Zuo Guxian

After playing with the Flamefire Legacy for a while, Su Luo created a simple guidance system to draw out the Origin of the Flamefire Legacy and then release it into the Black Flame Ocean in the Dreamscape Experiment Planet.

Those crimson flames fell into the black Ocean, like a drop of ink falling into clear water, slowly Diffusion. The Heartfire was slowly transforming those foreign flames into its own nourishment, like a tree absorbing minerals from the soil, but also destroying them in large numbers.

In the end, Su Luo still didn't want to put someone else's power into her body. Those inherited Origin flames were left behind by an unknown fire-type powerhouse. Although powerful, they were still someone else's possessions.

Using it would cause a short-term surge in strength, but in the long run, it would make his energy system impure. Therefore, he chose to merge the flame and the Heartfire field, allowing the Heartfire to slowly devour it under a high time flow rate, and then analyze the variant flame to master its principles and techniques.

The resulting flame might not even be as intense as the original Flamefire Legacy, and it would last much longer, since the Heartfire is not fire in Essence.

With Su Luo's current strength, by fusing with the Flamefire Legacy, she can Perfect inherit the abilities and flames of an unknown fire-type powerhouse in less than a week.

However, Su Luo still chose a potentially thankless path, using the Origin the Flamefire Legacy as a rare and precious treasure in an extremely wasteful manner. After all, the Origin the Flamefire Legacy was ridiculously abundant; even after [creating Something-from-Nothing Machine] for so long, it had never been completely drained.

Of course, there are other applications as well. With the training data from Nanmen Shi over many days, Su Luo has retrieved eight hundred groups of Flamefire Legacy and is currently training an eight-hundred -Xiao Xiao Luo army specializing in fire-based techniques.

"By the way, how did the talks with Layton go?"

After arranging the things in the new Laboratory, Su Luo remembered Layton, who had been describing to her just yesterday how powerful the [String] civilization was.

According to Layton, the other side can use Black Holes as weapons, so they must be ridiculously powerful, right? I wonder if they'd be willing to accept my magic-based technology.

Thinking of this, Su Luo sensed a human and a ghost appear outside the Laboratory.

Humans are the Xi Ji of the Mutual Aid Association, but ghosts are unknown to them, and their form of existence is extremely strange, flashing in mid-air.

"Consultant Su, Layton asked me to bring this back. He said it was a high-ranking member of the [String] civilization, but their strength isn't very high. I just brought them back from my hometown."

The blurry outline drifted out from Xi Ji's Warship, seemingly unaffected by the Warship's matter and energy.

His body passed through the metal walls of the ship and the barrier of the energy shield, like passing through a thin mist, and condensed into a humanoid figure with blurred features.

"Hello, Scholar. I am an envoy sent by our civilization to negotiate and resolve your issue. Let me introduce myself—only nine people in our civilization are qualified to be given the title [String], and I am known as [Zuo Guxian]."

Su Luo was somewhat taken aback, greeted him, and invited Zuo Guxian in.

"Mr. Zuo Guxian, your name comes from a certain Higher Dimension asymmetric model in theoretical physics, is that right?"

Su Luo pondered the translation of the Survival System for a while and felt that the "[String] Civilization" sounded quite good, much better than the "[Tracing Light] Civilization," and had a much higher level of sophistication.

It seems I'll need to use more sophisticated and elegant words when choosing names from now on.

"Oh, you Survivors are also interested in the Origin the universe? When our civilization is at peace, we can discuss it." Zuo Guxian's tone carried a hint of surprise.

Su Luo nodded.

The other party's name contains "string", which easily reminds people of the "string theory" that existed in his hometown. It was later revised based on the technology of other worlds. For Su Luo, in fact, "String theory" is still a theory. It is too high-end and is just a theory to explain the world.

However, it seems that the [String] civilization is quite proficient in this area.

"Have you applied this theory to reality?"

"Um... no, that's beyond our reach in the ultra-microscopic realm. Let's discuss the observation techniques you need instead."

Zuo Guxian was a little embarrassed. Seeing that Su Luo didn't respond, he continued:

"Let me solve your problem first, then we can discuss the technical aspects. To be honest, we're interested in all systems of extraordinary abilities, but right now we need Mana Side technology the most."

"Of course, but what about the observation techniques?"

Su Luo spoke after a while. He had been sensing Zuo Guxian's background, scanning him from the inside out with [Enhanced Perception].

It's quite interesting. The reason Zuo Guxian's body can pass through the hull and energy shield of the Warship is simple—his Essence is extremely small, almost like a group of subatomic robots smaller than an atomic nucleus.

The robots moved at high speeds in space, connected to each other by a force field that Su Luo couldn't understand, forming a loose but stable whole. They also stored the integration system and energy in the form of Virtual World data, making them a super-enhanced version of Yun Xiaoxiao.

To kill it would be simple: imprison it with a highly dense substance or a high-energy barrier, and heat it infinitely until it boils. This is why Layton said it was weak.

"We don't have the technology. If you want technology, you can only support our basic technology. Once our network and database are fixed, we'll return the technology to you." Zuo Guxian was almost suffering from severe embarrassment; he'd been feeling awkward lately.

From the moment we arrived in the Land of Darkness, nothing went smoothly. Technology was unusable, factories were destroyed, databases were corrupted, and even negotiations had to be conducted without proper preparation.

This lousy place.

Su Luo was somewhat puzzled that an envoy sent by an interstellar civilization possessed such rich emotions and such poor negotiation skills, but she still took out a rather bright ball of light from the Dreamscape and gave it the technology in advance.

"These are the basic theories of magic energy technology. I believe that once you learn them, you will be able to quickly improve upon the subsequent technologies."

After accepting the light sphere, Zuo Guxian searched it briefly.

The sheer volume of knowledge and technology exceeded His expectations; it wasn't just a collection of theories, but a complete system of foundations. From the basics of Mana to Spell models, from energy conversion to material applications, from theoretical derivation to experimental verification, it had everything.

It seems this Scholar is an honest and kind person.

"Let's begin."

As he finished speaking, Zuo Guxian's form began to change. The blurry outline rapidly shrank, like a lump of dough being kneaded, only it was translucent.

In the end, it turned into... a pair of glasses? Silver-white frames, semi-transparent lenses, and extremely slender temples.

"Quick, I can't maintain this form for much longer!"

Is the tool used to observe the microscopic realm, which is even smaller than the atomic nucleus, a pair of biologically engineered glasses?

Su Luo took a Xiao Xiao Luo out of the incubation chamber and then put the glasses that Zuo Guxian had transformed into on its face.