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Chapter 198 A Special Spacetime Portal! A Dragon Egg-like Energy Concentration Device! (Please Subscribe)

The sudden appearance of the portal within a short timeframe attracted the attention of everyone from both realms who were here.

To everyone's surprise, the expanded spacetime portal next to them did not show any change in light. When people approached, the spacetime portal gave them the thought, "It is temporarily closed. The spacetime portal is being upgraded."

After the large time portal was formed, the time for traveling back and forth was indeed reduced to 22 hours of cooling.

The basic rules inherent in the time portal are already thoroughly understood by all relevant personnel.

But this newly formed, unstable small spacetime portal, like a black hole without any warning, quietly devoured everything around it, including everyone's sense of security.

Su Mingjin approached the time portal but didn't receive any notification.

"Why is this happening?"

Her voice was a little hoarse as she stared intently at the increasingly clear outline of the door, a chill rising from her feet already settling in her heart.

Even with all its resources dedicated to developing another world, the University of Tokyo still couldn't manage it.
They haven't even finished processing the other world yet, and now another unknown entrance has appeared out of nowhere.

Is it a new variable, or... is another world trying to force its way in?
A strong urge surged within her; she desperately wanted to return to the modern world immediately to inquire about the situation.

But looking at the faces around her that depended on her, she forcibly suppressed her unease.

"Send someone back to the modern world immediately! I need to confirm whether a new gate has appeared there at the same time!" Her voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unquestionable command.

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the order, the communications officer immediately arranged for soldiers to drive towards the main time portal.

Watching the SUV disappear into the blue halo, Su Mingjin turned to a middle-aged officer with a resolute face beside her: "Brigade Commander Man, we must immediately establish the highest level of defense for Xinmen."

Commander Man silently saluted, his eyes solemn, and turned to walk quickly toward the command vehicle.

Moments later, the piercing alarm and the roar of troops moving around echoed throughout the camp.

The tracks of heavy equipment rolled over the ground, and squads of fully armed soldiers quickly built layer upon layer of defenses centered on the newly appeared time portal.

At the same time, many special advisors, as well as Deng Dakang and others who researched various special protective equipment, also arrived here one after another and began to distribute various mental and special energy protective equipment and consumable items to the soldiers.

As expected of the elite forces pioneering this other world, this battle-hardened pioneering force demonstrated amazing adaptability in the face of unexpected situations, and everything proceeded in an orderly manner.

Everyone silently watched the new time portal grow larger, their thoughts wandering.

At the same time, in the modern world, at the Zhurihe Logistics Base.

The place is in complete chaos.

The initial jubilation over improved energy transportation efficiency vanished, replaced by a chilling sense of tension.

The defensive position, which had been in a semi-standby state for many days, has been reactivated. The automatic cannons hidden outside the reinforced concrete walls slowly rose, and their cold muzzles locked onto the newly appeared portal.

At this moment, the entire base went from a state of relaxed external alert but tight internal alert to a state of imminent combat mobilization.

Li Weiguo stood in the command center, hands behind his back, forcing himself to stare at the glaring crack on the big screen, motionless.

Those below could panic and become chaotic, but he alone could not.

"The situation of the defensive positions?" he asked in a deep voice, which, though not loud, instantly silenced the noisy reports around him.

"Reporting to Commander Li! All defense units are in place! The three-layer physical defense network, the long-range protection and support network, and the Thunderclap weapon system are all activated! Truth is also on standby!"

All that came before was just an appetizer; the "truth" is the final trump card.

That was the sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's heads. If it were used, even if it could resolve the immediate crisis, the chain reaction could expose the fact that the modern world could travel between the two worlds, and could potentially drag Tokyo University into the abyss.

Nobody wants to go to that point unless absolutely necessary.

"Very good." Li Weiguo nodded slightly, as if he were just listening to a routine exercise report. He turned and walked to his tea table, picked up the purple clay teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and his movements were so steady that there wasn't a tremor in his body.

"Comrades, you've all worked hard. Stay alert. I'm going to the restroom!"

"Yes!"

