The tunnel was still emitting that green luster. The green light reflected on Ding Meng's face, making his complexion appear extremely strange and terrifying. However, at this moment, his entire person had returned to normal, and he was no longer in his pupil state.
After an unknown amount of time, Ding Meng slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he felt was that his entire body was extremely weak. He tried to circulate his Origin Energy, but he discovered that he could only rotate slightly. The Origin Energy in his body was seriously insufficient. That frightening speck of light had instantly seized most of the energy in his body.
He then tried to move his limbs, but he discovered that there were no injuries. It seemed that the speck of light had not caused any harm to him.
However, he quickly discovered that something was wrong. The caterpillar image of Little Rascal in his field of vision was normally wriggling and squirming, but at this moment, the caterpillar seemed to be completely stiff. It was lying there motionless, and Little Rascal seemed to have stopped operating.
"Little Rascal, Little Rascal?" Ding Meng tried calling out twice, but Little Rascal did not respond.
Could it be that this damned speck of light had caused Little Rascal to disappear?
Ding Meng could not help but worry. If he really did not have Little Rascal's assistance, it would be the same as him losing one of his left and right arms.
Ding Meng struggled to crawl up from the ground. At this moment, he finally discovered that something was wrong — the tunnel had been twisted.
Yes, he was sure that his eyes were not playing tricks on him. The originally straight tunnel seemed to have been bent by an invisible hand, forming a sealed hemispherical hall. In the center of this room was a bell cauldron made of granite. A sparkling and translucent green gem floated above it. All the light in the room came from this gem.
Ding Meng could tell at a glance that the bounty mission's destination on Slyman's wristwatch was this place.
What was this thing?
Ding Meng curiously walked over. For safety's sake, he did not touch it with his hands. Instead, he carefully observed it with his telekinesis vision. The gem appeared green to the naked eye, but in his telekinesis vision, the gem was constantly changing colors, as if it were a rainbow stone.
As he walked closer, Ding Meng discovered that this rainbow stone was not a real gem, but a large mass of pure energy. The fluctuations it emitted seemed to be a mixture of Origin Energy, crystal flames, technological energy, and some other unknown energy. Even without using his telekinesis vision, he could sense its astonishing fluctuations with his body. It was like a huge electric current passing in front of him. He could feel all the hairs on his body standing on end without touching it. It was definitely a very powerful energy.
There were naturally many ways to store energy. To put it simply, the existence of energy required a "container". This container could be a human body, a server, a reactor, a power furnace, or even a battery or a crystal test tube. But no matter what method it was, it should not be like this. This mass of energy was so straight that it could be said to be an existence condensed together out of thin air.
Moreover, its composition was so complex, and it did not have any temperature. No wonder Little Rascal said that she could not analyze it. What was this thing?
Ding Meng simply reached out his hand. As soon as his fingers touched the surface of the energy mass, a green "stream of water" quickly rushed out. It flowed along his fingers, palm, and arm and rushed up to his shoulder. Although the speed was not fast, Ding Meng felt a familiar sensation: the same tingling sensation he felt when he first touched the venom.
This was clearly the K-virus.
However, the K-virus could no longer harm him. Ding Meng quickly withdrew his hand, and the green "stream of water" immediately disappeared without a trace.
This was really strange. Ding Meng was really curious. What kind of energy was this mass of energy?
It could actually contain the K-virus.
After thinking about it for a while, Ding Meng finally suppressed his curiosity. No matter what the hell this thing was, the most important thing for him right now was to quickly absorb the Origin Energy. Who knew how many unknown things there were in the depths of the earth? Recovering his physical strength was the best way to ensure his safety.
Of course, he still used the old method of absorbing energy. He sat down cross-legged and held his breath in meditation. His telekinesis field of vision shrank to a range of 20 meters, and he used his heart to sense the pure Origin Energy around him.
He could sense the Origin Energy, but it did not come from the surrounding air. Instead, it came from the constantly changing colors of the energy mass next to him.
In the past, when he absorbed Origin Energy, he first sensed the specks of light in the air, and then tried to absorb as much pure energy as possible. This time, however, it was completely the other way around. As soon as Ding Meng began to absorb energy, the rainbow stone seemed to have a mind of its own and actively poured a large amount of energy into Ding Meng's body.
If one could describe it, the Origin Energy in the past was like a flower in the air that one could slowly pluck. Now, it was like a river that was being stuffed into one's body regardless of whether one plucked it or not.
The most peculiar thing was that this was not just a single type of energy. When the rainbow stone turned red, it transmitted the purest form of heat energy. This heat energy was purer than any Origin Energy Ding Meng had absorbed in the past. It was as if he had taken a bottle of top-grade polymerized nutrient solution. In the past, he had only used low-grade polymerized products.
The reason for this was very simple. When the energy entered his body, his Origin began to spin spontaneously. The speed was faster than any other time. His limbs and bones recovered more than half of his physical strength in an instant, and he did not feel weak at all.
However, when the rainbow stone turned blue, the situation changed. The energy that rushed into his body was actually ice energy. Not only did his blood stop flowing, but even his Origin was almost frozen. Ding Meng was shocked and hurriedly operated his Origin to resist.
