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The image of that building being torn apart layer by layer surfaced in Xun Uchiha's mind, and fear crept up his spine. If this reasoning held true, that power had already transcended the realm of physics. It was enough to destroy everything.
"But that also creates a paradox." Little Bird calmly pointed out the contradiction. "The law of conservation of energy still applies. Once a body fills with these high-energy cells, the heat and shock waves they release would instantly vaporize its bones and flesh. So a living organism cannot evolve entirely into this form. Doing so would mean self-destruction."
Little Bird kept her gaze fixed on the blood-red cell, her fingertips racing across the virtual interface. She said gravely, "Human bones and flesh have a fixed load-bearing threshold. Even if energy red blood cells are mobilized to unleash their potential, there is still a limit to their conversion efficiency. Based on the activity of the cells inside Phantom, the safe ratio is only one in a million. Once that critical point is exceeded, the host's body will disintegrate instantly."
She shook her head slightly, a trace of incredulous shock flashing through her eyes. "This defies all reason. Not only did they create cells capable of releasing a hundred thousand times as much energy, but more importantly, that level of energy output somehow failed to destroy the user. I may excel at regenerating and repairing cells, but I could never create such a violent energy source. Biotechnology of this caliber actually exists in this world?"
Before her words had faded, she pressed the holographic scan button on the side of the electron microscope. A deep-blue beam swept over Phantom's entire body, and his bone density and muscle fiber structure appeared on the screen one after another. The data comparison