The rocket flew higher and higher, quickly turning into a small dot.
Since the rocket did not explode within the first minute of launch, it ant that the majority of the launch had been successful, and in the ensuing ti, the flight of the rocket remained smooth. Chen Shouyi watched the rocket exhaust its fuel in stages and reach near-Earth orbit.
The detector located at the head automatically detached from the debris as the plasma engine started running.
"Successfully received the signal."
"Headed off on the predetermined orbit."
"Clap clap clap!" The President started applauding.
Soon the applause grew increasingly vigorous, and everyone appeared excited.
To be honest, before the launch, everyone was anxious and on edge.
An unmanned Solar System space probe is not just any satellite. It is quite large in size, designed to accommodate a plasma engine and accompanying nuclear fusion reactor, with a mass totaling over a hundred tons.
It is less a launch of a probe
than it is a launch of an unmanned spacecraft.
And the rocket used for the launch was even more astonishing.
It was over 130 ters tall and weighed 45,000 tons.
Undoubtedly, this was the largest payload rocket ever built by humanity and represented a monuntal leap in technology.
"Thank you all for your tireless efforts. Everyone has worked hard," the President delivered his speech. "I won’t say much more; I hope everyone rembers their mission and responsibilities, reaching new heights in technology without making reckless decisions. We should not discriminate between dostic and foreign scientists, and should promote and reward those with abilities without any prejudice."
He ntioned this for a reason.
The space program involved scientists not only from our country, but also from abroad, with foreign participation making up as much as one-third.
Now is no longer the ti when foreign monks are better at reciting scriptures. With Great Xia’s status rising, becoming Earth’s undisputed hegemon, especially with the mass supply of Divine Marrow, Great Xia produced countless exceptional talents, naturally fostering a sense of superiority.
Added to this were so political notions of differentiation, leading to a severe oppression of foreign scientist groups.
As a result, except for a few scientists with international renown, most foreign scientists could only assist, while so key sensitive departnts were completely closed to non-native scientists, even if they had gained citizenship.
This was a serious waste of intellectual resources.
For example, in this launch center, there wasn’t a single foreigner present.
In the past, this was certainly correct—politically correct!
But now, with humanity on a countdown, continuing this internal exhaustion was undoubtedly foolish.
...
"Hoo!"
Chen Shouyi suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
He breathed deeply.
His whole body was drenched in sweat.
He had been awakened by a nightmare.
In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-October, yet the remains of Tamu’s will in his mind were still unresolved, seemingly worsening, making it increasingly difficult for him to ditate and concentrate.
This evening, he even dreamt of Tamu’s Eye.
A dream!?
For Chen Shouyi, who had control over all levels of consciousness, including the subconscious, this was simply unthinkable.
"Perhaps, this isn’t a dream!" Chen Shouyi thought, his expression solemn and contemplative. "But rather, his consciousness is gradually being polluted."
In recent days, he had been attempting to refine Tamu’s will residue daily, but not only had it proved ineffective, it had instead worsened over ti.
His will had increased by 0.3 points under the pressure.
Unfortunately, this was of no use at all.
He looked at the watch on the bedside table and realized it was only two o’clock. He decided not to sleep anymore, put on so clothes, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom to wash his face.
At this mont, he looked at the mirror.
A pair of chaotic, indifferent eyes stared directly at him, vaguely emanating a terrifying aura.
The bizarre scene before him caught him off guard, causing his muscles to instinctively tense.
"Boom!"
The bathroom seed to explode with high explosives.
The glass shattered instantly, the floor was stomped, forming a large hole, leaving the bathroom in ruins, and the entire villa reverberated.
However, Chen Shouyi’s attention was elsewhere.
His heart pounded ferociously, his mind in a daze.
"Damn it!"
He heard his parents and sister getting up upstairs, evidently awakened by the loud commotion.
"Shou Yi, what’s wrong? What happened?"
"Mom, nothing, I just accidentally knocked sothing over," Chen Shouyi replied.
"It’s late, don’t practice, go to bed early."
"I understand."
...
Upstairs returned to calm.
With a wave of his hand, countless shattered pieces on the floor seed to rewind through ti, swiftly returning to their original positions.
The damaged floor was silently restored, and the mirror returned to its forr state... within less than half a second, everything seed to have returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
"I was careless; this thing is truly dangerous," Chen Shouyi thought to himself. "I can’t spare Faith Value, I must quickly eliminate Tamu’s will residue."
He glanced at the mirror again, but nothing appeared.
He made a swift decision, turned, and left the bathroom.
Then he opened the bedroom window, quietly flying off into the distance.
The night was silent; a few minutes later, Chen Shouyi landed on a nearby mountain.
Though nearby, it was several hundred kiloters away from Zhonghai City.
Upon landing, the surroundings fell silent, with even the noisy chirping of insects disappearing.
With a thought, a massive rock rapidly weathered, quickly forming a smooth platform.
He stepped forward and sat cross-legged.
Taking a deep breath, he gradually cald his restless mood.
After half a minute:
"Insight"
He silently recited in his mind.
The next mont.
His eyes instantly turned silver-white, emitting an eerie light, his thoughts breaking through another dinsion, the world before him changing beyond recognition, colors, shadows, and light rapidly fading.
The essence of the world, presented before him.
No matter how many tis he entered, each experience made it difficult to resist getting lost.
The imnse Faith Value consud each instant reminded him of what needed to be done.
He had no ti to waste.
0.01 seconds later
He closed his eyes.
...
0.05 seconds.
He entered into ditation, beginning the siege of Tamu’s will.
The previously unyielding Tamu’s will instantly beca surmountable upon accessing Insight, constantly being crushed in the siege, advancing rapidly.
0.15 seconds later
Chen Shouyi had already reclaid most of the lost ground.
0.2 seconds later.
The feeling of omnipotence suddenly halted, his brain seed to receive a heavy blow, causing a dull pain as he awoke from ditation.
"Damn, damn, damn, just a little more."
He imdiately opened the attribute panel.
His previous 30,000 points of Faith Value had been entirely depleted.
"Damn it!"
He let out his frustration, punching the stone slab with a loud bang, and half the mountain fragnted and shattered.
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