Meanwhile, in the laboratory, David and Yue wasted no time advancing from theory to practice. With the formula complete, they began assembling the necessary apparatus—a complex arrangement of crystalline vessels, rune-inscribed conduits, and precisely calibrated measurement tools.
"Based on what I've studied, we should use a five-point containment array," David said as he carefully positioned enchanted markers around a central workspace. "Each point corresponding to a fundamental force—gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear, weak nuclear, and the binding force sometimes called 'quintessence.'"
