Chapter 230 - 193: Rapid Development

Chapter 230: Chapter 193: Rapid Development

While Shen Xi calculated the model for the grand array,

Zhang Ji wasn’t idle either.

He traveled back and forth between Origin Star and the Celestial Essence Realm, keeping busy in both worlds.

During this time, he brought a large batch of robots to the Celestial Essence Realm.

The robot technology from Origin Star was more adaptable than the Spirit Puppets of the Celestial Essence Realm.

Spirit Puppets required Spiritual Qi, and the Celestial Essence Realm currently had very little, which needed to be conserved. Robots, however, were simply mechanical constructs that only needed electricity.

And as for Origin Star, there was currently no shortage of electricity.

Although they didn’t have enough energy for interstellar travel, powering Planet Level production was not a major issue.

These robots didn’t need to be too powerful; those at the level of a professional fighter were more than useful enough.

Equipped with a few modules, they could establish factories there, allowing much of the subsequent production to be done locally.

Several power plants had already been built in the Celestial Essence Realm by now.

They could be used for all subsequent construction, saving a lot of effort in the development of the Celestial Essence Realm.

These robots could also help with the construction of the grand array.

Besides handling some of the transportation work, Zhang Ji was also cultivating.

He was mainly practicing technique-based skills.

He still had five moves of the Tathagata Divine Palm left to learn, hadn’t touched the *Buddha’s Inner Scenery Sutra*, and had only grasped Cosmic Four Source Attraction without forming a "combat crystal" from it. There were also many other miscellaneous skills.

These technique-based combat skills were much easier to practice compared to Cultivation Techniques.

At Zhang Ji’s current practice speed, he could master one in ten days at most.

Moreover, he didn’t need to push the training intensity to the max; just practicing in his spare time was enough.

Time passed just like that.

「Origin Star, May 14th.」

The complete array model for the Qiankun Nine Heavens Void Tide-Inducing Array was deduced by Shen Xi.

The data was stored using jade slips.

On Origin Star, storing such a vast amount of data would require a huge number of storage devices, and it wouldn’t be easy to read either.

But with a jade slip, a single large one was enough.

This was the technological advantage of the Celestial Essence Realm.

Once the exchange between the two worlds became closer, Zhang Ji would consider popularizing its basic technologies.

Especially the information transmission aspect of jade slips.

With those things, a teacher’s instruction would be much more effortless.

Knowledge and such could be instilled using a Consciousness Amplifier and a jade slip; the rest was just a matter of individual contemplation and understanding.

Only by achieving this level of efficiency in information inheritance could a civilization qualify as a true Interstellar Civilization.

Most individuals in those Interstellar Civilizations had means of transmitting information directly through genetics or technology.

The next generation of intelligent life wouldn’t need to study deliberately. Once their Spirit and body were mature enough to handle the information load, it could be directly instilled, allowing them to master most of society’s foundational knowledge in just a few minutes.

The efficiency of self-study was very, very low.

The efficiency of a world like present-day Origin Star, which relied on reading text to transmit information, was even lower.

The costs of education and learning for individuals in such a civilization were quite high. It took three to five years to become proficient, over a decade to become a professional, and decades to achieve true mastery. By that point, one might even be nearing the end of their life.

And one would have to specialize in a single field to have any hope of reaching such an achievement.

One of the most important characteristics of a higher civilization was the efficiency of its information transmission.

Following Origin Star’s current learning model, its development speed would be very slow, its upper limits would be essentially locked, and even leaving its current Stellar System would be difficult.

Returning to the main topic.

After the complete data model for the array was deduced, Zhang Ji began to work on the construction of the grand array in the Celestial Essence Realm.

By now, they had almost completely dismantled the Floating City. The materials were piled up in numerous warehouses, just waiting for construction to begin.

With a single command, countless human and material resources in the Celestial Essence Realm were mobilized.

Construction of the grand array began at the edge of the world barrier.

Zhuge Mingyuan calculated the data, integrated the vast information, and used the Spirit Net to coordinate the work of a series of machines and personnel.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

At present, only he could do this, and do it so well.

"How long will it take before we can initiate the preliminary tidal attraction and generate new Spiritual Qi in the Celestial Essence Realm?" Zhang Ji asked Zhuge Mingyuan.

"For the initial attraction, we just need to complete the construction of 754 array modules. It won’t generate much Spiritual Qi, though—only about Grade 1 Spiritual Qi in localized areas. For formal production and to form a cycle with the array, we’ll need around 3,000 modules, which is estimated to take two months," Zhuge Mingyuan said.

"By then, how many Spirit Coins can it produce per day?" Zhang Ji asked.

"Not too many. It might not even produce seventy million Grade 1 Spirit Coins a day. To completely satisfy the current needs of the Celestial Essence Realm, the daily output of Spirit Coins needs to be at least around fifty trillion Grade 1 Spirit Coins," Zhuge Mingyuan said.

"When you say ’completely satisfy,’ are you including the entire world?" Zhang Ji raised an eyebrow. "I just want to get those few Alchemy factories and Spirit Plant Factories up and running first."

"In that case, this output is more than enough. We won’t even need two months. After twenty-four days, we can activate one of the Spiritual Energy Factories," Zhuge Mingyuan replied.

Having received his answer, Zhang Ji left, satisfied.

Before long, Zhang Ji saw the results.

