Immediately after, Dr. Jing led Furina to another area.
Just a dozen steps away, a blue and white car came into Furina's view. Beside it, a motorcycle of the same blue and white color was parked quietly.
However, the appearance of the motorcycle differed somewhat from what Furina had imagined. It was likely because there were no complete blueprints, and it relied entirely on her verbal descriptions, combined with the Dr. Jing team's own imagination and improvisation, that they managed to cobble this thing together. It was the same logic as the tank from before.
Furina's eyes were filled with joy: "You actually managed to make it; this is truly a surprise."
She nodded approvingly: "Not bad, not bad. I can tell you've all worked very hard."
Among the three departments, aside from Dr. Da Mu's side which was a bit... uh, unconventional, the other two departments had made good progress.
On Dr. Dayou's side, if he received help from Huo Yuhao and Electrolux, he would likely be able to cobble together a spirit soul very soon. Afterward, letting Electrolux conduct in-depth research might even lead to the creation of more Advanced and perfect artificial spirit souls.
As for Dr. Da Mu... I'll just have to let nature take its course. Who knows, maybe one day he'll really produce orcs, beast-girls, or something similar.
That's right, she was doing this for the benefit of future generations, or even the next person to experience Transmigration.
As long as it's not something bizarre, it's fine. Let him research what he wants.
Dr. Jing bowed to express her gratitude: "Thank you for your praise, Your Excellency Pope."
Furina curiously leaned in toward the car and asked: "Can it be used now? Can it be driven?"
Dr. Jing thought for a moment and shook her head: "I advise against it, Your Excellency Pope. It is still in the R&D stage, mainly due to some minor details regarding speed and stability. In short, it still needs further modification and refinement."
She explained: "The main issue is that we modified the power supply System so that it only requires Soul Power to operate. This way, we can save resources like petroleum for other fields. However, this caused too great a deviation from the original design, and the scope of the changes was large, resulting in how it is now. We are currently researching how to solve the aforementioned problems."
After hearing this, Furina was incredibly surprised.
She had originally thought that Dr. Jing and her team would follow her line of thinking and first work on fuel-based power sources like petroleum. She hadn't expected them to have a flash of inspiration and come up with Soul Power propulsion instead.
However, thinking about it carefully, Soul Power propulsion was indeed more environmentally friendly and convenient. After all, in this world, if cars were to be promoted, only Spirit Masters would be able to afford them, as Spirit Masters were wealthier.
Even among the wealthy commoners, they wouldn't have enough money to buy a car comparable to an Advanced spirit tool. Besides, those who could become wealthy had mostly already come into contact with the Martial Soul class, and perhaps they had long since found ways to awaken their Martial Soul and Soul Power.
So, ultimately, it was the Spirit Masters who had the money. Or rather, those with money were basically all Spirit Masters.
After all, it wasn't yet the era of Douluo 4 where entertainment activities were flourishing. The speed at which people on the Douluo Continent developed entertainment was simply too slow; before Douluo 4, it was almost as if it didn't exist. Even if it did, it wouldn't be specifically mentioned. After all, the Douluo Continent was primarily about Spirit Masters fighting Spirit Masters, not a slice-of-life genre.
Furina couldn't help but clap: "Not bad, not bad, very creative. I look forward to the final result. Please keep it up and keep working hard, Dr. Jing. For now, just focus on these; don't bite off more than you can chew."
Dr. Jing nodded in agreement: "As you command, Your Excellency Pope."
Just as Furina said, although their Soul Tool Department had the most manpower and the largest space, their manpower for researching spirit tools was still limited. Their energy did not allow for too many projects to be carried out simultaneously. Moreover, there were too few Advanced Soul Engineers; there wasn't a single Eighth-rank Soul Engineer, let alone a Ninth-rank one.
If she could reach the level of a Ninth-rank Soul Engineer, perhaps she would have the spare energy to develop in other directions and cultivate more Advanced Soul Engineers. It was a pity that she was currently only at the seventh rank; it was still too difficult.
She could only hope that when the time came, Furina would invite that Eighth-rank Soul Engineer from Shrek over, so she could learn more from him and try to see if she could be promoted to the eighth rank.
Furina urged: "Alright, since you've reached this stage of development, I think you and your team should find some time to relax and rest. You need to balance work and rest; don't wear yourselves out."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Excellency Pope. Please rest assured, I have always adhered to the principle of balancing work and rest," Dr. Jing smiled. "Although we've been rushing the work a bit during this period and have indeed been quite tired, it's all worth it. Afterward, I will notify my subordinates to take a break and adjust their state. I will also get some good rest and, while I'm at it, look for inspiration to perfect these spirit tools."
