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Chapter 197: Chapter 194: The Change of the True Spirit
Lingxiao City.
This was originally a medium-sized city with a population of only several hundred thousand.
In recent years, as Gu Jinlai virtually turned this city into a political center and coupled with the city’s good social order, countless outsiders have been attracted, boosting the current population to over one million.
Gu Jinlai, riding a Mechanical T-Rex and surrounded by a host of Demon God Guards, returned.
However, he did not enter Lingxiao City but headed straight for Qiushan Mountain as soon as he arrived.
By the time he reached Qiushan Mountain, Gu Junxiu was already waiting with the leaders of the Military Workshop.
"Go to the observatory."
Gu Jinlai, not waiting for Gu Junxiu to salute and greet him, spoke first.
Upon arriving in the control room of the observatory, he immediately asked, "Has there been new information from there?"
"Yes, it seems they are asking if we need any assistance," Gu Junxiu said.
Gu Jinlai nodded but didn’t respond right away.
Just pretend I went to repair my spaceship and didn’t see it.
He first reviewed the technical data related to the Nuclear Fusion Engine sent from Blue Star.
It was a massive set of documents.
The table of contents alone spanned dozens of pages.
Gu Jinlai briefly skimmed through it...
Yes, just skimmed.
Then, something felt off.
The previous data from there, although modest in size and rich in data, were easy to understand.
Or rather, he could understand it.
But this information...
It was too complicated.
It involved countless detailed formulas, a variety of functions, variables, curve graphs, enough to make his head spin just by looking at them.
Rubbing his temples, Gu Jinlai looked at the massive main text behind the table of contents and felt he might have aimed too high.
"Nuclear Fusion Engine, huh..."
He sighed deeply and moved to the console.
Considering the exploratory intelligence sent from Blue Star...
After pondering for a moment, he replied, "The information is abundant."
But in order to maintain his dignity, he added, "There are some minor differences in the direction of technological development between us, I need to verify what impact these differences might have on repairing my spaceship."
Less than half an hour after sending the message back,
The reply came: "We understand, please do not hesitate to ask for more if needed."
"Of course, we’re friends," Gu Jinlai said.
These words were sufficient to demonstrate his cordiality and friendliness.
After completing the reply, he once again turned to the extensive Nuclear Fusion Engine documents that he didn’t know were tens of thousands of words long.
Then...
He began to flip through it.
Yes, just flipping through.
He scanned each page, making sure he didn’t miss any information, and kept going, page by page.
As for memory?
Understanding?
Reflection?
Not needed!
...
Gu Jinlai closed his eyes to nourish his mind.
Having flipped through it.
After more than twenty hours, he had finally gone through all the material.
Even though he was mechanically flipping through towards the end, his brain still felt exhausted.
After resting for quite a while, he reopened his eyes.
"Nuclear Fusion Engine, huh." Gu Jinlai spoke with renewed confidence shining in his eyes.
The industrial foundation of Lingxiao City had indeed made leaps and bounds in recent years, but...
Even the military aspect related to war was at best at Blue Star’s war-time level.
This was only because the Great Sun Heavenly Sect had joined in, providing a large number of Heavenly Masters and Heavenly Master Apprentices; otherwise, they might not even be able to produce decent precision gears.
Therefore, he never expected to be able to produce a Nuclear Fusion Engine in this world in a short time.
What he truly held great expectations for were the Heavenly Master Co-spirit and Spirit Summoning Method.
Find the right spiritual materials, point them in the right direction, and let the Spiritual Artifacts grow into what they wanted.
This is where the true might of the Heavenly Master Path lies.
"The information regarding the Nuclear Fusion Engine is already in my head. Although I didn’t understand it at all, it doesn’t matter; as long as my brain knows it, that’s enough. Next..."
Gu Jinlai searched for a moment and pulled out a piece of information.
The War Weapon sent from Blue Star before—Cheng Ying Mecha.
Immediately after, he wrote four words next to it—Immortal Golden Body.
It still didn’t seem enough...
He added three more words—giant divine weapon.
"I won’t include Undying Demon Body, as it belongs to the field of biotechnology," Gu Jinlai decided, looking at these terms.
In his mind, information about the Cheng Ying Mecha, Immortal Golden Body, Nuclear Power Engine, and giant divine weapon flowed continuously.
Using the nuclear fusion engine as the power source, the giant divine weapon from the Heavenly Master Lineage as the control system, the Immortal Golden Body as the main material and vessel, and the design of Cheng Ying Mecha to provide the direction for firepower output.
"Let’s see just how far the limits of my ultimate research system extend."
The next moment, Qingguang was drawn by him into the consciousness realm of the spirit avatar within his spiritual world.
Suddenly, his mind cleared up, as if a person with nearsightedness suddenly regained their vision—except it was perfect vision, making the entire world appear distinctively different before his eyes.
In this special state, data on the nuclear fusion engine, cultivation method for the Immortal Golden Body, forging method for the giant divine weapon, and casting method for the Cheng Ying Mecha all emerged, sparking countless inspirations, reshaping, and combining...
Ten seconds later...
It failed.
He could feel ideas in his mind, but due to the brief time, he could never grasp that crucial inspiration.
