You Called Us Over Just For This Thing?

Forty minutes later, the P4 High-Energy Physics Lab.

The atmosphere in the lab hall was as lively as a New Year's celebration.

Dozens of China's most brilliant scientists were gathered in small groups, their faces brimming with undisguised excitement and flushed enthusiasm.

Among them were lifelong honorary academicians, titans of quantum mechanics, chief designers of top strategic weapons, and even a few national treasures who had retired years ago and existed only in textbooks, now wheeled in on chairs by special security personnel.

Just half an hour ago, they had received the highest-level Double Red Summons, and before even entering, each had signed a top-secret agreement that only appeared in Third World War plans.

"Old Qian, even you were called in?"

A white-haired chief materials expert spoke, his eyes gleaming like a child anticipating a gift.

"On my way in, I saw all the security personnel with live rounds loaded! Even anti-air missile launchers were set up! This scale—I've only seen it once in my life, back when the first atomic bomb detonated!"

"I heard Xiao Lei activated first-level combat readiness? Did we find alien wreckage on the far side of the moon? Or did controlled nuclear fusion finally ignite?"

The physics titan called Old Qian adjusted his tie, lowered his voice, his tone barely containing his excitement, the hand gripping his cane trembling slightly.

"Whatever it is, it's something that overturns human understanding! I have a feeling—after today, our current physics textbooks will all be thrown into the trash! This old bones of mine can still witness history—worth it! I'll die with no regrets!"

The crowd's emotions peaked.

Their minds had already begun sketching images of anti-gravity engines, Dyson sphere fragments, or even living extraterrestrials.

Just as they craned their necks, hearts pounding up to their throats—

Click.

The heavy blast-proof door slowly opened.

Lei Zhan, dressed in a crisp special operations uniform, his face solemn as iron, hands clad in spotless white dust-proof gloves, carried a tray covered in red velvet silk with utmost gravity.

Behind him, four fully armed special forces soldiers, weapons loaded, vigilantly scanned the surroundings.

The grim, solemn atmosphere made every scientist present hold their breath, not daring to exhale.

"Everyone."

Lei Zhan walked to the spotlight at the center of the lab, his gaze sweeping the room, his voice steady and powerful, carrying a weight of history.

"What you are about to see is something that overturns modern physics—even reshapes human civilization."

The entire room held its breath, dead silent.

Dozens of eyes, filled with wisdom and longing, fixed on that red cloth.

Lei Zhan took a deep breath, and with a slow, solemn motion, he swept the red silk aside.

Whoosh—

The red cloth fell. The spotlight instantly focused.

"..."

Dead silence.

Absolute dead silence.

The air, which had been burning with anticipation, froze solid in that instant, as if time itself had stopped.

On the tray, there was no faintly glowing anti-gravity engine.

No writhing alien brain.

No futuristic sci-fi chip.

In the very center of the expensive shockproof tray lay, all alone, a single...

Silver ring.

And it wasn't even some fine piece of craftsmanship.

At first glance, it looked like a cheap street-stall trinket tossed in a corner of a flea market.

A full ten seconds of silence passed.

Someone took off their glasses and furiously wiped them, thinking their old eyes were playing tricks.

Someone craned their neck, trying to find, behind that battered ring, the existence that would overturn modern physics.

This massive psychological letdown caused these genius-level minds to suffer a brief system crash.

"Um..."

Finally, a laser specialist broke the silence, pointing at the dull ring.

"Xiao Lei..."

"Is this what you meant by... overturning physics?"

"A silver ring you could buy a dozen of for ten bucks at a street stall? Are you treating us old bones like fools?!"

The crowd erupted.

"Nonsense! Absolute nonsense!"

"I canceled a top-tier research project meeting to rush over here, just to see an antique?"

"What kind of performance art is this? It's an insult to science! I'm filing a complaint to the Supreme Committee!"

Voices of doubt and anger rose one after another.

It was understandable—the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

In their eyes, this was nothing short of a farcical joke.

Some had even already decided to leave their seats and head out.

Lei Zhan was just about to open his mouth to explain.

Suddenly.

At the center of the lab, the Portal Receiver, which had been in standby mode all along, erupted without warning into a piercing screech!

"WOOOOM—!!!"

Space twisted violently, and a deep blue vortex tore open out of nowhere!

"Holy shit! What the hell is tha..."

Before a young researcher could finish his sentence, he was so startled by the sight before him that he plopped down onto the floor.

From the center of the vortex, a figure stumbled out in a rush.

"Move aside! Coming through, coming through!"

Su Yun was wearing a Nezha Burger red apron stained with grease, holding a gleaming stainless steel spatula in his hand, and reeking of fried chicken. Without the slightest hint of incongruity, he barged into this hall representing Earth's highest technological achievement.

"Ah!!!"

"A living person?! Is that a portal?!"

"A god?! A demon?! An alien?!!"

These titans of their fields, who normally wouldn't bat an eye even if Mount Tai crumbled before them, now turned pale with terror, scrambling backward in disarray. Qian Lao clutched his heart, nearly fainting on the spot.

"Don't panic! It's me, Su Yun!"

Su Yun yanked off his sunglasses, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and spoke urgently to Lei Zhan.

"Captain Lei, hurry up! That place is slammed with orders! Xiao Wu's girl shook the soda machine until it blew up—I've gotta get back to save the day! I've only got one minute, so watch closely!"

Before the scientists could even process what this cook was talking about, Su Yun grabbed the ring from the tray, then casually snatched a high-density lead brick off the experimental table.

"Watch carefully, don't blink!"

Su Yun waved the ring in front of Qian Lao, who was already scared stiff.

The next second.

Shwoosh!

That lead brick, weighing a full ten kilograms, vanished into thin air before everyone's eyes.

"Huh?" Qian Lao's glasses slid down to the bridge of his nose, his entire body frozen in place.

Then.

Shwoosh!

The lead brick reappeared out of nowhere, slamming heavily onto the table with a loud crash, jolting everyone's souls back into their bodies.

"Got it? If you didn't, too bad!"

Su Yun tossed the ring back onto the tray, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and his face changed drastically:

"Crap! There's a family bucket that hasn't been served yet! Captain Lei, you guys play around with this thing for now—I'm out! I'll catch you later!"

With that, the man clutching his spatula dashed back into the blue vortex like the wind.