Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2131

The last time Sylas had seen something like this it was back when he used it to freeze time so that he wouldn't lose as much to the time dilation. But this item, while just as substantial if not more so, wasn't related to time at all.

Aetherstone Mines were extremely valuable, but also extremely difficult to actually mine. There was a great deal of caution that needed to be taken.

The problem was that the deeper you went, and the more valuable the Aetherstone, the more energy was concentrated and the more troublesome it would be to cut into such a thing.

It was the same concept as the formation of valuable stone back on pre-Summoning Earth. A great amount of pressure was applied on Aetherstone mines over a long period of time, and this pressure compressed the energy into more and more valuable states.

But it likewise made them more volatile.

The difference was that the stone of pre-Summoning Earth was usually made more stable by the amount of pressure it withstood. By comparison, Aetherstone was only stable if you left it alone. One could imagine that if you started chipping away at it, the energy forced into a calm state by all the pressure around it would suddenly release and then, well… boom.

Sylas had begun to notice that this was the case of basically all highly valuable ores of post-Summoning worlds. Simply by virtue of what they were, these valuable ores were formed into what they were by special energies. So, the more concentrated this energy, the more likely they were to go boom as well.

The difference, of course, was that Aetherstone was formed from highly permeable and often fragile stones. This made the energy within them easily accessible.

These other ores were more rigid and solid in their build, and as such far more difficult to actually destabilize. So usually, it was safer.

All of this didn't seem relevant, and it was honestly something Sylas didn't think about much, especially considering his current power. He couldn't remember the last time he needed to use Aetherstones.

The only Rune Masters that needed to rely on Aetherstones to forge even the largest scale formations were those beneath Spark Mastery.

Technically speaking, so long as a Rune Master could draw a formation to Spark Mastery, the formation would fuel itself with energy and there was no need for Aetherstones at all.

However, if one extrapolated what those of the Skai Heaven had to deal with compared to those of the Cryst Heaven, one could imagine that mining in those regions was far more precarious.

Just from a cursory glance at the treasures, one could easily see just how well integrated Aether was in every treasure, and Aetherstone mines were probably even more volatile as a result. The odds of finding an ore that would be easily destabilized by its density of energy were even higher as well.

This item…

'Interesting.'

Not only was it capable of locating mines of value, it was also able to mine them naturally on its own, refining them into their best states.

Part of the reason mining Aetherstones was so complicated was because you had to account for sizing, the lattice structure, and fault lines. Sylas was vaguely aware of these things, but Aetherstone obviously wasn't formed in pieces in nature. They were instead formed in one large piece, and it was a miner's job not only to dislodge them in perfect pieces, but to also make sure they were of a usable size.

If they were too large, they weren't functionally useful. The absorption wouldn't be uniform, whether that was for a person or a formation.

But if they were too small the energy within would be worthless and the stone would dissipate and be useless.

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