The Alchemy Furnace in the Laboratory

The Capsule Corporation headquarters in West City towered into the clouds, its metal and glass exterior shimmering coldly under the sun.

Bulma's sports car sped into the private underground tunnel like a bolt of blue lightning, coming to a halt in a garage the size of a football field. It was packed with concept cars of every model, aircraft, and bizarre machinery whose functions were impossible to discern.

"Welcome to my domain!"

Bulma hopped out of the car, tossed her long blue hair with a flourish, and snapped her fingers.

The surrounding lights flickered on in sequence, illuminating the entire garage as if it were broad daylight.

Lin Fan stepped out of the car. Even though he had mentally prepared himself, he was still slightly stunned by the futuristic scene.

"Follow me!"

Bulma led the way with fiery energy, passing through several alloy doors that required iris and voiceprint verification, finally arriving at an incredibly spacious laboratory.

This place was less of a laboratory and more of a miniature high-tech factory.

The ceiling stood ten meters high, crowded with robotic arms, 3D printers, material analyzers, and energy generators. In the corner, even some spaceship engine components were piled up.

Several researchers in white lab coats were busy at work; seeing Bulma enter, they all greeted her respectfully.

"How about it? Not bad, right?"

Bulma stood with her hands on her hips, wearing an expression that practically screamed, "Praise me!"

"Breathtaking."

Lin Fan gave an honest assessment, his gaze sweeping over the precision instruments he couldn't begin to understand.

The level of technology here far exceeded anything he had known in his previous life.

"That area over there is yours!"

Bulma casually gestured to a large patch of empty space. "If you need any equipment, just tell the robots or list it for my father's secretary. Now, tell me, what are we starting with?"

She was already impatient.

Lin Fan didn't answer immediately.

He walked over to a massive smart drafting board and pondered for a moment, recalling the structural diagrams of the "Hundred Herb Cauldron" from the foundational chapters of the Great Dao Source Scripture—it was the most basic type of alchemy furnace, containing the rudimentary mysteries of gathering spiritual energy, harmonizing, and transformation.

But he didn't need a retro bronze cauldron.

He intended to use the technology of this world to forge a more precise, efficient "modern alchemy furnace" that could compensate for his current lack of cultivation.

He reached out and began to sketch rapidly on the drafting board.

The lines were not merely mechanical structures, but a fusion of strange arcs, symmetrical rune arrays, and numerous nodes marked with energy flow directions and specific material requirements.

Bulma leaned in curiously, her brow furrowing tighter the more she looked. "Uh... Lin Fan, what is this you're drawing? A particle resonance cavity? Doesn't look like it... An energy focusing tower? Too short and stout... No matter how I look at this structure, it looks like... like an oversized smart pressure cooker? Does it have a massage function, too?"

The engineers nearby also snuck a few glances, their expressions odd as they whispered to one another.

"This energy circuit design... it violates basic thermodynamics..."

"Material requirement: 'Spirit-Conductivity'? What kind of parameter is that? It's not in the database..."

"The internal pressure curve fluctuation requirements are this precise? Existing sensors might not even be able to reach that..."

Lin Fan ignored the surrounding discussion, focusing entirely on the blueprint.

He replaced the traditional spiritual gathering arrays with energy-conducting pipes and precision voltage stabilizers, designed the earth-fire vent as an adjustable multi-frequency energy emitter, and converted the requirement for mental-sense temperature control into a real-time feedback system.

Finally, a complex design drawing that fused metaphysical concepts with a sci-fi aesthetic was complete.

"Done."

Lin Fan put down the pen and transmitted the blueprint to the laboratory's main computer. "I need these materials, and they must be processed to the precision specified in this drawing."

Bulma leaned toward the screen, staring at the dense array of parameters and requirements, her mouth slightly agape.

"Ultra-high purity crystalline steel? And you want the inner wall plated with a film of Katchin? This stuff costs more per gram than diamonds!"

