In the Warden's Office, Nameless frowned at the floor covered in Life-Giving Stone Essence.
Judging by the shape rising from the floor, a cabinet had originally lain toppled there.
Now the cabinet was covered in Life-Giving Stone Essence and looked like a sculpture.
Notably, the Life-Giving Stone Essence used in Vitality Bombs was a highly concentrated version, somewhat different from the essence used in bullets.
Once this concentrated essence solidified, it was hundreds of times harder than ordinary Life-Giving Stone.
In short, this thick layer of Life-Giving Stone Essence was extremely hard. Otherwise, it could not have held back the filth of the Eternal Silence Space beneath it.
Nameless had a way to cut through it, but the cost would be enormous. He would then have to use another Vitality Bomb to seal it again, or Corruption might leak out.
When Nameless explained the situation to the viewers, they all fell silent.
Only high-level experts were qualified to exchange resources for Life-Giving Stone at the Resource Tower. Life-Giving Stone Essence was therefore hard to come by and could not be wasted casually.
The Scholar Foundation's support had been delayed again and again because many of its experts had personally gone to gather resources, then exchanged everything they earned for Life-Giving Stone.
Gathering resources took time, and so did trading with other experts for Life-Giving Stone.
Refining Life-Giving Stone into Life-Giving Stone Essence, let alone concentrating the essence further, all required an expert's hands. Cultivators who were not strong enough could not even cut Life-Giving Stone, much less refine its essence.
At the rates these experts charged, every shot Nameless fired and every Vitality Bomb he used was money going up in flames.
With all that in mind, it was easy to understand why Nameless hesitated.
A few minutes later, a