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Chapter 351 Cricket Calculus! Is the Royal Treasure a Standard Automated Production Template? (Bonus Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

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In another world, in the Devil's Sea, on a deserted island named Sausage Island.

Modern, yet incredibly dangerous, training is underway.

At this very moment, Lin Li, transformed into a three-meter-tall behemoth, is leaping left and right through a minefield filled with intelligent bounding mines.

These smart bounding mines, regarded by the military as the Grim Reaper's scythe, will bounce into the air in a fraction of a second once they detect a target, releasing a deadly fragmentation storm.

But in front of Lin Li's agile body and his over three-meter-tall, incredibly heavy power armor, the shockwave from the explosion only managed to cover his gleaming armor with a layer of harmless dust.

He even had the leisure to play a workout background music song called "reYouReddy" in the distance, and danced with extra energy.

After a round of warm-up training, before he could even catch his breath, several anti-tank missiles that he had personally set up were already in the countdown to launch, trailing long plumes of flame as they hurtled towards him from hundreds of meters away.

Faced with this behemoth whose speed had already broken the sound barrier, Lin Li neither dodged nor avoided it. Instead, he slammed a special alloy shield, which was 40 centimeters thick, in front of him at an upward angle, while his legs remained firmly planted on the ground.

He was actually prepared to withstand the direct impact of a missile!

boom-!

A deafening roar swallowed up all other sounds, and violent energy and shockwaves swept outwards in all directions, plowing away a layer of the ground.

The shield was blasted into a shocking dent in the very center, with even signs of melting at the edges, though the shockwave from the explosion flew upwards.

He held on in the end.

Lin Li let out a muffled groan as a numbing sensation shot through his right arm, as if countless steel needles were stabbing him deep into his bones, and he lost all feeling in his entire arm.

Following closely behind was a barrage of more different types of explosives.

Lin Li saw that the situation was fraught with danger, but he was as agile as the wind and extremely fast, managing to withstand the explosions that would have shattered ordinary people, and turning danger into safety multiple times.

When the firepower test tailored for him finally ended, Lin Li could no longer hold on. The joints of his power armor depressurized, and he fell straight backward, crashing into the sand and creating a huge "太" (tai) character.

Just like you, our dear readers!

[Repair the projected clone.]

With a slight thought, a faint blue-gold light emanated from within the body, flowing through every inch of damaged tissue.

The shattered bones healed under the pull of energy, the torn muscle fibers regenerated rapidly, and the excruciating pain in the clone quickly subsided.

"It still doesn't work."

"Too weak!"

Lin Li lay on the ground, gazing at the hazy sky of the other world, feeling somewhat depressed.

"It's okay to deal with some scattered soldiers, but once I encounter a well-organized heavy force, especially those equipped with anti-tank weapons and smart equipment, my iron suit may be able to rampage for a while, but it won't be long before I become a sitting duck."

This testing process was actually borrowed from the pioneering team.

The organization and systematic combat thinking of the military are truly terrifying.

Having witnessed the heavily armored rune warriors of the dwarves, the elite archers of the elves, and his own formidable individual, they immediately began researching various countermeasures, preparing for any eventuality to the extreme.

Based on Lin Li's previous performance, in a one-on-one situation, without overwhelming strength, he is destined to have a bad outcome against a well-organized modern army.

Lin Li's self-test was both to assess his upper limit of resilience against modern firepower and to recalibrate his own position.

"Physical abilities are still a major weakness, and we need to find a way to improve them. The rune power armor technology we got from the dwarves also needs to be iterated upon. We'll have Laplace's Demon optimize the plan again later."

Laplace's demon is omniscient, but getting it to help comes at a high price.

Fortunately, the Laplace Demon is typical of Tencent's style: as long as you pay enough, you're treated like royalty.

Unlike some pig farms where you can deposit money and still not necessarily own the account, this doesn't work that way.

After the assessment, the clone remained in place to continue AFK farming, while Linli's consciousness sank into a higher-dimensional perspective and began to review the recent work reports of the pioneering team.

As his business expanded and information and data exploded, his energy was limited, and he no longer watched every scientist's experiment with the same enthusiasm as before; he got tired of it after a while.

Now, he is mainly focused on the summary reports of Su Mingjin and several base commanders.

"what?"

A report drafted by Su Mingjin and approved by Li Weiguo caught his attention.

"The Knight's Breathing Technique—the entry threshold actually requires mastering mental introspection and has a high level of knowledge in modern mathematics and spatial geometry?"

Lin Li's thoughts paused for a moment.

He suddenly remembered the predicament he had faced when he was trying to manipulate elements.

At first, he always tried to conjure fireballs out of thin air, but the results were inconsistent, with a very low success rate.