Without this inspiration, even if he were to construct the Cheng Ying Mecha, he wouldn’t be able to perfectly integrate the Nuclear Fusion Engine, the Giant Divine Weapon, the Immortal Golden Body, and the unique traits of the Cheng Ying Mecha.
At most...
He would be casting a War Puppet constructed from metals like gold.
It couldn’t even be considered a War Puppet, but merely an ultra-heavy Armor.
By utilizing the Spiritual Explosion trait, he had completed the spirit summoning of this several-meter-tall, or even ten-plus-meter-tall Armor, allowing the wearer to move as lightly as a swallow, while setting up an energy circuit within the Armor. With the Transmission trait, he could inject energy from his Eternal Furnace into the Armor’s energy circuit, enabling it to activate and provide some assistance during combat.
But at this level, even if he truly managed to produce it, it would still be far from the strength he wished to achieve.
It couldn’t even guarantee to rival the Devas.
Not to mention opposing the Undying Holy Body of a Saint.
If he couldn’t even reach the Devas Level, creating such a Mecha... a set of War Armor would naturally be meaningless.
Therefore...
"Continue!"
Another stream of Qingguang was infused into the tiny figurine of consciousness by Gu Jinlai.
That sense of thoroughly liberated thought and fully stimulated inspiration surged forth once more.
Dozens of hours spent perusing the Nuclear Fusion Engine materials in the past two days flickered through his mind, supplemented by the many fundamental materials he learned in college, which he now understood and assimilated.
In this state, he felt as if his physical body and thoughts were being separated.
Vaguely, he even gained a deeper insight.
All things have spirits!
All things, the world, the cosmos, were all one whole; their essence belonged to "Spirit."
Whether humans or plants and flowers, even the mountains and rivers, the sun and moon that formed, they were just different structural forms of "Spirit."
At this moment, he felt as though his thoughts were separated from himself, precisely because his mode of thinking had transcended the constraints of the life form known as "human," entering the ocean of "Spirit" and touching the true "spiritual universe."
These "Spirits" constantly communicated, swiftly exchanging information, deliberating over the manner by which to materialize the subject of "his" thoughts in a way that "he" could understand.
This sensation...
This experience...
"True Spirit! True Spirit!"
Gu Jinlai murmured to himself.
He finally understood what a true True Spirit was.
One who could touch the real "spiritual" universe was called a True Spirit.
Such a spirit, slowly stepping out of the life structure known as "human," had come to recognize what true Spirit was.
It was like a human being, whose self-awareness no longer simply confined itself to being "human."
All things are kin to "humans."
They are just composed differently.
Like a person chatting online, would he feel any different if he didn’t know the entity on the other end was just a robot customer service?
He wouldn’t!
Those capable of communication are kin.
Whether it is a being made of flesh and blood or an individual crafted from electronic code does not matter.
The essence of kinship lies in communication.
And now...
Gu Jinlai, precariously, had the ability to "communicate" with these beings known as "Spirit."
Even though he could only achieve this state by relying on Qingguang.
But...
"To step out of the form of ’human’, even beyond the confines of ’material’ form, to directly touch the spiritual universe and communicate with the Spirit of All Things, the Spirit of All Living Beings, the Spirit of the Cosmic Universe and then reshape their external forms..."
Gu Jinlai was deeply shaken in his heart.
Creation!
This was creation, the true pinnacle the Heavenly Masters spoke of!
They had opened a Holy Land, inaugurating a realm of creation for an unprecedentedly brilliant civilization!
Upon grasping this concept, Gu Jinlai’s vision of the "spiritual" universe suddenly dissipated.
The world returned to obscurity.
That sensation of touching the "real" quickly faded.
"Not enough! Still not enough!"
Without hesitating for a second, new Qingguang was once again invested into the tiny figurine of consciousness.
This time, however, it wasn’t to achieve a more complete Cheng Ying Mecha but to delve deeper into the real "spiritual" world, immersing himself in the state where the Spirit of All Living Beings, the Spirit of All Things, the Spirit of the Sun and the Moon, the Spirit of the Cosmic Universe existed.
As he immersed himself in this state, his True Spirit, forcefully condensed through his realm advantage, became more solid and crystalline.
Deep within his soul, it emitted a translucent, Liu Li-like color.
These colors formed Spirit, projected outwards, transforming his True Spirit and, at the same time, transforming his Spiritual Sense.
...
Twenty seconds swiftly passed by.
Gu Jinlai never had the habit of saving Qingguang.
When the Qingguang was exhausted, he had to snap out of that state.
As his perception of the real "spiritual" world became vague again, his heart couldn’t help but feel a sense of loss and emptiness.
That feeling was like being immersed in a beautiful dream, only to suddenly wake up.
Gu Jinlai’s eyes lacked focus, and he didn’t come back to his senses for quite some time.
For several minutes, he managed to recollect his Divine Sense.
At that moment, he discovered changes in himself.
"My True Spirit..."
With a thought, True Spirit Possession was activated.
This moment, he clearly felt his True Spirit effortlessly split into two, and then immediately into four.
Dividing into four was still not his limit; he further split into eight...
