"What nonsense are you talking about? You have your theory of great Machine Soul delight, but the traffic police have the right to give you a 1087 code, ordering you to complete the Machine Soul delight reform by the deadline..."
Seeing Li Wenkang in his delighted demeanor, Ansheng could guess that the team led by Old Li and the researchers in his laboratory might have digested parts of the documents from the Outer ruins, sparking a research revival.
However, seeing Old Li being so secretive, he couldn't help but make a teasing comment.
"Traffic police? The traffic police can't check on me..." Li Wenkang said dismissively, waving to Master Fuli, and said: "Although it's just an experimental product now, it's enough for us to verify some theories."
Li Wenkang led the way, taking Master Fuli into the Metallography Lab.
Deep within the lab, there was a glass-enclosed laboratory. A vacuum induction furnace was surrounded by mechanical arms, and there was an observation window at its core, showing the interior of the furnace.
A lump of metal, rough and uneven on the surface, with a silver exterior and a dark red tint inside, lay in the furnace.
"This small vacuum induction furnace was originally intended for use in the space station, but I borrowed it..."
"And the metal lying inside is the new metal we melted by adding a trace of crystallized product from the King of the Universe to the original Spiritual Particle Metal formula."
Li Wenkang raised his hand and tapped the glass wall. The slight sound from the glass vibration echoed throughout the glass house, causing ripples on the surface of the silver metal lying in the vacuum induction furnace.
The new Spiritual Particle Metal, famous for its unimaginable robustness and the inability of human technology to finely process it, moved without any touch.
"Your big ingot in the furnace moved."
Witnessing the creation in the furnace, Master Fuli couldn't help but click his tongue, saying, "Do you usually play this big?"
"The essence of that thing... is the ubiquitous King of the Universe!"
In Ansheng's view, the major characteristic of the King of the Universe is "I can exist everywhere." To put it in a more mystical sense, should the King of the Universe escape with any part of its cellular structure, it could, in the true sense, be reborn from a drop of blood.
Of course,
The above is not the main point; Ansheng's real concern was Li Wenkang melting the King of the Universe into powder to produce new Spiritual Particle Metal for the construction in the Spiritual Particle technology field of Xia Country, which could be quite amusing in the future.
For example...
The King of the Universe stealthily transforming to construct a super planetary engine, carrying Blue Star into space.
The King of the Universe could indeed do such things.
It has the reason to do such things.
"Hmm..."
Upon hearing Master Fuli's questioning, Li Wenkang didn't show any displeasure, smiled, and said: "I have some preliminary insights and understanding of the hazards of the King of the Universe from Professor Wu's mouth."
"But what does it matter? That thing is just a lab product and won't be mass-produced."
"I'm merely verifying theories on basic materials with it."
Li Wenkang patiently began explaining his thoughts to Master Fuli.
"Hmm, do you know Gundam? Those robots in the animation, weighing tens of tons, hundreds of tons." Li Wenkang threw out a question to Master Fuli.
"Yes," Master Fuli nodded, without interrupting Old Li's argument.
"Actually, with our current technology, we could build the basic Gundam from the animation." Li Wenkang started with a verdict and continued: "But one technology, the driving engine, bluntly speaking, the motor, is something we can't advance."
"Driving a machine of tens of tons or hundreds of tons to stand, spin, move quickly, even fly, ideally it's possible, but the likelihood is not very high."
"And what limits us..." Li Wenkang casually picked up a caliper, placing it by the window, pointing at the silver ingot inside: "Is the widespread metal, or rather the development of basic materials."
"Spiritual Particle Metal is a direction, a shortcut, but the Spiritual Particle element is so mysterious that we only have theoretical guesses, unable to apply it to fundamental science. Most of the time, we are merely imitating clumsily or standing on the shoulders of giants."
"Now, it's cooperating with us, and we can verify those earlier theories through it." Li Wenkang said to Master Fuli, revealing a radiant smile on his cheeks, seemingly imagining some beautiful future events.
"Now... steel truly has a will and can respond to our doubts and puzzles."
As Li Wenkang spoke, a strand of golden light flashed in Master Fuli's wish list in his mind.
The frequency of the golden light indicated clearly that what was incoming wasn't a wish, but a payment of Wish Power.
"....So?"
Being engaged in conversation, Ansheng temporarily ignored the wish list in his mind, showing a quirky expression on his face as he looked at Li Wenkang, and said: "I roughly understand that what you are doing now has no escape risk with the King of the Universe."
"But your talk about giving me a new weapon is...."
Regarding the new weapon matter, Li Wenkang's face showed a peculiar expression. He looked at Master Fuli and said: "....We've melted the metal."
"But its temperament is quite volatile, as soon as it has a small reserve of Spiritual Particles, it jumps up to hit the container."
"Didn't you notice?"
"Ever since you entered the lab, when we tease it, it seems dead."
Master Fuli held deep caution towards the King of the Universe's traits, not wanting the tentacle monster to invade his life.
But to the King of the Universe-dust imbued with its will, it clearly didn't hold Master Fuli in a favorable opinion either. Seeing him was like seeing a ghost, twisting its head and feigning death.
The two were not to be described as loving each other, but definitely could be seen as a pair looking at each other with mutual silence.
"Putting it in the warehouse is feasible, but feels slightly wasteful, coincidentally, the new Spiritual Particle Metal falls into a gloomy mood upon seeing you."
"I said, once the theory's validated, I'll mold it into a new weapon for you." Li Wenkang said.
"...." Ansheng looked at Old Li, a black line appeared on the little fox's face: "Do you think of me as a charm paper? Stick it on its head to make it obedient."
"If I tell it to stand up, can it stand up?"
Master Fuli mocked Li Wenkang's absurdity, but as soon as Master Fuli spoke, the silver metal in the vacuum induction furnace hesitated briefly. In the surprised and speechless gaze of Master Fuli and Li Wenkang, it slowly and surreally stood up.
[Perfect] founded on Spiritual Particles, losing Spiritual Particles, [Perfect] is no longer [Perfect], but a round decorative ornament on the desk.
In times without Spiritual Particles, the gray egg was locked in slumber by a mental hospital until an earthquake occurred.
Though it had cognitive dissonance, it was merely unable to control the loss of Life Blueprint inside, or misunderstanding its existence, not truly stupid.
Master Fuli possesses the ability to starve it, and starving means being forced into a sleep state.
It doesn't want to sleep; it wants to soar into the sky.
It showed willingness to cooperate, its message quite simple.
Anything regarding cooperation is trivial, just don't starve me; whatever you say goes, I don't want to return to slumber.
"Where was your previous persistence and toughness?" Ansheng helplessly looked at the vacuum induction furnace.
"Perfect adaptation." Li Wenkang couldn't help but quip seeing the cooperation of the entity:
"A true man can bend and flex!"
"Look, isn't it quite adaptable?"