Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

This is a small refinery room, more precisely a suite with a living room, next to a small warehouse with all kinds of experimental materials, and if you can, you don't have to go out there and study it entirely for months.

From this point of view, there are some “cave houses” that are isolated from the world and are closed to cultivation.

There was no one else in the refiner room, only one with messy white hair, a wrinkle like a dried walnut, not knowing how old an old refiner was, was gathering to study a little bloody red bead - the one that Cheng Xuanxin had taken out of Tang Xiaoxing's throat not long ago.

“So... wonderful! ”

In front of the old refiner is a magnifying and microscopic imager consisting of 251 chips that helps dozens of ultra-miniature probes with fine bovine hair and even mustard grades to unravel the cow, strip the cocoon and peel off the shell of the bloody red beads on one layer.

On the light screen emitted by the microimager, the surface of little beads less than three millimeters in diameter is intricately filled with hundreds of charm arrays, hundreds of charm angles, connected, attracted and resonated with each other, emitting extremely weak fluctuations!

And this is just the first level.

In fact, this little bead, with a precise diameter of 2.78 mm, is like an onion, divided into seven layers, each of which can move independently, and engraves a stacked array of nearly 500 symbols.

And the ultimate source of energy for these arrays is just a tiny, dusty cord.

“It's an incredible structure, just to isolate seven thin layers of cicada wings in a space the size of a rice particle, but to operate freely in a metal shell, is a magical tool, and to use such a small crystal cord to accurately distribute the spiritual energy for a total of 497 character arrays, which is, indeed, truly --”

The old refiner gasped excitedly, and his eyes seemed like the first time he had met his first lover for centuries.

His face was covered with wrinkles, and even the five officials were flooded with wrinkles, making him look so old.

But the hands are still as delicate as a newborn baby, as a young girl's fibrous hands.

And the movement of his hands was as light and gentle as touching the satin skin of his first lover.

He squinted his eyes, releasing a strand of spiritual filament from his ten fingers. He rubbed all the charms inside the little beads one by one. The more frivolous he was, the greedy and fanatical his eyes became.

“This is a set of locator arrays, but compared to the locator arrays I designed, the area was reduced by 11%, the spiritual energy consumption was reduced by 19%, the spiritual energy fluctuations emitted were less, and the concealment was stronger! ”

“This is… this is actually a set of spatial mapping chipsets that can scan the entire spatial landscape along the way into the most accurate 3D maps! ”

“Well, this is a transfer unit for launching cluster energy fluctuations to the outside world, and with this thing, a receiver on the outside, you can synchronously receive all the information detected by this pharmacopoeia, which is quite sophisticated in its design, and seems to employ a lot of flood relic technology, which is superior to what we have! ”

“Fortunately, this magic treasure was discovered in time and soaked into the 'barrier fluid', rendering it useless, otherwise the trouble would be enormous. ”

“Wait, what is this? The 33 symbolic arrays in the inner layer seem to have nothing to do with positioning, detection, or transmission, as if it were, as if it were...”

The old refiner frowned for a long time and constantly adjusted the angle and magnification of the chip. From time to time, he also searched the crystal brain for the relevant array of symbols. Three minutes later, he spoke to himself and concluded, "It seems like some kind of interference array, once activated, can interfere with the defensive array and alert magic treasure around him. ”

“However, there seems to be a problem with the design, which is unlikely to be activated remotely and can only be activated at a short distance - so what's the use? ”

“Also, so many different function arrays and wafers have been plugged in between dimensions, even a needle can't be plugged in, want to plug in a powerful remote activator array, it's impossible! ”

The old refiner moaned his bearded jaw and wondered if it was possible to reallocate the space occupied by the array of symbols and chips if he designed it himself, and then design it into a complex, powerful remote activator array.

After half a day of deep reflection, the conclusion remains that it is not possible.

“Who exactly refined such a high level of tracking, mapping and positioning? Does Starlight Federation or the Real Human Empire, a thousand years later, have such a terrible refiner? ”

The old refiner said a few words and started writing analytical reports on the crystal brain.