A few minutes later, Li Weiguo returned to the main screen.

While he was in the restroom, he dialed Zhong Mengyao's number.

Zhong Mengyao's report was shockingly simple—Lin Li was having a late-night snack and watching a new movie, without doing anything unusual or giving any hints.

Li Weiguo's mind was racing. He thought of the script changes Lin Li had mentioned before, including the undead calamity and the perpetual motion machine for farming, as well as the time portal label he had mentioned during dinner!

"Could this portal be related to the undead calamity? Is the marking tag actually a sign of the undead calamity's arrival?"

Thinking this, Li Weiguo looked at the space-time portal that had expanded to fifteen meters next to him, and a look of apprehension appeared on his face.

"Hopefully, there's nothing dangerous about the world behind this thing!"

Li Weiguo and many of his colleagues thought that this newly appeared time portal would need another 24 hours to fully take shape.

But this time, something was clearly different.

About two and a half hours later, after the first Kun hour, the spacetime gate stopped drawing energy from the large spacetime gate, and then the shape of the gate was completely fixed.

Unlike Li Weiguo and others' speculation that it was another five-meter by five-meter spacetime portal.

This time portal, which was extracted from the large time portal next to it and formed separately, is only 2.5 meters high and 5 meters wide.

Most importantly, it is the shape of the door.

It transformed into a metallic color with a pale blue metallic sheen, yet it seemed to devour light, giving it a cold and icy appearance.

Then, after it was formed, it actually fell to the ground!
"What? What's going on here?"

Everyone stared in astonishment, somewhat at a loss for what to do!
Li Weiguo thought for a moment, then walked straight out of the command center.

"Mr. Li, please do not come any closer!"

"Get out of the way! If there was something wrong with this thing, it would have exploded already!" He pushed aside Wang Kaixuan, who was trying to block him, and went straight over.

I poked it with a stick first to make sure nothing was wrong or anything unexpected happened before I touched it manually.

Then, a thought popped into Li Weiguo's mind!

"Special spacetime transmission device"

"It is based on a large-scale dimensional space-time gate system, which can transport non-living active substances across dimensions and has the ability to automatically purify microorganisms, but cannot accommodate living organisms to travel across dimensions!"
"Each fixed activation requires 1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity."

Energy consumption per hour: 1 kilowatt-hours of electricity

"Usage restrictions: It can be placed anywhere within a 10-kilometer radius of the main dimensional spacetime portal, requires a stable power supply, and must be anchored to the spacetime information coordinates of both dimensions."

As Li Weiguo looked at the message, his expression changed several times, from tense to astonished, and then to a strange mix of amusement and exasperation.

He was on edge, bracing for a fierce battle, but... this is it?
"President Li?" Wang Kaixuan asked cautiously from the side. Seeing that Li Weiguo hadn't made a move for a while, he started to feel uneasy again.

Li Weiguo slowly straightened up, his tense back completely relaxing.

He turned his head, and the strange expression on his face turned into a pure smile.

“Kaixuan, come and touch it too.” He pointed to the cold metal door. “Touch it, and you’ll understand everything.”

Wang Kaixuan was skeptical, but still stepped forward as instructed.

He took a deep breath, as if touching some kind of high-voltage power line, and cautiously extended his fingertips towards it.

One second, two seconds.

Wang Kaixuan's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, his mouth opened silently, and he seemed to be frozen in place.

Immediately afterwards, he abruptly pulled his hand back, staggered back two steps, and looked utterly bewildered.

Everyone in the command center held their breath, staring intently at him.

"I..." Wang Kaixuan's Adam's apple bobbed, and after a long pause, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, "I...I'm so tired...this...this...this..."

He hesitated for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Seeing him like this, Li Weiguo could no longer hold back. A deep, hearty laugh escaped his chest, growing louder and louder until it became a hearty laugh that echoed throughout the entire command center.

"Hahaha! God bless China! God bless Dongda University!"

Wang Kaixuan also started laughing foolishly, wiping his eyes as he laughed; he was truly crying tears of joy.

