Chapter 2269: Kunzuo's treasure (3)
The formation process of this thing was similar to that of amber—a combination of a mutated plant's secretion and a mutated insect. The difference was that the conditions were far more stringent.
The mutated plant had to be one of a specific few species, all of which shared a common trait: their secretions contained a component that could react with a special enzyme present in the "Intermediate Silk-Striped Worm" after its tenth molting.
For a secretion from a very rare mutated plant to coincidentally come into contact with this Intermediate Silk-Striped Worm at the moment of molting—the odds were simply astronomically small.
But the universe was full of coincidences, and so things resembling amber came into existence.
As for why it was called a cheating stone, it was because of its great and wide-ranging uses.
You could eat it and directly gain a permanent energy value ranging from two thousand Furelai to ten thousand Furelai. Exactly how much it increased depended on individual talent, the pre-death strength of the tenth-molt Intermediate Silk-Striped Worm inside the cheating stone, and also the age of the cheating stone...
You could use it as a material and incorporate it into weapons and equipment, in which case the equipment would gain spirituality. But the exact nature of the spirituality—whether it was offensive growth potential, defensive growth potential, or some other aspect of energy—depended on the equipment's grade and the material's spirituality, the spiritual level of the tenth-molt Intermediate Silk-Striped Worm inside the cheating stone before it died, and also the age of the cheating stone...
There was another use: the cheating stone could be hatched. By performing a not-too-simple-nor-overly-complicated "surgery" and creating a not-too-simple-nor-overly-difficult environmental temperature, one could wait for the Intermediate Silk-Striped Worm to see the light of day again, with the encapsulating substance serving as its nourishment.
After hatching, how strong the creature would be also depended on luck. It might only reach the lowest value of the tenth molting—around fifty thousand Furelai—, or it might be incredibly lucky and gain a super lifeform equivalent to a great expert.