Little Rascal cried out in pleasant surprise, "Xiao Ai, you've been reactivated?"
Xiao Ai replied disdainfully, "Nonsense. ACT5570 absorbed so much energy all of a sudden. Even if I was shut down, I would still be reactivated."
"So much energy?" Ding Meng and Little Rascal asked in unison.
Xiao Ai said proudly, "Look inside your body!"
Ding Meng activated his telekinesis vision again. To his surprise, he discovered that not only had the first origin regained its luster, but it had also doubled in size. Its rotation speed was completely out of his control, and the golden blood molecules were also circulating faster.
Ding Meng's body felt extremely cool and comfortable. He knew that this was a sign of origin energy being absorbed and utilized.
"This......" Ding Meng's eyes widened. "That's impossible. The origin has automatically recovered."
Xiao Ai was silent for a moment before saying, "If my guess is correct, these crystals on the ground should belong to the legendary Divine Light Technology!"
Little Rascal's tone also became exaggerated. "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Ding Meng also sucked in a breath of cold air. His surprise was no less than Little Rascal's.
When he was at Starlight University, his mentor, Stephen, had mentioned Shenguang Technology in his teaching memory. It was a super technology that could freely convert energy between light, solid, and liquid. The principle of this conversion technology was extremely profound, and the Federal Empire knew nothing about it. It was limited to theoretical research on boson force fields, fermion force fields, and so on.
According to Professor Stephen's explanation, Divine Light Technology could only be possessed by god-level civilizations in the universe. The general idea behind this technology originated from the Big Bang. The universe was formed from the explosion of a single point. The point formed a surface, and the surface expanded into space. The origin of space was derived from light, so this Divine Light technology could be used for almost everything. The most classic example was that it could create substances with identical physical structures.
The crystals on the ground were the legendary Divine Light crystals. They could be solid or liquid, and they could even conduct energy. Most importantly, they were very small in mass and volume, making them extremely convenient to use.
To the weak human civilization, this type of technology was practically a mythical existence.
Now that the legendary technology had appeared before his eyes, Ding Meng calmed down. Where is this place?
Where was I teleported to?
Little Rascal mused: "If this is a Divine Light Crystal, wouldn't Ding Meng be fully healed in just a few seconds?"
Xiao Ai said, "In theory, yes, but I don't recommend it."
Ding Meng asked curiously, "Why?"
Xiao Ai said, "I just checked the energy you absorbed. I discovered that its composition is very similar to the energy of the Inverse Source Crystal in the Blue Moon branch of the Starbow Corporation."
"Similar?" Ding Meng was confused again.
Xiao Ai explained, "From the looks of it, they are two completely different types of energy, but their composition is very similar. I'm guessing that they were formed by the same principle or in the same environment."
Ding Meng understood. Although this energy could restore the Origin, it was still unknown. To be safe, it was best not to consume too much of it.
Little Rascal said, "There must be a way out of this space. We just haven't found it yet. Ding Meng, why don't we just walk around a bit more?"
Ding Meng nodded. That was exactly what he had in mind.
And so, they continued to walk forward. After walking for another ten kilometers or so, an anomaly finally appeared. Twenty meters in front of them, the air suddenly warped and rippled like water. A powerful wave of energy was being generated.
Ding Meng immediately perked up. He could already see that this ball of energy was taking shape. A few seconds later, it had transformed into a humanoid pupil of light.
Little Rascal was surprised. "Isn't that you, Ding Meng?"
Ding Meng could also tell that this humanoid pupil of light really was generated based on his figure and appearance. Even the backpack on his waist was the same shape. The only difference was that this pupil of light was translucent.
Little Rascal said, "I understand now. When you were walking on the ground just now, those glowing crystals were collecting information about you. Now that they've finished collecting information, they've replicated an identical version of you."
Xiao Ai reminded him, "Be careful!"
The pupil of light had already charged forward and was heading straight for Ding Meng.
Ding Meng was already mentally prepared. With a flick of his wrist, the T-shaped claw blade flipped to his fingertips. He did not dare to be careless when facing a replica created by this kind of super technology.
However, this pupil of light was a little clumsy and did not seem to know much about martial arts. It simply charged at Ding Meng like an idiot, using its body to ram against him.
Ding Meng had not recovered his strength yet, so he did not dare to act rashly. He took a step forward, suddenly turned around, bent over, and threw the pupil of light over his shoulder. Without waiting for the pupil to fall to the ground, Ding Meng immediately leaped up and slashed with a backhand chop.
This chop cut into the pupil of light's wrist with great precision. What followed was naturally Ding Meng's set of bone-splitting saber techniques. He cut the wrist, severed the tendons, pulled upward, and finally cut the throat.
This set was usually fatal. Sure enough, the pupil of light gradually dimmed and then slowly turned into nothingness.
At the same time the pupil of light disappeared, ripples appeared in the air again, tearing a hole in the air. The hole slowly expanded and turned into the shape of a door. It was impossible to see what was behind the door, because it was filled with a swirling ball of strong light.
Little Rascal was overjoyed. "It must be the exit!"
Ding Meng jumped in without a word. However, he was a little dumbfounded the next moment. The world behind the door was exactly the same as the space they had been in earlier. It was a crystal plaza that stretched as far as the eye could see.
