Three days later.

Somewhere in a valley outside Ziqiong City.

A gentle breeze blew, bringing a chill.

At this very moment.

The valley had long been set up with a defensive formation, personally overseen by the Patriarch of the Yang Family, Yang Wanli.

The level of this formation was very high, and any cultivator below the Core Formation Realm could not enter without permission.

On the flat ground within the valley, over ten people were gathered.

There was also a set of equipment occupying more than twenty square meters nearby.

The attire, physique, and demeanor of these dozen individuals varied slightly, vaguely divided into two factions.

One faction was led by Yang Zhengchu, a cultivator at the half-step Nascent Soul Realm, along with members of the Yang Family.

The other faction was led outwardly by Ma Ning but primarily directed by Zeng Gu Cheng, the rabbits.

The reason for the gathering of both parties here was simple:

It was to test whether the rabbits' array could withstand a Thunder Tribulation.

Although a true Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation only occurs during the process of crossing the tribulation.

Due to the pre-existing Heart Demon Tribulation, there was no need to consider mental strain during the Thunder Tribulation.

In other words.

The entire tribulation crossing process was a standard physical tribulation—or rather an energy tribulation.

Therefore, theoretically, as long as one could withstand an equivalent energy attack, it represented a stable passage through the Thunder Tribulation.

As for how to produce an attack not very different or even stronger than the Thunder Tribulation, that was not the rabbits' concern.

Ziqiong City had been established for thousands of years; it would be unusual if it couldn't produce such a level of attack.

The rabbits were sure about it.

In the warehouse of such an old city, it was a hundred percent filled with various trump cards.

For instance, at this moment.

Yang Zhengchu held a talisman in his hand and displayed it to Ma Ning:

"Shopkeeper Ma, this is a Tier Four Flash Thunder Talisman.

It was collected from a mysterious Thunder Pool in the Star Sea, also known as Exotic Thunder.

Although it is not the same type of thunder penalty as the Nascent Soul Celestial Tribulation.

Its power is not inferior, perhaps even stronger.

Although I have not yet reached the Nascent Soul, with my half-step realm and some other means, I can still activate and control this talisman."

Ma Ning listened attentively, nodding slightly, but a tinge of regret flashed in his eyes.

A Tier Four Thunder Talisman, and from one of the three great dangerous areas, the Star Sea.

If the rabbits could get such a talisman to study, they might analyze significant information.

Perhaps even achieve some technical breakthrough, since such precedents had occurred before.

Unfortunately.

This talisman was bound to be consumed, with no possible replacement.

Even if the rabbits brought a nuclear bomb claiming its power surpassed the Nascent Soul, the Yang Family would certainly insist on using their talisman.

One could only hope this talisman wasn't a unique piece.

Otherwise, given the rabbits' nature, they'd probably lament for a long time.

Then Ma Ning looked towards Zeng Gu Cheng and asked in Huaxia language:

"Academician Zeng, is your equipment ready?"

Zeng Gu Cheng was at that moment together with weapons specialist Tang Pin, busily operating in front of a screen.

Considering that some people might forget, let's mention Tang Pin's identity again here:

Weapon specialist from the Fire Camp, famous for the 12.7mm Spiritual Energy Armor-Piercing Bullet developed by Tang Pin's team, and also the inventor of the Iron Hematite Crystal Array.

It was precisely for this reason that the command center specifically dispatched Tang Pin to Ziqiong City this time.

To prevent any irreparable errors during the whole process.

Upon hearing Ma Ning's question, Zeng Gu Cheng raised his head and said:

"Almost done, almost done...

We are conducting the final simulation, and the node computation is quickly reaching eighty percent... Just a bit more time will do."

Since the simulation did not use the Taihu Lake supercomputer, the entire calculation process was relatively slower.

After all, there was no need to calculate the landing point of the lightning in this experiment, so the trump card wasn't necessary.

Two minutes later, Zeng Gu Cheng adjusted his glasses and said:

"Professor Ma, the fourth simulation calculation is complete.

We have established the condensed matter model, described the electron's Hamiltonian, and set the vector potential at 6.3 Landau levels.

Theoretically, there shouldn't be any problems with this test."

Hearing these words, Ma Ning frowned slightly:

"Academician Zeng, this test is of great importance, can't there be a one-hundred-percent solution? The phrase 'theoretically' doesn't seem quite appropriate?"

"Relax, relax, just the rigor of a science major."

Zeng Gu Cheng waved his hand dismissively, showing a face full of expressions like 'you liberal arts folks just don't get it':

"Anything can happen, who knows, maybe the Damo Realm might suddenly be destroyed the next second? Who can say for sure?

Even if it happens less often, it's still a probability, you can't just ignore it, right?

Like a toothpick, no matter how small, is still considered something, right..."

Watching the verbose Zeng Gu Cheng, Ma Ning rubbed his temples with some headache.

People say that literati have stubborn temperaments, but when science majors get trapped in logical paradoxes, they are no worse than literati, and they can spout a bunch of fallacies too:

"Alright, alright, if there are no issues, let's get ready.

Try to satisfy the client; the command center is watching."

Hearing this, Zeng Gu Cheng then proudly raised an eyebrow at Tang Pin, like the shopkeeper in nganarindu seeing Batman.

Of course.

This playful gesture lasted only a moment, as serious matters took precedence.

His expression quickly became stern as he directed assistants for the final checks:

"Yuan Xin, please check the M290 containment box and conduit again.

