Even the imperial nobles who lingered, unable to tear themselves away from this beautiful blue planet would never have imagined that a laboratory dedicated to the study of active conductors lay hidden in its glittering depths.
After all, the planet's shallow seabed was flat and stable, and rich in deposits of zero-element ore. Indigo stone might not rank especially high in the order of zero-element materials, but it was still a kind of zero element.
These strange minerals, imbued with arcane reactions, infused the ocean with abundant vitality. They gave rise to a wondrous, harmonious, and magnificent ecosystem on the planet—but that was only one of the changes they brought.
In fact, beneath the blue ocean, more than two thousand meters down, vast quantities of indigo-cang stone, together with smaller amounts of its associated water-star stone and moonstone crystals, formed a curious, balanced entanglement of force fields.
This high-frequency, pressure-stabilized environment was a natural testing ground for new conductor materials.
In the deep sea, where the planet's magnetic field intertwined with zero-element force fields, reefs formed from indigo coral provided the ideal raw material for these conductors.
They were commonly used in the alchemical systems of heraldry mechs and all manner of weapons.
Compared to a high-energy laboratory of this caliber, the two deep-sea refining workshops built beside zero-element ore veins barely counted as a bonus.
Well, since they were already here, wouldn't it be a waste of the entire crew's long journey if they didn't do something?
Yu Lian gazed at the vortex rising over the blue planet. He could see it forming with the naked eye, which gave some idea of the towering wave behind it—it had to be at least five hundred meters high.
Then Yu Lian received a report from the operations department.
"A magnitude 9.8