My martial spirit leads me to Earth; I begin by submitting my skills to the Douluo Continent.

"Look at these burrs on the edges, look at these uneven scratches."

"This isn't precision manufacturing at all; this is... this is purely hand-carved!"

An uproar erupted in the laboratory.

"Handmade?" a young researcher exclaimed. "You mean, someone used a carving knife to carve a matrix that can fold space onto a metal ring?"

"That's right."

Mr. Qian took a deep breath, his eyes burning with intensity.

"It's hard to believe, but it's true. The sculptor's hand was very steady, but it was only at the limit of human skill. The precision of these lines is down to the micrometer level."

At this point, Mr. Qian suddenly stopped.

He whirled around, looking at Lei Zhan standing on the observation platform behind him. A terrifying glint flashed in his cloudy old eyes, and his voice trembled:

"Xiao Lei, do you realize what this means?"

Lei Zhan stubbed out his cigarette, his brow furrowing slightly: "Does this mean that the craftsmanship of Douluo Continent is very backward?"

"No! It means our potential is limitless!!"

Old Qian rushed to Lei Zhan and roared almost at the top of his lungs:

"Even with such poor craftsmanship, this ring manages to carve out 10 cubic meters of space."

"What if we use an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine?"

"What if we used 5-nanometer, or even 3-nanometer, or even 28-nanometer processes to replicate these array patterns?"

The entire room fell silent.

All the scientists held their breath.

Mr. Qian opened his arms wide, as if embracing a crazy future:

"On a silicon wafer, we can integrate hundreds of millions of transistors within a single square millimeter!"

"If we shrink this spatial array to the nanometer level, and use a photolithography machine to perform billions of stacking and etching operations..."

"What we create might not be rings containing boxes of gold coins."

"That's a mustard seed that can hold an entire army, or even a city!!"

boom!

This insane idea struck Lei Zhan like a bolt of lightning.

He understands the horrors of industrialized mass production better than anyone else.

In the Douluo Continent, it takes artisans months of painstaking effort and a large amount of soul power to carve a single ring.

Earth's production lines can produce hundreds of thousands of chips a day!

Once the logic of the formation is cracked, Earth's industrial capabilities will deliver a devastating blow to the other world!

With this technology, we will no longer be held hostage by energy.

With this technology, the fuel capacity of interstellar spacecraft will no longer be a bottleneck, and Mars colonization will go from science fiction to a reality.

With this technology, the fleet can be folded and carried at any time, appearing in any corner of the world.

This is not a ring at all.

This is a ticket for this generation of Earth's civilization to enter the next level of civilization!

Lei Zhan abruptly stubbed out his cigarette, his eyes instantly becoming as sharp as a hawk's, and a chilling, iron-blooded aura erupted from his body.

The nature of this matter has changed.

This is no longer scientific research; it is a top secret concerning the fate of humanity.

"Pass on my orders!"

Lei Zhan's deep, thunderous voice resounded throughout the command hall:

"First, immediately activate Project Tiangong, with the highest level of authorization! Deploy the most reliable security forces to provide comprehensive, all-encompassing, top-level protection for Base 0!"

Second, clear the area!

Lei Zhan's gaze swept over everyone present, his eyes sharp as knives.

"From this moment forward, the core laboratory is under Level 1 combat readiness lockdown. All scientists involved in the project must remain in China!"

"All core researchers are required to sign long-term residency agreements and will not leave the country during the project period!"

"Initiate the highest-level personnel verification process. We need every member here with a clear background and a deep understanding of the historic confidentiality responsibilities they bear!"

"yes!!!"

The special operations team rushed in, and the door slammed shut.

……

After everything was deployed.

Lei Zhan walked alone to the communications station, lit a cigarette with trembling hands, took a deep drag, and calmed his agitated emotions.

He pressed the red button that connected to the Douluo Continent.

At that moment, all the busy staff officers and intelligence agents in the command room stopped what they were doing, stood up in unison, and looked intently at their commander.

Communication is established.

"Buzz...buzz...001, please respond."

Lei Zhan's voice was no longer as cold and concise as it had been when issuing missions in the past. Instead, it carried an unprecedented solemnity, and even a hint of gentleness.

From the other side of the other world, Su Yun's slightly tired but still teasing voice came through.

"Roger that, Captain Lei. How's that little gadget? Not bad, right?"

Hearing this familiar teasing, Lei Zhan's tense face finally relaxed a little, and a proud smile appeared on his lips.

He didn't laugh; instead, he straightened his back, faced the microphone, and said, word by word:

"Comrade Su Yun."

"Just now, three titans of the Academy of Sciences told me that the edifice of physics has collapsed. But on these ruins, they saw a golden road leading to the stars and the sea."

"What you returned wasn't a ring."

Lei Zhan's voice became deep and resonant, echoing throughout the command hall and striking straight to the heart:

"You stole the spark of fire for Earth's civilization."

"Perhaps a hundred years from now, when humanity's fleets are traversing the Milky Way, the first page of textbooks will bear the date of today, and your name will be on it as well."

Lei Zhan took a deep breath, slowly raised his right hand, and gave a perfectly standard salute to the void on the other end of the communicator.

"I represent the Special Command, the Chinese nation, and all of human civilization..."

"Thank you, child."

There was a long silence on the other end of the communication.

Then came Su Yun's soft, yet remarkably firm, response:

"You flatter me, Captain Lei. This is just the beginning."

"Please tell the old professors in my family to take good care of their health and prepare for a long battle."

"Because next..."

Su Yun's voice carried an air of domineering confidence, as if he considered the entire Douluo Continent as his own.

"This ring is just an appetizer. I will disassemble and pack up all the wonders and mysteries of this world and bring them back for you to study."

Lei Zhan put down the communicator and looked out the window.

The golden sunlight shone on his epaulets, making them gleam.

He turned around, his eyes sharp and his voice steady and powerful:

"Did you hear that? This ring is just an appetizer."

"Stop standing there! Let's get to work!"

"Whether it's analyzing formations or simulating soul power, even if it means using the nation's most powerful supercomputers, I must thoroughly understand this ring!"

"Don't let our heroes wait too long in another world!"

"yes!!!"

At that moment, the roar from the base sounded like a dragon awakening.