"Chairman, it was these two grandfathers who saved me and made me a prosthetic limb."

Qian Su introduced the two elderly men she had brought with her.

"Grandfather Liu Fusheng, 63 years old, excels in mechanical design and manufacturing."

"Grandfather Chen Ruixiang, 58 years old, specializes in the field of energy power."

"They are both registered craftsmen with over forty years of experience and are well-known in the Craftsmen Guild. They not only participate in various equipment manufacturing but also engage in theoretical research work, they are actually engineers."

Zhou Yi sized up the two elderly engineers.

Liu Fusheng had thick white hair, age spots on his face, but his eyes were very bright and full of vigor.

Chen Ruixiang had a severe balding problem, with only a few strands of hair barely combed over his forehead. He wore a pair of thick glasses that made his eyes look somewhat large.

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome, please have a seat."

"Yuan Xiao, serve the tea."

The Angel of Death began serving tea and water to the guests.

Both elderly men were very composed, almost looking straight ahead without glancing around.

Qian Su took a big sip of iced red tea, revealing a refreshed expression: "Thanks, Sister Yuan Xiao, I didn't dare drink any water while driving here."

She looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Chairman, I went to the Dan City Prison in the Heavenly Kingdom to find out about the situation there."

"The main cause of this large-scale prosthetic accident was loss of control. During a live-fire exercise, the military prosthetics went haywire causing the Light Imprint Ammunition to Detonate prematurely, resulting in severe casualties among the soldiers."

"After the incident, the Heavenly Military conducted a thorough investigation, and as the designer and manufacturer, the Craftsmen Guild was also subjected to a comprehensive investigation."

"However, the issue is actually quite simple: someone in the Heavenly Logistics Department substituted inferior E-1 grade limbs for the higher-quality E-3 grade ones and even swapped the casings. This batch of military equipment was sold on the black market outside the Heavenly Kingdom, with a price difference of 3 to 5 times due to the two-generation precision gap between the limbs."

"The problem of corruption involves many high-ranking military officials; it's very difficult to take action, so the Craftsmen Guild was punished first. Essentially, they were made the scapegoats, because the craftsmen are responsible for the regular maintenance of the limbs and are therefore considered accomplices in knowing yet failing to report."

"Both grandfathers participated in the making of prosthetics, so they were also imprisoned..."

In short, the Craftsmen Guild has become the fall guy this time.

"The Craftsmen Guild, indeed, has issues,"

The older Liu Fusheng spoke up.

He spoke very slowly, as if he were carefully weighing each and every word.

"The Craftsmen Guild was involved as well. Although we were not the actual operators, we could still see some signs. Every year, there were many refurbished and aged prosthetics sent to the Heavenly Logistics Department, in significant quantities. However, according to the orders, the military always required batches of new-model prosthetics."

"I don't know what they did, but the Craftsmen Guild was aware of it. Chen Ruixiang and I, along with several other registered craftsmen who got imprisoned, knew a bit about it; we were outsiders, not their own people, so no one would protect us."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

It was also about getting rid of dissenters.

But none of these matters were important to him.

"Qian Su, you said you have something good?"

That's more important.

"Oh, this."

The Iron Head Girl took a metal box out of her backpack.

She opened the lid, and inside was a peculiar machine made of metal tubes and gears of various sizes.

At the core was an oval-shaped semi-transparent container, apparently crafted from rubber or resin, filled with a transparent fluid. It was wrapped with a band of what looked like energy packs made from iron boxes.

From its appearance alone, Zhou Yi couldn't figure out what it was.

Qian Su pulled out a flashlight and shone it on the semi-transparent container at the very center.

Numerous white dots appeared inside, moving irregularly within the container.

"Chairman, these are plankton from the Dead Sea. They're too small to be observed with the naked eye. Don't let their appearance deceive you; they are also considered part of the Guangna Species."

Qian Su explained, "Ordinary life forms that fall into the Dead Sea will decompose rapidly, and these creatures are responsible for it. Any life form unable to resist or absorb the Death Light will have their life structures torn apart by its radiation, and then the plankton swarm into these cracks and rapidly decompose them into their own food."

"In this decomposition process, the plankton and the Death Light react strongly, releasing a large amount of energy from the material breakdown."

Zhou Yi nodded, "I see."

"Both grandfathers were inspired by this. Since plankton can produce a large amount of energy in the process of decomposition, this natural occurrence is exploitable."

Qian Su pointed to the peculiar device and said, "This is the 'Floating Heart' they built. By concentrating a large number of plankton in a specially designed mechanical container and feeding them the food they need, they will continually release powerful energy during the decomposition."

"The energy produced in this process is astonishing and can be harnessed by external mechanical structures, directly connected to various devices."

"It's like a supercharged version of the Energy Pack. The longer you nurture it, the stronger the plankton inside get, and the stronger and more powerful the entire Heart becomes, with the ability to upgrade itself!"

