NOVPUB[Thousand Mechanism Map extrapolating...]
Yang Genshuo: ""?"
"Extrapolating?"
"You’ve got to be kidding me, bro!"
"You’re not telling me you’re intelligent, are you?"
Could the Thousand Mechanism Map hear him talking?
But obviously, Yang Genshuo was overthinking it; not only was the artifact not engaging in conversation, but it was also continuously absorbing his spiritual power.
"Well, I’d like to see what you’re using my spiritual power for..."
[Thousand Mechanism Map] emitted ripples of fluctuation, as if it were calculating something.
Half an hour later, a line of formula slowly appeared on the [Thousand Mechanism Map].
[Extrapolation completed]
[Imprint Stone]+[Computer Mainframe]+[Second-grade Mechanism Core]=???
"Is this... a new mechanism?"
Yang Genshuo seemed to understand a bit. He dismantled a [Second-grade Mechanism Core] from the mechanical printer of the second grade, then took out the most commonly used [Imprint Stone] in the Immortal Cultivation World and assembled it onto the computer mainframe.
The Imprint Stone, akin to the cultivators’ camera, the higher its quality, the clearer the image. It’s said that the extremely high-quality Imprint Stones can even capture things that many cultivators can’t see.
Advanced Imprint Stones have been found in some relics from ancient times, and lucky cultivators have obtained ancient cultivation techniques from them.
The one Yang Genshuo had in hand was capable of recording video with relatively clear quality.
"If it’s about combining the [Imprint Stone] with the computer mainframe, it should be replacing the display screen..."
Yang Genshuo linked them according to his ideas, using the [Second-grade Mechanism Core] to connect the two items and placed a few low-grade spirit stones.
What resulted was akin to... a structure that made the mainframe appear as if it had grown a lump on top of it.
Power on.
After Yang Genshuo turned on the mainframe... A beam of light shot out from the [Imprint Stone] on top.
A 3D desktop appeared in front of Yang Genshuo.
"Damn, naked-eye 3D?"
"No, no, no... This is not just a fake 3D effect, this is an actual three-dimensional holographic image!"
"Since when did cultivation become sci-fi?"
This was like Yang Genshuo’s first time at the cinema watching Iron Man, where Tony tapped something in his workshop and suddenly, the whole room turned into a 3D hologram which he could manipulate just by pointing in the air.
Yang Genshuo tried pointing in the air a few times.
Sure enough, the computer responded swiftly and conveniently, just as if it were being operated by a mouse.
"Interesting, very interesting!"
Yang Genshuo played with it for a while and found that some aspects didn’t coordinate well because the computer desktop was based on 2D plane logic, and the adaptation to 3D with the [Imprint Stone] had many unsuitable aspects.
But those were solvable issues.
At least this thing... was great.
"Maybe based on this setup, developing a matching 3D system would make it compatible."
"Watching movies in the future would be utterly immersive, wouldn’t it?"
After playing around for a while, Yang Genshuo shut it down.
He looked at his [Thousand Mechanism Map] again, and the formula displayed on it had fully materialized.
[Imprint Stone]+[Computer Mainframe]+[Second-grade Mechanism Core]=[All-Perspective Computer]
"So that’s how you use it, interesting..."
Yang Genshuo once again infused his spiritual power into the [Thousand Mechanism Map], and it started to glow once more.
[Extrapolating in progress...] 𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
"This map is exploring the surroundings, combining different things from the Immortal Cultivation World and the modern world according to my will, creating a mechanism synthesis with richer effects."
"Rather than calling it the Thousand Mechanism Map, maybe... Fusion Treasure Book?"
Yang Genshuo stopped randomly stimulating the [Thousand Mechanism Map], as it was quite draining on his spiritual power.
"With my Qi Refinement Realm second layer cultivation, each extrapolation consumes around a quarter of my spiritual power. I can extrapolate up to four times a day, then I need half a day of cultivation to fully recover."
"On Blue Star, the trickiest part is the daily replenishment of spiritual energy."
Aside from his practice room, there was hardly any spiritual energy in the surrounding area.
Even though he had planted lots of spirit grass, the spiritual energy they released merely made his manor more vibrant, and breathing the air felt comfortable.
It was far from enough to support his needs for cultivation.
Now that he had completely depleted his spiritual power, there were only three ways to recover.
The first was to go to the practice room and absorb the spiritual energy there, which was the slowest method but could be used for cultivating techniques;
The second was to absorb spirit stones, which was somewhat faster and allowed him to watch over his descendants in the Immortal Cultivation World while absorbing;
The third way was to directly consume elixirs that replenished spiritual energy, which was the fastest method, but it didn’t contribute to the advancement of his own cultivation and could actually be counterproductive.
"Ah, cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World just carry on with their other activities, while their dantian operates on its own, drawing spiritual energy from the air, recovering naturally."
Yang Genshuo had to recover actively, which was the most inconvenient part of cultivating on Blue Star.
The Fetal Breathing Stage was manageable since he only had a trace of spiritual power, and he could quickly recharge just by absorbing a little from a low-grade spirit stone. Now, though, he needed a good amount of time for recovery.
"It’s time to set up my spirit veins."
The Yang Family had early on presented him with a micro spirit vein, which was an unattributed spirit vein purchased by Yang Fu on the Spirit Miao Continent.
Spirit veins released dense spiritual power, and this micro spirit vein contained the spiritual energy equivalent to 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones.
Of course, for Yang Genshuo, who was at the Qi Refinement Realm, it might be more apt to say it contained the spiritual power of 1 million low-grade spirit stones; he wasn’t able to absorb mid-grade spirit stones.
"Once the spirit vein is set up, my place would become a spiritual land, creating an environment similar to that of the Immortal Cultivation World."
An artificially simulated Immortal Cultivation World.
Previously, Yang Genshuo’s cultivation wasn’t sufficient, and even driving a magic artifact during the Fetal Breathing Stage was difficult, as his spiritual power was extremely weak. He couldn’t undertake this massive project, but now it was different!
Yang Genshuo was a noble Qi Cultivation second layer cultivator!
Spiritual power was flowing ceaselessly within him.
"Digging up a mountain is a piece of cake!"
