What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

Even though he felt a little uncomfortable before, he felt better mentally now. Lu Yize noticed that his superpowers were constantly improving, and so was his mental strength. The upper limit of mental strength did not represent the upper limit of talent.

The only difference is the starting value. Once mental power reaches a certain upper limit, it seems to be able to materialize. He has now vaguely grasped a bit of the edge, but he is not completely sure yet.

Lu Yize held Jiang Yue's hand, closed his eyes, and pulled her into his arms, saying, "Rest with me for a while."

His previously agitated mental energy had gradually calmed down, and the pain that was tearing his brain was gradually subsiding. The previous mental entanglement with Jiang Yue had given him a vague sense of relaxation.

Jiang Yue lay quietly in Lu Yize's arms, simply reaching out to hug Lu Yize's waist and abdomen, burying her whole body in his chest. There was no gap between the two of them, so close that she could hear the number of his heartbeats.

While Lu Yize and the others were resting, Noah and his group were not idle. Although they were unwilling, they still led the others to Lincheng and arrived at the Black Crystal Meteorite.

Upon seeing this enormous black crystal rough stone, all the flowers and snakes present revealed greed, and even the usually calm Hilde showed some selfish desires.

Aquinas of the Scaled Serpent Clan stared intently at the rough stone before her, her knuckles cracking with excitement. "Hilde, such a large rough black crystal stone... your Zerg race must have embezzled quite a few refined black crystals, right?"

No wonder so many insects broke through in the insectoid territory before. It's pointless to investigate these things now, but Aquinas still had to say something to vent his frustration.

Hilde remained silent, but Cecil laughed and said, "Instead of talking about this, why don't we dig up some more black crystal ore to study, Aquinas?"

Aquinas snorted coldly, but didn't say anything more. They had come to this remote planet for the Black Crystal.

However, mining black crystal is not an easy task. Even so, they have to make ample preparations, wear special protective clothing, and use special tools to mine it.

This mining work cannot even be entrusted to people with a mental strength level lower than S-level. Noah has mining experience, and even after he put on his protective suit, he could not easily get close.

The tools used to mine the black crystal were brought from the Federation's main planet. Each one cost at least tens of millions of star coins and was incredibly hard. However, after only ten minutes of mining, the tools in Noah's hands began to deform.

Looking at the scene before him, Aquinas thought, "No wonder a gram of black crystal can sell for billions. The mining alone is a huge expense, and the subsequent refining process is extremely complex."

Riva was an impatient person. Seeing Noah's slow movements, she scratched her head in frustration. "How long will this take to mine? It would be faster to just dig out a piece directly."

Upon hearing this, Aquinas scoffed, "It's fine that insects born from garbage planets don't understand, but it's shameful to utter such ignorant words."

"What do you mean!" Riva's fragile self-esteem was shattered, and she glared angrily at Aquinas.

Aquinas had no desire to talk to such a low-level insect as Riva. As a fellow insectoid, Cecil, though reluctant, still frowned and explained, "The black crystal contains too much supernatural power and impurities, making it extremely aggressive. Direct contact will result in either death or serious injury."

"With Noah's current strength at the eighth level, without protective clothing and tools, directly digging at close range would at least result in losing an arm due to the impact of the supernatural power."