Chapter 58 – A Great Harvest

After confirming the other party wasn’t pursuing, Su Hao returned to where he had hidden the books, retrieved the packages, and weighed them in his hands with a smile, “Tonight’s mission is basically complete. A great harvest.”

Su Hao, using his Radar, avoided the crowds and quietly returned to the Academy dormitory.

“Phew…” Only when he sat on the bed did he let out a long sigh of relief.

Although not much time had passed tonight, Su Hao still felt it was exciting enough.

His first battle with a Grandmaster martial artist was exceptionally fierce. Although he had prepared sufficiently, he was still caught off guard twice by unexpected turns of events. One was when “Deceptive Stab” hit the opponent’s throat but was blocked, and the other was when Strong Light was suddenly released from his hand, catching him completely by surprise.

This made Su Hao realize that he lacked experience in dealing with sudden situations during combat.

However, his basic objectives had now been achieved, and he felt very pleased, having also rid LingCloud Town of a menace.

Although he didn’t confirm the opponent’s death in the end, given those injuries, he was either dead or severely crippled. The possibility of the opponent causing trouble again in the short term was gone.

As for why Jin Datong was there and why he saved Murder Demon, Su Hao had no idea and didn’t want to waste his energy investigating these matters.

He had already recorded the opponent’s Blood Qi information anyway. As long as the opponent came close again, he would be able to detect it immediately.

He now had something more interesting to do: study the precious data he had successfully obtained.

Su Hao eagerly opened the package Murder Demon had been carrying.

There were two bottles containing unknown liquids, four Scrolls, three books, and two black stones.

Setting aside the bottles and stones for now, Su Hao picked up the four Scrolls and examined their labels one by one.

“Barrier,” “Strong Light,” “Manipulation,” “Extraction.”

They were four Beast Patterns. Joy flashed in Su Hao’s eyes, and he immediately stored them in his Pinball Space.

Then he picked up the three books.

“Basic Structure of Runes,” “Application of Runes,” “Rune Ink.”

“This is a huge profit!” Su Hao first flipped through the three books from beginning to end, then stored them in his Pinball Space to be safe.

For the rest of the night, Su Hao had no sleepiness and began to read by the light.

He started with “Basic Structure of Runes”.

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After Su Hao finished all three books in one go, it was already the afternoon of the next day. Not only did he not feel sleepy, but he was even more energetic.

What did he see?

He saw another special kind of science from another world.

Unlike the science of the technology world, which uses electricity as its main energy source, this world’s scientific system is a system that uses the Blood Qi contained within living beings as its energy source.

These three short books gave Su Hao a glimpse into the wisdom of life in this world, and he was incredibly amazed.

This is a miracle of nature, and only natural evolution could achieve such a perfect structure.

These three books focused on the surface phenomena of Rune generation.

In other words, where Runes come from, what they are used for, and how to use them.

Simply put, Runes are derived from Beast Patterns and are a simplified version of Beast Patterns, but they are still very complex.

Drawing Runes requires meeting four conditions. First, special ink must be used, as the specially made ink can effectively integrate and preserve Blood Qi.

Second, it must be drawn on a living organism, as Blood Qi Essence is biological energy and cannot be drawn on dead objects.

Third, Blood Qi must be constantly supplied to maintain it. Without maintenance, a drawn Rune will dissipate in moments.

Fourth, only one of the same Rune can be drawn on the body at a time; drawing two simultaneously will cause them to cancel each other out and collapse.

However, Su Hao saw more than just the surface of Runes; he also saw the underlying principles hidden beneath these phenomena.

Why can the “Perception” Rune in his body perceive Blood Qi? Why can the “Strong Light” Rune emit strong light? Why is the “Hardness” Rune indestructible?

The effects produced by Runes are merely the superficial manifestations of Rune operation, the results. Su Hao was not very interested in this, but he was very interested in the principles that produced these results.

It’s like how many people know that light bulbs emit light, fans rotate, microwaves heat, speakers produce sound, TVs display video, and atomic bombs explode, etc. But the detailed principles behind them are unknown.

Just like the people of the world of Harmony, they only know that after Runes operate, they can produce various special effects, but no one knows exactly why.

It’s not that the people of this world don’t research, but rather that their initial research direction was wrong.

Modern technology is based on research of external substances and energy sources, with research directions primarily focused on matter and energy.

In this world, due to its unique development, people’s research is based on the living body, exploring the development of biological energy and the limits of individual strength.

Therefore, regarding Runes, people more often attribute them to the blessings of the Creator, considering them the exclusive wealth of Ferocious Beasts.

They merely collected the superficial aspects of Runes, exploring how to utilize known Runes to enhance individual strength and reach the pinnacle of combat power.

Few people, like Su Hao, would, upon receiving a Rune, first consider not why the Rune is so amazing, but why it produces special effects after running, and what the underlying principles are.

Even if someone thought like Su Hao, they wouldn’t have his profound knowledge reserves, and most would ultimately fail to grasp it, having to give up in frustration.

“These Runes must have operating principles, just like electricity generating magnetism, magnetism generating electricity, thermal energy converting to electrical energy, electrical energy converting to light, the photoelectric effect, and so on. Blood Qi, this energy source, harmonizes with electrical energy. After operating according to certain rules, it will inevitably produce a specific Force Field. Then, multiple Force Fields combine, causing Blood Qi to undergo special changes, forming the observed phenomena: emitting light, hardness, manipulation barriers, and so on.”

Su Hao’s eyes blazed with fiery passion, his entire body trembling from the acquisition of new knowledge. This was another set of scientific principles for biological energy sources!

“I will dismantle all the Runes, fully exposing the secrets contained within! How does Blood Qi generate Force Fields? What are the properties of Force Fields? How can I control the intensity of Force Fields? I can barely wait!”

Su Hao took a deep breath, calming his excited emotions, and entered the Pinball Space.

“Little Light, establish the Rune experiment bench.”

The Room’s living room faded out, and a circular experiment bench faded in.

“Dismantle the Runes ‘Perception’, ‘Barrier’, ‘Strong Light’, ‘Manipulation’, ‘Extraction’ into their structures.”

“Please set the dismantling conditions.”

Su Hao thought for a moment, then gave the command: “Dismantle each Rune into ten parts, with equal lengths along the operating path.”

“Dismantling successful.”

After saving, Su Hao continued to dismantle into smaller segments based on structural complexity, by ring structure, by special curve structure, and so on.

In just a moment, with Little Light’s help, all the Runes were dismantled into small fragments in various forms, stored in the Storing Essence file.

“Next, we need to experiment one by one and observe the results of each fragment’s operation.”

Su Hao finalized the plan and listed the points that needed attention.

“There are still some issues to resolve. Some Force Fields cannot be perceived by the naked eye, so corresponding experimental tools and equipment are needed. I’ll have to look up the materials science data for this world. But the good news is, my Grandmaster Rune is ‘Perception’, which is very sensitive to the operation of Blood Qi. If I concentrate my attention at close range, I can perceive the subtle changes in the Blood Qi Force Field.”

Su Hao turned to look at the dormitory environment, frowning immediately, and murmured, “It seems this place is no longer suitable. It’s time to change locations.”

He picked up the four scrolls of Beast Pattern in his hand, showing a mysterious smile: “If I can sell these, that’s money.”

“However, I’ll have to wait until school starts!”

There were still more than ten days until school began.

Su Hao wasn’t in a hurry. He planned to spend this time thoroughly understanding the books he had snatched back, and then visit the town to confirm his shopping list for later.

(End of Chapter)