[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-349":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"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},2338812,4572,"Chapter 349: The Gray Stone Heart!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-349",349,"\u003Cp>Columbus is gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking with him the conviction that he must find the treasure and not betray Gervas’s trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sailed the Black Dragon toward the deep sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go! We’re finding the Baron of Hell!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas didn’t linger either, for he needed to prepare everything before the conscription.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant the next few days would be extremely busy, as there was far too much to prepare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash! Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, over an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gervas neared a pile of rocks at the mountain’s base, the previously silent pile suddenly trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a massive figure slowly rose from the rocks—it was the Baron of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron of Hell, how have you been these past days? Are you comfortable?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, I am doing very well. Every day, I am watered with enchanted spring water, and I feel myself growing stronger with each passing day!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m glad you like it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enchanted spring water referred to the spiritual spring of Tianehu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone beings like this are peculiar—they have mouths and noses, but do not grow by consuming ordinary meat or plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they grow by absorbing the essence of sun and moon, and other pure energies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as spiritual spring water, or earth energy veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether drunk or poured over their bodies, they can absorb it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Gervas instructed Old John to assign personnel daily to fetch water from Tianehu’s spring source and pour it around the Baron of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Baron didn’t even need to emerge; servants merely had to splash the spiritual water onto the rock pile, and it would be absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy from this spiritual water was inferior to that of beast meat or beast crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was still several times faster than the Baron’s natural absorption of sun and moon essence in the wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, you’ve come to see me—do you have an order?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Baron of Hell was stoic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More accurately, the Stone Giant race was straightforward, with no hidden motives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. I’m taking you somewhere good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Somewhere good?” The Baron of Hell raised his rock-formed arm and scratched his head awkwardly, as if pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go—you’ll see when we get there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas smiled and led the Baron of Hell straight toward the southeastern coast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About twenty minutes later, Gervas arrived with the Baron of Hell at a patch of dull gray rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This area was easy to find, because when Gervas had passed by before, he remembered only this one large expanse of gray stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, what’s special here?” This question, of course, came not from the Baron of Hell, but from Migen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Migen had already been rubbing his hands together, knowing his master was about to seek something valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These rocks!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rocks? My lord, what could possibly be valuable about rocks?” Migen, eager moments before, froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course there is—try sensing them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the knights all activated their perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Lei Meng paused, then quickly walked to a rock, picked it up, and carefully sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, this gray stone emits magical fluctuations!” he exclaimed moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Magical fluctuations? In gray stone? Is that real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Migen and the others had only recently become Bronze Knights—their perception couldn’t match Lei Meng’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They spoke up, half-skeptical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hurried to Lei Meng’s side, and in the next moment, astonishment spread across their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? It really does emit magical fluctuations—even rocks have magic? How is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because something valuable has been born here, causing the surrounding gray stones to absorb magic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, I remember now—you mean the Gray Stone Heart?” Knight Captain Lei Meng, prompted by this, recalled a fragment of memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Knight Captain Lei Meng, I didn’t expect you to know this! Correct—this is where the Gray Stone Heart was born!” Gervas nodded in confirmation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gray Stone Heart? Knight Captain Lei Meng, what exactly is that? And is it valuable?” Migen was confused—this was something he’d never heard of!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course it’s valuable—even more so than many common magical herbs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because once the Gray Stone Heart is born, it imbues all surrounding gray stones with magic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These magic-infused gray stones are the most prized building material for mages and alchemists—one cubic foot sells for ten silver coins!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten silver coins per cubic foot?? That’s over a hundred times more than ordinary gray stone?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, gray stone’s only use was for building castles and stone houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its price was actually low—no more than ten copper coins per cubic foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason buildings made from it were expensive was entirely due to mining and transportation costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So a cubic foot of unmined gray stone worth ten silver coins was truly a sky-high price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. But even at this price, magic-infused gray stone remains in constant shortage, because the Gray Stone Heart’s birth is rare and accidental.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, once born, even if all the gray stone in this area is mined, simply move the Gray Stone Heart to another gray stone region!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, within two or three years, a new area of magic-infused gray stone will regenerate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s something like this?” Migen’s eyes sparkled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an incredible treasure—an inexhaustible mine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, congratulations! The God of Glory has favored you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, it is the favor of the God of Glory!” Gervas smiled, picked up a magic-infused gray rock, and handed it to the Baron of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron of Hell, take a look at this stone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Baron of Hell still didn’t understand what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mechanically reached out and took the rock Gervas offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the instant he gripped it, his copper-bell eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the stone in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… Master! Magic! Delicious magic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic within the gray stone was naturally more compatible with earth-aligned divine beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the Baron of Hell, upon contact, instinctively recognized it as beneficial food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then eat some!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Baron of Hell wasted no time. In front of Migen and the others, he placed the gray stone in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch! Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crisp! Delicious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray stone had no hardness in the Baron of Hell’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shattered like a potato chip with a single bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Migen and the others swallowed repeatedly, watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, it’s delicious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it’s delicious, eat more. Can you tell other magic-infused gray stones apart?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Baron of Hell had no perception or spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he couldn’t sense magic from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was also why Stone Giants had 100% magic resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they could sense magic through touch—just like now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So from now on, Gervas didn’t need to help—the Baron of Hell simply walked around the mountain and could precisely locate the magic-infused gray stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Gervas located the exact position of the Gray Stone Heart and marked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Gray Stone Heart was buried at the center of a mountain, no one could easily steal it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, the Baron of Hell stopped eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was full—he had consumed over thirty cubic feet of stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t think that’s too much; this single meal would normally sustain the Baron of Hell for a full month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a faint hum suddenly resonated from the Baron of Hell’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small black five-clawed dragon mark appeared on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the design pattern Gervas himself had created.\u003C\u002Fp>",1222,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fb5d2bcb139b5be1e41dbc9bc3041d6d7f3c9176277487cc1ae15a79f9260537","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-350","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-348",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]