The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

As soon as Zizi came out of the round crystal house, she was immediately drawn to the white crystal trees.

In a few nimble movements, it climbed up a relatively tall white crystal tree, squatted among the branches, plucked a milky white, translucent leaf, and curiously examined it against the light of the sky. When it looked up at the light source, it was astonished to see three "Light-Gathering Stars" emitting a soft halo in the sky.

Squeak froze, clutching the leaf, looking up at the sky, and remained motionless for a long time.

Kaba glanced at the white crystal person in the coffin, whose skin was milky white and translucent, and who was fast asleep. Then he turned his head to look at the white crystal tree with a similar texture not far away. His soul fire flickered slightly: They look almost the same.

It walked to a white crystal tree, carefully selected a branch with a suitable shape, broke it off gently, sat down on the ground, took out its small bone file, and began to carefully polish it. It wanted to process this "white crystal branch" into a beautiful new "bone" to install on its body.

Senmo carefully extended the thinnest root from the spatial planting pot, slowly plunging it into the crystal-like soil beneath its feet, attempting to draw nutrients from the soil of this unfamiliar world.

As a result, just a few seconds later, the tip of the protruding root began to stiffen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The moss immediately and painfully pulled its roots out of the soil, shaking them in the air with a hint of grievance. Half of its roots had already crystallized, just like the white crystal tree.

The soil here tastes absolutely awful!

"It seems that the soil on White Crystal Star is not suitable for plants from other worlds to grow," Moran thought to himself as he helped Senmo cut off the half-crystallized root.

Ren Zhizhi, Kaba, and Sentai went to familiarize themselves with the research base environment, while Moran stood on the platform at the entrance of the Crystal House and cast a light spell.

A huge, warm white sphere of light appeared in her hand, rising from her palm and slowly drifting into the air, gradually expanding and growing brighter.

Finally, it hovered steadily directly above the farm, illuminating the entire farm like a small sun.

Under ample sunlight, the white crystal trees on the farm, which were originally dull and lifeless, like gray sculptures, began to undergo visible changes.

The first thing to change was their color. The grayish-white layer on the trunk and branches quickly faded, gradually restoring a milky white and translucent texture. At the same time, starting from the leaves, a faint glimmer began to flow, slowly converging towards the trunk, and then flowing back to the branches and leaves.

These glimmers of light started as a trickle, then grew brighter and more active.

On some of the more robust white crystal trees, dew-like light spots even begin to condense at the tips of their leaves; this is the liquid of light.

Moran took out a small white crystal bowl that she had found while cleaning the crystal house and carefully collected a few drops.

The liquid flowed in the bowl, emitting a pure and gentle halo.

In the memories of the few White Crystal people I met, this quality of Light Liquid was something only the Radiant Nobles could afford.

But at this moment, Moran looked at the thin layer of liquid light in the bowl and felt a strange sense of familiarity: "Isn't this liquid light element?"

In the Shadowless Mountains of the Valen Sacred Range, there once existed a lake of liquid light element, which the Dawn Dwarves relied on to sustain their lives.

Liquid light elements are essentially highly concentrated and liquefied light element forces, that is, the essence of light elements.

"This tree can transform light into the essence of light elements?" Moran's gaze towards the white crystal trees before him changed instantly.

Light is the most basic and cheapest resource, but the essence of light is an extremely precious magical material.

With such transformative abilities, the White Crystal Tree is definitely a very valuable magical plant.

Originally, Moran only intended to make use of these white crystal trees to produce elixir of light to supply the white crystal people participating in magic experiments at the base. Now, Moran has decided to create a small circular garden in the mirror space of the Witch's House specifically for planting white crystal trees.

Who knows, these white crystal trees might come in handy in another world someday! "But... do the white crystal people actually feed on the essence of light elements?"

Moran developed a strong curiosity about the White Crystal Man's body.

In her memory, only the Dawn Dwarves regarded the essence of light as something akin to "food".

However, the situation of the Dawn Dwarves is extremely special.

They were infected with "Light Element Disease" because they were designed by angels and infected by a magical material from another world called Star Marrow.

The Light Element Disease requires them to stay in places with light at all times, and they must drink the essence of the Light Element from the Lake of Radiance every day to maintain their bodily functions.

Once interrupted, their bodies will rapidly crystallize and disintegrate into a pile of crystal sand.

This is somewhat similar to the White Crystal People.

If a person with white crystals does not consume the liquid of light regularly, their body will gradually become brittle, and in severe cases, it may shatter from the slightest bump.

Local damage to the body can be repaired with the liquid of light, but life will only end when the entire body is completely pulverized.

However, the Dawn Dwarves can still enjoy other foods normally, except for the essence of light.

However, the Liquid of Light is the only food on the White Crystal Man's menu, with the only difference being its quality.

Those uncultivated wild white crystal trees, without additional light, need a full week to condense a single drop of inferior liquid light.

A single drop of inferior Light Liquid can keep a White Crystal Human's body out of a highly fragile state for a whole day, allowing them to move around normally without any problems, only requiring them to be careful of bumps and falls.

"Both the White Crystal People and the Dawn Dwarves essentially need to rely on the essence of light elements to survive, but one is an innate nature, while the other is an unfortunate disease acquired later in life."

Moran mentally sorted out the similarities and differences between the two.

While acquired diseases may be curable, this kind of instinct deeply rooted in the origins of a race is probably extremely difficult to change.

“However, the situation of the Dawn Dwarves can definitely serve as a reference!” Her mind suddenly cleared.

Since the White Crystal People depend so heavily on the essence of light for survival, their affinity for light is likely to be as high as that of the Dawn Dwarves.

"Perhaps, the element of light is the magical energy they can control?"

This idea gave Moran a jolt of energy.

The translucent, crystalline body of the White Crystal Man looks like an excellent natural container for storing light elements.

Moran decided to start by verifying this approach.

With a flick of her wrist, she took out a talent crystal ball that Valen mages often used to test magical talent, but then shook her head.

This crystal ball can only detect elemental affinity and initial mental strength; it cannot detect the presence of light elemental power within the tester's body. (End of Chapter)