#592 - Harvest; leave; accidental discovery

However, the initial group of summoned researchers were unsure if the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Engine could be used as an energy source for Gauss weapons.

Therefore, Zhang Zhi summoned another thousand individuals. This time, all the summoned dependents were researchers related to the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Engine, as well as those with some expertise in electricity and electromagnetism.

After a lengthy period of discussion, debate, and argumentation, the researchers present reached a consensus, believing that with some modifications, the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Engine could be directly used as an energy source for Gauss weapons.

As for the weapon's barrel and related components?

With Fang Qi, who had already advanced to the Godly Realm, it was naturally a piece of cake.

Moreover, even if Fang Qi couldn't refine them, the main world had countless masters of weapon refinement, so it wouldn't be a problem at all.

Thus, after discussions among the now over five thousand researchers present, Zhang Zhi was confident that the main weapon for the flying ship in the Refined Qi Small World was settled.

With sufficient energy, Gauss weapons could reach speeds close to the speed of light!

Moreover, if the projectiles fired were large enough, the firing rate fast enough, and some extra ingredients were added, even beings at the Weak Divine Power Realm who activated the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth would ultimately meet a bitter end.

However, the researchers present weren't thinking along those lines yet. They were currently focused on whether they could replicate this type of weapon. Even if they could only replicate a version that required multiple people to operate and couldn't replicate a single-soldier-level weapon in the short term, it would still be a huge breakthrough for the Refined Qi Small World.

At the very least, if they continued to explore this secret realm in the future, even ordinary exploration team members could inflict some damage on those robots within the secret realm.

It wouldn't be like now, where cultivators at the ordinary level were completely helpless against these robots.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Zhi summoned Fang Qi and Fang Ke, and also summoned the designers and manufacturers of the Bu Ren Jia flying ship.

With the appearance of these people, some of the researchers present finally understood that the Honored One seemed to be thinking of adding this weapon to the flying ship?

In the following days, Zhang Zhi's focus shifted from exploring the secret realm and dealing with the attacking robots to the discussions among the researchers on how to add the Gauss weapon to the flying ship.

Eleven days later, under the direction of Fang Qi and Fang Ke, a plan was finalized after much deliberation.

In this plan, a giant Spiritual Qi Annihilation Engine was added to the flying ship, along with a somewhat complex device.

That device was used to convert the energy produced by the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Engine into electrical energy to charge the Gauss weapon on the flying ship.

This Gauss weapon had a barrel nearly nine thousand meters long, almost the same length as the flying ship, with a diameter of one meter, and fired special projectiles with a diameter of about two chi (approximately 66 centimeters).

These projectiles could be inscribed with runes and could also have special items sealed inside, allowing the projectiles to have greater power without increasing their weight.

At the same time, the projectiles inscribed with runes and containing special items would not only inflict physical damage upon impact but also possess extraordinary abilities, such as poison or even curse attacks.

The designed firing rate of this Gauss cannon was about one shot per second. However, after every minute of operation, it would need to be paused for more than ten minutes.

The pause was not for maintaining the Gauss cannon.

Rather, according to the designers' estimations, the optimal operating time for the device that converted the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Engine's energy into electricity was one minute. If this time was exceeded, the device would be at risk of being damaged.

As for the power of the Gauss cannon, after calculations by the researchers present, the speed of the projectiles fired by the Gauss cannon could reach nearly one-half the speed of light.

At this speed, it would be nearly impossible for Weak Divine Power Realm deities to dodge, and even Low Divine Power Realm beings might not be able to evade it.

Of course, to hit a Godly Realm being, speed alone was not enough; accuracy was also essential.

Locking onto and attacking a Godly Realm being, with their super-sensing abilities, was too difficult for the current technology of the Refined Qi Small World.

However, even so, this was still an enormous step forward for the human race in the Refined Qi Small World.

Moreover, they could compensate with quantity.

Furthermore, as time went on, a large number of extraordinary elements would definitely be added to this Gauss cannon, and its combat capabilities would certainly be greatly enhanced. Perhaps they could even find a way to shield it from the senses of Godly Realm beings.

Regarding extraordinary elements, some researchers had just suggested whether they should try adding materials with lightning laws to the barrel to increase the speed of the projectiles as they left the barrel, or directly refine the barrel into a lightning-type divine artifact, which might make it even more powerful.

However, Fang Qi and Fang Ke, out of caution, rejected these suggestions.

After all, although the Refined Qi Small World had initially understood the principles of this Gauss cannon, they were still light-years away from replicating this weapon.

Fang Ke and Fang Qi felt that with the current scientific capabilities of the small world, they shouldn't expect to start replicating the Gauss weapon for at least three or four years.

Therefore, it was best to be cautious and replicate this Gauss cannon first before tinkering with other things.

Zhang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief after watching the staff record all the contents of the discussions in jade pendants without missing a single detail.

With these jade pendants and the mountain of robot wreckage piled up in the square, the Gauss weapon should be a sure thing.

After dealing with the Gauss weapon system, Zhang Zhi once again turned his attention to the secret realm.

Perhaps because the exploration team hadn't been exploring outwards, the pressure they felt after setting up the defense line wasn't too great, and the weapons carried by the attacking robots weren't particularly powerful.

Until the last day, when the portal was about to open, Zhang Zhi, thinking of testing the base's defensive capabilities, summoned a Spiritual Qi Annihilation Cannon and fired a shot at a robot outside the defense line.

With that shot, a large number of buildings were reduced to ashes in the white light.

Only ten minutes later, thousands of flying machines densely appeared in the distant sky.

Looking at the flying machines in the distance, Zhang Zhi wiped a handful of sweat, thinking how fortunate he was that he hadn't approved the use of the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Cannon earlier; otherwise, he didn't know how much world power it would have taken to survive this secret realm exploration.

