Conception of the Gravity Room

Days passed by.

Lin Fan spent his days consuming Body Strengthening Pills, practicing qi, and nourishing his flying sword embryo, yet his cultivation remained stuck at the peak of the mid-stage Qi Refining realm. It was as if he had slammed into an invisible wall, unable to budge an inch.

Bulma's progress in searching for the materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill was also agonizingly slow. The reports coming back were either "weak energy reaction in the 5,000-meter underground rock layer" or "radiation type mismatch for meteorite No. XXX." As for the "Phoenix" and the "Dragon," she hadn't even caught a glimpse of them, which infuriated the young lady so much she nearly smashed her communicator.

On this day, for once, Bulma wasn't tinkering with her various projects. She lay sprawled on a floating sofa in the laboratory, boredly flipping through television channels.

The screen happened to be replaying the highlights of the World Martial Arts Tournament, showing the earth-shattering final match between Son Goku and Tien Shinhan.

"Wow! Goku, that guy, he's gotten so much stronger since I last saw him!"

Bulma bit down on her straw, muttering vaguely, "I heard that later on, when he fought that King Piccolo, he was even more ridiculously powerful! I really don't know how these monsters train..."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was attentive.

Lin Fan, who had been silently circulating his qi nearby, suddenly snapped his eyes open!

King Piccolo... Kami... the Lookout!

A key piece of information flashed through his mind—Son Goku had once trained at the Lookout, utilizing the "Hyperbolic Time Chamber" and "gravity training"!

That was a miraculous place capable of altering the gravitational environment!

Gravity!

Lin Fan's heart gave a violent leap!

How had he not thought of this sooner!

The Great Dao Source Scripture did indeed mention that certain extreme environments—such as extreme cold, extreme heat, intense pressure, or thunderstorms—could stimulate a cultivator's potential, accelerate the absorption and refining of spiritual energy, and even help break through bottlenecks!

However, such dangerous places in the Primordial World were often accompanied by great terrors, far beyond what a low-level cultivator could withstand.

But the "Gravity Room" in this world was a man-made, relatively safe, and powerful tool for cultivation!

He immediately stood up and walked over to Bulma.

Bulma was just watching the spectacular scene of Goku unleashing a Kamehameha. Annoyed by Lin Fan suddenly blocking her view, she grumbled, "What is it? You're blocking the TV..."

"Bulma,"

Lin Fan's voice carried a trace of urgency that was hard to detect, "You just said that Goku and the others get stronger very quickly?"

"Yeah,"

Bulma said, confused, "Fighting, training, powering up... isn't that just how it goes?"

"No,"

Lin Fan shook his head, "I heard that they once trained in a special place, a place where... the gravity was different from the norm."

"Gravity?"

Bulma tilted her head and blinked, "What do you mean?"

"It means that while inside, the body feels several, or even dozens of times its normal weight."

Lin Fan explained as simply as possible, "Every movement requires several times the effort, and the circulation of energy within the body becomes extremely difficult. But if one can adapt, then..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Bulma was jolted as if struck by high-voltage electricity, springing up from the sofa!

Her eyes went wide, the drink in her hand "clattered" to the floor, and she didn't even notice the juice spilling everywhere!

"Grav...ity... Room?!"

She practically shrieked the words, her voice wavering from sheer excitement.

Like a gust of wind, she rushed to the massive smart whiteboard. Her fingers trembled with excitement as she began to draw frantically:

"A man-made environment of super-gravity! Simulating the environment of a high-gravity planet! My god! Why didn't I think of this sooner!!"

"Energy consumption will increase geometrically! Muscles, bones, internal organs, even every single cell will be under extreme pressure!"

"Training in such an environment, once you adapt and return to normal gravity... hiss!"

She sucked in a cold breath, the light in her eyes bright enough to serve as a searchlight. "Physical function and energy intensity will see an explosive increase! This isn't just training! This is an evolution accelerator!!"

