Chapter 509: Energy Array 2

‘Even though the Crystal Stones the Skeletons bring out each time are small and contain little Energy, every little bit adds up. After a month, they should have collected quite a lot.’

“Uh… well, actually, for certain reasons, I used up the Void Energy Crystal Stones we mined. So I really don’t have many left on hand.”

Li Ziyu decided to just be upfront about it.

Bebuta nodded in understanding.

“You ate the Void Energy Crystal Stones?”

To Void Creatures, Void Energy Crystal Stones were food, so eating them was a perfectly normal thing to do.

‘But the City Lord’s appetite is a little big, isn’t it? Could a Human really digest that many Void Energy Crystal Stones?’

‘Or did I misjudge him? Is this Human before me actually extraordinary and in need of massive amounts of Energy?’

Li Ziyu’s expression darkened. “My teeth aren’t that good. I just used them up.”

“You don’t have to explain to me. A big appetite is a good thing. But, City Lord, you are a Human after all. Eating too many Void Crystal Stones is not good for your body. In your human terms, you’ll get indigestion.”

Bebuta advised Li Ziyu with great earnestness.

The corner of Li Ziyu’s mouth twitched. ‘It seems I can’t explain this clearly, so I might as well not explain it at all.’

‘If you say I ate them, then I ate them. In any case, they’re gone.’

If Li Ziyu wasn’t in a hurry, Bebuta was even less so.

After giving Li Ziyu a bow, Bebuta slipped away.

Just as he had predicted, the deeper the mine tunnels went into the mountain range, the faster the Void Energy Crystal Stones were collected.

Every day, large quantities of Void Energy Crystal Stones were transported out of the mountains.

At first, they were the size of a fist, then the size of a human head. Eventually, the Void Energy Crystal Stones were so large they had to be carried by the Undead.

After waiting for some time, the amount of Void Energy Crystal Stones in the Warehouse finally began to increase, and the rate of increase grew faster and faster.

Seeing this, Li Ziyu was no longer in a hurry to build the Soul Energy Collector.

‘With enough Void Energy Crystal Stones, the Soul Energy Collector can be built at any time. The priority now is to accumulate more Void Energy Crystal Stones and return to the Otherworld first.’

‘Come to think of it, I’ve been away for quite some time. I wonder if everything is still okay back in the Otherworld.’

Another month passed. The Warehouse was now piled high with a massive amount of Void Energy Crystal Stones, and the number of units had surpassed the million mark.

Li Ziyu finally decided to return to the Otherworld.

「Fortress Main Tower.」

Having spent two months in the Fortress, Bebuta had grown accustomed to life there. He received a summons from the City Lord, Li Ziyu.

“City Lord.”

Entering the room, Bebuta bowed slightly.

Li Ziyu stood up with a smile and walked over to Bebuta.

“Have you been settling in all right?”

“Yes. Life in this city is different from what I imagined.”

“How is your recovery coming along? Are you confident you can open the Teleportation Gate?”

“Rest assured, City Lord. I have reached my peak condition. Opening the Teleportation Gate should be no problem.”

In fact, Bebuta had already been more or less recovered last month and had even sought out Li Ziyu to ask about the Teleportation Gate.

At that time, Li Ziyu had just come out of his seclusion, and all the Void Energy Crystal Stones collected by the Skeleton Undead had been used up.

After another month of recuperation, Bebuta had now fully recovered, and he felt better than ever before.

“There’s just one small issue. The Void Energy Crystal Stones I have on hand might not be what you’re used to. See if you can use this kind of Void Energy Crystal Stone.”

After Void Energy Crystal Stones entered the Warehouse, the system would automatically consolidate them, storing them in the form of units.

Li Ziyu wasn’t sure if Bebuta could use these cubical Void Energy Crystal Stones.

He took one out from the Warehouse and handed it to Bebuta.

Sensing the abundant Energy within the Void Energy Crystal Stone in Li Ziyu’s hand, a surprised Bebuta took it.

“This is a Top-Grade Void Energy Crystal Stone! It contains a vast amount of Void Energy, and its distribution is incredibly uniform. City Lord, where did you dig this up?”

Bebuta’s voice was tinged with confusion.

He had, of course, seen Top-Grade Void Energy Crystal Stones before. The depths of a Void Energy Crystal Ore Vein usually contained top-grade crystals.

But both naturally formed Void Energy Crystal Stones and the top-grade ones cultivated by Void Creatures were different from the one before him now.

Naturally formed Top-Grade Void Energy Crystal Stones resemble Void Crystals. They are prismatic, deep blue in color, and constantly emit Void Energy fluctuations, making them very easy to detect.

As for the Top-Grade Void Energy Crystal Stones cultivated by Void Creatures, they look like large pebbles. They have no sharp edges and are very smooth. Their energy is contained within, so they can even be overlooked without careful inspection.

But this one in his hand was perfectly cubical. It was different from both the naturally formed and the cultivated Top-Grade Void Energy Crystal Stones.

Bebuta couldn’t figure out how Li Ziyu had managed to reshape a Void Energy Crystal Stone into this form.

A Void Energy Crystal Stone has a protective, crystal-like shell on the outside with Void Energy on the inside. Once that shell breaks, the Void Energy dissipates in an extremely short amount of time.

Since Void Creatures fed on Void Energy Crystal Stones, they had naturally thought about modifying them, but every attempt had ended in failure without exception.

To suddenly see a “manufactured” Void Energy Crystal Stone—one that had even reached top-grade quality—was enough to shock Bebuta, even for a battle maniac like him.

“Hm, it was nothing, really. Just something I whipped up.”