Chapter 315 Energy Refining with Double the Efficiency
Guanghan Base, Core Experiment Module.
A five-ton absolute zero energy storage box was firmly fixed in the center of the pressure-resistant platform by eight pneumatic robotic arms. The surface of the energy storage box was covered with a ten-centimeter-thick radiation-proof lead plate, and white low-temperature condensed gas was constantly spraying out from the gaps.
Inside this black iron box are three drops of Extreme Yang Spirit Liquid, a creation of the stars that humans had just intercepted from the Tranquil Sea Plain.
"Isolation chamber door closed. Internal vacuuming complete. Pressure-resistant array fully activated."
At the control panel, the high-ranking array mage accompanying the array court stared intently at the rapidly fluctuating physical parameters on the screen, his hands quickly typing decryption commands on the keyboard.
"Note that the purity of the Extreme Yang Elixir is close to 100%, containing no impurities in the conventional sense." On Earth, the chief scientist's voice came synchronously via the quantum frequency band, carrying a rigorous and cold tone. "Precisely because it is so pure, the star-level high temperature and violent yang energy contained within it exhibit extremely high-dimensional physical destructive power. If a low-level cultivator were to absorb it directly, it would be equivalent to swallowing a miniature star core, and their meridians and physical body would be completely incinerated."
"It cannot be used directly; it must be diluted and neutralized. Conversion process initiated."
Following Lin Feng's command, the heavy gate above the energy storage box slowly opened.
An extremely complex "energy conversion array pipeline" descended from the top of the cabin and precisely docked at the output port of the energy storage box. At the core of this pipeline was the "Taiyin Xuanbing Water" that the Guanghan Base had just extracted from a depth of 800 meters beneath the crater.
"Phase 1: Physical pressure reduction. Fine-tune the valve, opening it to one-thousandth of its full capacity."
With a very slight mechanical clicking sound, the spiritual pressure valve of the energy storage box was turned open by a tiny, almost imperceptible gap.
boom!
Even through the thick explosion-proof glass and multiple arrays, everyone inside the core cabin still felt a heart-palpitating spiritual pressure shock. The three drops of dark golden Extreme Yang Spiritual Liquid boiled violently the moment the pressure was released, transforming into a raging dark golden stream of air that surged upwards along the pipes.
"Phase Two: Extreme Cold Neutralization and Atomization Reduction! Inject Taiyin Mystic Ice Water to activate the expansion and depressurization array!"
Inside the reaction chamber in the middle of the pipeline, lunar deep ice water at minus two hundred degrees Celsius was sprayed out in a mist by a high-pressure pump, directly meeting the violent dark golden airflow.
The extreme Yang True Fire and extreme Cold collided at the microscopic level. No explosion occurred because the 120 layers of "expansion and depressurization array patterns" etched on the inner wall of the pipeline instantly tore apart, stretched, and infinitely amplified the physical volume of this conflicting energy.
The raging heat and deadly high-dimensional properties were forcibly stripped away and neutralized, and the originally violent dark golden airflow quickly lost its dangerous color, transforming into an extremely vast and gentle spiritual mist.
"Decompression and dilution complete. Psionic activity stable, hazardous radiation readings at zero. Introducing the hibernation recovery pod."
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As the pneumatic valve at the end of the pipeline was opened, a dense, visible white spiritual mist flowed continuously into the hibernation recovery pod located on the flank of the Guanghan Base through the ventilation duct.
"Spiritual mist has been injected. All units, open all major acupoints and attempt to absorb it." The cold command came through the communicator.
Chen Shi calmly closed his eyes and began to circulate his cultivation technique.
Just as the cultivation technique was being activated, a wisp of white spiritual mist flowed into his meridians without any obstruction through his nasal cavity and pores.
boom!
Chen Shi's body jolted violently, his eyes snapped open, and a look of extreme horror flashed in them.
No delays, no refining resistance!
On Earth, even when absorbing high-grade spirit stones, cultivators must circulate them through their internal energy channels for several major cycles to completely tame them before they can be transformed into their own true essence.
But this spiritual mist, derived from the dimensional reduction and dilution of pure star photons, possessed an outrageously high level of activity! The moment it entered Chen Shi's meridians, the pure spiritual energy surged forth like a flood bursting its banks, rushing along his meridians at an terrifying speed. Those hidden injuries caused by excessive cultivation were soothed and repaired by this extremely high-level pure energy at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just seven minutes.
