The dramatic changes in the Star Luo Empire did not affect the Tian Dou Plain, which remained a thriving place.
All the cities on the Tian Dou Plain were connected, and the system left by the Tian Hun Empire was completely replaced by enthusiasm.
The people welcomed this wholeheartedly; no one dislikes a more advanced regime.
Old cities began to renovate and expand, fully embracing the construction of soul tools. High-rise buildings and large shopping malls sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
Many new cities were established, leading to a labor shortage.
Fortunately, the prosperity of the Tian Dou Plain attracted a large number of people from the Tian Hun Empire to settle here with their families.
They were amazed by the development and the unimaginable welfare benefits.
Due to the terrifying vitality of the emerald soil and the various magical soul skills of soul masters, the grain yield was terrifying, and the grain price was extremely low.
Enthusiasm provided farmers with substantial subsidies.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Tian Dou Plain alone was enough to feed the entire Douluo Continent.
A young and strong man could easily support an entire family through normal work, and even have some leisure time to think about and pursue more things.
It had a distinctly American feel reminiscent of the golden age of America in the 1980s and 90s.
On the Magic Network, the Tiandou Plain was already synonymous with civilization. Huo Yuhao didn't even need to search for people; they were already writing all sorts of outrageous little stories.
For example, the passionate leader could shut down the Soul Guidance Factory to save a cat; Xilu City was so clean you could drink the toilet water; and all school-age children, even those without soul power, could attend school—well, that was actually true.
Various tales and news about the Tiandou Plain spread throughout the continent via the Magic Network and merchant caravans, triggering waves of migration, with massive populations flooding into the Tiandou Plain.
Who would want to return to their hometown to be a dog when they could live as humans on the Tiandou Plain?
The Tianhun Empire saw this and was deeply worried.
Massive population loss was a major issue for any country, especially a feudal imperial state like the Tianhun Empire.
If everyone ran away, who would the emperor and nobles rule?
Who would cultivate the land, provide food, and supply the various delicacies to the peasants who had all fled to the Tiandou Plain?
How would the large landowners and princes maintain their status?
The Heavenly Soul Royal Family attempted to use forceful measures to limit population loss, but the matter was reported to Shrek Academy.
Shrek Academy considered this an act against the justice of the continent.
Nobles should not restrict the freedom of commoners, arbitrarily depriving them of their freedom and lives.
What difference was there between this and being labeled an evil spirit master?
An inspection team was immediately dispatched.
Of course, this was only the surface reason.
The main reason was that the population migration was entirely beneficial to Shrek Academy; Shrek City was expanding, and there was a labor shortage, so they were eager for more immigrants.
However, the label of "evil spirit master" was a serious one. Even the Heavenly Soul Emperor wouldn't dare to bear it.
Shrek Academy was personally promoted as a holy land for spirit masters by the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
If they declared you an evil spirit master, you'd better actually be one.
Once identified as an evil spirit master by Shrek Academy, you were basically no different from a rat crossing the street.
Now, the Heavenly Soul royal family, who had been so stubborn, was caught in a dilemma, shooting themselves in the foot.
If they had known this would happen, they wouldn't have promoted Shrek Academy in the first place.
Now, the power to define "evil spirit master" was firmly controlled by Shrek Academy, and they could easily be labeled as such.
Now, if they took a step back, the Heavenly Soul Empire's population was decreasing; if they took a step forward, they would be branded as evil spirit masters.
The Heavenly Soul Emperor felt worse than if he'd eaten shit, let alone after the Star Luo Empire announced the Spirit Pagoda project, when the god-level powerhouse Silver Dragon King and Emperor Tian personally came to the Heavenly Soul Empire to persuade them to keep up with the times.
Several major powers serving the Heavenly Soul Empire—how fortunate could that be?
But what could they do?
They could only choose to obey. If they wanted to rebel, they could just look at the current state of the Tiger Might Mountains on the Magic Network.
That was beyond the capabilities of even a Limit Douluo.
…
"Teacher Xuan, the research center is looking for you."
A petite girl carrying a stack of documents ran up to Xuan Ziwen, her flat chest heaving slightly, indicating she was in a hurry.
This girl was Keke, one of Xuan Ziwen's four students, who had come to Xilu City with him.
Only two of Xuan Ziwen's four students came: Zi Mu and Keke.
The other two were Wang Shaojie and Ju Zi.
Otto has assigned Ju Zi to the military of the Sun Moon Empire.
Wang Shaojie, being a member of the royal family, cannot leave the Sun Moon Empire, especially since he's on Otto's death list; there's no way he can escape.