It wasn't until later, when he began to recall some knowledge about combustion, heat conduction, and energy conversion from his physics textbooks, and tried to understand and guide the energy particles in his surroundings, that he truly began to understand the subject.

"So that's where the root of the problem lies!"

"No matter how things change, the essence remains the same!"

"A stronger foundation in mathematics, physics, and chemistry allows for a deeper understanding of the underlying rules of the world, thereby enhancing one's control over energy!"

The thought that he had previously fallen into the cognitive trap of "idealism," believing that imagination could solve everything, made Lin Li's face turn red for once, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

In order to master basic extraordinary techniques such as fire and energy shields, he spent countless brain cells, but in the end, he only managed to come up with a dozen or so barely usable tricks.

Now, after reading the scientists' professional analysis report, Lin Li felt that he could pick up the knowledge that he had long ago discarded in the Australian lizard zoo.

"One is never too old to learn; the ancients were right."

"If I want to become stronger, there is a limit to how I can build up my physical strength by relying solely on spacetime source matter! I must cultivate both magic and martial arts, no, I must cultivate both science and martial arts, so that I won't have any obvious weaknesses."

Suddenly, he laughed self-deprecatingly.

"In the end, it's because I'm too lazy."

If he calms down and thinks about these principles, he will eventually understand them.

But he was always busy with mundane matters. After finishing his work each day, he liked to chat with pretty young ladies and discuss systemic soft tissue hardening work.

Yes, of course, it's inseparable from going to various places to show off and experience some low-level pleasure.

It's mundane, fun, but it gets boring after a while.

Subsequently, Maslow's hierarchy of human needs began to take effect.

Having enjoyed the ultimate in luxury, Lin Li began to seek spiritual fulfillment. He was no longer so utterly vulgar!

However, my interest in appreciating soft tissue hardening remains very strong.

Until recently, the unusual phenomenon of celestial convergence became more and more frequent, and the survival pressure of being heavily tied to the pioneering team finally made him put away his indulgent heart and begin to actively think about the path to becoming stronger.

Lin Li's gaze fell on the end of the report, where Li Weiguo had added a note.

[—In future wars, the first hurdle in enlistment might be a set of "Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation" materials.]

Lin Li burst out laughing.

He touched his chin, his eyes becoming brighter than ever before.

"Laplace's Demon".

Meow~

"Prepare some study materials for me," Lin Li cleared his throat and said in a tone of resignation.

"I'll study all the courses from junior high school math, physics, and chemistry all the way to university, all in one package."

【Meow?】

Are you sure you want to learn this knowledge?

"Yes! But I've learned these things before, so just cram them into my brain!"

Meow~

[Sincere Offer, 50000 Spacetime Sources]

"Why is it so expensive? I only need to learn current human knowledge."

Meow~

Because you haven't fully grasped some systematic concepts, what I'm going to teach you are universal truths.

Lin Li's lips twitched. He then learned that it mainly consisted of high school physics, chemistry, and mathematics. So he also learned a lot of calculus and other related knowledge. It didn't cost much because it was all knowledge from current human textbooks. The package cost only 50 points of spacetime source matter.

"Knowledge is too expensive!"

After today, Lin Li made up his mind.

Drinking, eating meat, indulging in debauchery, and discussing life's obstacles with young women—the time spent on these activities must be reduced by two hours, from five hours to three.

Spend an extra two hours each day reflecting on things and enhancing your own foundation.

Starting today, I'm staying away from alcohol!

Having made up his mind, Lin Li's mundane joy seemed to have faded somewhat.

Yes, I'm making a little progress every day; I'm truly a diligent and good young person.

He gave himself a smug thumbs-up before starting to clean up the mess he had made of the battlefield.

He casually tossed some explosion debris with obvious technological remains, or bullets that might expose his abilities, blood, and other such items into his personal space.

As for those metal scraps that have no confidential value, let them slumber on the seabed of this devilish sea. Perhaps they will become the nests of some deep-sea fish hundreds of years later.

Once everything was settled, Lin Li stopped what he was doing.

I looked up at the sky. It was a rare good day; the Devil's Sea had cleared up, the dark clouds had dispersed, the sunlight was streaming in, and even the sea seemed much calmer.

Since he had nothing better to do, he had a thought, and something appeared out of thin air in his palm.

It was a royal treasure that was swindled from that old Dai Rui of the Fire Dragon Dynasty.

This thing is rhomboid in shape, about the size of a small bowl, and made of crystal-clear material. It seems as if there is flowing light slowly rotating inside.

He played with it for a while, then pried out a piece of newly formed magic crystal from the recess inside. It was warm to the touch.

