Could the pillar be eaten?

Of course not! This was common knowledge!

However, the bead in the energy core was adamant on consuming the pillar. If Alex Rockefeller didn’t let it, it’d hop around like a naughty child giving Alex a headache.

But he looked carefully at the very dated wooden pillar in front of him. It was black with tinges of yellow, and it had a lot of cracked grains. In fact, there were even some oil stains on it.

It really was an ordinary pillar.

Alex concluded that he wouldn