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44: Chapter 44 Totem of the State: Passing on the TorchShua!

The air in Meeting Room No. 1 began to twist, and crimson light points gathered in the palm, gradually solidifying into a totem pole that was crimson all over, like blood.

This pole was not as warm as the bronze one just now; it looked rough, ancient, and even primitive.

Clumsy yet powerful chisel marks were carved upon it:

Someone in the darkness was striking two stones together fiercely;

Someone was lying on the ground, using a branch to mimic the tracks of birds and beasts to draw the first symbol;

Someone carved ”Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom, and Trust” onto bamboo slips;

Someone recorded the formula for gunpowder at the moment a Pill Furnace exploded.

Mysteriously, everyone who saw the carvings felt a sudden realization in their hearts—

What makes humans human, distinguishing them from beasts, began with fire and flourished with culture.

The Passing of the Torch, endless and eternal.

These are the etchings of civilization.

It is the foundation for humans to distinguish themselves from beasts and fight for a place in this cruel world.

[Host’s will detected...]

[Skill ”The Passing of the Torch” is being released...]

[Judging... Talent ”Territory is Domain” intervening.]

[Judgment passed. Current coverage: 9.6 million square kilometers + territorial waters.]

[Extracting historical heritage... Reshaping concepts...]

[Extraction targets: Suirenshi, Cangjie, Hundred Schools of Thought, Heroes of the Two Bombs and One Satellite...]

[Extraction concepts: The Passing of the Torch, Enlightenment, Investigation of Things, Awakening...]

——

[Skill mutation complete.]

[State Totem · The Passing of the Torch]

[Description: In ancient times, people were few and beasts were many. A Saint appeared, drilling wood for fire to transform the raw and rank. Later, a Saint created writing, and the ghosts and gods wept at night. The fire of civilization is endless and eternal.]

[Effect: Grants all friendly units within the territory the ”Mind Overclocking” status. Intelligence of all members is temporarily increased, logical calculation speed +500%, probability of a research Bottleneck Breakthrough +1000%, and skill comprehension is greatly enhanced. Ignores environmental noise and mental interference. Has an absolute Breakthrough effect against ”research Bottlenecks” and ”skill barriers.”]

[Special Effect: Intellectual Fire of Civilization. That spark of fire that lights up the darkness will ignite your brow.]

[Current consumption: 200 Mana (deducted), maintenance consumption: 0 (Due to ”The Passing of the Torch” trait, consumption is compensated by the heritage of civilization).]

[Note: A brain is a good thing; now, I hope everyone has one, and an enhanced version at that.]

”Go.”

Su Yun whispered softly, and with a flick of his wrist, the crimson totem slammed into the ground.

Dong!

There was no earth-shaking tremor, nor the clamor of all things growing from before.

Only a crisp sound, like two pieces of flint striking each other.

”Pa.”

The crimson totem pole suddenly disintegrated.

Like a firework bursting, billions of microscopic crimson sparks suddenly erupted.

These sparks did not ignite the carpet or burn the furniture.

They were like living fireflies, ignoring physical barriers, penetrating the dome of Kunlun Palace, and even passing through the screens of the video conferences...

”This is...?”

Qian Sen subconsciously reached out to catch a point of red light floating in front of the screen.

The red light nimbly bypassed his fingers and deftly drilled into his brow.

Shua!

In an instant.

Qian Sen felt as if his brains had been thrown into a boiling oil pan—not with pain, but with a bursting sense of clarity!

Boom!

On the table was a draft regarding the ”Formula for Combining Psionic Energy and Thermal Weapons,” which he carried even to meetings.

The formula derivation that had previously made him scratch his head in frustration suddenly changed.

The dull numbers and obscure Greek letters actually came to life before his eyes, dancing.

They automatically disassembled, reorganized, and arranged themselves, just like playing Tetris, fitting perfectly into the logical gaps.

”Am... Am I an idiot?”

Qian Sen suddenly muttered to himself.

His assistant was terrified: ”Minister? What’s wrong? You don’t need to curse yourself even if the pressure is high...”

”I’m a damn idiot!”

Qian Sen laughed wildly, pushed his assistant aside, lunged at the whiteboard behind him, grabbed a marker, and began to draw frantically.

”Wrong! It was all wrong before! Psionic energy isn’t a fluid; it’s a high-dimensional wave state! You can’t use fluid mechanics; you have to use quantum wave functions!”

”Hahaha! It’s actually this simple! So this is the constant! It’s this damn constant!”

”Connect for me!”

”It’s through! It’s all through!”

Qian Sen was like a madman, his pen tip flying across the whiteboard.

Lines of complex equations that would give an ordinary physicist a brain hemorrhage just by looking at them poured out from under his pen like flowing water.

In less than thirty seconds.

The whiteboard was full.

Qian Sen drew directly onto the wall, the table, and finally even lay on the floor to draw.

Not just Qian Sen—in the other split-screen views.

The ministers, who were usually steady and dignified, now had eyes that were terrifyingly clear.

The Minister of Logistics suddenly slapped his forehead:

”Aya! The previous material allocation plan was too stupid! If I use topological three-dimensional path planning, efficiency can be increased by at least three times! Even without a computer, I can calculate it mentally! Quick, bring me the map!”

Even Dragon One, who had been watching the show from the side, felt his body tremble slightly.

He closed his eyes, and a few seconds later, he snapped them open, a sharp light exploding from his gaze.

”So that’s how it is...” Dragon One muttered to himself, his palm subconsciously tracing a profound trajectory in the air. ”The power flow of ’The Proud Dragon Repents’ always felt a bit sluggish before. It turns out the Meridian operation route was off by three inches... Now, it’s clear.”

Besides being the helmsman, he was also an S-class Martial Saint. Now, with the help of the Intellectual Fire, his strength had also improved.

...

National Academy of Sciences, Institute of High Energy Physics.

This was the brain of Dragon Summer, and also the place with the lowest atmospheric pressure in the entire academy today.

Because of the global cataclysm, the West had blocked the latest superconducting Materials parameters, causing a 100-billion-yuan ”Defense Force Field Generator” project at the institute to come to a complete standstill.

The seventy-eight-year-old academician Zhang Hengzhi was staring blankly at a blackboard full of garbled equations, with cigarette butts littering the floor beneath him.

”There’s no way left...”

Zhang Hengzhi threw away the chalk and slumped against the podium, his voice aged:

”Without the core parameters, we’re like blind men feeling an elephant. It seems I won’t see this thing built in my lifetime.”

The surrounding circle of young researchers was also dejected, with dark circles under their eyes and faces full of despair.

Just then.

A single crimson spark lightly penetrated the thick radiation-proof lead wall and landed on Zhang Hengzhi’s wrinkled forehead.

Then came the second, the third...

Countless sparks fell like raindrops, merging into the brows of everyone present.

Zhang Hengzhi’s cloudy old eyes suddenly widened.

In that moment, he felt as if he had returned to eighteen.

No, even clearer and sharper than eighteen!

The problems that had plagued him for most of his life, the logical dead ends he couldn’t solve no matter how hard he tried, were now like tangled headphone wires being gently shaken by someone and instantly becoming smooth.

Zhang Hengzhi suddenly straightened up, his eyes shining terrifyingly bright.

”Why use their parameters? Who says only that kind of metal can conduct energy?”

”All things have spirit... what if psionic energy is used as the medium...”

”If we don’t use electron mobility and instead use spiritual particle oscillation frequency...”

The old man’s breathing began to quicken.