"Mr. Li, this isn't just a godsend; it's like we were just wondering how to cross the river, and they've built a cross-sea bridge right under our feet! And it's fully automated!"

Upon hearing this, the staff officers and technicians around who had also touched the metal door and understood the situation couldn't hold back any longer. The entire command center instantly transformed from a deathly silence of impending battle into a bustling marketplace.

"Haha, non-living substances can travel back and forth? And it even automatically purifies microorganisms! This door seems to be specially designed for transporting things."

"10,000 kilowatt-hours per hour? 240,000 kilowatt-hours in 24 hours? That's nothing! Compared to what we're transporting, this electricity cost is a drop in the ocean!"

"Forget oil, ores, timber, all kinds of local specialties... now everything is solved!"

An experienced engineer in charge of infrastructure planning slammed his fist on the table in excitement: "It's a pity it's only ten kilometers at most! Otherwise, we could have stopped all our original tunnel and pipeline plans!"

"No, you can just throw it in the wastebasket!"

"It's a pity we can't do it without anyone noticing!"

They had previously devised a plan to efficiently and discreetly transport resources from the other world back, while ensuring its secrecy and security.

For this, we held countless meetings, stayed up countless nights, and lost countless hairs.

Now, a delivery gate that appeared out of nowhere has solved most of the problems.

Happiness came too suddenly, it felt too unreal.

After Li Weiguo finished laughing, he raised his hand and gestured to quiet down the boiling command center.

"Everyone is happy now. Let's contact the other world and check on their situation!"

"Yes!"

The personnel who traveled back and forth quickly brought back good news.

A few minutes later, the messenger excitedly reported, "Reporting to General Manager Li! We've also found an identical device here! It functions exactly the same! Our people have just confirmed it!"

"Great!" Li Weiguo waved his hand emphatically. "Excellent!"

Now, everyone could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"The surprise came too quickly, so let's not get too excited." Li Weiguo looked around, his gaze sharpening again. "You can sleep soundly tonight, but first thing tomorrow morning, I need to see a completely new transportation plan and resource development strategy! And it has to be fast!"

"Yes!" the crowd responded in unison, their voices filled with enthusiasm.

“Furthermore,” Li Weiguo added, “Now that we can build one, can we build more in the future? Can the size of this door be customized? These are all topics that need to be studied later! We need to broaden our thinking!”

"understand!"

After arranging everything, Li Weiguo dragged his slightly tired but extremely excited body back to his office.

He carefully examined the empty space for a long time, and then pulled up Lin Li's information again.

That simple document now felt incredibly heavy to him.

The "time portal label" that was casually mentioned during a meal...

The previously mentioned "undead calamity" and "perpetual motion machine farming"...

Li Weiguo's fingertips tapped lightly on the screen, and the thread in his mind was finally connected.

The so-called "tags" are not attack beacons at all.

It's an "upgrade patch"!

You're on high alert, you've prepared everything, but all they do is quietly give you a super cheat that changes the rules of the raiding team.

Li Weiguo leaned back in his chair, let out a long breath, and felt both absurd and perfectly justified.

He stared at the unremarkable photo on the screen for a long time before muttering something to himself.

"This script... he's the one who revised it..."

He thought to himself, then put his glasses back on: "My granddaughter and grandson are right about Final Destination, which they often watch. If you eliminate all the impossibilities, then what's left is the only possibility!"

"Keep it up, bro!"

……

Thousands of kilometers away, in Shanghai.

In the bedroom late at night, Lin Li lay on the bed in a U-shape.

As the people near the portal between the two worlds returned to normal from their revelry and began discussing how to use the portal to transport supplies across worlds, Lin Li's eyelids suddenly twitched!
It became.

He opened his eyes, and in the darkness, a smile curved his lips.

He got out of bed, slipped on his slippers, and leisurely walked into the bathroom, where he emptied his bladder.

"It's just a small gift, you're welcome."

He spoke softly to himself in the mirror, as if he were talking to a group of unseen people.

This miniaturized, special time portal was the "gift" he sent out.

The pioneering team explored the other world and harvested resources.

He lay down behind him, enjoying his slacking-off life, while also gaining physical enhancements and multiple lives.

