Streams of mental power surged towards the small devices, deftly manipulating them. With a burst of force and a faint, almost inaudible series of clicks, Lu Chen destroyed the surveillance equipment.
At the same time, using his mental power and telekinesis, multitasking, he immediately began his work.
Sitwell really wanted to stay and observe, to understand Lu Chen's purpose and abilities, but to prevent Lu Chen from discovering anything, he ultimately did not linger. With some apprehension towards Lu Chen, he casually found an excuse to leave.
Lu Chen ignored him and continued to work diligently.
Lorna Dane also wanted to leave, but couldn't. Lu Chen said he might need her help, so she could only stay on the side, watching boredly!
...
Two days later!
It was still the same underground space, still amidst the equipment. Lu Chen finally stopped, and before him, a wing-shaped object, about the size of a human head and in a protective stance, appeared.
Its exterior was as white as snow, its design distinctly sci-fi, and its details meticulously rendered...
It looked... it truly looked baffling.
This thing looked more like a work of art than a piece of technology.
"You worked for two days and only made this one thing?" Lorna Dane asked, looking a bit sickly.
Not everyone is a Superman of stamina or possesses astonishing patience. After spending so much time with Lu Chen, Lu Chen was fine, but Lorna Dane was incredibly uncomfortable and her spirits had flagged.
"It's just this one thing. Including the cost of the necessary equipment, its production cost is at least in the hundreds of millions!" Lu Chen said calmly.
Gasp!
Lorna Dane gasped.
"This one thing is worth at least a hundred million?" Lorna Dane truly found it hard to believe.
Chapter 33: Thought Control (Bonus chapter for breaking 2000 collections)
Seeing Lorna Dane's exaggerated expression, Lu Chen smiled.
"That's just the production cost. If it weren't for me, factoring in upfront research costs, technology accumulation costs, and experiments required for material matching, this one thing would cost much more—at least around ten billion in research funds!"
Ten billion?
Lorna Dane also found it hard to believe!
Lu Chen watched and chuckled softly!
Actually, there was one thing he didn't mention.
This was just the cost under the efforts of ordinary scientists and forces. If there was a guy with a cheat, this cost would be greatly reduced.
And because of the sustainability of the equipment and the maturity of the technology, the cost of the second one would be drastically cut.
Of course, the production cost would still be high enough!
Lu Chen didn't say much more to Lorna Dane. While observing Lorna Dane's changing expression with interest, he placed a patch-like object on his forehead.
Beep!
On the patch, a point of light appeared with the sound of a prompt.
On the related wing, a mechanical voice also sounded.
"Detected thought access device connected successfully. Thought access initiated!"
"Thought access successful!"
After these two sentences, the voice stopped.
Lu Chen had already anticipated this; this thing was just an empty shell. Aside from its inherent high-tech content, its core was completely empty, a blank slate!
"Activate thought control mode!" Lu Chen ignored Lorna's inquisitive gaze and spoke to the object in front of him.
"Smart mode disabled, thought control mode activated!"
Listening to the voice, Lu Chen closed his eyes and, using the thought access device, began to infuse a system he had already prepared into the wing in front of him.
A vast amount of data surged like a raging tide, pouring into the wing.
On that wing, silver light began to flash wildly, and some internal changes seemed to become directly observable.
Lorna Dane couldn't help but become even more curious.
She opened her mouth to ask, but seeing Lu Chen immersed in his activity, she ultimately didn't speak.
Instead, she stood by the doorway, preventing anyone from suddenly entering and, not knowing the truth, disturbing Lu Chen.
Time passed by second by second!
However, the data surging in Lu Chen's mind showed no sign of slowing down; instead, it became even more exaggerated, and inevitably, it caused some impact on reality.
Lorna Dane, being the closest, had the most direct experience.
She felt as if many flies were flapping their wings inside her head, with a constant buzzing sound.
It made her feel dizzy!
She even felt a bit nauseous.
In other parts of the abandoned Base, some S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents inevitably experienced some ear ringing.
The entire Base was affected!
And because their personnel were behaving normally, they were all their own people, and there were no signs of external intrusion, Sitwell quickly pinpointed Lu Chen as the source.
After much hesitation, he ultimately just remembered this feeling, and then, using the instrument he had already taken out, continued to detect and record in a nearby small dark room.
He did not directly confront Lu Chen.
Nick Fury's mission was more important, even though they had detected and recorded nothing so far.
With the monitors destroyed, and their instruments not yet specialized, unable to detect Dark Energy fluctuations or mental power fluctuations, they were effectively blind and deaf.
They could only record nothing.
However, they still did not give up, struggling in vain.
Time flew by, and several hours had passed in the blink of an eye.