Returning Fully Loaded

After the brief incident of subduing the Gun-Bear Construct, everyone's attention returned to the treasures at the heart of the ruins.

"Shaka! Look at that Convection Furnace! There are still high concentrations of residual energy there!"

Through Shaka's holographic vision, Vegapunk's main body screamed fanatically before the central control screen inside the ship's cabin. The old scientist waved his arms in excitement and even pressed his face against the display.

Shaka did not waste a moment. He swiftly pulled several specialized nano-tubes equipped with vacuum extraction devices from the advanced testing case he carried, carefully inserting them deep into the half-shattered power core in the ancient mech's chest.

Glug... glug...

Amid the faint suction of the high-pressure mechanical pump, a small canister of several hundred milliliters of liquid energy was miraculously extracted from the very bottom of the ancient mech's long-dead furnace. It glowed with a piercing blue radiance. These were the remnants of an Ancient Energy Spark—what had not yet fully dried up, and was still of exceptionally high purity.

The blue liquid energy flowed within the transparent vacuum canister, radiating a pure fluctuation that seemed to make every pore open.

"Th-this is simply fate!!"

Vegapunk's main body trembled so hard that his beard shook wildly, and tears streamed from the old scientist's eyes. "With this canister of high-purity ancient spark residue as the core activation source, I'll have an absolutely non-depleting energy supply to support Kuma's operation."

Hearing Vegapunk's excited cheers, every member of the adventure group smiled from the heart.

While Vegapunk and Shaka were overcome with excitement, Carina, the master thief, was weaving beneath the Mecha Throne with a flashlight when she suddenly felt something within an incredibly well-hidden metal compartment. She let out a delighted cry:

"Come look! I dug up something good here!"

Everyone