Qinghe briefed the technical crews in the capital furnace workshop. The engineers gathered around the worktable, where the verified findings sat beside the prototype valve.
“The System reverses intrinsic personal harms for Yan in the methods tested,” she said. “We observed no extraction from nearby people. Other practitioners still face their normal costs. External injury, materials, and physical danger remain real.”
Yan stood beside her. “The origin came from an accidental grey fragment, not a chosen heir. It is not a formula I can give someone else.”
The crew listened. One young engineer looked relieved; another seemed disappointed that the result could not be reproduced.
“So we can’t build a repair plan around you giving the same benefit to everyone?” he asked.
“No,” Qinghe said. “The network needs ordinary stones, trained people, and working valves.”
The briefing earned trust because it did not ask anyone to worship Yan or become like him. Gu gave Deyan responsibility for the next valve test and asked the team to document any defect, including one that contradicted his old calculations.
Deyan accepted the task. She asked which sensor calibration to use. Qinghe showed her the signed baseline and the instrument log. Deyan set up the first check at the workbench and read the values aloud.