"Superconducting energy coils? This model is military-grade! And this... you require the internal energy field to be absolutely uniform, with a fluctuation rate of less than 0.001%?! This precision is enough to build a spaceship engine! What on earth are you trying to do?!"

Lin Fan looked at her, his tone calm as he uttered two words: "Alchemy."

"Al... Alchemy?"

Bulma nearly bit her tongue, her eyes widening into perfect circles. "You mean... that ancient legend where you throw herbs and rocks inside, burn them, and roll them into mud pills that make people immortal?"

"Not immortality."

Lin Fan corrected her. "Just a preliminary attempt to refine some basic pills for strengthening the foundation and assisting cultivation. Traditional alchemy furnaces are limited by materials and craftsmanship, resulting in low success rates and difficulty in controlling the heat. I believe modern technology might be able to solve these problems."

Bulma looked at Lin Fan's serious expression, then back at the obsessively precise design on the screen, and suddenly slapped her thigh hard!

"Brilliant!!!" she shrieked, startling the surrounding engineers.

"Why didn't I think of that! Using high-tech to replicate and even optimize ancient techniques! Automated temperature control! Precise energy input! Real-time composition monitoring! This isn't superstition; this is... this is epoch-making biochemical engineering!"

Her scientist's soul was completely ignited, the light in her eyes brighter than the overhead lab lights.

"Quick! Now! Immediately!"

Bulma roared at the engineers, "Follow Mr. Lin Fan's requirements! Use top-level clearance! Use the best materials! Build me this... this 'high-tech smart alchemy furnace'! Get it done now!"

Although the engineers felt that both the young mistress and this eccentric young man had lost their minds, no one dared to defy the order, and they immediately set to work.

For a time, the entire laboratory seemed to transform into a frantic, large-scale alchemy furnace workshop.

High-precision machine tools roared, laser cutters hissed, and intelligent robots shuttled back and forth, hauling expensive materials.

Bulma circled the massive "pot lid" being assembled in excitement, constantly offering various "optimization suggestions":

"Should we add a spectrum analyzer to monitor the liquid composition in real-time?"

"Could we install a robotic arm here for automatic feeding?"

"The cooling system needs to be reinforced; what if the furnace explodes..."

Lin Fan stood to the side, occasionally pointing out details regarding the energy flow that required attention in critical areas.

Science and metaphysics were having their first stiff yet intriguing collision within this top-tier laboratory.

Several hours later, a device with an extremely bizarre design stood in the center of the lab.

It was roughly shaped like a round tripod, about the height of a person, constructed entirely from a special alloy with a shimmering silver-gray metallic luster. Its surface was covered in complex energy conduits and cooling fins, and several observation windows made of high-strength transparent crystal revealed a fine-layered structure and various micro-sensor probes inside.

Rather than a pill furnace, it looked more like a miniature model of a planetary engine from a sci-fi movie.

"It's finished!"

The chief engineer wiped the sweat from his brow and reported with a complex expression.

They, a group of top-tier engineers, had worked overtime to build... a pressure cooker?

Bulma excitedly stroked the cold surface of the furnace body as if caressing a lover's face (if she had one): "It's so beautiful... these fluid lines... this precise structure..."

Lin Fan stepped forward, pressed his palm against a specific energy input port on the furnace body, and slowly channeled a faint trace of true qi into it.

Hum...

A soft white light illuminated the interior of the furnace, the energy indicator lights flickered on in sequence, and a deep, low-frequency hum resonated as the internal components began self-testing and fine-tuning according to the preset program.

It worked!

This "Modern Multi-functional Spirit Energy Reactor," crafted with black technology from the Dragon Ball World and infused with the alchemy principles of the cultivation world, had officially started!

Lin Fan looked at the behemoth, the corners of his mouth curling upward slightly.

Next, it was time to verify its efficacy.

Bulma was already urging him impatiently from the side: "Where are the materials? Hurry! Throw those flowers and herbs in and let's try it! I want to see how it 'refines pills'!"