179: Chapter 179 Qi Yuan was completely dumbfounded! My famous thesis only had six auxiliary patterns.

"If we had been a step later, that woman Li Qingyue, who always protects her shortcomings, would have encrypted all the data!"

Qi Yuan grabbed Shen Ye and rushed all the way into the Event Testing Center.

Shen Ye was dragged along with stumbling steps, his face full of bewilderment.

In his impression, Qi Yuan had always attached great importance to etiquette and appearance.

When this Tier 9 Materials Science Master attended public occasions, even the creases on his sleeves had to be symmetrical on both sides, and his walking speed was maintained year-round in a state called "Composed".

But now, Qi Yuan was holding up his robe with one hand and grabbing Shen Ye with the other, his snow-white beard blown completely plastered across his face by the wind.

Composure had completely vanished.

Leaving only the anxiety of someone afraid of missing the last meal at the cafeteria.

"Teacher, slow down!"

Shen Ye couldn't help reminding him.

"The public testing data of the Stand Card has already been uploaded to the event database and won't suddenly disappear."

"What do you know?"

Qi Yuan didn't even look back.

"Li Qingyue hasn't reacted yet. Once she discovers the academic value of the Stand System, she will definitely use the excuse of protecting her disciple's core technology to encrypt all parts that can be encrypted!"

"With her spatial clearance, blocking the database only takes a single thought."

"If this old man doesn't figure it out clearly today, don't even think about sleeping tonight!"

Shen Ye fell silent.

He really wanted to say that Qi Yuan hadn't slept much over the past seven days anyway.

Ever since the publication of "Bidirectional Mana Anchoring Hypothesis Based on Stellar-Scale Energy Collapse", Qi Yuan had fallen into a state of extreme excitement.

By day, he guided him in forging the Titan Furnace.

By night, he discussed the thesis with other Tier 9 Masters in the Sanctuary's core group chat.

Sometimes, when discussions lasted until three in the morning, he would still wake Shen Ye up from bed to ask whether the energy closed-loop of the Titan Furnace could be further compressed by zero point three percent.

Qi Yuan back then was full of vigor and high spirits.

The entire Truth Sanctuary was praising his theory for opening up a new path for bidirectional mass-energy conversion, and some even asserted that this thesis was enough for him to compete for this year's highest academic award in Long Country.

Although Qi Yuan himself claimed verbally that it was "just occasional enlightenment", the number of times he posted the thesis link in the group chat every day was never less than three.

Now it seemed he might lose his sleep tonight.

And the reason for losing it was completely opposite to the past.

The Event Testing Center was located on the sixth underground level of the arena.

It preserved the operating data of all cards during the competition. The surrounding walls were entirely forged from star-fall alloy that isolated mental detection, and the entrance was personally guarded by two Tier 8 powerhouses.

As soon as Qi Yuan reached the entrance, the two guards extended their hands simultaneously.

"Master Qi Yuan."

"The testing center is still in a closed state. Please present your access permit."

Qi Yuan stopped in his tracks.

"This old man is the Chief of Materials Science at the Truth Sanctuary, and my clearance isn't enough?"

"Your clearance is sufficient to consult ordinary participating cards."

The guards replied respectfully.

"The Stand Card has been listed as an independent conceptual system. Its core testing data receives the highest level of protection, and currently only three percent of the public structure is open."

Qi Yuan's eyes widened.

"Three percent?"

"Yes."

"Who gave the order?"

"Automatically determined by the event formation array."

Qi Yuan was slightly stunned.

He had originally prepared a bellyful of complaints directed at Li Qingyue.

As it turned out, the person blocking the data wasn't Li Qingyue at all.

After World Laws determined that the Stand possessed independent class potential, it automatically listed it into the highest-level system protection catalog.

In other words, the importance of this system had already exceeded the scope that ordinary Tier 9 Masters could casually view.

The eagerness on Qi Yuan's face quickly turned into solemnity.

