area51novel Chapter 249 War God Palace Version 1.0
Chapter 249 War God Palace Version 1.0
"It's sluggish and lacks resilience. Putting aside the Title Douluo level, even the Soul Saint level is not easy to pass. However, the Soul Saint is considered a high-level Soul Master. Many Soul Masters cannot break through the Soul Saint level even without using drugs to improve their Soul Power cultivation, so it doesn't really matter."
After silently assessing the drawbacks of using drugs to enhance soul power, Huo Yuhao became even more convinced that Shrek Academy's training method was the correct way to cultivate genius soul masters.
Orange, Coco, and Purple Wood took turns driving the giant spider through the jungle for a while before it was Huo Yuhao's turn to take over. Although he already knew how to operate this all-terrain detection soul tool, Huo Yuhao still felt a certain degree of resistance when he first started driving it. Accustomed to the automatic driving assistance provided by the AI, Huo Yuhao felt as uncomfortable as someone who was used to driving an automatic car suddenly having to drive a manual car.
Fortunately, the Spirit Detection Soul Skill truly lived up to its reputation as a divine skill. Huo Yuhao only spent a dozen minutes improving his driving skills to a level that Ju Zi and the others could not reach for the time being.
[I have to admit, this purely mechanical driving experience seems even more captivating than the driving experience after assistive technologies have reduced the difficulty of operation!]
Under Huo Yuhao's control, the six-legged all-terrain detection soul tool transformed into a jungle sprite, darting through the jungle with both ruthlessness and agility, constantly testing the various limits of the soul tool and continuously improving the soul tool experiment records of Ju Zi and others.
However, after all, this was the Soul Beast Mountain Range. After rampaging around for so long, Huo Yuhao and his companions eventually encountered the native inhabitants of the Soul Beast Mountain Range.
It's unclear whether it was because they realized Long You's interference with the timeline far exceeded Huo Yuhao's, but a certain God-King shifted the focus of their transformation to Long You, abandoning the original Chosen One. In any case, Huo Yuhao's life is now infinitely easier compared to the original timeline.
Although he no longer receives the full support of Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao's growth has not slowed down at all. Moreover, as he is ultimately considered the chosen one of the world, he has encountered many opportunities. The native silver wolf he has just met in the Jingyang Mountains is one such great opportunity.
A silver wolf spirit beast with a strength of only three thousand years obviously could not cause too much trouble for Huo Yuhao's four-person team. However, the moment Huo Yuhao learned that the silver wolf spirit beast's spirit ring could be absorbed by spirit-type spirit masters, the Jingyang Mountains were destined to lose a silver wolf of ten thousand years.
Because of the emphasis placed on the development of soul tools, Shrek Academy did not implement the Extreme Individual Soldier Program again, but it still attached great importance to soul tool masters. Students like Huo Yuhao, whose talent was no less than that of Long You and who had a unique advantage in operating soul tools, naturally received preferential treatment from the academy's resources.
Knowing that such soul beasts that can be used as soul rings exist in the Jingyang Mountains, Huo Yuhao, who now possesses the advanced experience of learning from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, can naturally mobilize Shrek Academy's power in the Sun Moon Empire to capture a silver wolf of suitable age for himself.
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The scene shifts back to the sea, where, based on the calculated data, the Shrek Academy group once again located the Sun Moon Empire's soul-guided warship. Out of caution, the Shrek group did not approach the warship too closely, but instead tracked it from a distance of over ten kilometers underwater.
“I found the Sun Moon Empire’s ship. Using the newly made mimicry soul tool from the academy, I transformed myself into a ten-thousand-year-old sea soul beast. Judging from the reaction on the Sun Moon Empire’s ship, our concealment soul tools can only help us infiltrate to within about one kilometer of the soul tool warship at most. At this position, we are already in a situation where we could be discovered at any time due to the slightest fluctuation.”
"Then let's set the safety line at 1.5 kilometers away. Just to be on the safe side, let's call some more people from the academy. If that guy who can have a negative impact on Elder Xuan is here, the five of us probably won't be enough."
