Infinite Fighting

The specific functions of the earthenware jar are now impossible to ascertain.

At least Kenzie's team didn't have that kind of information gathering capability.

The Gaia family's rise to power was sudden, and its fall was equally sudden.

The specific details are difficult to investigate.

All that is known is that he participated in the initial punitive war, made contributions in it, and was later ennobled as a viscount.

The group traveled by horse-drawn carriage and then walked for more than a day before finally arriving at the foot of the Daliru Mountains.

These majestic mountains rise in layers, towering into the clouds, and are quite spectacular.

I heard that many monsters live there, and the ecology is very well protected.

There is an abandoned village called Gobert here, where Gaia's great-grandfather once lived.

The group followed Gaia to his hometown.

It was a pile of ruins that were so dilapidated that they couldn't be more dilapidated, or rather, the whole village looked like that.

"Master Gaia, are you sure this is your hometown?" Gray complained.

"should."

Gaia wasn't entirely sure either. He had only witnessed the burial of the jar when his father brought him there when he was young, and the incident had gradually faded from his memory since.

If it weren't for his good-for-nothing younger brother asking him for the jar, he definitely wouldn't have remembered it.

Gaia walked into the ruins, roughly located a spot, and said, "Anyway, it's about this area. Let's start digging."

"Okay, let's get started."

Kenji took out a folding shovel, and the group immediately began digging.

Zhang Ji stood beside a dead tree, his eyes showing a change.

How come it's another time-space artifact?
Yes had one, the thief had one, and now there's one here too.

Are time-space artifacts in this world so worthless?
Zhang Ji sensed something was wrong.

Although the means of gathering information are still limited, he is certain that the world is not as simple as it seems.

So many strange objects from different times and spaces couldn't possibly have drifted in from the boundless chaos by chance or coincidence.

Manufactured?

Honestly, even now, Zhang Ji doesn't know how to create time-space artifacts.

The time required for the imprinting of spacetime rules is not easily measured.

Moreover, spacetime is restorative; it's not possible to directly and eternally imprint rules.

Living beings need to use their own will to continuously deepen their traces. Time-space artifacts themselves have no thoughts or will, and it is almost impossible for them to be created later.

It all feels like a miracle created by the collision of information and the ripples in spacetime amidst boundless chaos.

With so many wondrous artifacts from different time periods here, surely they weren't brought here by some powerful being from the other side?

Since he brought so many time-space artifacts with him, why did he allow ordinary people to control them so easily?

Was it deliberately thrown out for observation?

Why not adopt the rules themselves?

There were many questions, and the more Zhang Ji thought about it, the less he could figure it out.

The group dug the pit quickly, and before long, a large part of the yard had been excavated.

But the jar still didn't appear.

Mels looked at Zhang Ji and asked, "Brother, can you help me look for it?"

He only chatted with Zhang Ji out of habit, and generally, Zhang Ji would ignore anyone in the team who asked him for help.

But this time is an exception.

Zhang Ji gestured to the person next to him and said, "Here."

"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Mels said.

They dug for ages before revealing it; it's a bit too twisted.

“It’s because you didn’t ask,” Zhang Ji replied.

Everyone was speechless upon hearing this.

Gray picked up a shovel and started digging. This time, he didn't dig very deep before a box appeared in front of them.

“It really is!” Gray exclaimed, his eyes wide.

“I told you, I didn’t lie to you,” Gaia said.

"Bring it up here and open it!" Myers said.

The others also became excited, eager to know what the so-called golden jar inside actually was.

Kenzie and Gray worked together and easily moved the box out.

Then Kenji gathered his fighting spirit and cut the iron lock on the chest with a single sword strike. Gray tried to open the chest, but Kenji grabbed him. Then Kenji looked at Gaia and said, "Gaia, these are your things. Here you go."

“Yes,” Gaia nodded.

He immediately stepped forward and reached out to open the box.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, inside was a clay pot.

It's just one of those very ordinary clay pots.

It was completely empty inside; nothing was inside.

"This is the gold jar?" Gray asked curiously.

“This isn’t made of gold either!” Mels said.

"Could it be hidden beneath the clay layer?" Rona wondered.

The crowd examined the earthenware pot, but couldn't discern any secret about it.

From any angle, it looks like an ordinary clay pot.

“Let’s try dropping in a gold coin,” Kenzie suggested.

Gaia nodded upon hearing this, and took out a gold coin and threw it in.

But nothing happened.

“Wait, I understand!” Gray suddenly said.

The sound startled everyone, drawing their attention to him.

But Gray said in a serious tone, "Have you heard those fables? There's one where someone leaves an empty bottle in the desert, telling another person that there's water inside. If that person always holds onto hope, they'll make it out of the desert. This jar must be something similar. Gaia's father was truly thoughtful, leaving Gaia such a great treasure."

"You should take a break," Mels said speechlessly.

I thought he had some profound insights, but it turns out to be like this. "Mr. Zhang, do you know its secret?" Kenzie turned to Zhang Ji and asked.

“Hmm.” Zhang Ji nodded, then without keeping him in suspense, he said directly, “This is a fixed material conversion type of spacetime artifact. It can convert liquids into gold, but it must be filled to the brim to activate its function.”

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions became somewhat subtle.

