Shen Heng pondered aimlessly for a moment, then quickly looked away.
He looked at Qin Yu and said,
Let's begin!
Qin Yu nodded slightly and said, "Captain, let me show you the patterns and effects of the Barrier Inscription first."
Shen Heng nodded slightly.
Qin Yu took a few flat earthen slabs from the side and placed them on the ground, then pulled one out.
He raised his finger and tapped it.
A shimmering white Origin Power seeped from between his fingers and flowed through the soil.
Shen Heng stood to the side watching.
Gradually, a pattern appeared on the soil slab.
It was a concentric circle, with the outer and inner circles connected by some lines that extended inwards until they converged at the center, which was the spot Qin Yu had just pointed to.
"These are the Inscription patterns on the Barrier!" Qin Yu lifted her hand from the earthen slab.
Shen Heng nodded, his gaze thoughtfully fixed on the concentric circles on the earthen slab.
"Is the circle shape to keep the expanded Barrier stable?"
"Yes, with other shapes, the Origin Power · Flow, only a circle can evenly distribute the Origin Power," Qin Yu explained.
"Why are there two circles? Can't you just have one?" Shen Heng looked up at Qin Yu.
"A single circle works too, but the resulting Inscription only consumes less Origin Power than directly releasing the Origin Power Barrier. It's not much better, so I tried the double circle method!" Qin Yu said.
Shen Heng paused, pondering, and said, "By stacking Origin Power twice, can we increase the strength of this Inscription?"
"Yes!" Qin Yu stood to the side and nodded slightly.
"So, theoretically, if we keep adding more and more of these concentric circles, the strength might become even higher?" Shen Heng asked.
"Yes, that's true in theory, but it would be very difficult to keep stacking them. The gaps between the two concentric circles, the connections, the time intervals between the Origin Power impacts, and so on, are not easy to solve." Qin Yu said without hesitation, clearly having considered this aspect as well.
Shen Heng nodded, his gaze returning to the concentric circles on the earthen slab, lost in thought.
Hmm, it looks really impressive, but how...
Does it feel familiar?
A questioning voice, tinged with a low laugh, came from the side.
Shen Heng subconsciously turned around and saw Han Ling looking at him with a slight smile on her lips.
"Your Vibrating Blade!"
Shen Heng was taken aback. After glancing at the Inscription on the earthen slab, he looked at Qin Yu.
"Uh, sorry, Captain, I used your ' Vibrating Blade ' method to conduct research without your permission!" Qin Yu said in a low voice.
"It was I who reminded Qin Yu to use your method!" Han Ling said from the side.
Shen Heng glanced at the two of them and said nonchalantly, "Once you understand one method, you understand all methods. This is just a clever idea; it's not really a patent. Besides, even if it were a patent, it would be great if you could use it to research and develop Inscription!"
Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Although she knew this would probably be the result, she felt more at ease after receiving confirmation.
Han Ling watched silently from the side with a slight smile on her lips, not surprised at all.
"By the way, how did you first come up with this design?" Shen Heng asked, looking at the Inscription.
"Combining my usual experience of using Origin Power to form Barrier, along with some combat techniques and Realm-Suppressing Stake, it's all about constant experimentation!" Qin Yu replied.
Shen Heng nodded silently.
At this point, the basic details of the Inscription have been clarified. The next step is...
"And the results?" Shen Heng asked.
"The effect is like this!" Qin Yu said, slightly lifting the slab of earth with her left hand.
The Origin Power flowed through the palm, penetrating the thin layer of soil, and quickly appeared at the center of the lines above.
Then, visible Origin Power spread along the lines that had just been carved into the soil slab.
Soon, a bright white light covered the entire concentric circle pattern.
The next moment, a faint protective shield of Origin Power bulged from the inner circle, crossed the outer circle, and quickly spread outwards.
In the blink of an eye, a semi-circular protective shield was firmly placed over the earthen slab.
"This is the Inscription Barrier!" Qin Yu said, holding up the earthen slab in his hand.
Shen Heng looked with great interest at the Barrier that had been erected and was now barely visible.
"Why does it look a bit like a protective shield?"
Thinking this, he raised his hand and pressed it against the Barrier.
Cold, stagnant...
"The strength does indeed meet Qin Yu's description of C-Class attack. Attacks of the same level would require a slightly stronger force to break through it in one strike, however..."
Shen Heng looked at the Barrier beneath his palm with a scrutinizing gaze.
The Barrier remained unchanged, seemingly impervious to attacks, its surface rippling and shimmering.
"What are your plans for the future?" Shen Heng asked Qin Yu.
Qin Yu blinked, seemingly not expecting this question.
She thought for a moment before saying:
"I currently have two ideas. One is, as we just discussed, to see if we can further increase the strength of the Barrier Inscription by increasing the number of concentric circles; the other is to see if we can adjust the Barrier generated by the Inscription to have a controllable coverage area, instead of the current all-around coverage where only the size can be controlled!"
After saying that, Qin Yu paused, looked at Shen Heng, and asked,
"Captain, what are your thoughts?"
Shen Heng pondered for a moment and said:
"Perhaps you could explore ways to improve the Barrier's efficiency. Currently, this Barrier indiscriminately defends all positions when attacked. If most of the Origin Power could be diverted to the attacked location, while retaining only a small Origin Power in other areas, the efficiency of Origin Power utilization would likely be much higher!"
"I've thought of this plan, but the requirements are too high. The difficulty would be even greater than adding another circle!" Qin Yu said.
"Well, it's good that you've thought about it. You can handle the follow-up research yourself, just be careful not to take up too much of your cultivation time!" Shen Heng nodded.
"Yes, I understand!" Qin Yu. "Captain, shall I show you this Inscription now?"
"Yes!" Shen Heng replied.
Having confirmed this, Qin Yu severed the Origin Power transmission to her left hand.
The Barrier vanished instantly.
Qin Yu raised her hand and smoothed the soil on the slab, then raised her finger again and tapped it on the slab.
However, this time she didn't use Origin Power to directly carve, but instead controlled her fingers to move them across the earthen slab.
" The Barrier starts from the center. The patterns here can be wider and deeper to ensure a sufficient supply of Origin Power later..."
"You need to be careful here. The lines on the inner circle can be deep, but not wide. Otherwise, the Barrier that radiates outwards from the inner circle might overwhelm the outer circle..."
"On the outer circumference, the patterns should be wide and shallow; only in this way can the Barrier effectively expand from the inner circumference..."
"Then, it's important to note that the outer circular pattern needs to be slightly tilted outwards, at a certain angle..."
Qin Yu explained earnestly.
The higher the level of Inscription, the higher the requirements for the texture, such as depth, shallowness, and tilt angle.
If the quality is slightly inferior, the resulting effect may be greatly reduced, or it may even become completely ineffective!
This is also why other people are not very willing to learn; even for them, mastering an Inscription is still quite troublesome!