Chapter 118: Navy Admiral and Energy Stone Crafting (Patreon)

Chapter 118: Navy Admiral and Energy Stone Crafting

"He's definitely Awakened, and it seems like a fairly strong ability."

Han Ning observed the golden glow surrounding Professor Ye and speculated, "Could it be light manipulation? There seems to be interference and purification effects."

"Professor Ye, you've just Awakened, so your abilities are still weak. With more development, you might become someone like Kizaru from One Piece."

"Kizaru? Who's that?" Professor Ye looked completely confused.

"Well—he's someone who can control light. He can turn himself into light and use it to unleash various terrifying long-range light-based attacks. He's incredibly powerful," Han Ning explained.

"Alright, I'll work hard!" Professor Ye nodded earnestly.

"Professor Ye, if you want to know more about Kizaru, you can ask me."

Xu Ming, standing nearby, had a strange expression. At 33, his youth had coincided with the era of One Piece.

Han Ning pointed at the trampled crops scattered everywhere:

"We can study abilities later. For now, let's collect whatever's still usable here, especially the soil. Take as much as we can carry."

The three of them wasted no time, using tools to scoop up the soil scattered across the floor and corners into the burlap sacks they'd brought. They didn't overlook the crushed crop remnants either, gathering those as well.

Soon, several sacks were filled to the brim.

Compared to the destroyed crops, the soil was far more valuable.

"Let's go. You've both expended a lot of energy. We'll come back next time."

Returning to the temporarily occupied office building in the business district,

Xu Ming and Professor Ye stacked the precious sacks of soil in an unfinished space.

Han Ning looked at Professor Ye: "Professor, you should restart the planting zone. You can collaborate with other Awakened or ordinary people from Azure Cloud Resort to cultivate together. When you need plants to undergo Rapid Growth, just call me, and I'll apply the acceleration uniformly."

Now that Rapid Growth had reached an advanced level, accelerating ordinary plants usually only required two or three applications.

Plants still needed time to absorb the energy from Rapid Growth—it couldn't be done all at once.

Professor Ye immediately understood Han Ning's intention: this was about benefiting everyone with ordinary crops.

He nodded solemnly: "No problem, boss. I'll rebuild both the basic crop zone and the Mutation Research Zone as soon as possible."

Night fell.

The office building was enveloped in silence.

Most people had already fallen into deep sleep, exhausted from a day of travel and combat.

Han Ning sat alone in a relatively quiet small conference room.

A rechargeable desk lamp cast bright light over his worktable.

Beneath the lamp lay a blue, irregularly shaped Crystal about the size of a walnut.

It was the energy core extracted from the seven-meter-long Black Serpent Leader.

The Crystal's surface was rough, with a thick black liquid slowly swirling inside.

Han Ning extended a finger, from which a slender, sharp Vine emerged, glowing with Molten Gold heat.

In his mind, he recalled the Fishman's movements as it carved runes into the Crystal's surface with its bone knife.

Using the Molten Gold Battle Tiger's energy mainly made the carving process easier.

"First step, purify impurities and stabilize energy—"

The molten gold glow at Han Ning's fingertips softened as he gently touched the surface of the deep blue crystal.

Sss~

A barely perceptible wisp of black smoke rose from the contact point. The swirling black mucus inside the crystal seemed agitated, stirring slightly.

Han Ning focused completely, his fingertips moving like they were lightly plucking strings, guiding the molten gold's heat to flow across the crystal's surface.

The molten gold's heat burned away bit by bit, dispersing all the foreign energies within the crystal except for the water-attribute energy.

This process required extremely precise control—too high a temperature could damage the crystal's structure, while insufficient heat wouldn't fully melt the impurities away.

Han Ning's gaze was intent, his mental power highly concentrated.

Time passed minute by minute.

The swirling blackness inside the crystal gradually turned transparent before disappearing completely.

In its place, a relatively pure deep blue glow began flowing slowly within.

"Second step, guide the energy and inscribe the runes—"

Han Ning took a deep breath as the glow at his fingertips shifted to the emerald green of natural spiritual power.

He recalled the intricate and profound rune patterns from the natural visions.

His fingertip descended.

~

Accompanied by an extremely faint sound of energy friction, a slender line glowing with weak green light appeared on the crystal's rough surface.

The line wasn't static—it wriggled slightly like a living thing as Han Ning's finger moved, branding itself into the crystal's interior.

With each stroke, Han Ning needed to inject a strand of pure natural energy to guide the crystal's water-attribute energy along the rune's trajectory.

This required coordination between mental power and spiritual power, demanding a certain level of energy control.

Failures occurred during the process.

But this crystal had a relatively large surface area. After a failure, he could simply stop the line and start a new one nearby.

It wasn't as he'd imagined—that a single mistake would ruin everything.

Even so, Han Ning remained cautious in controlling his fingertip's energy output.

Too many failures would still render it useless.

As the runes extended, the crystal began vibrating faintly. The flowing deep blue glow inside seemed summoned, becoming more active as its brightness slowly increased.

Han Ning could clearly sense the crystal's previously scattered energy being organized by the rune's power, gradually becoming more condensed.

"Fully mobilize the crystal's energy while continuously purifying other attribute energies to make the energy guidable."

Recalling the rune's represented function, Han Ning continued moving his trembling fingertip.

Lines of glowing green light intertwined across the deep blue crystal's surface, gradually forming a not-too-complex runic array.

When the final stroke connected end to beginning—

The entire crystal gave a slight tremble.

The deep blue glow inside shone brilliantly, casting the entire small meeting room in an azure light.

A far purer and more stable energy ripple spread outward.

The crystal's previously rough edges became smooth and polished, the runic array now subtle—only visible from certain angles as faintly flowing light.

Now, the monster crystal had become something akin to an energy stone capable of controlling energy absorption and release.

Energy stones were like power banks, but their specific uses...

Beyond guiding energy out to assist in creating high-energy soil, Han Ning wasn't yet sure.

But since it was an energy source, there were surely many applications—just undiscovered for now.

"Success."

Han Ning let out a sigh of relief, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

This was somewhat like doing manual work—success brought a considerable sense of accomplishment.

He picked up the deep blue Energy Stone, smooth as jade, and felt the Energy flowing within it.

"So this is an Energy Stone?"

"The next step is to use it to prepare High-Energy Soil and attempt to mutate the first plant."