The Growth of a God

Chapter 851 - 9: The Nuclear Reactor Gains Sentience

Saying "nuclear reactor" is not quite accurate.

Because a nuclear reactor essentially simulates the sun’s fusion, releasing immense energy through the fusing of atoms.

Different civilizations have different names for similar technologies.

"Nuclear reactor" is merely Li Hao’s human understanding, not the true name of that explosion.

However, no matter what it is called externally, its essence remains unchanged—the release of energy through atomic fusion.

"So... there’s actually a door beneath this stone sculpture."

Due to the previous abnormal movement of the flesh and blood tide, Li Hao keenly detected the essence of this stone sculpture.

It is not only a tribute to Saints and Heroes by these natives but also the key to opening the door to the "nuclear reactor".

If it were a normal person, facing this flesh-covered nuclear reaction base would surely be helpless.

However, Li Hao never belonged to the realm of normal people.

He didn’t even bother to find the key to open this door, directly descending into the deeper underground.

——Magic Divine Power·Earth Escape Technique!

For Li Hao, who has already cultivated the Xuanhuang Immortal Body, divine techniques and magic have long become instinctual.

In just a blink of an eye, Li Hao found a passageway.

Using the Earth Escape Technique to enter this passageway, Li Hao was finally able to glimpse the original appearance of this underground military construction.

Without the cover of flesh, this passageway was constructed using a special alloy.

Carved all over this alloy passageway were special Golden Texts that Li Hao had seen on the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda.

These texts, like talismans, interconnected to form an invisible energy barrier.

"Physical resistance and magic resistance?"

"The builders of this base really thought of everything!"

Muttering indeterminately, Li Hao then drew the Xuanhuang Qi into himself.

Concerning the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, the Xuanhuang Qi was overwhelmingly dominant.

Li Hao feared that if he accidentally destroyed the talisman formed by the Golden Texts, the external flesh would invade into the passageway.

At that point, it would basically be impossible for Li Hao to explore the secrets of this base again.

"Huh?"

The entire passageway was not very long, and in no time Li Hao reached the end of it.

Yet seeing the alloy door at the end of the passageway, Li Hao’s expression suddenly turned strange.

It wasn’t because this alloy door could block Li Hao’s path but because the door was inscribed with a large Qin Seal—Qin!

Yes, you did not see wrong, nor did Li Hao recognize it incorrectly.

It was the Qin Seal from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the Qin of Qin State, and the Qin of the Qin Dynasty!

During Li Hao’s studies of "Chinese Ancient Scripts," he had a particularly deep impression of this word "Qin".

"Qin?"

A sudden image flashed through his mind of the already collapsed stone statue outside.

Li Hao was suddenly startled; aside from that fiery red hair resembling flames, wasn’t the figure’s attire typical of Qin People from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods?

Slanted phoenix eyes, a square face, a high nose bridge, along with that typical Qin-style war skirt...

"That stone statue... could it be a Qi Refiner from Earth who came to this world?"

Taking a deep breath, Li Hao couldn’t help but feel a faint sense of anticipation.

He wondered what this fellow Earthly Practitioner had brought to this world.

So many years have passed, yet someone, even transformed into a headless corpse after death, insisted on guarding his statue and underground storage.

Surge!

This time, the Xuanhuang Qi was operating solely within Li Hao’s body.

In merely the blink of an eye, Li Hao’s body passed directly through the massive steel alloy gate.

——Magic Divine Power·Wall-penetrating Technique!

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Having lost the protection of Xuanhuang Qi, upon entering the underground storage, Li Hao was detected by its security system.

Beep beep beep!

Along with a series of continuous piercing sounds, nearly tangible sonic waves followed closely.

If it were ordinary creatures, a single wave of this sonic impact would be enough to shatter them, leaving their flesh and blood in tatters.

Unfortunately, with Li Hao having already cultivated the Xuanhuang Immortal True Body, he didn’t even budge; this terrifying sonic assault simply had no effect on him.

Not only that, Li Hao even had the leisure to appreciate this kind of special sonic attack method.

Evidently, this direct attack on flesh was specifically designed to target those flesh forms.

If those flesh forms indeed managed to break through the outer alloy gate with dual resistance attributes like Li Hao.

Then this highly targeted sonic attack would again drive them back.

"What a pity, there’s only a single wave of this kind of attack."

Watching the sonic attack gradually cease, Li Hao couldn’t help but shake his head.

For he knew it wasn’t the security system unwilling to continue the attack, but that the entire storage was on the brink of collapse due to long-term neglect.

Sonic assaults like before were already the last defensive line remaining for this storage.

"After all, this is merely the creation of a civilization in decay..."

With a leisurely stride, as if taking a stroll, Li Hao saw a massive contraption struggling to operate before him.

A piston-like structure continued to churn, with surrounding liquid persistently siphoning energy outward...

And serving as the core of all this was a cluster of "stable helium" formed through fusion reactions.

Originally mere byproducts of nuclear fusion, due to prolonged neglect, they presented an unusual state.

That was a blue flame, a special phenomenon that should not exist yet miraculously did.

"Indeed, in a civilization led by a Qi Refiner, anything is possible..."

"Even something like a ’nuclear reactor’ gaining sentience doesn’t seem that far-fetched."

As if to corroborate Li Hao’s words.

The wisp of blue flame suddenly twisted, morphing into a face identical to the stone sculpture.

Compared to the statue outside, the face conjured from the blue flame appeared more youthful and naive.

At the first sight of Li Hao, it merely studied the intruder with curiosity, devoid of the prior aggressiveness.

Yes, this blue flame possessed extreme aggressiveness.

When the flesh rampaged, it was this blue flame’s explosion that temporarily intimidated them.

This was apparent from the radiation levels near the reactor.

That radiation was definitely not something a regular, operable nuclear reactor should exhibit.

The high concentration of radiation even distorted the air, forming brilliant, visible rainbows.

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