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It's settled.

This thing is the ultimate solution to the energy problem.

When it's actually applied, the energy crystal prototype that is manufactured is just an empty metal framework. Placed on an energy compressor, the compressor connects to a power source, and immediately the energy starts getting drastically compressed and fills into this metal framework, forming a beautiful blue crystalline body.

This thing is the Compressed Energy Crystal Block.

Essentially, this technology is not limited to any specific type of energy. Even if connected to a power station, it could also significantly compress electrical energy.

Of course, that's not usually done. The energy density of power stations, even nuclear power plants, is relatively too low. Generally, energy crystals are used to generate electricity, and one single energy crystal can last a long time.

But this is but a very minor application. The main thing is, after manufacturing a sufficient amount of Compressed Energy Crystal Blocks, they can be directly sent to space to power starships. Some high-level equipment, such as the Star Realm Army's Ultra-Heavy Tanks, and various types of Titan Mechas, also use this type of energy.

Not to mention other things. If Gu Hang built a device in the Low Energy Storm Zone that could collect the spiritualized gases from the storms, and then connected it to an energy compressor, just the Low Energy Storms from the High Tower ruins alone, blowing once a month, a single month's worth lasting one week, could produce energy crystal blocks worth over 40,000 Tax Currency.

What concept is this? Rage Owl Star's annual Imperial Tax is only five million. If this Low Energy Storm could be truly converted into an energy mineral resource as Gu Hang planned, turning waste into treasure, then just the production here, by selling the energy crystals, could solve one-tenth of Rage Owl Star's annual tax revenue problem.

Moreover, once this model gets going, it wouldn't be limited to the High Tower ruins but could be expanded to the entire Rage Owl Star wherever the Low Energy Storms cover.

And there are far too many such places.

How did the people of Rage Owl Star live a prosperous life in the pre-war era?

They relied on selling energy, like those Middle Eastern oil tycoons from Gu Hang's previous life. The Rage Owl Star People mined spiritualized gases to make energy crystals, and they didn't need to work hard to live a prosperous life.

The reason Rage Owl Star was abandoned was also because the Psychic Energy Fields were depleted, and the Low Energy Storms became too difficult to exploit.

But Gu Hang found a way to use them.

However, he immediately thought of a problem: Am I the only smart person? Couldn't others think of using this method to reuse the Low Energy Storms?

Then he realized it wasn't that others hadn't thought of it, but that they weren't willing to do it. The investment was too huge, not cost-effective at all.

He looked at it and saw that as an elite-level technology, the Black Box could directly pull out a production line for making Energy Compressors, but currently, Rage Owl Star completely lacks the potential to realize it.

They don't have the Super-Pressure Engines; they lack the Fine Gold Refining and Manufacturing Technology; these two are the main prerequisite technologies, not to mention some other secondary prerequisite technologies that haven't been developed.

Just look at these things and you'll know how expensive it is to make an Energy Compressor.

With that much money, setting up a bunch of Energy Compressors around Rage Owl Star to collect the dissipated spiritualized energy from the Low Energy Storms, why bother earning such hard laborious money?

It's simpler to invest in planets with Psychic Energy Fields. With the same Energy Compressor, the output could be many times higher.

But Gu Hang is different.

A finished Black Box gave him almost zero-cost implementation of what others would have to invest heavily in to achieve. Discover exclusive tales at M V L

Since there's no cost, anything goes.

Moreover, by being able to steadily produce energy crystals, another big problem was solved.

The energy issue of the 'Wind Falcon' drawn from the first 1,000-tier lottery was solved.

Even a Wind Falcon produced directly by a finished Black Box needs energy to fly. It was originally supposed to use concentrated energy cells, and Gu Hang was thinking about importing a large batch from Wang Jiarong's trade convoy to store for future use.

Producing them in-house would probably have to wait until Wu Jiarong conquered the relevant technology for high-concentration energy cells before truly resolving the issue.

Now there's no need to worry.

With the energy crystals, what need is there for high-energy batteries?

It could even be said that using energy crystals in the Wind Falcon is overkill.

