Xiao did not stay in the Great Tang World for too long; he only made a brief stop there to experience the ancient feudal system and local customs.
Although there were many novel and interesting things here, as Xiao completed his integration with Wu Meiniang, his inspiration surged, and he suddenly remembered a Devil Fruit from the One Piece world that could significantly help him.
So, Xiao directly returned to the One Piece world.
When he returned to the One Piece world, Xiao felt a familiar aura envelop him.
He took a deep breath, feeling the sea breeze, and his mood was exceptionally joyful.
After calming himself, Xiao began an all-encompassing search for the Devil Fruit that had given him such great inspiration—the Mini-Mini Fruit ability user.
The Mini-Mini Fruit is a remarkably powerful Devil Fruit; its power lies in its ability to allow the user to become extremely tiny, without altering their speed or strength.
This ability is very similar to the Pym Particles used by Ant-Man in Marvel, and this is exactly what Xiao needed.
Xiao needed to use this ability to enter a world more microscopic than atoms and conduct further fundamental scientific research.
Because in the world of science, the more microscopic the scale, the stronger the potential it holds.
Currently, atomic-level nano-mechanical insects can no longer meet Xiao's needs in fundamental particle research; he urgently needs smaller nano-mechanical insects to drive scientific progress.
However, all current mechanical technology, even with the support of the Cyber Dimension, cannot produce such tiny nano-mechanical insects.
The existence of the Mini-Mini Fruit gave Xiao a glimmer of hope.
By utilizing the Mini-Mini Fruit's ability, he could further miniaturize nano-mechanical insects. Even if he couldn't shrink a giant to 3 millimeters like the ability user in the anime,
as long as the nano-mechanical insects could be reduced to the proton level, Xiao could take a significant step in the field of fundamental materials science.
More importantly, even atomic-level nano-mechanical insects are still easy to detect.
Whether it's the nano-instruments of major corporations, Homelander's eyes, or Vegapunk's technological means, all can easily detect the presence of nano-mechanical insects or even block their invasion.
This made Xiao realize that relying solely on atomic-level nano-mechanical insects was far from enough.
But if the mass of the nano-mechanical insects remained constant while their volume shrank by dozens of times, then the situation would undergo a drastic change.
The existence of protons can be said to be one of the smallest fundamental particles observable in the world; only through high-energy particle collision experiments, by shattering atomic nuclei, can their existence be discovered, which requires particle collisions approaching the speed of light to achieve.
Further down are quarks, but those are only theoretical models, unobservable and uncapturable, so they can be ignored.
Once Xiao's nano-mechanical insects could enter a more microscopic world, reaching the proton level, they could hide within atoms, completely transforming the structure of an item, undetectable by any entity.
At that time, Cyber Aura would completely integrate into all things, thoroughly transforming the world into a place for Cyber Cultivation.
Not only that, with progress in fundamental physics, the amount of Cyber Aura that Cyber Cultivators could accommodate would increase a hundredfold; with the total amount remaining unchanged, their power would also increase hundreds or thousands of times, and the entire Cyber Cultivation strength would rise accordingly.
It was precisely because the Mini-Mini Fruit was so crucial to Xiao that he unhesitatingly mobilized Cyber Aura on a global scale to launch a search operation.
In the original work, the Mini-Mini Fruit user was named Lili Enstomach, a beautiful giantess with long dark green hair and healthy dark skin.
Although she was a giantess, due to the Mini-Mini Fruit's effect, her body could become as small as an ant.
This made it extremely difficult to find such a tiny existence, even with Cyber Aura spread globally.
However, fortunately, Lili was not alone.
Her adoptive father, Panz Fry, was not only a giant but also a volcano cuisine chef passionate about cooking.
Rumor had it that he was keen on snatching food from the Government, the Marines, and pirates to cook delicious meals for hungry people.
Compared to Lili, the ant-sized person, Panz, the giant, was obviously much easier to find.
Furthermore, the two were almost inseparable, so as long as Panz could be found, Lili's whereabouts would surely be discovered around him.
After two and a half minutes of intense searching, the Sky Loop finally successfully locked onto the target.
Xiao immediately stepped forward, using the Cyber Dimension's teleportation ability to instantly arrive at Panz's location.
At this moment, Panz was holding a giant cast-iron griddle, using the heat of volcanic lava to create delicious teppanyaki.
Around Panz, a crowd of people who had come to admire his cooking gathered.
Many of them were impoverished, but some gourmets were also disguised as poor people.
These people had all gathered to taste the legendary volcanic cuisine.
An intense aroma filled the air, causing many people's mouths to water, and some were even drooling with craving.
Seeing this scene, Xiao did not directly snatch Lili's Devil Fruit ability; he simply found a clean corner, sat down quietly, and waited for the volcano cuisine to be served.
Since he had come all this way, how could he miss such delicious and unique ingredients?
After all, in this world, only beauties and delicious food should not be forsaken.
"Two more minutes! Everyone, line up and come forward one by one to receive it!"
Panz felt the state of the ingredients in the pot and immediately shouted loudly.
Then, he slowly lifted the cast-iron griddle from the volcanic vent.
As the griddle was removed, a scorching stream of air gushed out, and a large amount of heat, along with countless nutrient-rich underground mineral powders, erupted.
These powders, under Panz's exquisite control, were evenly sprinkled over the cooked ingredients, like a magnificent feast.
With the addition of the volcanic minerals, an even more intense aroma emanated from the cast-iron pot, like a surging torrent sweeping through the surrounding air.
This aroma seemed to have a life of its own, intoxicating and refreshing those who smelled it.
Xiao took a deep breath, savored the rich aroma, and smiled joyfully.
He eagerly took out the meal tray he had prepared earlier and joined the queue.
Panz treated everyone fairly; he always tried his best to ensure that everyone could taste his carefully prepared dishes.
Especially the poor people, who often found it difficult to enjoy delicious food, but here, Panz gave them the greatest care and satisfaction.
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