The first Spiritual Energy Factory in the Celestial Essence Realm was now operational.

Compared to the original Nine-Turned Quantum Furnace, it was as small as could be, and its Spiritual Qi output was also limited.

But there was one thing the Nine-Turned Quantum Furnace could never replace.

Its Spiritual Qi was sustainably generated.

From a certain perspective, it was an inexhaustible supply of Spiritual Qi.

This Spiritual Energy Factory was built right next to the Qiankun Nine Heavens Void Tide-Inducing Array and was connected to the grand array.

By now, a certain number of modules of this grand array had been completed.

The massive array foundations densely covered the entire void, spanning a range of over fifty thousand meters from top to bottom.

When they operated, the world’s gravity within a vast area would become chaotic, interfering with the world’s own operational mechanisms. This, in turn, would indirectly draw void matter through the world barrier, which would then be forcefully filtered by the Celestial Essence Realm’s world barrier and converted into Spiritual Qi.

That Spiritual Qi would then gather together and finally be injected into the Spiritual Energy Factory.

The current suction force was still very limited, so the amount of Spiritual Qi that could be generated at one time was not large.

It couldn’t even compare to the Lesser Spirit Heaven on the lowest level of the former Floating City.

But Zhang Ji didn’t plan on using it to supply a large number of cultivators. He only wanted to use this Spiritual Qi to cultivate some Spirit Plants for Alchemy.

For his own personal consumption, it was more than enough.

The activation of the first Spiritual Energy Factory became the focus of the entire Celestial Essence Realm.

On the Spirit Net, the cultivators were going full throttle, each one working countless times harder than before.

Now that they could see hope, the empty promises were no longer empty. They had become true spiritual nourishment.

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「Origin Star.」

Large quantities of Spirit Plants were transported here by Zhang Ji.

Transported along with them were various Spiritual Materials, Spirit Stones, and the like.

The World Alchemy Science Academy, the Physics Department, and the research institutions of various countries were all very busy now.

There were new studies and new scientific discoveries every day.

The general public didn’t feel it much, but the upper echelons had already noticed the world’s transformation.

Zhang Ji felt it the most profoundly.

Virtually every emerging technology of any significance was presented to him for review.

So he knew exactly how dramatic the leaps in Origin Star’s technology were right now.

Robby arrived at the Supreme Capital in a Spiritual Energy Shuttle that combined Origin Star technology, the trip taking less than five minutes in total.

And that was with him not daring to go full speed; otherwise, arriving in just a minute would have been a piece of cake.

"Looks like you’ve been busy lately," Zhang Ji said, personally pouring Robby a cup of tea.

"Yeah, so many projects are underway, plus the matter of the Ape God bloodline potion. Thankfully, I have Taiyi-Zero to help, otherwise I’d really be stretched thin."

Robby accepted the tea with both hands, then handed Zhang Ji a jade vial.

Inside was Shennong’s Dew.

It was what Robby had obtained by refining a large amount of Spirit Grass.

"Whoa, this much?"

Zhang Ji scanned it with his Spirit and knew it was filled to the brim. ℴ𝒗ⅇ𝑙.

The vial even had some spatial properties; it was equivalent to a large barrel.

It would be no problem to grow a ten-million-year-old Spirit Grass now.

"That cauldron hasn’t stopped recently. We’ve burned through over thirty thousand tons of Spirit Stones, constantly refining this for you. Basically, all the Spirit Grass you brought back is in this vial. And actually, it’s not just the refinement of Spirit Grass that produces the dew; it’s just that Spirit Grass yields a relatively larger amount of the dew’s substance," Robby said.

"You’ve worked hard," Zhang Ji said, patting Robby’s shoulder.

With that pat, Zhang Ji’s expression changed slightly.

This muscle density... it was a qualitative leap from before.

"So? What do you think?" Robby said, winking at Zhang Ji.

"A diluted Dela bloodline? Have you tested the data?" Zhang Ji asked.

"Tested it. D-Class, tier 5. There’s still significant room for growth, with a potential upper limit of around C-Class, tier 3." Robby said to Zhang Ji, "It’s not a pure Alchemy Potion; it’s a bloodline potion created by combining it with Magic Potion brewing techniques. It’s much better than the original—more adaptable, with higher absorption efficiency. My next step is to try using Spiritual Qi to stimulate and enhance its properties. If that’s successful, a single dose of the potion in the future could directly raise a person’s constitution to C-Class."

"What’s the production cost?" Zhang Ji asked.

"Not too high. For commercial use, we can do it for 100,000 a dose. And if we slow down the bloodline reaction, letting it fully activate over three to five years, the safety is also well-guaranteed," Robby replied.

"What if it’s just to reach D-Class?" Zhang Ji asked again.

"That would be as simple as a vaccine, costing three to five thousand Origin Coins per person. Once we have a more complete production chain, we can compress the price even further," said Robby.

Zhang Ji nodded.

That price, in the context of Origin Star today, wasn’t considered expensive.

He could even issue a directive to provide free bloodline transplants, raising the physical strength of ordinary people on Origin Star by a notch and driving the evolution of the entire population.

Zhang Ji knew full well that whether it was developing a civilization or exploring Otherworlds and the cosmos, what he could accomplish alone was quite limited.

Therefore, he needed more outstanding talents to contribute, to create a virtuous cycle that would allow him to go higher and farther!