Chapter 35: Absorbing Energy

  With the addition of diamonds, the originally boiling solution was as if it had received a strong stimulus and rolled even more violently. Sometimes, the liquid in the beaker even overflowed from the outside of the cup, but miraculously not a single drop fell, all **seemed to have merged into one body.

  As the reaction continued, the color of the solution became more and more vibrant, even giving Duan Yue a kind of eerie feeling, it was really a bit strange.

  To say the least, natural diamonds can be considered one of the most geochemically stable substances on Earth. Under normal conditions, at room temperature and pressure, diamonds are not supposed to react violently with other substances. Since the diamond was added, the originally relatively stable solution underwent a dramatic change, leaving Duan Lai both tense and somewhat expectant for what's to come next.

  Everything in front of him overturned Duan Lei's cognition, making him feel a bit unreal, and he had a deeper understanding of the magic of Makar civilization.

  The reaction lasted for nearly a minute, and the changes in the solution were like a roller coaster, changing at any time from red to crimson, then to blue, yellow... In just one minute, all kinds of colors that Duan Lei had ever known appeared before his eyes, making him truly understand what it meant by "dazzling".

  Finally, in a flash of lightning speed, before Duan Yue could react, the color of the liquid in the beaker changed dramatically from orange-yellow to colorless and transparent. At the same time, the originally boiling ** instantly stopped moving and lay quietly in the beaker, as if nothing had happened just now.

  If it weren't for the hints of this phenomenon that had already been seen in the materials handed over by Dingding, Duan Lei would have really thought that everything that happened just now was an illusion!

  In the crucible, a transparent piece was left, and the diamond that had just been put in had disappeared, as if it were magic.

  The energy extraction liquid is finally ready, but the segment crystal still can't be used directly and needs to go through another program in order to safely absorb the contained energy.

  Carefully carrying the beaker out of the lab, Duan Yue poured the solution into the ceramic bathtub in the bathroom, which was already filled with a light blue liquid. The energy extraction liquid dissolved into the light blue liquid without causing any ripples, and disappeared silently.

  Taking a deep breath, Duan Yue stripped off all his clothes and got into the bathtub stark naked, soaking in the solution with only his head exposed above the water surface.

  Before Dīng Dīng fell asleep, he had entrusted Duàn Lěi with the task because of his physical condition. He couldn't directly absorb the energy from the diamond to replenish Dīng Dīng's energy and instead needed a special method to process it.

  First, the energy in the diamond needs to be extracted using a solution and turned into an energy extraction liquid, which can then be better absorbed. Additionally, since Dingding has fallen asleep and cannot actively absorb energy, Duan Lei must dilute the energy extraction liquid and then absorb it through the skin surface.

  Duan Yue had just lain down in the bathtub when he still felt the coolness of the solution, which was unusually comfortable. However, as time passed, he gradually felt that something was not quite right.

  There seems to be a large number of tiny, invisible things living in the solution, desperately drilling into Duan Lei's skin as if something inside his body is attracting them. According to Dingdang's explanation, this is the energy contained in the solution entering the body through the pores on the skin before being absorbed by the dormant Dingdang.

  At first, Duan Yue thought it was a pretty good experience, with a strange kind of stimulation. But the good times didn't last long, as the energy rushing into his body grew more and more intense, almost exceeding what he could bear. As a result, Duan Yue's feelings quickly changed from comfort to pain, like countless ants crawling on his skin, biting fiercely, that unspeakable pain was really hard to describe to others.

  However, thinking of the benefits after waking up refreshed, Duan Lei could only grit his teeth and persist.

  However, the pain did not weaken due to Duan Yue's persistence, but instead became more and more severe, and also gradually shifted inward, as if someone was slowly grinding his flesh with a file. Duan Yue had no way out, wanting to shout out but fearing that someone might pass by nearby, causing unnecessary trouble, could only pull over a towel, roughly stuffed it into his mouth, and bit down hard.

  Duanyue has never experienced such suffering since he was young, and he is now doubting whether he can hold on. In his second year of high school, he had an acute appendicitis attack. At that time, Duanyue thought the pain was already at its peak, but compared to now, it was just a small spell seeing a big spell.

  If there was someone beside him, they would see Duan Lin's face turn pale with pain, and sweat dripping down his forehead like water. He bit the towel in his mouth tightly, as if it could alleviate some of the pain. Duan Lin's half-closed eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, looking like a rabbit's red eyes, which was quite frightening!

  Duan Yue didn't know how much time had passed, it was as if only a moment had elapsed, yet it seemed like an eternity. The physical pain kept battering his endurance to the limit without any respite.

  At this moment, Duan Yue suddenly remembered Xiao Qi's song 'One wave has not subsided, another wave comes to invade', which is the most suitable to describe the situation he can feel now.

  Finally, Duan Yue could no longer bear the pain, his reflex nerves quickly made a self-protective reaction, cutting off contact with Duan Yue's brain, and so, Duan Yue fainted!

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  Deng Yun woke up and found it was already dark outside, he didn't know how long had passed.

  Duan Yue struggled to turn on the bathroom light, relieved that his body was still somewhat obedient and hadn't developed too many adverse aftereffects. Of course, muscle pain was still present, and even simple actions like taking a step or lifting his hand required great effort from Duan Yue.

  By the light of the bathroom, Duan Yue discovered that the liquid in the bathtub had changed from pale blue to pale red. He touched the bloodstains on his skin and knew it was due to broken capillaries, bleeding and staining.

  Duan Yue didn't know what effect energy absorption would have either. He didn't know if he could wake Ting Ting up or not.

  Hurriedly washing his body with a lotus root head, Duan Yue lay down on the bed in exhaustion after wiping dry, and began to concentrate and calm down, trying to awaken Dingding in the sea of consciousness.

  You went through great pains to refine white silver, bought diamonds, and endured inhuman suffering, wasn't it all just to wake up Ding?