“Calling someone over might not be very safe. To influence Elder Xuan silently, Elder Mu would probably have to come in person to be sure. But how could Elder Mu set off so easily?”
Although the academy's healing soul tools have developed rapidly in recent years, and Elder Mu's physical condition is much better than before, the fact that Elder Mu cannot move lightly remains unchanged.
My idea is that Shao Zhe and Mei'er, you two should send Xiao Tao back first. Then, the academy should focus on researching soul-defense devices. Relying on the power of soul devices, we can ensure that our own souls are not corrupted by evil soul masters, and also gain the ability to attack with our souls, allowing us to directly extract the information we want from the brains of the Sun Moon Empire people.
If the academy cannot complete the development of a soul tool of this difficulty in a short time, Le Xuan, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to contact that boy Long You.
Although Shrek City had been at peace for a long time, when it came to commanding battles, Elder Shi, as Shrek City's supreme commander, was clearly superior to Xian Lin'er, who had always fought alone. After Yan Shaozhe finished explaining his thoughts, Elder Shi turned around and offered a more reliable solution.
To be honest, when Yan Shaozhe heard Shi Lao mention relying on the power of soul tools, he still felt a sense of unease. However, Yan Shaozhe was, after all, a Super Douluo and the dean of the Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy. His subconscious discomfort with soul tools was merely the result of decades of mental imprinting on his mind. In his rational state, Yan Shaozhe would no longer deny the importance of soul tools.
"Then let's do it this way. Xiao Tao's condition really shouldn't be delayed any longer. As for the Soul Guidance Department, you can contact them yourselves. However, if the Soul Guidance Department didn't have any prior experience in this area, it will probably be difficult to produce the soul defense soul tool that everyone envisions within a few days."
"It's definitely not a case of having no foundation at all. The medical testing soul tools we used before actually had methods for detecting the soul. At least the medical testing soul tool that Xiao You has has this function. Otherwise, in that battle we fought against those two Soul Saint-level evil soul masters in the Star Luo Empire, apart from Xiao Tao, the injuries suffered by the other members of the main team at that time could not have been detected by conventional examinations."
From what I understand, Xiao You definitely left the blueprints at the academy. Even if she didn't leave those blueprints, the academy certainly has the blueprints for the Panlong Secret Realm. Although the Panlong Consciousness Sensing Helmet primarily targets mental power, it's unlikely that it completely lacks any technology related to the soul.
Of all the people present, although there was a proper dean of the Soul Guidance Department, Xian Lin'er was also a Soul Master. In terms of understanding Soul Guidance Devices, Zhang Lexuan was still stronger.
"That's good news, but Le Xuan, you should still contact Xiao You. We need to work on both fronts at the same time. After all, we can't stay out for too long. If we stay out too long, those little rats outside the academy might find something out."
With the idea that he wasn't afraid of letting his capable students suffer, Shi Lao simply asked Zhang Lexuan to ask Long You as well, since it wasn't good to keep following him around all the time.
Underwater Secret Base
While resting, Long You saw the information that Bourne had compiled. The message sent by Zhang Lexuan made Long You raise his eyebrows.
"Tsk, this is a bit troublesome. It really is a Title Douluo-level soul-type evil soul master. The methods used by evil soul masters of this level are probably beyond the capabilities of a level seven soul tool, and even a level eight soul tool might not be safe!"
"Forget it, I'll just provide the blueprints. Whether they can actually build it depends on the academy's capabilities. I also need to remind them to be careful. A demonic soul master who can subtly influence Elder Xuan could easily deal with the Sun Moon Empire leader on the ship in a single thought; by then, they probably won't be able to read any information at all."
The design blueprints for the soul tool are readily available. Ever since Long You learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had methods to directly influence a person's soul, he had already begun to have Xiao Yan deduce the relevant soul tool. Now Long You has a fairly complete set of blueprints, which only need to be transferred to a storage medium.
The virtual universe that can be logged into anytime, anywhere is not yet online. If you want to make information transmission more convenient, you still need a storage medium like a portable hard drive, which has a much lower technological content than the virtual universe.
