"Suddenly got signal?"
Fu Zhu glanced at his phone. The caller ID showed Himeko. He answered the call directly.
"Himeko?"
A distinct sigh of relief came clearly through the phone, followed by Himeko's voice, filled with undeniable joy.
"That's wonderful! We finally reached you, Fu Zhu! After you landed on Jarilo-VI, the Express lost contact with you. Since then, I've been constantly trying to reach you, but unfortunately, due to the Stellaron, the signal was severely interfered with. It was only by luck that I managed to contact you just now. I was almost about to ask Welt to go to Jarilo-VI to find you."
"Don't worry, Himeko. All four of us are doing fine. We also have some initial clues about the Stellaron. I think it won't be long before we can perfectly resolve this matter."
While reassuring Himeko, Fu Zhu's gaze fell upon the Redstone Repeater he had casually placed aside earlier.
The sudden restoration of the signal probably wasn't due to good luck, as Himeko suggested, but because of the Redstone Repeater!
"Himeko, I'm about to run a small experiment shortly. The call might suddenly disconnect, don't get too nervous."
To prevent Himeko from being startled, Fu Zhu gave her a heads-up first, then tried dismantling the Redstone Repeater directly. The next second, his phone automatically disconnected the call with Himeko due to signal loss.
Looking at the phone showing no signal, an "as expected" expression appeared on Fu Zhu's face. He then casually reinstalled the dismantled Redstone Repeater.
A few seconds later, Himeko's call came through again. Fu Zhu answered it.
"Signal's back again? Fu Zhu, what did you just do?"
Himeko sounded very surprised on the other end. Just after Fu Zhu mentioned doing an experiment, the communication was automatically cut off. She tried contacting Fu Zhu several times, only to be prompted that the recipient was outside the signal area, until the signal was restored just now.
After this incident, Himeko no longer believed she managed to contact Fu Zhu purely by luck during a moment when the Stellaron's influence was weaker. Fu Zhu must have done something to restore the signal!
This matter was far from simple!
One had to know that under the influence of a Stellaron, sometimes even the power of the Path of [Trailblaze] couldn't operate normally within the affected area, like the Space Anchors.
Even Herta, a member of the Genius Society, needed to expend considerable effort to contact someone deep within a Stellaron-affected region, let alone others.
Fu Zhu glanced at the Redstone Repeater in his hand and explained into the phone with a smile.
"Didn't do much, just a little gadget I made. Originally intended to help the locals solve a problem, didn't expect it to have other uses."
"Truly amazing. It's a pity I'm not there with you to see it with my own eyes."
Hearing Fu Zhu say it was a device he created that restored the signal, Himeko's voice was filled with happiness.
"Fu Zhu, when you all return, you must properly demonstrate these amazing devices of yours for us. Uncle Yang will definitely be very interested."
"Okay, we'll be back as soon as possible."
After a brief chat confirming that Fu Zhu and the others were safe, Himeko hung up.
She had been anxious to contact Fu Zhu's group primarily out of concern for their safety. Although the experienced Nameless Dan Heng was accompanying them, Fu Zhu and Xing were newcomers. It wouldn't be good if any accidents happened.
As for little March... it was great she hadn't gotten lost.
Now that she confirmed they were all safe, Himeko naturally wouldn't take up too much of their time. Young people should have their own plans.
Fu Zhu slipped the phone back into his pocket, looking again at the Redstone Repeater in his hand. He hadn't expected that its original function of merely amplifying Redstone signals could actually break through the limitations imposed by the Stellaron's influence and restore electronic signals.
Looked like perhaps the various components within the Redstone technology family might possess other special abilities.
The signal enhancement effect of the Redstone Repeater was definitely far more than just boosting phone signals!
He could continue researching this later. Being in another world, Redstone technology was absolutely a powerful asset for him, holding an irreplaceable position even alongside mods.
However, the most important thing now was to solve the Furnace Core problem first. Only then would he have time to study the Redstone Repeater's effects in other areas.
Although the entire Furnace Core was massive, solving its power supply wasn't difficult for Fu Zhu. The effective range of a Redstone Repeater is 15 blocks, which translates to 15 meters. It wouldn't take many to cover the entire Furnace Core.
Fu Zhu used blocks to give himself a boost, spent a few minutes using Redstone Repeaters and Redstone dust to establish a new Redstone circuit inside the Furnace Core.
As Fu Zhu flipped the last lever he placed, the Furnace Core, which had been temporarily shut down, started operating again. Even though Fu Zhu had pocketed all the Geomarrow originally used for power inside it, the Furnace Core still steadily released its power outwards.
Clara, who had been chatting and laughing with March 7th and Xing outside the Furnace Core, noticed it restarting. She quickly ran forward, operated the Furnace Core's control panel, and finally covered her small mouth in astonishment.
"So, so amazing! After Big Brother fixed it, the Furnace Core's estimated operational duration is actually up to 9999 days!"
Clara even felt that 9999 days was merely the display limit of the operating interface, not the limit of the Redstone!
After all, with every second that passed, the Furnace Core's remaining energy didn't decrease one bit!
Upon hearing Clara's words, Xing and March 7th were utterly impressed by Fu Zhu. The former, upon seeing Fu Zhu walk out from inside the Furnace Core, couldn't wait to go over, grab Fu Zhu's arm, and her voice turned sickeningly sweet.
"Big Bro~ Can you give me a Redstone Block?"
Fu Zhu was successfully grossed out by her affected tone. He reached out, pushing her head, trying to pry Xing off him, but Xing was determined to stick to him.
"Let go first! Speak properly!"
Xing obediently released Fu Zhu's arm, then held out her hands towards him, looking at Fu Zhu expectantly.
Fu Zhu didn't immediately give her a Redstone Block, instead staring suspiciously at Xing's face.
"What do you plan to do with a Redstone Block?"
Xing said with a completely serious face: "Bro, since your Redstone Blocks are infinite energy, if I take one and open a shop specializing in charging all kinds of energy storage devices, wouldn't I make a huge fortune?"
Hearing this, Fu Zhu's eyes widened involuntarily.
Xing grinned smugly, "How about it, bro? Shocked by my world-shattering wisdom?"
"Is that all the ambition you have!"