418: Chapter 419 Making Some Small Inventions, Hand-Crafting Chips

The campfire ignited with a "pfft" sound, orange flames dancing and illuminating Lu Chen's calm face.

The warm light dispelled the chill of the night and brought with it the cozy atmosphere of human life.

He liked this feeling.

The ocean waves tirelessly slapped against the reefs—crash, crash.

The last trace of sunset completely sank below the sea level. On the deep blue canopy of the sky, stars popped out one after another, growing more numerous and brighter, like a handful of crushed diamonds scattered across it.

Yin Susu, Fang Yanqing, Ji Xiaofu, and Yang Huangyi—the four women—having just experienced a wonderful session of "Cultivation," were now leaning lazily against each other, looking up at the brilliant galaxy.

“It's so beautiful...” Yang Huangyi murmured, her eyes shimmering with starlight.

Ji Xiaofu nodded gently, a tranquil smile on her face.

Yin Susu rested her head on her arms, humming a little tune, her eyes darting around as if she were plotting some mischievous scheme.

Lu Chen added some fruitwood to the fire, making it burn even brighter.

He glanced at the satisfied women, an imperceptible smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Appetite for food and desire between men and women were both part of human nature.

Without these, even if one controlled the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, what joy would there be?

If power cannot make oneself and those around them live more comfortably and freely, then it is meaningless.

He stood up and clapped his hands.

“You girls watch the stars; I’m going to play with something else.”

Yin Susu turned her head: “What are you doing now?”

“Working on a little invention,” Lu Chen smiled mysteriously.

He walked to the edge of the beach. Beneath his feet was fine sand, primarily composed of Silicon Dioxide.

Good.

He extended his right hand, fingers spread, and made a gentle grasping motion toward the Void Realm.

“Buzz—”

The air vibrated slightly.

Visibly, countless minute metallic dust particles shimmering with various colors gathered from all directions like summoned spirits, swirling and condensing above his palm.

Gold, silver, copper, iron, titanium, mithril... there were even some rare metallic elements Lu Chen couldn't name; though their content was small, they shimmered with a unique luster.

Metal Control Art!

These were basic elements floating in space, now being forcibly extracted and aggregated by him.

The four women watched curiously.

“Sand? Metal powder?” Yin Susu sat up. “Are you performing Alchemy?”

“Something more interesting than Alchemy.”

Lu Chen pointed his left hand into the air.

“Whoosh!”

A ball of blazing fire appeared out of thin air, enveloping the pile of metallic dust.

Lihuo Heaven-Burning Scripture!

The temperature of the fire was precisely controlled. Various metals melted, separated, and purified in order according to their melting points. Impurities were instantly burned away and vaporized, leaving only the purest molten metal, as brilliant as a rainbow.

Simultaneously, the sand beneath his feet silently levitated, enveloped by another ball of fire at a slightly lower temperature. It was scorched, smelted, and stripped of Impurities, finally turning into a small mass of transparent, extremely high-purity Silicon Crystal.

This was not the end.

Lu Chen's hands danced like butterflies through flowers, his fingertips tracing profound trajectories.

One after another, miniature and incredibly complex Formation runes were generated at his fingertips, shimmering with a faint light.

[Nine-Turn Reincarnation Array]! — Restructuring the crystal structure, increasing strength!

[Four Symbols Spirit-Suppressing Array]! — Enhancing toughness and impact resistance!

[Earth Vein Hidden Array]! — Wear resistance, increasing lifespan!

[Qiankun Wuji Array]! — Absorbing impact, neutralizing external forces!

[Five Elements Gathering Essence Array]! — Self-repair!

[Spirit Vein Profound Array]! — Room-temperature superconductivity!

[Guixu Nirvana Array]! — Fusing Formations, stable coupling!

These Formations, which he had comprehended while forging Divine Sharp Weapons, were now being compressed, combined, and branded onto that small Silicon Crystal and the various molten metals with unthinkable precision.

