The spell's range covers the entire territory of China? Hand it over to the state.

Swish!

The air inside Conference Room One began to distort, and crimson light points gathered in the palm of the hand, gradually solidifying into a totem pole that was entirely crimson, like blood.

This pillar is not as smooth and warm as the bronze pillar we just saw; it looks rough, simple, and even primitive.

A series of clumsy yet powerful chisel marks were carved into it:

Someone in the darkness was smashing two stones together violently.

Someone lay on the ground and used a twig to draw the first symbol, imitating the footprints of birds and animals.

Someone inscribed "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness" on bamboo slips;

Someone recorded the gunpowder formula at the moment the alchemical furnace exploded.

For some inexplicable reason, everyone who saw the engraving felt a sudden realization—

What distinguishes humans from beasts is fire, which led to the development of civilization.

The torch is passed down from generation to generation, and life continues endlessly.

These are the marks of civilization.

It is the fundamental difference between humans and wild beasts, allowing humans to gain a place in this cruel world.

[Host's intention detected...]

The skill "Passing on the Torch" is being activated...

[Judging in progress... The talent "Territory is Territory" has intervened.]

[Approved. Current coverage area: 960 million square kilometers + territorial waters.]

[Drawing upon historical context...reshaping concepts...]

[Targets for selection: Suirenshi, Cangjie, the Hundred Schools of Thought, and contributors to China's nuclear and space programs...]

[Extracting concepts: Passing on the torch, enlightenment, investigating things to acquire knowledge, awakening...]

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[Skill mutation complete.]

[Social Totem: Passing on the Torch]

[Description: In ancient times, humans were few and beasts were many. A sage arose, drilling wood to make fire and quench the thirst of the animals. Later, a sage created characters, and ghosts and spirits wept at night. The flame of civilization has burned eternally.]

[Effect: Grants all friendly units within the territory the "Mind Overdrive" status. Temporarily increases intelligence for all units, logical reasoning speed by 500%, probability of breaking through research bottlenecks by 1000%, and skill comprehension greatly enhanced. Ignores environmental noise and mental interference. Has an absolute breakthrough effect on "research bottlenecks" and "skill barriers."]

[Special Effect: The Light of Enlightenment. That glimmer of light illuminating the darkness will ignite the space between your brows.]

[Current cost: 200 mana (already deducted), maintenance cost: 0 (due to the "Spark" characteristic, the cost is compensated by civilization's foundation).]

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

"Go."

Su Yun whispered, then with a flick of his wrist, the crimson totem slammed to the ground.

Boom!

There was no earth-shaking tremor, nor the clamor of life growing just moments before.

There was only one crisp sound, like two flints striking each other.

"Smack."

The crimson totem pole suddenly collapsed.

Like a firework bursting open, millions of tiny, indistinguishable red sparks suddenly erupted.

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

Like living fireflies, they defied physical barriers, piercing through the dome of Kunlun Palace and even through screens where video calls were taking place...

"This is……?"

Qian Sen subconsciously reached out to grab a tiny red light that was flashing across the screen.

The red light gracefully circled his fingers and delicately entered his brow.

Swish!

For an instant.

Qian Sen felt as if his brain had been thrown into a boiling pot of oil—not painful, but exploding with a sense of clarity!

boom!

On the desk, there's a draft of the "formula for combining psionic energy and thermal weapons," which he even brings to meetings.

The formula derivation that had previously made him scratch his head and wish he could tear his hair out suddenly changed.

The dull numbers and obscure Greek letters suddenly came alive and began to dance before his eyes.

They automatically disassemble, recombine, and rearrange, just like playing Tetris, seamlessly filling in logical loopholes.

"Am I... am I an idiot?"

Qian Sen suddenly muttered to himself.

The deputy was terrified: "Minister? What's wrong? You don't have to berate yourself just because you're under pressure..."

"I'm such a fucking idiot!"

Qian Sen burst into laughter, shoved his assistant aside, lunged at the whiteboard behind him, grabbed a marker, and began to scribble wildly.

"Wrong! Everything before was wrong! Psychic energy isn't a fluid; it's a high-dimensional wave dynamic! You can't apply fluid mechanics to it; you have to use quantum wave functions!"

"Hahaha! It's that simple! This is the constant! This damn constant!"

"Get the company to me!"

"It's working now! It's completely working!"

Qian Sen appeared to be insane, his pen flying across the whiteboard.

Lines of complex formulas, enough to give an ordinary physicist a stroke at a glance, flowed from his pen like water.

Less than thirty seconds.

The whiteboard was full of writing.

Qian Sen drew directly on the walls, on the tables, and eventually even lay on the ground to draw.

It wasn't just Qian Sen; it happened in other split-screen displays as well.

The ministers, who are usually so composed and dignified, now had frighteningly clear eyes.

The logistics minister suddenly slapped his forehead:

"Oh dear! The previous resource allocation plan was so stupid! If we used 3D path planning based on topology, the efficiency would be at least three times higher! I could calculate it mentally even without a computer! Quick, get me a map!"

Even Long Yi, who had been sitting on the sidelines watching the show, trembled slightly at this moment.

He closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them a few seconds later, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

"So that's how it is..." Long Yi murmured to himself, his palm unconsciously tracing a mysterious trajectory in the air. "The flow of energy in 'The Dragon Regrets' always felt a little sluggish before. It turns out that the meridian pathways were off by three inches... Now, it's clear."

Besides being the leader, he was also an S-rank Martial Saint, and with the help of Zhihuo, his strength had improved.

……

National Academy of Sciences, Institute of High Energy Physics.

This is Longxia's brain, and also the place with the lowest air pressure in the entire hospital that day.

Due to the global catastrophe, the West blocked the latest superconducting material parameters, causing the institute's "defense force field generator" project, which cost hundreds of billions, to come to a complete standstill.

Seventy-eight-year-old academician Zhang Hengzhi was staring blankly at a blackboard full of garbled formulas, with cigarette butts scattered on the ground beneath his feet.

"There's no way out..."

Zhang Hengzhi threw down the chalk, slumped against the podium, and spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Without the core parameters, we're just like blind men touching an elephant. It seems we'll never see this thing made in our lifetime."

The young researchers around him were also dejected, with dark circles under their eyes and faces full of despair.

Just then.

A tiny, reddish spark drifted lightly through the thick, radiation-shielding lead wall and landed on Zhang Hengzhi's wrinkled forehead.

Next, the second point, the third point...

Countless sparks fell like raindrops, settling between the eyebrows of everyone present.

Zhang Hengzhi's cloudy old eyes suddenly widened.

In that instant, he felt as if he had returned to the age of eighteen.

No, it's clearer and more acute than when I was eighteen!

The problems that had plagued him for most of his life, those logical deadlocks that he couldn't figure out no matter how hard he tried, were now like a knotted headphone cord, which was instantly smoothed out with a gentle shake.

Zhang Hengzhi suddenly sat up straight, his eyes flashing with an alarming light.

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

"Everything has a spirit... If spiritual energy is used as the medium..."

"If we don't follow electron mobility, but instead follow the frequency of spirit particle oscillations..."

The old man's breathing became rapid.