Chapter 1175: The Importance of Spirit Stones, Visitors from Hanjing, Nation-Destroying Heavy Weapons!

As he spoke.

Lu Ding's jade talisman happened to pulse with a vibration.

Lu Ding said, "I understand. You may take your leave now. When your master returns, notify me about the monster I left behind."

"Don't worry, I'll have a talk with him first."

Wu Yong bowed: "This servant takes his leave."

He then backed out of the hall.

Lu Ding took out his jade talisman.

A message from Yan Feifan came through.

[Brother Lu, after the spirit stones were given out, the higher-ups finished their inspection. The people are now in New City and want to talk with you. They're asking when you'll be available.]

Finally, they've arrived.

Lu Ding replied with a message [Get things ready. I'm free right now. Have them wait for me in the office. Let me know when everything's set.]

On the other side.

New City, White Ridge.

After Yan Feifan received the message.

He immediately stood up.

"Everyone, Brother Lu said he'll be here shortly. Shall we head to the office and wait for him?"

The several experts and powerful cultivators dispatched from Hanjing stood up without a moment's hesitation: "Assistant Investigator Yan, quickly, quickly, let's go now! The spirit stones Grand Duke Lu provided are of tremendous use!"

"We can't afford to waste any time. The sooner we put them into service, the sooner our Great Han's national strength can reach new heights."

Yan Feifan didn't hide the smile on his face as he led the group directly to Lu Ding's office.

On the way.

When they were almost there, Yan Feifan sent Lu Ding a message.

After they arrived.

Yan Feifan stepped forward and knocked on the door.

A voice came from inside.

"Enter!"

Yan Feifan pushed the door open and walked in.

He called out, "Brother Lu, the experts are here."

Behind him, figures filed into the office one after another.

Yan Feifan walked to the side and began brewing tea.

Lu Ding sat in the main seat.

The old expert with the balding crown stepped forward and looked at Lu Ding: "Grand Duke Lu, I've heard so much about you. If I may ask, how many spirit stones do you have?"

Lu Ding stood up and shook hands with the expert, maintaining proper etiquette as required: "They're not easy to obtain, but the quantity is considerable."

Hearing this, the group of experts immediately broke into delighted smiles.

Among them, the lead old expert, with his hair neatly combed and wearing frameless glasses, stepped forward to shake Lu Ding's hand: "Grand Duke Lu, hello. My name is Xu Zheng, and I'm the lead research director for this spirit stone project."

"The spirit stones you provided, after our testing and experimentation, hold an irreplaceable value for Great Han."

"This includes, but is not limited to, serving as an energy source for the Reshaper, with an efficiency far surpassing the original Reshaper energy blocks."

"Additionally, they can serve as an energy reserve for Great Han's conceptual weapons."

"In the past, Great Han sealed away many conceptual-grade weapons because we couldn't resolve issues of stability and energy supply. As a result, they've remained in storage, unable to be put into direct use."

"For example, take a look at this."

Expert Xu handed over a tablet.

On it was information on a conceptual-grade weapon.

[Spiritual Wave-Shattering Realm Cannon]

[Power comparable to a full-force strike from a Deification Ninth Level cultivator. However, due to the inability to resolve the energy supply issue, it requires a physically robust Deification Ninth Level cultivator as the primary operator, paired with another Deification Ninth Level cultivator with high Spiritual Energy intensity to channel their own Spiritual Energy to fire it. After a single shot, the equipment is damaged, and the primary operator is highly susceptible to backlash.......]

This thing is completely useless.

The power is impressive, sure. One shot equals a full-force strike from a Deification Ninth Level cultivator.

But it requires two Deification Ninth Level cultivators to operate together, and they can easily get injured.

What's the point of that?

But with the spirit stones Lu Ding provided, it's a different story.

Because this equipment is built on various rare materials as its foundation, reinforced with Arrays, and guided by technology. If the energy problem can be solved, the stability of the Arrays is bound to improve further.

Once the Arrays are stable, the technology responsible for energy conduction becomes more reliable.

This would resolve the issues of barrel explosions and backlash caused by unstable Arrays.

Once these problems are solved, Qi Refiners below the Deification Ninth Level can also operate it.

Then its utility becomes enormous.

Allowing someone below the Spirit Refinement Ninth Layer to unleash the destructive power of a full-force strike from the Deification Ninth Level, this is essentially strategic-level equipment.

Continuing to flip through.

[X-1 Quantum Excitation Device]

[Can excite quantum waves for area coverage, causing all matter to enter a quantum state and become unstable. Through vibration, it achieves quantum destruction and molecular dissolution. Currently, it can only be manually operated by channeling Spiritual Energy, but due to the destructive effects of the Quantum Excitation Device, the operator will suffer extreme pain.]

[This causes fluctuations in the operator's Spiritual Energy transmission frequency. Once the frequency changes beyond the threshold, the Quantum Excitation Device will be damaged, triggering quantum collapse.]

[The issues of continuity and stability in energy transmission must be resolved before it can be put into use.]

In other words, this thing absolutely requires unmanned operation with self-supplying energy, so it can achieve the combat effect of 'confronting the enemy head-on,' rather than being a goddamn suicide bomber where the damage output isn't even that impressive, yet the equipment gets destroyed, and the operator suffers severe backlash or even death.

A loss outweighing any gain.

Moreover, the longer this thing operates, the greater its power. It works by continuously accumulating frequency, layering one wave upon another, like waves pushing waves, eventually achieving the effect of destroying a nation.

If it breaks down before operating for long, or gets destroyed by the enemy, that's a pure loss. This thing isn't cheap.

Besides this [X-1 Quantum Excitation Device]

There are also other weapons like [Y-1], [Y-2], [X-2], and weapons starting with Z.

Corresponding respectively to.

[X] series, nation-destroying heavy weapons.

[Y] series, multi-functional heavy weapons.

[Z] series, individual combat weapons.

After Lu Ding finished reading.

Xu Zheng continued speaking: "These weapons are all based on material foundations. We also have data based on human factors from our testing of the spirit stones you provided, Grand Duke Lu. But there's too much information, so I'll just summarize it verbally for you."

"After our testing, the spirit stones you provided possess absolute purity."

"It's like a nutritionally balanced compressed biscuit. It might not taste great, but it definitely fills you up and provides sufficient nutrients to ensure proper development."

"It can also create a synergistic effect with rare natural treasures."

"Triggering a reaction where one plus one is greater than two, enhancing a Qi Refiner's absorption of medicinal effects from rare natural treasures."

"Furthermore, if there's a large quantity of spirit stones, they can be used in a concentrated burst, utilizing the Spiritual Energy within the spirit stones to help Qi Refiners break through bottlenecks better, faster, and more forcefully."

"Besides these, there are various other wonderful uses."

"In short, spirit stones are like a jack-of-all-trades. Whether used independently for cultivation and strengthening one's cultivation, or applied to equipment, weapons, and civil welfare, they hold strong irreplaceability."

The more he spoke, the more excited this expert became.

He dared not even imagine that if the spirit stone supply could be established, solving the weapon and equipment problems first, and then investing in civil welfare and other areas later, Great Han would undergo earth-shattering changes in a short period of time.