Return to the Surface

"Seventy-eight million kilowatt-hours of electricity... finally achieved."

Bai Ge soaked in the lava pool for thirty days.

The generator's diesel ran out in the first few days; after that, all energy was obtained from geothermal heat.

In the Material Universe, food reserves were plentiful, but only enough for him to eat for a month. If he was frugal, it could last a month and a half at most.

Seeing that his food was running out, thankfully, he finally succeeded.

"It's a Growth Trait, yet it requires so much energy... but the rewards are even greater!"

The apex was gone! The limitations were lifted!

In the vast universe, every creature has a limit, but at this moment, there was one more human without a limit.

His initial training might be insignificant, but as he grew stronger, this effect would be terrifying.

Feeling the depletion, Bai Ge returned to his brain hole.

He thought to himself that he couldn't stay submerged forever; he needed a substitute.

"The Appendix is small, but it's a great capacitor. It seems like it can hold out for a long time."

"Then, for the lava pool, I'll just cut out the entire Cecum!"

Although the contact surface with the heat source would shrink, significantly reducing charging efficiency, an entire section of the Cecum would only yield about a thousand degrees per hour.

But Bai Ge really had nothing else to cut. His Kidneys were quite useful.

"In the future, if I urgently need electricity, I'll just jump in here and charge myself. It's more efficient."

"Charging with the Cecum normally, even if it's a little less, it's fine."

He decisively cut off his Cecum and casually tossed it into the lava pool.

This way, Bai Ge could soak his Cecum and charge his Appendix, freeing himself up to do other things.

"Sovereign, the temperature of the lava pool is showing a clear downward trend," Bell said.

"Is it? I can't feel it... It's fine. It's only over five thousand tons. I'll get some more and store more."

As he spoke, Bai Ge transformed into a Shadow Person and re-entered the mantle.

The pain of high temperature and pressure was too torturous. Without the Calm Command, Bai Ge would collapse immediately.

But to store more, he had to persevere.

Approximately every three hours, Bai Ge would return to his brain hole to rest.

He would deactivate the Calm Command and vent.

His method of venting was simple... he would visit some naturally developing brain hole universes for enjoyment.

This wasn't physical pleasure, but mental relaxation.

The Earthling body found it difficult to feel much here.

He was merely seeking some psychological entertainment.

Here, he could experience a life of ultimate pleasure beyond imagination.

He was very restrained about this, never indulging. Once the painful memories were dulled, he would return to the mantle to suffer again...

This cycle repeated, and every five hours, he could collect five thousand tons of lava.

In a little over two days, his Material Universe had accumulated over sixty thousand tons of lava.

"That's about enough... Let's go back."

Bai Ge was eager to return!

He had already spent thirty-two days in the lower mantle.

He said to Bell, "Set it up. Random teleportation again. Although it's a bit of a gamble... it's cheap."

Bell, however, said, "This will bring the lava material around you to the surface..."

Bai Ge understood immediately upon hearing this.

When he came down, he had clearly brought a mass of air with him. That's why, under the high pressure and high temperature inside the crystal, there was an explosive burst of flames.

This meant that the 'Three Steps into Micro Wormhole' setting not only brought him down but also some of the air from the factory at that time.

Therefore, logically, when returning, even if the pseudo-micro wormhole only existed for a fraction of a second, it would definitely carry some lava to the surface.

Five thousand five hundred degrees Celsius high-temperature lava material! Wherever it landed on the surface, it wouldn't be a joke!

"I've been so busy these past few days... you're right to remind me. So, when we go back, we must use precise teleportation..."

Bell replied, "Yes, at the very least, we need to target a large body of water, whether it's a big lake, a river, or the sea."

"How much energy do my Appendix and Cecum have?" This pseudo-micro wormhole was already a super coincidence. To also 'happen' to teleport to a desired location under such a coincidence, the cost would definitely skyrocket.

Bell instantly replied, "The Appendix only has the remaining five hundred thousand kilowatt-hours of electricity. The Cecum has accumulated fifty thousand kilowatt-hours of electricity in the past two days, totaling five hundred and fifty thousand."

Bai Ge nodded. One trait had consumed too much of his electricity.

However, the Cecum he threw into the lava pool accumulating fifty thousand kilowatt-hours in just over two days was still quite good.

With this trip back, I won't need to come down for a long time.

Since that's the case, the issue I should really be considering is the containment items.

He really needed to control the growth of his containment items. Including the bow tie, he now had twenty-six.

Bai Ge tried to directly materialize a permanent teleportation trait, which would only add one more, making it twenty-seven.

But he failed in all his repeated attempts.

"None of them are working? Coincidence-type traits are cheap for one or two uses, but if you want a permanent one, it's actually more expensive than other types!"

