CHAPTER 361: CHAPTER 134 HEART_3

Furthermore, the spaceship fuel itself, in its design, is a highly versatile fuel.

Besides being utilized in spaceships, it can also be used in various parts of the colony.

Therefore, given Chen Ming’s plans to develop the colony in the future, the bulk transportation of fuel and gaseous materials became a necessary task for him.

If Chen Ming chooses to manufacture finished products directly by his side, it’s equivalent to accomplishing both manufacturing and transportation at once.

But one must note that as Chen Ming’s Spiritual Energy strengthens, his foundational abilities of repair and transformation, which he mastered from the start, form the basis for Chen Ming to perform long-distance material transport.

The Spiritual Power consumption for using these two Spiritual Energy methods has consistently decreased.

This reduction in consumption is not merely a perceived decrease due to Chen Ming’s mental forces’ growth, but a genuine decrease in consumption.

This is why Chen Ming was confident in supplying material transportation for an entire colony by himself.

However, the "manufacturing" ability hasn’t undergone such changes, at least not currently.

The Spiritual Power consumption for manufacturing is five times that of those two foundational abilities when Chen Ming first mastered Spiritual Energy.

That is now at least twenty times or more.

If he tries to do both tasks together, he absolutely won’t be able to supply the Spiritual Power consumption needed just for manufacturing.

Thus, Chen Ming can only opt to transport raw materials, even if gaseous materials are difficult to preserve, he must do it.

Tasks like batch manufacturing, which would heavily burden Spiritual Power, ought to be left to specialized industrial facilities.

His Spiritual Energy is mostly for occasional emergency use; relying on the highly consuming manufacturing ability for sustained material transportation or colony operations—this is merely wishful thinking.

Thus, Chen Ming pondered.

Could he perhaps transform the interior of a large gas tank, allowing the transformed gases to be stored therein.

After all, he can extract contents from inside the gas tank remotely; as long as the gas can be stored, its location is irrelevant to him.

Chen Ming considered it and couldn’t find any issues with this idea.

So he proceeded to implement it directly.

The ability of manufacturing Spiritual Energy to create things ex nihilo consumes several times the Spiritual Power compared to other abilities, but it’s truly useful.

As long as there are sufficient materials stored by his side or on spaceships he controls, he can freely manufacture according to the technologies mastered in his mind, limited only by Spiritual Power.

Of course, Chen Ming wouldn’t rashly use materials from the Dusk Spaceships he controls, avoiding premature exposure of his control over the Dusk.

There are materials available for his use beside him or on the ship still at the Pirate Space Station.

Although he hasn’t sent Lao Wu to hunt pirates or engage in such reckless actions due to his recent absence.

Some materials used by maintenance plants can still be collected with Lao Wu’s assistance, without issues.

Such as materials for manufacturing fuel.

So, inside the gas tank he had just manufactured, Chen Ming crafted a cooling device he was familiar with.

The interior of this device utilizes a liquefied gas required for manufacturing fuel, effective in absorbing thermal energy.

When Chen Ming saw a long-shaped, liquid-filled apparatus appearing inside the transparent gas tank, he knew he had succeeded.

All he needed to do was modify an openable port on the cooling device, then install the remaining part inside the gas tank.

Liquefied gas could then directly leak from inside the apparatus into the gas tank.

When he performs maintenance on this cooling device in the future, the liquefied gas will once again fill the entire apparatus, dispersing into the storage tank upon opening the modified port.

The Spiritual Power consumption is far less than creating fuel or such cooling devices each time.

After confirming there were no issues with this design, Chen Ming transformed in place and sent these items directly back to the Pirate Space Station, leaving no trace.

Of course, this means no trace on the ground beside Chen Ming.

Being recorded by surveillance is inevitable.

Moreover, Chen Ming conducted such experiments by his side rather than on any controlled ship, just to show them to Dusk.

Let them panic a bit and analyze what his Spiritual Energy can achieve now.

Perhaps they might believe Chen Ming’s Spiritual Energy has potential for further growth, slowing down their subsequent actions?

Although Chen Ming thinks this is unlikely, any opportunity should be explored, considering how manufacturing ability is inherently limited by his technical mastery.

Like transformation ability, it can only affect ships below Destroyer level or handle non-combat aspects.

The strategic significance capable of altering battle outcomes, in Chen Ming’s view, currently lies solely in a repair ability.

But Dusk has long known about this ability, making hiding it unnecessary.

Thus, whether Chen Ming exposes the abilities he masters is of no consequence.

Even knowing this, they need effective countermeasures.

Currently, Dusk’s most viable countermeasure is merely avoiding contact.

But such a countermeasure of non-contact appears futile since Chen Ming has already scattered his controlled Dusk throughout the Dusk Star Realm.

After concluding his capability testing.