The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1644 - 773: Call Me the Ash-Eater_3

Very quickly, the glimpse of fate was completed, and the Book of the Future exclaimed excitedly.

"Master, this is very simple for you, you just need to go to a place called the Mechanical Research Institute."

Just that simple?

Rod was slightly puzzled, and promptly arrived at the Mechanical Research Institute, where he met Bald Master.

Upon hearing Rod inquire about this problem, Bald Master immediately bemoaned:

"Sir Rod, this is not our issue. All spiritual power machinery and spiritual power mechanical bodies have experienced strange losses in their energy cores, with spiritual power continuously drained and slow charging. We have exhausted all efforts, yet can’t find the cause. Even Judgment Chief Lucian almost tore the factory apart without catching any suspicious doomsday believers."

Rod frowned slightly, immediately linking it to the issue of the Great Spiritual Tide being suppressed by black fog, shortening its duration.

This might not be their fault.

But rather that the black fog is continuously growing stronger, pressing down on humanity, pressing down.

After inspecting their energy cores, Rod further confirmed this point, as the sealed spiritual crystals showed no issues, yet the loss of spiritual energy remained uninterrupted.

Calm energy efficiency dropped by more than 50%.

Logically speaking, this should be an unsolvable problem. Rod had already exhausted his contributions to spiritual power technology, unable to invent more advanced spiritual power technology, so why could he solve it easily?

Rod pondered for a while, attempting various approaches with the energy core, without discovering any anomalies.

Just then, a clump of monster ash caught Rod’s attention.

This was one of the raw materials used at the Mechanical Research Institute to make spiritual crystals. It wasn’t inherently strange but it led Rod to recall ashes.

Ashes?

A flash of light crossed the dark mind, and Rod suddenly raised his brows.

"Glutton?"

Isn’t it able to devour ashes and produce specific substances?

The only product now would be the Ash Core, wouldn’t it?

Could it be...

Rod immediately took out an Ash Core:

"Baldy, try this thing."

Bald Master took the dusky object in wonder, placing it into the spiritual power instrument for testing.

"Hmm, purely inorganic matter, no spirituality or energy, seemed like a lump of dead ash..."

Bald Master gave Rod a puzzled look.

If it hadn’t been given by Rod, he would’ve ended the test and thrown the useless ash into the trash.

But since it was from Lord Rod, he decided to finish the routine tests anyway.

Though thinking so, hope was already lost in his heart.

"No linking capability, no repelling reaction, no magnetism, no-no-no, it’s just garbage."

Bald Master muttered irritably.

If it’s not garbage, then I am garbage. Wait!

He cried out suddenly, his eyes widened immensely.

"It can be powered? It’s an energy core?"

"Ah, let me see its quality first, starting with spiritual pressure, oh my, there’s no limit? Doesn’t that mean it can be instantly filled?"

"Spiritual energy density, 100 thousand ticks??? Twice as high as the best spiritual crystal!"

"Internal resistance, zero? Unbelievable, unbelievable, what kind of material is this? How can it be such a terrifying material?"

"Let me see more, capacity, 20 rails! Heavens, the latest blade spiritual crystal only has 10 rails, it actually has 20 rails!"

Bald Master crazily rubbed his bald head, hopping around in excitement like a monkey.

"Wow, I’ve never seen material this good, this is simply a revolutionary creation, hopefully, its spiritual energy loss will be slow... hmm? No loss? How could that be?"

Bald Master’s face contorted intensely, looking like he might die on the spot, he furiously called in assistants, continuously adding more tests to this lump of ash.

But every test indicated its spiritual energy was locked, with no natural circumstances causing loss.

What shocked them even more was that inserting the Ash Core into the energy core greatly reduced the energy core’s loss rate.

Simple testing showed that just placing three Ash Cores into an energy core could reduce the spiritual energy loss rate to hardly noticeable.

"This is simply a miracle, Lord Rod!"

Bald Master sought to embrace Rod, but he was pushed away.

Rod spoke in a low voice: "Baldy, I can provide thousands upon thousands of these Ash Cores in very little time, you must utilize them."

Upon hearing this number, Bald Master’s whole body convulsed, foaming at the mouth, looking as if in seizure, not much better than the other researchers who were also at a loss for words.

Rod couldn’t be bothered with them, turning and leaving the Mechanical Research Institute.

He hadn’t expected Glutton could be used in this way, the Ash Core turned out to be an excellent spiritual energy core.

With it, spiritual power technology in Trolian would experience explosive growth.

Perhaps in the future, there’ll be a chance to witness the magnificent sight of a steel mechanical army charging at monsters.

Of course, the creations of the Mechanical Research Institute have a long way before becoming the backbone of Trolian, which is quite beyond Rod’s concerns.

Glutton’s unexpected utility far exceeded what Rod and the Book of Knowledge anticipated, the Ash Core being such a unique creation, its raw material turned out to be just ashes.

Rod merely waved his hand, and the ashes collected during this time were sucked into his mouth like a gale.

In an instant, invisible ripples spread out from his mouth, and one Ash Core after another emerged from the ripples.

In just one clock hour, Rod consumed all the ashes, producing hundreds of thousands of Ash Cores.

This efficiency was simply unimaginable.

And this star hadn’t even completed quantification.

Rod fervently gazed at it.

If it completes quantification and awakens the Star Soul, what magical transformation could it undergo?

Rod was filled with anticipation, swiftly delivering these Ash Cores to the Mechanical Research Institute.

Gazing at the mountain of Ash Cores, everyone at the Mechanical Research Institute boiled over.

Rod also saw the golden light of divinity with satisfaction.

--Enhancing the overall strength of the Orderer, bringing hope, Divinity +800

--Opening new paths, creating new possibilities, Divinity +1000

Rod’s eyes widened.

Divinity?

Good!

From now on, ash is my staple food.

Call me the Ash-devouring King!