HCB Chapter 419 Energy
Chapter 419 Energy
"Thief? What do you mean by that?"
Yi Chen was completely baffled.
"Your deaths are inevitable, so there's no harm in telling you the truth."
Those sea monsters are a danger to the other survivor bases.
But for us, it is energy.
Their existence is essential for our continued development.
"You wiped them all out, what are you if not thieves?"
Yuichi Toyota laughed sarcastically, as if he had everything under control.
"energy?"
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian frowned.
Then, his brows relaxed, and some of his doubts were resolved.
He had previously thought that although the Moriguchi survivor base was quite large, it must have a large population, and therefore, for defensive purposes, it probably didn't have a large open space inside.
Their primary purpose in clearing out the sea monsters and bringing their carcasses back was to prevent the carcasses from piling up outside the base. They wanted to raise the ground so that other sea monsters could climb over their corpses to enter the base.
However, these corpses are quite large, making them a troublesome matter to deal with.
Unless, of course, they were using these corpses as food.
Otherwise, these corpses would be a huge burden in order to prevent the survivors in the base from being contaminated.
It's only because the weather is cold now; otherwise, these sea monster carcasses would rot and emit a stench soon.
Moreover, the corpses breed various viruses and plagues, which is a huge problem for survivor bases with large populations.
However, when Cang Nian came in, he looked around but didn't smell anything foul.
In addition, the soldiers were dressed in such complete equipment that it was unclear what they looked like, but when they passed by, Cang Nian did not smell the disgusting stench of pus that Kato Kengo and the others had when they were contaminated.
Upon entering the hall, although they didn't see many more people, at least the three of them—Toyota Yuichi, Toyota, and his companions—were all in normal condition, showing no signs of contamination.
Clearly, they did not feed on the carcasses of those sea creatures.
Of course, this is a truism.
There was plenty of normal food in the hall, as well as plates of fresh farmed meat. They hadn't yet fallen to the point of food shortages where they had to eat the carcasses of sea monsters.
This also made Cangnian understand why there was still such a developed industrial system here after the spiritual energy revival.
While powerful evolutionary forces have indeed played a significant role in the reconstruction of the industrial system, energy and materials remain unchangeable hard requirements.
In terms of materials, we can still rely on the original urban ruins; the collapsed buildings contain mostly industrial raw materials such as steel bars.
However, in terms of energy, if Japan, an island nation, were not short of energy, it would not have built dozens of nuclear power plants in such a small area.
Japan's scarcity of energy is extremely severe.
Given the severe degradation of various infrastructures after the spiritual energy revival, there shouldn't be any survivor base in Sakura Country capable of supporting such an industrial system.
But once Yuichi Toyoda said that, everything became clear.
They can extract energy from the corpses of sea monsters!
As for what kind of energy it is, Cang Nian already has some guesses.
There are only two types.
The first type is that the sea monsters are evolved creatures contaminated by nuclear leaks, and the Moriguchi survivor base can extract the nuclear energy from them and use it as an energy source.
But upon closer reflection, that seems unlikely.
Nuclear power plants are far more complex than basic industrial systems, and cannot be replicated by a survivor base in just a few months.
If that's the case, then there's only one possibility left for Yuichi Toyoda's so-called "energy".
Spiritual energy, or spiritual power!
They took a different approach, extracting the spiritual energy stored within the sea monsters for industrial production!
Compared to nuclear energy, this is a completely different direction, but it also has greater potential for leapfrogging development.
The strength of evolved creatures lies fundamentally in their spiritual energy and spiritual power.
Without spiritual energy and power, it would be impossible to maintain such a massive size, and to possess such terrifying agility within that massive size.
This is why one becomes extremely weak when their spiritual energy is depleted.
Although the evolution of spiritual energy revival has greatly improved the physical bodies of evolved creatures, making them vastly different from those before the revival, the evolutionary evolution has still achieved significant progress.
But what can drive these behemoths must be a sufficiently powerful engine.
Physical improvement alone is far from enough.
Moreover, the strength of the physical body of evolved creatures is also a result of the nourishment from spiritual energy.
Every muscle and every bone is imbued with spiritual energy.
When spiritual energy is exhausted, the body loses most of the energy that supports its terrifying abilities, naturally becoming extremely weak.
This is why, even without being able to use their own spiritual power, those sea beasts can still maintain great agility.
They simply cannot use spiritual power, not that the naturally absorbed spiritual energy has disappeared.
And spiritual energy, or spiritual power, which can drive such a huge creature to unleash terrifying power and speed, is undoubtedly a highly efficient energy source!
If it can be utilized, rebuilding an industrial system for a survivor base is not a difficult task.
"If you didn't want our help, why didn't you say so earlier?"
If you've spotted a big tiger, why don't you just send out a drone to let us know?
How do we know you can also use this?
People from other parts of the Cherry Blossom Country who eat the flesh of those sea monsters will also be corrupted and eventually turn into mindless monsters!
Just as Cang Nian was analyzing the situation in his mind, Bai Jue said in an annoyed tone.
Of course, she was well aware that her decision to extract blood essence from sea monsters to enhance her strength was made long ago and would not be changed because of other people's opinions.
Moreover, what are the thoughts of these people from Japan who love cherry blossoms?
But this doesn't mean the other party can pretend not to know when things happen, and then start arguing after things are over!
Moreover, they even wanted to kill him and his group!
That's absolutely unreasonable!
"We know all that you're saying. Eating the flesh of a sea monster will pollute your body and turn you into a monster."
As for why we didn't stop it...
Haha, energy is not only consumed, but also transferred.
You were able to utilize those sea monsters, which must have been to elevate your evolutionary level, right?
"Since that's the case, we'll eliminate you; we won't lose too much energy that way. What do you say?"
Yuichi Toyoda shook his head, then gave a meaningful smile.
"So you want to use us as fuel?"
Before you aspire to be a hunter, assess whether you possess the necessary skills!
Upon hearing this, Bai Jue scoffed disdainfully, and then his figure changed!
"Who needs a heavy punch?"