Chapter 143: Researching the Green Orb*

The sound of flesh slapping against flesh echoed in the room for a long time.

Ray sat casually on the bed while Sibley moved up and down on him, moaning but wearing an expression of exhaustion.

"Move faster," he ordered, giving her another casual slap on the ass. Sibley obeyed, speeding up, her tired face betraying her strain as she moaned louder.

This continued for hours until the cold moon gave way to the warm sun, which slowly rose on the horizon.

The birds began to chirp, and the buzzing of insects from the surrounding area finally ceased, replaced by a serene, beautiful calm.

Ray stepped out of the room, a satisfied smile on his lips.

Inside the room, Sibley's naked body lay sprawled on the bed, her tongue hanging out and her pupils rolled back, her body covered in numerous markings.

"Another Awakened Child, huh?"

He glanced at the red panel in front of him, feeling much better now that all his stress had been released.

Of course, he hadn't used his full strength—if he had, her entire body would have been torn apart by now, but it wasn't.

He could feel the warm energy flowing through him, gradually enhancing every part of his body.

But this felt like a drop in the river—completely inconsequential, with no noticeable change in his strength.

After all, his stats were already too high. While spreading his gene always resulted in a sizable increase in power, it was still limited, and the gain was a fixed amount, depending on whether the recipient could Awaken or not.

[You have awakened a new skill: (A-class) Water Arts. Do you want to activate it?]

"Only an A-class skill, huh?" Ray thought with some disappointment as he swiftly activated the skill.

Immediately, a warm energy flowed through his body, and he distinctly felt some changes within. His mutation energy attributes also changed slightly with it.

"I've gained water attributes in my mutation energy now, huh..." Ray thought to himself. He had grown even more familiar with his mutation energy, thoroughly understanding it by now.

"But wait, why is Water Arts ranked higher than Lightning Arts?"

Ray paused, his eyes gradually widening.

It is said that the four basic elements of nature are all equal and nothing extraordinary, even in most fiction...

"It might not be so in reality."

Ray muttered with a glint in his eyes.

Either way, Water Arts could be an A-class while Lightning Arts was only a B-class art, showing its key difference.

"What's so special about this art?" Ray thought carefully.

"Why are you even so excited about that? Isn't that the same as the solar panels and the plants and trees?" Ray rolled his eyes.

"No, this is not as simple as that," Jack shook his head. "The energy it produces is very mysterious, and the rate of absorption of the sun's energy is unlike anything we've seen. It could very well cause the entire sunlight in an area of a kilometre to be instantly absorbed the moment it shows up."

"It's as if it was made to absorb the energy of the sun, while those plants and trees were just prototypes for it," Jack spoke with fervor.

"A prototype, huh?" Ray frowned as he went into a deep thoughtful expression.

If it was said while he was still an ordinary being, then he would likely not believe it, not in a million years...

But things were different, as Ray used his Analyzer skill to understand this thing.

He knew that this was a part of the power of a planetary being.

A terrifying entity that was even higher than his celestial body. Ray wouldn't dare to imagine the strength gap, as its power would be on another scale altogether.

"Made to absorb the power of the sun."

Ray looked at the green orb and used his Analyze skill. He could pretty much only see the things that Jack had described, but this prototype assumption was completely beyond his understanding, and something seemed to be clicking in his mind, but he couldn't exactly put his finger on it.

"I need more information," he concluded, his brows knotting together.

"Anything else?" Ray looked at Jack.

"No, it might have been easier if there was AI involved, but the AI on our earth isn't developed to assist us in understanding this mysterious thing," Jack put his head down.

"It's fine, you have done your job," Ray commented. "Keep analysing it to the extreme. It doesn't matter if you need to access the technology of this entire continent's country or even the other countries from other continents, it doesn't matter at all."

"Thanks, boss," Jack's eyes lit up.

"You can also recruit some capable individuals as well," Ray commented slightly as he walked up to the green orb and broke it in one go.

"What are you doing, boss?" Jack hurriedly spoke with widened eyes.

"Shh," Ray said, putting his finger to his mouth.

At this time, everyone stopped in their tracks, and their eyes were glued to the green orb.

"I wonder if what I think could be true or not. If it is true, then... if it is not, then it wouldn't hurt trying..."

While thinking of this, Ray slowly floated out of the room, leaving the researchers completely speechless.

"Boss, we still have not researched the green orb, you bastard," Jack cried out loud, not even caring about his life.

"Don't let me find out if it is true..."

Ray seemed to have turned a deaf ear as he slowly floated in the air in the hallway.