For the whole afternoon, Anji redrew Researcher Ke’s spells and listened to the lady explain the more complicated theories and calculations. According to her, although they could not see the space warping and vortexes, they could observe the phenomenon when objects inside it moved out of trajectory. It’s almost similar to calculating the movement of the wind.
"It sounds similar in concept. However, the lack of gravity and sudden amplification at different places makes it very difficult for us to calculate where an object should safely go from one point to another," Keke sighed. "The patterns are inconsistent, and we cannot predict when something will be interrupted during the transfer."
Thinking about it, Anji wondered if this was the only way.
"How long is one point to another point?" she asked. "Would it have the same teleportation radius as the current teleportation scrolls?"
Assistant Hu was glad to answer. According to their late teacher, the original research was to travel from one point of a mountain or a city to another point without a fixed coordinate placed. It was risky to create an anchor point for many security reasons. The only reason why they often did it in the Mystical Qilin Sect was because everyone here knew spells and how to fix a broken seal and avoid messing with them. Not everyone in the murim world understood the risks of spells. Hence, they had to create a foolproof safety feature — a point-to-point teleportation scroll.
"Of course, if we perfect this spell, we can further research it to see if it would be possible to increase that distance," the short man explained. "However, the greater the distance, the higher the risk."
Understanding the gist, Anji asked how long it would take for the teleportation to happen.
"What if I wanted to move an object from one end of the table to another? How long would that take?"
Pouring through her past calculations and formulas, Researcher Ke estimated if they rewrote the spells using Anji’s bridging method, it would be possible to avoid most complications.
"Less than one breath," she concluded. "In theory. We’ve never had anyone teleported from one end of the table to another. It’s impractical."
Nodding along, Anji asked if items could be sent using the short-distance point-to-point teleportation spell. According to the researchers, it was possible. However, nobody used it because it was usually easier to use the moving platforms. Not to mention, fixing a portal was safer to use. It was impractical and would not pass the judging panel.
Knowing that they had already uncovered point-to-point teleportation, Anji’s brain whirred into action. The academic panel had already partially acknowledged the research data. These researchers had also previously proven the formula required. The only thing left for them to do is to prove its usefulness. She remembered what the farmer told her about his grandfather, who was a senior researcher. No matter how amazing the invention was, if a product did not seem useful, it would not be approved by this sect.
If that was all, all they had to do was find a purpose for the proven invention.
"Calculating a safe path for long-distance point-to-point teleportation is more difficult," Anji stated. "It would be possible, but you’re running out of time, yes? How about finding a way to repurpose the short-distance point-to-point teleportation spell? With the bridging method, is it possible to connect multiple short-distance teleportation until it covers the same distance as a long-distance teleportation?"
For a very long time, Assistant Hu and Researcher Ke did not speak. Instead, they stared at the calculations and murmured to themselves. At one point, Assistant Hu left to grab an abacus while Researcher Ke redrew several calculations before tossing them away. Anji had no idea what they were doing. However, when they started talking to each other, she finally understood the core of a researcher.
Seeing how deeply focused they were, Anji quietly slipped away to the library. There were still two more hours before she had to leave to find Doctor Yun. Already, she was feeling better today. Meditating with Grandpa Jin usually helped with her recovery, even if they were training her second sight.
Back at the library, Anji buried herself in books. Although she finally had a hint about general relativity and its unique calculations in a place void of gravity, there was still a lot that she still could not understand from her shifu’s texts. What she knew was only surface level compared to Researcher Ke and Assistant Hu. Hence, she chose to amuse herself with the books in the library that were closer to her level of understanding.
An hour later, Anji heard someone calling her name. Putting the book back where she found it, she found the two researchers in the living area with the many suspended models.
"Anji, come quickly! We’ve recalculated the formula and broken down the units needed to travel a long distance. Although it isn’t as long as we’d like it to be, travelling from the living room to the dining area should be far enough for now. We have not tested it yet, but we’d like you to witness it with us."
Thrilled, Anji nodded. Assistant Hu escorted her to the dining room, where they could still see Researcher Ke. She had a bowl in her hand that contained several talismans clumsily glued together. The calculation must be very big for a talisman to get to that size.
"I’m going to send the bowl over now," she called out. "Get ready to receive it!"
Nodding, Assistant Hu told Anji to stand behind him. According to their calculations, it was possible to skip through many short-distance teleports between many open gates until it reached the teleportation point. The bowl should reach them without issues from this distance.
Counting down, Researcher Ke activated the huge talisman and Anji watched as the bowl disappeared, altering its shape a little as it disappeared. Already, she had a bad feeling about it. If she were to describe how it looked, it was as if the bowl had turned into clay and was squished when it entered the gate.
Anji barely registered what happened, but when she turned her head, Assistant Hu was already unconscious on the floor with the bowl shattered beside him.
"Stupid Hu!" Researcher Ke called out and dashed over.
Likewise, Anji snapped into her doctor mode. The porcelain bowl shards were sharp, and she cautioned Researcher Ke, who was panicked. Clearly, the experiment went wrong. The bowl was meant to teleport safely without accumulating speed. However, it accelerated its speed with multiple jumps, causing it to launch like a cannonball. Although nobody knew why it happened, saving Assistant Hu was more important.
Tearing open Assistant Hu’s shirt, Anji noticed the deep mark on his chest caused by the bowl crashing into him. There was a nasty patch of bruise but no bleeding. All bleeding was likely internal. However, part of his ribcage was shattered from the impact. Anji needed to address those first and confirm if any organs had been punctured.
After a quick assessment, Anji paled after inserting qi threads into Assistant Hu.
"Call Doctor Yun over and someone good at qi manipulation arts for healing," Anji stated quietly but urgently. "Tell Doctor Yun that he has a punctured stomach and ruptured spleen with multiple broken ribs on the left side with internal bleeding. Tell him that Assistant Hu is unconscious but currently receiving first aid. I’ll do my best to minimise the damages, but he needs urgent attention."
Listening to Anji without doubt, Researcher Ke ran using qi and took the roof as a shortcut to find the only doctor in this sect. She had no idea why she trusted a child with her best friend’s life. However, Anji did not seem like she was fooling around. As she ran to find help, Researcher Ke prayed to her teacher in heaven.
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