Before those intelligence agencies arrived.
While the fire rescue personnel were still cautiously probing their way forward.
Michael seized the opportunity, and with a thought, he teleported directly to the center of the Fire.
This was a place Michael had 'seen'.
Where the heart moves, the body follows.
Although due to Michael's three frantic absorptions, the sea of Fire that originally covered the entire dock had now shrunk to the area where the crude oil was originally stored.
Not only had the scope significantly reduced, but even the intensity of the Fire had diminished greatly.
Of course, this was compared to the previous sky-high inferno.
The Fire here was still considerable; otherwise, how could Michael have roughly estimated there would be about 10,000 energy points?
Seeing the flames that were clearly burning in front of him mysteriously vanish without a trace, Michael knew that the passive effect of the mutated gem was at work.
Without further thought, Michael directly communicated with the mutated gem and began to actively absorb Fire energy!
Otherwise, if left unchecked, all the Fire energy would be passively absorbed by the mutated gem, and it wouldn't give Michael a single bit of energy... Having had prior experience, this time, Michael was very familiar with the process.
In fact, due to the modification by his spatial ability, Michael even clearly felt that his mental power had greatly increased.
He could even slightly shake the invisible power diffused by the mutated gem.
Of course, it was only a slight shake; the power of the mutated gem was still too advanced for the current Michael, and the ability to shake even a tiny bit was due to the mutated gem being bound to Michael.
A mere 10,000 energy points, and in no time, Michael absorbed all the Fire energy, leaving not even a spark!
However, feeling the surrounding light dim and even the temperature throughout the dock rapidly drop, Michael still found it somewhat incredible.
He never expected that because of this sea of Fire, Michael had truly gained the power to protect himself in this Marvel Universe.
Thinking back to how he had to scheme against even ordinary street heroes just to survive, the current Michael felt inexplicably ashamed.
"Oh~~"
"My God!~"
"What happened here?"
"The raging sea of Fire, and now not even a single spark can be seen?"
"Oh my heavens!"
"Is this a miracle?"
"Almighty Lord!"
"Thank you for saving this lost lamb!~~"
In just this short while, after two enhancements, Michael could already hear exclamations from afar.
In fact, Michael looked out and saw several people dressed as fire rescuers kneeling on the ground, shouting loudly.
What was even more interesting was that Michael noticed they were kneeling in his direction!
Tsk~~
Is Heaven itself making him accept a wave of gratitude?
However, Michael hadn't forgotten that this Fire was originally caused by him.
Heh~
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Michael, with a thought, instantly vanished from the very center of the Fire.
"34,361 energy points!"
"I never expected it!"
"I thought it was only around 10,000."
"There's actually a whole 14,361 more!"
"This trip to the dock was an absolute windfall!"
"It's truly awesome!"
Returning to his 'new home' in Chinatown, Michael looked at the numbers displayed in his mind, so excited he could barely breathe!
"Let's not count the points from when I first went."
"Let's count from the first time I absorbed energy."
"The first time 500 points, the second time 5,000 points, the third time 50,000 points!"
"Finally, there's another 14,361 points."
"Added together, that's a total of 69,861 energy points!"
"Considering the half deducted by the mutated gem!"
"Oh my heavens!"
"This dock explosion actually generated a total of 139,722 energy points?"
"Plus the part wasted for ignition."
"Rounding up, that's 150,000?!"
"Oh!"
"My God!"
"I have to say, this sharing ratio is too unfair!"
"Mutated gem, how about we talk about renegotiating the distribution ratio?"
Michael had a pained expression, even attempting to communicate with the mutated gem to increase his share of the profits.
But it was clear that Michael had failed; the mutated gem completely ignored Michael, leaving him to mumble to himself, "Sigh~"
"Alright! Alright!"
"The weak have no human rights!"
"Weakness is the original sin!"
"According to the information the mutated gem provided earlier, to increase the sharing ratio, I first need to improve my own strength."
"But to what extent do I need to improve?"
"Tsk, the mutated gem is useful, but it's a bit too rigid."
Michael, who received no response, looked displeased—a look of someone who had gotten a good deal but was still complaining.
Of course, it was impossible for Michael to hand over the mutated gem!
Don't even think about it. Anyone who dares to think about it will have their brains blown out!
..."Forget it, I'll just focus on improving my strength."
"I refuse to believe that you'd make me reach the pinnacle of the World before increasing my ratio?!"
"Hmm, before that, I should test my strength."
"Both the surging power after two enhancements and the newly acquired Mind Teleportation spatial ability."
"All need a comprehensive test!"
"If it weren't for the fact that my physical enhancement also allowed me to control this sudden surge of power, this room probably wouldn't be able to withstand it!"
Looking around, Michael muttered, "I just don't know if the laptop can handle it?"
But luckily, that terrible situation didn't occur.
Perfectly controlling every bit of his strength, Michael lightly opened the high-end Huawei laptop he had previously materialized.
He began searching for uninhabited areas, where forests were lush and primitive, completely devoid of human traces, and so on.
Tests are tests, but Michael didn't want to expose himself!