Testing

(Hello, this is Luo Tianyi catching ghosts while Frostman is engrossed in Zelda, so they dragged me over to update. Two updates today, extra updates over the weekend, so no need to ask whether there'll be more.)

"You're sure you want to test it inside Rhodes Island?"

Bai Ye stared deadpan at the testing area Dr. Kal'tsit had brought him to.

Quite a few operators were present, including many Caster operators. After all, they were the experts in researching Originium Arts.

"Aren't you afraid I'll tear Rhodes Island apart?"

As he spoke, Bai Ye reached out and knocked on the wall of the testing room.

"You must be joking. The testing room's walls have been specially reinforced. Aside from the standard blast-resistant walls, we commissioned Engineering operators to reinforce this room to the standards of a mobile city's Core City defensive facilities... Ah..."

"You mean this?"

Right in front of the Caster operator, Bai Ye extended his hand, clenched it into a fist, and punched the testing room wall.

Thud—

Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the wall, and Bai Ye's fist nearly sank entirely into it.

"I barely put any force into it... Still, the kinetic energy absorption is pretty good. It did weaken quite a bit of the force."

Bai Ye pulled his fist back out as he spoke.

The Caster operator stared blankly at Bai Ye's fist, then looked up at the deeply sunken crater in the wall. His words died in his throat.

After a moment of silence, the Caster operator nodded at Bai Ye.

"You're right. We should change locations."

At that level of output, Bai Ye might just dismantle the entire testing room—and perhaps Rhodes Island along with it.

Of course, dismantling it was an exaggeration. Without using divine arts or sword techniques, Bai Ye's direct