I'll Pay for the Upgrade

So how should we use them? These things cannot directly earn Civilization Points; they can only be earned indirectly by promoting Civilization Development.

He decided to test the waters first, spending a small amount of points to buy a very cheap math problem.

It's described as a mathematical problem, but it's actually a conjecture, plus steps that are only half-solved, along with a whole bunch of annotations.

It looks very profound, like a scrap of paper left behind by someone.

He shared this hypothesis with the entire Suguang Civilization.

Three months have passed.

No mathematician could understand the original solution steps of the problem.

The top Scholars gathered together, filled the entire blackboard with formulas, argued heatedly, and then fell silent.

I just don't understand it.

Unfortunately, the Mu Ri was made public to the world.

Six months later, a little-known young mathematician completed the proof.

The young man came from the Linyuan Civilization of the Yunmeng Continent and taught at a middle school.

He spent a month studying the incomplete manuscript, then two months thinking about it, and finally three months writing out the complete proof.

Ultimately, everyone discovered that this was a practical problem concerning the transformation of Mana forms under specific high-energy conditions, which could be applied to large-scale Mana energy buildings.

Mu Ri, an organization was established.

Frontier Academy of Sciences.

He used various means—force, economic, and political—to bring together the world's top scientific research talent into this institution.

The benefits are generous, the resources are plentiful, and the freedom is ample. There's only one requirement: solve the problem of obtaining the technology from the Special Store.

Five years later, they have improved seven aspects.

The panel is filled with two or three thousand items, but the truly valuable ones haven't been redeemed yet.

Mu Ri's no rush; everything can be done slowly, at least there's progress.

Pure White Space.

Su Luo looked at the data and sighed.

It's still too slow.

Even with a time flow rate six thousand times faster, Su Luo still dealt with these things much faster than the people of Origin Star.

With a global population of just over 200 million, it's still far too few. In the highly specialized and complex fields of technology, there are far too few researchers and geniuses.

With such a small population base, the intellectual resources and scientific research potential generated are still too low in the Information Age. It would be quite good if seven aspects could be improved, but it is still far from his expectations.

He withdrew those Subconscious that were poised to steal the technology.

Forget it, Continued Battle later and let them develop slowly.

Origin Star, Mu Ri is in a good mood.

Even those incomplete or imperfect technologies have greatly benefited civilization.

Every month, the Academy of Frontier Academy of Sciences produces new results using incomplete technologies; some improve energy efficiency, some enhance material properties, and some refine medical technology.

Tracing Light is already preparing to establish a base on a nearby planet, and its rapid entry into the mid -Information Age is just around the corner.

Amidst this flourishing scene—

The [Disaster of Faith] has once again demonstrated its potential.

Even disregarding the low-quality Power of Faith generated by beings before the primitive era, there is still a vast amount of Power of Faith that has nowhere to go in the past hundred years.

The Silver-White Book and the Mu Ri Perfect received the beliefs generated by the Suguang Civilization.

But the beliefs of other civilizations have no physical form to carry them...

These Power of Faith have nowhere to go.

The prayers went unanswered; the worship had no object; the fears found no God solace...

The Power of Faith that eventually coalesced wandered in the Void, with nowhere to go.

They condense on the moon, and then refine those low-quality but massive amounts of faith.

It coalesced into a strange thing.

[Godless]

Then, on Origin Star, the "Gods " of various civilizations suddenly began to appear frequently.

A silver-white Runes spear appeared in the sky Ximo Civilization.

On the Linyuan Civilization, a gigantic phantom appeared, resembling the tentacles of Evil God.

Ancient songs echoed through the desolate deserts of the Emberland Continent, and a giant hand appeared out of thin air.

Those miracles that had been dormant for decades reappeared overnight.

"Oh wow, a new war has begun!"

In a corner café of a bustling city on the Cangyuan Continent, a middle-aged man wearing glasses leaned back in his chair, gazing at the busy street scene outside the window, and slowly began to speak.

The young man sitting opposite him was engrossed in scrolling through his phone. Upon hearing this, he looked up, his face filled with disbelief.

"What? What war?" The young man scoffed. "Old Li, are you out of your mind? The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been trapped on the moon by the Gods for decades, and Lord Mu Ri has been suppressing the world with his Authority Sword for over twenty years. Who dares to cause trouble?"

He paused, and the more he thought about it, the more convinced he became of his point.

"Besides, with global economic integration, whoever starts a war will suffer. With nuclear weapons flying everywhere, who would dare to make a move?"

The middle-aged man picked up his coffee, took a sip, and looked completely at ease.

"You don't trust me? Then don't buy stocks based on my advice."

The young man's expression froze instantly.

"No, no!" He immediately put on a fawning smile and moved closer. "Uncle Li, Grandpa Li, I'm just a greenhorn! Please forgive my ignorance and help me out when we make our fortune!"

He lowered his voice and asked mysteriously:

How do you perceive war?

Old Li put down his coffee cup, crossed his hands, and struck a pose resembling a testicle.

"Just look at the news. Gods from various countries have been performing miracles frequently in the past month, more than they have in the last hundred years combined. Historically, every large-scale occurrence of Lesser God has been accompanied by either an apocalyptic crisis or a war. Isn't the result obvious?"

The young man was taken aback.

"Isn't that... a bit arbitrary?"

"Arbitrary?" Old Li looked around and lowered his voice, "You don't understand. Whether the world is in chaos, whether war breaks out, whether relations between countries are good or bad—all these things are reflected in one place."

The young man had already guessed what Old Li was going to say next.

"Stock market."

Old Li leaned back in his chair, a smug look on his face.

"I've been observing the international market for a long time and I'm certain there's a major shift. Capital flows, sector rotation, risk aversion... all tell me something big is about to happen. Most likely, it's the start of a new war!"

The young man was stunned for a full three seconds after hearing this.

Then he suddenly pulled out his phone, opened several apps, and quickly swiped through them. A moment later, he looked up, his eyes flashing with an alarming light.

"Uncle Li! It had to be you! You could even tell!"

His voice trembled with excitement.

"Then what do you think we should do to buy it? This kind of opportunity only comes around once in a decade, we must seize it!"

Old Li nodded in satisfaction.

"Of course. Listen to me, first look at crude oil and the Magic Spring Ore. Once war breaks out, energy prices will definitely skyrocket. Then look at the military and aerospace industries. The military industry goes without saying, and aerospace... think about it, war needs satellites, right? It needs communications, right? Space is the new frontier."

He became more and more excited as he spoke.

"We could also try non-ferrous metals, such as rare earths, lithium, and copper—these are all strategic resources. And then there's pharmaceuticals; wars cause casualties, so the pharmaceutical sector is bound to take off..."

Be greedy when others are fearful, and greedy when others are greedy!

The two talked more and more enthusiastically, and suddenly realized that this was a great change that had not been seen in a century, and that one could only take such a chance in life.

He immediately opened his account, redeemed all his savings, and bet all his chips.

No money? Give me your phone, I'll pay for the upgrade!