Chapter 239: Chapter 235: The First Collision of Rune and Machinery

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Bai Qi felt helpless, but he had to accept this reality. Lu Qing indeed followed Lan Ke’s orders and stuck to him like glue.

Bai Qi felt uncomfortable with Lu Qing’s presence behind him all the way, so he turned to her and said, “Actually, there’s no need for you to follow me so closely…”

“The teacher said that I should learn your way of thinking, and behavior is the first manifestation of thinking, so please don’t hinder my study,” she replied.

Bai Qi: “…”

For some reason, he suddenly felt like he could relate to the experience of a guinea pig.

Bai Qi sighed in resignation, gave up on talking to Lu Qing, quickened his pace, and arrived at the research lab for the White Meeh.

Various observational instruments surrounded the White Meeh, continuously taking in data, then relayed it to the rooms of the various teams below.

To avoid affecting the teams’ efficiency, every team had been assigned different rooms. Apart from fixed daily times for exchanging ideas, the teams would work individually.

Upon opening the door of the support group’s room, Bai Qi immediately heard heated arguments from inside.

” Support should not simply be providing energy to the Beast, stimulating its natural healing ability is the essence!”

“Ridiculous, a Beast’s self-healing ability is limited. Your method of stimulating treatment will only consume the Beast’s lifespan.”

“Beasts are not humans. They are more adaptable than humans. As long as the strength is controlled, it can continuously strengthen their self-healing ability. Your method will only make Beasts develop dependence!”

“I doubt your method’s effectiveness in war. Quick recovery is crucial during wartime. Moreover, keeping the body active promotes growth in Beasts.”

“You…”

Seeing President Qin and Master Xiao, both red-faced and argumentative, Bai Qi sighed deeply and turned to an elder standing by his side, asking, “Professor Wang, what are they arguing about?”

Professor Wang shrugged, replying, “Same as always. They’re arguing over whether quick treatment or slow recovery is better.”

“Did they encounter this problem with the White Meeh?” Bai Qi asked, catching on.

Professor Wang shook his head, saying, “Not yet. Researchon the White Meeh is going smoothly. These two just started arguing.”

“So it has nothing to do with the White Meeh?”

“Then what are they arguing about?”

Professor Wang gave a bitter smile, saying, “No helping it. They’ve been arguing for so many years, and no one has ever admitted defeat. You’ll get used to it.”

Bai Qi sighed in resignation. He thought the two were arguing over matters related to the White Meeh. Arguing over completely unrelated matters didn’t make sense. One emphasized internal recovery, and the other focused on external replenishment. There was no conflict, so what was there to fight about?

The saying that older people are usually preoccupied with trivialities hits the mark.

Thinking about this, Bai Qi decided to ignore the two men. He asked Professor Wang for the latest research materials, then delved into his research.

“Aren’t you going to mediate for them?”

Seeing Bai Qi so immersed, Lu Qing adjusted her glasses and asked, “Didn’t the teacher primarily askyou to mediate?”

“It’s fine. They won’t fight. When they’re tired, they’ll stop,” Bai Qi replied, waving it off. He then put on a sound-canceling headset, blocking out the noise, and started studying intently.

After a week of catching up on Rune fundamentals, Bai Qi’s understanding of Runes was no longer nonexistent. He now had a different way of interpreting them.

At least, he was now able to independently analyze Rune structure without relying on instruments.

While examining the images in his hand, and continually reconstructing the complete Rune structures in his mind, Bai Qi couldn’t help but marvel, “As expected, more than one Rune system is installed in the Dual Sky Meeh, right?” “I can’t imagine how Beast Masters during the Era of Law Emperor managed to achieve such precise manipulation under those technological conditions,” he mused aloud in amazement.

The more Bai Qi studied, the more amazed he became. Although the structure of the Mechanical Engineering Department was more complex, it was mainly due to the aid of artificial intelligence. However, seeing that the Rune Meeh from over a thousand years ago could perform similar functions was indeed an eye-opener for Bai Qi.

After all, ensuring that multiple Rune systems operate without interfering with each other requires high precision.

“Although the ancients didn’t have today’s high technology, they also used tools,” Lu Qing interrupted Bai Qi’s monologue, called out her Mechanical Doll and said, “My Mechanical Doll is also a product of the Law Emperor era. It’s not inferior to the Mechanical Engineering Department in terms of precision.” Seeing Lu Qing suddenly summon her Mechanical Doll, Bai Qi was initially taken aback, but then he became very interested.

“Mechanical Doll?”

