I accidentally joined a group of charlatans, so I immediately called the police and handed it over t

Chen Xi's breath hitched.

His gaze was fixed on the blue jade slip, on the ancient divine script that seemed to have drifted from the source of the river of time.

[Basic Refining Manual]

Base?

Chen Xi's heart sank.

I give you a book called "Gewu Daodian" that opens the door to modern chemistry, and you immediately give me a blacksmith's introductory manual?

Dao Ancestor, isn't this tuition fee a bit too casual?

This is a huge loss!

Li Guobang and Su Qingge also came over, and when they saw those words clearly, the ecstasy on their faces froze for a moment.

Refining weapons? That sounds completely unrelated to modern technology.

"Take this and analyze it." Chen Xi suppressed his slight disappointment and handed the jade slip to Su Qingge.

Regardless, this is something written by the Dao Ancestor himself. At the very least, it's more than enough to be a museum's prized possession.

Su Qingge accepted the jade slip without saying a word, then turned and walked into the "Genesis" laboratory.

Chen Xi and Li Guobang sat in the command room, chatting idly, the atmosphere somewhat somber.

Clearly, a basic guide to weapon crafting did not arouse much of their expectations.

However, just ten minutes later...

"boom!"

The heavy alloy door of the "Genesis" laboratory was violently smashed open from the inside by a tremendous force.

Su Qingge rushed out like a madwoman. Her white coat was torn open while she was running, her ever-present gold-rimmed glasses were askew, and her usually neatly combed hair was in a mess.

Her icy face was now etched with an unprecedented, distorted expression, a mixture of madness and ecstasy.

"They've gone mad! They've all gone mad!"

Su Qingge rushed to Li Guobang and grabbed his shoulders tightly with both hands. In her excitement, her fingernails almost dug into Li Guobang's clothes.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Guobang was startled by her appearance.

"Materials scientists! All of us materials scientists have gone mad!"

Su Qingge pulled Li Guobang and Chen Xi towards the laboratory with surprising strength.

"Quick! Come and see!"

She dragged and pulled the two of them into the laboratory.

Upon entering, they were stunned by the sight before them.

In the laboratory, the group of national treasure-level materials science giants, who are usually dressed in suits and ties and are so rigorous that they are almost rigid, are now gathered around the jade slip projection that is floating in mid-air, looking like they are in a frenzy.

Some people held their heads in their hands, muttering to themselves, repeatedly saying, "Impossible, this doesn't conform to crystal structure science."

Some people knelt on the ground, frantically drawing complex molecular formulas on the smooth floor with their hands, tears streaming down their faces as they drew.

There was also an elderly academician with white hair, who was trying to bang his head against the virtual projection made of light and shadow, shouting:

"A miracle! This is a miracle! Let me in! I want to see for myself!"

The entire laboratory was in complete chaos.

"This..." Chen Xi was dumbfounded.

"This is no basic weapon-refining manual!" Su Qingge's voice became shrill with extreme excitement. She pointed at the huge light screen, and every word carried the power to overturn the world.

"This is clearly a book that transcends our time by at least a thousand years: *Advanced Materials Applications and Supersolid Physics*!"

The light screen projected from the jade slip no longer displayed text, but rather a series of dynamic, three-dimensional array diagrams filled with profound runes.

Countless metals and ores are smelted, decomposed, and recombined within these formations.

"Look here!" Su Qingge pointed to one of the array diagrams.

It describes in detail how to significantly improve the hardness and toughness of a metal by changing its internal microcrystalline structure.

"We have always believed that the strength of an alloy depends on the ratio of its elements."

"But it tells us that the real key lies in how these atoms are arranged! Through a specific energy field, we can arrange the most ordinary iron atoms into a structure even more stable than diamond!"

"And here too!"

Su Qingge then pointed to another area.

"Enchantment! Enchantment in mythology isn't some kind of mystical power at all!"

"It involves using energy etching to create a nanoscale microarray on the surface of a material, thereby altering the material's reflection and absorption properties of light, heat, and electricity! Essentially, this is a 'rule-based coating technology' for which we haven't even established a theoretical framework yet!"

