43: Chapter 43 The Qi of Golden Sun

Two more days passed at the Aerospace Science Popularization Center. Wang An's true body traveled alone by plane to the Nanhai Launch Site.

At 8:00 AM that day, he took the official bus and entered the Aerospace Visitor Center.

Like other tourists, he spent most of his time at the visitor center, observing various aerospace-related exhibits.

As tourists from the following buses gradually disembarked, Wang An stepped off his bus and glanced back; the area was teeming with people.

"Everyone, come this way. We are now going to visit the Aerospace Science Popularization Center, where the latest aerospace rocket model is on display."

He had traveled light for this trip.

Upon entering the main gate, a massive white rocket and the Aerospace Science Popularization Center stretched out before him.

It was essentially a 1:1 replica of the Long March 5 rocket. It was snow-white all over, standing dozens of meters tall, with one main rocket body and four auxiliary booster engines. Its overall presence was magnificent, like a sword piercing the earth.

The national flag, the China Manned Space Agency emblem, and the logos of several aerospace industrial groups all spoke to the goals and ambition of a major aerospace power.

As more tourists arrived by bus, Wang An could clearly feel the Yang Qi of the entire aerospace base steadily rising.

This Yang Qi consisted not only of the Yang Qi scattered by the sun from its various positions, but also the Qi of living human beings, which Wang An called Spirit-Yang Qi.

In fact, he had previously attempted to observe whether this type of Heaven and Earth Qi energy existed within the human body.

However, after careful observation and experimentation, he found that while it did exist, it was too sparse and thin to be barely visible.

Only when large crowds gathered, as they were now, could the movement of Spirit-Yang Qi be truly observed.

Moreover, this type of Spirit-Yang Qi, much like the Qi of living beings, could not be harvested or refined.

Unlike the Qi of living beings, which was fixed in one place and immobile, the Spirit-Yang Qi formed by the gathering of intelligent beings like humans moved along with the crowd.

He just didn't know what its specific effects were.

On his way from the visitor center to the Aerospace Science Popularization Center, Wang An constantly observed the surrounding terrain and the flow of Heaven and Earth Qi.

He discovered distinct traces of orbital paths where some kind of Heaven and Earth Qi was flowing.

Perhaps this was the Heaven and Earth Qi with an extreme Yang attribute that had an affinity for the human body, which Wang An had been searching for.

Upon discovering the traces of this special Heaven and Earth Qi's orbital paths, Wang An felt a surge of excitement and began recording the terrain, topography, and the flow direction of the Heaven and Earth Qi throughout the area.

Ultimately, he reached a conclusion: this special Heaven and Earth Qi was likely formed through the synthesis and combination of three types of Qi.

Two of these types of Qi were very familiar to Wang An: the Extreme Yang Qi and the Spirit-Yang Qi unique to humans.

The reason he speculated that a third type was involved in the synthesis was that while visiting the science center, he clearly felt the residual presence of a metallic Heaven and Earth Qi on everything—from the various rocket and satellite models, recovered satellites, and aerospace program exhibits to the holographic projection halls and the objects introducing the history of China's entire aerospace engineering program.

In this residual Qi, Wang An sensed the sharpness of something forged through thousands of trials—an image of overcoming difficult obstacles.

Perhaps this was the reason why aerospace was associated with the imagery of Heavenly River Water.

Aerospace was the manifestation of humanity's infinite imagination regarding the galaxy and the starry sky.

The rockets, engineering plans, and recovered satellites represented by these models had truly participated in this endeavor, thus embodying the faith of countless people in the endless sea of stars.

It was precisely because of these symbols and the faith of living beings that Wang An was able to comprehend the principles and rule runes that aligned with the Dao foundation of [ Heavenly River Water ] from the synthesized Wondrous Qi.

In the early morning, harvesting the water vapor from the dew of the silver galaxy provided the true water-attribute carrier for Heavenly River Water.

Star Qi provided the concrete imagery of the celestial river and stars within the Heavenly River Water concept.

Lunar Qi primarily served as the temporal expression of Heavenly River Water.

And the final type of Yang Qi represented the logical support of Yin emerging from the extreme of Yang.

