At this moment.

Inside the laboratory.

Everyone's eyes were tightly focused on the light aura beneath Hua Xiaomo's feet.

The diameter of this light aura was about 1.5 meters, predominantly green, blue, and red.

Meanwhile, several multicolored beams resembling NDA spiral structures enveloped the little girl tightly.

Through the occasional gaps, one could catch sight.

At this moment, Hua Xiaomo had her eyes closed, limbs hanging naturally.

Even her tail had lost its usual agility.

She seemed to have lost consciousness, as if in a peaceful sleep.

It was somewhat amusing to say.

In the instant this scene was seen.

What flashed through Wang Qiang's mind was actually the scene of Garurumon digivolving, accompanied by the tune of "Brave heart"...

At the same time, in another direction.

On the main control console.

Lin Li, who also came to his senses, instinctively wanted to press the activation button for the binding crystal array.

However, the moment his finger touched the switch.

He suddenly stopped his action, his face showing a hesitant, flickering expression.

As if he was undergoing some kind of internal struggle.

Although an unexpected change occurred in the operations room, theoretically a countermeasure should be taken immediately.

But judging from Hua Xiaomo's expression, the little girl at that moment seemed...

A bit delighted?

So Lin Li hesitated a little, ultimately made up his mind, moving his index finger a few centimeters to the left.

Click—

Pressed another silver button.

A moment later.

A broader crystal array appeared beside Hua Xiaomo, barely isolating Wang Qiang outside.

As a standard strategy practitioner of hanging on and biding time, the rabbits naturally wouldn't only have one preparation in place—this broader crystal array was their standard plan B.

Unlike the previous binding crystal array, this crystal array only served an isolation function.

Its purpose was merely to prevent some accidents from affecting outside experimental equipment, allowing a relatively high degree of freedom internally.

To give an example.

If the target had the ability to draw a talisman and escape into a sub-space, plan B can't restrain the other party.

This means there's a relative risk involved.

But if the previous binding crystal array was activated, Hua Xiaomo would be bound up like a "mummy".

It's not that Lin Li was so compassionate that he couldn't bear to let Hua Xiaomo suffer even a little, but doing so would likely interrupt the ongoing process.

If the process were a malign cycle, terminating it would be beneficial with no harm.

But if it was some positive cycle...

Anyone who has watched Animal World knows.

Local creatures disturbed halfway through molting generally don't fare well.

And judging from Hua Xiaomo's performance, it seems more likely to be the latter.

Therefore, Lin Li ultimately chose the slightly riskier plan B—only isolating the surrounding environment without interfering with the specific process.

Meanwhile.

Faced with the already occurred established fact.

The rest of the lab's crowd didn't choose to just watch but quickly took some actions:

Xiang Hua went to report the situation to Elder Yuan, while other teams began detecting data.

Considering the apparent extraordinary environment Hua Xiaomo was currently in, the first value the research team measured was...

Spiritual energy concentration.

The rabbits' spiritual energy detector first appeared during the Qingcheng Mountain, and it played a critical role during the recent Nascent Soul Tribulation.

Therefore, its stability is still very reliable, with the current downside being the difficulty in mass production.

Equipment intended for field use isn't too troublesome; in less than ten minutes, the spiritual energy detector officially began operating.

An hour later, continuous detection reports were released.

However, what was unexpected for everyone was....

"What did you say? The spiritual energy concentration value nearly hasn't changed?"

On the main control console.

Lin Li frowned, looking seriously at Li Yan in front of him, his tone uncharacteristically carrying a hint of sternness:

"Are you sure?"

Li Yan nodded vigorously, simultaneously pointing to Wei Fan beside her:

"Teacher, we used three devices for cross-detection, and the resulting data indeed shows no change in the spiritual energy concentration within the laboratory.

Furthermore, considering there might be unknown sensitivity issues with the equipment, we also asked Clan Leader Wei to assist with spiritual sense detection.

The result he obtained was completely consistent with the equipment's detection."

Lin Li cast an inquiring glance at Wei Fan, who then provided a confirming reply:

"Captain Lin, Miss Li Yan is correct, there indeed hasn't been much change in the surrounding spiritual energy."

"That's peculiar...."