In fact, the LR5 series laser guns could also use energy crystals, and if they really did, one block might be enough to last a very, very long time. This would eliminate the need for 'ammunition' and 'magazines' altogether, since one energy crystal could last a very, very long time.

However, that would be too luxurious, too high-cost, not worth considering.

As for the production line of Energy Compressors, there's no need to think about that either. Like the former, even if you could pull out a production line, you wouldn't be able to make it, entirely relying on the finished Black Box.

According to Wu Jiarong's estimation, she had found some remnants of pre-war technology utilized for collecting spiritualized gases from the ruins of the high tower. In about two months, she should be able to produce a prototype.

During this time, the finished Black Boxes should be able to produce quite a few Energy Compressors, and by then, working together, the first "Low Energy Storm Energy Unit" can be put into use.

...

The four technologies Gu Hang had drawn this time included two basic-level LR5 Laser Guns and Land Resource Detection Blueprints, which were quite reliable and faced no difficulties in application; the Wind Falcon Rapid Attack Vessel and Compressed Energy Technology could only rely on the finished Black Boxes and were not mass-producible.

However, the help given by the finished Black Boxes alone was already significant, enough to begin small-scale production.

Besides, just because we can't pull together a production line for now doesn't mean we can never do it. Once the foundation is replenished a bit, these technologies can be scaled up into high-quality industries.

After this round, Gu Hang was left with the last 132 points of his grace.

He didn't plan to keep these grace points.

All these grace points, he poured them into the hero panel, activating heroes.

Mainly Perbov.

He had been present on the hero interface for quite some time.

Since he had some grace points left, activating him was done and dusted.

Gu Hang spent ten grace points on him.

He was an LV2 N card, specialized in military command.

Additionally, there was another guy who got activated, Lacroix, the soldier from the Beast Slaughter Group. He also required just 10 grace points, an LV2 SR card, specializing in physical and military technology.

The cost of activating a talent discovered by the system on the [Hero] interface is determined by the character's level; levels 1 and 2 cost 10 points, level 3 costs 50, level 4 costs 200 points, and level 5 costs 500 points. It's roughly the same as the price for Gu Hang to level up on his own.

As for rarity, it doesn't affect activation cost but does determine the character's growth potential.

Once a character is activated, they will undergo earth-shattering changes within a few days. Osenia was like that; after being activated, she learned a lot about how to manage a department. It must feel like suddenly becoming enlightened, understanding problems that you had never thought of or couldn't understand before.

In military command and even in the elevation of spiritual attributes that Gu Hang himself had experienced many times, the process was roughly the same.

However, in Lacroix's case, Gu Hang was somewhat puzzled: he was elevated to an LV2 SR rarity "Soldier King" with his physical attributes directly lifted to 12 points. This meant that his physical strength would reach about 17 times that of a normal person, which was a very exaggerated number.

Having completed their transformations, interstellar warriors in their unarmored status could probably reach about 14 to 15 points.

But these were soldiers who had undergone surgery, implanted with genetic seeds, and sprouted a dozen superhuman organs within their bodies, whereas Lacroix's body wouldn't undergo such drastic changes.

Gu Hang was quite curious about this.

Although he himself had increased his physical attributes, each time he gained a point, the degree of improvement was at most 1.5 times that of the previous instance, and a single perception wouldn't be so intense.

Lacroix's dramatic changes indeed made him curious.

So, over the next few days, when he had some free time, he called the man, who was actually pretty settled with the war at the frontline, and directly asked Lacroix about the recent changes he felt.

Lacroix was surprised himself: he indeed had significant changes, ran faster, a lot stronger, more agile in action, ate much more, but never got fat no matter what...

This change actually made him somewhat apprehensive. Although it all seemed beneficial aside from eating more, who knew the real reason behind it? Could it lead to even worse consequences?

He hadn't even dared to tell anyone else.

But how did His Excellency the Governor know?

Was he really that omniscient?

Confronted with the young soldier's question, Gu Hang just smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and consoled him with a phrase,

"Perhaps, this is the Divine Emperor's reward for your heroic performance aboard the Quintet."