Liquid turns into gold?
I've never even heard of such a thing.

Yes touched the gem hammer he kept close to his body, as if he had made a connection to something.

"Give it a try?" Kenzie asked Gaia.

“Give it a try,” Gaia nodded.

Immediately, they took out the team's drinking water and poured it directly into the jar.

The jar isn't very big; its widest point is only 30 centimeters, and its height is less than two-thirds of the way up to the knee, so it's easy to fill it up.

The water froze the moment it exceeded the bottle opening.

The space seemed to ripple, and the color of the water changed, turning golden.

The water inside the bottle completely turned into gold.

Quiet, an indescribable quiet.

In an instant, the entire team was stunned.

A black crow not far away was also stunned.

Despite being prepared, witnessing this scene still greatly changed their mindset.

"Are we dreaming?" Mels pinched Gray and asked.

"If you want to be sure you're not dreaming, you should pinch yourself."

Gray pinched Mels in return, making him wince in pain.

"It really wasn't a dream!"

Under the cover of night, everyone around the campfire seemed preoccupied.

The appearance of the golden jar was so illogical that, apart from Yes, everyone's mindset has changed.

After all, it is a magical creation that can directly change the rules of finance. How can those of them who are still living within the rules of the secular world guarantee that they will not be affected?
By the campfire, Kenzie and Gaia decided to ask Zhang Ji for advice.

"Mr. Zhang, are you very knowledgeable about this kind of thing?" Kenzie asked.

"Understood."

Zhang Ji gave the same reply as always.

"Should it exist at all?" Gaia asked.

He was conflicted, but finally understood why his parents had buried it.

If it were to be used extensively, it would definitely cause chaos.

Moreover, it truly overturned Gaia's understanding of the world.

“In fact, its production efficiency is very limited. It’s just that your current gold refining technology is limited, which is why you are impressed by its performance. If it were placed in a normal advanced civilization, its greatest value would only be as an exhibit in a museum,” Zhang Ji said.

Filling the container with liquid and then removing the gold is an incredibly inefficient production method.

In the origin universe, advanced civilizations extract gold by simply finding a mineral planet, immediately launching a giant mineral spaceship to refine it, and producing gold in that vessel. Their entire lifetime production capacity cannot match that of others in just ten minutes.

It's just that the society in this world is still relatively primitive, which is why they feel shocked and other similar emotions.

"Mr. Zhang, by saying that, it makes it seem worthless."

Gaia was touched by Zhang Ji's ease, and her conflicted emotions were relieved considerably.

“No, its value is actually very high, but you can’t use it, and in fact, perhaps no one in the whole world can truly use it,” Zhang Ji said, shaking his head.

Extracting the spacetime rules from it requires at least a K-level to accomplish, an outrageously high threshold.

“What do you think we should do about it?” Kenzie asked.

He actually wanted to keep the gold jar so it could produce gold continuously, but that was clearly not the wisest choice.

Moreover, with so many people in the team, each with their own ideas, over time, it could become not only a stroke of luck but also a disaster.

After the initial excitement, Kenzie is now terrified of it and hopes for a proper solution.

“Without sufficient strength, your possession of such a treasure will indeed bring disaster,” Zhang Ji said. “I know what you’re thinking. Give it to me, and in return, I can offer you a suitable price.”

Upon hearing this, Gaia and Kenzie both breathed a sigh of relief.

It would be best if Zhang Ji were willing to help handle it. After the jar appeared, Gray and Mels's emotions were a bit off, and even they themselves changed somewhat.

Throughout the entire process, only Dalena and Zhang Ji remained relatively calm. Yes, completely shrouded in a cloak, showed no emotional change and had nothing to say.

Gaia and Kenji now see it as a hot potato and are eager to get rid of it.

“I’ll go get it right now,” Gaia said.

The jar is still by the campfire, covered by a black cloth. Merles and Gray stare at it intently, and even Lorna glances at it every now and then.

Gaia came over and reached out to pick up the jar, but Gray stopped her, saying, "Gaia, what are you doing?"

“It’s not something we should own. I plan to sell it to Mr. Zhang. The deal is done,” Gaia said.

Upon hearing Zhang Ji's name, Gray and Mels' expressions changed slightly, but they still looked reluctant to part.

“No, stay. At least get some more gold,” Gray said.

“We already have one jar, that’s enough,” Gaia said.

Gray grabbed Gaia's hand and said, "Please! Ten more cans, no, five cans, three cans."

Gaia said, "Mr. Zhang has agreed to the deal."

He now understands firsthand why his father buried it instead of using it extensively.

We must throw it out now, or it will be too dangerous.

Hearing Gaia's words, Gray reluctantly let go of her hand.

Gaia reached for the black cloth, intending to take out the jar. But when she took the cloth, she found that there was only a stone that looked like the jar left, and the jar had vanished.

“Gone!!”

"How could this be? I was watching the whole time!!"

"Who is it? Could it be you?"

Upon seeing this, everyone looked at each other, their faces filled with distrust.

If Zhang Ji weren't here, this team would have fallen apart at this moment because of the seeds of doubt.

However, they were lucky; Zhang Ji was here, and the jar was now his, so it wouldn't be easy for anyone else to take his things! (End of Chapter)