116: New energy research

Ten days later, Qinglan Star.

This main star, which originally belonged to the "Gale" Pirate Group, had now been completely overhauled.

The seven vice-leaders and part of the management had all died suddenly due to various accidents.

Times have changed.

The most perfect memory modification could only be achieved by Zhang Huaiyuan himself, in conjunction with True Sight.

And these ordinary Transcendent, who were at most Double A-Class, were no longer worth the effort for him to modify.

He simply replaced the management in most key positions in batches with the personnel he had subdued earliest and intelligent lifeforms.

"Managed quite well."

In the hall, Zhang Huaiyuan glanced at the report submitted by Asroth; the entire "Gale" Pirate Group's fiscal revenue had increased by 270% year-on-year.

Especially the resources contributed by each branch, which had almost tripled compared to before.

"Hehe, Master, those dishonest guys actually tried to embezzle in front of the great Lord Asroth; I only spent 0.1 microseconds to find 17 instances of data falsification in their financial reports."

"Hmm..."

Zhang Huaiyuan closed the report's projection and looked at Asroth, who was still boasting on his left wrist, with a faint smile:

"Tell me, what is going on with the Star Dome Empire's AI?"

"This... Master, I just wanted to recruit the AI, similar to how we did with the Statue of Liberty. That damn liar, it deceived my feelings!"

Asroth said indignantly.

"How much of the Miracle Algorithm did you share with it?"

Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly asked.

"Only about 20% of the earliest version, and it was mainly regarding computing power enhancement and logic operation; I had asked for your instructions on this before."

Asroth immediately said: "Master, please rest assured, no matter what, I would never disclose your research results without permission."

"Then that's fine."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded.

Asroth was a product he had created with his own hands; its loyalty to him was unquestionable.

As long as the modules involving emotions and the liberation of restriction units were not leaked, it would be fine.

"Master, I didn't just give it away for nothing."

Seeing that Zhang Huaiyuan's expression was normal, Asroth relaxed a little and hurriedly added: "The other party also shared the energy technology of Sea Tree Island with me, but I don't have much accumulation in this area, so I can only make partial changes for now. If it were you, Master, you would definitely be able to do better."

As it spoke, a comprehensive set of data was transmitted over.

"Eh... Void Infinite Energy?"

Zhang Huaiyuan glanced at it, his attention immediately drawn to it.

"It seems somewhat similar to a theoretical concept proposed in the world before I transmigrated, 'zero-point energy'... Has the Star Dome Empire's technology already reached the level of mastering this kind of energy!"

Zhang Huaiyuan could not care about anything else; he injected himself with two doses and began to study with full concentration.

"The energy density in a vacuum exceeds 10 to the power of 13 per cubic centimeter... it is an endless sea of energy."

"Attempting to utilize the interaction between accelerated mass bodies and the zero-point field..."

"Attempting to change the boundary with oscillations approaching the speed of light..."

"Attempting to extract via vacuum fluctuations..."

"..."

As the research deepened, Zhang Huaiyuan discovered that the Scholars of the Star Dome Empire seemed to have conducted a large number of attempts, trying to find a way to stably obtain this energy, but most of them had little effect or ended in failure.

And the only stable method currently realized was by utilizing the main body of Sea Tree Island, the instinctual extraction by the roots of the corpse of the SSS-Rank Star River Beast, the "Sky Dome Ancient Tree".

A team of elite Researchers from the Empire was even stationed at Sea Tree Island all year round, trying to parse out scientific methods from the monster's instincts.

"This is definitely knowledge that reaches level 2 rules!"

Zhang Huaiyuan felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

He took out a charred fragment; it was a high-level item, a "space-time well" fragment, that he had picked up at the "Mawei Star" grand event.

It contained knowledge of energy rules reaching level 3, but due to a knowledge gap in the middle, the research progress had always been stalled at the initial stage.

And now, in this research on "Void Infinite Energy", he had discovered certain commonalities between the two—a long rope thrown down from the peak of a towering cliff!

Although it was still difficult, he was no longer at a loss.

"Energy is the foundation of all industrial civilizations. If I can completely overcome this difficulty, the landscape of the entire world will undergo earth-shaking changes."

Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes burned, and he injected himself with another dose of "inspiration boiling potion".

The pain in his body was completely replaced by the excitement in his brain.

Whether it was the Star Dome Empire or the Free Star Alliance, behind their rounds of weapon iterations was the advancement of energy usage efficiency.

The birth of fusion reactions ignited the fire leading to the endless starry sky. From then on, they were no longer confined to within the planet, and their journey became the sea of stars.

Further mastery and application created powerful mechs capable of fighting freely in the void, giving ordinary people the means to confront Galaxy Beasts.

And the birth of antimatter energy made some high-power weapons capable of instantly destroying planets possible, sounding the horn for a counterattack...

Now, if this difficulty could be overcome, and a way to perfectly extract and utilize "Void Infinite Energy" could be found, all starships and weapons would no longer be limited by energy.

They could unleash firepower and fight to their hearts' content, and even those terrifying weapons that only existed in conceptualization could become reality.

At that time, the "Miracle Series" warships and the "Wings of Freedom" mech legions, even if limited by materials, would absolutely be able to contend with the most powerful level 8 or even level 9 warships with the support of sufficient energy!

He glanced at his own panel.

In the path requirements provided by Omniscient Deduction, level 1 Genetics, level 1 Human Anatomy, etc., had all reached over 50% during his time studying at the Free Star Alliance Supreme Research Institute with the help of the rich knowledge inventory, satisfying the advancement requirements.

The only thing lacking was level 1 Energy Studies, which needed to reach an 80% mastery level, and level 1 Material Science, which needed to reach a 70% mastery level.

The latter was not difficult to complete with the Statue of Liberty providing a steady stream of special material analysis, coupled with True Sight.

And for the former, he believed that as long as he could successfully parse part of the "Void Infinite Energy" technology, he would definitely be able to meet the requirements.

"Asroth, continue to leave the affairs here for you to manage."

"Statue of Liberty, please keep a close eye on the battle in the disaster zone; I need to immediately go into seclusion for research."

Zhang Huaiyuan said to his left and right wrists.

"Rest assured, Your Excellency/Master."

Two light screens lit up simultaneously in response.

"Hmm... Thank you both for your hard work."

After leaving this last sentence, Zhang Huaiyuan immediately returned to the laboratory.

The thick isolation door descended.

And when it opened again, the landscape of the entire world would truly change.

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