Chapter 937

ay Accompanied by the sound of gunfire again, the counterattack begins.

Only in the Meeting Room of the core researchers did everyone stare fixedly at Chu An, waiting for his explanation.

Even though the war had not yet ended, no one had the mind to worry about those things; they were more curious about how Chu An had managed it.

Especially for researchers who understood condensed states, Chu An's unfathomable approach was like a magic trick, leaving them unable to comprehend.

He was the first to ask a question.

A First Rank, a middle-aged man in a simple white uniform nervously half-rose from his seat and quickly asked:

"Wasn't what was just detonated a Spirit Energy Nuclear Bomb?"

"Why did spherical lightning appear?!"

He instinctively glanced into the distance, and they also realized the silvery-white, extremely bright sphere that had just appeared.

"What was just detonated... seems not to be a nuclear bomb in the traditional sense."

Sitting in his seat, Chu An nodded, paying no heed to everyone's doubts about him, and spoke slowly amid the gazes.

"The Spirit Energy Nuclear Bomb is indeed not meant literally."

"It is merely an energy aggregation similar to a nuclear bomb explosion; this name is just for everyone's convenience."

"Actually, the 'nuclear bomb' just detonated is essentially based on the working principle of the Dark Crystal Cannon."

"Its explosion principle is to collide two streams of high-energy plasma, releasing energy, ultimately triggering fission."

Pointing to the Dark Crystal Cannon outside the Command Room, before everyone could figure it out, Chu An continued:

"I believe everyone has seen the attack pattern of the Dark Crystal Cannon."

"Unlike the Spirit Energy Tower, which simulates skill release, the Dark Crystal Cannon, under system rules, highly compresses input spirit energy, converting it into a pure, plasma-like energy cluster for attack."

"The principle of a regular nuclear bomb, however, is to detonate the high-explosive material inside the bomb to compress the uranium block to the extreme, causing uranium atoms within to fission and release neutrons; these neutrons then strike uranium nuclei, which in turn release energy and neutrons that collide with each other, creating a chain reaction."

"Everyone should know these basic facts."

After a brief explanation, besides Gao Tian and the others who could only awkwardly nod along, the remaining core researchers' eyes lit up, as if they understood what Chu An was trying to say.

After a brief pause, Colonel Chu lowered his arm and continued:

"Following the previous line of thought."

"At its core, a nuclear bomb uses uranium blocks constantly 'colliding' with uranium blocks, releasing enormous energy in the collision and causing a fission reaction."

"By the same logic, highly condensed plasma is essentially a 'uranium block'; we only need to have multiple plasma clusters collide with precision, compressing them to the limit within a small range, thereby achieving the same fission effect."

"Having said that, in plain terms, the researcher who had just asked a question immediately posed another:"

"I see..."

"But how do we produce the plasma clusters?! And how do you control them to collide with each other?! "

Chu An's principle, though simple, is just like reality: everyone knows how to make a nuclear bomb, and as an old weapon technology with nearly a century of history, nuclear bombs are not complicated.

But in reality, how many countries can actually produce such a weapon of mass destruction?

Nodding, Chu An calmly replied:

"That's correct; producing high-density plasma clusters is definitely beyond our capabilities."

"Precise collisions within the plasma clusters cannot be achieved by human effort, not even by supercomputers."

"But the Dark Crystal Cannon can do it..."

Huh?!

Many researchers, and even the few personnel transferred from the weapons laboratory, looked at Chu An with some astonishment.

"What... does this mean?"

Without beating around the bush, Chu An lightly lifted his Glasses Frame and replied directly:

"The Dark Crystal Cannon can produce high-energy plasma clusters; as long as spiritual energy is sufficient, its power can be further increased. Likewise, the cannon can also achieve precise shooting."

"We cannot do it, but the system can."

"In fact, we only need to dismantle the cannon's core, place a small amount of uranium blocks in the center as a composite detonator, and then set the muzzle to fire at each other; that would suffice."

