Harvesting X Space

Inside the island's secret storage facility, Begel and Kevin stood in front of shelves displaying sealed jars.

It was covered with bottles and jars.

Each area has a different number, and different numbers in the catalog represent different items stored therein.

"Rare Beast, the rarest kind at that."

Begel looked at the Golden Chicken in the sealed jar and couldn't help but marvel at how carefully they had examined the catalog earlier; the vast majority of the specimens sealed here were samples of various endangered or extinct organisms.

Although there are a considerable number of these biological samples, in some respects, their rarity cannot be compared to that of the Golden Chicken.

As you can see, most samples are either sealed individually or stored in pairs.

There were more than twenty Golden Chicken sealed here, and even the Golden Egg next to them filled a large basket, clearly indicating that they had collected and sealed all the ones they could find.

The preservation standards for the Golden Chicken are completely different from those for other organisms, which highlights its uniqueness.

"Are you confident you can successfully cultivate them?" Kevin asked with a smile.

Begel glanced at him and said, "I just pulled up some data; they've actually completed the breeding of these Golden Chicken. These eggs are all fertilized and can hatch into Golden Chicken."

Upon hearing this, Kevin retrieved the relevant documents and indeed found the specific research records.

Although this secret organization mainly deals with biological weapons engineering, it is clear that they are also top-notch in biological research. After reading the records, Kevin roughly understood that the reason why Rare Beast are called Rare Beast is because their growth and breeding conditions are extremely harsh.

Many people have discovered and found Rare Beast, and many want to breed them on a large scale, but ultimately, the cost-effectiveness is the main consideration.

Keeping them as collectibles or for entertainment is certainly worth the expense.

However, it's very difficult to manage it as an asset.

Take the Golden Chicken for example. It needs a high-quality growing environment and eats only precious medicinal herbs, which are rich in Life Force.

However, the meat of the Golden Chicken is not very palatable and its nutritional value is also average. The only thing worth looking forward to is the Golden Egg they lay.

This is practically the only beneficial thing the Golden Chicken can bring.

Contrary to ancient records, research indicates that the Golden Egg's shell was not made of metal, but rather had a texture similar to gold.

Essentially, it's just an ordinary eggshell, except that the egg liquid is extremely nutritious. To some extent, the Golden Egg can be considered a highly nutritious supplement, but that's about it.

There are probably only two aspects that would be of interest to this.

It is used as food and as medicine.

In other areas, it's difficult to find any related uses.

Simply put, as a raw material, Golden Egg can play a good role in some aspects.

If you have the money and the interest, raising a few Golden Chicken is certainly not a problem, but if you want to make a profit by raising Golden Chicken, it is almost impossible, after all, the required conditions are too demanding.

The output is too low, and the finished products are not very important necessities.

However, that was enough for Kevin.

He only needs to designate a special breeding area and collect the Golden Egg regularly.

Although the production of Golden Egg is not high, as long as the supply is stable and he can continue to refine them into potions, he can accept everything else.

The fact that it can serve as one of the raw materials that allows him to rapidly increase his strength is enough to warrant his time and effort.

"Let's leave this here for now, we can deal with it later. I'll take you to see something more interesting."

Begel smiled mysteriously and led Kevin toward the most heavily guarded area of the entire warehouse.

This place not only contains biological sealed containers, but also various documents and records, as well as many unknown and strange items.

When the two arrived, Koto, White, and the warehouse manager were already there; they looked like they had been there for a while.

We may not know which items are important, but as the only relatively important area in the Storage Area, the items sealed here are clearly not ordinary.

In this area, the most eye-catching feature is the giant storage tank, seven or eight meters tall, displayed in front of everyone.

Through the transparent seal, the solidified organisms inside can be clearly seen.

It was a creature that resembled an insect, with a long and huge body and a long, oval-shaped carapace on its back covered with strange white patterns.

What's even more remarkable is that its lower abdomen has been completely hollowed out. From a certain angle, it can be seen that the Beetle's inside is completely empty, clearly indicating that it is a corpse.

Even though it was sealed away, Kevin could still sense the Nen Aura emanating from the corpse.

"Ruin Beetle."

Begel pointed to the sealed Beetle body and explained.

Before Kevin could ask, he continued to explain, "This is a type of Beetle that only appears in Ruins and ancient records; no fossils related to it have even been found in reality."

"But now, there is a corpse specimen. And do you know what? According to the records, this corpse specimen is thousands of years old, which means it has not decomposed after thousands of years."

"The Growth Organ you took out from the Charging Armor before was cloned from an organ inside this Beetle."

He became somewhat agitated as he explained, seemingly thrilled by the discovery of the body.

Begel was, after all, Jin's apprentice. As an apprentice of a Ruin Hunter, he must have explored Ruins with him and learned a lot about Ruins during that time.

