Sun Moon Empire: Explosions? That's Our Specialty
The side door of the test site opened, Ling Zichen strode in.
A patch of light-colored dust clung to his black uniform, his hair was askew to one side, a wooden hairpin dangling precariously from the end, and his black-rimmed glasses were slightly askew.
Why are there so many people coming in for inspection?
"There are three gates to enter the base. At each gate, they check my identity, scan my Soul Power fluctuations, and register my belongings—I was checked fifty times in one day. Do I look like a spy?"
Mu Hongchen looked up from the control terminal, trying hard to suppress a laugh. The screen had already displayed Ling Zichen's medical examination data.
"You think your Soul Tool contains seventeen different sizes of soul tool screwdrivers, three welding torches, two canisters of prohibited-grade soul tool cores, and other things inside your body? To be honest, they're blind if they didn't arrest you on the spot."
He spoke clearly, but he had already figured out what he wanted to know.
Yin Hongye glanced at the screen, then used her mental power to sense it again, and smiled, "Do you want to remove the things inside your body? With the help of the Holy Spirit Douluo, we can definitely remove them safely."
He still has a lot of authority on the Blood Dao, and even the bond between Tang Wulin and the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core is worth trying.
"No need, I'm in great shape right now," Ling Zichen refused directly.
"You're in great shape. At best, you'd only live to be fifty." Yin Hongye was speechless. This was truly a crazy female scientist.
"So why are you using your own body to bear all of this? The life charge connects all the individual Positive Cycle Source cores."
Mu Hongchen was puzzled, never imagining that the problem wasn't caused by the experiment.
Ling Zichen did not hide this fact. "At that time, a problem suddenly occurred in the research institute. All the individual Positive Cycle Source cores resonated and could explode at any moment."
"If it really exploded, the losses to the Tang Sect would be enormous; all the researchers would die. So, I used my own body to bear those things, connecting all the individual Positive Cycle Source cores through my own life charge."
"I know you're not human. No need to say it again." Yin Hongye's tone was direct, forcefully explaining Ling Zichen's current state.
Qian Renxue was puzzled upon hearing this.
Di Qiuer and Na'er were even more puzzled. Wasn't this a perfectly normal human being? Does adding something else to the body make it not human?
"What are you looking at! It's fine if you treat me like a robot. What's important about the human body? What's important is research. If I can replace my Life Energy with a single Positive Cycle Source core, I might even be able to live forever, longer than you." Ling Zichen said indignantly.
"Then you'll be disappointed." Yin Hongye's voice was calm. "The Universe Will cannot deny the existence of killing, much less the existence of cause and effect. You won't outlive me, do you believe that?"
"I don't want to know your physical condition for now. Although it's worth studying, it's not worth emulating. Right now, you need to race against time and wait for your success," Mu Hongchen said directly.
"He just wants to transform himself into a bio-mechanical robot, Mohist Longevity Technique," Yin Hongye complained, "To turn his body into replaceable parts."
"Getting back to the point, I'm here to discuss single- Positive Cycle Source sequences." Ling Zichen went straight to the point. "You two should both know about Source. If there are enough Source, and they are arranged in a certain Source, a qualitative change will occur between the Source."
This qualitative change is called the Source Fusion, which can unleash extremely terrifying power. The total mass of the Source in a single Level Twelve God Rank Fixed Soul Cannon Shell will exceed 50 kilograms.
The Source Fusion it generates transforms into an extremely terrifying explosive force; once activated, it possesses Heaven-Destroying and Earth-Shattering power.
Upon hearing this, the Level 9 Soul Engineer of the Sun Moon Empire outside the Heavenly Screen were all filled with awe. An explosion?
They're experts at this; it's finally their turn to shine.
The three men were able to explain how they obtained the Source, but soon someone else asked the question on their behalf.
In the Heavenly Screen, Qian Renxue asked, "What is the Source?"
"No, is there anyone who doesn't know? Shouldn't fourteen-year-olds be learning everything?" Ling Zichen, the genius scientist, was puzzled. Why were there still some who had slipped through the net of the Federation 'compulsory education'?
In fact, this is something that high-level Soul Master Academy don't teach.
Qian Renxue felt that Ling Zichen was looking at her as if she were an idiot.
"Alright, let me explain it to you anyway." Ling Zichen pushed up his glasses, the lenses gleaming white. "Do you know why a tiny missile can possess such terrifying destructive power? It's because every rare metal contains special substances called 'Source.' These Source are what make rare metals so tough. In fact, forging is a process of refining these Source. Only at the level of Soul Forging and above can the Source be altered."
"At that time, a famous scientist developed a method for extracting metal Source. Through this method, the core energy source of rare metals could be extracted, purified, and compressed. These Source were extremely small in volume; the total weight of the Source extracted from a one-cubic-meter piece of Sinking Silver would not exceed one gram."
Hearing this, Kong Deming outside the Heavenly Screen seemed to be deep in thought, but he still didn't understand what Soul Forging. He didn't understand forging and had never witnessed it firsthand.
However, after doing some calculations, he found that the amount of metal consumed by the so-called Level 12 God-Slaying Soul Tool was astronomical.
"Are the resources in this future really that abundant? There are so many metals."
He looked up at the Heavenly Screen. Yin Hongye had already revealed Ling Zichen's purpose. "Your idea is the same as ours: to research how to utilize rare metal Source to form a positive feedback loop array, thereby achieving the cyclical utilization of the Source and continuously generating even greater energy."
"Am I right?"
"That's right." Ling Zichen nodded. "Simply put, it's about using a regenerating God- God Rank Fixed Soul Cannon Shell as the energy core to support various high-energy-consuming technological devices, such as ships and aircraft."
"One of the biggest reasons why our aviation industry is developing so slowly is the lack of power, which is insufficient to support long-distance space travel. If my research is successful, it will greatly solve this problem."
"How stupid," Yin Hongye sneered. Was this space travel because insufficient power prevented long-distance space travel?
It's clear that the mass-velocity relationship wasn't broken.
"Don't think you can look down on me just because you're the only Level 10 Soul Engineer in the Federation. My research ability is no worse than yours!" Ling Zichen said angrily.
"Tell me how long it takes for sunlight to reach us..." Yin Hongye asked.
"Eight minutes and twenty seconds!" Ling Zichen answered.
"Then tell me, how do you make a spaceship reach the speed of light...?"
Upon hearing this, Yin Hongye pulled over a blackboard and wrote down a mass-velocity relationship formula.
This immediately silenced Ling Zichen; the girl's understanding of classical mechanics had suffered a heavy blow, something she hadn't expected at all.
Even in another world, even as part of the theory of relativity, it has brought profound shock to the world.
"Red Night, according to this formula, we're not destined to never be able to travel through space! Exploring a planet with a suitable temperature would take at least a light-year." Mu Hongchen understood the formula and realized that his dream of exploring the stars was gone.
"Are you being stupid too? Space folding!" Yin Hongye was speechless. "Watch out, or I might drive a flying train and crash into you!"
"I'm sure I didn't create that thing. Besides, such things are still far beyond our reach. Let's talk about the Soul Tool Array of the Source in front of us instead." Mu Hongchen stopped joking. Some things are beyond our technological capabilities and can only exist in theory.
"Alright, then I'll show you my research findings, a completely different development direction from yours... You research large Mecha, but I don't!"
Ling Zichen displayed the prototype of the Mecha she was researching, brimming with confidence, feeling that she was already standing at the forefront of the times.
"This is the true direction for the development of Soul Guidance Technology in this era!"