On the other side, mbers of the Security Bureau were conducting mysterious verifications and providing psychological counseling to the public in the city.
Suddenly, upon hearing that Su Qi had returned safely, the previously panicked citizens imdiately appeared incredibly calm, their entire disposition rejuvenated.
The imnse difference before and after left these Transcendents silently clicking their tongues.
This... even the effects of a stimulant wouldn’t co this quickly.
"Hey, don’t underestimate it. Lord Su Qi is soone with great fortune, destined to bear the mandate of heaven. Now that he’s back, I feel like my back pain and leg aches are gone."
"Exactly, haven’t you noticed? Even the demons lurking in the dark corners seem to have diminished."
"Yes, yes, even the strange noises we used to hear in the back alleys have suddenly stopped..."
Listening to the citizens’ increasingly exaggerated discussions, the expressions of the Security Bureau mbers beca quite remarkable.
However.
For them, it’s a good thing as well. With the public’s morale improved, there would be much less report of imagined threats, significantly reducing their workload.
After all, previously, a citizen reported hearing terrifying chewing sounds which, after a tense investigation by the Bureau, turned out to be just a group of stray dogs fighting over bones.
In an old residential building, eerie creaking noises were heard at night, only to be caused by two people being indiscreetly intimate.
Incidents like these actually made up more than half of the reported mysterious events.
...
anwhile.
Chu Qingfeng was also speeding up his extraction of Soul Crystals from debris. He was handling this task himself, without delegating to anyone else.
On one hand, the extraction process was extrely intricate and ticulous, leaving no room for error.
On the other hand, the joy from this task was sothing others couldn’t quite understand, akin to printing money that he could allocate and use as he pleased, a satisfaction he couldn’t share with others.
"I didn’t expect these materials to fall out during the collision of the Heavenly Dao, no wonder they have always been in short supply in the market."
"Opportunities like this won’t co often in the future; I must defend the Ninth District, so Su Qi and the others can venture into the mutated lands without any worries, to collect more materials."
Chu Qingfeng’s eyes sparkled with a golden light as he thought excitedly.
He then operated the massive chanical furnace to refine Soul Crystals.
These devices were ticulously crafted by him over the years and placed in the basent of the branch, with a power output several degrees higher than so military factories in the Ninth District.
Therefore, within about half an hour, all the Soul Crystals were extracted.
These Soul Crystals were exceptionally active, emitting a green glow, fluctuating as if breathing.
Chu Qingfeng’s trusted subordinates, witnessing this breathtaking sight, were reluctant to blink. One gulped hard and said: "My lord, such rare materials are known by very few. I think we could..."
Saying this, he gave Chu Qingfeng a aningful look.
However, the next second, Chu Qingfeng glared back: "You wish! In the future, if you have any ideas or suggestions, just keep them to yourself, lest I fall victim to your sches one day."
Chu Qingfeng shook his head, looking untrustworthy as if implying the young man was incapable of understanding the big picture.
Although Chu Qingfeng was sowhat greedy, he knew when to seize the mont and when to generously give.
He would never commit the folly of picking up sesa seeds and dropping a waterlon.
Soon.
Chu Qingfeng dismissed his confidant, spreading his hands slightly as a vast beam of light seed to flow from the endless void.
Magnificent and vast.
Like the final afterglow of an era coming to an end.
Within it, countless gears and massive transmission shafts manifested, weaving a formidable chanical power.
The refined Soul Crystals, under the chanical power, seed to coagulate into form according to so specific rule.
This was the unique artifact refining thod of a chanical Path Transcendent, allowing them to forge the items they need through the power projected from the Mysterious Path.
So powerful chanical Path Transcendents could even single-handedly forge large ships.
However, such thods were rarely used as they preferred to build comprehensive industrial systems.
Firstly, a mature industrial system could perform continuous large-scale production.
Secondly, using the Mysterious Path’s power to refine artifacts was generally a skill mastered only by top Destruction-level or even Catastrophe-level experts, as triggering the Mysterious Path carried the risk of provoking a mysterious calamity.
Nonetheless, given the current urgent circumstances and the possession of such a large number of Soul Crystals, Chu Qingfeng unabashedly utilized the power of the Mysterious Path.
With each radiant chanical core forming, they were successively sent to the massive chanical bodies deployed outside the city.
Once these chanical bodies were equipped with chanical cores crafted from Soul Crystals, they instantly ca to life, with many components unfolding as though granted life.
This is one of the most direct applications of Soul Crystals in chanical Path: once possessed of them, a chanical body could autonomously execute complex calculations, significantly enhancing sensitivity and offensive efficiency.
Moreover, if a mysterious calamity erupted for Chu Qingfeng now, he could even imprison the anomalies invading from the Mysterious Path in these Soul Crystals, thereby harnessing the mysterious power, which would be the ultimate form of a chanical body.
Unfortunately, the mysterious power required must be anomalies invading through the chanical Path, otherwise, Chu Qingfeng would go mad with envy at the swarms of mysterious creatures.
For three consecutive days, the mutated world crumbled and surged beyond a hundred miles of the Ninth District, with gigantic shadows occasionally flashing by, seemingly hindered by the mutation erosion and unable to cross over.
Even though everyone knew their lives were not imdiately threatened, the terrifying scene still made one’s scalp tingle.
It was like watching a terrifying movie spanning heaven and earth.
Su Qi also had no other actions for the ti being, rely dedicating so ti each day to inspect the mutation status, as Nie Bao and others required ti to comprehend the Rule Fragnts they obtained.
Simultaneously, he was also waiting.
Waiting for the restoration of inter-city communications; once Destruction-level Transcendents stationed in other districts stabilized their situation, allowing everyone to lend a hand.
That would be the mont they charge into the source of the mutation!
Of course.
Should the situation be unfavorable and other Destruction-level Transcendents were unable to assist, Su Qi would simply have to act alone with Nie Bao and the others.
In any case, offense is the best defense. Though venturing into the mutation source is fraught with danger, the potential rewards are trendous.
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