"Besides laying eggs—no, it can produce magic crystals, what else is this thing good for?"

Lin Li held the treasure in his hand and shone it in the sunlight, trying to see what it was all about, but all he could do was dazzle.

I've been researching this for quite some time now, but it's like a very basic power bank; besides charging and producing energy, it doesn't do anything else.

"Laplace's demon, stop playing dead and come out to talk."

He said to the air, "I've been looking at this thing for so long, and all it does is function as a magic crystal production machine? Can you give me a hint?"

Meow~

The lazy meow of a cat echoed in my mind again.

[As usual, one hand delivers the source material, the other provides intelligence.]

"Tch, what a shrewd businessman."

Lin Li pursed his lips, not really expecting to get something for free.

He was simply bored and wanted to talk to someone!

He channeled the magical energy within his body and slowly poured it into the secret treasure in his hand.

Buzz—

The treasure emitted a soft hum, and the speed at which the light flowing inside suddenly accelerated, like a greedy vortex, devouring all the energy he had inputted.

A moment later, in the center of the concave area of ​​the rhombus-shaped crystal, a smaller prototype of a magic crystal was rapidly forming.

Then, Lin Li sensed a very faint magical fluctuation emanating from the rhombus-shaped crystal treasure and spreading outwards.

"Strange? This thing seems like a device that can automatically gather energy and then send signals!"

Lin Li looked at the magic crystal that was gradually taking shape inside and scratched his head in pain.

I really don't understand how this works!

"Absorbing magical energy, constructing a high-density energy field, and then crystallizing it into magic crystals—this principle is exactly the same as the principle of the little dragon's scales self-gathering energy."

Lin Li stroked his chin, lost in thought.

"But—something's not right, something's really not right."

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and his thoughts took a sharp turn.

"This thing—the more I look at it, the more it resembles a miniature artificial spiritual vein from a fantasy novel!"

Spirit veins are mineral veins in fantasy novels that gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and take a long time to form, mainly producing spirit stones.

The output depends on the density of spiritual energy in the world and the terrain. Of course, it also depends on whether the spiritual veins have the corresponding elements.

But the things in my hands are different.

It is not dependent on a specific location and can be carried at any time. It is like a mobile energy converter. As long as there is energy input, it can stably produce standardized magic crystals.

No, it should be said that it is far more advanced than so-called spiritual veins!

[If there are enough magical energy particles circulating in the outside world, can it continuously generate magic crystals?]

A thought exploded in his mind without warning.

[This is fucking... could it be a sci-fi version of a standardized, self-generating magic crystal industrial device?]

The moment the idea popped into Lin Li's head, his heart skipped a beat.

His eyes lit up the moment he looked at the item in his hand!

Yes, absolutely!

There is only one explanation!

How can a naturally formed treasure be so perfectly regular and uniform?

This is clearly a standard part produced on an assembly line!

As the saying goes, behind fantasy lies science fiction.

It automatically absorbs energy, compresses automatically, and crystallizes automatically, producing magic crystals that are almost identical in size and purity.

Behind this must lie an extremely complex and sophisticated set of technological processes!

"The Lord of Fire Dragons—this thing is definitely related to the Lord of Fire Dragons and the C template of the Warhammer world!"

Lin Li's breathing became somewhat rapid.

He recalled some previous intelligence about what happened after his confidant became a Space Marine Salamander.

This world has a celestial intersection, so it's normal for humans from another world to encounter them.

Warhammer may be a cesspool, but the enemy is a civilization that can travel through space.

While the Warhammer world is constantly in conflict, creating something like this is perfectly logical!

"What a pity, I won't have the chance to see them in person!"

He clicked his tongue and carefully put the priceless automated industrial production module back into his personal space.

This is no longer just a simple treasure.

To a certain extent, this is also a technological achievement of a civilization!

With it, as long as there is enough energy, magic crystals can be mass-produced!

What does this mean?

This means that all magical equipment, power armor, and even magical warships that rely on magic crystals will be freed from energy constraints!

Lin Li's figure vanished into thin air in a burst of blue light.

Shortly after he left, the sky, which had just cleared, darkened again, and a torrential downpour washed away the last traces he had left on the beach.

After half an hour.

【Ska--】

A superhuman roar tore through the rain curtain, carrying a dragon's might that would terrify ordinary creatures, rolling in from the depths of the gloomy clouds.

Immediately afterwards, a massive, overwhelming red shadow enveloped the large reef island that Lin Li had casually named Sausage Island.

As the dragon's might descended, its crimson breath, like an inverted river of lava, poured down from the sky, igniting the air above the entire island.

The air was distorted by the scorching heat, and the seawater steamed up large plumes of white mist, making a hissing sound.

