"Now, there are more than 500 billion spiritual crystals in total. Even if you buy a robot with the strength of a Level 11 cultivator, you can only buy five robots with the strength of early-stage Level 11 cultivators, or one robot with the strength of a mid-stage Level 11 cultivator. You can't even buy two of them...'
After the third transaction was completed, Lin Yun frowned in the starry sky and thought to himself.
With this kind of strength, it is even inferior to the strength of the Ming Shao I saw last time, not to mention that the Ming Shao now has more funds and his strength can become even stronger at any time.
'It is still possible to raise Lin Mengmeng's spiritual power to the early stage of the eleventh level, but it is impossible to raise it to the mid-stage of the eleventh level. At most, she can only learn one more spiritual attack skill, and her strength will increase only slightly...'
Lin Yun shook his head.
In short, none of this is feasible.
Then, it seems, there is only that method left.
A sharp light flashed in Lin Yun's eyes.
'Hum——'
Soon, he selected a product on the Universal Trading System. At the same time, the more than 5,000 billion spirit crystals in his account on the Universal Trading System disappeared, leaving only a few hundred billion spirit crystals.
This product cost Lin Yun a total of more than 5,000 billion spirit crystals.
Lin Yun believed that under the current circumstances, only this method could break the stalemate.
If you know yourself and your enemy, you can win every battle. They have been getting the jump on each other, isn't it because they are behind in information?
So he simply purchased a super powerful detection and shielding device.
More than 5 trillion spirit crystals... Just the detection and shielding device, not including anything else, made Lin Yun buy a device that would be considered top-notch even in a Level 9 civilization.
And...this device can be used at overclocked speeds, but it will shorten its lifespan.
Every time it is used at overclocked speeds, it will suffer irreversible damage.
Once it has been overclocked for a certain period of time, this piece of equipment will not be worth much even if it is recycled for its materials.
However, the effect is also very powerful.
Once overclocked, on the cosmic trading system, apart from some special detection equipment and shielding equipment, not even a trace can be found.
Those special detection equipment has already exceeded the level of a level 9 technological civilization, and each one is not cheap. Lin Yun estimates that even if Ming Shao does business with the Codice Empire over and over again, he may not be able to make that kind of money.
These days, Lin Yun has not detected anything.
According to his analysis, before Ming Shao came to the Codice Empire, his strength was not that strong, and he also started to get rich in the Codice Empire.
Therefore, after he purchases this device, the possibility of Ming Shao detecting their whereabouts again is extremely small.
...
One minute later, Lin Yun received the device.
The device was only the size of a single table, but every bit of the material used was extremely precious. The entire appearance was black, and it didn't look fancy at all, just very simple.
'Fifty trillion spirit crystals and all you get is something this big...' Zhao Gang was dumbfounded when he saw the table.
'It's not bad. A robot with the strength of a late-stage Level 11 cultivator is also this price, and it's not this big...' Lin Jianfei shook his head.
Coming from a background as a mercenary, he is even more sensitive to combat robots.
'I hope it works!' Lin Yun whispered.
As long as it works, the 5 trillion spirit crystals spent will be worthwhile.
'Hum——'
Lin Yun turned on the device. Soon, an invisible fluctuation radiated out from the device, and in just an instant, it covered the battleship they were on. At the same time, the device emitted various network signals, beginning to connect to the network in this star system.
Whether it's detection... or shielding... it has a lot to do with the network...
Another place in the Codice Empire.
'Drip drip drip...'
An alarm soon sounded on a warship.
'Huh? Those people, they've disappeared?'
A young man in the control room frowned slightly.
If Lin Yun were here, he would definitely recognise that this young man was the Ming Shao he met at the Codice Imperial court.
'It seems that they have purchased a very powerful shielding device, they are really willing to spend it...' This young man mused.
He knew exactly how advanced his detection equipment was, and what level of shielding equipment was required to block the detection of this equipment. The traces of Lin Yun and his party had already been locked in by him, and the level of shielding equipment required to get rid of this lock was definitely not low.
'It's all because of the restrictions of the owner of the Universal Trading System. Otherwise, I would have annihilated the royal family of the Codice Empire there, and it wouldn't have come to this...' This Ming Shao secretly fumed.
There was only so much profit, and if the other party made more, he would only make less.
An hour later, this Ming Shao once again purchased a detection device on the Universal Trading System and then chose to activate it.
Because he did not know where Lin Yun and his party were, he had to choose to detect the entire Codice Empire star domain.
As a result, the time required was longer.
One day later, the young Ming's face turned ugly.
For a whole day, the detection device had almost completely scanned the entire Codice Empire star system, and it had not detected the whereabouts of Lin Yun and his party.
'Could it be that the level of the detection device I purchased is still too low? However, even if it is the top-level shielding device of a ninth-level technological civilization, it is impossible not to detect a single trace. Could it be that it has not yet been detected...' The young Ming frowned.
The detection equipment he purchased was not low-grade, and it cost him a total of 6000 to 7000 trillion spirit crystals.
That is, during this period of time, he earned a lot of spirit crystals, so he was willing to spend so much. In addition, there were other functions, some of which were quite useful, so he bought them as well.
His face was constantly changing, as he continued to wait.
After another three hours, the detection equipment finally finished detecting the entire Codice Empire star domain, but still did not find the traces of Lin Yun and his party.
'Overclocking, the shielding equipment they purchased must be able to be overclocked...' Ming Shao's face was gloomy as he thought of this possibility.
Otherwise, with the detection equipment he purchased, it is impossible to detect even a trace of the opponent's whereabouts. As for more advanced shielding equipment... He didn't think about it. Technological goods that transcend the technological civilization of level 9 are too expensive.
The opponent definitely cannot afford it.
Otherwise, last time, the opponent would not have let him go.
The device he purchased cannot be overclocked...
In that case, he would have to purchase another detection device that can be overclocked.
However, he is well aware of the cost of some overclocked devices, many of which come at the cost of a shortened lifespan. That is almost like throwing money into the water to hear the sound of it, and it is still a very large fortune.
Although he still has a lot of funds, he really doesn't want to waste them on this.
In particular, even if he uses an overclocking detection device, the other party is also using an overclocking shielding device, so he may only vaguely detect the general location of the other party, but not the exact location.
In that case, it will be difficult for him to determine the specific purpose of the other party from his location.
The cost is too high, and the reward is unknown.
'Damn it!' Ming Shao said angrily.
He didn't expect the other party to be so bold, it was almost like throwing away the funds with a minimum of 5 trillion spirit crystals.
'I still want to raise my spiritual power to the pinnacle of the 11th level, and I still have a lot of 11th-level spiritual skills, which require a lot of consumption.' Ming Shao's face kept changing.
He majored in not the spiritual system, but he also studied the spiritual system. The cosmic trading system can directly increase a person's spiritual power level. A higher spiritual power level has great benefits in all aspects, and many masters of the cosmic trading system also study the spiritual system.
He thought about it for a long time, and in the end, he gave up the idea of tracking down Lin Yun and the others.
'Anyway, I've already run away from most of the major forces of the Codice Empire. I'll hurry up and go to the rest of them, and I hope you don't run into me, otherwise I won't be as polite as I was last time. As for the rest, let you have some fun...' Ming Shao snorted and whispered.