Chapter 782: The Magic of Science

“Don’t mention it!”

Li Muling looked dejected as she sat back at her desk.

Her desk was a rectangular one facing her sister across, and she raised her legs casually on the table, spread out the tapping devices Lin Mo had returned to her, and gestured to them while continuing, “Not a single one escaped; they were all found out.”

As for the remaining hidden surveillance camera with the tool rack in the way, even without that obstacle, there were 360-degree white barriers guarding it.

It was a total loss; she might as well take some time later to retrieve them. Li Muling had no mood left, only frustration remained.

“So, there’s no gain?”

Li Muxin looked at her sister’s defeat with great interest, as if she didn’t share the same collective grievance.

“Exactly!”

Li Muling finally admitted her failure in front of her sister.

It was a complete defeat, and on top of that, she felt humiliated.

Being humiliated was one thing, but having to speak from the other side’s perspective was something she had never experienced before—it felt utterly stifling.

Li Muxin suddenly glanced at her watch, then at the three severely damaged tapping devices on her sister’s desk. She clasped her hands together, fingers intertwined, and with a slight smile, said calmly, “No gain is the biggest gain!”

“What?”

Li Muling couldn’t comprehend her sister’s confident demeanor.

Had she discovered something? But she hadn’t even been to the scene.

“What’s wrong?”

Li Muxin unconsciously displayed the confidence typical of an older sister among the twins and stated assuredly, “Haven’t you figured it out yet?”

Being twins born nearly simultaneously, with one especially competitive sister vying for the elder sister’s position was no easy feat.

This came with years of challenges; it was even more challenging than the officialdom, after all, those in power wouldn’t fight with you 24/7.

“Or perhaps no issue is the biggest issue!” Li Muxin smiled slightly and reminded her still-confused sister.

“Could it be…?”

Li Muling had suffered a setback with Lin Mo, but that didn’t mean she was a fool. How could someone clumsy succeed in the Night Intelligence Group? Her sister’s words flashed like inspiration in her mind, and she felt she was on the verge of grasping something extraordinary, yet kept missing it.

No, something was off. Her sister had analyzed something from her own fragmented words; she must have overlooked something. What could it be?

The twin sisters’ identical willow-shaped brows knitted together.

Li Muxin excelled in thinking and analysis, serving as the brain of the Twin Stars duo. Without her sister Li Muling’s boldness, they would have failed more times than they could count in past missions.

The twin sisters complemented each other’s strengths when working together, often causing significant headaches for their opponents.

“Alright, sister, I’ll give you another hint! Time, efficiency!”

Li Muxin couldn’t help but chuckle at her sister’s distressed appearance, holding her head in frustration.

“Got it!” Li Muling’s eyes brightened, and she felt a sense of clarity. But it quickly dimmed again as she said, “But the other party is an expert in fighter jets; how could they not understand their own aircraft? They would naturally be aware of any changes.”

Li Muling was right; no one could suddenly find the hidden tampering in a fighter jet without prior knowledge. Unless the person clearly watched her sabotage it from a very close distance, it would be impossible to locate those three inconspicuous little items among thousands of spare parts by sheer luck.

The dormitory in the Underground Base only had one door, and Lin Mo hadn’t left the dormitory after returning from the cafeteria last night. There was no way he could know Li Muling had entered the hangar; otherwise, he wouldn’t have easily let her return, especially not after handing over the most crucial evidence to the perpetrator. It wouldn’t be this foolish even when aiming for the big fish in the long run.

However, this possibility was completely unfounded.

“You can simulate how much time it would take for an aviation expert, under unknown conditions, to find three unusual small items in a fighter jet. Would every mechanic check all the parts so coincidentally? Or is it that there are highly precise weighing devices installed under the aircraft or on the landing gear that can monitor any changes in the airframe?”

Li Muxin once again delved into the factual analysis, peeling away the layers of fog. As the elite of the Intelligence Group, she quickly found the key points from the simple clues her sister provided.

“This is unscientific! It makes no sense.”

Li Muling’s eyes widened as she suddenly realized how inexplicable it was for Lin Mo to have swapped the three tapping devices with her.

Just like her sister Li Muxin had analyzed in detail, unless Lin Mo was an all-knowing god, this explanation simply didn’t hold water.