Chen Xi and Li Guobang were completely dumbfounded.

They watched as those mysterious runes and formations, which seemed so profound to them, were transformed by Su Qingge into scientific terms that, while incomprehensible to them, sounded incredibly sophisticated.

Just then, Su Qingge's gaze was drawn to a most inconspicuous and basic array in the corner of the light screen.

The formation is called the "Mysterious Iron Refining Method".

She stared intently at the energy flow path and material ratio of the array diagram, her breath suddenly stopping at a certain moment.

A few seconds later, she gasped sharply and began to tremble violently.

"I understand... I understand everything..."

She muttered to herself, then suddenly turned around, grabbed Chen Xi's arm, and looked at him with an expression as if he were a monster.

"Chen Xi! Do you know what this most basic method of black iron refining describes?"

"It says that ordinary iron ore needs to be fused with a substance called Hundred-Refined Steel Essence in a specific spirit-gathering array."

Su Qingge took a deep breath, used all her strength, and roared out that revolutionary answer!

"The spirit-gathering array is essentially a high-frequency electromagnetic field!"

"And that so-called 'hundred-times-refined steel' is just carbon!"

"This is fucking modern industrial carburizing steel technology!"

"but!"

Su Qingge abruptly changed the subject, her initial elation transforming into a deeper sense of shock and fear.

"Its technology, its energy efficiency, and its precision in controlling the microstructure of materials are at least five generations ahead of our most advanced laboratories!"

"We're still using blast furnaces and electric arcs for crude macroscopic heating, while he's already using electromagnetic fields to precisely embroider individual atoms!"

Li Guobang's body jolted violently; he instantly understood what this meant.

"Experiment immediately!" he ordered.

"immediately!"

The laboratory immediately sprang into action.

They didn't have the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but they did have array techniques for applying lightning energy fields that they had tricked from the Thunder God.

Half an hour later, a "high-frequency energy-concentrating induction cooker" that combined metaphysical formations with modern technology was urgently set up.

A piece of special armor steel, cut from a Type 99 main battle tank and representing the highest level of special armor steel currently used in China, was carefully placed in the center of the furnace.

"start up!"

With Su Qingge's command.

hum~

The "Spirit Gathering Array" runes engraved on the outer wall of the reactor lit up one by one, and pale blue arcs of electricity jumped inside the reactor, forming a stable, high-speed rotating energy vortex.

The steel melted rapidly in it, but instead of boiling, it turned into a clump of liquid metal that floated in the air and kept wriggling.

Carbon powder is injected and, under the precise control of an electromagnetic field, evenly penetrates into every atomic gap of the metal sphere.

The entire process was quiet, efficient, and filled with a strange beauty that blended science fiction and mythology.

An hour later, the energy field dissipated.

A brand-new metal ingot, shimmering with a dark golden luster, lay quietly on the cooling platform.

The expert in charge of the test was shaking as he operated the robotic arm, using the highest-grade diamond drill bit to test the hardness of the new material.

"Squeak~"

A soft sound.

The indestructible diamond drill bit left only a shallow white mark on the surface of the new material, while the drill bit itself showed visible wear!

The final test data was projected onto the large screen in the center.

When the rows of bright red numbers came into view, the entire laboratory fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stopped breathing.

【Xuan Tie No. 1 (Experimental)】

Rockwell hardness: 1850 HRC (ten times that of aircraft carrier deck steel)

[Density: 3.9 g/cm³ (Titanium alloy grade, weighing only half as much as the original steel)]

[Toughness, fatigue resistance, corrosion resistance... surpassing existing materials by more than an order of magnitude!]

"It's a success..."

Su Qingge looked at the data, her body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground. She laughed, but as she laughed, tears streamed down her face.

She suddenly raised her head, looked at Li Guobang who was also petrified, and with all her might, let out a triumphant shout.

"minister!"

"I've got it!"

"Our space carriers and individual mechs will no longer be a dream!"