Chapter 1390: Lingxu Parameter

Chapter 1391: The Lingxu Parameter

"Silence…"

Wu Tongyuan crouched on the ground for a long time, without hearing any new gunshots. Yet, he was far from naive enough to believe the enemy had given up on them. Most likely, they had abandoned sniping and were now closing in directly.

Wu Tongyuan's expression grew increasingly solemn. Although the modified Snell's Law he employed could distort light, the Lingxu coefficient had, after all, only been increased by 0.05. Light deviation would only become significant at greater distances; if they were within fifty meters of him, it would be virtually useless.

"Formulas… Formulas! What other formulas can I use?!"

Wu Tongyuan, his hands stained with blood, tugged at his hair, wracking his brain for an answer.

Just then, an idea seemed to strike him. He snatched up a branch and quickly began scribbling on the ground.

In the dim jungle, six figures, like cheetahs gliding through shadows, rapidly closed in on their position.

All three sniper teams had abandoned their positions. While sniping was their forte, close-quarters combat was also an essential skill. Some clutched pistols, others daggers. They moved silently, adopting a highly professional encirclement formation, closing in on Wu Tongyuan.

When they saw Wu Tongyuan hadn't chosen to flee, but instead was crouching on the ground, engrossed in scribbling, they paused in surprise.

But quickly, the wariness in their eyes intensified.

They knew the caliber of the "monsters" they were up against. Wu Tongyuan's current aberrant behavior was far more threatening than if he had turned and fled, or stood armed and alert.

As they drew closer, Wu Tongyuan's faint murmuring drifted into their ears:

"Earlier, the ability covered several hundred meters, but the adjustable parameters were very limited. For close combat, perhaps I can drastically narrow the scope of the ability in exchange for more complex parameter alterations…"

Although these commando assassins understood basic Chinese, Wu Tongyuan's words were primarily mathematical terms, rendering them utterly obscure and incomprehensible.

They exchanged a tactical hand signal in the shadows. The next second, two groups burst from the jungle at high speed, lunging at Wu Tongyuan from different directions!

Wu Tongyuan caught their fleeting movement in his peripheral vision. His heart tightened, and his fingertip immediately flicked through the air!

In the first formula floating before him, a 'K' parameter materialized out of thin air.

"Correcting Newton's gravitational formula: gG*M/r²*K, where the Lingxu coefficient K is adjusted to a negative value within a fixed, minuscule range."

The next second, the two assassins, just inches from Wu Tongyuan, suddenly felt the world spin. The gravitational force acting on their bodies was instantly inverted, and with a whoosh, they were flung backward into the sky!

This sight completely dumbfounded the other two assassins. However, accustomed to dealing with Transcenders, their mental fortitude was exceptional. They immediately halted, daring not to approach Wu Tongyuan, and instead drew pistols from their waists, aiming directly at his head and pulling the triggers!

At hundreds of meters, a missed shot was acceptable. But at less than fifty meters, they refused to believe they could miss.

Then, the second formula before Wu Tongyuan illuminated once more!

"The trajectory of a bullet in a vacuum is a parabola: y = x tanθ - (g x²)/(2 v₀² cos² θ). After correction, the square term is altered to the K-th power, i.e., y = x tanθ - (g x^1.9)/(2 v₀^K cos^Kθ)…"

Bang bang—

The instant the pistol bullets exited the barrels, they curved into two long arcs, veering sharply to the sides. It was as if the bullets' naturally long parabolic trajectories had been compressed and twisted, causing them to spin horizontally past Wu Tongyuan's body, narrowly missing him!

Though the bullets didn't hit Wu Tongyuan, they sent a cold sweat running down his back…

"Damn it, the parameters were still set too low…"

Watching the two bullets trace an incomprehensible trajectory, the two assassins froze. Seizing the opportunity, Wu Tongyuan quickly picked up the sidearms belonging to the two assassins who had been flung skyward, raised the muzzles, and aimed at their thighs!

Bang bang bang bang—!

The instant he pulled the trigger, the Lingxu coefficient K reverted to its normal setting. Wu Tongyuan's shots riddled the two assassins' thighs, and two piercing screams erupted simultaneously.

Wu Tongyuan was about to exhale in relief when the last sniper team, previously hidden in the shadows, had already flanked their position and launched an attack from the side!

"The last two—it’s a gamble!" Wu Tongyuan's gaze fell upon his final formula, his eyes alight with expectation.

"Quantum tunneling effect probability P ≈ e^(-2d/ℏ * √(2m(V-E))). If I add the Lingxu coefficient K to this, and it works, any enemy approaching me will be randomly teleported far away…"

However, when Wu Tongyuan attempted to manipulate the Lingxu coefficient K this time, the formula remained unchanged.

Wu Tongyuan's heart sank.

"Damn it, it’s not working!"

At this moment, Wu Tongyuan had no idea what the limits of his Lingxu parameter K adjustments were, nor which formulas he could effectively manipulate. He had wanted to test out this seemingly impressive formula, but it proved to be beyond his current capabilities.

The two assassins had braced themselves for a barrage of bizarre phenomena, yet they found themselves able to charge directly at Wu Tongyuan. For a bewildered instant, they paused, then swiftly kicked Wu Tongyuan to the ground with a sweeping motion. One of them drew a dagger from his leg with a backhand, lunging to stab Wu Tongyuan in the throat!

Wu Tongyuan cried out, and the final formula—his last resort—was instantly activated!

"In the Lorentz force formula, F = q(E + v × B), I’ll add the Lingxu coefficient K…"

As an electromagnetic storm erupted centered on Wu Tongyuan, all metal objects on the two assassins were instantly flung away!

The dagger, raised mid-air, flew from the first assassin’s hand and, with a sickening thud, impaled his jaw. The other man’s neck was instantly severed by the thin metal necklace he wore, and his bloodied head rolled to a stop directly in front of Wu Tongyuan.

"Ahhhhhhh!!"

Witnessing such a gruesome scene, Wu Tongyuan recoiled, leaping to his feet in terror. The man’s warm blood still covered his face, and the metallic stench made him double over and vomit on the spot.

He… had killed someone?

This was Wu Tongyuan’s first kill. Though unintentional—merely an emergency over-adjustment of parameters in the Lorentz force formula—the grisly outcome left an indelible psychological scar.

Bodies lay strewn across the jungle floor, blood seeping into the earth, while the agonized cries of the two surviving assassins continued to echo nearby…

Wu Tongyuan emptied his stomach, slowly recovering his senses. Turning back to behold the hellish scene, he stood frozen to the spot.

"This…"

"Is this my power?"