Lin Li can also occasionally watch battle scenes in another world through the perspective of the time portal, which is much more interesting than watching blockbuster movies or certain "stories about wives, comatose husbands, and wives' bosses".

Win-win situation, huge profit!
Limited to non-living matter, with a fixed size, it also requires the consumption of "electrical energy" that the other world can understand.

This reduces the difficulty of installation and gives them a buffer and adaptation process.

After all, he had recently watched a lot of live broadcasts of meetings from a high-latitude perspective and knew that those people were almost going gray trying to figure out how to quietly transport things from the grasslands back to the modern world.

He considered that kind of ant-like efficiency to be arduous.

To solve this minor problem, and also to better keep the new city project on the grassland a secret, he sent this double insurance.

After relieving himself of the water, Lin Li shook his hands and lay back down in his warm bed.

But thoughts began to race in my mind.

The space upgrade patch for the modern world has been applied, so I shouldn't need to worry about it for the time being.

Next, it's estimated that the pioneering team and Dongda will enter a period of rapid development, and I only need to occasionally check the progress bar.

So, it's time for me to find some new fun.

Watching a movie from God's perspective for so long eventually gets a bit boring.

"Spacetime Source Material..."

Lin Li closed his eyes and began to create a new projection clone, then prepared to control it to go on an adventure.

The main character continues to AFK on Earth, while a new account is created to personally experience the customs and culture of another world, and feel the charm of listening to music in the brothels of that world.

By the way... let's stir up some trouble.

"Since I'm already so powerful, I should be able to easily handle the newbie village, right?"

"This time, I'm going to slaughter everyone in sight and avenge myself!"

In the darkness, the eerie chuckle dissipated into the air, and the bedroom returned to silence.
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Another world, a pioneer team's restaurant.

The kitchen, filled with the aroma of cooking, carried an unprecedentedly fresh and vibrant flavor.

Deng Dakang picked up a large, bright red prawn. The prawn's body had been carefully deveined, revealing firm, tender white flesh. He didn't rush to eat it, but first rolled it around in the small dish in front of him.

The dish contained minced garlic, balsamic vinegar, and oyster sauce that had just been imported from the modern world—simple, yet once a luxury.

"Tsk."

With one bite, the sweetness of the shrimp exploded in his mouth, and Deng Dakang squinted his eyes in satisfaction, even slowing down his chewing.

"Professor Deng, the shrimp is delicious today!" Guard Wang Hu said, wolfing down his food with his mouth stuffed full.

“Yes!” Deng Dakang picked up another piece and slowly dipped it in the sauce. “Once the supply transport becomes more flexible, we’ll probably be able to get whatever we want to eat!”

The small portal that suddenly appeared was confirmed to be able to transport non-living creatures, which was like a godsend for the pioneering team.

The logistics department is currently researching how to build an oil transport pipeline.

Mining and smelting companies are also considering how to use this channel to transport large quantities of valuable ore!
After eating and drinking his fill, Deng Dakang wiped his mouth with a napkin, and his whole demeanor was refreshed.

"Let's go check out the lab."

He and Wang Hu walked out of the noisy restaurant one after the other and headed towards the core area of ​​the base.

On the way, Wang Hu reported, "Professor Deng, you haven't been keeping an eye on the special advisors' research for a while. Recently, those special advisors have been working themselves to the bone."

"Oh? You've become an immortal?" Deng Dakang asked casually.

"No, I just meditate and practice breathing exercises every day, trying to figure out how to absorb the spiritual energy of this world into my body, but the effect is too slow." Wang Hu's tone was somewhat amused and exasperated.

Deng Dakang nodded: "How are the results of Consultant Ge's energy tattoo?"

"It's still the same old story; progress has been very slow. Their research is too esoteric, and it's not easy to replicate."

"As expected." Deng Dakang wasn't surprised. "Things like trying to get to the top in one step, let's take it slow and see how it goes. Let's go check out those things first!"

Soon, the two arrived at their destination.

