I, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, am being kept by the state.

There was no earth-shattering noise, not even a glimmer of fire.

At the top of the launcher, a beam of energy thinner than a hair and almost transparent flashed by, accurately hitting the heavy armored target.

one second.

two seconds.

The target remained unchanged.

The laboratory was deathly silent.

"Failed?" a young researcher muttered to himself.

A hint of disappointment flashed across Sun Mingde's face.

However, in the very next moment...

The point that was hit by the energy beam did not melt or turn red; instead, it vanished silently.

A smooth, mirror-like circular hole, about one centimeter in diameter, appeared out of thin air on the armored target.

Immediately afterwards, the small hole pierced through the entire meter-thick armor!

It was as if that indestructible metal was as fragile as tofu in the face of this blow.

"hiss--"

Gasps of astonishment echoed throughout the laboratory.

Everyone was stunned by the bizarre and terrifying scene before them.

This is not physical destruction, it is conceptual erasure!

"My goodness..." Sun Mingde's eyes widened, his mouth agape enough to fit an egg. He had considered many possibilities, but he never imagined it would turn out like this.

Just as everyone was still reeling from the shock, a sudden change occurred!

"Warning! Warning! The psionic battery's core energy is malfunctioning! Output power is out of control!"

A piercing alarm blared throughout the entire laboratory.

The psionic battery connected to the transmitter began to flash its golden light wildly, and there seemed to be electric arcs surging inside.

"Energy overload! The core formation is about to collapse!"

Qian Youmin's expression changed drastically. Without the slightest hesitation, he slammed down the largest and reddest emergency brake button on the control panel.

"Cut off all energy supplies! Initiate physical isolation!"

Click!

The massive alloy gate crashed down, completely sealing off the entire firing range area.

The lights in the laboratory flickered a few times before switching to red emergency lighting.

All the equipment fell silent.

Qian Youmin gripped the control panel, his forehead beaded with cold sweat.

He looked at the dimmed psionic battery on the monitor screen, still shaken.

Its power is beyond imagination.

However, its instability is also more deadly than imagined.

Just then, the dragon-shaped necklace that had been placed on the main control panel emitted a warm golden light.

"To wield the power of heaven and earth with a mortal body is to defy the heavens."

Li Chen's calm yet authoritative voice resonated in everyone's hearts.

"You only see 'force,' but you ignore 'the Way.'"

Qian Youmin immediately bowed respectfully.

"Please enlighten me, Dragon Lord."

"Dragon energy is not pure energy."

Li Chen's voice carried a hint of antiquity, "It has its own 'nature' and its own 'reason'."

"Water is gentle, fire is fierce, metal is sharp, wood is life-giving, and earth is rich."

"You are simply forcibly mixing them together and forcing them to come together, and the result will inevitably be violence and loss of control."

"To truly master it, one must first understand it and follow its lead. This is the meaning of the existence of formations and runes—to understand the principles of heaven and earth, not to fight against them."

After Li Chen finished speaking, the entire "Kunlun" laboratory fell into a long silence.

Qian Youmin and the others stood there, as if struck by an invisible lightning bolt, their bodies stiff, but their minds were filled with a tidal wave of emotions.

"Sex... Principles..."

Qian Youmin muttered to himself, the bloodshot eyes caused by excessive scientific research now replaced by an unprecedented light.

They are wrong.

That's completely wrong.

From the beginning, they defined "Reiki" as a higher-dimensional, pure energy.

Therefore, their approach is to extract, multiply, store, and release.

It's simple and crude, just like when humans first learned to use fire, they only knew how to use it for warmth and roasting meat, but didn't know how to use fire to smelt steel.

Dragon Lord's words were tantamount to slapping the principles of "steelmaking" right in their faces.

"I see……"

Qian Youmin suddenly raised his head, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

"We've always wanted to build an energy cannon. But Dragon Lord's idea is that we should first learn how to forge a scalpel of rules!"

"Water is gentle, fire is fierce, metal is sharp, wood is life-giving, earth is rich..."

Sun Mingde chimed in, this leading figure in materials science now appearing like a freshman, his eyes filled with a thirst for unknown knowledge.

"Isn't this just the Five Elements? Something from our ancestors!"

"It's not just a simple matter of the Five Elements!"

Qian Youmin waved his hand, interrupting him, "This is the most fundamental law of the universe! It's the 'Tao'! It's the physical law that spiritual energy follows!"

He strode to the control panel, picked up the communicator, and issued orders with unquestionable authority.

"I hereby announce the termination of Phase One of the 'Pangu Project'!"

"All teams, immediately cease your current research and stand by!"

"Thirty minutes later, in the first conference room, all core members will meet to redefine the research direction!"

A series of instructions, crisp and efficient.

The entire massive underground base started operating at high speed again because of his words.

The frustration of failure vanished, replaced by a fervent excitement and exhilaration of seeing the light after the storm.

Within the dragon-shaped necklace, Li Chen sensed all of this and felt quite satisfied.

These top minds from Earth truly possess astonishing comprehension.

I only mentioned it once, and they were immediately able to apply it to other situations and even deduce deeper meanings.

It combines the "Tao" of cultivating immortality with the "principle" of science.

No one in the cultivation world has ever walked this path.

Li Chen suddenly felt a sense of anticipation, wondering what kind of surprises these adorable "mortals" would ultimately bring to the world.