Liu Di returned to the Experimental Graveyard and plunged headfirst into research.
He also worked on multiple threads at once, advancing several projects simultaneously.
Time ticked by bit by bit.
Liu Di prepared everything, forgetting food and sleep as he broke through one technical challenge after another, as though he had immersed himself in the ocean of technology and could not pull himself free.
He barely surfaced to "breathe."
Throwing himself into it heart and soul was his greatest joy.
At the same time,
various technologies steadily took shape and succeeded, bringing him an intense sense of fulfillment and making him increasingly confident about the road ahead.
The sun rose and set.
Before he knew it, forty days had passed.
Liu Di raised his head from the workbench. His hair had grown nearly five centimeters, his face was covered in stubble, and his eyes were somewhat unfocused.
Magic Child said, "You have gone about forty days without eating. Even a New Human constitution cannot withstand that kind of abuse."
Liu Di hesitated. "Eating... what is that?"
Magic Child said, "???"
"Oh."
Liu Di pushed aside the complex thoughts in his mind and regained a trace of real-world rationality. "Right. I haven't eaten anything in a long time."
Liu Di suddenly thought of a question.
Where had that little boy run off to after all these days??
Only then did he remember that he had a son.
Liu Di pulled up the surveillance feeds and discovered that the boy had been keeping a low profile on Ghost Island. He spent 20.3% of his time improving his Gundam mecha, and 45.6% of his time running to Nan Ruoyi's factory to observe the construction of cosmic warships.
He spent 4.33% of his time checking in at school.
Liu Di let out a soft