She spun around, grabbing Lin Fan's arm, incoherent with excitement: "Lin Fan! You're a genius! No! You're a god! This idea is insane! It's brilliant! This is absolutely the ultimate cheat for martial arts cultivation! No! This could even be applied to astronaut training, super-soldier programs... no, no! The point is cultivation!"

Lin Fan, feeling a bit dizzy from being shaken, tried to finish his thought: "I only heard that such a method exists; as for how to actually realize it..."

"Realize it? Leave it to me!"

Bulma patted her chest, brimming with confidence. "Isn't it just a sealed space combined with a high-intensity gravity generation device? The principle is nothing more than creating a high-intensity gravitational field or simulating it directly with electromagnetic force! The energy problem can be solved with a high-energy plasma reactor! For materials, we'll use an upgraded version of the Z-Series Alloy! I'll leave the structural stability to the supercomputer simulations!"

She was completely immersed in the ocean of technology, frantically listing formulas and sketches on the whiteboard:

"First, we need an absolutely sturdy spherical cabin capable of withstanding the massive internal pressure and the load of the external gravity generators..."

"The internal environmental control system must be top-tier: oxygen circulation, temperature regulation, pressure balancing..."

"The safety system is key! There must be an emergency gravity cutoff and a medical rescue unit..."

"It would be best if it could monitor the physiological data and energy fluctuations of the personnel inside in real-time..."

She spoke faster and drew more complex diagrams, and soon the entire whiteboard was filled with intricate equations, structural diagrams, and circuit schematics.

Lin Fan looked at the rapidly increasing technical challenges and astronomical budget that he couldn't understand at all, and suddenly felt... he might have proposed another incredible money-burning project.

"Uh... Bulma, perhaps it doesn't need to be so complex initially..." Lin Fan tried to rein in the budget a little, "It just needs to be able to adjust gravity by several times and be sturdy enough..."

"That won't do!"

Bulma immediately objected, her eyes widening, "If we're going to do it, we do it the best! Starting at ten times gravity! No upper limit! And it must be absolutely safe! I don't want you or Goku to be crushed into meat patties while training! Wait... Goku!"

She suddenly thought of something and clapped her hands sharply, "The first test subject... no, the first batch of users will be him, Krillin, and you! Hahaha! I am simply a genius!"

She could already imagine how excited that training fanatic Son Goku would be once he heard the news.

"Project approved! Approve it immediately!"

Bulma rushed to the communicator and contacted her father's secretary directly, "Hey! It's me! Immediately assemble the Z-Series Alloy R&D team, the High-Energy Physics Laboratory, and all the experts from the Aerospace Life Support System! Yes! Right now! There's a super project! Budget? Start by allocating... hmm... five billion Zeni! We'll talk if it's not enough!"

Lin Fan stood to the side, his eyelids twitching.

Five billion Zeni... that's enough to buy how many medicinal herbs for alchemy...

Hanging up the communicator, Bulma rubbed her hands together in excitement, pacing back and forth in the laboratory while muttering, "Gravity Generator... Energy Core... Buffer System... Haha! This is too exciting! This is way more fun than building spaceships!"

She suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked at Lin Fan, her eyes burning with intensity, "Lin Fan! Don't you worry! A training room that can alter gravity? Leave it to me! I guarantee I'll build you the most advanced, safest, and highest-gravity Super Training Pod in the entire universe!"

"However..."

She shifted her tone, revealing a cunning smile, "As a reward for coming up with this genius idea, the research data from this Gravity Room and the data on how your 'True Qi' changes under high pressure must all be disclosed to me!"

Lin Fan looked at Bulma, who was instantly filled with motivation as if she had found a new goal in life, and smiled helplessly.

As long as the Gravity Room could be built, this price was worth it.

It seemed that, besides the elusive Foundation Establishment Pill, his path to Foundation Establishment now had another option that looked more reliable, albeit equally expensive.

The power of science was truly not to be underestimated.