Teacher Xuan Ziwen led Huo Yuhao through several corridors and arrived in front of a door. He quickly opened the laboratory door using an identification tag. This was his laboratory, the Third Laboratory.
"Come in."
Teacher Xuan Ziwen walked in without looking back. Huo Yuhao followed behind him, and the moment he stepped into the room, he couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.
This was Teacher Xuan Ziwen's laboratory?
He briefly looked around. The laboratory was quite large. It was filled with various types of Spirit Tools and some metal Materials. Against the wall stood several tall metal cabinets, with various parts and tools neatly arranged inside.
In the very center of the laboratory was a huge experimental table exceeding thirty square meters. The tabletop was covered with a layer of soft protective padding, on which several semi-finished Spirit Tools were scattered.
However, Huo Yuhao noticed that the surface of the experimental table was quite clean, forming a sharp contrast with Teacher Xuan Ziwen's own slovenly image.
It seems that although this guy isn't too particular about himself, he is quite attentive to his workbench.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen walked to the experimental table and turned around. His eyes stared straight at Huo Yuhao, his tone carrying a hint of urgency.
"Huo Yuhao, I won't beat around the bush with you."
"That Soul Guided Car of yours... could you take it out and let me see it?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao raised his eyebrows slightly.
He looked at Teacher Xuan Ziwen, was silent for a moment, and then asked.
"Teacher Xuan Ziwen, I would like to ask... what can you offer in exchange of equal value?"
Huo Yuhao's tone was calm, but his attitude was very clear: there is no such thing as a free lunch in this World.
He came to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy for the purpose of exchange and learning. Xiao Hongchen had given him a pile of Spirit Tool blueprints at that time, which was why he agreed to let Xiao Hongchen study the Soul Guided Car.
It wasn't very appropriate for Teacher Xuan Ziwen to just ask for it right away.
After hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Teacher Xuan Ziwen didn't get angry; instead, he nodded.
"You make a valid point."
He was silent for a moment, then raised his head, a glimmer of sharp light flashing in his eyes.
"How about this? I will trade with you using my latest research achievement."
Teacher Xuan Ziwen's tone carried a hint of confidence.
"My latest research achievement: the remote monitoring Spirit Tool."
"In the entire Mingde Hall, I am the only one who can make it."
When he said this, his face was full of pride.
Upon hearing the words "remote monitoring Spirit Tool," Huo Yuhao's heart stirred slightly.
A remote monitoring Spirit Tool?
When he was at Shrek Academy, he had learned about them a little, but such things seemed to belong to level 5 Spirit Tools at the academy. Huo Yuhao didn't have the corresponding blueprints, but he had studied some screen-type Spirit Tools that served as lower-level substitutes.
Seeing that Huo Yuhao didn't speak, Teacher Xuan Ziwen added another sentence.
"Although this remote monitoring Spirit Tool of mine is level 8, it is actually... already close to level 9."
"Level 8... close to level 9?"
Huo Yuhao didn't know exactly what Teacher Xuan Ziwen meant by level 8 close to level 9, but from the Spirit Tool blueprints Xiao Hongchen had taken out, Huo Yuhao knew that the grading standards for Soul Engineers at the academy and the Soul Engineers on the Douluo Continent were different.
However... if he could study this thing, it should be of great help to the improvement of his knowledge of Spirit Tools.
Huo Yuhao nodded.
"Deal."
A smile appeared on Teacher Xuan Ziwen's face, and he hurriedly took out a palm-sized metal disc from his bosom and handed it to Huo Yuhao.
"This is my remote monitoring Spirit Tool."
"Take it and look."
Huo Yuhao took the metal disc and looked at it repeatedly.
This thing didn't look big, but it felt heavy in his hand. The surface was engraved with complex Spirit Tool array patterns, and the workmanship was quite exquisite.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen was watching Huo Yuhao eagerly, the anticipation in his eyes just like a child waiting to unwrap a gift.
Seeing him like this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but smile, then took out the Soul Guided Car from his Storage Soul Tool.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen's eyes lit up instantly. He lunged at it, his hands stroking the body of the Soul Guided Car back and forth, his eyes full of fanaticism.
"It's so beautiful..."
Teacher Xuan Ziwen muttered to himself.
"This craftsmanship... this design... it's simply perfect..."
Watching Teacher Xuan Ziwen like this, a strange feeling suddenly arose in Huo Yuhao's heart.
This guy... is so much like Ji Juechen.
Ji Juechen was quite obsessed with the Dao of the sword; he had only the sword in his eyes, and only the sword in his heart.
And as for Teacher Xuan Ziwen... he was quite obsessed with Spirit Tools.
One obsessed with the sword, one obsessed with tools.
Although the two pursued different things, that focus and fanaticism were exactly the same.
Huo Yuhao secretly sighed in his heart.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen circled the Soul Guided Car several times, feeling unbearably itchy with curiosity. Finally, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at Huo Yuhao.
"Huo Yuhao, can I... take it apart to study it?"
His tone carried a hint of pleading.
"Don't worry, after the research is finished, I will definitely help you assemble it back together, guaranteed to be as good as new!"
Seeing Teacher Xuan Ziwen's eager appearance, Huo Yuhao found it somewhat amusing in his heart.
He didn't answer directly, but instead asked a question in return.
"Then can I... take apart that remote monitoring Spirit Tool of yours?"
Teacher Xuan Ziwen nodded without hesitation.
"Of course you can!"