For an ordinary person, there was no way they would think to check every component and corner of a fighter jet in ignorance. Even if they knew the fighter jet had been tampered with, it would still be impossible to find something so quickly. It was no wonder her sister had looked at her watch and mentioned efficiency.

From the time Li Muling returned from the Aircrew Group to her sister was just under two hours, indicating how improbable it was to locate three foreign objects among thousands of spare parts, even with absurd luck, one could not repeatedly succeed like that.

As for the highly sensitive pressure devices, aside from the security needs of the most precious antiques and jewelry, who would be so foolish as to install such things in a fighter jet? Even a space shuttle wouldn’t have that kind of equipment.

Li Muling felt a sense of clarity at last; she finally understood her sister’s earlier statement that “no gain is the biggest gain!”

Because this was unscientific!

“Are you going to investigate again?”

Li Muxin’s words held unspoken meaning.

“No!”

Her sister shook her head. Although she wasn’t as exceptionally bright as her sister, she wasn’t foolish either; she just took a bit longer to process thoughts and hadn’t thought that deeply.

Going to find Lin Mo now would only serve to tell him she had questions.

With her sister’s hint, that was already enough.

Lin Mo’s performance had been so astonishing that it could not be explained by science or common sense.

This also confirmed Li Muling’s doubts about Lin Mo and the tasks he carried out; these doubts were not mere illusions but genuine concerns.

Although it was impossible to prove whether “Night” and the country were safe or a danger, at least even Li Muxin thought it was necessary to continue investigating.

“Very good, Captain Li Muling, write a report to Colonel Xie, stating that your preliminary investigation has yielded results, and continue to observe Major Lin Mo without alarming or interrupting his normal work.”

“Yes! Lieutenant Li Muxin!”

Li Muling lowered her legs, saluted her sister, and pulled the keyboard closer to type up the report.

Regardless of her sister’s rank being higher or lower, Li Muling’s respect for her sister had never wavered.

……

The Ser effect was a remarkable thing. Lin Mo fully acknowledged that the technological civilization in this world had its unique strengths, rivaling the magic of his own dimension.

The eleven Ser engines installed inside the aircraft not only provided anti-gravity fields and gravity maneuver control systems for the fighter jet but also enough power, allowing the high-performance batteries within to shed excess weight.

This saved weight allowed Lin Mo to install a pulse laser cannon on the “monstrous” aircraft.

The power was even greater than the one he used during the "Abyss Nirvana" competition, perfectly fitting within the built-in weapon bay at the central belly of the aircraft, with a ready supply in the hangar, usable with just electricity.

However, this was not the biggest surprise for the Dragon Knight. When he remotely tested the Ser engine, Lin Mo did not expect the force field to react with the Flowing Wave Heavenly Transformation Magic Circle beneath the aircraft’s skin.

The densely intricate titanium wire seemed to transform into LED light strips in an instant, faintly glowing through the integrated skin.

When the anti-gravity field output of the Ser engine broke a certain limit, the light strip effect flickered and disappeared; those unique lights could no longer penetrate the solid materials. What followed from the surface of the aircraft was a sudden surge of nearly tangible repulsive force tightly enveloping the entire “monstrous” variable wings fighter jet.

At a distance of two meters, one could still feel a slight outward repulsive force preventing anything not belonging to the fighter jet from approaching. Fortunately, Lin Mo had the habit of tidying up and had cleared away equipment and tools from around the aircraft in advance, and the maintenance area was spacious enough; otherwise, there would have been a cacophony of clattering.

Was this the repulsion and guiding force the Flowing Wave Heavenly Transformation Magic Circle originally possessed?

No, it was a repulsion shield, or one could say it was an anti-gravity shield; the closer one approached the aircraft, the stronger the repulsive reaction became, as invisible forces prevented any physical entity from coming near.

It was hard to determine whether this force field was a magnetic or electrostatic repulsion effect.

Just as American NASA scientists Paul Murad, Morgan Boardman, and John Brandenburg described during the “Morningstar Energy Box Experiment”: “They discovered similar phenomena related to temperature loss and discrete magnetic walls.”

Yet, the results displayed by Lin Mo’s test far exceeded those initial studies on the Ser effect by the Americans and Russians.

Even if the Dragon Knight was shocked, he had underestimated the SEG (Ser Engine).

The civilizations of the two worlds exploded with a dazzling light akin to nuclear fission, releasing an energy beyond imagination.