In the end, she looked at the two elderly men: "For the specifics, it's best to let the grandfathers explain, after all, I've only just come into contact with this thing."

Zhou Yi, however, was astounded.

Damn.

This approach is quite unconventional.

The energy hearts fabricated by bioengineered organisms release large amounts of energy when fed, and can even be cultivated to high levels?

If this is true... it's a discovery that could propel a revolution in energy.

Zhou Yi calmed down a bit and then turned to the two elderly men: "I guess there must be some flaws, right? Otherwise, a device with such functions should have been widely promoted already."

"Old Chen, you explain."

Liu Fusheng added from the side: "You are the chief designer of the Floating Heart, and I am just an assistant. Please, you explain."

"..."

Chen Ruixiang, adjusting his thick glasses.

His lips moved slightly, and it was a while before he spoke: "The problem is... the flaws are quite obvious."

"Collecting the bioengineered organisms themselves is very difficult. They are invisible to the naked eye, and even if fed, they decompose completely within a short time, in just seconds, and then disperse again."

"Our current method is to capture them using glass tanks. We place beans, meat, and other foods inside, and then quickly seal the tank and scoop them up as they decompose rapidly. Then, we buy a portion from some research institutions."

"However, this method is very inefficient and yields only a very small number of organisms. They must be in sufficient quantity to produce enough effective energy. The collection process is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly."

"Another issue is that when their number increases and the concentration becomes high, they can be very dangerous. If the container breaks, they can cause a localized Dead Sea phenomenon. So it's essential to control their quantity and find a safe threshold."

"Me and Mr. Liu spent 7 years creating two Floating Hearts. One was previously damaged due to improper use by others in the Guild, which resulted in the bioengineered organisms escaping—they are actually present in the air too, just at much lower concentrations than in the Dead Sea. In fact, when their numbers are low, they aren't harmful."

"They are like the little fish that eat dead skin off your feet; in small numbers, they are harmless, and those in terrestrial environments are much more gentle."

The elderly man spoke quickly, seemingly a bit nervous.

Zhou Yi frowned as he listened.

It took 7 years to create two hearts.

No wonder this invention has been silent up to now; the production efficiency is too low for it to be applied on a large scale.

Zhou Yi asked, "How strong is the Floating Heart?"

"Very strong."

Chen Ruixiang stated confidently: "It's small, but it can provide the energy supply level of an E-1 grade storage Light Imprint 'Energy Pool', with one feeding storing energy equivalent to 40 Energy Packs."

"In this process, we use the energy generated by the Floating Heart to transfer into connected Energy Packs, which is then transported to the required external equipment."

Equivalent to a large Light Imprint battery replacement.

It's just that production is exceedingly laborious.

"The energy consumption of the Floating Heart is low; it only requires feeding the bioengineered organisms. According to our tests, the best food is fats and sugars—fats facilitate their absorption and rapid decomposition, and sugars have a more explosive power; both are much cheaper than producing Energy Packs."

"An external transmission device can be attached to connect with various machines. It can serve directly as a power source; you just need to inject a sufficient amount of fat."

Chen Ruixiang adjusted his glasses: "Every other aspect is excellent, the difficulty lies in the collection of bioengineered organisms. At least 2 billion organisms are needed to create one Floating Heart."

Zhou Yi got in touch with Da Vinci.

The Mechanical Doctor said, "There are many types of bioengineered organisms in the Dead Sea living in relatively dispersed spaces, requiring multiple captures to gather enough quantities."

"They are extremely fast, much faster than any life visible to the naked eye, and they quickly escape during the capture process."

"According to biomolecular sampling methods, using a plankton net, each capture can yield about 2000 Dead Sea bioengineered organisms. However, due to the need to clean the nets and transfer processes, for 2 billion, that would take 100,000 times."

100,000 times.

Zhou Yi felt overwhelmed upon hearing this.

"Is there a way to acquire them in large quantities all at once? Like multiplying the capture tools?"

Da Vinci responded: "According to biomedical standards, it's hard to achieve. Because the bioengineered organisms are limited to sampling and experiments, and also because they are widely dispersed and can sense being captured. Multiple captures in different areas are necessary."

Zhou Yi finally understood why it took two Craftsmen Guild members 7 years to create a Floating Heart.

No wonder it couldn't be applied.

It remained merely a theoretical technique.

Zhou Yi called over Jiong Hecang, Bone Man Wu Yi, and Ni Ge.

All three had their unique abilities.

Condenser could measure, Wu Yi had the ability to control sand capture, and Ni Ge, as an Explorer, could distinguish life forms.

Upon seeing the Floating Heart, the Mud Tree People's adventure vines suddenly stiffened and moved closer to the iron box.

"Chairman, this is it! The hidden life that adventure vine discovered in the Dead Sea is exactly this kind! We don't have these!"

"There are many of them."

Zhou Yi remembered that he did mention undetectable signs of life.

"Is there a way to capture them?"

"Yes, I can use the adventure vine to catch them."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

The Floating Heart, there's hope!

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