First Transmission!

?! Staring at the purple light ring that had abruptly appeared before him. Lin Yi was stunned for less than half a second. He quickly came back to his senses and swiftly moved his left hand, which was holding the phone, in front of him: "Academician Pan! I’ve got a situation here! —The forbidden ground… the forbidden ground has suddenly produced a light ring!" "A light ring?" Pan Yongnian’s urgent voice soon came through the phone: "What color? About how big?" "Pure purple!" Lin Yi said, watching the ring while carefully describing it, "Set into the ground, the center is translucent, the edges are hazy, the diameter is about ten meters or so!" No sooner had he spoken than Lin Yi heard Pan Yongnian’s clear intake of breath through the communicator. He was slightly stunned, then immediately realized something: "Academician Pan, could it be that the laboratory…?" "Correct!" Pan Yongnian’s voice carried a note of excitement he could barely restrain, "Just now, a purple light ring also appeared in the laboratory." "Its location is beneath the dark room of the single-photon detector, and its appearance is exactly as you described." Swish— Lin Yi looked again at the purple light ring not far away: "So this light ring… is the second path in your hypothesis?" "To be precise, it should be the two endpoints of the second path," Pan Yongnian let out a long breath, still maintaining a physicist’s rigor as he corrected, "One end is at Guihua Sect, and the other connects to the home world." "The dozen-plus passengers on that bus were the ones who transmigrated to the Tianling Realm through this path." Hearing Pan Yongnian’s reply. Thump-thump-thump— Lin Yi’s little heart… or rather, old heart, suddenly began to pound violently. Oh my god… The experimental proposal put forward by the home world had actually succeeded? A passage spanning two worlds had just appeared before him. Lin Yi then approached the edge of the light ring step by step, stopping at a position two or three meters away. Before crossing over. He had once seen online someone roasting certain domineering CEO novels, where the books liked to use pie-chart-style descriptions such as [three parts mockery, three parts aloofness, four parts nonchalance] to portray character images. And at this moment. Although Lin Yi’s face had no similar pie chart, he knew his expression must be very complex. It was precisely this light ring before his eyes that had sent him to the Tianling Realm, making him undergo hardships and partings he never should have experienced, and come within a hair’s breadth of death several times. But at the same time, it had also let him experience the cultivation power that existed only in fantasy in the home world. Lin Yi’s life experiences might not be called wonderful and smooth, but saying they were full of twists and turns was no exaggeration. Let alone with the two worlds now connected, his family in the home world would benefit from it… Therefore, Lin Yi’s feelings toward this light ring were truly hard to describe simply with likes and dislikes. He then took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing all emotions: "Academician Pan, what should I do next?" "...You wait a moment." Lin Yi only heard Pan Yongnian on the other end whisper a few words to someone beside him, and it was nearly ten minutes before a reply came: "Comrade Lin Yi, the laboratory just made an attempt, using a robot to deliver several pre-prepared test items into the light ring’s range." "The delivery process went very smoothly, but after the test items were moved into the center of the light ring… they did not disappear through transmigration." The test items did not disappear through transmigration? Lin Yi was stunned again. He thought for a moment, picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground, and carved the character "Lin" on it. After carving it, he lightly tossed it toward the light ring. The stone traced a parabola in midair, landing precisely at the center of the ring. And then… It remained completely motionless. "Indeed, it can’t pass through…" Seeing this, Lin Yi frowned tightly: "Academician Pan, is the passage broken?" "No, no, not that pessimistic," Pan Yongnian chuckled gently, explaining, "To be honest with you, this situation was actually within our expectations." "During earlier discussions, the comrades at the think tank had formed two hypotheses regarding your transmigration behavior." "One is that the transmigration point is like a hole in the ground: whether it’s a transmigrator or an item, as long as they pass through this hole, they will ‘fall’ into the Tianling Realm." "The other is that there is a barrier between the two ends of the path, and during transmigration some force performs work, producing a suction-like effect that ‘sucks’ you over." Lin Yi blinked. Oh, I think I understand… The first situation is like a sewer inlet without a manhole cover: as long as you pass over it from above, you might fall in. The second is like a tunnel encountered while riding a bullet train: both ends are level, and no matter which end you enter, you need some force to push you through. But after understanding these, Lin Yi’s brow remained tightly furrowed: "But Academician Pan, what is that force you mentioned? I’m afraid our time is a bit…" Now the demon beasts were on the verge of breaking through the gate, and the earlier experiments had already consumed a large amount of time. If they still had to go searching for some new force… "Comrade Lin Yi, don’t worry," facing Lin Yi’s concerns, Pan Yongnian seemed completely assured, "I remember you said before that the Tianling Realm was able to develop a cultivation civilization, relying on a substance called spiritual energy?" "Right," Lin Yi subconsciously answered, then immediately reacted, "...uh, you mean cross-world transmission requires the use of spiritual energy?" "Mm, the probability is very high," Pan Yongnian’s tone carried a rare note of certainty, "nearly a hundred percent." Lin Yi’s heart finally eased. If it was spiritual energy, then that was manageable: "How exactly should I operate?" Pan Yongnian quickly sent a reply: "Comrade Lin Yi, can you manage to not enter the light ring yourself, but transmit a relatively high concentration of spiritual energy into the center of the light ring?" "Not enter the light ring…" Lin Yi pondered for a moment, "shouldn’t be a problem, I’ll give it a try." The purification and transmission of spiritual energy was very common in the Tianling Realm, the most typical example being Spirit Gathering Arrays of different effects. Generally speaking. The farther the distance of spiritual energy transmission, the higher the cost. Given Lin Yi’s current cultivation level and condition, directionally transmitting spiritual energy ten to twenty meters was basically not difficult. Lin Yi then flicked his sleeve, and a marble-sized stone, green all over, appeared in his palm. This was the low-grade spirit stone common in the Tianling Realm. Next, he adjusted his breath, mobilized his own spiritual power, and activated the spirit stone. Whoosh— A rich stream of spiritual energy, like a gentle trickle, spread toward the purple light ring several meters away. The moment the spiritual energy reached the center of the light ring. The hazy edge of the purple light ring suddenly began to churn, its light slightly expanding outward then rapidly contracting inward, swelling and receding unsteadily as if breathing. Immediately after. The entire light ring suddenly blazed with radiance, a searing white light erupting fiercely. Lin Yi instinctively raised a hand to shield his eyes. A few seconds later. The white light gradually faded. Lin Yi lowered his hand and looked toward the center of the light ring. At this moment. The stone he had originally thrown in was long gone, and in its place was… a box.