Currently, based on Wang Ye’s understanding, a pressure of at least 100GPa is needed to synthesize carbon acetylene from carbon atoms. However, the pressure Wang Ye can create using Primordial Qi is only about 3GPa. Theoretically, he must excavate to a zone where the pressure exceeds 90GPa to have a chance to synthesize carbon acetylene within his body.

In other words, he must descend to at least 2700 kilometers below the surface, which is the boundary layer of the Earth’s core, to possibly achieve his goal.

But this is obviously unreasonable.

Wang Ye has now only dug 50 kilometers underground and has already felt noticeable pressure.

If he continues to go deeper to below 2700 kilometers, Wang Ye might be burnt to ashes and crushed into dust by the sheer pressure before he even starts synthesizing carbon acetylene, becoming part of the Earth.

Therefore, Wang Ye might need to find another way for the time being, such as using the current artificial method to manufacture carbon acetylene in the lab by pressing two layers of graphene together, then rolling them into double-walled carbon nanotubes, and coating atoms with the nanotubes to prevent the carbon chain from collapsing.

However, this method is still immature and has a high possibility of causing the synthesized carbon acetylene to spontaneously decompose, and the efficiency is very slow.

Wang Ye stood in place thinking for a long time before a reasonably feasible conjecture appeared in his mind.

The current human approach to creating pressure for carbon acetylene is to confine carbon atoms inside nanotubes and use the mechanical constraints of the tube walls to stabilize the pressure, forming a localized high pressure.

Similar to diamond anvils, which are professional experimental tools consisting of a pair of diamond anvils and gaskets. Because the contact area between the two diamonds is very small, the mechanical pressure covers a large area, allowing the diamond anvil cell to achieve high pressure, reaching tens to dozens of GPa.

The principle of hydraulic presses is the same, where the pressure inside does not actually reach tens or even hundreds of tons. It only uses this narrowing approach to pressurize and increase the final released force.

In other words, humans cannot form such high pressure over a large area but can use focal techniques on a microscopic level to form enough high pressure to synthesize carbon acetylene. This is also the reason why artificially synthesized diamonds are usually very small, making large diamonds still highly valuable worldwide.

The largest diamond in the world currently is the naturally formed Cullinan Diamond, weighing 3106 carats, which translates to just over a pound in units that people are familiar with. It’s smaller than an adult’s fist, but gem experts have valued it at 7.5 billion US Dollars. After it was gifted to the British royal family, it was cut into 9 large diamonds and 96 small ones for use in crowns, scepters, and other decorations.

And now, one of Wang Ye’s arm bones can be said to be dozens or nearly a hundred times larger than that Cullinan Diamond. If it were dismantled and auctioned internationally, its value could easily exceed billions and trillions. Unfortunately, no one could afford such a price.

From this, it can be seen that Wang Ye’s control over pressure is far beyond the level of current human technology, but even with his abilities, he cannot synthesize carbon acetylene using conventional methods.

Thus, Wang Ye believes he can also use the principles of current human carbon acetylene production to focus pressure. Although the external pressure is only 1GPa, he can use this method to amplify the macroscopic pressure of the underground environment to the 100GPa level through energy focusing.

Simply put,

it’s like using a magnifying glass under the Sun to focus sunlight.

But now, what’s being focused is not sunlight but external pressure, and the principle is a bit more complicated.

However, this method still requires him to dive to a certain depth. Because the limit of focusing is ultimately limited, the stronger the external pressure, the easier it is to focus to 100GPa.

As for the instability of the carbon chain, Wang Ye doesn’t see it as a significant problem. In fact, when he first discovered telekinesis, he realized that the manipulation precision of telekinesis is very high. Since telekinesis is an external manifestation of Primordial Qi, and Primordial Qi is the fundamental construct of everything, it means that the precision of matter controlled by telekinesis is directly proportional to the precision of one’s thoughts. Therefore, as long as Wang Ye can "see" the carbon atoms, he can directly manipulate their spacing and arrangement from the inside.

He can control the carbon atoms to form linear chains on a microscopic level and prevent them from collapsing or recomposing into graphite or diamonds.

At this point.

Wang Ye looked at the rock in front of him again.

Eventually, the problem still returns to excavation.

The deeper he digs, the higher the probability of synthesizing carbon acetylene.

Wang Ye let out a light sigh, "During this time, I must also research how to focus the pressure while excavating."

Although he now has this concept in mind, he’s still clueless about the actual operation and will likely need some time to explore and practice before mastering the technique of force field focusing.

With that said.

Wang Ye once again activated his fermentation metabolism,

and his muscles swelled instantly.

He began to dig into the rock in front of him.

BOOM!!!

His sturdy arm surpassed the speed of sound in an instant, becoming a blur as it dug at a frequency of hundreds of times per second, with countless rock fragments exploding into a deafening roar, forming a circle of gray mist around Wang Ye. With increased strength and the system-enhanced Earth Escape Skill, he navigated the underground like an earth dragon, coming and going with ease.

After three days of excavation, Wang Ye was now at a depth of 70,000 meters, and the hardness of the rock was astonishingly high, with each piece able to withstand over 1GPa of stress, making it ten times harder than granite or basalt. Wang Ye’s arm bones and muscles continuously broke down and then quickly recovered and healed during the excavation, repeating high-frequency digging, breaking down, and healing again...