When he said this, his tone was crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but be stunned.
This guy agreed too quickly, didn't he?
That was his latest research achievement, a level 8, nearly level 9 Spirit Tool, and he was the only person in the entire Mingde Hall who could make it.
Just like that, letting him take it apart to study?
Looking at Teacher Xuan Ziwen's eyes, which were full of fanaticism and trust, Huo Yuhao suddenly understood.
In Teacher Xuan Ziwen's eyes, Spirit Tools themselves were things used for research, and their value lay only in whether he could learn more from them.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and then nodded.
"Alright, it's a deal."
A smile appeared on Teacher Xuan Ziwen's face. He hurriedly pulled out a toolbox from beside the experimental table and began to carefully dismantle the outer shell of the Soul Guided Car.
Huo Yuhao was not idle either. He took the metal disc, walked to the other side of the experimental table, and began to study it.
For a time, the entire laboratory quieted down, with only the occasional sound of metal colliding and the focused breathing of the two.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen had completely entered a self-forgetful state. His eyes were fixed on every part inside the Soul Guided Car, the tools in his hands constantly dismantling, recording, and analyzing, while his mouth muttered something from time to time.
And on Huo Yuhao's side, he had also entered a state of deep research.
He placed the metal disc on the tabletop and used tools to carefully pry open the outer shell, revealing the dense Spirit Tool arrays and complex energy circuits inside.
"This is... a remote monitoring Spirit Tool?"
Huo Yuhao's brows furrowed slightly, observing every detail carefully.
He discovered that the core principle of this thing was somewhat similar to the screen-type Spirit Tools he had learned about before, but in terms of energy transmission and information reception, it was much more complex.
"Interesting..."
Huo Yuhao muttered to himself and began to analyze it bit by bit.
Time passed minute by minute.
He didn't know how long it had been, but the light in the laboratory dimmed and then brightened again.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen raised his head and stretched, his eyes full of excitement.
Over these two days, he had been almost sleepless and tireless, and finally figured out the manufacturing principle of this Soul Guided Car.
"So that's it... so that's it!"
A look of ecstasy appeared on Teacher Xuan Ziwen's face. He picked up a pen and quickly recorded something in the notebook beside him.
"If I improve it according to this line of thought, I can further refine this Soul Guided Car..."
He muttered to himself, completely immersed in his own World.
After recording, Teacher Xuan Ziwen took a deep breath and began to prepare to start the restoration.
He wanted to reassemble the Soul Guided Car, and then... try to make one himself!
However, just as he was about to start, his gaze inadvertently swept across the other side of the experimental table.
Then Teacher Xuan Ziwen was completely stunned.
He saw that Huo Yuhao was sitting at the other end of the experimental table, holding paper and pen, drawing something on a piece of white paper.
On that paper, it was densely filled with structural diagrams of Spirit Tool arrays and the pathways of energy circuits.
It was shockingly the complete design drawing of that remote monitoring Spirit Tool!
And... from the completeness of that drawing, Huo Yuhao had clearly figured out all the principles!
Teacher Xuan Ziwen's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. He opened his mouth, his voice even trembling.
"Huo Yuhao... you... what is this..."
Huo Yuhao raised his head, looked at him, and said in a calm tone.
"Oh, I am restoring your remote monitoring Spirit Tool."
Teacher Xuan Ziwen was stunned. When he gave out this Spirit Tool, he hadn't even thought about being able to get it back completely.
After all, this was his latest research achievement, and the design ideas and Spirit Tool arrays inside were all things he had spent several years figuring out.
Even for a veteran level 8 Soul Engineer, wanting to understand these things in a short time was an almost impossible task.
But this teenager in front of him had actually only used two days to start working on the restoration?
Teacher Xuan Ziwen swallowed, then hurriedly walked to Huo Yuhao's side and looked down at that design drawing.
The more he looked, the more shocked he was in his heart.
"You... have you really understood it?"
Teacher Xuan Ziwen's voice had even changed.
Huo Yuhao looked up at him and nodded.
"If it's restoration, I can do it."
"Some of the things in it were taught at our academy, so... after spending some time, I can consider myself to have understood it."
Teacher Xuan Ziwen looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief, his eyes full of shock.
He took a deep breath, trying hard to calm the waves in his heart, and then said.
"Then you... restore it for me to see right now."
Teacher Xuan Ziwen pulled over a chair, sat down, crossed his arms, and stared fixedly at Huo Yuhao.
"I'll watch you do it."
Huo Yuhao glanced at him, nodded, and didn't say much more. He picked up the tools and began to work.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen's gaze never left Huo Yuhao's hands for a moment.
He didn't believe it; he didn't believe that a teenager could, in just two short days, understand the achievement he had spent several years researching.
Even if Huo Yuhao had some foundation, it shouldn't be the case.
As Huo Yuhao's hands moved continuously, reassembling the parts one by one, and one Spirit Tool array after another was reactivated...
Teacher Xuan Ziwen's expression changed from suspicion to shock, from shock to disbelief, and finally... into a deep sense of bewilderment.
Every one of Huo Yuhao's steps was done with extreme precision.
There was no hesitation, no mistakes.
Teacher Xuan Ziwen opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found that he couldn't say a single word.
In his mind, there was only one thought.
This teenager... what kind of monster is he exactly?
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At the same time, in the Deans Office.
[Detected that key person Teacher Xuan Ziwen's recognition of Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy has increased!]
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a reward: Special Student — Ling Zichen]
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