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The first things to catch the eye were two "small mountains" that nearly touched the treasure vault's dome!
One was piled with countless angular Energy Crystals, their interiors swirling with a misty glow.
The sheer quantity of Energy Crystals emitted an energy fluctuation so intense that it slightly distorted the surrounding air.
Individually, these Energy Crystals might not be considered peerless treasures, but they were the hard currency for crossing planar barriers.
Whether used to replenish consumption, power facilities, or as a medium of exchange, they were extremely valuable.
And the crystals before them were of exceptionally high purity, with immense internal energy capacities—far beyond what ordinary goods could offer.
The other small mountain was even more captivating—composed of countless irregularly shaped crystals, their interiors seemingly swirling with mist, emitting a chilling allure that acted directly on the soul.
Soul Crystals!
For the wizard civilization, which specialized in soul and mental power and extensively employed various construct life, elemental creatures, and modified cannon fodder, the value of Soul Crystals was even more staggering.
They could directly enhance one's mental power cultivation, repair soul injuries, and were even the key materials for creating high-tier cannon fodder, construct cores, and even certain special spell artifacts.
Although the wizard civilization desperately needed Soul Crystals, they rarely produced them on a large scale.
In the wizards' value system, a living creature could continuously generate value, which was far more meaningful than the single Soul Crystal it would condense after death.
Aside from planar wars like the one they were currently in—where vast amounts of dissipated soul energy could be naturally collected and condensed into crystals after intense battles—only high-rank wizards who individually controlled an entire plane had a stable source of acquisition.
The small mountain of Soul Crystals before them was estimated to be worth nearly one hundred million military merits!
This was a colossal sum of wealth, enough to drive any low- or mid-tier wizard to madness!
Hiss...
The sound of three third-tier wizards behind him sharply inhaling echoed through the air.
Their eyes were fixed on the two small mountains, especially the Soul Crystals, their breathing as heavy as bellows.
For them, whose assets typically ranged from only several hundred thousand to a few million military merits, the wealth in this treasure vault was enough to instantly clear their massive debts and propel them to the ranks of "millionaires" among their peers, paving the way for their future advancement!
Jieming's keen senses clearly captured the sudden, violent fluctuation of the three men's mental power behind him, as well as their eyes filled with struggle and greed.
He could even feel a faint, unstable agitation in their mental power.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
However, when their gazes inadvertently swept over the Black Giant—standing beside Jieming like a black iron tower, radiating fifth-tier pressure and bone-chilling cold—the dangerous impulse that had just arisen was instantly extinguished, as if doused with ice water.
Reason regained the upper hand.
Turning against a logistics wizard who could control a fifth-tier elite cannon fodder and whose own methods were unknown—especially in this enclosed underground environment—was no different from seeking death.
The fiery intensity in their eyes quickly faded, replaced by a hint of helplessness and resignation as they silently averted their gaze.
Jieming nodded inwardly.
This is the benefit of displaying power.
The Black Giant was not just a weapon; it was a silent deterrent that could save him from much unnecessary trouble.
Though he wasn't afraid, he welcomed the peace and quiet.
He didn't rush to distribute the two most prominent Crystal Mountains, but instead cast his gaze over the other areas of the treasure vault.
Besides these two "hard currency" hills, the vault was filled with a vast array of rare materials: metal ingots of various shapes emitting strange energy fluctuations, fossilized biological tissues, and unknown crystals.
Unfortunately, the wizard civilization's research into the Giant Spirit Realm's material system had only just begun, making it temporarily impossible to accurately judge the specific value and use of these materials.
What most attracted Jieming and the other three wizards was the few rows of heavy bookshelves located in the deepest part of the vault, crafted from an unknown metal and a leather-like material!
The bookshelves were neatly stacked with books, some thick and heavy, others thin.
In a civilization as technologically advanced as the Giant Spirit Realm, ordinary knowledge would surely be stored in a virtual network.
Under such circumstances, for something to be so solemnly collected in the form of physical books and hidden in such a secret vault...
The importance of the knowledge contained in these books was self-evident!
At the sight of these books, the eyes of all four wizards, including Jieming, lit up.
For wizards who pursued knowledge, this was perhaps even more alluring than the two Crystal Mountains!
The three wizards were eager to dive in, but they all cast their gazes at Jieming, waiting for this "meritorious official" with the right of first choice to pick first.
Jieming wasted no time.
He first walked over to the pile of rare materials and activated his Universal Eye. Various runes flashed continuously within his pupils.
Using the Universal Eye to quickly scan the materials before him, Jieming soon began picking out those with unique energy reactions and complex structures—materials that even he couldn't fully decipher at a glance.
Such unknown materials held even greater research value for Jieming.
Then, he unceremoniously took about one-third of the high-purity energy crystals and Soul Crystals, stowing them away in his internal space.
Seeing Jieming complete his selection, the remaining three wizards' faces instantly broke out in irrepressible ecstasy.
Like hungry wolves pouncing on prey, they began to swiftly and efficiently divide the remaining resources in the treasure vault.
The two Crystal Mountains shrank at a visible rate as various rare materials were sorted and packed into spatial equipment.
Finally, everyone's gaze converged once more on the rows of bookshelves.
Knowledge is priceless, but its advantage lies in the fact that it can be shared.
A wizard swiftly drew a prism-shaped crystal from his robes—a standard-issue information collection terminal of the Star Ring Federation.
He carefully removed the books from the shelves one by one, placing them beneath the terminal for scanning.
The terminal emitted a soft glow, completely recording the text, diagrams, and even the faint information embedded within the materials of the pages themselves.
This process took some time.
As expected, during this interval, several waves of Giant Spirit Realm natives, oblivious to their own doom, attempted to infiltrate the treasure vault through concealed short-range spatial jump devices, launching suicidal assaults.
But under the Black Giant's absolute power and the interference of the temporal disorder domain, these attackers were effortlessly crushed before they could even draw near.
The concealed spatial jump devices they used were also casually destroyed by the Black Giant, severing any possibility of subsequent reinforcements arriving through the same route.
Soon, all the information from the books had been fully entered into the terminal.
The three wizards, thoroughly satisfied, expressed their sincere gratitude to Jieming once more with solemn bows.
If Jieming hadn't intervened in time and successfully broken the seal, they would not only have gained nothing but would have struggled to save their own lives.
More importantly, they had to thank Jieming for sparing them.
After all, no contract had been signed between them. If Jieming had wanted to keep the treasure for himself, he could have easily silenced them all.
(End of the Chapter)
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