"Three percent will do."

"Let this old man take a look first."

The guards verified their identities and escorted Qi Yuan and Shen Ye into the first-layer public testing room.

The testing room was not spacious.

A silvery-white analysis platform stood in the center, surrounded by twelve holographic screens recording all public data of the Stand Card from activation to the end of battle.

Qi Yuan walked to the front of the analysis platform and raised his hand to input the thesis serial number.

"Bidirectional Mana Anchoring Hypothesis Based on Stellar-Scale Energy Collapse" was projected on the left side.

The public testing structure of the Stand Card appeared on the right side.

Two sets of extremely complex circuit diagrams unfolded side by side.

"Initiate structural matching."

[Command confirmed.]

[Conducting similarity testing on the two theoretical structures.]

Tens of thousands of golden light spots rose from the analysis platform.

The thirty-seven sets of core formulas in Qi Yuan's thesis were disassembled one by one, turning into lines of different colors, and compared layer by layer with the public patterns of the Stand Card.

The first round of matching ended quickly.

[Identical underlying structure detected.]

[Theoretical sources are highly correlated.]

[Performing deep localization.]

Qi Yuan held his breath.

Shen Ye also subconsciously stepped forward.

They both knew that the bidirectional mana anchoring theory was related to the Stand Card, but they didn't know what role this theory actually played in the complete system.

Relying on this theory, the Titan Furnace achieved high-speed energy travel between the user and the core furnace.

Even though it later suffered a crushing defeat against [World], its energy efficiency still far exceeded the existing heavy armor system.

Such an important theory, placed within the Stand System, should at least belong to the core circuitry.

Perhaps it was the foundation of the Stand's manifestation.

Perhaps it was the central hub where Mental Power converted into reality mass.

Qi Yuan even believed that these thirty-seven sets of formulas likely occupied more than one-third of the Stand Card's structure.

After all, he had studied materials and energy conversion for a lifetime, and it took him half a month to barely understand most of the principles within.

The result appeared quickly.

The complete phantom of the Stand Card was magnified several thousand times.

The testing cursor bypassed the un-openable pitch-black areas in the center of the card, moved all the way to the outermost edge, and finally locked onto six lines so thin they were almost invisible.

[Localization complete.]

[Identical theoretical structure located in the ninth-layer external auxiliary area of the card.]

[Structural serial numbers: A-0917 to A-0922.]

[Main function: Completes the initial reality anchoring of mental energy.]

[Activation time: zero point zero one seconds after the Stand manifests.]

[Subsequent operational participation: less than zero point four percent.]

The testing room was somewhat excessively quiet.

Qi Yuan stared at the screen.

Shen Ye also stared at the screen.

The two of them maintained the exact same posture, not moving for a full dozen seconds.

In the end, it was Shen Ye who spoke first.

"Teacher."

"Hmm."

"Is there something wrong with the testing array?"

"A Tier 9 event array won't have this kind of problem."

"Then these six lines..."

"Should be this old man's thesis."

Qi Yuan's voice sounded unusually calm.

Yet Shen Ye felt that this calmness was very dangerous.

He cautiously looked toward the left screen.

There displayed the thirty-seven sets of core formulas that Qi Yuan took immense pride in.

Each set was so complex that it required occupying an entire holographic screen, and some formulas even involved stellar-scale energy collapse, positive-negative phase entanglement, and microscopic space anchoring.

Placed in the thesis, they filled more than four hundred pages.

Once put into the Stand Card, only six auxiliary lines remained.

And they were the ones located on the outermost periphery.

If the Stand Card were compared to an intricately constructed imperial city, Qi Yuan's famous thesis roughly equated to six floor tiles at the city gate responsible for sensing the approach of visitors.

Useful.

Indeed useful.

But to say how core it was felt somewhat far-fetched.

"Continue the analysis."

Qi Yuan suddenly spoke.

"This old man wants to see how the Stand stabilizes after completing the first anchoring."