[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re":3,"chapter-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-951":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Vegetable-Growing Skeleton's Foreign Land Reclamation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2352432,4600,"Chapter 951: A Hammer","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-951",951,"\u003Cp>Black crystal is extremely hard; it is a level above Mourning Purple Gold in the hierarchy of immortal bodies, but black crystal is divided into chaotic black crystal and black crystal: if chaotic black crystal is alive, then black crystal is dead—merely a very hard material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long ago, massive chunks of black crystal were mined from the Void War Tree, but at that time Ang had no way to use black crystal, and it was useless in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it’s different: through splatter-coating crystallization, Ang can coat black crystal onto the surfaces of many objects, instantly granting them the ultra-hardness of ordinary black crystal and greatly enhancing their defense. According to the King’s words, coating with black crystal might even become the key for a Mourning Lord to break through into chaotic black crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Ang’s sources of black crystal are extremely scarce—almost all come from dismantling construct plants, and only the Light Alliance’s construct plants have black crystal. Everyone knows black crystal can attach to soul fire and make constructs more agile, but that’s all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All construct plants with black crystal on the market have been completely hoarded by Silver Coin; there’s no stock left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without black crystal, many pieces of equipment cannot be coated, and according to Du Luo’s intentions, he even wants to coat black crystal onto airships, vehicles, and armor—this would require massive amounts of black crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Light Alliance is installing black crystal on the lowest-grade construct plants, which means they must have vast black crystal mines—but unfortunately Ang has no time to spare; otherwise, Negril would have already convinced him to go to the Light Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Ang planned to wait for Little Phantom to arrive before heading to the Light Alliance, but these pirates claim they know where a black crystal mine is? Even a vein?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Far? Hurry, have them lead the way,” Negril exclaimed excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony said: “It’s quite far—in the Infinite Void, eleven days’ travel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? That far? Do we have to fly? No teleportation?” Negril asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony shook his head: “The pirates’ headquarters is also in the Infinite Void. For safety, they don’t have teleportation arrays—only flying is possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are they idiots? No teleportation at headquarters? To get back, you have to fly nine days?” Negril couldn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony shrugged, agreeing with Negril, but he could guess some reasons—it was probably to prevent internal rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without teleportation, leaving headquarters requires airships. Control all airships, and no one can escape—that place becomes a secluded prison, free from fear of revolt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Plane pirates and sand pirates use this method to control scattered forces on islands and oases—it’s essentially treating vassals as slaves, a shallow form of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the guess is true, then this Black Shark Pirate Gang isn’t a well-organized force—just a criminal gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nine days is too long—the Light Alliance will depart soon. What do we do?” Negril asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Light Alliance’s Mourning Undead Army is expected to depart within days, and Augal’s legion is also about to move. At this moment, who has nine days to waste?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony thought for a moment and said: “The pirates’ airships take nine days, but White Dragon doesn’t need that long. But Ogli refuses to let us ride him—he says we’re not Dragon Knights.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Negril turned to Ang: “You tell him. He listens to you.” Negril wanted Ang to persuade Ogli to let them ride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ang nodded, made Ogli land, pulled out a silk rope, tied it to Ogli’s leg, then attached a carriage, and stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Can’t ride, but pulling a cart is fine? Makes sense.” Negril groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone climbed into the carriage, first having Ogli return to pick up everyone—including Silver Coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone goes? What if the Light Alliance departs immediately? Shouldn’t we leave Silver Coin behind to coordinate?” Negril said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony shook his head: “No, everyone goes. If needed, we can redirect or slow down Little Phantom. We go find the black crystal mine first, then have Sha He activate the Qiaotoubao energy tower to follow us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right! We can redirect Little Phantom—that solves everything. We decide where to set the ambush.” Negril realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current situation is like fishing: Little Phantom is the bait to lure the Light Empire’s Mourning Undead Army, and the Mourning Undead Army is another bait to lure Augal’s legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they aren’t after Little Phantom, Anthony has no interest in luring them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it’s unavoidable—Little Phantom is already known. If they don’t fight, they might team up to search the entire void for Little Phantom’s whereabouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like on the Main Plane—if the arrival of Nightmare Saya is known, the entire plane unites, because the threat is too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Light Alliance and the Philite Empire will surely set aside their differences and join forces to hunt Little Phantom. To avoid this trouble, we must provoke them into fighting first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since this is provocation, and the bait is with Ang, we can choose any fishing spot we want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ogli pulled the carriage at high speed through the void. Originally a mount, now it’s a draft dragon. Ogli didn’t mind—it didn’t violate the Dragon Blood Pact. Pulling a cart? Fine. Silver Coin’s master has too many good things; work hard, maybe get a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its offspring has fully recovered—even more energetic than other young dragons its age, showing no signs of past life depletion. With hard training and plenty of good food, it will surely grow into a mighty White Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ogli flew through the void at incredible speed. Negril calculated its velocity—it was seven to eight times faster than an airship. Upon closer observation, he saw chaotic energy lingering along Ogli’s flight path with every wingbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So the secret to Ogli’s flight in the void lies in chaotic energy. Du Luo, can you give me chaotic energy too? I can’t even fly in the void.” Negril asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. But why do you want to fly? To fight? Or to be a mount?” Du Luo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, never mind. I didn’t say anything.” Negril’s heart sank. That’s true—the more abilities you have, the more trouble you get. He didn’t worry about fighting—he couldn’t lose anyway—but what if Ang decided to ride him again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it. Negril quickly dismissed the thought. He’d better stick to being a translator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thirty hours of flight, they arrived at the location the pirates described—but finding a non-luminous plane in the void isn’t easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well… not easy for others, but for Ang it was simple. The Scale Ring is the only divine technique that activates without expending power—so long as he sees it, he can weigh it. After scanning, Ang pointed in one direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the empty void, there are undulations. Any variation in direction must conceal something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying closer, they indeed saw a plane fragment—roughly elliptical, sixty kilometers long, thirty wide. The pirate captives claimed one side held an open black crystal vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after one glance, Ang involuntarily stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?” Negril and the others hadn’t even spotted the plane yet—their vision couldn’t reach that far in the pitch-black void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ang said: “A hammer.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1183,"2026-06-21T03:18:46.613Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3fbc575628402080b6cfb38bdc337ded85b9389a2c587683262115603eac1c83","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-952","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-950",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-cover.jpg"]