Child Labor
A transparent, viscous liquid mixed with tiny flames kept seeping from his pores—it was a buffer and protective fluid specially made by Su Luo to isolate high temperatures and stabilize soul fluctuations, but at this moment it seemed to have become an outlet for the boiling energy in his body.
His eyes rolled back, and wisps of smoke, carrying a burnt smell, rose from his mouth, nose, and ears. Each unconscious twitch was accompanied by unnatural muscle twitching and faint sparks.
"Waaah... waaah... Mr. Su..." He stammered hoarsely, like a broken bellows, his mind hazy as he mumbled, "I... peed again... this time... it feels like it's about to boil..."
Over the past two days, in addition to his studies in the Dreamscape world, Su Luo's main "extracurricular activity" has been trying to safely install the [Legendary of Flamefire Legacy] onto Nanmen Shi in order to observe up close the specific operating mechanism, rejection reaction, and transformation process of the inheritance on the carrier.
Su Luo frowned, raised her hand and made a grasping motion. She saw a wisp of crimson flame, which had been forcibly Suppression but was still restless, slowly peeled away from Nanmen Shi's chest.
Then it transformed into a stream of light, obediently and gently landing in Su Luo's palm, leaping about as if clinging to the flames of its mother, a stark contrast to its violent state within Nanmen Shi's body.
The gift of power is never cheap. In terms of life Essence, energy Attributes, soul strength, and potential status, Nanmen Shi is far inferior to this Legendary flame inheritance.
Su Luo's repeated attempts to "forcefully infuse" the power into the core of the South Gate Stone all ended in the same way: the power of the inheritance Berserk rejected and repelled it as soon as it touched the core of the Nanmen Shi.
"You're still too weak, and you've never been exposed to fire magic before... Why don't you try using the Superpower Orb first? Adaptive modifications during the Superpower Orb awakening process are quite important."
Su Luo pondered that the body and soul modified by the Superpower Orb must be suitable for [Flamefire Legacy].
Nanmen Shi spat out the highly concentrated, transparent liquid from his mouth, said nothing, and just squatted on the ground, shaking his head repeatedly.
He was really going to die. Not only would Scholar entire body be filled with this specially prepared protective and buffer solution, but he was also going to be burned. Both his body and soul would be burned into idiots during the fusion.
He can speak normally now, thanks to the Scholars who helped him erase his memories and senses, but he still seems to have become much less intelligent.
"I am not worthy of this, I am not worthy of this! Scholar, please let me go! I... I still have two companions!"
Once he recovered, Nanmen Shi began to regret pledging his loyalty to Yun Sha; he thought he should have just refused and died instead.
"Your Constitution and potential are still slightly stronger than theirs. The stronger you are, the easier it is to integrate."
Nanmen Shi watched as the flame representing inheritance danced in Su Luo's hand, as if it longed to burrow directly into Su Luo's body.
"Is it possible," Nanmen Shi hissed during a brief moment of lucidity, "That it's because you... you are the Perfect Attunement for this inheritance that it rejects me so much? It... it looks down on this piece of junk!"
"The inherited intelligence isn't at that level; it's simply incompatible."
Su Luo looked at Nanmen Shi, who hadn't been burned out yet, with some surprise. She waved her hand, letting him faint and rest.
Although the plan to directly integrate and pass on the Nanmen Shi has been temporarily thwarted, these two days of "failed experiments" are not entirely without value.
Su Luo obtained a wealth of firsthand data on the interaction between inheritance and low-compatibility life forms: the waveform of energy shocks, the threshold of soul repulsion, the characteristics of advanced energy, the effective range of buffering media...
"Furthermore, with the vast amount of experience gained from modifying Soul Servant using the Superpower Orbs... we should be able to replicate the technology of Superpower Orbs and inheritance enhancement carriers."
Su Luo returned to her "experimental area" thoughtfully, looked at the large, bright red fireball she had sculpted earlier, sighed, and felt somewhat uncomfortable.
I created a large fireball in the area, and after using it for a while, I felt incredibly comfortable.
It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
In the uniquely advantageous environment of [ Under the Under the Starry Sky], the "pseudo- Fixed Star" energy core he personally constructed, which could almost infinitely absorb and highly compress the world's Mana, reached an intoxicating level of power and purity.
In comparison, the fireball in front of him, which relied on a magic circle of traditional elements and Mana crystals to maintain its energy, still seemed somewhat rudimentary to the vast majority of Survivors in Zone 76, even though it was still the energy source that most survivors in District 76 dreamed of.
"Yun Xiaoxiao," Su Luo called out.
Yuncang No. 29 instantly flew out of the Laboratory.
What are you doing?
The exquisite metal body of Yuncang No. 29 popped out from somewhere in the Laboratory, hovering in front of Su Luo, its eyes lighting up, as if to say, "What do you want now?"
[Yun Xiaoxiao] is the name that Yuncang No. 29 gave itself. It felt that as the greatest Dungeon in the history of Yuncang, it was fully entitled to have its own name.
Incidentally, this name was chosen by it a long time ago, and it suggested that Yuncang No. 0 Yun Dada.
"You, you modify this energy source. The goal is to upgrade it to a hybrid energy supply system based on the principle of controlled nuclear fusion and integrating a highly efficient Mana environment energy absorption and conversion module. The benchmark should be the reactor class of your fleet's Capital Ship. The power output can be appropriately reduced, but stability and energy quality cannot be compromised."
Su Luo assigned tasks without any hesitation.
"Huh? Me? You?"
Yun Xiaoxiao looked down at her petite, metallic body that could rest on Su Luo's shoulder, and for a moment she didn't understand what nonsense Su Luo talking about.
"I can't! Why do you think a Dungeon of me is qualified to carry this kind of technology?!"
Su Luo didn't respond to it, but simply raised her hand and pointed in the air.
A data packet containing information about the theoretical design, engineering implementation details, materials list, safety protocols, and some Mana energy theory of a fusion reactor, obtained from Yuncang No. 0, has been successfully compressed.
It then transformed into an invisible torrent of information, directly "stuffing" into Yun Xiaoxiao's body.
"Now that you know how, the basic materials will be delivered later. Go on."
Yun Xiaoxiao left the computer idle for a moment, then walked out of the Laboratory without saying a word, looking very sad.
Only after completely flying out of the Laboratory, through a thick layer of composite armored walls, did Su Luo vaguely "hear" a suppressed shout coming from outside:
"I'm so [beep--]! They made it sound so nice before I came! 'Go see a new world,' 'Experience the vastness of other worlds'! Nobody told me that 'experience' included being a laborer and hand-building reactors!"
"This is worse than a regular job! At least a regular job has a salary, holidays, and labor laws! This is selling myself! This is slavery! This is exploiting advanced artificial intelligence! I'm only a few days old, this is child labor!"