Chapter 211: Energy Conversion

The night was quiet, and all the lights on the Infinity had been turned off. For safety, a few people in the carriage took turns to keep watch.

In car number 3, Ding Junyi was sleeping on the bed, feeling a sense of peace and tranquility. She had a habit of sleeping without clothes, which gave her a feeling of complete liberation while she slept.

Outside the rest room, the Hell Black Chrysanthemum in the sealed cultivation chamber quietly emitted an almost invisible幽光 (yōu guāng – faint, ethereal glow). After absorbing the black gas from the great parasite, the black smoke began to circulate above the stamen, transforming into a cold substance that spread throughout the carriage.

Like an invisible smoke, some of it was inhaled by Ding Junyi, while the rest spread to the carriages in front and behind. KIKI, Shasha, Da Lou, Lu Xingchen, and even Shu Qin, Lu Chang, Miao Lu, and other team members in the rear carriages were unknowingly enveloped by this faint glow.

When the faint, glowing aura tried to dissipate from the carriage, the Isomeric Cube in car number 1 captured it back.

Ding Junyi opened her eyes, feeling an inexplicable sense of comfort throughout her body. She looked around but found nothing. So she got up, put on her white lab coat, gently opened the door of the rest room, and after confirming that no one was there, she walked out.

She was naked underneath and didn’t want to be seen, but at this moment she did feel something strange. When she came out, her eyes fell on the faint glow on the Hell Black Chrysanthemum.

“What’s going on?”

This was the first time Ding Junyi had discovered such a situation. She immediately lost all sleepiness, turned on the lights in car number 3, and began to work.

In car number 1, Lin Xian had just fallen asleep when a message suddenly popped up on the light screen of his Mechanical Heart.

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted. 1000 Mechanical Source Points obtained.]

Lin Xian shot up from the bed in an instant.

“What?”

He thought he had misread it, but when he opened the panel of his Mechanical Heart, he was shocked to find that his Mechanical Source Points had indeed increased by 1000!

[Current Mechanical Heart Level: LV.3 (2720/5000)]

“Holy crap!”

Lin Xian was jolted awake. He immediately looked around, subconsciously thinking he had devoured the Infinity in his dream.

But the surroundings were extremely quiet. The Mechanical Heart was operating, the Infinity was in good condition, and Teacher Chen was sleeping peacefully beside him. Nothing had happened.

He sensed that something was not right and quickly got dressed. Seeing the ‘non-mechanical energy’ on the light screen, the first thing he thought of was the Isomeric Cube.

Lin Xian came out of the room, took out the Isomeric Cube fixed in car number 1, and directly activated his Mechanical Heart to scan it.

[Beep! Using non-mechanical force for reflection detection.]

[Detection successful. No fear risk within the train. Dark side force intrusion has been shielded.]

[Converting non-mechanical energy within the train. 2 Mechanical Source Points obtained…]

“Sure enough, what’s going on?”

Lin Xian was a little confused at this moment. The Isomeric Cube was a product of his Mechanical Heart forcibly converting the Aberration radio, but he never expected this thing to be able to convert Mechanical Source Points, and without him devouring any machinery.

What was this non-mechanical energy?

Just as Lin Xian’s head was filled with question marks, he suddenly noticed an extremely subtle stream of light flowing through the entire carriage and converging into the Isomeric Cube.

Lin Xian’s eyes immediately focused. He began to capture that subtle stream of light and followed its flow towards the rear carriages.

He passed through car number 2. KIKI and Shasha, the two little girls, were still fast asleep.

Hiss~

Lin Xian opened the gate to car number 3 and found the lights were still on. Director Ding was studying something with a solemn expression. Lin Xian looked and found that the faint light was invisible under the bright lights.

“Director Ding? Still up so late?”

Ding Junyi looked up at Lin Xian: “I just discovered a strange phenomenon with the Hell Black Chrysanthemum. I have to study it.”

“A strange phenomenon?”

Lin Xian moved his Mechanical Heart, and with a click, he turned off the lights in car number 3.

At this moment, the faint glow appeared again, and it was even brighter. Lin Xian looked and found that the source was the Hell Black Chrysanthemum.

Seeing Lin Xian turn off the lights, Ding Junyi immediately said, “You saw it too?”

Lin Xian was about to speak but was cut off by Ding Junyi’s words. He had wanted to ask if she had seen it too, but Ding Junyi’s reaction was beyond his expectation, indicating that this faint light was different from his Mechanical Heart’s panel light screen; everyone could see it.

“What’s going on? Could it be another mark?” Lin Xian asked.

Ding Junyi pushed up her glasses: “It’s unclear at the moment. A positive Spirit Oscillation Value force has been detected from it. Normally, only Espers have this phenomenon. The preliminary judgment is that it is dark energy, but it’s unknown why it’s in a state of energy dissipation.”

Lin Xian’s expression tightened upon hearing this. He had just obtained 1000 Mechanical Source Points. Could it be because of this thing?

But didn’t his Mechanical Heart need to devour machinery to obtain them? And this dark energy from the Hell Black Chrysanthemum should have been absorbed from the Aberrations and that mimic giant louse. How could it be converted into non-mechanical energy and then turned into Mechanical Source Points by the Isomeric Cube?

Lin Xian’s eyes flickered, feeling like his brain couldn’t keep up.

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian’s expression: “Did you discover something?”

Lin Xian shook his head: “I’m not sure. If it’s not some kind of mark, then this thing is very likely releasing dark energy on the train. I just don’t know if it’s good or bad for us.”

The faint light spread to all the carriages. Lin Xian himself had obtained Mechanical Source Points, so he wasn’t worried, but he was concerned about whether this inexplicable change would affect others. After all, too much dark energy could easily cause ordinary people to degenerate, which was a very troublesome point.

“To know this, we can only conduct observations on test subjects.”

Ding Junyi straightened up and looked at Lin Xian: “I have monitored the physical functions of all personnel. Perhaps we will know the changes in a few days.”

“A few days?” Lin Xian asked.

“Yes,” Ding Junyi said. “Unless there is an immediate malignant degeneration, it’s difficult to compare the effects on the body in a short period of time. A few days is already very short.”

Lin Xian nodded, looking at the Hell Black Chrysanthemum with a complicated expression: “I hope it’s good news.”

He was of course happy to be able to obtain Mechanical Source Points out of thin air. His first guess was that this thing absorbed the black gas of the Aberrations and converted it into evolutionary material energy that was then released, which was why he had obtained Mechanical Source Points for no reason. It was very likely that everyone on the train would receive such benefits.

If that was the case, then this Hell Black Chrysanthemum was simply a divine object. It could not only serve as an early warning system for the [Dark Mark], but also absorb the black gas of Aberrations and convert it into Mechanical Source Points. Wouldn’t that give him another way to upgrade!?

1000 points was almost the income from devouring 4-5 train locomotives. Although there was no devouring proficiency or materials, it could speed up the upgrade of his Mechanical Heart!

He knew that the skills obtained after upgrading the Mechanical Heart were very powerful. Raising the level early was definitely a good thing!

Hmm?

As Lin Xian was thinking, his gaze fell on Ding Junyi and suddenly sharpened: “Director Ding, are you…?”

“Not wearing anything.”

Ding Junyi looked down at the research data with a serious face, completely ignoring the cool feeling of being naked under her white lab coat.

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