He was deeply focused. As his eyes opened and closed, it seemed as if the sun, moon, and stars were revolving within them.

His powerful Divine Sense covered every single detail.

“What is he doing?” Yang Huangyi whispered to Ji Xiaofu.

Ji Xiaofu shook her head, her beautiful eyes filled with shock: “I don't understand, but... it feels very impressive.”

Fang Yanqing’s brow furrowed slightly. She vaguely sensed that Lu Chen was creating something unprecedented, a revolutionary creation.

Yin Susu watched with great interest. She had long since grown accustomed to Lu Chen's endless stream of methods; at this moment, she was more curious about the result.

Lu Chen's fingers moved in tandem, so fast they became a blur of afterimages.

Countless tiny Formations constructed an incredibly precise structure upon the Silicon Crystal.

The purified molten metals transformed into billions of circuits countless times thinner than a hair. Under the guidance of the Formations, they were precisely etched, deposited, and connected...

One layer, two layers, three layers...

A complex three-dimensional structure gradually took shape in the microscopic world.

During the entire process, there was no roar of machinery or chemical reagents—only the precise control of elements and the profound combination of Formations.

A faint scent of ozone permeated the air, a phenomenon caused by the high concentration of energy.

The light of the campfire reflected off Lu Chen's focused profile.

Time passed bit by bit.

The positions of the stars shifted quietly.

Finally, Lu Chen's movements stopped.

He let out a long breath. A trace of fatigue appeared on his face, but it was outweighed by excitement and satisfaction.

In his open palm lay a cube!

It appeared as a deep black, its surface covered in extremely complex patterns difficult to see with the naked eye, reflecting a dark and mysterious luster under the firelight.

Although it only had a precision of 200 nanometers.

Because the internal circuits utilized superconductivity, there was no need to worry about heat dissipation!

What it lacked in precision, it made up for in volume.

Furthermore, Lu Chen had integrated the Major Achievement of estimated future technologies; its Ternary computing speed was bound to be incredibly powerful.

It was more than billions of times stronger than the most powerful Chips of later generations.

“This is...” Yin Susu leaned in curiously.

“A... little gadget.” Lu Chen weighed the object in his hand, speaking nonchalantly.

However, the energy fluctuations and Formation complexity contained within this object made all four women feel alarmed.

“What is this thing used for?” Fang Yanqing couldn't help but ask.

“It has many uses.” Lu Chen smiled. “Simply put, it can... think.”

“Think?” The four women looked at each other.

“Yes, a Computing Core based on Ternary logic,” Lu Chen explained. “It's not simple Yin and Yang binary, but an underlying logic constructed by emulating the Three Talents of Heaven, Earth, and Man.”

Ternary? Computing Core?

These words were completely foreign concepts to them.

“As for the precision...” Lu Chen held the small object up to his eyes, examining it carefully against the firelight. “About... two hundred nanometers.”

He casually tossed this epoch-making, hand-crafted, Ternary, two-hundred-nanometer-grade extraordinary Chip—which would drive any tech company in the future world mad—into his storage space like a common stone.

“Alright, job done.”

The four women looked at him, momentarily unsure of what to say.

Using the Laws of Heaven and Earth and supreme Formations, exhausting his mental energy just to hand-craft a... "little gadget" that could "think"?

This guy's thought process really couldn't be measured by common sense.

Yin Susu blinked and suddenly giggled: “Husband, you went to all that trouble just to make a toy?”

Lu Chen picked up a branch and poked at the campfire, causing the sparks to crackle.

He looked up at the star-filled sky, then at the beautiful women smiling beside him.

“A toy?”

“Hardly. I'll continue tomorrow.”

A mischievous grin appeared on Lu Chen's face, and he immediately pounced toward Yin Susu. “It's time for our 'exchange' again.”

The campfire continued to burn, reflecting several entangled figures under the starry sky.

The sea breeze blew gently, and the night was at its peak.