What the Artifact Spirit really meant was that the energy density of Energy Blocks was far too low.
It was just that the Tech-Side and Mystic-Side used rather different terminology, with a considerable gap in precision.
Over the years since the Abode had been discovered, the Artifact Spirit had witnessed far too many tests and trials conducted by Imperials.
But due to its deeply ingrained prejudice, it simply did not care what they said, so it had never attached much importance to terminology.
Even so, it knew what Energy Blocks were and roughly how much energy they contained.
What Qu Jianlei cared about was, "For the Abode to have held on until now, it must have needed quite a few Energy Blocks for Warm Nurturing, right?"
That question struck right at the heart of it. The Artifact Spirit said gloomily, "It's been giving all along and getting almost nothing in return... what do you think?"
Qu Jianlei shook his head slightly. "The items have indeed been contributing. I acknowledge that, just like those trial rewards."
"But in terms of energy alone, they also brought quite a few Energy Blocks into the Abode. That's true, isn't it?"
"How many could that possibly be?" the Artifact Spirit retorted irritably. "You need to understand that this Abode has constantly been resisting assimilation by this world!"
"That process requires a massive amount of energy!"
"And besides, their energy wasn't meant to be converted into spiritual qi... they planted vast quantities of Ability Rice."
"What kind of bullshit plants are those? Neither one thing nor the other. Hmph, only a trash system like that would care about them."
Qu Jianlei had long grown used to its discrimination and did not find it particularly offensive.
What mattered was that he recalled a speculation from long ago.