In the early morning, two figures walked slowly along the street where the thin mist had not yet dissipated.
"... In short, that's pretty much how I felt in Capital."
As Le Gu Nan spoke, he gently kicked away a small pebble blocking his path with his toe.
"Every morning I go to the lab and use my skills to help disassemble and Reconstruction materials that are difficult to process using conventional methods."
"The rest of the time is up to me. Hmm... I usually just cultivate and study."
"Didn't they ask you to help for longer?" Shen Heng asked, looking at the crowd of people coming and going in the thin mist ahead.
"No," Le Gu Nan shook his head slightly.
"Because it was agreed beforehand that I joined this place to improve my skills, they won't assign me too much work."
"Furthermore, Professor Yan also agrees that I should focus my main energy on cultivation."
"According to the professor, my current abilities, while still useful, only help disassemble and Reconstruction some difficult-to-handle materials, reducing research and development time."
"While this is very useful, it's far from reaching the limit of this capability."
Le Gu Nan paused here, spreading her fair palms in front of her.
Several streaks of shimmering white light rose from her palm, slowly swirling around like living spirits.
" Professor Yan hopes that my abilities can evolve again, reaching the point where I can Reconstruction atoms and even atomic nuclei."
Atoms, even atomic nuclei?... Shen Heng's gaze fell on those streaks of light. He pondered for a moment, then asked:
"Nuclear explosions and such, shouldn't they involve that level of sophistication?"
Le Gu Nan dispersed the flowing light in his hand, then looked at Shen Heng and said,
"Yes, it's involved, but only superficially. Precise control is impossible."
Even at the molecular and atomic levels, where current technology allows for precise manipulation, it is still highly dependent on equipment, methods, time, and so on.
Shen Heng nodded slightly and continued to ask, "So, if your ability evolves to that level, it can provide great help?"
"Hmm," Le Gu Nan nodded gently.
"My current ability mainly lies in the Reconstruction of material forms."
"A specific application is like that time in school when I used a barbell to shape it into a straight blade for you."
Shen Heng nodded slightly, and the image of the silver-gray silk thread hanging from the girl's hand more than two years ago involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
Le Gu Nan continued:
"If the Ability Evolution to the molecular level, then the application effects will be completely different."
"For example, you can instantly compress air into a cannonball in your palm and launch it, or make the ground beneath your feet as hard as steel when needed, and as soft as water at other times."
"Oh, right," Le Gu Nan said, as if remembering something.
"The earth-manipulation attacks that everyone mentioned before can only be truly used properly at this level."
"At this level, it's possible to alter some of the properties of matter, reduce their inherent forces, and simultaneously increase their plasticity."
"This will greatly reduce the consumption of Origin Power."
"Otherwise, with the current Reconstruction, if we want to use the earth to launch an attack, we would have to bear the weight of the earth on our own, which would consume a great deal of Origin Power."
Shen Heng nodded slightly; this was indeed something they hadn't expected.
Le Gu Nan continued:
"If we could get to the atomic level, that would be a completely different story."
"For example, turning soil spikes into high-strength diamond spikes, or directly converting air into an iron wall, or making explosives by hand."
At this point, Le Gu Nan looked at Shen Heng and smiled slightly, saying:
"Of course, this also depends on the speed of Reconstruction. If the Reconstruction is slow, it won't be usable in combat."
Shen Heng nodded slightly. He pondered for a moment and said, "I remember that matter is composed of more than just atoms, right?"
"Yes, more than that," Le Gu Nan nodded slightly and said:
The particles that make up matter, arranged from largest to smallest, are: molecules, atoms, atomic nuclei, nucleons, and quarks.
"But if you can manipulate atoms, that's already pretty unfair."
"Next, at the level of the atomic nucleus."
"Theoretically, energy can be released by rearranging atomic nuclei, creating miniature nuclear reactions."
"That is, to casually create a miniature nuclear explosion."
"Then, at the nuclear level, hmm..."
"Miniature Sun, life weaving, neutron star barriers, matter annihilation..."
Finally, at the quark level...
Le Gu Nan pondered for a moment, then said:
"If even this can Reconstruction, then theoretically even the definition can be Reconstruction."
"For example, defining an enemy as a friend, and an attack as defense."
"If that were truly the case, then perhaps it would be... the Creator."
Le Gu Nan's words almost made Shen Heng lose control of his expression.
Although he had anticipated that it would be very powerful if he could Reconstruction very basic particles, he never expected it to be this powerful.
Let alone the many things at the nuclear level that are not entirely clear, such as miniature Sun, life weaving, neutron star barriers, and so on.
Even a casual nuclear explosion at the atomic nucleus level is something most people can't withstand.
Moreover, there's also the final, quark-level conceptual definition!
As Le Gu Nan said, perhaps only the Creator could truly achieve that final level?
"So, the latter three types shouldn't even exist," Le Gu Nan said with a light laugh.
Shen Heng nodded slightly in agreement.
But then, as he recalled those levels, his mind paused slightly.
Molecules, atoms, atomic nuclei...
Is his ability really only at S-Class?
As they were talking, the two stopped at a small shop by the roadside.
Le Gu Nan quickened his pace, then turned to look at Shen Heng and said:
"This is the breakfast place I usually eat at most in Capital!" Le Gu Nan stopped, turned around, and pointed to a small shop next door with warm steam rising from it, her eyes slightly shining, her tone carrying a hint of smugness as she shared her secret hideout.
Shen Heng looked up and saw that the shop was not big, but the wooden signboard was clean and there were already quite a few people sitting there at this time, giving it a lively atmosphere.
The two contacted each other yesterday and then arranged to have breakfast together today.
only...
"You eat at places like this too?" Shen Heng chuckled as he looked at Le Gu Nan.
"I didn't before, but we've eaten at these kinds of small shops a few times, haven't we? I felt like it was pretty good, so after coming to Capital, I looked for similar small shops to try," Le Gu Nan said with a light laugh.
Shen Heng nodded slightly. It seemed that Le Gu Nan had indeed eaten at several small shops with him, and even some worse ones.
For example, the wilderness of the Qi Mountains, the roadside in Longzhou...