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Chapter 342 Get out of the way, watch my micro-management!

"I do not believe."

Xuan Ziwen forced himself to remain calm and placed the device back on the table. "This violates the basic principles of soul tools. Energy cannot be generated out of thin air; there must be some trick I haven't seen."

"Now, back to the previous topic, if you create such a device, I will acknowledge you. Then, as a reward for inspiring me, I will share my research results with you. Rest assured, what I teach you will definitely be my most cutting-edge research goals. Then, I want to know its origins, its operating principles, and the possibility of replication."

"Is it possible that I don't actually need it? I came here to slack off anyway. Bye-bye, I'm going to the library~" Lin You didn't indulge Xuan Ziwen at all and turned to leave.

Xuan Ziwen pursed his lips, grabbed Lin You's hand, and said with a complicated expression, "Wait! No, I'm sorry, I got too excited. How can you make such a device in front of me? I'll meet any conditions you set."

Please, I'll do anything. (gif)
Lin You was slightly taken aback. He was a little surprised by how quickly Xuan Ziwen's attitude changed. Just a moment ago, he had an impatient face, but now he was holding his wrist with an almost fanatical light in his eyes.

That look in his eyes—Lin You thought to himself—that's the look of a research fanatic.

“I told you, I don’t need any conditions.” Lin You gently withdrew his wrist. “I’m just here to slack off. This is a place that everyone else is desperate to get to, but I was just assigned to it.”

Xuan Ziwen frowned, his mind in turmoil. He had thought that this time, guiding the exchange students from Shrek Academy would be a diplomatic activity with much ado about nothing, but he never expected to encounter such an unconventional anomaly.

"You don't understand what this means."

Xuan Ziwen took a deep breath, trying to suppress his excitement. "If you can prove that this system can indeed generate energy on its own, then it will overturn all the theoretical foundations of the current Soul Guidance world!"

Seeing his expression, Lin You deliberately feigned innocence: "Huh? Is it that amazing? I was just doing it for fun."

Upon hearing these words, Xuan Ziwen nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Just making it for fun? This device that breaks the law of conservation of energy can be made so casually? His research achievements of more than 20 years are probably not even worth a toy in their eyes!

"Who exactly are you?" Xuan Ziwen couldn't help but ask. "Shrek Academy's soul guidance technology level couldn't possibly be this high. Our Mingde Hall's intelligence shows that they are far behind us in the field of soul guidance devices."

"I'm just an ordinary student passing by, remember that." Lin You shrugged.

"However, I have my own research approach, which is a little different from yours."

Xuan Ziwen rubbed his temples and decided to change his strategy.

“Alright, I’ll show you my research findings. I’m sure you’ll be interested.” Xuan Ziwen turned and walked deeper into the laboratory, pressing a hidden button on the wall.

The wall slid open silently, revealing a hidden small research room. Inside, various sophisticated instruments were arranged, and in the center was a huge workbench with dozens of soul tools of different shapes on it.

“This is my private research space. Even Master Jing Hongchen doesn’t know the full contents.” Xuan Ziwen’s tone was filled with pride. “You are the first outsider to be invited in.”

Lin You looked around with great interest. The equipment in this hidden research room was indeed advanced. He had never seen many of the instruments before. No, to be precise, he had never seen any of them before.

Xuan Ziwen picked up an oval-shaped device from the workbench. It was about the size of an egg and its surface was covered with intricate soul-guiding circuits that shimmered with a faint blue light.

“This is one of my proudest creations—a remote monitoring soul guide device.” Xuan Ziwen carefully handed the device to Lin You. “It can transmit images and sounds in real time, with a coverage range of up to thirty kilometers, and it is unaffected by obstacles.”

Lin You took the device and pretended to study it carefully: "Oh? How do you use it?" Xuan Ziwen excitedly explained: "This is a system that requires two devices to work together. One is the acquisition end, and the other is the receiving end. The acquisition end captures images and sounds and transmits them to the receiving end through soul power fluctuations of a special frequency. The receiving end then restores the information."

He pulled out another similar but slightly larger device: "This is the receiver. Look—"

Xuan Ziwen lightly touched a groove on the acquisition end, and the device immediately lit up. Lin You's image then appeared on the receiving end. Although it was somewhat blurry, it was still clearly recognizable.

"When I demonstrated this technology to Mingdetang, they were all amazed," Xuan Ziwen said proudly. "Do you understand its importance? It means that a surveillance network can be installed nationwide, greatly improving public security and people's sense of security, and benefiting the people!"

Lin You outwardly wore an expression of admiration, but inwardly he couldn't help but chuckle. Wasn't this just a simple surveillance camera? In his previous life, this technology had long been ubiquitous. Moreover, from a technical standpoint, Xuan Ziwen's design was quite crude, with significant issues in image quality and transmission stability.

Most importantly, little brother, you don't seem to understand who the Sun Moon Empire relies on to be so confident. Those evil soul masters kill people and refine souls right in front of your monitoring soul tool. Do you think you can report them or resist them?
However, considering the level of technology in this world, it is indeed not easy to achieve this.

"It's a remarkable invention," Lin You said sincerely. "Given the current technological limitations of the world, achieving this level is truly admirable."

Xuan Ziwen froze slightly: "In this world? What do you mean by that?"

Oh no, I let it slip. Lin You realized to himself, and quickly covered it up by saying, "What I mean is, within the framework of current soul guidance technology. You know, I have my own theoretical system, so I habitually distinguish between them."

Xuan Ziwen nodded with some skepticism, then continued demonstrating his other inventions: "This is just the beginning; I have many more similar research and development achievements. For example, this—"

He picked up a bracelet-like device. "A remote communication soul tool that allows people twenty miles apart to have real-time conversations. Of course, due to material limitations, it won't work beyond that distance. I've been trying to find a way to improve the accuracy and solve this problem."

Lin You calmly examined the devices, already having a plan in mind. Clearly, Xuan Ziwen was the kind of pure research scholar with an almost pathological pursuit of novel things, which was exactly the breakthrough he could exploit.

"Then why not build a base station? A base station specifically for communication, with the platform as the connection point. When soul power is connected to the communication base station through the soul tool, it is then transferred to another communication soul tool, just like a ladder can be built when a person cannot reach a high place."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwen's eyes immediately lit up.

"Good, good, good! You've really woken me up! How come I didn't think of this solution!"

"However, your ideas are indeed very interesting," Lin You commented casually, "but I think they all share a common limitation."

"What limitations?" Xuan Ziwen immediately became nervous.

"They all require a Soul Master to continuously inject Soul Power in order to function."

Lin You said calmly, "This limits their scope of use and duration. If soul tools could generate and store soul power on their own, that would be a true breakthrough."

"That's impossible. Soul tools are first and foremost soul tools for soul masters, and only secondarily civilian soul tools. No matter what, the soul master's supply of soul power is the foundation and source. Even if a sealed baby bottle is used, the soul master still needs to inject soul power into it."

He immediately retorted.

However, when Xuan Ziwen noticed Lin You's ambiguous smile, his expression changed drastically: "Wait, could it be that you..."

Lin You walked to the large silver-white table, picked up some metal materials at random, and chuckled, "Step aside and watch my micro-management."

(End of this chapter)