These ice fragments were polyhedral, each with at least one smooth, clean-cut face. Some had several such faces, and some were smooth on every face.
Using software to simulate their assembly, Ke Meng had already obtained a complete model of the Ice Sculpture.
It was only because the software had reconstructed its original form that Ke Meng discovered all the smooth faces were damaged areas that needed repair.
A staff member drew up a drop of Repair Liquid with a pipette, measuring out precisely one gram.
They pressed the smooth faces of two ice fragments together, then dripped the Repair Liquid onto the damaged surfaces.
Then Luo Yuan watched the drop of Repair Liquid slide off the smooth surface, leaving the entire drop intact, as though none of it had been consumed.
On the floor stood a level Steel Platform. It had never been damaged, so Repair Liquid landing on it would not be consumed, except to slightly repair any invisible flaws.
Since the Steel Platform had already been repaired before, when they weighed the Repair Liquid this time, it was still one gram, accurate to several decimal places.
"Believe me now?" Ke Meng said.
"Could this thing be perfectly smooth in the physical sense?" Inspiration struck Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan was one of the High Gnosis Personnel. After witnessing this, he sensed the truth: zero friction had made the Repair Liquid slide right off.
But even with zero friction, on a microscopic level, the liquid should have been able to touch an atom in the ice fragments and begin the repair process.
In reality, the liquid simply slid away. The criteria were strange.
"Why not put these ice fragments in a large tank and fill it with Repair Liquid? Let them soak in it. I refuse to believe that