Furina nodded: "That's good. I'll be off then; I still need to take Bei Bei and the others to see other places later."
"Understood, Your Excellency Pope."
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Leaving the Soul Tool Department, Furina returned to the main hall.
Bei Bei and the others were indeed all there, and Huo Yuhao was also waiting in the crowd.
Furina walked up and asked with a smile: "How was it? Does my Research Department satisfy everyone?"
Bei Bei took a deep breath, his tone filled with amazement: "It's too impressive. I can only say that this is an existence that completely subverts the common sense of everyone on the continent. Even Shrek Academy has never thought of creating artificial spirit rings, artificial Spirit Bones, or anything like that; at most, they only think about protecting Soul Beasts."
Listening to this, Furina silently retorted in her heart: Protecting Soul Beasts? Really? Didn't Shrek Academy capture Soul Beasts for some kind of assessment? Letting students choose their own Soul Beasts to fight and then giving a comprehensive score. Is that really protecting Soul Beasts? Isn't that just a pure waste of spirit rings?
However, theoretically speaking, in terms of their public image, Shrek is indeed considered a role that mediates the conflict between Soul Beasts and humans.
During that beast tide back then, if it hadn't been for Shrek intervening, the Three Great Empires, excluding the Sun Moon Empire, would likely have suffered heavy losses. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest was close to them.
Tang Ya also excitedly chimed in: "That's right, it's just amazing! The Axis Cult will definitely become the greatest Sect in history, unprecedented and unrepeatable! It will definitely be more glorious than our Tang Sect back in the day, and even more enduring!"
She silently retorted in her heart: Damn it, what's the point of Tang Sect ancestor Tang San leaving behind incomplete Cultivation Techniques? And he didn't even provide a reminder! Also, insisting on having a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as the Sect Leader, isn't that just pure negligence toward the disciples? And having to donate more than half of the money from selling Hidden Weaponss.
Although the starting point was good, with this approach, combined with the aforementioned reasons, the Tang Sect simply couldn't sustain its development. Otherwise, the Tang Sect wouldn't have fallen to this state.
Xiao Xiao had completely turned into a fangirl, her eyes shining: "Too amazing! Your Axis Cult is simply outrageously powerful! Surpassing Shrek is just around the corner!"
Wang Dong also nodded with rare seriousness: "I have to say, the development is too fast. It feels like other places can't even compare. Even the Sun Moon Empire only researches spirit tools; they simply can't compare to you in these aspects."
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, his tone carrying a sense of shared pride: "After all, Sister Furina is the Water God."
Ye Guyi also nodded in agreement: "That's right. Even if it's not true, if anyone dares to say it's fake, I'll be the first to disagree."
Furina waved her hand with a smile: "Then thank you all for your affirmation."
She turned to Huo Yuhao and asked: "Yuhao, how did your matters resolve over there? Is there any problem with Dr. Dayou?"
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and replied: "Yes, after hearing my ideas, plus the fact that I demonstrated some of my abilities to him, Dr. Dayou is particularly excited right now. He originally wanted to pull me in to discuss it for a day and a night, but considering I had just returned and should rest, he gave up on that. He plans to study it himself first to see if he can reach any conclusions."
Furina nodded: "That's good. I only asked you to go and give him some pointers; it doesn't matter if it's handled later, there's plenty of time anyway."
She knew clearly in her heart that if Huo Yuhao hadn't been directly dragged away by Tang San after becoming a god, given that he could have remained in the mortal world for a hundred years after becoming a god, it would have been completely sufficient to resolve all the various issues with the Spirit Pagoda and artificial spirit souls.
Unfortunately, Tang San did not allow it. This also indirectly led to the subsequent tragedy in Douluo 3 where Soul Beasts were on the verge of extinction.
But this time, she would absolutely not let Tang San's plan succeed. She would ensure that his wishful thinking was completely thrown into chaos.
Furina clapped her hands and called out: "Alright, next, I'll take you all to visit the Jianan Academy that I founded."
A confident smile appeared on her face: "That is the academy that I am determined to have compete with Shrek Academy for the number one spot. Although it was just built and I don't know how many people have been recruited, I still have a certain amount of confidence."
Although she certainly didn't have as many teachers as Shrek, nor as many experts as Shrek, her teaching experience might be average, and the quality of students was uneven.
However, what she provided here was cutting-edge knowledge and theory, and the resources were also richer, which was enough to make up for part of the gap.
Moreover, she trusted Neuvillette and Lei Bao to get things done.
Tang Ya was the first to respond: "Okay! Let's do that! We all really want to see it!"
Everyone nodded one after another, their eyes filled with anticipation.
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