"This way, we can simulate the chain reaction inside a nuclear bomb."

"The plasma clusters produced by fission are essentially similar to ball lightning; if the power is increased further, what you see would not be small ball lightning but giant ball-shaped. In fact, you may have noticed that when some Awakened Ones clash their skills, they also produce an explosive effect upon impact."

"Unlike conventional nuclear explosions, the attack mode of spiritual nuclear bombs is more inward; unaffected by system attenuation, they can better penetrate spiritual defenses and also do not cause large-scale contamination."

As soon as his words fell, everyone trembled, suddenly opened their mouths wide, and for a moment could not speak.

They never imagined that Chu An would simulate something nearly impossible by such a clever method.

Indeed, the Dark Crystal Cannon's shooting precision is very high; many Awakened Ones even jokingly call it a giant sniper rifle.

Anyway, since the system handles all calculations, no matter how complex the process, it can easily manage it.

Just...

Standing in his position, the researcher who had asked earlier thought of another question.

The Dark Crystal Cannon is so huge; if several of them were combined... they'd be as big as a mountain!

But when a spiritual nuclear bomb detonates, it's clearly small...

Just as he was about to speak up again, the younger researcher beside him, eyes burning with excitement, blurted out a question:

"Chu An, sir, did you take apart the core device inside the cannon and assemble them together?!"

"I've studied that thing; although the Dark Crystal Cannon is large, most of its structure is used to fix and store spiritual energy! The core activation device is actually quite small!"

Nodding, Chu An gave a slight smile, indicating that the guess was correct.

This is also why, after Xuan Hai Cheng installs the spiritual nuclear bomb in his body, he needs to charge up in advance; essentially, the cannon assembly inside him is preheating.

They praised him repeatedly.

As Chu An clarified his train of thought, everyone felt as if a new door had opened, suddenly realizing that perhaps their previous weapons research direction needed to change. For a long time, they had believed that human technological weapons were no longer suitable for the Apocalypse.

Whether due to system limitations or manufacturing difficulty, they simply cannot compare to spiritual energy.

But looking at it now, it may not be impossible to mutually simulate, creating a completely new system!

Amid the eager discussion of the crowd, a middle-aged man who had remained silent, his brow tightly furrowed, suddenly broke the discussion.

He pointed at Xuan Haicheng, who floated beside them, looking somewhat bewildered and at a loss:

"Lord Chu An, what's going on with him?"

Staring intently at Chu An:

"Shouldn't an Einstein condensate form only under ultra-low temperatures, near absolute zero?"

"Just like water turning into ice, a phase change requires low temperature."

"Under your theory just now, this... uh... Comrade Xuan Haicheng shouldn't have been vaporized directly by the explosion, should he?!"

"Plasma clusters, ball lightning... that's tens of thousands of degrees hot!"

Hearing the middle-aged researcher's question, everyone snapped back to attention.

Yeah, they had also been puzzled by this at first, but Chu An's idea excited them so much they suddenly went off track.

In the excitement of the discussion, they almost forgot that the strangest thing about the spirit-energy nuclear bomb wasn't the bomb itself, but Xuan Haicheng!

Einstein condensate, a material state that exists only in theory!

Put simply, Chu An turned a living person into a pure energy entity, a 'ghost'!

As soon as his words fell, Xuan Haicheng and his daughter, Gao Tian, and others in the meeting room stared straight at Chu An.

Compared to the earlier theory they barely understood, they cared more about what Xuan Haicheng had become to turn out like this.

Especially Xuan Haicheng himself; if not for his self-awareness still present, he wouldn't even be sure whether he was alive or dead—a profoundly strange sensation, possibly something humanity has never felt, continually assaulting his worldview.

Under the gaze of all, Chu An gave a slight nod, pulled an energy bar from his pocket, and spoke calmly:

"Simple."