Chapter 1820 - 467: Dual-Line Sword Forging, Voice of Qi Ming_3

Chapter 1820: Chapter 467: Dual-Line Sword Forging, Voice of Qi Ming_3

But he never stepped in to save others.

Even when he saw sharp claws tearing through young bodies, and heard the cries of despair echoing through the forest, he merely stood in the shadows in silence, feeling the wine in the pot grow more bitter.

This speaks to his perspective on the future of civilization.

Understanding that "safety nets" are the lethal corrosive agent to the will of civilization.

If children always know there’s a pair of hands supporting them, trials become drills, courage is diluted with performance, and decisions lose their all-or-nothing weight.

What he desired was not the carefully pruned bonsai in a greenhouse, but the wild weeds that struggle to ignite seeds even on the frozen tundra, in deserts, amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The shudder when facing death alone, the quick wit forced out in despair... to Tu Hu, these are vital components of legacy.

The fall of Star Valley taught him: the continuation of civilization allows no room for chance.

What he guards is not the safety of an individual, but the inherent resilience of a tribe surviving in a cruel world: daring to face death head-on and struggling to persevere with a savage vitality.

What is tempered is an iron will, and vengeance is a burning furnace, forging together to create the sword of civilization.

Tu Hu often stood in front of the command center’s holographic sand table, watching the blue light representing the New Star Valley control zone steadily extending towards the direction of Star Valley in his memory.

The journey home remains long.

The blood debt has yet to be settled.

But hope has already been forged clearer through the flames and iron blood of war.

Era progression moves steadily forward.

While Lie Zhua and Jingsi respectively lead the paths of martial strength and evolution steadily forward, a young fourth-generation scholar named Qi Ming discovered a crucial yet overlooked research direction in the Archive Hall’s Dream Weaving Crystal Stone knowledge base: information transmission.

Qi Ming grew up listening to the legendary tales of second and third generation scholars. His nature is curious and his mind active, like an engineer filled with exploration spirit, he is obsessed with turning knowledge into inventions that genuinely benefit life.

As he was perusing the materials, Qi Ming noticed that as New Star Valley’s territory expanded and satellite settlements increased, relying on manpower and transportation for information transmission was inefficient and prone to delays.

Once, a border settlement encountered a small beast tide, but due to rain, the signal flare was not detected in time, resulting in delayed support and avoidable losses.

This incident sparked Qi Ming’s thoughts.

He set his sights on the Crystal Tower at the clan land’s center, which emitted gentle energy day and night unceasingly.

This tower was originally built to stably extract and store Earth Vein Energy, but after studying the Dream Weaving Clan’s materials on the field of information transmission, Qi Ming came up with a bold idea: Could the Crystal Tower be used as a hub to establish an instant communication network covering the entire territory?

His research was equally full of challenges.

How to convert complex information into signals that energy can carry, and how to solve energy attenuation in long-distance transmission, including how to create terminal devices capable of receiving and decomposing these signals... Various problems came up against him.

Qi Ming, leading his small team, began the research.

After countless failures with distorted signals, transmission interruptions, and even device burnouts from overload.

A turning point emerged with their deep understanding of a Dream Weaving Clan technique called "Spiritual Ability Encoding Technique."

Transforming information into different energy fluctuation frequencies for encoding and sending, then at the receiving end, restoring it via preset "Decoding Chips."

When the energy light text "Test Successful" was stably displayed on a prototype screen palm-distant from another prototype a hundred meters away, the team led by Qi Ming officially achieved a breakthrough from nothing to something.

Building on this foundation, progress became unstoppable.

They improved energy amplification and relay technologies, using various bases as signal relay stations, successfully covering New Star Valley and its major satellite settlements within the communication range.

The first practical generation of "Spirit Language Communication Device" was produced.

It resembles a heavy metal nameplate, with a screen displaying energy light text on the front, and simple keys for inputting information on the side. Though it can only transmit text and simple symbols, requiring regular returns to Energy Nodes for recharging, it completely changed the clan’s way of communication.

Border warnings can instantly relay back to the hub, resource dispatching can occur in real-time, and connections between settlements became unprecedentedly close, breaking down the information barriers.

New Star Valley was connected into a high-efficiency whole.

Including Lie Zhua’s army, which was equipped with a military version of the "Spirit Language Communication Device," significantly boosting battlefield coordination efficiency.

Jingsi’s research team could also instantly share "Blood Refining" sensory data from various settlement tribesmen, accelerating research progress.

Qi Ming’s success propelled the Downspirit Civilization to a new level.

Besides survival, war, individual evolution, they began to focus on constructing infrastructure to support efficient societal operation.

As the New Year approached, Tu Hu received a special gift.

A specially designed "Spirit Language Communication Device" for him.

The communicator in hand was heavier than the standard model, with its casing pieced together from old wood from Star Valley and new city alloy, the edges polished to a gentle finish, held in hand, touching is like a journey through time.

He followed the guidance to activate the device.

The energy screen lit up with soft light, then messages began to pop up one after another:

Lie Zhua: Mr. Hu, Happy New Year, everything is stable at the border, Thunder Armor Type 3 tests went smoothly, awaiting your return for inspection.

Jingsi: Mr. Hu, following your instructions, everything is steady, the new breathing method has been popularized among the new generation with good results, wishing you well.

Qi Ming: Ancestor, Happy New Year, the communication network has expanded further, will visit you after the holiday.

Qin Si: Mr. Hu, a new batch of drunk berries has been harvested, will brew a new batch for you after the holiday, hehe.

Battle Nursery (collective message): Ancestor, Happy New Year!

Each message, devoid of flowery words, but like clusters of campfires in winter, carrying the concern of different children, pierced through spatial distances, warmly converging into his palm.

Tu Hu gazed at the constantly flickering words, his eyes rested on the phrase "Ancestor" for a moment, his lips curled slightly.

He raised his head, looking out the window.

The night sky of New Star Valley was illuminated by the fireworks of celebrations, colorful ripples danced magnificently across the energy barrier.

The laughter and joy from within the city faintly resonated, intertwining with the humble greetings from the communicator in his hand.

These children, in their way, are guarding the sparks of civilization ever more brightly.

He put away the Spirit Language Communication Device, downed the remaining wine in his cup in one go.

This time, along with the burning sensation in his throat, was the warm richness of years of concern settling within.