Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 150 The Player's First Encounter with the Spring Clan

"Assuming that spiritual energy really amplifies electromagnetic waves, then there must be some kind of interference within the nearly 500-kilometer distance between Chang'an City and Longshan Port that could affect the strength of electromagnetic waves—this is very important, it's just about the strength, not interference from other frequencies."

After the new screenshots were printed out, even Ma Lou from the lab curiously sneaked into Tan Xin's lab to listen in.

Academician Gao squinted, comparing several images back and forth, and said, "Let's guess at spiritual energy. In that case, is there any way to create a closed environment without spiritual energy in the Realm of Returning to Nothingness?"

Tan Xin hesitated, "This..."

Ma Lou from the lab chimed in, "It's not easy. Academician Wang has done experiments. Whether it's an opaque black box or a transparent box, the concentration of spiritual energy remains constant and doesn't change from the outside of the box. However, if substances that can release spiritual energy within a certain time, such as spirit-returning herbs, stalagmites, and high-grade spiritual spring water, are placed in the same black box, the concentration of spiritual energy inside the box will change significantly. This change is not isolated by the black box—it appears as a 'field,' and the entire area is roughly the shape of a spherical space. Academician Wang named it the 'spiritual field'..."

Academician Gao nodded: "Yes, we've all seen his conclusion. Under natural conditions, 'spiritual energy exists constantly in the form of a spiritual field.' Those experiments did indeed strongly prove to some extent that spiritual energy is not a 'gas.' He believes that spiritual energy may exhibit certain light-like properties... But he can't explain why an opaque black box cannot block spiritual energy. This is a key point."

Tan Xin sighed: "If we could really create a spirit-free environment, we could also conduct diffraction experiments..."

"Proving the wave-particle duality of Reiki? Hahaha, young people have so many ideas, it's not impossible!"

Academician Gao smiled and comforted them, saying, "Don't look so down. Cheer up! We have so many methods now, we'll find a way to unlock the secrets of spiritual energy sooner or later. It's difficult to build modern industry and technology from scratch, but it's not hard to start over. I'd estimate that in two or three years at most, you'll all be able to play video games in games!"

Ma Lou's frustration in the lab came and went quickly. Hearing Academician Gao's words, he immediately banged on the table in agreement: "You know what! I heard that someone next door has successfully extracted zinc through electrolysis and is discussing purchasing large quantities of lead-zinc ore with the Fulu Shou Chamber of Commerce! Once the battery development is successful, at least the Little Tyrant game console probably won't be around for long... Sigh, but it seems that purifying single-crystal silicon is also a challenge? Semiconductors are the cornerstone of the information age!"

After listening for quite a while, Xiao Zhao asked in confusion, "No, you've all become immortals, so why are you still so fixated on Earth's technology?"

This remark caused everyone else to turn and look at her.

Tan Xin's mind was hazy; she seemed to have grasped something, but it was like looking at flowers through a fog, and her brows furrowed even more.

"Isn't that 'lightning detector' just like a display screen? Why don't they study their own 'cultivation technology'?"

Xiao Zhao spread his hands: "How can you say that their civilization has been passed down for tens of thousands of years? It can't be completely worthless, can it?"

"Bang--"

"Hey! Ouch, Senior Sister, do you have a grudge against that chair?!"

"Ouch, it sounds painful!"

"Take it slow, Xiao Tan!"

A familiar scene played out again. This time, Tan Xin, who had only knocked over a chair, stumbled again, hopped twice on one foot with a pained expression, and then rushed towards the game pod once more.

"I'm fine! I'm going to cultivate immortality!"

Xiao Zhao shrugged helplessly: "Professor, if my senior sister keeps acting so carelessly, our lab will probably have to buy a wheelchair at public expense!"

……

"This is it!"

Bai Chenxue pointed with great interest to the bustling barbecue stall not far away.

Having given prior notice, the large intestine sashimi restaurant had cleared out an empty table. As soon as they saw the three approaching, they eagerly scurried around the grill to greet them. Meanwhile, the surrounding players were exchanging witty banter in the chat channel.

Wow! A new NPC?

"He's carrying two fish that big! He even brings his own ingredients to the barbecue!"

Why is he dressed so strangely?

"She has fish fins on her arms! Could she be a mermaid?"

"Hey! Even if they are mermaids, shouldn't they be called 'mermaids'? Mermaids are a Western mythological term!"

"Hey! It's just a form of address, don't make such a big deal out of it!"

"But he's so beautiful!"

"His clothes look so good!"

"A good man doesn't keep a mistress, so why is he hiding it so tightly..."

"Teacher, calm down, this is a chat channel, not some no man's land!"

Fortunately, to avoid losing favorability with NPCs, the players were already used to not saying strange things in front of them, and mostly chatted and joked around in the various chat channels of the game system. This prevented any misunderstandings from arising due to differences in "culture" and "customs" during the players' first tentative contact with the Quanxian tribe...

The large intestine sashimi guy hadn't even noticed the chat channel. He was rubbing his hands together like a fly as he walked over, greeting us in a lewd but enthusiastic manner: "Hehehe, welcome, welcome! You must be Coral?"

"Hello……"

Because the Quanxian tribe lives on the seabed and is mostly in the dark, they don't show much expression—no one would see them grinning!

So Coral was a little overwhelmed by the enthusiasm for the large intestine sashimi, and he greeted it somewhat awkwardly.

Shen Yun stood behind Coral, cleared his throat, and secretly winked at the large intestine sashimi, saying, "Ahem, Brother Large Intestine, you'd better be careful, this is our very important guest!"

The greasy-looking man with sashimi-like large intestine raised an eyebrow and patted his chest, saying, "Don't worry! Didn't you say you brought seafood? Do you have squid? Scallops? Oysters? My identity as the uncrowned king of the night market at 2 a.m. is about to be revealed. My signature grilled squid, grilled scallops, and grilled oysters are just missing the ingredients!"

Shen Yun took out two large bamboo baskets filled with various seafood from his backpack and said, "Here, these are two big baskets. Use them as you see fit. And these two fish were caught by someone as an extra meal. Do what you think is best! We absolutely cannot lose face for our players! Understand?"

Coral thought for a moment, then threw the two large fish, each over a meter long, onto the ground with a "thud".

The two sea fish, which were still alive, suddenly escaped the coral's clutches. The oppressive force caused them to instinctively thrash about, slapping the ground loudly and startling everyone around. Bai Chenxue, in particular, stumbled back several steps, patting her chest and muttering, "They're still alive! That scared me to death!"

With an apologetic look, Coral picked up the two large fish again, grabbed them by the tail, and slammed them heavily to the ground.

He looked like he had facial paralysis, his face expressionless, but the veins on his beautiful arms were bulging, and the muscles on his shoulders, which were originally just ordinary, were now bulging. Then, there were two loud thuds, and the heads of the two fish made painful, intimate contact with the ground. They twitched once and then remained still.

"I'm so sorry, I'm dead now!"

(End of this chapter)