area51novel Chapter 231 Taking the Initiative
Chapter 231 Taking the Initiative
Because Shrek Academy has never had a very systematic approach, Long You can't really clearly define his soul tool design capabilities. However, overall, Long You's design capabilities are comparable to those of a level six soul tool master.
Designing an intelligent optical brain from scratch is still too difficult for Longyou, but it is entirely possible for Longyou to simply integrate the ideas from all parties and place all the designs in the right places.
From the bright sunshine to the high-hanging moon, when Long You looked up again, it was already ten o'clock at night. Five dishes, each exuding an enticing aroma, passed by Long You's nose at an extremely slow pace, with an obvious air of ostentation.
"Alright, alright, my dear Little Twilight, I know you're amazing. I shouldn't have ignored you when designing the soul tool. So, may I enjoy these delicious dishes?"
"Roar~ Hmph!"
"Thank you, my dearest partner."
He hadn't felt it when he was busy, but now that he stopped, his stomach, which had only eaten breakfast all day, instantly started to rebel, not to mention the table full of delicious food that looked, smelled, and tasted amazing. The fact that Long You didn't drool was already a testament to his strong self-control.
As energy was ingested, more blood began to flow from the head to the stomach, and Long You, who had just finished eating a small portion of his food, couldn't help but yawn.
"Waaah, Little Twilight, looks like I'll be sleeping in this ball again tonight. If you don't want to stay here, you can go out and play by yourself. Remember to wear your invisibility gear so those students who don't know the situation won't touch you."
Of course, if you are really interested in soul tool design, you can come and take a look. My work is not yet finished, and you can make the blueprints you want according to your own ideas.
If I remember correctly, you now possess the abilities of a Level 3 Soul Master. When I begin attempting to create an intelligent quantum computer, you can also try creating your own auxiliary AI.
"Hoohoo!"
As a little foodie, Bai Muyang is proud of his ability to skillfully use human cooking methods and make quite delicious food, but his real interest lies in those magical soul tools.
Going out to play is out of the question; I'm already tired of what's out there. Designing my own auxiliary AI is the only truly fun thing to do. After receiving permission, Long You, who was still eating, was completely forgotten by Xiao Muyang, whose fluffy head immediately appeared in front of the workbench.
Seeing the furry child whose mood had instantly shifted, Long You couldn't help but smile indulgently. Although his friends might not always be by his side, Xiao Muyang, the fluffy creature entrusted to him in the Star Dou Great Forest, would always stay by his side.
Dejected, Long You crawled into the luxurious sphere, shook his head which was dizzy from excessive mental exertion, and abandoned the idea of taking a bath, instead collapsing onto the soft bed.
After a good night's sleep, Long You, who hadn't been cultivating immortality continuously, fully recovered after just one deep sleep. Emerging from the luxurious sphere, Long You immediately saw the fluffy creature that had jumped onto the lab table. However, Long You quickly covered his open mouth; the scene before him was somewhat astonishing.
With a tiger cub's jumping ability, leaping onto a table is a piece of cake. However, as Xiao Muyang's size gradually approaches that of an adult tiger, and even surpasses that of an adult tiger, he hasn't jumped onto the lab table in a long time. The lab table's support is no longer sufficient to support his weight. But now, right before Long You's eyes, Xiao Muyang has once again jumped onto the lab table, and the table hasn't collapsed.
"Holy crap, everyone says cats are liquid, but nobody told me cats can shrink their bones!"
That's right. After getting over the stage of doubting that he was seeing things, Long You had confirmed that Bai Muyang, this fluffy creature, had silently acquired the ability to shrink its size.
"Heh, I suspect this little guy's reaction was completely subconscious after getting anxious, and he might not even have realized it himself."
Noticing that Xiao Muyang was engrossed in his design work, Long You carefully left the lab. Xiao Muyang had prepared dinner for him yesterday; today it was Long You's turn to prepare breakfast for her.
The food at Shrek Academy's cafeteria is excellent, and Long You, as an inner court student, can also enjoy a high standard of meal allowance. However, Long You still chooses to make his own breakfast.
There was no other way. Back in the far north, Long You had captured quite a few weak but tasty soul beasts while scanning the map. Although these soul beasts had already been processed, storing them for too long would still affect the quality of the meat. To maximize the effect, it was best to eat them as soon as possible.
Considering Xiao Muyang's carnivorous nature and relatively rough palate, Longyou's breakfast preparation method is much more rustic. Since the preparation method is rougher, the preparation time is correspondingly shortened. Although not much nutrition is lost, the deliciousness is indeed significantly reduced.
Time flies like an arrow; life goes on busily, yet ordinary. When Long You is immersed in creating soul tools, Xiao Muyang will consciously take on the task of taking care of Long You's daily life. Similarly, when Xiao Muyang is immersed in his own inspiration, Long You will also take time out of his daily routine to take care of this fluffy little thing who is still a baby by his age.
When the exchange students from the Sun Moon Empire arrived, Long You went out to take a look and found that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the siblings, were both there. Although this was a small matter, Long You could see from it that Mingde Hall had considerable ambitions. Mingde Hall already possessed an absolute advantage in soul tools, and Shrek Academy's only advantage over Mingde Hall was in the cultivation and development of the martial soul foundation of its gifted students.
Now that the head of Mingde Hall has sent his grandson and granddaughter, who are the two youngest people with the best martial soul talent, to Shrek Academy to learn from them, it's hard to believe that the head of Mingde Hall isn't hoping to make up for the last shortcoming of his own younger generation.
However, Mingde Hall's various thoughts are not of much concern to Long You. What the academy will offer as a token of its sincerity is something that the Sea God Pavilion should consider. At this stage, Long You should be most concerned about the large aircraft and the virtual universe.