The laboratory was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was even more tense and solemn than in the restaurant outside. A dozen top researchers surrounded a specially designed incubator, the indicator lights on various instruments flashing frantically and emitting a faint buzzing sound. Deng Dakang approached and, through the high-strength glass, saw the incubator in its very center.

A dragon egg, about the size of a basketball, lay there quietly.

The eggshell is not smooth, but covered with ancient and mysterious patterns, like naturally formed runes, which shimmer faintly under the light.

"Old Deng, you've finally arrived." Professor Zhang, who was in charge of the project, immediately came to greet him upon seeing him, his expression a mixture of excitement and deep worry.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Deng Dakang's gaze remained fixed on the dragon egg.

Professor Zhang lowered his voice, his tone urgent: "It's not a problem, it's...it's wonderful!"

He pointed to a huge display screen next to him, which showed an energy curve that was rising rapidly.

"Since yesterday, its vitality has been increasing exponentially! It has absorbed all the energy we put in!"

Professor Zhang took a breath, pointed to the top of the curve, and his voice trembled slightly.

"We highly suspect this thing could hatch at any moment!"

Deng Dakang's eyes lit up: "It's great that it's hatched! I heard from the locals that this magical dragon can grow to be hundreds of meters long when it matures!"

"Live specimens are difficult to study! Anyway, we don't want to hatch this dragon egg for the time being; we haven't figured it out yet."

Professor Deng was speechless.

After exchanging a few words, he left and went to the nearby Dragon Egg Energy Circuit Simulation Research Area.

As soon as the person entered the laboratory, their eyes lit up when they saw the pile of brand-new equipment in front of them.

"Were the items shipped from the modern era ahead of schedule?"

Cai Junyu, the young researcher in charge of the project, pushed up his goggles, his face showing barely suppressed excitement.

"Yes, Professor Deng! It's express delivery, the efficiency is frighteningly high. Professor Deng, a new round of testing is about to begin, why don't you say a few more words to boost our morale?"

"Great!" Deng Dakang rubbed his hands together, like a child about to unwrap a gift, and circled the core device. "But I'm curious, has the manufacturing precision in our back-end systems already broken through the submicron level?"

That hits the nail on the head.

The dragon egg in the other world is a natural super treasure. The energy-absorbing patterns on the eggshell are naturally formed fractal structures with an appearance precision at the submicron level and an internal precision at the nanometer level.

While modern lithography machines can etch nanoscale lines on silicon-based materials, the materials needed to replicate the patterns on dragon eggs are either a mixture of refined gold and mithril or some alloy materials.

These materials are extremely hard, and the difficulty of processing them increases exponentially.

The factory behind the scenes has tried its best, but what it has achieved so far is micron-level ultra-high hardness carving, which is still far from a true replica of a dragon egg.

"Not yet," Cai Junyu shook his head with a wry smile, "So this can only be considered a simulation to verify the technical approach, using the highest precision we can achieve to verify the theory. You see."

Deng Dakang looked in the direction he was pointing towards the core area.

Deng Dakang has been here many times and knows this place very well.

At this moment, the entire center of the laboratory was filled with circuit boards and wires coated with insulating material, intertwined and resembling a giant metal spider web.

At the center of the spiderweb was a device crafted from a mixture of adamantite, mithril, and redwood, with a neat, industrial-style design.
In addition to this, there is also a highly sensitive generator that can be skipped, which was brought from modern times.

A layperson would be dizzy and disoriented just looking at the complex circuitry in front of them.

But for researchers like Cai Junyu who have devoted themselves to their work, the route of every circuit and the position of every component are already etched in their minds.

This complex system is a new generation of energy-absorbing device based on the imitation dragon egg shell, which they built after absorbing the experience of hundreds of failures.

In theory, it can not only absorb electrical energy, but also capture and utilize the magical energy particles that are ubiquitous in this world.

If successful, it will represent an epic leap forward in human energy technology.

This is no less significant than Watt's improvement of the steam engine or Tesla's promotion of alternating current.

"Alright, let's stop wasting time and get started!" Deng Dakang stepped back outside the safety line and waved his hand.

The atmosphere in the laboratory froze instantly.

