Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 46 Chaotic Space

Inside the private room, the subtle scent of sandalwood interweaves with the rich aroma of coffee. The classical Chinese calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall and the Western clock below quietly tell the vicissitudes of history.

The ceiling is inlaid with spherical objects covered with hexagons, which automatically adjust the light in the room according to people's mood.

"Hey, you're pretty good. You've already established a connection with Mr. Sun's pawn shop in just a few months?"

Halma sat on a rosewood armchair, took a sip of the coffee, and looked around the room with interest.

"In fact, it was Yuanze's outstanding performance in the training camp and the unique products he brought that made us decide to give him the highest membership treatment."

After saying that, the housekeeper slowly stood up and walked towards the door: "You guys continue chatting, I won't disturb you, call me anytime if you need anything."

As the door was gently closed, the mechanical sound of the combination lock was heard.

"Mr. Sun's house is really charming. It is a combination of Chinese and Western styles, a fusion of technology and classics."

"Yeah, he's rich."

"How is your source power now? Have you come up?"

"I'm here in the morning. I'll be able to enter the official level soon, but I feel like something is missing."

"Hahaha, I have already mastered some techniques of activating source power, and I am now a formal third-level source warrior. Do you still remember the assessment of the top class? You lost to me, and now you should be even more unable to beat me."

"Damn it, you have the nerve to say that? I lost because I fought you head-on." Yuan Ze said as he pushed his hand facing outwards towards him, indicating that he was not convinced.

Halma retracted his curious gaze and instead stared closely at Yuanze, "By the way, do you have any plans for your return this time?"

"There is one thing I should have thought of earlier. The old man in white robe is the vice-director of the martial arts school. The disappearance of these people should be related to him, and it is very likely related to me."

"It's unlikely. He Can was the one behind this, there's no doubt about that. But what good would it do him if he made such a big deal about a 'disappearing student'?"

Yuanze told him in detail about his conversation with Fan Chengming and the clues he got in the laboratory, while letting Astra project them.

Fan Chengming's call record is divided into two parts. After Yuanze vaguely introduced his purpose, the two switched to an encrypted channel for the call.

Fan Chengming told him that the higher-ups had suppressed all these matters, and all the files on the missing cases had been transferred to the Archives Bureau. Moreover, the higher-ups seemed to have different views on the matter, and he had now accepted a commission from one party and was also secretly investigating the matter.

……

As Hjalma listened, he frowned, nodded, and fell into a state of thought.

"Where did the martial arts school hide these people?" Halma was confused. He flipped through the photos on the projector, but he had hardly seen these missing people.

"boom!"

The deafening explosion interrupted their conversation. They rushed out of the door and were hit by a fierce airflow carrying dust, making it almost impossible for them to open their eyes.

At this moment, the ordinary clothes on Yuanze and Harma quickly turned into battle suits as if they were summoned, and they entered combat status in an instant.

When they stood firm and tried to see the surroundings through the dust and debris, not far away, the butler was lying quietly on the ground, motionless, his clothes torn to shreds by the shock wave of the explosion.

The butler's face was gray and covered in thick dust, and his features were almost invisible. There were many holes on his body, which were wounds pierced by explosion fragments. Blood slowly flowed out of these holes, mixing with dust and clothing fragments.

Genze dodged the source force bullets that penetrated the shield from a distance while giving orders to Astra. "Astra, analyze the battle situation."

"Mr. Yang is not here. There are about seven low-level Rongtong-level source force robots approaching you. They are trying to crack Mr. Yang's defense system. So you must break through quickly, otherwise you two won't be able to deal with them."

"Which direction?"

"This route has the highest success rate for a breakout, and there is a portal next to it. I'm trying to crack the code."

"Where are you going?"

"Why do you care so much? Just run away."

Astra passed the route to Yuanze, who then turned on teammate sharing and passed the route to Hjalma. Yuanze pulled Hjalma and ran forward.

Mr. Yang’s pawnshop doesn’t look big, but it has many hidden spaces. The construction of these spaces is very special, just like a four-dimensional pocket, folding up the limited space.

"This place called Sun Lao is really magical." Halma exclaimed as he ran.

"His name is not Mr. Sun, but Mr. Yang. I'll explain this to you later. You have to know that this kind of technology is very difficult, especially when applied to large buildings. I didn't expect it to be like this inside."

"You two really have a lot of free time. Even with such a crisis in your face, you can still chat so calmly."

"But the defense system here is quite tight. If you illegally penetrate the plasma barrier once, you have to decipher the quantum secret system again. After they use quantum entanglement to forcibly decipher it, they have to create entangled quantum again."

"Two robots have come in. I have cracked the portal. It is in this room." Astra reminded the two that they should not be so lax any longer.

The two walked across the room and came to the portal. After confirming with Astra that it was safe, they both walked in at the same time.

Halma helped Yuanze up from the ground. Halma couldn't help but curse: "Damn! Why are you still here? What's going on?"

"Uh, I forgot. I didn't notice." Astra was a little embarrassed. This situation was not recorded in the database. However, when Yuanze fell out of the portal, she found that the environment was wrong. She activated the equipment on her battle suit to scan the structure of the entire house.

It turns out that there is a total dimension line in this house, and it is all made of horn fibers from the "Jumping Rhino", so this pawn shop is not built using the "space folding" technology.

The so-called "rooms" are actually nodes on this dimensional line, and each node represents an independent space. These spaces are not physically separated in the traditional sense, but are connected to each other through the wonderful properties of dimensional fibers. All rooms are the same node on this dimensional line.

In other words, there are countless points on a line, but from one end point of the line, it only has one point.

These replica spaces seem independent of each other, but in fact they are all mappings of different states or time points of the original room. By adjusting the vibration frequency or energy state of the dimension line, Mr. Yang can switch freely between different replica spaces, thereby realizing the folding and unfolding of space.

After this explanation, both of them instantly understood the structure of the house. In fact, entering a new room means entering a room that is the same as the first room. In this house, the space is "very neatly" disrupted.

"Astra, can you operate this dimensional thread?"

"Um... insufficient data to analyze the operation." Astra was a little embarrassed and started singing a little tune in Yuanze's mind again, trying to divert his attention.

"Then can you tell us the structure of the space?"

"can."

Yuanze looked at the structural diagram sent by Astra, thought for a while, gave a "cunning" smile, and then burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)