Jiang Changkong entered the laboratory and found the two professors.
"Lord, this is the list."
Professor Yun took out several sheets of paper and handed them to him. "Over the past half month, all the Star Crystals we mined were stolen—roughly one-third of an entire mineral vein."
Jiang Changkong's expression darkened. There were 53,900 seventh-rank Star Crystals, 21,221 eighth-rank Star Crystals, and one ninth-rank Star Crystal.
Small mineral veins generally contained seventh-rank Star Crystals. With good luck, they might yield a few eighth-rank ones.
Medium-sized veins were mostly seventh-rank, with a small portion being eighth-rank.
Large veins were roughly half seventh-rank and half eighth-rank, with the occasional ninth-rank crystal.
More than seventy thousand had been stolen in one go. How many could he even mine from a single vein?
One-third!
He was reluctant to part with even one. This was carving out his flesh and drinking his blood.
"Help me deal with these first." Jiang Changkong took out the Star Crystals he had obtained from the ruins and handed them to the two professors. "Count them."
Professor Yun nodded. Seeing the Star Crystals, she was slightly excited. "Did the Lord mine a super-large vein? Our losses have been made up for."
"What do you mean, made up for? I need these Star Crystals."
Jiang Changkong frowned. "And these emerald-green beads—process them all as well."
Professor Yun nodded. "With these Star Crystals, the three major factions will definitely help us."
Jiang Changkong chuckled. He did not want their help unless someone at the late stage of the Stellar Realm appeared.
He had not taken out the three tenth-rank Star Crystals.
Professor Yun scanned them with an instrument and quickly obtained the figures.
Eighth-rank lower-grade: 15,161 pieces.
Middle-grade: 26,000 pieces.
Upper-grade: 38,926 pieces.
Peak-grade: 53,236 pieces.
Ninth-rank lower-grade: 5,600 pieces; middle-grade: 4,100