
"Bang! Crack crack..."
A crack appeared on the surface of the Dragon Ball, which then rapidly expanded, revealing the core encased within it. The core reflected a crystalline and dazzling light in the sunlight.
One million credits (theoretically) just disappeared like that, but Fu Qinghai wasn't heartbroken at all, because he never intended to exchange this Dragon Ball for money in the first place. How much money it could fetch was meaningless to him. Compared to improving his own strength, any amount of credits was just a passing cloud.
Fu Qinghai forcefully pried open the outer shell of the Dragon Ball with both hands, picked up the crystal ball, about the size of a ping-pong ball, between two fingers, and examined it closely under the sunlight.
The Tatooine desert contains trace amounts of kappa crystals. These tiny fragments of kappa crystals of different colors aggregated in the stomach of this Kreitlong and eventually fused together under the influence of gastric juices to form the sphere before us.
The above is Fu Qinghai's speculation.
Will the crystal particles fuse together?
To be honest, Fu Qinghai didn't know.
Keber crystal, as a Force-tuning crystal, is shrouded in mystery. Researchers believe that keber crystals are sentient, living minerals that can grow naturally, unlike other minerals formed by geological changes. Force-sensitive individuals generally believe that keber crystals can communicate with other living beings in a non-verbal way, a phenomenon known as "resonance."
But he knew that although Kelp crystal was very stable, with excellent hardness and toughness, and was resistant to acids, alkalis and extreme temperatures, it could still be processed. Carving, hammering and forging it made it into the core of a lightsaber. It was by changing the arrangement of the Kelp crystal lattice that Galen Erso created the core weapon of the Death Star.
Regardless, this is my first lightsaber crystal... Fu Qinghai held the crystal ball firmly in his palm; he was about to begin crafting his first lightsaber.
……
Outside the valley.
"Get out! Get out! You damned beast!"
No matter how much Wotu ordered or even whipped the dragon camel beneath him, the camel refused to move forward. The four-meter-tall beast seemed to sense something and appeared extremely frightened, its four hooves firmly planted outside the valley. No matter how hard Wotu pulled, it refused to step into the valley.
Helpless, the Toidarians could only find a rock to tether the frightened dragon camel, and then flap their wings and fly into the valley. The sandy terrain leading into the valley was uneven, with signs of churned sand everywhere. Wotu also saw some blaster rifles scattered on the ground, as well as strange green clumps of pus that seemed to contain remains of flesh and bone…
He couldn't help but frown.
His expression gradually became serious.
Wotu continued flapping his wings and flying inward. He rounded a huge rocky cliff and was immediately enveloped in a massive shadow. The Toidarian slowly raised his head, looking at what was in front of him, his mouth agape and his face gradually becoming blank.
A black and gray dragon head, as large as a small house, lay across his face, its tongue lolling out of its half-open mouth full of sharp teeth, its eyes dull and lifeless. Behind the dragon head was an even larger body, like a undulating black and gray hill.
A person sat on the curved horn atop the dragon beast, sunlight streaming down from behind him, turning his figure into a dark silhouette. Wotu raised his hand to shield his head and squinted to see him.
That man, it really was him!
"How is it? Can you eat it?"
Fu Qinghai sat on the dragon's horn and asked calmly.
"I……"
Wotu tilted his head to examine the carcass of the Kretedrax. The carcass was obscured by the winding terrain of the valley; he couldn't even see the end of its tail. Wotu actually wanted to say, "I don't know if I can eat it all," but after a struggle and weighing of his options, he looked up at Fu Qinghai and gritted his teeth, saying:
"I'm going to get a loan!"
"Ok."
Fu Qinghai slightly curled the corners of his mouth.
……
After finding the most precious Dragon Ball, what to do with the carcass of the Kratos became a new problem.
Abandoning it in the valley and letting the body rot naturally is clearly not a good choice; it's a waste.
Fu Qinghai didn't have the time or energy to slowly dismantle the Kratosaurus and find a buyer, so he thought of someone—Wotu, the owner of a scrap metal shop, with whom he had a pretty good working relationship once.
According to the prequel movie, although Wattour is a shrewd, mercenary, and gambling addict, he is not inherently bad. He bought Skywalker and her son as indentured slaves, but he did not treat them very badly.
After Anakin Skywalker earned enough money to ransom them, Voltu readily released them. Voltu treated them more like employees than actual slaves, which was much better than Jabba the Hutt, who would often feed slaves to the Ranks.
Fu Qinghai didn't want to cooperate with Jaba. The Hutts were too greedy and had too big an appetite. If Jaba knew there was a giant Kreit dragon here, he might very well have evil intentions and want to take it for himself. Fu Qinghai wasn't afraid of Jaba, of course, but that would inevitably lead to a battle that yielded no results. Even if he killed all of Jaba's men, he wouldn't be able to deal with the dragon's corpse.
Jabba's criminal organization is not part of the Galactic Empire, and killing them does not reward any assimilation points.
However, Wotu was merely a scrap metal shop owner with some connections and influence; whether he had the financial resources to buy the entire Kretedragon was questionable. Fu Qinghai had only called him over to test the waters, but he hadn't expected Wotu to be so decisive, immediately deciding to borrow money to buy the Kretedragon carcass.
Before we knew it, it was getting late.
The dark red sunset illuminated half the sky.
The valley was brightly lit at this time.
Several makeshift white spotlights stood crookedly on the cliffs surrounding the valley, their light completely enveloping the Kretosaur's corpse. Wotu summoned all his robots, flapping his wings as he flew around the carcass, directing his men to cut and dismantle the Kretosaur.
Fu Qinghai sat on a boulder, silently watching Wotu's robots dismantle the corpse of Kretron.
Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the dilapidated etiquette robot in Wotu's shop shakily walking into the valley and handing something to Wotu.
Wotu nodded, turned around, and flew towards Fu Qinghai. He arrived in front of Fu Qinghai and handed him the small card in his hand.
"There are 300,000 credits here, which is the most money I can borrow in a short time. I will give you the remaining 50,000 credits after I sell this Kratosaurus."
Wotu said with his head down and a heavy expression.
He seems to be under a lot of financial pressure.
He may have mortgaged his junk shop.
The entire carcass of a Kratos is not worth as much as a single Dragon Ball. This is to be expected, since not every Kratos contains a Dragon Ball, and not every Dragon Ball contains a Kelpite Crystal. Usually, only Kratos that are old and large enough will have one.
Fu Qinghai looked down and fiddled with the yellow card in his hand. It was made of plastic, with many vertical stripes of varying thickness printed on the front and the logo of "Interstellar Banking Group" on the back.
This is what is called a credit card.
The full name of the credit points is "Galaxy Standard Credit," issued and managed by the Interstellar Banking Group, and recognized as the sole designated currency by both the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire. It's a digital currency with many physical forms; the small, coin-like metal ingots Fu Qinghai used before are one, and the yellow and black card in front of him is another.
It is inconvenient to use small metal ingots with fixed face value for large transactions, so these credit cards are used more often.
Fu Qinghai put away the credit card and said:
"You don't need to give me the rest of the money."
Wotu looked up, somewhat puzzled.
Fu Qinghai took out a piece of paper and handed it to Wotu.
"Get me these parts."
Fu Qinghai stared intently at Wotu as he spoke.
Wotu began to browse the parts listed on the paper.
Focusing lens assembly, energy control gate, energy battery, energy transmission pipeline, circulating field energy exciter...
Wotu looked up and glanced at Fu Qinghai.
These things... are not so simple.
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