Chapter 1040: Chapter 44: Chaldea

Chaldea, one of the Neutral Cities in the Asteroid Belt, was the second Neutral City-State established after the City of Ur, and is one of the most famous among them.

This place was originally the graveyard of the Deep Space Fleet under the War God King. At that time, the fleet of the War God King was defeated by the Seventh Martial God, and most of the fleet was buried here on the spot. However, the War God King’s valiant battle also stalled the Seventh Martial God, buying time for the subsequent envelopment. If not for the War God King’s action, later King Aqini would not have been able to block the Seventh Martial God on Prime Deity Star.

However, King Aqini inexplicably withdrew at the crucial moment, leaving the Sky Star Fleet in front of the Seventh Martial God, resulting in the loss of the entire Sky Star Fleet.

The remnants of the Sky Star Fleet were later piled on Prime Deity Star, forming today’s City of Ur.

And the remnants of the War God King’s fleet were also piled together, forming the current Chaldea City.

Because Chaldea is located in the middle of the Seventh Martial God’s marching route, and is very close to the previous battlefields and later relics, it is considered a transportation hub. For several Space Cities to travel quickly back and forth, they must go through Chaldea.

Chaldea, along with neighboring Zion, became more developed due to this geographical advantage, even more so than the earliest city, Ur.

The internal space of Chaldea is larger than that of Ur. The Sky Star Fleet is more elite, and its scale is smaller than the fleets of other Kings. Hartman only kept the number of fleets at what he could perfectly command. The War God King’s fleet was initially more numerous than the Sky Star Fleet.

However, unlike Ur, which has the large celestial body Prime Deity Star from the Asteroid Belt inside, the core of Chaldea is just a few of the largest remnants stacked together, providing negligible gravity.

Therefore, the gravity of Chaldea is smaller than that of Ur.

Ur, Zion, and Chaldea are all results of the Seventh Martial God’s bitter battles with the Protectors. Even the locations of several nearby cities, when connected, can outline the Seventh Martial God’s approximate march route.

Although Chaldea was established after Ur, Ur’s policies are relatively conservative and develop slowly. In contrast, Chaldea is a true mix of diverse elements. The Martial Arts Dojos here are more developed than in other regions. On the other hand, there are more Heroes in seclusion here.

Several times, people reported seeing renowned Hero One Layer Heaven Martial Artists living in seclusion in Chaldea.

Some independent media personnel even started a live broadcast of “Searching for the Hidden Masters” here, wandering the streets looking for those potentially high-ranking individuals in seclusion.

In this era without culture, this is already a rare cultural activity.

Asgard docked the spaceship at the spaceport and then connected to an account. This account stole some computing resources from others to perfect a blockchain for a certain power.

In this era, there is no capital injection, so the value of virtual currency does not skyrocket. Building a blockchain is not just to “become a ledger.” Often, some sects build blockchains to record information or borrow computing resources to perfect Martial Studies. The process of “mining” also propels this progress. When others perform this process, the system will feedback a small amount of virtual currency as a reward.

Heroes also use this virtual currency as a trading token internally. This practice slowly extended to everyone who had transactions with Heroes, and it gradually spread to a wider range.

For Heroes, helping complete the blockchain is aiding them in Martial Arts. In most cases, they will acknowledge that electronic currency can be used to trade and negotiate with them.

And this rule naturally extended onward.

Asgard transferred the earned virtual currency to the spaceport, purchasing long-term docking services for the spaceship.

Li Zheyuan—more accurately, just the head of Li Zheyuan—was carefully placed in a case, carried by Jeanne.

This old thing is now a pure clown, but three hundred years ago, he had deceived Xiang Shan’s people. Jeanne and Asgard both didn’t trust leaving him alone on the ship, so they planned to carry Li Zheyuan with them.

Li Zheyuan’s work on analyzing Jeanne’s brain cells was already on track, and all the experimental methods currently available had been used. The remaining parts were left to the supercomputer on their small spacecraft.

Li Zheyuan now needs not time but thought, along with a little stimulation.

Afterwards, Jeanne and Asgard exited one after another.

At the entrance of the spaceport, a person held up an LED sign, and the lit part of the LED showed Asgard’s name.

Asgard happily waved.

Jin led a few people to greet them.

The few people behind Jin were all members of the Hermo Association who had a good relationship with Asgard.

Although Asgard was dismissed by the Hermo Association for hiding the fact that she was being hunted by King Aqini, it was still a “good terms and separation” kind of situation.

Hermo Association did not turn hostile towards her, but merely because they were unhappy that she hid her past, bringing unforeseen danger to the chamber of commerce. Actually, given Asgard’s skills, if she had initially disclosed that she was being hunted by Lunar forces, perhaps the Hermo Association would still have sheltered her. But then, the Hermo Association couldn’t have sent her to Ur in that commercial activity. The Hermo Association could have offered more suitable work for her.

And the Hermo Association did not prohibit remaining members from continuing to associate with her.

Asgard excitedly greeted the others.

Jeanne, carrying Li Zheyuan’s head, surveyed the surroundings. The spaceport was originally the entrance of a mothership. Deep Space Carriers are very few. As mentioned before, in deep space, there is no gravity, and friction is minimal. Given the thrust-to-weight ratio limitations, small aircraft cannot accelerate faster than large aircraft over short distances. Therefore, in the era of galaxy warfare, “carriers” were relatively rare.

More people preferred to use the main guns of super-large warships to eliminate the enemy in one go.

The era of heavy guns and giant warships experienced a resurgence.

For the Deep Space Battleship, the “hangar” mostly served to allow allies’ One Layer Heaven Martial Artists to enter and exit, annihilating the enemy’s One Layer Heaven Martial Artists that breached the fleet formation.

In most cases, the battleship hangars were quite small.

But the space where they currently stood was very spacious.

Back then, among the War God King’s fleet defeated by the Seventh Martial God, there even existed the rare combat ship types like “Deep Space Aircraft Carrier.”

Asgard soon finished exchanging pleasantries. Jin called Jeanne and they headed towards Chaldea City. As they walked, Jin said, “I thought I wouldn’t see you for a few years. The things you did in Ur were not small.”

“Is that so?” Jeanne asked, “From the intelligence you sent, what the Twelfth Martial God did on Earth had far-reaching effects. What’s the current situation in Chaldea?”