When we explored Qian Gu Mountain earlier.

Besides the footprints in the deep pit and the blue turtle, Lin Ziming also discovered several black Spirit Stones near the altar.

These Spirit Stones not only differed greatly from ordinary green Spirit Stones in color, but appeared highly unusual.

According to Lin Ziming.

When he held the Spirit Stones, he experienced a mysterious impulse to refine the Spirit Stones and jump into the deep pit.

Although this impulse wasn't very strong, he was certain of its existence, and it came from the black Spirit Stones themselves.

Hence, among the three items brought back from Qian Gu Mountain, the command center has given top priority to the research on the black Spirit Stones.

In the command room.

Upon hearing Lin Li's inquiry.

Li Yan adjusted her glasses, while signaling Lin Li to turn to the next page of the report, and said:

"Professor, according to our testing.

The black Spirit Stones in terms of their solid composition are almost identical to ordinary Spirit Stones; their hardness and translucency are also nearly indistinguishable, meaning...."

"Stop, hold on a second."

Lin Li suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Li Yan, furrowing his brow and asked:

"Translucency similar to ordinary Spirit Stones? How is this possible?

Even if black materials have a good translucency, they should not be at the same level as green materials."

Translucency.

This is a very basic, yet extremely complex concept.

It actually isn't the same knowledge point as the color of an object, like how whales aren't actually fish.

Anyone who has studied physics should know.

Objects appear black because they absorb all light.

As no light is reflected into the human eye from the object, the information the eye receives is naturally black.

This is the concept of color.

Of course.

The term 'all light' is a generalization in this context.

After all, an absolute black body doesn't exist in nature as it contradicts the third law of thermodynamics.

But translucency is quite different from the concept of color; it even touches upon the quantum field.

It can even be said that current theories can't comprehensively explain translucency.

The best explanation using current theories is based on the resonance given by band structure.

Here's an interesting topic.

In the scientific research field, the number of amateur scientists discussing metal translucency is not fewer than those obsessed with perpetual motion machines.

For instance, a washed-up author who went by the pen name 'Rookie Fisherman' shared an experience of when he was working as a security guard; he once personally witnessed an amateur scientist presenting a piece of glass claiming it was transparent metal, demanding a nine-figure funding for armor applications...

This was an actual event, showing how sometimes amateur scientists are incredibly outlandish.

Alright, returning focus to the main topic.

In short.

Translucency involves diffuse reflection of light between crystal boundaries inside solids.

So most of the time, black objects' translucency is certainly inferior to that of other colors.

Such as pieces of paper of the same thickness; black usually does have poorer translucency compared to other colors.

Spirit Stones made of stone materials are no exception.

Hence Lin Li was somewhat puzzled earlier:

Why is the translucency of black Spirit Stones similar to ordinary Spirit Stones?

He doesn't think Li Yan's research report has a mistake; such fundamental data on a high-level project couldn't possibly be wrong.

Sure enough, Li Yan quickly responded:

"Professor, under normal circumstances, black translucency is indeed poorer than green, but the issue lies in.....

The black composition within the black Spirit Stones is not a solid matter, but black gas.

According to our tests, this black gas is precisely.....

Spiritual Energy!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Li raised an eyebrow:

"What? Black Spiritual Energy?"

Black...

Spiritual Energy!

It must be said, this indeed is quite a startling discovery.

Who could have imagined the eeriness of black Spirit Stones was not due to some special substance causing a strange phenomenon, but because they contained black Spiritual Energy within?

If he hadn't developed a certain mental resilience during this period, he might have stood up directly from his seat.

Immediately he thought of something and hurriedly lowered his head to delve into the report:

"Gas density....activation properties....creature absorption rate...."

He swiftly compared the report's data with the Spiritual Energy in his mind, eventually finding in astonishment.....

The detected black gas truly matches Spiritual Energy exactly!

Even down to the Le Chatelier principle where higher concentrations allow the absorption of more spiritual particles!

In other words.

With closed eyes, the black Spirit Stones essentially share no distinction from ordinary Spirit Stones.

Then a lightning bolt flashed through Lin Li's mind, and he raised his head to ask Li Yan:

"Li Yan, how are those creatures that absorbed the black Spiritual Energy? What has happened to them?"

Although the chemical essence of black Spirit Stones is akin to Spiritual Energy, they clearly possess very eerie and even dark characteristics.

This is comparable to our neighbor Wang Daquan; your first reaction upon seeing him is certainly something is off.

Given this.

The creatures that absorbed black Spiritual Energy in the experiments are of great reference value.

Upon hearing Lin Li's question.

Li Yan's eyes suddenly showed a touch of horror, she swallowed with some difficulty.

Then she paused and didn't directly reveal the situation.

Instead, she asked Lin Li:

"Captain Lin, have you watched the third installment of 'Princess Pearl'?"

Lin Li was puzzled but still recalled:

"The one with Huang Yi and Ma Yili? I've seen it a few times."

Li Yan continued asking:

"Do you remember the scene where Erkang demanded silver powder after being captured due to defeat in battle when he was ill?"

Lin Li blinked, thoughtfully responding:

"I understand.... you mean the creatures showed symptoms similar to withdrawal reactions?"

Li Yan nodded quickly and assuredly, saying:

"Exactly, after those creatures inhaled black Spiritual Energy, they exhibited agitated, violent behavior in an extremely short time.

And as long as we supply more black Spiritual Energy, they become calm.

But once the black Spiritual Energy vanishes, they start to become agitated again.

Later, we used isotope tagging equipment.

We found out those creatures, after absorbing Spiritual Energy, had a significant increase in phenylethylamine N-methyltransferase quantity."

As a biology expert, Lin Li immediately understood upon hearing 'phenylethylamine N-methyltransferase':

"Phenylethylamine N-methyltransferase... so it's the adrenal abnormality caused by increased adrenaline?"

Wang Qiang nodded, saying:

"Yes, it is one of the most obvious mutations.

The adrenaline in those creatures surged, along with some other clinical symptoms of agitation."

Adrenaline is the primary hormone of the adrenal medulla.

It enhances myocardial contraction strength, excitability, conduction speed, and increases cardiac output.

For any adult watching adult movies, this hormone increases significantly.

Hence while lying in bed, you can often hear your heartbeat.

This hormone is a necessary hormone for humans or other animals, but in general, the brain strictly controls its production.

This is not hard to understand; heartbeats are akin to speeding cars.

The higher the horsepower, the greater the likelihood of an accident or the cylinders being unable to withstand pressure and exploding.

At this point.

Lin Li roughly surmised the outcome of those experiment creatures:

"So those creatures....."

Li Yan nodded, saying:

"Exactly, those creatures eventually died from excessively high heart rates, with some having their hearts shattered into pieces.

Besides this, there is one more situation..."

"What situation?"

"All their skeletons turned black, extremely dark."

Lin Li thought for a moment, blurting out a crude word:

"Damn, Mo Peidong?"

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