But when he accidentally swept the micrograph again, he suddenly saw an incredible scene.

The interfering array at the core of this little bead actually blew a faint light and looked at him quietly, like a demonic eye.

“It's impossible! ”

The old refiner was frightened and almost shouted. This little bead has been completely paralyzed by his secret method. It is completely under his control and can never be activated remotely unless the other party directly instills the minds into the symbol array within 10 meters!

One of the most incredible possibilities came to mind in the mind of an old refiner.

But before he could react, his entire vertebrae was in severe pain, hurting like an unscrupulous flood rampaging through limb wreckage, wrapping around each of his nerves and muscles, making him unable to move his fingers, not even a single thought!

The old refiner fell powerlessly back into the chair and was turned with the chair.

Then he saw himself.

The same white, fluttering hair, the same walnut-like wrinkled face, the same wrinkled five officials, also as delicate as babies, as fine hands as teenagers.

He had a ridiculous illusion that he was facing a mirror.

No, this intruder, who unwittingly infiltrates, is slightly different from him in the beginning, and the biggest difference is that kind of indifference, solitude, odd temperament that ignores everything except the alchemy.

However, within just a few seconds of watching him carefully, the other person seemed to grasp the key to his temperament, and after a few deep breaths slowly emerged feelings, postures and even heartbeats and breaths that were almost identical to his!

“What a perfect refinery! ”

The old refiner certainly has a strong fear in his heart, but stronger than fear, he is curious about the intruder.

He saw that the other party had used some sort of secret technique to disguise himself, but it was in no way a mere alteration of the human body itself, but involved techniques similar to "human skin masks” to modify the face.

Originally a very backward technology, the "human skin mask" has been unused for a long time on the Firefly, and the old refiner has never seen a human skin mask so refined.

He reached out and gently pasted a cool chip over his throat. The old refiner swallowed the spit and felt that he had regained his ability to speak, but could not yell and pronounce the spell.

“Who are you? ”

The old refiner couldn't help but ask, even though he knew the answer was unanswered.

Indeed, the other party did not answer, but with one hair in his hands, he handed it to him and said softly: “Professor Rhodes, one of the leading materials and ultra slight engraving experts on the Firefly, the mentor of Tang Xiaoxing, this tracking method disguised as hair, you refined it yourself, right? Tang Xiaoxing said that only you have this ultra-minimally engraved technique on the Firefly that engraves more than a hundred symbolic arrays inside the thin, hairy hollow pipe walls, and that only you can access this new material made from 'Lingyu' and ‘Poison Spider Silk’. ”

The old refiner's eyes settled, thinking for half a day, gasped: “Turns out, the ultimate target of this positioning magic treasure is me! ”

“Exactly. ”

Opposite faintly, “Neither Captain Tang Dingyuan nor Speaker Choi Lingfeng are so easily positioned and approachable, but your defense here is too lax. ”

“And your role in the whole thing is quite critical. ”

“First of all, this tracking antenna, disguised as hair, looks exactly like Tang Xiaoxing's own hair, which is the result of careful refining. ”

“Also, the other two tracking chips posted on Tang Xiaoxing, the same style of refining as this antenna, should also come from your hands? From the looks of it, it's also completely identical to her skin tone and can't even tell. ”

“Hair and skin tone are unique, that is, when you refine these three Fabo, you know very clearly that they will be used by your students, Captain Tang Dingyuan's daughter, Tang Xiaoxing. ”

“So, always very brief and weird, never ask Professor Luo of external affairs, what role do you play in the whole thing? ”

Professor Rhodes widened his eyes, not entirely because of the facts pointed out by the other party, but also because the voice of the other party gradually changed, becoming exactly like his old and sharp voice!

Now it's hard to tell each other apart from the clothes on both sides!

“Normally, I am a man of peace and virtue, who strongly disagrees with the use of violence. ”

The other side sighed with regret, "But the time is running out, and if Professor Rowe is still reluctant to tell the truth, I can only use a few small means. ”

“Believe me, while the guards out there won't be around long enough to find out what's going on in there, I'll be sure to turn this into just an hour and a hundred years! ”