This is one of the special effects of the dragon flames from the otherworldly dragon: dispelling magic and illusion.

The long, red dragon spewed flames nearly a kilometer long, sweeping back and forth and burning the airspace for several minutes.

Only after confirming that there were no signs of magic residue or traps did a slightly hoarse ancient Valyrian voice ring out.

"Stop, Clark Hugh."

The dragon flames abruptly stopped.

Damon, clad in a set of dark, matte dragon scale armor, then guided the dragon beneath him to slowly descend to the highest point of the island.

His armor was menacing, with openings on the shoulders and helmet resembling dragon mouths, exuding aggression and combining the beauty of killing with protection.

【Saga————】

A thought entered Damon's mind.

[Confirmed no enemies or ambushes.]

Damon patted the dragon's rough neck, signaling it to stand guard, while he took out a rhombus-shaped crystal from his pocket that was extremely similar to the royal treasure that Lin Li had obtained before.

He channeled the magic power within his body and carefully poured it into the vessel.

The crystal glowed with a gentle light, energy swirling and flowing within, and then—that was it.

"How could that be?"

Damon's brows furrowed.

"Just half an hour ago, the treasure was still burning hot! That familiar synchronized rhythm is definitely not wrong!"

Damon initially believed that a member of the escaped royal family was contacting him using a family secret, and overjoyed, he immediately rode his dragon at full speed to get there.

But now, there is no sign of anyone, and even that feeling has vanished without a trace.

"Damn it!"

Thinking of a certain possibility, Damon's heart sank. He immediately made the dragon take off again and frantically circle around the nearby sea to search.

However, more than two hours passed, and apart from the wind, waves, and the occasional fish leaping out of the water, there was nothing.

"There was no shipwreck, and no trace of human activity was found!"

He once again made the dragon soar into the distance—

Several more hours passed, and Damon had surveyed the entire area within a radius of over 100 kilometers, but found no trace of humans or wrecked ships.

The exhausted dragon landed again, letting out a low hiss.

"Clarkhu, go back to that island. Go find some food in the sea first! I'll go check on the island again!" Damon's voice was filled with suppressed exhaustion and hoarseness.

【Saga————】

Be careful.

A colossal creature with a wingspan exceeding three hundred meters soared into the air, then circled, searching for its prey in the ocean.

Damon stood alone on the island, the sea breeze making his armor flutter, yet he looked like a statue that had lost its soul.

"Renise—did something really happen to them?"

The thought, once it surfaced, gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake.

His still-healing internal injuries were aggravated by the sudden surge of anger, making his already pale face even more deathly pale.

In the recent battle over the skies of Skane Island, the Fire Dragon Dynasty's last organized fleet, dragon legion, and flying corps were almost completely wiped out.

Most of the loyalists died in battle, the cowards chose to surrender, and the defeated one chose to flee.

Prince Damon had long sensed that the dynasty was doomed and secretly arranged for his relatives to evacuate with the last member of the royal family, the queen, who possessed the ability to make prophetic magic, and their children, hoping to preserve a spark for the dynasty.

Ten days have passed since the defeat and the search for the royal heir.

He wandered like a lost soul on the vast sea, yet not a trace could be found.

The fleeting magical power of the secret treasure that had just appeared was his only hope for the past ten days, and now it was shattered.

Despair, like icy seawater, completely overwhelmed him.

Frustrated, Damon kicked a boulder and walked to the top of Sausage Island.

The thunder in the dark clouds seemed to have found an outlet, and a thick bolt of lightning struck down with a deafening roar!

"boom!"

The lightning bolt struck him precisely.

However, the expected phenomenon of flesh turning into charcoal did not occur.

The dark dragon scale armor shimmered with a fine light, then absorbed all the violent lightning power.

The armor, which had been somewhat dull, instantly regained its deep black color. Abundant energy flowed within the armor, even invigorating his listless spirit.

Damon looked down at his fist, feeling the renewed surge of power within him, and the despair in his eyes was gradually replaced by something harder.

He clenched his fist, and his knuckles cracked slightly.

"Renise, where are you all?!?!"

"ah----

A suppressed roar erupted from the depths of Damon's throat, the sound waves mingling with the rain, shattering on the empty mountaintop.

Until his companion, the bloodthirsty red dragon named Clark Hugh, swooped down from the clouds with a dull whooshing sound.

boom!

A huge shadow crashed onto the rocks, splashing up a lot of mud and water.

It was a giant octopus, tens of meters long, its tentacles still twitching in vain, clearly having just been pulled from the deep sea.

【Saga————】

[Damon, are you hungry?]

"I'm not hungry!"

No, you're hungry! Eat first!