"Attention all tourists, please proceed to the viewing platform. The rocket will ignite and launch in 30 minutes."

After this announcement, the surrounding crowd began to rush toward the viewing platform at the science center.

He could clearly feel that because of this message, the Spirit-Yang Qi within the crowd began to subtly change.

After the people reached the viewing platform and saw the massive white rocket standing on the launch pad in the distance, the emotions of awe, expectation, yearning for the starry sky, and reverie about the galaxy they projected gradually altered the nature of the Spirit-Yang Qi.

The inner spirituality representing highly intelligent beings began to recede, and in its place, a sharp and fervent faith slowly emerged.

As the launch time drew near, the sun rose to the center of the sky, and its Extreme Yang attribute—explosive, bright, and illuminating the earth—poured down upon everyone.

Wang An saw that Extreme Yang Qi was constantly falling from all around, filling the entire launch site.

Below was the human Spirit-Yang Qi, and above was the sun's Extreme Yang Qi.

The two types of Yang Qi touched, intertwined, and continuously merged.

However, Wang An did not feel any new Heaven and Earth Qi being born; perhaps it was precisely because that crucial ray of metallic energy was missing.

"All units ready. Launch countdown: ten, nine, eight... three, two, one. Ignition. Launch."

"Boom."

Finally, the launch command was given, the aerospace rocket engines ignited, and they blasted out a high-temperature, high-pressure, high-speed airflow.

The immense power and airflow blasted outwards, and thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky.

Wang An could feel that as the engines began to work, a metallic Heaven and Earth Qi, carrying the sense of soaring upwards and breaking through the clouds, spread in all directions.

As the rocket slowly rose, breaking through the thick smoke and appearing before all the tourists, the crowd spontaneously burst into loud cheers and exclamations.

Amidst these exclamations, the two layers of Extreme Yang Qi—from above and below—enveloped the metallic Heaven and Earth Qi brought by the aerospace rocket.

Constantly merging and intertwining, this time, Wang An clearly observed the entire synthesis process.

The Extreme Yang Qi scattered by the sun provided the energy, while the Spirit-Yang Qi born of humanity acted as the catalyst for the entire synthesis process.

This Spirit-Yang Qi did not participate in the actual fusion consumption; it was like a master craftsman, slowly fusing the metallic Heaven and Earth Qi with the Extreme Yang Qi.

It also infused the Spirit-Yang Qi with the human faith and yearning for stars, aerospace, and the cosmos.

Ultimately, this ray of Gold-Yang Qi was forged.

Watching the cheering crowd, Wang An had no time to join them.

Instead, he closed his eyes and used his harvesting skill to capture and draw that ray of Gold-Yang Qi, born in the distance, into his body.

Wang An could clearly feel that harvesting from such a long distance consumed a massive amount of his mental energy—more than twice what he usually used.

When the first ray of Gold-Yang Qi entered his body, he felt its sharp, fervent aura—a sense of overcoming difficulties and soaring upwards.

In Wang An's Dantian, this ray of Gold-Yang Qi immediately rose, surpassing the initial sun of the [ Innate Lesser Yang Sunlight Nourishing Mystery Qi ], breaking through the floating True Qi cloud, transcending the silver moon of the [ Innate Lunar Essence Spirit-Nourishing Mysterious Qi ], and reaching a place far, far away.

It was as if a satellite or starship in the sky, about to set off to explore the sea of stars, was emitting a faint, shimmering light.

Without time to indulge in and further experience the wonder of this ray of Gold-Yang Qi, Wang An immediately harvested again, capturing several more rays of Gold-Yang Qi that were born one after another.

Just like that, after a dozen minutes, Wang An had captured a total of five rays of Gold-Yang Qi.

Until the person next to him noticed Wang An's face gradually turning pale, and looked at him with confusion and concern.

"Hey, brother. Are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to help you over to rest for a while, or should I call an ambulance?"

Only then did Wang An open his eyes, feeling a throbbing pain in his mind from the massive consumption of mental energy.

"Thanks, it's just that I'm a bit tired. I can go back on my own."