Ice and fire were incompatible. This was a fact, but it also depended on the cultivation of the Origin Energy user. If one was strong enough, they would be able to gradually devour this ice energy and eventually assimilate it for their own use. Of course, this was a very time-consuming and laborious process.
However, when Ding Meng finally managed to deal with this energy, the rainbow stone suddenly turned purple, and a violent energy surged into his body again. It was like a violent dragon was roaming around in his body. Not only did it cause extreme discomfort and make him faint, but his internal organs also faintly felt like they were burning.
Damn, this was electromagnetic energy. Ding Meng was scared out of his wits. He decisively shut off his telekinesis vision and stopped absorbing Origin Energy.
Little Rascal's idea of a "container" had come true. As a thermodynamic Origin Energy user, Ding Meng had no problem absorbing other types of energy because he could use his own body heat to devour and assimilate them. However, if he absorbed too much at once, he would not be able to digest it.
The key point was that the rainbow stone changed color so quickly and released such a large amount of energy. It was not something that Ding Meng could absorb with his current strength. It was only now that Ding Meng finally understood the function of this thing. This was probably a super energy body that could be shared by many Origin Energy users. No wonder the Empire's military was trying so hard to find it.
If this thing was installed in the energy area at the bottom of the Sensory Hall, who knew how many Sensory Cabins it could strengthen? It probably wouldn't be a problem to strengthen tens of thousands of Sensory Cabins. It wouldn't require those Origin Energy users to enter a meditative state and painstakingly sense the surrounding energy because it could continuously provide a corresponding amount of Origin Energy to all Origin Energy users.
Thinking about it again, if the Empire's military obtained this thing, speeding up the cultivation of talents would not be a problem. If they used it well, it wouldn't be difficult to raise a few hundred Origin Energy users in a short period of time.
Ding Meng was able to come up with this conjecture because of his own "Diamond Star Art" cultivation technique. His body's "capacity" was already very large, but this rainbow stone could "fill" him up in a short period of time. Even if the composition of the Origin Energy was different, it was enough to show how much energy this super energy body contained.
This was clearly a mini version of an artificial inverse crystal!
No wonder, no wonder. Ding Meng instantly thought through many of the questions he had before. The various oddities of this mission now had the most reasonable explanation.
But so what?
Ding Meng was too lazy to guess what the Empire's military was thinking. What he needed to do was first convert the electromagnetic energy in his body and then absorb the Origin Energy according to the rainbow stone's changing color.
The rainbow stone's colors were fiery red, azure blue, dark green, orange-yellow, vermilion purple, pure white, and pure black. Fiery red was definitely heat, azure blue was definitely ice, vermilion purple was electromagnetism, and dark green was most likely biochemistry. As for the other colors, it was unknown what kind of energy they corresponded to.
Pure black was the color that Ding Meng was most curious about, but he didn't have the guts to try it out again.
After figuring out the pattern of the rainbow color, Ding Meng sat cross-legged in peace and absorbed the heat energy. Since the seventh origin had yet to be revealed, Ding Meng used the rest of his Origin Energy to strengthen himself in addition to replenishing his energy.
This time, not only did he strengthen his physical fitness and basic cultivation technique, but Ding Meng also tried to inject Origin Energy into the ancient sword that Qu Xiaoqing had given him.
This ancient sword infused with krypton gold was indeed a divine weapon among fighter jets. Ding Meng continuously injected Origin Energy into the ancient sword through his palm, but not only did it not melt, it didn't even increase in temperature.
Little Rascal had said before that krypton gold had a melting point of several hundred thousand degrees. The Origin Energy he was using was indeed insufficient. After thinking about it, Ding Meng decided to directly inject Origin Energy into the ancient sword. The temperature in the room suddenly rose, and heatwaves surged. However, the ancient sword did not change at all. Instead, it was Ding Meng's Origin Energy that flowed out like water.
Forget it, I'll just continue replenishing my Origin Energy and meet up with Miss Qu and the others as soon as possible. As for the rainbow stone's super energy body, I'll let the Empire's military take it away if they can.
Ding Meng had already thought this through. He didn't think that he could keep this thing for himself, even though it was extremely valuable and was extremely useful for cultivation. The reason was obvious. This thing was like a giant piece of cheese. Even if you gave it to yourself, you wouldn't be able to finish it. If you really wanted to keep it to yourself, you would be in a lot of trouble.
It was better to let the military take it away. Since he was the one who had discovered this thing, it shouldn't be too much of a problem for him to raise his cultivation request to the military. After obtaining citizenship in the Norse Empire, his safety would be guaranteed. At the very least, the ambushers wouldn't dare to openly cause trouble for him anymore.
Thinking of this, Ding Meng was undoubtedly very satisfied. He simply stood up and prepared to leave. However, at this moment, the caterpillar in his field of vision finally began to wriggle. He was just about to call out to Little Rascal when he discovered that in the lower right corner of his field of vision, an identical white caterpillar was also wriggling.
Damn, what's going on?
Ding Meng couldn't help but rub his eyes to make sure that he wasn't seeing things. There really were two caterpillars in his field of vision. Could it be that Little Rascal had evolved?
Did it refine a clone?