Published: February 13, 2025
Ye Zhongming and Xia Lei both turned to Sister Hong with questioning looks.
"Two things. First, I’ll show you something."
"Second, you can speak after I'm done."
The two of them held back their laughter at Sister Hong's words and looked toward the big box.
But before the two researchers could open it, Master Le Da Yuan squeezed through the door with his slightly plump figure.
"Hey, we agreed to come together. Why did you come early?" Le Da Yuan seemed to express dissatisfaction, but his tone didn’t convey that; instead, it was somewhat playful, showing his position in the family.
"Slow down."
Liu Zhenghong’s justification was incredibly strong.
Le Da Yuan thought to himself that although he was slightly plump, wasn't that a common condition for married men? Besides, he was an eight star. Slow?
Liu Zhenghong ignored her husband and opened the box. Everyone saw that inside was something very similar to a circuit board.
"This is something I researched together with Old Le." Liu Zhenghong pointed at the object.
Ye Zhongming and Xia Lei exchanged glances, thinking that this circuit board looked like Le Da Yuan’s handiwork. Was it related to life genes?
Seeing their expressions, Liu Zhenghong let out a humph through her nose, then pressed a button next to the circuit board. Immediately, pure white fleshy tentacles sprang up from the gaps between the circuit board and the edge of the box, as well as from some hollowed-out areas.
It looked like… a cluster of golden needle mushrooms.
Liu Zhenghong wore a proud expression, quite satisfied with the changing expressions on Ye Zhongming and Xia Lei's faces.
Then, as these 'golden needle mushrooms' grew a bit longer, transparent bubbles suddenly began to emerge from the mushroom heads, quickly forming a huge gas crown above the circuit board.
"Try using three points of strength," Liu Zhenghong said confidently to Ye Zhongming.
"Three points?" Ye Zhongming confirmed, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he pointed at the gas crown. With a loud pop, the gas crown shattered, and a puff of blue smoke rose from the circuit board. The golden needle mushrooms all drooped their heads.
The room fell into an awkward silence.
"Well, this doesn’t count," Liu Zhenghong coughed twice, then slapped Le Da Yuan. "Hurry and take a look."
Master Le quickly turned the circuit board over and magically produced various tools from his space, muttering to himself as he repaired it: "Thank goodness, it's just the supply area and energy device that are broken. I've got spares; just swap them out."
By the time Le Da Yuan finished his part, Liu Zhenghong returned after stepping out for a moment, holding a delicate cultivation box. After taking out some items with tools, her eyes began to flicker constantly. Using her ability, her hands moved quickly.
To an outsider, it looked like a tremor because her movements were so subtle, tiny to the point of being nearly imperceptible. It was only after countless actions were linked together that it appeared as a tremor.
After a few minutes, Liu Zhenghong stopped, set down her tools, and took out a syringe, injecting a dark red liquid into more than fifteen spots.
"This time it’s done. Little Leaf, you use… never mind, Xia Lei, you come, three points of strength."
Liu Zhenghong and Le Da Yuan checked the repaired item together and then instructed Xia Lei to attack.
Xia Lei didn’t hesitate and punched the newly opened gas crown with three points of strength. The gas crown shook a couple of times but didn’t break.
"I’ve found the reason now. The life forms in the Desert Secret Realm carry a very peculiar element. This element corresponds with certain factors in the boundary, causing its essence to not react with the boundary no matter what it does. Our foreign bodies don’t possess this element, so naturally, they are identified as outliers and are prevented from doing anything."
Ye Zhongming's eyes brightened. He hadn’t expected to hear such good news before leaving.
"This element is merely some substances attached to the cells. Strictly speaking, it is not part of the life essence and is somewhat similar to… bacteria?" Liu Zhenghong explained.