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Suicheng is known for its abundant stone carvings, which began to rise in popularity several decades ago.
This is the largest Stone Carving Factory in Suicheng, which has been in existence for over thirty years. It offers a wide variety of sculptures, including figures, animals, reliefs, and carvings.
The Stone Carving Factory is not large, and the Office Building consists of only a three-story structure. However, the factory covers a vast area, with various stone carvings piled up outdoors, including granite, limestone, sandstone, bluestone, and marble. There are also more precious materials like Han White Jade. Additionally, there are rare stones such as Shoushan Stone, Qingtian Stone, and Guicui Stone, though these are generally used for smaller sculptures.
As Shen Yuan approached, he saw a life-sized statue of Xiang Yu wielding a spear on horseback. The statue stands over three meters tall and is entirely carved from marble, exuding a majestic presence that showcases the might of the overlord.
Surrounding it are other statues of historical figures related to Suicheng, such as Liu Bang, Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Fan Kuai. There is also a statue of Peng Zu, along with auspicious sculptures like the Golden Toad, plowing oxen, fierce tigers, and majestic lions that symbolize fortune and ambition.
Shen Yuan felt a spark of inspiration and picked up a palm-sized mini stone carving from the ground. It appeared to be designed for display on a table or altar, with the toad's mouth holding a stone coin that seemed ready to be spat out.
This was the statue of the Golden Toad spitting out jewels, made entirely from high-quality Han White Jade.
This statue can be activated!
Uncertain about his thoughts, Shen Yuan made a decisive choice to settle here and use this place as his base.
A group quickly conducted reconnaissance and ultimately discovered that due to the collapse of the Office Building and significant damage to the Factory, it was unsuitable for habitation. Consequently, there were not many survivors here; in fact, there was only one:
An old stone mason in his fifties, or as it is now more elegantly referred to, a sculptor.
“Ma Lao, we won’t disturb you. If you trust us, you can stay here; we will do our best to ensure your safety.” Shen Yuan extended his left hand towards the old mason, who appeared youthful and spirited despite his age.
Soon enough, he realized that the other party was indeed just an ordinary person. Although he had begun evolving by absorbing the air's Source of Life, his rate of evolution was very slow—far slower than that of their group.
He was a master craftsman at the Stone Carving Factory, skilled in his art. When the apocalypse struck, he had paid no attention to the outside world and had continued carving statues.
When the Great Earthquake occurred, the other people in the factory died, and only he was lucky enough to survive, relying on the food in the cafeteria to make it to now.
Chen Letian and the others were busy dealing with the ruins, planning to make simple repairs to the Factory so that at least it would be livable and have basic defensive capabilities.
Shen Yuan sat alone on a Military Truck, holding the vividly detailed Golden Toad Spitting Gem Sculpture, and began to activate it.
Now, his left hand and forearm were completely covered by a Pale Golden Metallic Sheen, starting to spread up to his upper arm.
As the area of skin covered increased, his activation speed also accelerated; he could activate a large pile of ordinary bullets in just one minute.
Logically speaking, this palm-sized statue should take at most ten minutes to fully activate.
However, after ten minutes, he unexpectedly discovered that although the statue was filled with Source of Life and appeared even more lifelike with a smooth surface, it was still actively absorbing Source of Life!
This was very strange; Shen Yuan had never seen anything like it.
The statue's active absorption speed was rapid. Shen Yuan tried to cut off the supply of Source of Life, which he could easily do, but the statue continued to absorb the minuscule amounts of Source of Life present in the air as well as that emitted by the Meteor Fragments on its chest.
"Interesting."
Shen Yuan decided to take the Meteor Fragments and press them against the statue.
Then he felt waves of Source of Life being absorbed by the statue at a speed comparable to when Shen Yuan directly absorbed Source of Life from the Meteor Fragments—extremely fast!
In just ten seconds, the Golden Toad Spitting Gem Sculpture stopped absorbing because it had reached its limit.
Ten seconds seemed brief. But it should be noted that when Shen Yuan only absorbed for a moment back then, he felt overwhelmed and even burned his left hand!
The Golden Toad Statue absorbs the Source of Life in ten seconds, which is not less than that of a whole Mutant Cow, and it might even be more.
"Strange!"
Ordinary objects cannot actively absorb the Source of Life. Only living beings, such as humans and other animals, can do this.
So far, only Shen Yuan's skin covered by the Pale Golden Metallic Sheen has been able to directly absorb large amounts of Source of Life from Meteor Fragments. No other skin can achieve this.
This statue can actually do it!
Then, something even more surprising happened to Shen Yuan!
He felt a mysterious connection established between himself and the Golden Toad statue, just like the connection between Chi Qinghua and A Hu. He felt that this Golden Toad Statue was like a part of his own body, something he could control at will!
Moreover, the Golden Toad Statue became even more lifelike, with eyes that sparkled as if they were alive.
In the next moment, the Golden Toad Statue actually came to life, jumping from Shen Yuan's hands, its eyes spinning around.
"This... how is this possible!"
Shen Yuan was astonished. He never expected the statue to truly come to life as if it had its own life!
He quickly studied it closely and discovered that the Golden Toad Statue would only move when controlled by his will; at other times, it remained completely still.
The body of the Golden Toad Statue became strangely agile. Although it couldn't compare to a real toad, it could crawl and jump without any problem. Moreover, it had completely separated from the gold coins in its mouth!
"Golden Toad, spit out treasures!" Shen Yuan commanded.
In the next moment, the Golden Toad Statue puffed up its cheeks and forcefully exhaled, shooting out money that flew like bullets, instantly embedding itself deep into a relief sculpture!
The activated stone money was much harder than ordinary stones!
Shen Yuan's expression of shock turned into wild joy!
It could actually be done! Moreover, the power of the Golden Toad's treasure-spitting was greater than that of firearms after activation; it was terrifying! Even the Stone Giant, Zhang Yue, and the Giant would not be able to withstand it. If it hit the head directly, it could probably pierce through in an instant!
Shen Yuan hurried over and used his Tactical Dagger to extract the stone money.
He decided that he must obtain more stone money. In that case, the Golden Toad Statue would be a powerful launcher, possibly even threatening mutant beasts at the level of the Golden Eagle!
"Then, can other statues do this too?"
Shen Yuan got out of the vehicle and picked up another statue, only to find that it couldn't.
"Could it be that this Golden Toad treasure-spitting statue has something peculiar? Is it different from other statues? Is it a material issue? Or is it a difference in carving techniques?"
Shen Yuan flipped through and studied it but still couldn't find the crux of the matter.
"It seems I can only consult a professional." Shen Yuan shook his head and decided to seek advice from Ma Lao.
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