Robert Awakens

Seeing Nick wake up so early, Gu Ding immediately went over to him, "You're finally awake!"

Seeing Gu Ding's face, Nick was a little frightened, after all, the person who had injured him like this was Gu Ding. "What do you want to do?"

"Do you remember the prize you promised me?" Gu Ding grinned, but Nick found his smile somewhat sinister.

"The prize? That blue stone?" Nick suddenly remembered. "You came to the hospital because of that stone?"

"Of course, what else could it be? It's my spoils of war." Gu Ding found the other person's question a bit strange.

Nick seemed somewhat suspicious. Gu Ding had come for the stone, which meant he should know what it was, and it was very likely something valuable. "I can give you the stone, but can you tell me what it is?"

"No!" Gu Ding gave a negative answer. "I can only tell you that that thing is useless to humans, so it won't be of much use to you to keep it."

After a moment of silence, Nick still chose to compromise. "I can give you the stone, and I will not provoke you or your team members in the future. But there is one condition: after I give you the stone, you and your team members cannot lay a hand on me."

Gu Ding held out his hand. "Deal! Give me the stone!"

Nick then took out the blue Energy Crystal and handed it to Gu Ding.

Gu Ding turned and left the ward, and asked the Sea Emperor to tell Liliath and Bigge to prepare to leave.

Half an hour later, Gu Ding returned from the hospital to the spaceship at the port.

"Did you get that blue stone?" The Sea Emperor hadn't explained in detail in the communicator, only saying that he had obtained the item and that Gu Ding was on his way back, so Liliath was a little unsure.

"Hmm!" Gu Ding nodded and took out the Energy Crystal.

"That guy won't wake up so quickly, will he? His physique is really strong." Liliath had seen with her own eyes that the other party was basically one foot in the grave, yet he woke up in less than two hours despite being so seriously injured.

"He not only woke up, but he was also very lucid. He even tried to negotiate with me for this stone," Gu Ding grinned. "Sea Emperor, let's go. We've already wasted too much time."

The spaceship quickly left the port of Bostan Star. After the spaceship sailed smoothly, Gu Ding took out the metal sphere that Robert had transformed into, which he had previously kept in his Storage Space, and slowly pushed the blue Energy Crystal into the metal sphere of roughly the same size.

The moment it came into contact with the Energy Crystal, the metal sphere finally changed, spreading out as if it had come alive, quickly enveloping the entire Energy Crystal.

After a few minutes, the color of the metal sphere slowly changed from silver to blue until the entire sphere was tinged with blue. Then the metal sphere began to wriggle again and slowly condensed into a humanoid shape that was half a meter tall.

The whole process lasted for about half an hour. Robert finally returned to his original form. Apart from turning blue all over, he looked almost exactly the same as before.

"Robert, are you alright?" Gu Ding couldn't help but ask when he saw Robert looking down at his hands and not saying anything for a long time.

"Why have I turned blue?" Robert looked down at his new body. "And I also have a special ability— the Rapid Freeze Ray?"

Gu Ding then explained the matter of Energy Crystal to Robert, but judging from Robert's reaction, he was unaware of the existence of this alternative energy Energy Crystal.

"This alternative energy source sounds more advanced than what we used before." After hearing the explanation, Robert remained calm. He turned and saw Bigge standing not far away. "Who's this big guy?"

"Our newest member, Bigge, is also our chef." Liliath patted Bigge's thigh. "Say hello."

"Hello, my name is Bigge!" Bigge gave a friendly smile. He had always known of Robert's existence, but this was the first time they had met.

"Hello, my name is Robert, nice to meet you!" Robert greeted him, then turned to Gu Ding again. "Captain, I'm off to work."

Robert returned to his room and resumed tinkering with his gadgets.

"Why do I feel like Robert isn't as enthusiastic as he used to be?" Liliath noticed the subtle change with her little girl's intuition.

"This water-element crystal has had a certain influence on his personality," the Sea Emperor explained, offering some speculation. "If the fire-element crystal can make them irritable, I guess the water-element crystal might make them calmer and reduce their emotional fluctuations in response to external events."

"Now that Robert's alternative energy source has been found, do we still need to go to the Mayer Star Region?" Liliath asked.

"Of course I'm going! I've never been to Auction House before." Gu Ding didn't want to miss out on any of the new experiences along the way.

"The Mayer Star Region is a necessary stop on the New Trade Route anyway, so a brief stop won't hurt," the Sea Emperor said. "Besides, we can sell what we got from the Witch Clan at this Auction House. Selling it sooner rather than later will get us some resources that everyone can use; otherwise, we don't know when we'll have another chance to sell. This Auction House quite large, and there should be resources that everyone needs. Before entering the Fei Me Universe Country, it's crucial to improve our strength as soon as possible. The Fei Me Universe Country is a five-star Universe Country; it has far more powerful individuals than the Long Teng Universe Country, and its military is much stronger."

"Sea Emperor, have you taken inventory of all those items from the Witch Clan? Is there anything we can use?" Gu Ding only knew that the Sea Emperor had obtained over a hundred items from the Witch Clan, but he hadn't had time to check what exactly they were. Actually, asking the Sea Emperor would have been faster.

"The Witch Clan's cultivation methods are quite different from yours. I've examined all those items one by one. There's only one thing Liliath can use: a Jade Bracelet. That bracelet can amplify mental power threefold. As for the other items, they can all be sold." The Sea Emperor said, taking out the bracelet and having Gu Ding it to Liliath. "Lily, don't wear this when you're practicing mental power cultivation. It can easily cause mental power depletion. This thing is a double-edged sword for you, which is why I haven't taken it out before."

Liliath. She knew why the Sea Emperor was worried. She liked the bracelet quite a bit and played with it for a while before putting it back into her Storage Space.

"We'll arrive at the Mayer Star Region in four days. You should be patient for these four days and not stop along the way, wasting time. The Time Reversal has already made us three days late, and we're already behind the others," the Sea Emperor reminded him, somewhat worried that Gu Ding and Liliath wouldn't be able to stay in the cabin.

"Alright, full speed ahead, to the Mayer Star Region!" Gu Ding was never one to fall behind. Hearing the Sea Emperor say this, he immediately grinned and shouted his declaration, "Surpass those guys and make up for the three days we lost!"

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(Thanks to classmates [Yi Shi Wai Wai] and [I'll go, don't cheat] classmates for their rewards and support~)

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