Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 1078 - 411: Dark Energy Crystal Lattice
Late at night, inside the carriage of the Infinite Train.
The lights were off, and a few blue cold lights were placed in Carriage No. 2. Members of the Infinity gathered together, some standing, some sitting, resembling a midnight story session.
"14,000?"
Gedi’s words immediately elicited a look of astonishment from the Infinity members. No one had noticed that this girl, who appeared to be less than 20 years old, had not only broken through the Angel Level but had also reached a peak Spirit Vibration Value of 14,000. This sounded somewhat perplexing.
"How could it be so high?" Ning Jing frowned at this moment. "What I mean is, were those monsters just now so difficult to deal with?"
Her words were self-explanatory. With this level of power, dealing with a few monsters shouldn’t have been so strenuous, even if those monsters had evolved biological force fields.
Vanessa, hand on her hip, looked toward Ning Jing’s team of fierce individuals, her gaze lingering on Brother Huo, and said
"The Phoenix Society is still in a conservative stage regarding crystallization and hasn’t made it public, but I thought you all would know, being Sword Holders and all, I didn’t expect..."
Gedi walked over and said to Vanessa, "We all know that there are indeed drawbacks to crystallization, and it can cause superpowers to go out of control. Currently, only a Descent Faction organization like the Holy City dares to boldly plunder, including balancing with vegetable juice for this reason."
"But crystallization is the most limited way for a Superpower User to increase energy density to deal with Abnormal Bodies. Are the drawbacks greater than death? I don’t think so," Vanessa said.
Lin Xian, watching the two discuss, heard some key information, then said
"Crystallization? Is this why your Spirit Vibration Value can reach 14,000?"
"Yes." Just as Gedi was about to answer, Vanessa stepped in and stopped her, stepping forward and looking at Lin Xian with a meaningful gaze, "Sword Holder, cooperate with us. I will give you all the information, and..."
She glanced around with interest, saying, "We can help you all complete crystallization. You should know this could at least double your Peak Superpower!"
As soon as these words came out, Monica, Ning Jing, Chen Sixuan, KIKI, and others all frowned, while Qian Deli, Brother Huo, Luo Yang, and Ryuji also showed slight changes in their expressions. Clearly, everyone had begun to take an interest in what Vanessa had said.
"Double?" Shu Qin said at this time, "Biological modification?"
Lin Xian looked at the dead silence in the interface of the information center surrounding the Infinity, then turned back and said
"Go on. Oh, by the way..."
Lin Xian pressed his earpiece and called over Ding Junyi, Xiao Yuan, and Sun Yuzhen. These two were in Carriage No. 3 protecting Director Ding, but Lin Xian thought it would be better for them to all discuss the situation together.
Soon after, the three of Ding Junyi entered from the dark carriage, upon seeing this, Lin Xian said, "All my team is here. Director Ding is an expert in Dark Energy research and is also very interested in this." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Upon hearing this, Vanessa exchanged glances with Gedi, then said to Lin Xian, "First of all, let me clarify one point: we did not release the power of the crystal grid just now because this power source comes from Dark Energy, specifically the invasion of darkness. Secondly, using this power at night is extremely dangerous, particularly if we don’t have a Dark Mark; releasing such power is tantamount to igniting a Dark Mark on yourself. Unless you’re sure you can resolve all Abnormal Bodies in the area, we won’t use it unless absolutely necessary."
"This kind of crystal grid you mentioned, why does it not sound like it’s your own?" KIKI crossed her arms, "Can it be turned on and off?"
Vanessa shrugged, "Sorry, if it were daytime now, I wouldn’t mind showing you, but for now..."
As she spoke, she glanced at Gedi. Gedi nodded, raised her hand, and pressed a mechanical unit at her ear. In an instant, her mechanical eye flickered with blue light, and a miniature holographic projection appeared in front of everyone.
The screen displayed a highly complex spherical crystal structure slowly rotating. As Ding Junyi watched, her gaze slightly tightened, seemingly noticing something, but she remained silent, first listening to Vanessa’s introduction.
"This is called a Dark Energy Crystal Lattice, which uses Spiritual Energy to replace Mysterious Blood Essence from the Abnormal Bodies with a crystal core seed inside the human body. We call this crystal core seed a crystal grid. If Mysterious Blood Essence is the energy source for those Abnormal Bodies, then this crystal grid is equivalent to a ’battery’ cultivated within the human body. There are many benefits to this, and as far as I know, only a few Superpower Users are cultivating it now, as it requires a minimum Spirit Vibration Value peak of 5,000, and this 5,000 does not calculate the ultimate coefficient of the Phoenix Society, just the most basic."
"Ah?" KIKI immediately said upon hearing this, "You mean humans implant a Blood Essence inside themselves?"
"The term ’implant’ is somewhat inaccurate," Gedi calmly stated. "Strictly speaking, humans and Blood Essence are incompatible, and the energy acquisition method is not very efficient. This is a consensus among everyone. Although humans can filter and absorb Dark Energy to evolve themselves, the efficiency is much lower than that of an Abnormal Body. This is why humans, although evolving quickly, still find it hard to defeat Abnormal Bodies with just Superpower Users’ combat power, and this is why the Phoenix Society developed the Cold Dark Reagent and advocates for balancing Dark Energy with sunlight and vegetable juice."
"Yes, the crystal grid can be imagined as a new ’organ’ for energy concentration that humans evolve in darkness," Vanessa explained. "With the crystal grid, human absorption and transformation efficiency of Dark Energy will greatly improve. According to the Phoenix Society’s previous estimates, the highest purification and filtering rate was 18%, which is about the same for the human body. But with the crystal grid, this efficiency can increase to 50%, or even 60% to 70%. The most important point is that the crystal grid can store Dark Energy, significantly increasing the energy density of superpowers. This is the main reason why my Peak Superpower increased from 7,100 to 14,000."
