The Star Measuring Instrument's consumption was astonishing. It had only just been activated when vast amounts of energy began pouring into it through the supply conduits at its base.
Why was the use of the Star Measuring Instrument restricted?
It was precisely because the cost was so enormous. Each use of the Star Measuring Instrument required an immense investment of wealth and resources, so its use could only be strictly limited. It was impossible to open it to the public.
Fan Lang spread out his consciousness and immersed it throughout the Star Measuring Instrument. He sensed its incomparably complex structure, as well as the mysteries of the stars filling the sky.
The stars, starfields, galaxies, rivers of stars, nebulae, and everything else in the universe all operated according to a certain rule. This rule was the Star Path; everything was arranged by an unseen hand.
Only by fully comprehending the Star Path could he unravel the mysteries of the Star Measuring Instrument and adjust its countless components into their correct positions.
The system had already begun working, and a progress-bar countdown appeared.
Beginning refinement and cracking of the Star Measuring Instrument. Progress: 0.1%... 0.2%...
Even with the doubled cheating effect, the progress bar still advanced at an extremely slow pace, like a snail crawling.
In fact, this was already considered fast. Others cracked the Star Measuring Instrument at an even slower rate.
Under the combined efforts of Fan Lang and the system, the Star Measuring Instrument began rumbling into operation. Its internal and external structures changed continuously as hundreds of millions of components shifted positions. Move one piece, and the whole mechanism was affected; often, moving a single component caused tens of thousands of others to move along with it.
In Fan Lang's understanding, the Star Measuring Instrument