Bai Qi had seen Lu Qing’s Mechanical Doll from afar previously but never had the chance to study it up close due to a lack of desire to interact with her. Now that Lu Qing had brought the Mechanical Doll to him, he was naturally not going to pass up the opportunity.

“Most constructed objects wouldn’t likely gain sentience unless they were from the Mechanical Engineering Department and had been in existence for a while. How did you manage to do it, Lu Qing?”

Seeing the eager light in Bai Qi’s eyes, Lu Qing quickly put away her Mechanical Doll, saying, “My Mechanical Doll has been endowed with life by the teacher himself. She is a living creature. Don’t think about studying her.”

“Stingy. No one cares even when Mechanical Department Beasts are frequently disassembled.”

Bai Qi smacked his lips, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, he said, “Lu Qing, you said that your mechanical girl was spiritually awakened afterwards? Was it the same kind of awakening as in Mechanical Engineering Department?” “Yes, why?”

Lu Qing looked at Bai Qi with confusion, unaware of what he was thinking. Before she could ask, Bai Qi immediately put down what he was holding and rushed out of the Tower of Knowledge to the Secret Realm Base.

“That guy, has he figured out another difficult problem…”

Lu Qing glanced at the mechanical girl behind her, perplexed. The mechanical girl also tilted her head in curiosity.

The base’s secret realm.

Bai Qi appeared directly in the laboratory and started to significantly modify the design blueprints of the Spirit Power Storage Device.

“The mechanical girl can be intelligent through mechanical spiritual awakening. In other words, there’s no difference between the rune structure and mechanical energy conduction, so why don’t we replace the circuits with a rune structure instead of studying the compatibility of runes and machinery?” “No, it should be said, arrange the rune structure as in the mechanical department.”

“Aha, hasn’t that solved the problem?”

The more Bai Qi thought about it, the clearer it got. The knowledge of runes he had just mastered was fully utilized. He was able to find a substitute rune structure for almost every mechanical structure in an instant.

Huh?

(What has this human come up with now?)

Beta, who had just crawled out of the Golden Egg, looked at Bai Qi’s excited face with some confusion.

“It seems that he’s substituting machinery with runes, this is indeed an unprecedented approach.”

Schuck also stared seriously at the holographic projection in front of Bai Qi, and started building his own rune mechanical structure in his mind.

Huh…

(You two are so boring…)

Beta looked speechless at the man and dog immersed in work. He wanted to take a nap, but Schuck’s restrictions made it impossible for him to leave. He had to sit in place and meditate.

When would he be able to achieve dog rights’ freedom, even a casual nap was no longer allowed.

It would be nice if he could fly around like Apiao.

Immersed in fantasies, Beta quickly got absorbed. His already strong spirit power started growing at a terrifying speed.

“Phew…finally done.”

Bai Qi looked at the brand-new rune structure in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

Despite being called a rune structure, if one didn’t look closely, it didn’t seem any different from a conventional mechanical structure.

But with a closer look, one would find that it was almost all made up of rune structure content beneath the shell of the mechanical structure.

This could be called a system of runes in the guise of a mechanical structure. “Would it be considered that I have created a new system? Runes + Mechanics, Rumech? Mechrunes?”

Bai Qi looked at his latest work excitedly. The mechanical knowledge he had learned before was merging with the rune system, and fantastic ideas kept flashing in Bai Qi’s mind, urging him to go on.

“Schuck, make a model first and see how it works, um, make it according to the dimensions of the Spirit-control Orb.”

Bai Qi pushed the holographic projection in front of Schuck, then started redesigning the blueprints for the Spirit-Control Orb.

You have to strike while the iron is hot. He now had a burst of inspiration, with a trove of genius ideas that were too good to waste.

“Alright.”

Seeing the situation, Schuck didn’t disturb Bai Qi. After carefully studying it, he quickly made a sample and started testing the data himself.

“Um, this storage capacity has increased by no less than twenty times.”

Schuck looked in amazement at the small mechanical device in front of him. It was made to the size of a Spirit-Control Orb. If a larger device were made, wouldn’t it store more?

“Who would have thought that using a mechanical layout for runes could produce such a significant result.”

As a lifeform from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Schuck understood the research potential more than Bai Qi. After silently setting up an exclusive archive, he continued to research according to Bai Qi’s ideas.

“If a mechanical layout enhances the spirit power storage effect, then inversely, wouldn’t it also enhance the amplification effect?”

Schuck glanced at Beta, who was quietly meditating next to him. Under his control, one rune after another gradually merged into the mechanical structure.

“It seems I’ve found a way to catch up with Alpha.”