That's why he was so excited when he saw this insect.

However, Kevin's focus was clearly not on that.

Looking at the insect corpse, only one thought came to his mind.

Touch it.

He wanted to get a feel for what level of material this body was made of.

"I know what you're trying to do. Look over there, there's a leg that hasn't been sealed."

Begel pointed to the side and said.

Kevin looked over and saw what appeared to be a pile of miscellaneous items, but those that could be placed there were clearly important items.

However, with so many varieties, they looked somewhat cluttered when piled up on the shelves.

Inside a small, transparent bottle, there was indeed a small, jet-black leg, about the size of an index finger, which looked more like a small antenna broken off from the insect.

But that's enough.

Kevin walked straight over, opened the jar, and gently touched it.

The desire level is not high; it's just a regular C-Rank desire.

But considering that it was just a small tentacle broken off from the giant insect corpse, Kevin wouldn't have felt anything if it were on other creatures.

In other words, the level of this insect corpse is definitely higher than that of the Calamity Dragon that was enhanced after its Gene Rampage.

Therefore, the core part of this corpse should at least be at least B-Rank.

There might even be A-Rank.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking.

Kevin couldn't know what kind of desire A-Rank truly entailed.

However, since the body's abdomen had been hollowed out, the possibility of finding anything valuable was slim.

Kevin shifted his attention to the shelf in front of him.

The place is filled with all sorts of strange Rock, minerals, fossils, and even some wooden carvings that resemble ethnic sculptures, looking as if they were excavated from Ruins.

The patterns on these sculptures are identical to those on the insect-shaped creature, suggesting they originated from the same Ruins.

Just then, Kevin saw a book.

This book didn't look like an ancient book unearthed from Ruins. He slowly picked it up and examined the outer packaging, which even had the publisher's name printed on it.

But the release date is hundreds of years ago?

<New Continent Chronicle: East>

"Um?"

"?"

"Has this sounded familiar?" Kevin's mind instantly raced with memories.

Isn't this the same book that Jin mentioned before, the one that was secretly destroyed and retrieved—the "Outer Book"?

With a slightly excited heart, Kevin flipped through the pages, quickly browsing the contents. It looked like an ordinary collection of stories, filled with all sorts of strange and fantastical descriptions.

After glancing through the book briefly, Kevin closed it.

"I'll take this if you don't mind," Kevin said frankly.

The people present all turned to look at the book in Kevin's hand.

"Hmm." Koto nodded.

No one else objected to this.

For Hunter x Hunter of their caliber, the Dark Continent was no secret.

Kevin put the book away and turned his attention to more archival records.

These records were equally important to him.

The day passed quickly, and everyone had gained a comprehensive understanding and survey of the entire storage base.

After removing the large number of biological specimens that are of little significance, there is actually not much important information left.

Soon, the Hunter Association's airship arrived and sealed off and took control of the entire storage base.

What followed was a long period of wrangling, but that had nothing to do with Kevin and his Kevin.

They completed the mission exceptionally well, and their contributions have been documented.

Of course, the deserved rewards will not be lacking.

Pairo, carrying some information Kevin had collected from the warehouse, returned home first.

Kevin then went back to the base where they had been before, along with Begel.

The loot they wanted at the storage base required going through certain procedures to obtain. But the loot at this base didn't require waiting.

Kevin had his eye on the Charging Armor and the various materials dismembered from the Calamity Dragon, and planned to take them with him.

"These materials, along with the ones I gave you before, will all be delivered to the location you specify, don't worry," Begel said.

After saying that, he looked at Locke beside him.

"I've already transferred the payment for this mission to your account. It was a pleasure working with you."

Locke smiled and shook hands with Begel.

"It's a pleasure doing business with you."

Although the mission felt somewhat dangerous at the beginning, Locke found it to be quite safe after it ended.

Throughout the mission, he was mainly responsible for reconnaissance and support work, and hardly participated in any direct combat or encountered any danger, so he earned the money relatively easily.

It's at least much easier than his grueling job.

"You can find, or contact, Kim, right?" Kevin asked.

Begel nodded, indicating that he could certainly find or contact them if needed.

"Next time you see him, please give this to him for me," Kevin said, taking out a small black box, which naturally contained the Member Card.

Begel took it and nodded knowingly.

"No problem, but I can't guarantee a specific time."

After the matter was settled, everyone dispersed.

Kevin returned to the Nosra Manor by Airship.

Inside the Manor, there still seemed to be some traces of filling in the lawn near the entrance.

The main building in the Manor is clearly undergoing restoration.

Seemingly knowing Kevin was coming back, Light was waiting in the living room early on.

Upon seeing Kevin, he smiled, stood up, and went to hug Kevin.

"How are things going? Has the company encountered any problems lately?"

Light shook his head. "Don't worry, the company is developing steadily. Without the interference of the Teldoruka Family, only normal business competition remains."

