Yamada Jungle, Chituca Territory.
In the "Medicine Room" of a wooden house, Tang Qi was intently staring at the cauldron in front of him, containing what seemed to be a solidified, stagnant golden mass with a layer of impurity film on the surface, like that which appears when smelting gold. Beneath the film, intense heat and muffled sounds faintly emanated.
In one hand, Tang Qi was holding the "rubber fruit," with a texture similar to frosted glass, hard yet with an ineffable resilience.
All the while feeling it silently, with his other hand clenched into a fist, he thumped the impurity film with several punches, "bang bang bang".
At first, ripples appeared, but by the final punch, it seemed entirely solid, hard as iron.
"Almost there!"
His pupils contracted slightly.
Then, the hand holding the rubber fruit plunged into the cauldron, turned upside down, with the fruit's bird beak aimed at the center of the impurity film.
Ding!
An unimaginable scene unfolded in an instant.
