It was one thing to see a great and terrible unclean whale fight and struggle many kilometers away.
Despite the whale's ability to affect a massive area with his more wide area phasewater abilities, Ves never experienced the might of the unclean whale up close.
His most recent experience with a member of the phase whale race was when Master Dervidian invited him to view the revived occupant of the 'Royal Tomb' in the Garimel System up close.
Now that was a monstrosity beyond comparison. Though Ves had never figured out whether the super whale that had come to life was the mythical Flesh Conqueror or an evolution of the Cerebral King, there was no doubt that a titanic 12-kilometer long phase whale possessed awesome power!
It was the most powerful physical 'god' that Ves had ever encountered. The enormous bulk of that biotechnological monstrosity contained so much phasewater that he suspected that the super whale could only be matched by a god mech once the all-powerful beast got up to strength.
Ves had lucked out in encountering two different phase whales in their moments of weakness. Both the revived Flesh Conqueror or the resident of the Palace of Shame had been caught when they had just regained their freedom and their autonomy. The strength and powers they displayed was not proportionate to how powerful they ought to be based on their physical characteristics.
As Ves and Director Ranya stood a short distance away from the site where many heavy-duty lifter bots carefully brought in massive freezer containers, they could both feel the remnant power contained within the flesh. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
"We haven't even taken a proper look yet, but I can already surmise that genuine phase whale biomatter is of much greater value than fish-whale flesh." Ranya said with an intrigued expression. "Our research teams will most certainly enjoy our new experimental materials. It is rather unfortunate that I specialize in exoplants rather than exobeasts. You need to put more effort into obtaining samples of powerful alien trees and plants. My hairstyle could use an update."
Her protective suit featured a transparent helmet that showed off her leafy green hair. Her living hair swayed in the confines of the helmet as they happily soaked in the surrounding light to fuel their photosynthesis.
Ves used to get weirded out by her plant modifications, but now that he had become a qualified exobiologist and made extensive modifications to his own body, he appreciated the design and ingenuity of her self-augmentations.
Light was ubiquitous and provided a free source of energy in most locations. Even artificial light sources that did not convey much warmth due to their high efficiencies could be absorbed by Ranya's body and ease her need for sustenance in the process.
He could even see that if Ranya ever needed to, she could 'deploy' her hair into something resembling a massive tree canopy. She would be able to absorb a lot of energy which she could use to fuel plenty of unknown biological processes.
Perhaps Ves should look into turning his hair into light-absorbing organs as well. Then he shook his head.
He already had an alternate means to generate energy through unconventional means. His physical transformation not only granted him greater control over his upgraded Jutland organ, but also allowed him to absorb energy and nutrients by ingesting all kinds of materials that normal people wouldn't be able to digest.
Turning his hair into leaves would just be icing on the cake. He could think of much better uses for his hair, such as turning them into ultra-thin tentacles that could be merged into more combat ready organs!
As Ves continued to entertain all sorts of new and interesting ideas on how he should augment his body further, the procession of containers finally ended for the time being.
"Would you like to take a closer look, sir?"
"That goes without saying."
Ves and Ranya continued to chat about matters relating to all of the new research projects they could start after this. They finally reached a nearby lab where the contents of the incoming containers went through careful inspection under quarantine.
No one knew whether the phase whales possessed any supergerms that could devour human bodies in a matter of minutes, so it was necessary to thoroughly inspect the whale matter even if it had already been frozen.
When a square-ish block of phase whale flesh became visible, Ves held in his breath.
He could sense much more information about the dense and phasewater-infused alien biomatter now that he could lay his eyes on its powerful surface.
He could sense that the flesh still contained a strong echo of the unclean whale. From a spiritual perspective, the flesh itself still contained a weak but highly intertwined spiritual imprint.
It gave him the impression that he was truly looking at a piece of flesh harvested by an actual demigod.
"Interesting." Ranya said as she studied the initial scanning data. "The unclean whale is not as advanced in his physical metamorphosis as I thought."
"What do you mean by that?" Ves asked.
"Look at how much phasewater is infused in this block of flesh. If we do our best to squeeze every drop of phasewater from it, we will probably be able to extract half a kilogram at most."
That was quite low considering the immense bulk of this massive tissue sample.
"You think it should be higher?" Ves asked.
"All of the sources tell us that proper mature phase whales have greater concentrations of phasewater in their physical structures." Ranya replied. "It is their badge of strength. The unclean whale that we have felled had grown large and old enough to infuse a lot more phasewater in his body, but strangely enough the concentration is barely better than that of an adolescent phase whale."
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