Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Source of the Beetle's Evolution, the Energy Crystal

After Sturth struggled for a long time, an unexpected situation happened. Storth did not choose to trust instinct, nor did he choose to fully trust scientific knowledge on Earth. It chooses to use thinking to solve its own contradictions, and this behavior can completely prove that Stoss is now a highly intelligent being~!

However, what surprised Will even more was that Storth used the same mindset as his own. That is to say, Stoss did not copy his memories tightly, and even copied his thought patterns.

Storth first negates instinct, but retains a certain reference value to your instinct. Then he chose to believe in science, but mixed with some skepticism about what was known about science. Then it chooses scientific attempts and proves the results with facts.

Stoss then asked Will again for the stone, but this time the reason for the request was that it wanted to confirm if the stone had helped it grow.

Will, who had already fully understood all of Stous's ideas, did not object, because Will wanted to know if the stone was beneficial to Stous.

Storth, who got the stone, did not immediately devour the stone, but first built the stone and heated it to a certain point with pliers, and then used the tongs to break the stone into several pieces. When the stones, which had become several pieces, had melted slightly, Storth stopped heating them and waited for them to cool down again. This method is used to remove the sharp edges of the crushed stone so that the edges are not too sharp to injure the intestines when swallowed.

Will watched Storth's series of operations, and he felt that he would do the same if he needed to devour the stones. This is because it is the safest and most effective way to dispose of these stones.

Storth first put the smallest stone in his mouth and swallowed it, and the heat emitted by the stone itself weakened so that it would not burn his intestines when swallowed. And after swallowing these stones, Stous did not immediately feel unwell, when the stones entered Stous's stomach, Will clearly felt a burst of heat coming from Stous's stomach through the spiritual link, and then its body continued to get hot. Eventually, the heat began to be absorbed by the body and the shells on it, until it became clear that Storth's stomach was no longer hot.

Will had confirmed at the moment that Stoth was indeed able to absorb the energy present in these stones. And it seems that the thermal radiation emitted by these stones is not harmful to living beings to a certain extent, because Stoss did not directly feel discomfort when swallowing the stones.

If it is a strong radioactive injury, when Storth swallows the stone, these radioactive elements will destroy the cells in Storth's body, and the concentration of radioactive elements that can emit strong heat radiation must be very high. If it will hurt biological cells, Stoss will cause serious damage to the intestinal nerves when swallowing into the intestines, so Stoss will feel very painful.

After the smallest stone was absorbed by Stos, Stoss seemed to be greatly inspired, and he began to change to the larger stone. After absorbing the stones again, Stoss swallowed all the remaining stones one after another. It took a while for Stos to absorb all the energy of the remaining stones.

After Storth had absorbed all of his energy, Storth didn't immediately get excited. It first reported its feelings to Will, and then gradually became excited, and even had a stronger desire for the stones.

Will knew that this experiment was a major discovery, both in terms of the safety of the fiery red stone, and in terms of the usefulness of the stone. But Will felt that the bigger takeaway this time was for science and language, because he proved that some knowledge and theories on Earth may not be 100% correct in this world.

The skeptical attitude towards the original scientific knowledge theory has been strengthened in this experiment, and the worldview of the world has been expanded again~!

And through this observation, Will's perception of Stoth has changed dramatically again, and he no longer thinks that the knowledge that Stoth has gained from him can only be understood and not used. Will feels that the current Stoss can already be called a real high-level intelligent creature~!

And in a sense, the current Stost is more like a human being, not like a beetle~!

This stone is indeed beneficial for beetles, but whether it is also beneficial for humans needs to be confirmed again.

It's just that the environment at the moment is not suitable for Will to confirm this theory, because at this moment, there are no healing items or any treatment methods around Will if there is any harm or side effect. But I should be able to try it tomorrow, because if there is water, even if I eat the stones, it will have some harmful effects. It can also be neutralized by drinking a large amount of water, or by inducing vomiting after drinking water.

Thinking so, Will decided to give it a try tomorrow, after all, the risk and reward are more attractive than the obvious reward~!

After testing that the stone can be eaten directly by Stos, and can directly provide energy, Will decided to test something else, that is, iron ore~!

However, this time Will did not ask Stoss to eat iron ore directly, because eating iron ore would help Stos, which does not need to be proven. Will asked Stost to try to heat the ore with his pincers to see if he could melt the iron ore, and if it could dissolve, it would be a very beneficial thing for Will.

Iron is a metallic element bai, atomic number 26, pure iron is white or silvery-white, with a metallic luster. The melting point is 1538, and the boiling point is 2750. According to the normal situation, Storth's pliers should not reach a high temperature of 1,000 degrees, because when the high temperature reaches 1,000 degrees, a large amount of heat radiation will occur, and it will also cause the water vapor in the air to boil and cause slight light distortion. And if the packing of Storth can reach a high temperature of 1,000 degrees, then it is very likely that the muscles inside the shelling will be directly cooked. Unless Stors has an extremely effective insulation system between the packing and the muscles.

However, it is necessary to give it a try, as Storth's stomach dissolves the iron ore and absorbs the iron to strengthen the shell.

The results were both plausible and somewhat surprising, as Storth did not dissolve iron ore directly. But the iron ore containing the red grains began to melt after the constant heating of Storth, and then the iron ore that came into contact with the melted dark red grains began to melt. Finally, when the solution of dark red stone particles and the solution of iron ore are mixed, the two solutions begin to solidify little by little after the iron solution content increases. Until it is completely cured~!

This result shows that although iron ore cannot be melted directly, the dark red stone particles can be used as additives to reduce the melting point of iron, making iron ore extremely easy to melt. Then, after the content of those dark red stone particles drops to a certain level, these iron elements will gradually return to a state with a high melting point again.

However, Will then found that as the iron solution cooled down. Their surface will appear with a layer resembling a stone crust, and some of these things should be of rock-like composition. When Stoss reheated the cooled iron ore, this time the iron ore did not melt, as if the dark red stone had been depleted.

Will felt the need to study these phenomena, after all, the appearance of such phenomena could help him solve a lot of troubles. He could take advantage of this phenomenon to make iron tools without the aid of an iron furnace.

Will is obviously very excited at this moment, because the possibility of technological development has really appeared at this moment~!