Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 143 The Mystery of Circuits

What appeared before Chen Feng was a three-dimensional model with a somewhat complex structure.

The model is made of blue silver grass, with winding and twisting lines that eventually connect end to end, forming a strangely shaped loop.

"A circuit?" Chen Feng pondered.

If he wasn't mistaken, this strange circuit should contain the secrets of the Thunder Essence Stone and even the Soul Bone.

“Yes, the patterns I saw in the Thunder Essence Stone are just like this, winding and circuitous loops,” Tang San said to Chen Feng.

"Thunder Stone? When we were observing before, we couldn't see anything, could we?" Xiao Wu asked, leaning closer.

"Now that my Purple Demon Eyes have advanced, I can see them." Tang San briefly explained the matter of the Autumn Water Dew to Xiao Wu.

"So that's how it is. This place is indeed magical." Xiao Wu nodded.

"Not only is it amazing, it's also very dangerous." Seeing that Chen Feng was still thinking, Tang San explained the dangers of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu was shocked when she heard that staying here for too long would cause her to explode and die.

But Tang San then said:

"But it's alright. I can use the herbs here to make some pills. As long as you take them, you won't be affected by the environment here."

"Remember to tell me about it when you're making the pills," Dugu Bo interjected from beside the wooden house.

"Don't worry, I will." Tang San nodded to the other side.

After observing the Blue Silver Grass model for a while, Chen Feng suddenly asked:
"Mistress, what kinds of minerals do you have on you?"

"Ore? Just regular iron ore," Tang San replied. "Oh, right, the experimental board I made with the Star Soul Mithril from last time is still here."

Upon hearing the topic of ore, Tang Hao, who was not far away, looked over.

Chen Feng paced slowly, pondered for a moment, and then asked:
"The melting temperature of Star Soul Mithril is different from that of iron ore, right?"

"Correct."

Is there a big difference?

"It's still a bit large. Star Soul Mithril requires a higher temperature, but it's still within the range that ordinary forging can achieve," Tang San replied.

Chen Feng stopped in his tracks and slowly said:

"Is it possible to use Star Soul Mithril to create a model of this pattern, and then use iron to wrap and fill it, making them a single whole?"

Tang San understood somewhat, "You... want to make a model that is closer to the Thunder Essence Stone?"

Chen Feng nodded. "Yes, I want to see what this texture does and whether it can bring some special effects when applied to other materials."

"This idea is definitely worth trying," Tang San said.

“But before that, I need to conduct another experiment.” Chen Feng said, taking out a Thunder Essence Stone.

"What experiment?" Tang San asked.

"Smash the Thunder Essence Stone and see if its internal patterns change." Chen Feng placed the Thunder Essence Stone on a large rock.

Upon hearing this, Tang San was taken aback and immediately realized the strange nature of the Thunder Essence Stone.

"That's right. Thunderstone is a mined ore, and the mining process obviously doesn't follow any rules. How could the patterns in every piece of Thunderstone be the same?"

"So," Chen Feng summoned his Tai Chi Bagua sword, "let's see what's going on here."

After saying that, he raised the sword in his hand, his first soul ring lit up, and slammed the sword hard at the Thunder Stone.

With a "bang," the Thunder Essence Stone shattered into several large and small pieces.

Tang San's eyes gleamed with golden-purple light as he looked at the fragments of Thunder Essence Stones, a look of surprise immediately appearing on his face.

“These fragments also have patterns, and the patterns are no different in structure from those in the previous Thunder Essence Stone, only in size.”

Chen Feng, unsurprised, withdrew his martial spirit and said:

"It seems I was right. The patterns you see are not actual patterns, but rather the manifestation of some kind of illusion."

"An illusory thing?" Tang San was puzzled.

Chen Feng hesitated for a moment, unsure how to explain.

He was actually referring to the time in the original novel when Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes advanced and he saw through Xiao Wu's true form.

But this topic wasn't suitable to discuss at this time, so he could only vaguely say:
"I'm just guessing."

"I see." Tang San nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Feng had some guesses about the various characteristics exhibited by the Thunder Essence Stone, but to verify these guesses, Tang San needed to make the metal model he mentioned first.