Chen Shi's depleted dantian was like a dried-out sponge that had been thrown directly into the deep sea and was instantly and completely filled.
But this was not the end. The white spiritual mist inside the hibernation pod remained so thick it was impossible to disperse, and the cosmic-level energy bonus revealed its domineering nature at this moment.
Extremely active high-level spiritual energy continued to surge through Chen Shi's meridians, constantly widening his meridian barriers. A muffled boom resounded within his body. The bottleneck of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage that had plagued him for so long was instantly pierced through like a thin sheet of paper under the violent impact of this pure energy.
Spiritual pressure surged!
Chen Shi clenched his fists tightly, his bones cracking like popping beans. Late Foundation Establishment!
At the same time, bursts of spiritual pressure indicating breakthroughs emanated from the hibernation pods. Old Liu's cultivation, which had stagnated for many years, took a giant leap forward, and more than half of the other forty-odd engineering cultivators broke through their original realms on the spot!
"Base control room, this is the medical monitoring team!"
The data analyst's voice suddenly rose in the internal channel, filled with barely suppressed shock: "The physiological indicators of the fifty cultivators in the hibernation pods have fully recovered. Time taken: seven minutes and fourteen seconds. Furthermore... the peak spiritual pressure of more than thirty cultivators has broken through their original realm limits, confirming a collective breakthrough in cultivation!"
Inside the Earth Joint Control Room, Lin Feng stared intently at the physiological feedback data being transmitted back in real time on the large screen.
"The resistance to meridian transformation is almost zero, and the speed of dantian replenishment has increased a hundredfold." Lin Feng looked at the breakthrough curves that pierced the sky, his voice tight with extreme shock. "The Earth's environment is like a giant natural gravity well, not only binding the physical body but also locking the speed of evolution with heavy magnetic fields and low-level spiritual pressure. Once you leave the Earth's surface and intercept high-dimensional energy at the cosmic level... this is the dimensional reduction bonus that star cultivation brings to the individual."
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The cultivation and utilization of cosmic energy has been declared a complete success.
As long as the Great Sun Spirit-Attracting Array continues to operate, and as long as the conversion pipelines remain functional, the spacefaring cultivators at the Guanghan Base are no longer fragile expendable resources. They not only possess an infinitely replenishable supply pool, but also an evolutionary accelerator with a efficiency a hundred times greater than that on Earth!
"The technological path for energy acquisition has been successfully established." Wang Mingyuan turned around and faced all the commanders and scientists present. "However, the production of 108 array panels is only a few drops of spiritual liquid per day. At this scale, it is barely enough to maintain the base's defense shield, let alone support the future deep space fleet."
"To support the operation of the entire Taiyin Outpost and even the future Mars base, we need to lay 100,000 or even 1 million solar array panels in Tranquil Sea."
The head of the Coordination Agency immediately stood up: "Professor Wang, if we were to manufacture 100,000 array panels on Earth and transport them there using 'Gonggong-class' transport capsules, the Earth's energy consumption for propulsion alone would bankrupt the Alliance's economy on the spot. Earth's logistics capacity simply cannot support such a planetary-level project."
"Therefore, Earth is no longer responsible for transporting building materials."
Wang Mingyuan slammed his hands heavily on the main control panel, and the star map on the large screen instantly switched. It was no longer the Earth-Moon route, but a high-precision lunar geological exploration profile. The rich ilmenite veins and basalt layers at the bottom of the lunar craters were marked in glaring red.
"The bottleneck of logistics can be broken through by local industrialization."
Wang Mingyuan's instructions were like cold steel gears, meshing into the entire chain of the state apparatus without question.
"Order First Base to halt all launches of micro-life support modules and conventional building materials. From this moment forward, empty the space elevator's capacity to make way for heavy mining equipment."
"We'll build large-scale smelting plants and arsenals directly on the moon. If we lack titanium alloys, we'll mine them; if we lack star rock coatings, we'll crush meteorites from the lunar surface. Earth will only be responsible for transporting high-level array plates and personnel; every inch of armor and every array plate must be refined from the moon!"
Wang Mingyuan's gaze was extremely sharp, pointing directly at the data of a heavy armed device listed as top secret in the center of the screen.
"Notify the central command to lift the launch lockout on that 'Titan-class' giant psionic drill. Within forty-eight hours, I want to see it tear a deep chasm into the moon's crust."
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