Junior engineer Deyan received the raw sensor data without Qinghe’s conclusion. She set the first trial beside the second and calculated the changes across the two methods. Her figures matched the earlier analysis.
“The baseline holds,” she said. “The internal turn appears before the damage in both tests.”
She asked whether Yan should repeat the experiment with another technique. Qinghe said the current sample was enough to show consistency. Further repetition would add little evidence and delay the furnace work.
Yan read the draft conclusion. “The System benefits me alone in the tested methods. Other practitioners still face their normal costs. Resources and outside injuries remain real.”
“And the test did not show a way to transfer your gift,” Gu said. “Nor did the origin records show a complete formula.”
They reviewed the laboratory materials and Ashfall records together. The grey fragment matched Yun’s catalyst drawing. The poisoning impurity appeared in another column. The handling record remained the final missing step.
“Could the fragment have been added deliberately?” Deyan asked.
Gu said the current records showed a routine batch transfer, but the issue slip was still missing. They needed the clerk’s mark and the full handling record before making a public claim.