Chen Feng believes that the so-called patterns seen by the Purple Demon Eye are related to a certain characteristic emitted by the Thunder Essence Stone itself.

Based on his previous theory of soul force waves derived from the double-slit interference experiment, he speculated that this property might also be a type of wave.

In other words, the Purple Demon Eye, having advanced to the Mustard Seed Realm, should already have the ability to distinguish some of the invisible waves it receives.

Verifying this hypothesis is actually quite simple: just see if Tang San can still see through Xiao Wu's true form using his Purple Demon Eye after she conceals her aura.

However, since Dugu Bo was present, this verification could not be done immediately.

Although Dugu Bo already knew about the Blue Silver Emperor, the Blue Silver Emperor was still a sapling and couldn't compare to Xiao Wu, a living, 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form.

It's best not to test human nature unnecessarily.

Anyway, Dugu Bo won't stay here forever, so there will always be a chance to do this verification.

After Chen Feng and Tang San finished their discussion, Tang Hao, who was not far away, suddenly asked:
"You want to forge something?"

“Yes, Dad,” Tang San said.

"Where do you plan to forge it? There are no furnaces or anvils here."

"I plan to go back to Tiandou City and borrow a blacksmith shop there."

Tang Hao shook his head. "Actually, there's no need to go through all that trouble. The forging can be completed here."

Chen Feng was taken aback, and his gaze involuntarily turned to the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. "Uncle Hao, you don't mean to say that you want to use the fire spring inside to forge it, do you?"

"Why not?" Tang Hao stood up, patted his clothes, and said.

"Dad, the spring water is extremely hot, and there's nowhere here to collect it," Tang San reminded him.

With a wave of his hand, Tang Hao conjured an anvil on the ground.

The anvil was entirely gray and looked very inconspicuous, but since Tang Hao carried it with him, it must be something extraordinary.

Indeed, after Tang Hao took out the anvil, Tang San exclaimed in surprise:
"Deep-sea sunken silver!?"

"You know him?" Tang Hao asked, somewhat surprised.

"Uh, right." Tang San nodded, unsure how to explain. He had already explained the knowledge about herbs using dreams, so he couldn't use the same reasoning to explain the knowledge about minerals.

Fortunately, Tang Hao didn't ask any questions. He just gave his son a deep look and said:

"Using the deep-sea sunken silver anvil as a mat, and taking the spring water from this fiery spring to heat the ore, many metals can be forged."

He moved the anvil from the ground to the edge of the fire spring at the Yin-Yang Well and said to Tang San:
Give me what you want to forge.

Tang San quickly took out the experimental board made of Star Soul Mithril from the Jade Snow Ice, and also took out several forged iron ingots of various sizes.

Tang Hao glanced at the iron ingots and commented:
"The refining is quite good; it's already reached the level of iron concentrate."

He took the experimental board from Tang San and asked Chen Feng:
"Use this material to construct that kind of circuit, and then wrap it with iron filings, right?"

“Yes.” Chen Feng nodded. “It doesn’t need to be very big, about the size of a palm will do.”

"One hour," Tang Hao said succinctly.

"I'll help get the water from the fire spring," Chen Feng said, rolling up his sleeves.

But Tang Hao waved his hand, "No need for that trouble."

He reached out towards the fire spring beside him and gently guided it. A stream of fiery red water flew out from the Yin-Yang Well and poured onto a corner of the experimental board on the anvil.

In the blink of an eye, that corner began to melt.

Tang Hao took out a forging hammer and pressed it against the experimental board. He then took out a pair of pliers, clamped one corner of the experimental board, and gently twisted it off a very small piece of Star Soul Mithril.

"Take these with you," Tang Hao said, pointing to the experimental board.

Tang San followed instructions and retrieved the experimental board, while Tang Hao began his forging.

Under the constant irrigation of the fire spring water, the small piece of Star Soul Mithril was continuously melted and forged, first turning into a metal wire, and then being cast into a ring with its ends connected.

Finally, after being quenched by ice spring water, the mithril ring was completed.

After Tang San took it and bent it into a circuit shape, Tang Hao took out a spherical mold and put it inside.

He then melted the iron concentrate into molten iron and poured it into a spherical mold.