"This …" Little Rascal was also dumbfounded. "What's going on?"
Xiao Ai clearly could not figure it out either, so she simply remained silent.
Little Rascal said in a low voice, "Let's walk a little more. There must be a way out."
As they walked a little more, the same thing happened. The air distorted, energy fluctuated, and a new human-shaped pupil of light appeared.
However, this pupil of light was clearly much more powerful than the previous one, because it was holding an energy claw blade of the same shape in its hand. Moreover, it immediately used Ding Meng's classic move: Carp Leaping Over the Dragon's Gate, Backhand Slash. It was really fast and powerful.
Ding Meng fought the claw blade with the claw blade. The two claw blades clashed with each other, and the two of them also exchanged punches and kicks. They were almost evenly matched.
This time, it took two minutes. In the end, Ding Meng had to use Flame Energy Rushing Punch to just barely beat the pupil of light back. In the end, he had to use the bone-splitting technique to finish off the pupil of light.
After that, the portal of light appeared again. Little Rascal said hesitantly, "Could this be some kind of test?"
Ding Meng understood what she meant. Two identical teleportations had created two copies of themselves. Moreover, their abilities were about the same. It could even be said that the Shenguang Biotechnology's copy had an extremely strong learning ability. It could immediately learn whatever moves one used. It was as good as one's.
Xiao Ai said, "Don't go in for the time being. I suggest you absorb the energy of the Divine Light crystal and restore the operation of the second origin before going in. That way, you can guarantee that you'll win the next time you teleport."
Ding Meng nodded. This was undoubtedly the safest way.
What happened next was as expected. When they were teleported into the crystal plaza, it was still the same human-shaped pupil of light. Not only did the pupil of light have a claw blade, it could also use Flame Energy Rushing Punch. It was completely on par with Ding Meng in terms of strength.
This super technology was indeed super technology. Ding Meng now knew how powerful this Light Pupil was. The other party was completely using Ding Meng's method to deal with her. If she didn't hold back, she wouldn't be able to defeat it.
Fortunately, Ding Meng had learned a lot during his time in Starlight University. 《Holy Flame Formation》, 《Holy Tiger Yang Palm》, 《Seven Star Punch》, 《Transient Steps》, 《Afterimage》, 《Gale》 … In any case, he could always rely on new tricks to defeat Guang Tong.
However, after defeating nine pupils of light in succession, Ding Meng was a little worried. He had now restored the first four origins, and their capacity, size, and speed were several times stronger than before. This was obviously a good thing, but the problem was that the portal of light was still there, and the pupil of light was still at the same level. If the eighth origin was restored to normal, he dared not imagine how difficult it would be to fight the pupil of light.
If two completely normal Ding Meng fought, there would only be one outcome, and that would be a slow battle of attrition. Moreover, the attrition would be very great, until one of them died of exhaustion. Ding Meng was confident that he could defeat the pupil of light, but when would the teleportation end? If he continued to fight, it would not be worth it to use ultimate techniques such as Diamond Star Sword Technique, Solitary Sword of Zhao, and Solitary Dance of the Dark Lotus.
"We definitely have to fight!"
Xiao Ai said. "Just treat it as training. Moreover, this kind of training opportunity is very rare. I estimate that you can still fight about ten mirror images. We have the advantage."
"Alright!" Ding Meng was a little helpless.
He had encountered many strong enemies before. Starting from the Black Gold Base, there were Leopard, Machine Gun, Sadler, Julie, Salazar, Lan Bing, Ren Tu, Ren Zhan, Jia Mao, Meng Yan, Cheng Rifeng, Lu Ming, Hao Feng, Bai Yue, Jiang Haiyi, Quan Jinwei …
These people had more or less caused him trouble, but he now understood how these people felt. It was so painful to fight with him. It did not feel good at all.
Now, this light pupil could resist, attack, and dodge. Not only was it fast, but it was also very timely and reasonable. It felt like it had a life of its own. Ding Meng felt a headache coming on.
Fortunately, he had the help of the Transit String this time. Although he did not have much in his rainbow backpack, he had enough supplies and enhancement items to last him for a year. Otherwise, Ding Meng would have been killed by the claws by the time he reached the fourteenth light pupil.
By the time he reached the nineteenth light pupil, Ding Meng had recovered all his origin points. What's more, he had also refined the essence of the Diamond Starfusing Art. If he did not use his ultimate skill for the next light pupil, he would not be able to defeat it.
"How long has it been?" Ding Meng could not help but ask.
Little Rascal said, "It's been eight hours, 34 minutes, and 56 seconds."
"Continue!" Ding Meng stood up and walked towards the light door.
He thought that an identical version of himself would jump out this time. Who knew that his vision would go black, and the whole world would be plunged into eternal darkness.
Now that Ding Meng's strength had recovered, he immediately opened his telekinesis vision. He was surprised to find that he was no longer in the plaza. Instead, he was in a small, messy, and dilapidated room. This room was a little like the connecting cabin passageway on a starship. This was because there was a circular cabin door in front of him. However, the cabin door was not the automatic alloy door that was controlled by the system. Instead, it was a very old mechanical steel door. In the middle of the door was a rotating disc. It was obviously a manual switch.
"What is this place?" Ding Meng asked curiously.