Xiaodeng, adjust the placement position of the beast crystal!

Xiaolin, you..."

Half an hour later.

A container approximately two meters in length, width, and height was placed on the ground.

A dog was inside the container, made of ordinary glass—which provided no defense against attacks, primarily to prevent the dog from escaping.

The top of the container is a platform where pre-prepared helium iron microcrystals are placed.

However, in the array, there is yet to be a chain reaction of dimerized helium, nor is there enough substrate energy provided.

Therefore, the crystals do not possess a barrier state and appear limp.

On the other side of the container, there are two silver-gray cylinders, each with a diameter of about fifty centimeters.

These cylinders are filled with MC-290 and solid-state spiritual energy, in addition to an environment of sixteen standard atmospheres.

This is the energy generation side of the substrate, that is, the energy source for the helium iron crystal array.

As for another key, perhaps even the core, microbial energy storage technology, it was not brought to the scene this time because it was temporarily unnecessary.

After all, a single lightning strike isn't useful for energy storage.

Once everything was ready.

Everyone retreated two hundred meters away.

Yang Zhengchu then flew to the edge of the cliff in the valley and activated the Tier Four Flashing Thunder Talisman.

Because it was a semi-cross-level activation talisman, Yang Zhengchu's divine sense suddenly decreased by more than half before the lightning even flew out.

He was instantly somewhat exhausted or rather fatigued.

But precisely because of this, he also gained a more intuitive understanding of the power of this lightning bolt.

Yang Zhengchu was confident.

The power of this lightning exceeded even the regular thunder punishment of the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation, with perhaps only the final few major tribulations being comparable to it.

Thus, the 'array' that could withstand this lightning had at least a ninety percent chance of resisting the entire heavenly tribulation initially.

"Boom——"

In a flash.

A rare red lightning instantaneously shot out from the talisman, carrying violent energy, rushing straight downward.

It then crashed heavily onto the container.

"Aowoo!"

The dog inside the container let out a terrified wail and began to scuttle around madly within the container.

A moment later.

The lightning completely disappeared, and the talisman was scrapped.

As the container was protected by the helium iron crystal array...

It was unscathed.

The distance between the cliff and the valley floor was about more than two hundred meters, which would be quite difficult for ordinary people to see even a speck.

But as a powerful cultivator at the half-step Nascent Soul Realm, Yang Zhengchu's vision was nearly on par with that of an eagle's eye.

Not to mention 200 meters.

Even 2000 meters wouldn't be a problem.

Therefore, he effortlessly took in the entire experimental process, including its results.

Very obviously.

The 'defensive array' provided by the Taoshu Commerce Association had no issues with instantaneous defense.

He then flew down from the cliff to Ma Ning and the others and straightforwardly said:

"Shopkeeper Ma, your side's defensive array is indeed extraordinary, at the very least able to withstand the blow of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

However, I want to understand one more thing...

How do you prove...

It can last as long as you claim?"

In the tribulation crossing plan proposed earlier by the rabbits, it was clearly mentioned that:

The entire tribulation crossing process would weaken the energy level through technical means, allowing the tribulation crosser to stably withstand the strikes of thunder tribulation.

What this method required was a substantial amount of time.

To address some rarely raised doubts, here's a simple formula as an explanation.

If the total energy of the tribulation is M, the instantaneous energy of the tribulation was N, and the time is T.

Anyone who has completed fifth-grade mathematics would know there's a formula that holds:

M = N x T.

The rabbits' objective was to weaken the instantaneous energy while ensuring the total energy remained unchanged—because only by absorbing enough body-tempering materials could the tribulation crosser advance to Nascent Soul.

This means.

T must be extended.

To put it more simply,

it's the difference between drinking a bottle of liquor in one go or slowly drinking an entire case of beer. (If you still don't understand after this, I can't help you...)

Now that the array demonstrated its defensive ability, Yang Zhengchu naturally focused on the question of how long it could last.

Facing Yang Zhengchu's question, Ma Ning obviously had a plan:

"It's simple, we'll prepare some materials and keep this array continuously running for half a Damo day.

During this time, the control panel will be entirely supervised by your side, and high-intensity attack methods can be used for testing at any time.

For example, the strike from a Core Formation Realm clan elder for one or two hours, then switch to the next one.

Occasionally interspersing with some tier-four level attacks and so on."

Besides Yang Zhengchu, the Yang Family had two clan elders at the eighth-layer Core Formation Realm.

In addition to Yang Wanli, there were four mid-high-level Core Formation cultivators.

While their full-force attacks are still far from the Nascent Soul Realm, they aren't something any random defensive array could withstand as a mere tickle.

Adding the impact of tier-four talismans, the array's sustained performance could essentially be determined.

Though doing this would incur a very high cost.

If it indeed resulted in achieving a Nascent Soul Realm birth, then the initial investment was as good as having bought ten thousand Bitcoins on January 4, 2009!

Thus, after much deliberation, the Yang Family ultimately agreed to this proposal.

Then...

Including Yang Zhengchu, several Yang Family cultivators experienced what it felt like to work like a production team's workhorse.

According to the rabbits' estimation.

Within these three days in Huaxia, the Yang Family's expenditure on elixirs and talismans approached at least three hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

After three Huaxia days.

With a Vigus-looking expression, Yang Wanli approached Ma Ning:

"Shopkeeper Ma, let's sign the agreement."

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