After cooling down, the Thunderstone metal model that Chen Feng wanted appeared.

Chen Feng took the metal ball out of the mold and asked Tang San:
"Can you tell if there's anything special about it? Like the texture or something."

Tang San shook his head. "I can't see anything."

Chen Feng pondered for a moment, then summoned his martial soul and released his third soul skill, Swift Thunder.

The moment his body was filled with electricity, he clearly felt that some of the electricity was absorbed by the metal ball in his hand.

As the lightning subsided, a look of joy appeared on Chen Feng's face.

Tang San said with some surprise:

"I can see the circuitry now."

"Really? It seems that because it stores lightning, this thing has properties similar to lightning elemental stones." Chen Feng weighed the metal ball in his hand.

"So, just because it has this circuit, it has the ability to absorb lightning?" Tang San asked in surprise.

"That's right, the key lies in this circuit, which gives this metal ball the property of absorbing lightning. From this phenomenon, we can reasonably deduce that if we obtain other different circuits, we can create items with different properties."

"For example, for attack, for defense, or for storage."

As he was speaking, Chen Feng suddenly stopped, his gaze falling on the Blood Sky in his hand.

After a while, he slowly said:
"Xiao San, do you think it's possible that the soul tool originated from this?"

"It seems that this is indeed possible." After thinking for a while, Tang San agreed with Chen Feng's guess.

He had learned about soul tools before, and knew that they were devices that produced special effects by being driven by soul power.

If the circuit of the Thunderstone can give the metal sphere the ability to absorb lightning, then perhaps another circuit could give some materials the ability to store items.

"But I can't see the circuitry inside this ring, if it does." Tang San carefully examined his Jade Snow Ice with his Purple Demon Eye, but couldn't see anything.

Chen Feng thought for a moment and said:

"You were only able to see the circuit after the metal sphere stored lightning energy. Try activating the Jade Snow Ice and then look again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang San's eyes widened, gleaming with golden-purple light, and he murmured:

"I saw it. When I was inputting soul power into it, I saw the circuit inside. It's different from the circuit inside the Thunder Essence Stone. The circuit inside this ring is circular."

"Ring-shaped? No wonder most of the storage soul tools I've seen are ring-shaped," Xiao Wu said in realization.

"So, my guess was probably right." Chen Feng smiled. "We've glimpsed the true nature of soul tools."

"Even so, we can only make soul tools," Xiao Wu said with some regret.

She and Tang San had previously heard Chen Feng mention that the wings Chen Feng grew back in the Star Dou Great Forest were very likely soul bones.

The reason Chen Feng wanted to explore the mysteries of the Thunder Essence Stone was to use it to study the mysteries of the Soul Bone.

But right now they only understand the essence of soul tools, and they don't know how far they are from soul bones. They don't even have a single soul bone in hand.

"If only we had a soul bone," Tang San couldn't help but sigh.

Tang Hao, who was not far away, raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.

Although he planned to give the Blue Silver Emperor's soul bone to his son, it certainly wouldn't be now, because Tang San was too weak at the moment.

Tang Hao would only consider taking out the Blue Silver Emperor's soul bone after his son's cultivation level had improved further and he was basically able to protect himself.

Dugu Bo walked over at this moment and said with a smile:

"Soul bones are not something that ordinary people can have. Even if someone gets one, they will absorb it very quickly. You probably have no hope of getting one for research."

"Senior, do you have a soul bone?" Chen Feng asked knowingly.

“Of course we have it.” Dugu Bo looked at Tang Hao. “Your Excellency Haotian must have it too, but what use is it? We can’t produce it.”

"Sigh." Xiao Wu sighed softly.

"Speaking of which, you've been discussing this for so long, but I still don't understand what you're trying to do," Dugu Bo said, looking at the three children with curiosity.
"Can any of you explain this to me?"

“We want to try making soul bones,” Chen Feng said.

Dugu Bo stood there stunned, and Tang Hao also looked astonished.

"Are you serious?" Dugu Bo asked.

"Of course." Chen Feng looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu and said:
"Actually, not having a soul bone may not be a problem. We can try to use logical analysis to think about the conditions for creating a soul bone."

(End of this chapter)