Lin Li slowly rubbed the stubble on his cheek with his thumb, his expression somewhat grave:

"We've encountered special situations more than once before, but each time it more or less involved Spiritual Energy.

For example, the initial Spirit Awakening, or the breakthroughs of Fourth-Layer Qi Cultivation and Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

Even Yang Zhengchu's recent Nascent Soul Tribulation, these all have some connection with Spiritual Energy.

Why is there no Spiritual Energy involved in Xiaomo's case this time? It doesn't follow the known patterns....."

As Lin Li said.

Since the discovery of the Damo Realm, the core distinction from the native land has been Spiritual Energy.

Almost every phase that the rabbits experienced or deciphered inevitably involved changes in the concentration of Spiritual Energy.

In a sense.

Spiritual Energy is the reactant in most reactions.

If nothing else, it's at least a catalyst.

Yet in Hua Xiaomo's mutation this time, there was no involvement of Spiritual Energy, which is clearly problematic.

"Strange.... really strange...."

Just as Lin Li was puzzled inwardly, a murmuring whisper suddenly came to his ear.

He hurriedly turned his gaze in that direction.

He discovered that the speaker was Liu Xiangqian, who had just recently arrived at the scene.

After completing the deciphering work for the mass production of the Spirit Awakening Pill, Liu Xiangqian was reassigned to the task of researching the pineal gland.

His team's laboratory was very close to the Plant Biology Laboratory, and given his authoritative knowledge in chemical medicine, he had deeply delved into human physiology.

Therefore, when Hua Xiaomo experienced abnormalities, Lin Li also invited him over.

Looking at Liu Xiangqian, who was chewing on a pen tail wavering up and down, seemingly hitting a bottleneck.

Lin Li couldn't help but speak:

"Elder Liu, did you discover something?"

Liu Xiangqian took out the pen, scratched his head, and said:

"It's not really a discovery... it's just that it feels a little off."

Lin Li was surprised and said:

"Off?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiangqian took the pen back in hand, flattened out an A4 paper with calculations in front of him, and pushed it to Lin Li:

"Here's the thing, I just asked Xiaoli for the Thunder Tribulation data.

Then I did a simple calculation on paper about the variable differences and found the data seemed somewhat inconsistent.

Look here first.

The Thunder Tribulation applied to the demon beast flesh was mitigated, so the power conversion capacity was actually limited, meaning the work done isn't much.

If we substitute P=IU and transform it into electrical energy representation, it would be about fifty kilowatt-hours."

Liu Xiangqian circled this number, then continued:

"Next is the demon beast flesh.

According to variable calculations.

During contact with the Thunder Tribulation, the beast lost approximately 156 grams in weight.

This 156 grams of material might have turned into gas or entirely converted into white matter; let's calculate according to the latter for now.

Under the unit volume conditions.

The chemical energy of the Tier Four Demon Beast flesh is P1 being 523,231.25 joules, and P2 being 652,834.6 joules.....

Then we plug these into a formula, apply the previous electrical energy value..."

Liu Xiangqian calculated on the paper and finally wrote down two numbers:

4.6x10^11 J. (Note: A 300-watt device running for 900 hours is nearly on the order of 10 to the eleventh power)

1.77x10^15 J.

Liu Xiangqian heavily underlined the two numbers:

"The former is the maximum chemical energy that could theoretically be unleashed by the white matter.

The latter is the energy required for Hua Xiaomo to float 0.6 meters above ground and sustain for over an hour—I'm referring to naturally, not using fuel.

Of course.

I admit, our pure pen calculations like this may have some errors, surely diverging from the actual values.

But differences, no matter how large, can't possibly span four whole orders of magnitude—this is like counting ten thousand one-dollar bills and perhaps ending up with nine thousand seven, or ten thousand two hundred.

But you will never end up with ten million of the same currency."

Lin Li lightly nodded, indicating he understood Liu Xiangqian's words:

"So Elder Liu, what you mean is..."

Liu Xiangqian looked at him, expression solemn:

"The energy isn't equal, leaving only two possibilities.

One is external intervention, such as Spiritual Energy providing part of the energy.

Or...

Some part inside Hua Xiaomo empowered her with the ability to float in the air."

....

Note:

These days I've been staying up all night writing, about two submissions every three days, then preparing for a burst of updates at month-end.

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