Xuan Ziwen just came out of the computing center. He learned that the center had successfully developed a third-generation supercomputer and rushed over to check on the situation.
The third-generation supercomputer's main architecture is based on a high-precision integrated soul-guiding core array.
By simulating the brain of a spirit-attribute soul master, it maximizes the mobilization of every inch of spiritual power, combined with the latest computational logic, enabling it to perform calculations at a speed of eight quadrillion times per second.
This speed is astonishing in the Douluo Continent, but compared to the quantum computers of his previous life, it's like a mayfly seeing the blue sky, and even slower than traditional silicon-based supercomputers.
The third-generation supercomputer is roughly equivalent to the computational speed of a peak Spirit Abyss Realm titled Douluo who, without eating or drinking, without any other thoughts, devotes all his spiritual power to calculations, and with extremely clear logic.
Although it cannot compare to his previous life, Huo Yuhao was still very happy to see the emergence of this computer, which showed that the research center had found its own path.
The supercomputer in Xilu City and the computers of his previous life were mostly similar in concept, but their structures and even implementation methods were completely different.
The research center insisted on using spiritual power for calculations, a method more suitable for intelligent life, and creating artificial intelligence in the future should be much easier than in his previous life.
Xuan Ziwen stared wide-eyed at the extremely complex soul-guiding device at the research center, which was almost the size of a small building.
Hundreds of millions of soul-guiding arrays can activate simultaneously, each performing its specific function, all for the same goal.
Every design is meticulously calculated, and the cold metallic luster silently speaks of the beauty of the soul-guiding device.
This is what a soul-guiding device truly looks like! Not the crude material piles of the Sun Moon Empire, devoid of any mechanical beauty.
Xuan Ziwen couldn't even define this soul-guiding device using the Sun Moon Empire's soul-guiding device rating system.
The simple one-to-nine level rating system was too superficial and crude. Xuan Ziwen hadn't paid attention before, but after coming to Xilu City and encountering the soul-guiding device philosophy here, he realized that soul-guiding devices shouldn't be defined by levels.
Every soul-guiding device has its value; there is no inherent hierarchy.
Even the simplest luminous soul-guiding device embodies a natural philosophy no less profound than a level nine soul-guiding device.
Unfortunately, Xuan Ziwen hadn't yet mastered computer-related technologies and couldn't join a computer research and development team.
He truly loved this field; looking at the terrifying computing speed, Xuan Ziwen felt that was the future.
Xuan Ziwen even imagined what it would be like if a computer with near-infinite computing speed existed one day—could it calculate all the world's problems?
Going even further, if the laws governing the operation of everything in the world were discovered and put into a computer, could computing power be used to observe and even lock onto the world's past and future?
These conjectures lingered in his mind; he really wanted to see just how far computers could develop.
"The research center is looking for me? I understand."
"I'm going now."
Xuan Ziwen immediately realized why the research center had contacted him—the satellite launch test must be about to begin.
When Jing Hongchen had just packed him up and sent him to Xilu City, he was somewhat worried that he wouldn't be valued here and wouldn't get any resources.
After all, he was considered an enemy national; putting himself in their shoes, if the Douluo Three Kingdoms sent exchange students to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he wouldn't let them access the core technologies either.
Fortunately, Xilu City was far more open and generous than he had imagined; the laboratories were top-notch, and the experimental equipment exceeded his expectations.
He hadn't used a carving knife for months; carving knives were obsolete here—they were too inefficient for carving soul guidance arrays.
In the Sun Moon Empire, many traditional Soul Masters would perform rituals with rare metals before carving, praying for the machine's soul to be pleased and for the carving of the array to proceed smoothly.
If the carving went wrong, at best the materials would be ruined, at worst the Soul Guidance Device would explode, sending the Soul Master to his death.
Now, removing Xuan Ziwen from the computer was worse than killing him; the computer was far too convenient, essentially providing a tireless, mission-driven Spirit Attribute Soul Master.
In the Sun Moon Empire, even Spirit Attribute Soul Masters were top-tier servants, only worthy of being commanded by a Hall Master.
Moreover, the computer could automatically control the carving of Soul Guidance Arrays, far more precise and faster than human labor.
Upon arriving in Xilu City, the research center immediately assigned him to a technical team whose main task was satellite development.
High-altitude exploration had always been Xuan Ziwen's forte, but he hadn't expected Xilu City to be even bolder, actually planning to send an artificial Soul Guidance Device into vacuum space.
Seeing the technical details, Xuan Ziwen knew he was doomed; the Sun Moon Empire should never contact him again.
Is there anything more exciting than building and launching a satellite from scratch?
(End of Chapter)
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