The radio can handle long-distance communication without any problem, but transmitting blueprints over such a distance is really beyond their capabilities. We'll have to find someone to pick it up. Zhang Lexuan doesn't need to go anymore; Long's parents are tired of being in the New World, it's time to go back and continue running their vegetarian restaurant. Before that, let's deliver a package for our son.
"Xiao You's reply has arrived. He has the complete set of blueprints, but he is unsure whether the defensive capabilities of an eighth-level soul tool will be effective against a Title Douluo-level evil soul master."
"It's alright. Even if we can't achieve complete success, at least we'll get a heads-up. With precautions in place, many things will be easier. Where are the blueprints? Have they been sent over?"
"No, it's inconvenient to transmit soul tool design blueprints via radio, so Xiao You had someone deliver them directly to the academy."
"Oh, and Xiao You also reminded us to be wary of the Sun Moon Empire's evil spirit masters turning on us if things get hopeless. Although there are about a hundred people on the Sun Moon Empire's ship, only a small number know the exact location of the New World. If that evil spirit master sees he's about to lose and turns on his own people, we might lose all our information."
"This is a problem. We need to protect the heads of those Soul Masters in the Sun Moon Empire. But there's no rush. It will take the academy about a week to produce a usable product. Let's observe further."
Long You's reply was truly delayed; the two deans of the Spirit Realm, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier, had already left the Shrek Academy with Ma Xiaotao and were heading towards the academy. The Shrek Academy's manpower wasn't sufficient to support any other plans; they had to wait for more people to arrive.
The events at sea were none of Long You's concern. The only useful information Zhang Lexuan sent was that Shrek Academy was likely to reach the new continent beneath his feet within a month. This meant Long You needed to accelerate the gathering of usable resources on the new continent and the construction of offshore bases. Apart from that, events happening thousands of miles away at sea had absolutely no impact on Long You.
Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. What was originally just a rough framework of the offshore base has now completed the construction of most of the necessary engineering works. However, these things no longer attract Long You's attention; all of his focus is on the array of server racks in front of him.
Utilizing soul-guided device technology, magic array technology, and the rudiments of spatial laws collected by Long You through the underwater secret realm's spatial gate, the first-generation War God Palace is finally ready. Having passed all previous intelligence tests, the first-generation War God Palace now needs to conduct the most crucial experiment: to allow its consciousness, or soul manifestation, to appear in the virtual space with a constant physical constitution.
Of course, if that were all, Long You wouldn't be so nervous; Shrek Academy's Panlong server could have done that long ago. Long You was nervous because this time, his consciousness wasn't logging into the virtual space using the consciousness-sensing helmet, but rather a tiny bit of mental energy. Logically, Long You's current consciousness strength was sufficient, and he was quite adept at distraction control; a tiny bit of mental energy would be enough to form a complete consciousness. However, without a proper trial, Long You couldn't feel at ease.
"Hmph—overthinking is useless; only practice yields true knowledge. Bourne, are you ready?"
In the next instant, Byrne, who had already connected with Long You's consciousness through the auxiliary quantum computer, used the instincts of an intelligent life form to enter a virtual space carrying a trace of Long You's spiritual power amidst the special fluctuations emanating from the War God Palace server.
"Success."
While remaining conscious outside, Long You, after successfully unleashing several soul skills by controlling the consciousness within the War God Palace, finally couldn't help but shout out in excitement.
Although the Soul Guidance Device technology is not yet mature enough, or rather, Long You cannot inscribe a more mature Soul Guidance Array, the coverage area of War God Palace No. 1 can only include a small part of the New World (basically the distance from the offshore base to the underwater secret realm, Lulian Island), far from reaching the global coverage power of War God Palace in the Swallowed Stars. However, regardless, this crucial first step has been taken. If Long You can fully reproduce the power of War God Palace in the future, using it as a foundation to challenge the legendary level ten Soul Master should not be too difficult.
(This is based on the fact that when Tang San became the Sea God in Douluo Continent I, his function was to control the seawater on Douluo Planet. So if Long You could create a virtual space that covered an entire planet, breaking through the barrier of the God Realm would be no problem at all.)