Cai Junyu took a deep breath and gave instructions into the microphone.

"Generator starts, generating initial current!"

"Activate the switch for the simulated dragon egg's energy-absorbing pattern!"

hum-

As electrical energy was injected, the complex patterns on the surface of the "tin can" lit up instantly, and the current slithered like a silver snake.

"Weak electrical energy absorption detected! Increased activity of magical particles in the air... Initial absorption of the dragon egg-like pattern begins!"

"We've succeeded in the first step!" someone couldn't help but exclaim.

"Don't be too happy yet!" Cai Junyu stared intently at the data stream on the screen. "A strange oscillating magnetic field has been detected. The electrical power has been interfered with again, as expected!"

"It must be the change in magical particles that's interfering with normal electromagnetic fluctuations!"

"The resonance problem is causing increased fluctuations! The power induction device is malfunctioning..."

"Reduce the power supply by fifty percent!" Cai Junyu decisively ordered.

"Power is decreasing... Reduction successful!"

"The energy circuit of the dragon egg pattern is stabilizing... Wait! Thermal runaway! The temperature is skyrocketing!"

"Energy supply will be reduced by another 50%!"

The temperature reading on the screen jumped from green to yellow, and then quickly turned into a glaring red.

"No! It's still rising!" A researcher's voice was filled with despair.

"Cut off all power!"

"The absorption rate of magical particles has increased uncontrollably! Damn it! The temperature has exceeded 220 degrees! The circuit board is going to burn out!"

The words have not yet fallen.

With a crisp "smack".

Immediately afterwards, a wisp of smoke mixed with the smell of burning and ozone rose up, and the luster on the surface of that industrial treasure, which had consumed a great deal of scientific research efforts, instantly went out, and it went completely silent.

The entire laboratory fell into a deathly silence, with only the futile whirring of the cooling fans remaining.

Deng Dakang's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the pile of expensive, scrapped parts, but he didn't show it on his face. After a few seconds, he broke the silence: "How is it?"

Cai Junyu took off his goggles, wiped the sweat from his face with the back of his hand, and although his eyes were full of fatigue and disappointment, there was also a strange brilliance in them.

"We failed, but... this time we should have a major breakthrough!"

He walked to the control panel, pulled up a set of data curves that had just been recorded, and pointed to one of the strange peaks.

"Professor Deng, look here! In the last 0.1 seconds of thermal runaway, although our materials burned, the captured magical particles did not completely dissipate, but instead produced a clustering effect! This type of clustering effect has occurred many times before."

Cai Junyu's voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"If we can control the aggregation and dispersion effect, or directly control the interception, output and absorption of energy particles, we may be able to make deeper use of magic particles."

Upon hearing this, Deng Dakang's eyes lit up immediately.

"What difficulties do you need us to solve?"

Communication always goes by quickly. By the time the design of the energy-concentrating device with the imitation dragon egg pattern began a new round of design and subsequent verification preparations, Deng Dakang had also obtained the data he wanted.

He exchanged a few words with Cai Junyu and the others, offered some encouragement, and then left.

Compared to fields such as microphysics and electronics, his greatest strength lies in the fields of biology and viruses.

Therefore, although Deng Dakang held a key position in these matters, he also knew that he should delegate authority appropriately.

As Deng Dakang walked out of the lab, Cai Junyu's voice, a mix of ecstasy and exhaustion, still echoed in his mind, along with the strange data peak representing the "clustering effect."

The kid was still cheering for that 0.1-second breakthrough, feeling like he had caught the tail end of scientific research.

But Deng Dakang found this tail to be a hot potato.

A thermal runaway, specially customized technological creation, would probably turn into a pile of expensive junk.

Just as I was pondering the next steps for materials and heat dissipation solutions, a slightly cheerful voice came from not far away.

"Professor Deng, please wait!"

Deng Dakang turned around abruptly and saw Consultant Chen standing at the crossroads with a whisk in his hand and a smile on his face, accompanied by his taciturn apprentice, Wang Ye.