"Moreover, there are currently no similar drugs impacting our market."

In short, the situation is excellent.

As the company gradually got back on track and various professionals joined the company, the busy state everyone was in a month ago had long since disappeared, and they returned to their previous relatively leisurely pace.

"Is Nion anything frightening?" Kevin asked with a smile and concern.

Light smiled and shook his head, "No, they did a great job, even better than I expected."

Clearly, Light was increasingly satisfied with the performance of the three Kurta Clan.

As for Kevin's work, Light didn't ask too many questions, since it was completely different from his field, and there was no point in asking.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Kevin headed towards the Training Ground.

He discovered that a new building was under construction on the Manor not far from the Training Ground, with the foundation being dug deep.

Training Ground, Kurapika and Pairo are conducting their daily training routine.

Nion and Rosana sat in the nearby Rest Area chatting.

Upon noticing Kevin's arrival, everyone stopped what they were doing.

"Well done, I've heard about your situation from Pairo," Kevin said, praising the group first.

Then he looked at Rosana.

"I heard you've already developed your Nen ability?"

Rosana nodded, a key appeared in her hand, and she handed it to Kevin.

"This key allows me to access my Nen ability space."

Kevin took the key, and the moment he touched it, the key's appearance changed, revealing stripes of color that matched his physical features.

"Hmm, interesting."

He then followed Rosana to experience her Nen ability.

Kevin was quite surprised after the experience.

Rosana's Nen ability, while not perfect, is certainly exceptionally well-constructed.

Its functionality is entirely based on team considerations, and the nature of Nen ability seems to highly align with some of Rosana's inner needs.

Simply put, she cleverly combined her experiences, thoughts, and the type of her Nen ability.

More importantly, this Nen ability perfectly compensates for one of Kevin's minor weaknesses.

He would be in a state of "absolute" vulnerability while making medicine, at which point he would be extremely susceptible to attack.

Now that Rosana has her Nen ability space, Kevin can completely move the potion-making site to this absolutely safe space.

In fact, he doesn't necessarily need to enter the inner space; the outer space is sufficient for his needs.

Only when encountering danger can one enter the inner space to be in a state of absolute safety.

Moreover, the outer space's protective mechanisms can effectively prevent the enemy from launching a surprise attack, and the enemy will definitely be thwarted once here.

Because entry is not possible without permission, unless forced entry is carried out, and forced entry will be discovered and thus blocked once.

After the tour, Kevin asked, "So, the actual space designed as 'home,' with its size, specifications, and furniture, is the same as the replicated Nen Space? Is that correct?"

Rosana nodded.

That's definitely her Nen ability.

Without the outer surface space as a carrier, her Absolute Safe Space would resemble her former home, a fact she could not change.

This is not hard to understand, since Nen ability is, after all, a product of will and spirit.

For Rosana, the image of home was already fixed in her mind.

Because of her past experiences, it was deeply etched in her heart, and its essence would not change no matter how much she tried to alter it.

People with special and powerful Nen ability often carry this kind of obsession to some extent.

The hidden Nen Space of the "home" will be exactly the same as the real space, with the same furniture, and all of this furniture will be functional.

For example, a television can receive signals and can be connected to water and electricity.

However, if the real space designated as "home" lacks these furniture, functions, and infrastructure, then the replicated Nen Space will also lack these functions.

It is important to note that the larger the actual space and the more furniture it contains, the higher the potential energy limit for the replicated Nen Space.

Take Rosana as an example, if her current potential energy level is 10,000.

The original, most realistic home, in terms of size and complexity, would consume approximately 2000 units of gas.

Nion's bedroom is relatively small, and when set as "home", it consumes approximately 1000 units of gas.

From the moment her Nen ability awakened, Rosana's potential Nen limit was reduced by 2000.

In other words, if there is no real space as a medium for replication, the "home" based on Kurapika's home in his secluded place will continue to exist.

Unless Rosana's Nen ability disappears, the deduction of the 2000 cap will not change.

However, this upper limit will change depending on the actual space that is set as "home".

For example, if you set "home" in Nion's bedroom, then the Nen Space will become a corresponding copy.

Due to the change in space size and specifications, the deduction for the maximum Nen Aura limit is only 1000, thus Rosana has 9000 Nen Aura at her Domination.

This will remain the case unless Nion's bedroom undergoes significant changes, or Rosana changes the "home" setting and moves.

Essentially, the principle is not complicated.

Having learned all this, Kevin could roughly guess the purpose of the building whose foundation was being dug next door.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a building constructed specifically to create a real space for Rosana's "home".

After all, only with a real spatial carrier can the replicated Nen Space possess the corresponding functions.

At the same time, it is essential for Rosana to increase her potential energy.

The greater the potential gas volume, the larger the space that can be constructed and the more complete its functions.