"Because that means I can permanently turn a certain kind of randomness into inevitability..."

After dozens of attempts, Bai Ge reluctantly gave up on permanently summoning a micro wormhole trait. He simply didn't understand this kind of thing and was completely stumped.

As for just creating a magical-type teleportation without regard for the consequences, Bai Ge tried it, but it seemed to have a higher cost.

"There's no other way, I'll just have to go back this one time."

"Three seconds after I return to reality, I'll encounter a micro wormhole-like phenomenon. It's merely an accidental and brief coincidence of the vast universe. Its landing spot will be randomly sent to somewhere between one thousand to twelve hundred kilometers from this location, specifically in a large body of water."

Bai Ge hadn't set a precise landing point; it was semi-random, as long as it landed in a large body of water.

After all, with only 550,000 units of electricity left, being more precise would likely not be enough.

After setting it up, Bai Ge returned to reality in his Shadow Person state, finding himself in molten lava.

For this, he lost 520,000 units of electrical energy from his appendix.

Adding just one coincidence parameter had increased the cost by more than five times compared to when he came down.

Three seconds later, Bai Ge vanished instantly.

Scorching summer.

In a bustling bay, ships were packed densely, and the sounds of people were deafening.

In broad daylight, suddenly, a small area of seawater began to boil!

Soon, people on a ship noticed and pointed at the boiling seawater, shouting in surprise.

"It's boiling! The water's boiling!"

The water's boiling? This isn't the Red Sea!

Many people heard this and found it baffling, but some with strong curiosity came out and leaned over the railings to look.

Upon looking, they realized the water wasn't parting, but boiling!

Countless bubbles were emerging, mixed with many dead fish.

It looked exactly like boiling seawater, though the boiling area wasn't large, with the phenomenon occurring on a sea surface about twenty meters in diameter.

The surrounding ships were all docked, and many people on board put down their work, gathering to watch and marvel.

The sea surface released a large amount of gas with the bubbles, rising into the air so that people in the distance could see it.

Consequently, quite a few people also gathered on the shore of the bay to watch.

"Look quickly, the fish are cooked!"

Many dead fish floated to the surface, almost all of them cooked.

This seemed to be a fishing ground, and a manager, upon seeing this, wailed, "What's happening! Who threw lime into the sea?"

As he spoke, a large amount of murky substance surged up, like black, unknown powder residue.

The crowd, unaware of the situation, didn't think of volcanic ash.

While everyone's attention was focused on the black mud, a figure on the shore secretly crawled ashore.

It was Bai Ge, completely naked except for a bow tie around his neck.

However, he had specifically chosen a very hidden spot to come ashore, so no one saw him.

Bai Ge quickly took out spare clothes from his brain hole and put them on in a hurry.

"It's near the coast, lucky me..."

Bai Ge scanned the bay, recognizing it as a coastal city in his homeland, though he didn't know which one.

It wasn't until he walked into the crowd and looked at the labels on the fishing ground's cargo that he finally recognized it.

"I actually ended up in Zhoushan..."

Bai Ge shrugged. When he went down, it was a random spot, and when he returned, he was still within the country. It was fortunate that his homeland was so vast.

At this moment, the seawater had stopped boiling and was returning to calm.

Many fishing ground personnel were itching to go down and investigate.

"What on earth is going on?" someone next to him muttered.

Bai Ge smiled; only he knew what was happening.

It was simply that upon his return, the micro wormhole had brought along a mass of molten lava at five thousand five hundred degrees Celsius.

The incredibly high temperature, appearing suddenly on the seabed, directly caused the surrounding seawater to boil and evaporate.

Many fish and shrimp died prematurely. When Bai Ge had swum ashore just moments ago, he saw a large octopus instantly cooked in the sea.

Fortunately, the amount brought up wasn't large, and the seawater was even more effective, cooling the magma into a large mass of oxides.

However, these were no ordinary oxides; they were rich in deep mantle minerals, including peridot and fluorite.

Peridot is also a type of gemstone, but due to the cooling environment, they didn't appear large, only small chunks. Even so, these raw stones were already quite valuable.

Not to mention, there were even gemstone-quality ones hidden within.

When Bai Ge came ashore, he saw that in the cooled seabed ash, over a dozen relatively clear and transparent peridots and fluorites had settled. Most were around ten carats, with some reaching several dozen carats.

He didn't take a single one, after all, he had hundreds of tons in his brain hole...

"I don't see any more activity. Should we go down and take a look?"

Suddenly, Bai Ge incited from within the crowd.

He hoped these people would retrieve the gemstones from the seabed. That way, if a large group of people went to sell the gems they found, his own sales wouldn't seem out of place.

Others would naturally consider him a lucky person who found treasure in the sea.