"Advisor Chen, Junior Advisor Wang Ye." Deng Dakang composed himself and gave a polite smile. "Look at you two, all beaming with joy. Have you made another interesting discovery?"

“You can’t hide it from Professor Deng’s eyes.” Consultant Chen flicked his whisk lightly, exuding a somewhat otherworldly air. He winked mysteriously. “Instead of me talking here, why don’t you go and see for yourself? I guarantee it won’t take up much of your time.”

Deng Dakang's heart skipped a beat.

He had planned to go back to his office to organize his thoughts and take a nap.

But judging from Consultant Chen's demeanor, this was clearly not a minor matter.

Sacrificing a little lunch break is no problem.

"Alright, then I'll take the trouble."

Instead of heading towards the research building, the group walked towards the base's comprehensive training ground.

Seeing the puzzled look on Deng Dakang's face, Wang Hu leaned closer and whispered, "Professor, Consultant Chen and the others have been coming here a lot lately, saying they want to test something... the limits of the human body."

Human limits?

Deng Dakang raised an eyebrow, his curiosity growing even stronger.

He wanted to see what kind of tricks these eccentric advisors could come up with.

There weren't many people in the training ground. The staff members clearly recognized Consultant Chen and Wang Ye, and greeted them warmly when they saw them arrive.

After swiping their ID cards, the group went straight to a multi-purpose room that included training and testing.

This place not only has a full set of high-precision equipment for testing explosive power, endurance, and reaction speed, but all the data can also be uploaded to a computer in real time for scientific analysis.

Deng Dakang glanced around and saw the punching power testing machine that was ready to go. He immediately understood: "Advisor Chen, whose explosive power are you testing?"

"Professor Deng's eyesight is truly remarkable!" Advisor Chen laughed heartily, not answering directly, but instead giving Wang Ye a wink.

Wang Ye nodded, walked silently to the center of the field, and decisively took off his loose robe.

The next second, Deng Dakang's pupils suddenly contracted.

Wang Ye's strong upper body was covered with a layer of ancient and complex dark red patterns!
Those patterns were not inanimate objects like tattoos; they seemed to have merged with Wang Ye's skin, and with the rise and fall of his breath, a faint light flowed within them.

The direction of each route and the distribution of each node exude a rigorous and mysterious beauty, like a close-fitting, precise inner armor made of energy.

Deng Dakang's breath caught in his throat for a moment.

He recognized him immediately!

Isn't this the replica of the dragon egg pattern on the machine that Cai Junyu and his team burned?
Although many details have been simplified and modified, the core energy circuit is exactly the same!
"This is the energy-gathering pattern we devised," Consultant Chen's voice rang out at the right moment, with a hint of undisguised pride. "It is drawn with special materials and then activated using a unique technique. We discovered that after simplifying the pattern of that set of dragon egg-like patterns, it can also be drawn on people, and the effect is surprisingly good."

He paused, looked at Deng Dakang's shocked face, and added, "After using this, Wang Ye's overall physical fitness improved rapidly."

Deng Dakang's brain went blank.

Rapid growth?
The energy circuit that caused even adamantite and mithril to burn out due to thermal runaway was drawn on a person, and the person was unharmed and even became stronger?

What about thermal runaway?

What about the resonance problem?
What about those damn, uncontrolled magical particles going berserk?
Why can energy accumulation that causes catastrophic consequences in machines coexist so stably in the human body?
Over there, Wang Ye had already warmed up and stood in front of the punching power testing machine, his entire aura had changed.

Deng Dakang suddenly snapped out of his daze: "Quick, turn on the monitoring equipment! I need to see all the real-time data!"

Wang Ye took a deep breath in front of the testing machine.

That breath seemed to sink into the dantian, or perhaps it was completely absorbed by the dark red lines on the skin.

His well-defined muscles tensed instantly, and the air around him seemed to freeze for a moment.

The next moment, he moved.

There was no fancy opening stance, just a crisp and clean straight punch, which was thrown fiercely towards the bullseye of the punching power testing machine!

"boom!"

A dull thud echoed through the training room.

The device, made of special alloy and with a cushioning pad covering the impact test area, dented slightly.

