Lin Mo smiled.
"Elder, what the World Tree absorbs from energy crystals is essentially energy."
"And there are many kinds of energy, not just energy crystals and certain minerals on the Terra Continent."
He pointed beneath his feet.
"Here in Great Xia, we have nuclear fission technology, which can provide enormous amounts of energy."
Elder Muyu looked puzzled.
"Nuclear fission technology?"
The term was completely beyond his knowledge.
Lin Mo scratched his head. As a poor student, he had no idea how to explain it.
Just then, Academician Liu Chengen walked over, and he immediately gave him a pleading look.
Liu Chengen greeted Elder Muyu with a smile.
He pushed up his old-fashioned, black-rimmed glasses.
"Nuclear fission technology involves the physical process of using heavy atomic nuclei, which split into two or more lighter nuclei under neutron bombardment, releasing large amounts of energy and secondary neutrons to sustain a chain reaction..."
Elder Muyu: "???"
What was all this gibberish?
He could not understand a thing.
He felt only a buzzing in his ears. He knew every word, but put together, they might as well have been an indecipherable script.
Kael stood nearby, listening with a deep frown.
Thorin's eyes widened, his mouth slightly open as he struggled to catch a word or two he could understand.
The Half-Orcs looked even more bewildered.
Seeing Elder Muyu's expression, Liu Chengen knew he did not understand.
He paused, then switched to a more straightforward explanation.
"Simply put, we use cutting-edge technology to break down a special kind of mineral rock, producing a chemical reaction that releases enormous amounts of energy."
"It's like... like the sun, but inside a very small container."
He gestured with his hands, trying to make the abstract concept more concrete.
The sun itself constantly underwent nuclear fusion reactions, producing