Withdrawing the Appeal

"Five years ago, your whole family died under the magic meteor, and I was watching the show. Four years ago, you were crippled by a passing Weave Mage, and I led the way. Three years ago, the Laboratory door malfunctioned and was closed for a week, and I helped you close the door. Two years ago, you had a checkup and found out you had kidney deficiency, and I spread the news..." Notherland, sounding somewhat aggrieved.

Yun Xiaoxiao listened to it on her phone and laughed.

"Get out of the research group," Su Luo repeated.

"These may be reasons for you to fire me, but you also have reasons why you have to protect me!"

"What reason?" Su Luo asked subconsciously.

"Last year, when you were falsely accused of being a victim of a crime and had no other recourse, I stepped forward and also sued you for being a victim of a crime. This way, the court couldn't convict an ordinary person of committing crimes at two different locations at the same time, and the situation has remained deadlocked until now..."

Notherland retorted defiantly, "If you dismiss me, I will withdraw my appeal and will not allow you to force me."

Su Luo: "..."

Even the Nine-Turn Gu couldn't hold back when it came, let alone Su Luo without it.

"You've been by my side through so many storms, so you really are a jinx."

Notherland, far from being annoyed, smiled and readily accepted the compliment, "Thank you for the compliment!"

"Is there anything else?" Su Luo couldn't hold back her inner turmoil, but she still asked calmly on the surface.

There was no Mana in the environment, or rather, it was so faint that Su Luo's current senses could not detect it.

The Mana extracted from the emergency battery was faulty; Su Luo has already expelled it from her body. Now, they need to go to a larger Mana source to investigate the problem.

Su Luo didn't use the problematic Mana; using it made her cough.

It feels like there's sand mixed in with the lubricant; it's very uncomfortable.

Notherland paused, his expression turned serious, and his demeanor became that of a superior.

A girl around 20 years old looked like she was over 2,000 years old; her commanding and strategic aura made Su Luo take notice.

"That newcomer next door, Evan Thorne, stole your position, didn't he?" Notherland said calmly, with complete control. "Don't worry about this little thing, I'll handle it. You just focus on your research."

"Do you have connections?"

Su Luo wondered if the information about Notherland indicated that he was an orphan.

I have my own rhythm.

Notherland waved his hand, then pulled out a dark object from somewhere and handed it to Su Luo.

"Mentor, this is my family heirloom. You can borrow it to play with."

An irregularly shaped lump about the size of a palm, with a rough surface and a light feel; staring at it for more than two seconds makes you feel like your gaze is being pulled inward.

Su Luo took it, examined it, and discovered it was some kind of material that strongly absorbs light, with Mana fluctuations inside, so she accepted it.

What's this called?

"I found it in the latrine, I don't know, maybe it's called Mao Stone."

Notherland left after saying those words.

Su Luo walked straight through the carved gate. Behind the gate was the core experimental building, the highest-standard building in the entire research institute. It was made entirely of rare magic energy crystals and high-strength tempered materials, luxurious and precise.

The cool white smart sensor lights in the corridor lit up one after another, and all kinds of access control and permissions were opened to Su Luo. Yun Xiaoxiao had completely taken control of this place.

Stepping into the elevator, Su Luo closed her eyes and began cultivating immortality.

There's a problem with the Mana, so Su Luo won't use it until she figures it out. Right now, the main thing is to have Yun Xiaoxiao remotely transmit electrical energy into her body, and then use the Space Fruit Position to convert it into Qi, so that she can rebuild her cultivation.

The Space Fruit Position can even convert Chaos high energy into Qi, so converting electrical energy is a piece of cake.

When the elevator doors opened again, the underground Laboratory unfolded before our eyes. Sophisticated instruments were arranged like a forest, and energy conduits were wrapped with flowing magical light bands. The cold, hard lines of machinery intertwined with the mysterious aura of ancient arcane magic, creating a dreamlike scene.

"Arriving in the Mana Era but only able to cultivate immortality temporarily, is this Large Dungeon targeting me?"

Su Luo walked to one of the platforms that resembled a furnace. The surrounding mechanical and intelligent systems were activated by Yun Xiaoxiao, while the non-intelligent systems were controlled by Yun Xiaoxiao's Nanorobots.

"What are you talking about? At least the Dungeon design has been reworked. Just tell me, do you think anyone can win if they all just keep attacking each other?"

Yun Xiaoxiao didn't want to pay attention to the greedy guy, so she arranged for all the microscopic observation and energy tracing instruments in the Laboratory to be in place.

Clear all irrelevant programs, reserve space for full-load computing, and then ask seriously:

What are your guesses?

"The Mana has been tampered with, and the conversion between elements and Mana has also been locked."

Su Luo's initial frown gradually relaxed.

Having problems and difficulties is a really good thing; it means better technology and more possibilities.

"The reason we haven't made Essence breakthroughs in the basics of Mana for a long time is ultimately due to the lack of observational methods and the excessively fine subdivision of the Mana foundation. As a result, most Mana civilization theories deduce that Mana has basic units, but they cannot find them in reality."

"We know that under macroscopic natural conditions, the interconversion between Mana and ordinary elements is reversible and continuous, and elements can Infestation other energies. By artificially constructing the conditions for this conversion of elements into Mana, we can obtain various Mana extraction techniques."

Mana production technology has never been a high-end technology; the barrier to entry is very low. The real difference lies in the efficient, low-cost, and simple production process.

The gold content of Su Luo's original Source Essence Inner Circulation has always been very high.

Yun Xiaoxiao knew all of this:

"In other words, it is extremely strange that the world has Mana, but the environment has no Mana, because Mana in an environment can reverse slightly unless there is something specifically designed to maintain a magic-free environment."

Su Luo nodded.

Su Luo could easily construct the Mana zone with her bare hands.

However, creating a large-scale, long-term magic-free zone requires the assistance of Ten Thousand Laws Domain or Laboratory equipment.

The area of a single floating island is equivalent to half the size of the Central Continent during the cultivation era.

To maintain a magic-free environment of this scale, either there needs to be an ultra-advanced array of Spells covering the entire island, or the Mana of this world itself must be problematic.

"Environment setup complete; direct observation precision is slightly below picometers."

What Su Luo wanted to observe directly was the Mana of this world.

However, direct observation is unlikely to yield results, as Su Luo currently lacks Mana observation abilities and can only achieve results when Mana is being used.

At this point, it's necessary to understand the system of this world.

Weaving System.

The most mainstream Body Refining in the world is that of the Weaving Magic, who weave Mana elemental Spells for combat, production, and research.

Unlike conventional Mana systems, the free-floating Mana in this world does not exist in the real world, but is entirely sealed within the [Demon Realm].

The core of Weaving Magic's cultivation is to use Divine Power to leverage the Origin the soul, and to use the soul as a bridge to touch the otherworldly Demon Realm.

The sealed Mana and elements are transferred from the Demon Realm and then woven into intricate Spell patterns in the real world, piecing together complete Spell models to realize all applications of Mana, such as combat, crafting, scientific research, and creation.

In this world, Mana is more like a resource exclusive to the [Demon Realm], and cannot be freely converted!