Upon seeing this, Deng Dakang's gaze was fixed on the real-time data screen. Watching the peak curve that suddenly rose from the ground, his heart skipped a beat.

Before he could even process the impact of that punch, Wang Ye had already moved again.

Side kick, elbow strike, whip kick...

His movements were extremely fast, as if only a series of afterimages remained, and each attack landed precisely on a different test target.

Even with a buffer day, the dull thuds continued unabated, like the rapid drumbeats on a battlefield, sending chills down one's spine.

Meanwhile, the various data streams recorded on the console were refreshing wildly, with various peak values ​​constantly emerging.

The whole process took just over a minute.

Wang Ye stopped his stance and stood still, his breathing slightly rapid, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

He calmly walked to the side, picked up a towel and wiped his face, as if the person who had just been like a pile driver wasn't him.

This bizarre combination of explosive power and control left even Deng Dakang, a scientist accustomed to all kinds of cutting-edge technologies, feeling waves of absurdity.

"This...this is the level he achieved after drawing energy-gathering patterns on his body?" Deng Dakang turned his head, his voice dry without him even realizing it.

"Professor Deng, don't be in such a hurry." Consultant Chen stroked his beard, looking relaxed and as if he had everything under control. He smiled and said, "Words are not enough. We have recorded data that can serve as proof. Xiao Li, pull up the comprehensive data changes of Consultant Wang Ye over the past three weeks and show them to Professor Deng."

"Yes, Consultant Chen!"

Soon, the tablet screen was handed to Deng Dakang, displaying densely packed data and comparative curves.

Deng Dakang's eyes immediately locked onto Wang Ye's basic data.

Name: Wang Ye

【Height: 181cm】

[Weight: 82kg]

[Basic punching power (right): 280kg]

[Basic punching power (left): 271kg]

[Basic leg explosive power: 500kg]

……

Upon seeing this, Deng Dakang raised an eyebrow.

These statistics are quite impressive; in the realm of professional combat sports, they would be considered monstrous in the middleweight division.

But for someone like him who deals with inhuman projects every day, it's not enough to make him lose his composure.

But as his gaze moved backward along the timeline, his breathing involuntarily stopped.

On the screen, a curve representing "overall physical fitness" continues to climb at an almost savagely steep angle.

The dates were recorded starting fifteen days ago, which was the first day that Wang Ye had the energy-gathering pattern drawn on his body.

On the first day, the growth was 0.5%.

The following day, it increased by 0.8%.

……

On the seventh day, the cumulative growth was 4%.

……

On the twenty-first day, which is today, the test has just ended and the data calibration is complete.

[Overall physical fitness growth rate: 10.2%]

Deng Dakang's brain buzzed, and the data in front of him seemed to turn into a heavy hammer, slamming into his scientific views.

A direct increase of 10% in just three weeks!
That's not fake data from some newbie working out randomly at the gym. It's real growth resulting from a comprehensive, rigorous test conducted under top-of-the-line equipment on an individual whose physical abilities are already close to the human limit!
For ordinary athletes to achieve this level of improvement, they need to be very good at a young age, and then undergo years of rigorous training combined with strict diet and drug assistance.

And the king only took twenty-one days!
This isn't just "growing rapidly," it's like it's on a rocket!
Deng Dakang suddenly remembered his machine, which had burned into a pile of scrap metal due to the accumulation of energy.

The same energy circuit is a disaster in machines, but a miracle in humans.

This is unscientific!
What about calories?
That terrifying energy accumulation effect will inevitably generate a huge amount of waste heat.

If the machine can't withstand it, how could flesh and blood possibly withstand it? Logically speaking, Wang Ye's epidermal cells should have been cooked long ago!

Deng Dakang turned around abruptly, his sharp gaze piercing Consultant Chen, his voice low but carrying an undeniable question.

"Consultant Chen, over these three weeks, has his body shown any signs of rejection? Has there been any heat buildup? Has there been any energy leakage?"

"Also, with such a remarkable increase in Wang Ye's physical abilities, how many changes have occurred?"

(End of this chapter)