The large aircraft is manageable; Long You has already completed the entire design blueprint. By submitting the blueprints to the academy, Long You has also received a promise that he can seek Fan Yu's help at any time during the aircraft's construction. Regarding the entire construction process of the large aircraft, Long You can now confidently say that everything is ready except for the arrival of rare metals.
However, the creation of the virtual universe truly troubled Long You. As his design ideas became more complete, Long You realized that creating a super virtual universe like the one in Swallowed Star, covering the entire territory of humanity, was simply an impossible task for him, who could not grasp the laws of the universe. After all, in essence, the virtual universe was actually a secret technique developed by the Primordial Ancestor to seize control of the original universe, not technology.
This involves the laws of the universe. Let alone the fact that Long You is only a minor Soul King now, even if Long You breaks through to the Title Douluo level, given the limitations of the Douluo Continent world, Long You might not be able to come into contact with it.
"This is really a bit upsetting. Although I didn't originally plan to create a copy of the original, it's really upsetting to know that I can't even create a bankrupt version of the virtual universe."
Slumped helplessly onto the lab table, Long You resembled a salted fish unwilling to turn over. An hour earlier, Bourne had received a signal from the delivery robot Dongfeng. This delivery robot, which could transform into a ship, had arrived at the port closest to Shrek Academy in the Heavenly Soul Empire, and Long You would soon receive the resources he had been longing for.
After lounging around for over ten minutes, Long You watched the red dot on the location software getting closer and closer to him. He forced himself up, his body feeling almost boneless, and lazily sent a call to assemble via the internal communication group. A week ago, with the support of the academy, Long You had already assembled a large aircraft manufacturing team; now it was time to get the team moving.
Half an hour later, in Shrek Academy's Seagod Lake, one after another, Soul Masters who were renowned as geniuses in Shrek Academy's outer court entered the lake and quickly entered a miniature fortress that had appeared at the bottom of the lake at some unknown time.
With the arrival of exchange students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, the academy's Soul Guidance Department teaching building could no longer handle those top-secret research tasks. Therefore, Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department simply put in a lot of effort to create an enhanced version of the Deluxe Sphere in Sea God Lake, a place where exchange students were absolutely forbidden from approaching.
With its substantial points pool, Longyou directly leased a large workshop within this enhanced luxury sphere, which will be transformed into a large aircraft manufacturing plant for the next month.
With the entire production team assembled, Long You rallied his spirits and greeted everyone, distributing the pre-prepared blueprints to each individual. Those who can't lead a team will only work themselves to death; learning to slack off is what a leader should do. Since Long You had already paid, he needed to fulfill his duties as a leader.
They were all elites from the Soul Guidance Department. Although their strengths and current Soul Guidance Master levels differed due to their individual abilities, with Long You making such detailed arrangements, it was effortless for them to follow the map. Therefore, after making the arrangements, Long You left the "mini" fortress located at the bottom of Sea God Lake with peace of mind.
Having dealt with all the existing and manageable matters, Long You was able to leisurely stroll around the academy, a rare treat for him. However, there were simply too many people at Shrek Academy interested in Long You these days. When Long You wandered to Shrek Square, a familiar brother and sister stopped him as he was lost in thought.
“Brother Longyou, we’re all acquaintances, so why are you ignoring us like this? Or is there something Shrek Academy doesn’t want us to know, and you, Brother Longyou, know what that is and are deliberately avoiding us?”
"Laughing at the world, publishing your conjectures without verification is not something a dignified and strong person should do."
I do know some secrets of the academy that you wouldn't know in your current positions, but I haven't been deliberately hiding them from you. The reason you haven't been able to find me lately is simply because I've been busy with my own affairs.
The academy has abundant resources and provides comprehensive training, but it's far too comfortable. Staying within the academy all the time won't make you a true powerhouse.
"Brother Longyou, are you preparing to venture out into the world?"
"Of course, venturing out into the world was something I had prepared for long ago. Otherwise, I would not have missed the opportunity to visit the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Mingde Hall."
Seeing the subtle changes in the expressions of the Hongchen siblings in front of him, a smile flashed across Long You's eyes as he continued to leisurely stroll around the edge of Shrek Square with his hands behind his head.
The Sun Moon Empire's intention to do something to him was quite obvious, and Long You naturally wouldn't ignore it. Logically speaking, Long You should keep his upcoming departure from Shrek Academy a secret to prevent those in the Sun Moon Empire with ulterior motives from seizing the opportunity.
However, given the possibility, passive defense was never Long You's preferred option. Rather than constantly guarding against thieves, Long You chose to lure them out and then wipe them all out in one fell swoop, before taking advantage of any gaps in the enemy's strength to completely disappear from their sight.
The methods of the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult are indeed bizarre, but Shrek Academy's soul guidance technology is advancing rapidly, and its reconnaissance and monitoring in the area surrounding Shrek City is virtually impenetrable. As long as it's not those strange giant tortoises from the far north, even if the Holy Spirit Cult sends a Limit Douluo, Shrek Academy can detect their presence and capture them.
After a while, Long You had already moved far away from Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who were still standing in the same spot.
"Sister, do you think this Long You is just carefree, or does he have some backup plan to ensure his safety?"
"He was an inner court student of Shrek Academy, the one who directly defeated my brother and me in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, and even the one who dictated the rhythm of Shrek Academy's battles."
"Well, that's true. But these are not things that you and I, brother and sister, can decide. Let's pass this message back and see how things are handled."
The conversation ended, and time continued to pass. One night two weeks later, Long You received a summons from his dean, Qian Duoduo.
"Xiao You, your plan seems to have worked. Today, the academy's outer satellites detected an abnormal energy leak, which means the Holy Spirit Cult has arrived. How are your preparations going?"