Those flying machines were extremely fast. He had just seen them appear on the horizon, and in the blink of an eye, they had flown close. If it weren't for the dozen or so Godly Realm beings patrolling in the sky, the ground defense line might have been overwhelmed in an instant.

At Zhang Zhi's signal, the Godly Realm beings in the sky no longer held back.

In just a few minutes, all the flying machines in the sky were shot down.

Flying machines without any extraordinary protective capabilities were like targets to Godly Realm beings.

However, the next moment, Zhang Zhi's pupils contracted slightly, and he grabbed Liu Wanwan next to him and ran away, while the two Godly Realm beings who had been nearby activated Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth and stood in front of them.

After a loud explosion, Zhang Zhi turned to look at the two Godly Realm beings in front of him.

Both of them were holding hundreds of large and small projectiles in their hands.

Needless to say, this was the work of the Gauss weapons in the distance.

Fortunately, this was inside the secret realm, and the presence of the atmosphere slowed down the speed of the Gauss weapons relatively.

And fortunately, he had the Little Broken Bell to warn him, and he noticed something was wrong in the first instance.

After discovering that all attacks had been blocked, Zhang Zhi looked back at the distance with some lingering fear. At this time, those Godly Realm dependents patrolling the sky were flying towards the locations of those exposed Gauss cannons.

He was now basically certain that there was something like an artificial intelligence within this secret realm.

After a series of analyses and data collection, that thing had actually discovered that he was the commander of everyone, so it was thinking of carrying out a decapitation strike and giving him a sudden blow.

It was only him; if it were someone else, they might really have been caught off guard.

Perhaps that intelligence or something discovered that the Gauss weapon attacks were ineffective, and to avoid subsequent losses, it didn't launch any more attacks.

However, Zhang Zhi didn't dare to take it lightly and pulled Liu Wanwan directly to the vicinity of the portal.

He speculated that the intelligence or something must have certain responsibilities, such as maintaining the order of this secret realm or base, and preventing foreign enemies from invading.

For example, guarding this portal.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, as long as he didn't show any inclination to tear down the entire base, the intelligence would definitely not use weapons with great destructive power, such as two-dimensional foils, to attack him.

After all, it should have no way to attack him without endangering the safety of the portal at the same time.

Perhaps Zhang Zhi's speculation was correct, perhaps the intelligence didn't have permission for other powerful weapons, or perhaps for other reasons, Zhang Zhi didn't encounter any more attacks until more than an hour later, when the portal opened again.

Not only did he not encounter any attacks, but even after the Gauss cannons were destroyed, no more robots came to attack on the ground.

After stepping into the portal and returning to the main world, Zhang Zhi's somewhat suspended heart finally relaxed.

He thanked the staff who opened the portal and walked out of the Secret Realm Management Office with Liu Wanwan.

After leaving the Secret Realm Management Office, Zhang Zhi said to her with an apologetic face, "Sister Wanwan, I'm really sorry, this secret realm trip almost put you in danger."

Liu Wanwan heard the words, turned her head and smiled at everyone: "Do we two still need to say such polite words?"

"If you look closely, I have more to thank you for!"

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After returning to his residence, Zhang Zhi reviewed this secret realm exploration trip.

How to say it, maybe because he had been in contact with Professor Kongzi and Professor Zhuangzi frequently during this period, and because he was about to attend that grand event as the third human cultivator to give a lecture, his mentality might have been a little inflated recently.

This action can be said to be somewhat rash.

That is to say, he handled it well, if it were a carelessness, he would suffer a big loss in this technological secret realm trip!

Fortunately, he was cautious, and the initial exploration of the secret realm was only a test. If he had recklessly used the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Cannon from the beginning, he really didn't know what kind of danger he would have encountered in the following days.

Moreover, judging from the later movements, that intelligence was likely after he used the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Cannon and touched a certain boundary, it 'woke up' or put its attention on him.

Otherwise, judging from the fact that no robots came to attack in the end, it would not have arranged a tactic of adding oil, allowing those combat robots to appear one by one.

However, there must be a lot of scientific and technological traps in that technological secret realm.

If he wants to continue exploring this secret realm, then at least he has to wait until he is promoted to the Godly Realm and has the ability to protect himself in areas without extraordinary laws before exploring it.

But all in all, this secret realm exploration can obtain a Gauss weapon with a certain technical accumulation in the small world and can be successfully reversed, which can be said to be a full harvest.

In addition, that kind of light should be a laser weapon. This weapon is somewhat similar to the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Cannon, but the power is far different.

But this weapon only needs energy, and the controllability is much better than the Spiritual Qi Annihilation Cannon. If it can be successfully reversed, it is definitely a very good weapon for low-level cultivators.

Also, there is that kind of explosive whose power is many times stronger than the explosives Zhang Zhi knew in his previous life.

If the small world can reverse the raw materials of this blink and replicate it, then the power of gunpowder weapons in the small world can have a quantum leap development.

Not to mention anything else, the power of the Gatling on the mecha alone will be several times stronger than before.

After checking the wreckage of those robots in the storage ring, as well as the jade pendants recording all the discussions of those researchers at that time, Zhang Zhi got up and prepared to rent a secret realm.

These materials, of course, should be handed over to the people in the Refined Qi Small World as soon as possible.

However, when opening the world gate and transferring materials and related information to the people in the Refined Qi Small World, Zhang Zhi had another unexpected discovery:

There were very special things in those flying machines that appeared last.

At that time, the dozen or so Godly Realm dependents collected a lot of wreckage of flying machines after destroying those flying machines.

Due to limited time, a total of about two hundred flying machine wrecks were collected.

This unexpected discovery was in the wreckage of these flying machines.