13: Chapter 13 A Mustard Seed Contains Mount Sumeru, A Jade Pendant Hides the Universe

After dealing with the thugs' interlude, the backyard construction site was back on track. With the successful experience from the first time, the installation of the subsequent main beams became incredibly smooth.

Chen Fan was responsible for guidance and providing partial momentum. The Amplification-enhanced engineering mechanical arm provided stable and powerful main lifting force. Under the precise calculation and real-time correction of the future smart brain, heavy steel beams were accurately placed onto the foundations, emitting dull yet pleasant clanging sounds.

The main outline of the factory building rose from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, its rugged steel lines shimmering with the unique cold, hard luster of metal under the sunlight.

Wang Defu wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve. Looking at the results before him, he grinned so widely his eyes narrowed into slits. "It's done! It's really done! Xiao Fan, at this rate, our factory building is going up faster than stacking building blocks!"

As noon approached, the sunlight became somewhat fierce. Chen Fan stopped working and took a few gulps of water from a bottle. Efficiency was one thing, but guiding the mechanical arm through a full day of high-precision operations with intense mental focus was a significant drain on both physical and mental energy.

His gaze swept over the construction site. Although the main frame was up, the construction materials and tools scattered everywhere, along with the even more arduous internal construction to follow, still required a massive amount of manpower and resources to move back and forth.

"Efficiency still isn't high enough." Chen Fan frowned slightly. He thought back to yesterday's tidying up, when Wang Defu had turned up several pieces of low-quality jade scraps from a dilapidated dressing box. They were dusty and lackluster; at the time, Wang Defu had even grumbled that even counterfeiters wouldn't deign to use such things.

But at this moment, Chen Fan had an idea. The system rule was "the lower the value and the more dilapidated the state, the better the Amplification effect." These trashy jade scraps... He walked over to the pile of junk and easily found the few stones wrapped in a tattered cloth. They were cold to the touch, with a coarse texture, and some parts even had jagged edges from when the raw stones were mined.

He took out his future smart brain and scanned the materials.

"Scan complete. Composition is mainly quartzite with a small amount of variegated minerals. The structure is loose with many internal fissures. Market value... er, basically zero. Identified as: Trash."

"Trash is exactly what I want." The corners of Chen Fan's mouth curled up slightly. He selected the most irregularly shaped and poorest-looking grayish-white piece and held it in his hand.

[Ding! Target item detected: 'low-quality jade scrap'. Perform random Amplification?]

"Yes!"

[10,000x spatial attribute Amplification initiated... Amplification complete! Obtained: 'Primary Spatial Storage Jade'! Spatial storage can be performed through a conscious connection.] The originally unremarkable grayish-white stone in his hand emitted a warm and soft white light! Within the light, the stone's form changed slightly. All the surface roughness vanished, becoming smooth and delicate. Its color transformed into a restrained milky white, warm to the touch as if he were holding a small piece of congealed fat. The original fissures and impurities were gone. The entire jade pendant looked ancient and mysterious, with a faint flowing light rotating in the center, as if it contained a small world within.

"This... what is this?" Attracted by the light, Wang Defu leaned in. Seeing the transformed jade pendant in Chen Fan's hand, his eyes widened into circles. Although he didn't understand jade, he could tell this was definitely no ordinary item!

"A spatial storage jade. This little gadget should save us a lot of effort." Chen Fan smiled, not offering much explanation. He concentrated his mind, gripping the jade.

In an instant, he felt as if his consciousness had connected to a hazy, gray space. The interior of the space was empty, stable, and silent.

"It worked!" Chen Fan was delighted. He tried to lock his consciousness onto several pieces of scrap iron.

Whoosh!

That pile of scrap iron instantly vanished from the spot!

Simultaneously, Chen Fan "saw" a pile of scrap iron appear in that hazy gray space.

"Eh?! Where are the bricks? They were just here..." Wang Defu rubbed his eyes, thinking his vision was playing tricks on him.

Chen Fan moved his mind again.

Whoosh!

That pile of bricks appeared back in its original spot, completely intact.

"Hiss—" Wang Defu gasped, pointing at the jade pendant in Chen Fan's hand, his fingers trembling slightly. "This, this, this... immortal methods?! Sumeru in a mustard seed?!"

"You could say that." Chen Fan smiled and directed his consciousness toward several long pieces of angle steel. Similarly, the angle steel vanished instantly and reappeared near the location where it needed to be installed, saving the trouble of hauling it back and forth.

"future smart brain, record spatial coordinates and optimize the material scheduling plan," Chen Fan commanded.

"Replanning the material storage and retrieval process."

"Uncle Wang, from now on, we have our 'mobile warehouse'." Chen Fan was very satisfied with this jade pendant.

In the work that followed, efficiency increased by more than several times!

Whatever material was needed, Chen Fan only needed a thought, and the material would appear directly from the storage space next to the mechanical arm's gripper or within his reach. The old tools being replaced and the construction waste generated were also casually stored into the space by him, keeping the site clean at all times.

The material flow process, which originally required multiple people to move frequently and was time-consuming and labor-intensive, was completely simplified. Chen Fan was like a super foreman with a portable mobile warehouse and instant teleportation abilities, commanding with ease.

Wang Defu was responsible for his own technical tasks and no longer had to worry at all about moving materials.

As the sun set, it dyed the horizon a brilliant orange-red.

The main steel structure frame of the factory had completely risen, its tall skeleton casting long shadows.

Chen Fan stood under the frame, looking up at the results of the day's labor and nodding in satisfaction. The space jade pendant in his hand remained warm, and more than half of the space inside was still empty.

"With this, future actions will be much more convenient." Chen Fan stroked the jade pendant. Not just for building the factory, but whether it was collecting 'trash' or stockpiling resources, this space jade pendant would be a massive help.

Wang Defu also walked over, looking at the steel skeleton before him with deep emotion. "Xiao Fan, working with you has really opened my eyes. I never thought in my life that a house could be built like this!"

Chen Fan smiled and patted the cold steel pillar beside him. "Uncle Wang, this is just the beginning. Tomorrow, we start the roofing and internal renovations."